Xingnian Tea House

Chapter 35

"Why did you only give him a three-day amulet?"

"Before the matter is investigated clearly, I am skeptical of what he said. Giving him a time-limited spell is to give him a signal that the grieving ghost will come again, keeping his spirit in a state of tension all the time. In this way Over time, he will become anxious and prone to mistakes, and it will be relatively easier for you to interrogate him."

Lin Nanyue nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Are you suspicious of the manslaughter he said, and are you exonerating yourself?"

"Our impression of the whole case was formed in Yan Feng's mind from his private prosecution. We don't know whether it is true or not at all, so we can't make a conclusion yet."

The two didn't speak any more, and soon came to the East Lake. Qiao Xingnian had recovered his spirit state, and they got out of the car one after another.Although it was late at night, the East Lake was brightly lit at this time.There were many police cars parked by the lake with their lights on, pointing in the direction of the lake.

Seeing Lin Nanyue approaching, Sun Jiajia hurried over to say hello: "Captain, you are here."

"What's the situation now?"

"The salvage team has just arrived and is still making preparations."

Lin Nanyue nodded, then asked, "Where's Yan Feng?"

Sun Jiajia replied: "Yan Feng is by the lake, and there are people around him, but he keeps clamoring to see his grandfather, otherwise we won't say the exact location where the body was dumped."

"Call his grandfather and let him meet."

Lin Nanyue knew what Yan Feng wanted to see Yan Huai for, and was not worried about the possibility of the two colluding.

Sun Jiajia froze for a moment, then responded, turned and walked towards Yan Feng's direction.

Qiao Xingnian followed him. If he wanted to find the ghost, looking at Yan Feng was the fastest way.Seeing this, Lin Nanyue quickly followed. The first task now is to find out from Yan Feng the exact location of the corpse.

In a police car by the lake, Yan Feng sat nervously in the car, two policemen and Lei Ming were sitting in the car, and Yang Lin and Zhang Xiaojun from the criminal investigation team were standing outside the car.

"I want to see my grandpa. If I don't see my grandpa, I won't say anything you ask."

No matter what Lei Ming said, Yan Feng only had one sentence, and he was really tired of asking.

Sun Jiajia bent down to look at Yan Feng in the car, and asked bluntly: "What is your grandfather's phone number, we will inform him to come and see you."

"132xxxx0935." Yan Feng saw that they let go, and quickly reported Yan Huai's phone number.

Sun Jiajia called Yan Huai and informed Yan Huai to come to the East Lake.

Qiao Xingnian got into the co-pilot directly, and turned to observe Yan Feng in the back seat.It was only about ten days since their meeting. The arrogant, arrogant and spirited young man had now turned into a middle-aged man with a beard and a trance.The black air in his Yintang was getting heavier and heavier, and there were strands of resentment wrapped around him.

"Is the phone connected? Why hasn't my grandpa come yet?" Yan Feng asked nervously not long after Sun Jiajia hung up the phone.

"It's already been connected. Your grandfather will arrive soon. Please tell us the specific location of the corpse."

"I won't say anything until I see my grandpa." Yan Feng's eyes widened, and he was clearly terrified, but he still kept his mouth shut.

Lei Ming said helplessly, "Sister Jiajia, don't ask me any more. I've asked him hundreds of times since we started, and his answer is only one sentence, "I want to see my grandpa." "

Sun Jiajia turned to look at Lin Nanyue, while Lin Nanyue was staring at the co-pilot's position in a daze. Sun Jiajia thought he was thinking, so he didn't ask any more questions, and the car suddenly became quiet.

Ten minutes later, members of the salvage team came to inquire about the situation, saying that they were ready to go down to the lake at any time, but Lin Nanyue asked them to wait.

Another 10 minutes later, a car drove up from a distance, stopped not far away, and Yan Huai hurried over.

The policeman standing outside the cordon stopped him, but Lin Nanyue raised his voice and said, "Let him come over."

The police let him go, and Yan Huai hurried over.

When Yan Feng saw Yan Huai, his expression became agitated, he got up and was about to get out of the car, but was restrained by the police, he shouted loudly: "Be honest, sit down!"

"Grandpa, I'm here, Grandpa, I'm here..."

Yan Feng was so suppressed that he couldn't move, he could only shout loudly.

