"Aren't there any heavy objects dragging it under the water?" Shen Luo pondered for a while and asked.
“There are no heavy objects dragging, no water plants to get in the way, nothing. It is precisely because it is a little unusual, and the city has not been peaceful recently, so there are all kinds of rumors. "Now Shui Nuan Pavilion is almost regarded as a haunted house, and the business has plummeted," Bai Xiaotian shook his head.
Since the beginning, the Bai family has not paid much attention to this. After all, the Qinhuai River is a place of right and wrong. Every year, people slip and fall into the river, drunk people fall into the river, frustrated people throw themselves into the water, and resentful couples. There must be ten or twenty people who die for love.
Even if the matter is at home, they often spend some money to manage the government and send a guest Taoist priest to perform rituals. No matter whether there is evil or not, they just need to make a show and let the guests and the people see it. , this matter is not difficult to suppress.
But it was so overwhelming that they were drowning one after another like dumplings. Now people are spreading rumors that there is a ghost hiding in the Shuinuan Pavilion, and those three people died. Only when the body is wronged and solidified by resentment will it float and not move away.
"I am also planning to go out, so let's go and have a look with you." Shen Luo said.
"That's just right." Bai Xiaotian's eyes brightened, and there was finally a smile on his face.
As soon as the two people walked out of the door, they heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then they saw the girl Luxiu running in like a storm, shouting:
"No...it's not good, young master, it's not good..."
Hearing this, Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian looked at each other, a trace of gloom flashing across their faces.
"What's going on? Speak slowly." Bai Xiaotian asked in a deep voice.
"The shopkeeper Gao of the Faxiang Silk Shop in the west of the city went to the Shui Nuan Pavilion last night to find the girl Shui Yuan he was dating. However, he was found floating in the river in the morning. He was not even in the same place as the three people in front of him. Same." Lu Xiu's face turned pale and he gasped.
Bai Xiaotian sighed secretly and walked towards the front door without saying a word. Shen Luo touched his nose and followed.
"Young Master, the car is ready and waiting outside the door..." Lu Xiu hurriedly chased him a few steps out and shouted on tiptoe.
......
The carriage's speed in the city was limited, and it took less than half an hour to arrive in front of Shui Nuan Pavilion.
Shen Luo got off the carriage and looked up. In front of him stood a three to four-foot-high vermilion gate tower, with carved beams and painted buildings depicting rich scenes such as birds approaching the phoenix and flowers vying for spring.
Going in through the doorway, only a few steps away, there is a magnificent three-story pavilion. There are glazed tiles on each floor to make ridged eaves, and vermilion lanterns are hung below. The colors are so vivid.
In the attic is a golden hall, with a huge twelve-fold screen in the center and a performance stage built with white jade fence. There are wooden ladders on the left and right leading to the second floor.
On weekdays, the Shui Nuan Pavilion is bustling with guests., but it was deserted today, with not even a few people in sight. There was only a middle-aged woman in purple brocade, who was reprimanding a few servants in a low voice, telling them not to talk too much and telling outsiders about the Shuinuan Pavilion.
Seeing Bai Xiaotian and the two coming in, the woman immediately put away her sad expression, came forward to greet them, and bowed to them.
Shen Luo looked at her for a moment and saw that she had a good appearance and a slim figure, but there were fine lines at the corners of her eyes that even makeup could not hide. Looking at her demeanor and demeanor, she knew that they should be there. old lady.
"Young Master, you are finally here." The middle-aged woman found the backbone and said as she pulled off the handkerchief from her waist and wiped the corners of her eyes.
"Feng Ma, where is the body?" Bai Xiaotian asked directly.
"On the waterfront in the backyard, I was not allowed to carry it into the house. The government officials have checked it and left. Taoist Master Baishui is over there at the moment." Feng's mother did not dare to say more and said simply.
Bai Xiaotian said nothing and walked behind the screen.
Shen Luo also walked around the screen and walked out through a ticket door at the back.
The Shui Nuan Pavilion was built next to the Qinhuai River. In the backyard is a small pier that supports the water. In the past, there were also flower boats moored for benefactors to take their Qingguan daughters and wives on the river.
At the moment, there is only the body of a fat man in civilian clothes by the river, lying quietly in the shadow of the attic. Next to him is a man with high cheekbones and slightly sunken cheeks. , a thin old man wearing gray and white Taoist robes.
On the river not far from here, there is a three-hole stone arch bridge across the river. Under the guardrail in the middle of the bridge, the three characters "Zhenhuai Bridge" are engraved.
Standing on one side of the bridge is a river-suppressing beast that looks like a one-horned rhinoceros. There is a stone base embedded at the bottom. The whole thing is no more than a person tall. After years of baptism, the bottom is covered with moss and there are mottled marks everywhere.
Surrounding the water beast and on the entire bridge, many people from the city stood, with expressions of curiosity and fear, disgust and inexplicable excitement on their faces. Pointing and whispering.
Shen Luo looked at the man's body and saw that his whole body had been swollen and abnormally swollen, and the exposed skin showed a bluish-white color. Although his death appearance looked quite peaceful, he always felt that his body was There's something evil about it.
"I have seen a real person." Bai Xiaotian walked closer and bowed respectfully to the thin old man.
Shen Luo also clasped his fists.
"Young Master, you are here." The old Taoist frowned and returned a salute to the two of them.
"How is the situation now?" Bai Xiaotian asked.
"Similar to the previous people, Wu Zuo said after seeing it that they were all drowned, and Pindao couldn't find anything wrong." Bai Shuidao said with a long sigh.
"Does anyone know when he died?" Bai Xiaotian asked.
"It was probably around midnight last night... Ashamed to say, Pindao had actually been stationed in the pavilion and was not aware of it at all. It was the handyman who first discovered his body in the morning.Headed. "Taoist Master Bai Shui said.
"Miss Shuiyuan, does she know when he left? "Bai Xiaotian turned to Feng's mother again and asked.
"Oh, she was so frightened that she couldn't understand. She only said that she slept very hard last night and had no idea when she left. Now he didn't even dare to stay in Shui Nuan Pavilion and went to rest somewhere else. "Feng Ma sighed and said.
After Bai Xiaotian heard this, he was silent for a moment, took out a yellow paper talisman from his sleeve, walked to the corpse, leaned over and put it between his eyebrows. Right in the middle.
There was a soft "pop" sound, and a wisp of flame ignited on the talisman, and then it slowly burned.
Air-entraining charm! "Taoist Bai Shui's eyes lit up and he said.
Hearing this, Shen Luo also focused his eyes on the talisman paper.
He has also heard of this kind of talisman, which can burn when burned. Use the talisman fire to bring out the hidden evil spirit.
If the shopkeeper Gao is really harmed by the evil spirit, there will probably be some evil spirit remaining in his body, and the talisman fire is now burning. In Yintang, there should be Yin Qi flowing out from the seven orifices.