bookcurios Chapter 28: Chapter 28
Chapter 28: Chapter 28
Lu Linglan's words were endless, everyone present did not understand, only Li Lai smiled with his head down.
Yin Tangfeng frowned, interrupted Lu Linglan, found something for Shen An, and asked Shen Yangrong to send away the young people from Shenjia Village who were present.
With no outsiders around, Lu Linglan spoke with a lot less scruples. While circling around the room, she quickly analyzed: "The person who cast witchcraft on the village chief and the others did not attack the villagers of Shenjia Village indiscriminately. The six people with the village chief as the core have very deep hatred.
Because of the deep hatred, he used extremely vicious witchcraft on them. That person wanted the village chief and them all to die badly, so if he wanted to find the person who performed the spell, he could find someone who had a grudge against the village chief. Look for someone who has a grudge against the village chief..."
She stopped abruptly, ran up to Li Lai, put her hands on her hips, and said, "My surname is Li, I admit that your thinking is correct, but how can you find someone who has a grudge against the village chief? This person from the Shen family village It’s not too much, and it’s not too much to say, it’s not that easy to find someone who has a deep hatred for the village chief and the six of them, right?”
Li Lai straightened his back, stood up slowly, threw away the branch in his hand, took out a transparent plastic bag from his pocket and shook it in front of Lu Linglan's eyes: "Girl, have you forgotten your old job? How difficult is it to find someone?"
Lu Linglan squinted her eyes and stared at the locks of hair in the plastic bag, suddenly realized: "You have to find someone!"
Lu Linglan was right. Li Lai really wanted to set up a formation to find people. This is also one of the common spells used by wizards. Depending on the strength of the formation mage and the difficulty of the formation, different results can be obtained. The more powerful the mage is, the more accurate the result will be, and vice versa.
It's a pity that this method of searching for people by placing an array in reverse also has flaws. It can only confirm the location of the caster, but it cannot accurately find the caster. Moreover, if the opponent's magic power is stronger than him, he will not only get nothing, but may also be injured.
The hair in the plastic bag was taken from the six old people when Li Lai was inspecting them. When he discovered that the witchcraft practiced by the six old people was not simple, he had already anticipated such a need.
Li Lai had no choice but to give this method a try.He took out a pen and paper from his bag and drew a magic circle, then put his hair in the center of the circle, and began to seal and chant mantras.
Not long after Li Lai finished chanting the spell, the hair in the center of the magic circle was all turned into powder, and several symbols were formed.
Li Lai looked at the magic circle in front of him for a while, and said to everyone: "Southeast, about 200 meters."
This result coincided with the previous guess. The caster was indeed hiding in Shen's Village, and it was very likely that he was a certain villager.
Without further ado, since they had found the direction, they asked Shen Yangrong to lead the way, and walked all the way southeast from his house.
The place Li Lai calculated is at the end of Shenjia Village. There are at least a dozen or so households living there. It is not realistic to check one by one. Everyone still continues their previous thinking. People who have long had festivals.
Shenyang Rong has been away from the village for many years and knows nothing about the affairs in the village, so he had to ask relatives in the same village to ask.
When the relative heard this, he slapped his thigh and said, "Old Mr. Zhao! Among the people living at the end of the village, Mr. Mr. Zhao is the one who has the most trouble with the village chief.
The two hadn't seen each other for decades, they pinched each other when they met, and they almost got into a fight over setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. If it wasn't for that boy Dayong who stopped them, the two of them would probably spend their thirties in the hospital. "
This festival sounds a bit beyond the scope of "small conflicts", Lu Linglan urged relatives: "Uncle, tell us what's going on!"
The relatives are also unambiguous, and they will popularize science immediately.
The main surname in Shenjia Village is Shen, but there are also other surnames and outsiders. Among them, the surname Zhao is the second most common surname in the village. The old Zhao Tou and the village chief are about the same age and ability. When they were young, they fell in love with the same girl. Jealousy.
Although the girl later married to another city and never came back, the two became more competitive because of this.
The year before last, Shen Dayong was drunk driving and broke Lao Zhao's head and leg. Although Shen Dayong paid generous compensation and made a sincere gesture, the ties between the two families became even bigger.
To say that Old Zhao has a grudge against the village chief, that's for sure, but I don't know if this resentment has accumulated into hatred, and he wishes to crush the village chief.
"Where are the other five people? How is your relationship with Old Zhao?" Li Lai put his hands in the pockets of his jacket, and turned his head slightly to look at the people around him. It has attracted the attention of many people.
The relative shook his head, and said blankly: "I don't know about that. Most of us in this generation work outside, so we don't know the things in the village so well."
Although it is not yet clear whether the old Zhaotou and the other five people have a festival, but it is better to have a goal than no goal. After several people discussed, they decided to let Shen Yangrong take Li Lai and Lu Linglan to the old Zhaotou's house, Yin Tangfeng, Tong Shang Yan and Yan Yu walked around the village at will.
It is said that they are acting separately, but Yin Tangfeng and his party of three big men are still very ostentatious walking in the village, especially Yin Tangfeng and Yan Yu, who are both quiet and expressionless masters. "of.
Tong Shangyan walked between the two of them, peeking at the villagers on both sides of the path to observe their gazes, watching the villagers change from curiosity to suspicion at the beginning, and they are about to develop in an unpleasant direction...
Tong Shangyan's heart tightened, and he took out his phone in a hurry, raised the corners of his mouth stiffly, grabbed Yin Tangfeng who was still walking, and said, "Boss, boss, you, you see how interesting this house is, I've never seen it before. , let's, let's take a photo together?"