Yan Huai came to the car, looked at Yan Feng in the car, turned his head to look at the policeman beside him, when he saw Lin Nanyue beside him, he was stunned, and said, "Team Lin, look..."

Lin Nanyue looked at him and said, "Hand him in the car, come out."

The three of them froze for a moment, then responded, handcuffed Yan Feng to the car, and got out of the car one after another.

Seeing this, Yan Huai bent down and got into the car, handed the charm in his hand to Yan Feng, and said in a low voice, "It's only valid for three days, and I will buy it again before the effect ends."

"Okay, thank you grandpa, thank you grandpa." Yan Feng held the charm tightly, and his nervous expression eased a little.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yan Huai couldn't say much, and after giving the spell to Yan Feng, he got out of the car.Under the escort of the police, he left the East Lake.

Lin Nanyue bent down to look at Yan Feng, and said, "Now you must tell me where the body was dumped, otherwise your surrender will be in vain."

Yan Feng looked at Yan Huai, then at Lin Nanyue, and said, "I'll take you there."

Lin Nanyue turned his head to look at the police next to the car. The police understood, took out the keys, released the handcuffs on the car, took him out of the car, and handcuffed his hands again.

Everyone followed Yan Feng and walked south along the lake.

After walking for about ten minutes, Yan Feng stopped under a big willow tree, pointed to the water in front of him, and said, "This is it."

Lin Nanyue asked, "Are you sure?"

Yan Feng nodded and said, "I'm sure, I threw my body under this willow tree at that time."

Lin Nanyue looked at Yang Lin and said, "Notify the salvage team that the place for dumping the body has been determined."

"Yes, Captain."

Soon, the salvage team arrived at the scene and began to salvage.

Qiao Xingnian stood beside Yan Feng, carefully observing his expression. He looked at the salvage team's boat, his eyes blinked very little, his expression was calm, and the previous tension and fear disappeared.

"That's not right."

Qiao Xingnian frowned slightly. He was obviously so nervous before. Even with the spell, normal people would unconsciously show fear or fear when they were about to see a corpse, but he was very calm at this moment... …

Qiao Xingnian turned his head to look at the lake. There were many ghosts rising and falling in the lake. Some of them looked dull, and some were terrifying.The one with a dull expression is the Wandering Soul, and the one with the terrifying grimace is the Grudge. They stare at the salvage team.

A few grieving ghosts even swam towards the salvage boat, clinging to the edge of the boat and shaking gently.The people on the salvage boat didn't notice it at all, and thought it was caused by the movement of the water surface.

Seeing that the shaking was getting bigger and bigger, Qiao Xingnian quickly said: "Team Lin, the salvage team is in danger! You go find a flashlight, and when I cast the spell, you shine it on the salvage ship."

"it is good."

Lin Nanyue asked someone for a high-power flashlight, and looked at Qiao Xingnian.

Qiao Xingnian drew a spell in the air, and the spell took shape. He pinched his fingers, recited the spell silently, and shouted loudly: "Go!"

As the spell was cast, Lin Nanyue turned on the flashlight in time to cover up the golden light from the spell.

When the talisman was cast, all the grieving ghosts screamed pitifully. The resentment quickly surged and was gradually swallowed by the spell. The golden light also turned gray as the resentment was swallowed, until the grieving ghosts on the water surface disappeared, and the talisman became completely The black at the bottom immediately shot back and entered Qiao Xingnian's body.

Qiao Xingnian hurriedly sat cross-legged, chanted the mantra silently, and cooperated with the soul-suppressing bell to slowly refine the resentment.

With the disappearance of the resentful ghost, the salvage ship returned to normal. The people on board were full of doubts. They couldn't understand what was going on just now. It was clear that the sea was calm, but how could it almost turn over? Could it be that there was an undercurrent at the bottom of the water?

Seeing Lin Nanyue's flashlight kept shining on the salvage boat, the people on board were a little strange and shouted: "Captain Lin, what's wrong?"

"No, you continue."

Lin Nanyue turned off the flashlight and looked at Qiao Xingnian who was sitting cross-legged on the bank. His whole body was wrapped in a layer of black smoke, which almost drowned him. His eyes were closed, his brows were furrowed, and his face showed pain , In the black smoke, his face was even paler, without the slightest trace of blood.

Lin Nanyue couldn't help but feel a little worried, but he was just an ordinary human being, there was nothing he could do to help him, and a sense of powerlessness emerged spontaneously.

"Yan Feng... Yan Feng..."

Yan Feng was looking at the salvage boat on the lake, when suddenly a cold cry came from his ears, suddenly distant and near, like a man and a woman, his heart constricted for a while, and he looked around in horror.

"Yan Feng, I died a terrible death, I died a terrible death..."

The sound was getting closer and closer, and right behind him, he seemed to be able to feel the cool breathing on the back of his neck.

Yan Feng clenched the spell in his hand, swallowed unconsciously, the coolness on the back of his neck became more and more obvious, and his hairs stood on end.He turned his head abruptly, sending the spell back in his hand.

"Ah!" After a piercing scream, it stopped abruptly.

Yan Feng opened his eyes nervously, looked over, and found that there was no one behind him.

Sun Jiajia, who was standing beside him, looked at him warily, grabbed his arm, and said, "What are you doing? Be honest!"

Yan Feng didn't see the ghost, so he couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and clenched the spell in his hand again.

The movement here alarmed Lin Nanyue, he looked over, Yan Feng looked nervous, his eyes kept looking around, his hands were tightly clenched into fists, a section of yellow paper was exposed outside.

Lin Nanyue looked around, but saw nothing. Ever since Qiao Xingnian opened his eyes to him last time, he could always see Qiao Xingnian, including the ghost state, but he couldn't see other ghosts.

Lin Nanyue walked over and said, "Sister Sun, I left my cell phone in the car, help me find it, I'll look here."

"Okay." Sun Jiajia nodded, turned around and walked back.

Lin Nanyue approached Yan Feng and whispered, "What did you see?"

Yan Feng turned his head to look at Lin Nanyue, his eyes were full of surprise, and he didn't recover for a long time.

"Yan Feng, no one can save you, you must die, you must die!"

The gloomy voice sounded again, and Yan Feng became nervous again, saying: "She's here, she's here again..."

"Who? Where is it?" Lin Nanyue followed suit and looked around.

"Here she is, right here! She's going to kill me, she's going to kill me!"

Yan Feng stared wide-eyed, looking around in horror, his eyes were bloodshot.

Lin Nanyue didn't see any ghosts, so he continued to ask, "Is the girl you mentioned the girl you killed?"

Yan Feng looked at Lin Nanyue, blinked his wide eyes instinctively, but quickly looked away, and did not answer Lin Nanyue's question.

Lin Nanyue looked in Qiao Xingnian's direction. He was still sitting cross-legged on the ground motionless, but the black mist around him had faded a lot.

"Yan Feng... Yan Feng..."

The voice sounded coldly, like weeping and complaining, this time it was heard clearly, it was a woman's voice.

"Yan Feng... Yan Feng..."

The voice was still female, but it sounded like a different person, with endless resentment in his tone.

Yan Feng looked over as he spoke, and there was a cloud of black mist floating in front of him. The black mist flowed rapidly and kept changing, and a face slowly appeared, with two dark holes staring at him coldly. It's the eyes of the face.The lower part of the face seemed to be cut open from left to right by a knife, wisps of black mist spewed out, and the opening suddenly opened, calling his name faintly.

Suddenly, that face twisted in pain, and another face grew on his left and right faces, with the same eyes and mouth as before.

The three mouths spoke at the same time, still calling his name. If you listen carefully, their voices are different.

"what!"

There was another scream, and the three faces twisted again, and several more faces grew out from various places...

Countless pairs of eyes, countless mouths, all looking at him fiercely, calling his name one by one...

"Don't...don't..."

Yan Feng didn't want to look any more, but his eyes seemed to have lost control, and he stared straight at him, unable to even blink.He didn't want to listen anymore, but countless voices entered his ears and echoed in his brain.

Lin Nanyue looked at Yan Feng, saw his eyes were wide open, the corners of his eyes were torn, and he was bleeding and crying, he couldn't help being shocked, and quickly called out: "Yan Feng, what's wrong with you?"

But no matter what Lin Nanyue called, Yan Feng didn't respond at all.

Lin Nanyue took a step forward, blocking his line of sight, Yan Feng's expression froze, his straight eyes seemed to be activated, he turned twice, and then blinked.