Yin Tangfeng was held by his arm, looked at him strangely, and was about to refuse, when he noticed the villagers in the house behind Tong Shangyan looking at them from the corner of his eye, he immediately understood his intention, stretched his arm to take the phone, and called out Yan Yu walked forward: "Boss Yan, please take a group photo for us."
Yan Yu turned around and was very puzzled by the request made by the two, but soon noticed the reactions of the surrounding villagers, forced a little smile, and greeted Yin Tangfeng: "Okay, take a picture. You all pose well, and I will take the picture."
The three of them found several angles to take some group photos. Tong Shangyan deliberately chatted with the passing villagers to inquire about the surrounding scenic spots or farm specialties, so as to dispel the villagers' suspicion of them. There was even an enthusiastic aunt who took the initiative to chat with him. .
Tong Shangyan answered one by one with mixed truth and falsehood. He had big eyes, was fair and clean, and had a bad tongue, but he spoke in a neither hasty nor slow manner. I want to help him protect the media.
Tong Shangyan couldn't stand it anymore, rambling on and on, and finally ended the conversation with the aunt. The three of them continued to walk along the path. After walking a few steps, a black cat came out from nowhere and landed in front of Tong Shangyan. Then he rubbed against Tong Shangyan's legs and climbed onto Tong Shangyan's shoulders, stepped on his shoulders to borrow strength, and jumped up to the high fence, and disappeared after running a few times.
Tong Shangyan, who was being used as a stepping stone, was frightened to dodge when the kitten stepped on his shoulder, but he couldn't stand still and bumped directly into Yin Tangfeng.
Yin Tangfeng had a sharp eye and quickly caught him, but Tong Shangyan was probably born with a lack of coordination in his hands and feet. Even if he was caught, his feet still slipped, and finally hung on Yin Tangfeng like a crab.
Yin Tangfeng: ...
Yan Yu: ...
The enthusiastic aunt who stood at the door with her hands behind her back and witnessed everything: "Young man, are you all right? You should exercise at a young age."
Tong Shangyan stood up in embarrassment, straightened his clothes, and turned to the enthusiastic aunt, "Auntie, whose cat was that just now?"
Enthusiastic aunt pointed to a family diagonally across the corner, and said, "There, raised by Grandma Xiu."
Hearing Xiu Po's name again, the three couldn't help but stop, and after a quick exchange of glances, Yan Yu adjusted his expression, pretending to be very dissatisfied, and said, "Since it's a domestic cat, why don't you take a good look at it? What do you do if you run around and scratch people?"
The enthusiastic aunt waved her hand: "Hey, people are crazy, how can you care about cats? But this cat just likes to run around, and it hasn't really hurt anyone, boy, it's like this in the countryside, cats and dogs Free range, don't mind too much."
"That can't be done. Since it is a cat with an owner, I have to talk to its owner properly." As he said that, the cold-faced tough guy pretended to commit a crime, and walked straight to the direction of Xiu Po's house.
Yin Tangfeng and Tong Shangyan made gestures to stop him, and quickly followed behind.
Xiupo’s home is easy to identify. Compared with the multi-storey small western-style buildings of the neighbors on the left and right, Xiupo’s house is a one-story house with blue tiles and white walls. There is no wall or big iron gate, and only a simple wooden fence surrounds it. .
Yan Yu walked in the front, pushed lightly, and the door of the wooden fence opened. He walked in slowly, and while observing the movement in the house, he asked: "Xiu Po? Is Xiu Po there? Did you raise a cat?" Black cat? That black cat just now caused my friend to almost fall, you know?"
It was only a few steps from the fenced yard to the gate of the bungalow. Yan Yu soon faced the closed front gate. Yin Tangfeng and Tong Shangyan also rushed over at this time, stood behind him, and looked at the wooden gate together.
"Xiu Po? Xiu Po?" Yan Yu waited for a while and saw that no one responded, so he called again.
The faded red lacquered wooden door showed a crack at this time, and the white-haired, skinny old man was holding on to the wooden door, staring blankly at the three uninvited guests who appeared in front of the house.
Yan Yu couldn't help swallowing, and adjusted the expression on his face to make himself look less serious: "Are you Xiupo? I heard that you have a black cat?"
Xiu Po didn't make a sound, and didn't even have any waves on her face, she just stared at them blankly like a puppet.
The three of them were not comfortable being watched by her, and when they were about to say something more, a male voice with a dialect accent came from behind: "Are you three doing kidneys? What are you doing in Xiu Po's fake house?"
The three of them turned around upon hearing this, only to see a plainly dressed old man walking in slowly with a black cat in his arms.
The black cat was the one that caused Tong Shangyan to stand unsteadily. After being carried into the yard by the old man, it jumped to the ground, quickly ran to Xiu Po standing at the door, and slipped lightly into the old man's arms.
And Xiu Po, who hugged the black cat, still didn't say a word, as if she didn't see the four people standing in her yard, she slowly closed the faded door.
The old man was accustomed to Xiu Po's reaction, and he asked Yin Tangfeng and the others warily: "Oh, how many of you are here, who are you? Why are you here?"
Tong Shangyan turned his head to look at the expressions of the other two, and stepped forward resignedly to answer: "Master, sir, hello, we are Shen An's friends, and we came to the farmhouse in the village on vacation. Just, just now, I was killed by a black cat. I was scared, my friend was in a hurry and said he would come to talk to the cat owner."
The guard on the uncle's face tightened, and he waved away the three of them: "Okay, let's talk about the kidney. Xiu Po's brain is not good, and her body is not good. Are you looking for her as a kidney? It's just a cat, but a young man in it." Why are you afraid? Let's go, don't just stay here, what should we do?"
The three of them understood that they would not be able to find out any news if they stayed here, so they followed the uncle's wishes and left Xiu Po's house.