The phantom disappeared, and Yan Feng finally broke free, like a fish out of water, bending over and breathing heavily, cold sweat streaming down his cheeks one by one.

Seeing him back to normal, Lin Nanyue quickly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Yan Feng said in a panic: "I want to leave here, I can't stay here..."

As Yan Feng said, he turned around and ran away regardless.Lin Nanyue's hands were quick and quick, and he grabbed his collar, but he never thought that his strength was astonishing, and he broke free from Lin Nanyue's pull.But before he could take two steps, he was pinned to the ground by the policemen surrounding him.

"Let me go! Let me go! I'm getting out of here, I'm getting out of here!"

Yan Feng struggled vigorously, almost breaking free from the three policemen who suppressed him.

Lin Nanyue stepped forward, knelt down and looked at him, and said, "Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. If there are ghosts in this world, then even if you leave here, she can find you."

Yan Feng looked at Lin Nanyue, struggling with less and less strength. Just when he was about to calm down, a black figure suddenly appeared behind Lin Nanyue. The black mist composed of countless human faces howled and rushed towards him. come over.

Yan Feng instinctively wanted to use the talisman, but found that he lost the talisman when he was struggling just now, and his hands and feet were restrained, unable to struggle at all.

Seeing that the black mist was about to succeed, Yan Feng closed his eyes in despair. Suddenly, a golden light shot out and collided with the black mist. The black mist immediately let out piercing howls, and countless faces on it twisted in pain. .

The eyes of those who suppressed Yan Feng were stung by the sudden golden light, and when they opened it again, the golden light disappeared and everything returned to normal.

Only Lin Nanyue looked in Qiao Xingnian's direction.

Qiao Xingnian's gaze was fixed on the top of the lake, where a weird ghost figure was floating. Her head, limbs and torso were connected with strong resentment, as if cut off and then reconnected.

The blood-red eyes of the complaining ghost stared at Qiao Xingnian, and asked, "Why did you help him?"

"I'm not saving him, I'm saving you. If you kill him today, not only will you lose the chance of reincarnation, but you will also be imprisoned in the endless purgatory for eternity."

"Infernal Purgatory?" The resentful ghost's expression was startled, then he looked at Yan Feng angrily, and said, "As long as I can take revenge, even if I go to hell, I will admit it!"

"There are the rules of the yang world, and the laws of the underworld. If you want revenge, you don't have to do it yourself. Why do you want to destroy yourself for this kind of scum."

The complaining ghost's expression was a little loose, and he said, "How can I take revenge if I don't have to do it myself?"

"Look at them." Qiao Xingnian looked at the police on the shore and said, "They came to the lake in the middle of the night and worked tirelessly to give you justice and bring the murderer to justice."

"Police? If they were useful, how could I die in vain, and I haven't even found the body yet." The tone of the complaining ghost did not hide his resentment towards the police.

"This only shows that the murderer is too cunning, but it doesn't mean that the police are useless. Don't forget that the people can live and work in peace and contentment because of their protection." Qiao Xingnian paused, and then said: "Not to mention me can help you."

"You? Who are you? Why should I trust you?" The ghost looked at Qiao Xingnian questioningly.

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "I'm a spirit ferryman, you can also treat me as a ghost, who specializes in ferrying ghosts."

The resentful ghost was startled, and then asked, "What's wrong? Bull's head and horse's face, or black and white impermanence?"

"There are many things wrong in the world, not only the legendary bull head and horse face and black and white impermanence."

"How do I know you're not lying to me? What if you came to help Yan Feng?"

"If I came to help Yan Feng, you are already out of your wits, and I don't need to waste time. I saw that you have not turned into a ghost, so I felt compassion and decided to help you. If you don't believe it, you can try it." , but as long as I'm here, I won't let you succeed."

"If you didn't come to help Yan Feng, why did you stop me?"

"I said that there are laws in the yang world, and there are rules in the underworld. If I don't meet them, I can ignore them, but if I meet them, I can't let the ghosts harm people."

Qiao Xingnian changed his gentleness before, and his face became solemn.

The resentful ghost looked at Qiao Xingnian silently, and the struggle was obvious on his face. Qiao Xingnian's spell had hurt her just now, so that nearly half of the resentment in her body was drawn away, so she reappeared.

"How are you going to help me?"

"I am a spirit crosser. I can walk in the world. I can help the police investigate the case of your murder and bring the murderer to justice. In the world, murder will not only be sentenced to death, but also give your family the truth. It’s much better than letting him die without knowing why. What’s more, you still have the chance to be reincarnated.”

"Then why did you help me?" The grieving ghost's expression softened, and his tone eased a lot.

"It's not free for me to help you, you have to pay me, just like you hired me as a private detective."

Hearing this, the complaining ghost breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "How much reward do you want, I'm afraid I can't afford it."

"Half of your entire fortune."

The resentful ghost was stunned, and then said: "Then if I only have 100 yuan, then you only have 50 yuan as a reward, so you are willing to help me?"

"My minimum salary is [-]. If it is less than this amount, you have to work for me until the minimum salary is reached."

"Part-time job? I'm a ghost, what can I do for you?"

"I am the owner of the Xingnian Tea House in Yangjian. Now there is a shortage of salespersons in the tea house. If you can't get paid, you can help me work to earn wages."

"Are you sure I can work in your teahouse?" Grievance blinked his scarlet eyes, full of suspicion.

"I'm a errand, if I say yes, it will happen naturally."

The complaining ghost hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then I will trust you once."

Maybe it was the identity of the owner of the tea house, or maybe it was his handsome appearance, or maybe it was his powerful ability that won the trust of the grieving ghost, but she finally let go.

Qiao Xingnian pointed to where she was floating, and said, "Is this where your body is?"

The grieving ghost shook his head and said, "I can't sense where the corpse is."

"Can't sense it?" Qiao Xingnian frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered the corpse-suppressing charm that they had attached to Ma Guojun's body when they found it.

Qiao Xingnian waved at the grieving ghost, the grieving ghost hesitated for a while, then floated over.

"Since you came to seek revenge on Yan Feng, you should remember the previous things, how much do you remember?"

"I remembered the process of him killing me, so I came to Yan Feng for revenge. Unfortunately, at the critical moment, he got a spell from somewhere. It was so powerful that I couldn't get close to him."

"That spell was given to me."

"You gave it?" The grieving ghost frowned suddenly, and the resentment began to roll around him.

"If I don't give him a spell, once you kill him, you will become a ghost, and you will have no chance of reincarnation, and you will be caught back to Hades by the ghosts and thrown into the Infernal Purgatory."

The grieving ghost slowly relaxed his brows, and the resentment around him also calmed down, and said, "Well, your reason is justified."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "What's your name?"

"Liu Man, 22 years old this year, a senior student in the Broadcasting Department of Huda University."

At this moment, Yan Feng seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and he shouted loudly: "My things are lost, my things are lost, return them to me quickly, return them to me!"

Lin Nanyue was startled, then looked around and found the charm on the ground. He walked over, picked up the charm, opened it in front of everyone, and said, "This is what you threw?"

Yan Feng said excitedly: "Yes, give it to me quickly, give it to me quickly, without it, that female ghost will come to harm me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

"what is this?"

"It's... the amulet, give it to me quickly, please give it to me quickly!"

Lin Nanyue refolded the spell and said, "I can give you the spell, but you must be honest, if you try to escape again..."

"No, no, give it to me!"

Lin Nanyue handed the talisman to Yan Feng to make him look good, and then walked to Qiao Xingnian's side. Although he couldn't communicate with him, he could hear what he was saying.

"This policeman can see you." Liu Man looked at Lin Nanyue who was walking over.

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "He and I are friends and the captain of the criminal investigation team. We will work together to bring the criminal to justice."

"So that's the case." Liu Man nodded, and then said suspiciously: "You are also in the state of a soul now, why can he see you, but it seems that he can't see me?"

"I don't know about this either, but when I open his eyes, he will be able to see clearly." Qiao Xingnian helped Lin Nanyue open his eyes.

Lin Nanyue felt his brows shudder, and when he looked at Qiao Xingnian again, there was a female ghost beside him, who described it as terrifying and frightening.

Qiao Xingnian introduced: "Team Lin, her name is Liu Man, she is 22 years old, a senior student in the Broadcasting Department of Hu University."

Lin Nanyue nodded incredulously, and looked at the female ghost nonchalantly.

Qiao Xingnian then asked: "From your appearance, you should have been stitched together after being dismembered. What exactly happened at that time?"