Chapter 18: Strange! (Third Update)

  Let Zhang Lao Er in, Yi Tian brought him into the main room. Xu Lao Tou was also full of suspicion and didn't understand what he came for again. After Zhang Lao Er explained his intention, Xu Lao Tou also showed a surprised expression.

  Yesterday just buried his head, today the body was found.

  What's going on here?!

  Yi Tian was also confused at this time. Zhang Lao Wu's body didn't come back early or late, and the timing was really tight.

  Before they could say a few more words, Old Xu and Yi Tian started to gather the necessary tools for the ritual, getting on the car to head to Zhang's house. However, today Yi Tian had brought the Demon-Slaying Sword with him, as there was something eerie about the Zhang family's affair, so it was better to be cautious.

  It's not much different from yesterday, as soon as I got off the car, Yi Tian saw Hei Niu running out of the yard, "Yi Tian ah, you're finally here! Yesterday I asked you to stay with me, but you had to leave, which made me sleep badly all night and scared me to death. Originally, I was going to leave early this morning, but a group of police came and said they found Zhang Lao Wu's body, and it just arrived!"

  Hei Niu grasped Yi Tian's arm, vigilantly looking around.

  "Look at you, a little ghost has scared you like that, it's really enough!" Yi Tian sneered with disdain.

  "You said it lightly, or else why didn't you stay here yesterday? Fortunately, you came. To be honest, this whole family doesn't make me feel safe when they're all together, where you go today, I'll go too!" Black Cow said firmly.

  "That's right, today I've brought a powerful treasure, that little devil won't dare to mess with us, humph, if he dares to show off, just watch me annihilate him!" Yi Tian said boastfully.

  "Yitian, are you getting angry again and want to blow off some steam?"

  Yi Tian glared and said: "Get out, I'm telling the truth. You think I'm bragging? By the way, where was the body found this time?"

  "This time is even more mysterious than last time, guess!"

  "If I could guess it, would I still ask you?"

  "This time it's in a dump site, and with human heads in the same place!"

  "What? How can this be so coincidental? Didn't you say earlier that the police searched the entire dump and couldn't find anything?" Yi Tian asked in great astonishment.

  "It wasn't found before, but now it has been found. This matter has spread throughout the town and those police officers are all in a flurry, intensifying their efforts to crack the case. A reward of 10,000 yuan has even been offered - whoever can provide clues for capturing the culprit or apprehend the suspect will receive the reward!"

  "Ten thousand yuan?" Yi Tian's eyes suddenly lit up, like a wolf seeing sheep, full of longing.

  "What's this, you're interested?" Hei Niu asked, noticing Yi Tian's expression.

  "Haha, a prize of 10,000 yuan, don't say you're not interested!"

  "Hey, Yi Tian, how about this? We're both on holiday with nothing to do. Why don't we crack this case and then split the reward 50/50?"

  "Cut it out, you're just talking nonsense, how dare you think that way, do you think you're Sherlock Holmes?" Yi Tian Hao said with a smile.

  "No way, I should be Watson, you're Holmes!"

  Yitian cleared his throat, wearing a green military uniform, pinching his waist, sticking out his belly, and stroking the nonexistent eight whiskers on his chin, asking: "Does it look like it?"

  "Like... like what?"

  When he heard that, Yitian was about to nod in satisfaction, but then he heard another sentence and frowned, saying: "Idiot, does it sound like Sherlock Holmes?"

  "Hey, hey, it's really just like him, no, you're actually Holmes!" Hei Niu saw Yi Tian coming and became enthusiastic, flattering him.

  "Haha, great, you're on the right track! Since that's the case, 'peanut', let's follow the trail and see who the real culprit is behind this case!"

  ……

  After having lunch at Zhang's house in the afternoon, Yi Tian and Hei Niu arrived at the courtyard, where they saw many familiar faces from yesterday.

  Ma Geng was among the crowd, and at this moment he was talking to Zhang Jia's third elder with a look of displeasure on his face. Yi Tian casually asked: "Hei Niu, how well do you know Zhang Lao San?"

  "Third Uncle is still a good person, and he's quite enthusiastic and open-minded. Every time I come, he'll give me some pocket money, and he's very generous with it. Because he has good relationships, many of the town's influential people know him. As for shortcomings, I don't know. Oh right, I heard from my aunt that once when he was drinking, he almost got into a fight with someone over a woman!"

  "Oh? A woman?"

  Just then, Old Zhang from afar pulled a hemp pole towards a room, while the hemp pole looked very unwilling.

  Yi Tian narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment before beckoning to Hei Niu: "Let's go!"

  Seeing Yi Tian quickly leave, Hei Niu also followed up and asked, "Brother, what's the hurry to go?"

  "Look for clues!"

  The two then came to the door of the room next to Zhang Lao San and Ma Gou, intending to enter, but found that the door was locked.

  Yi Tian rubbed his head and asked: "Heiniu, do you have a key?"

  "This isn't even my home, where would I get a key from? Or should I just break it open?"

  "Big brother, we came in to eavesdrop on Ma Bang and the others. Now that you've bumped into them, how can we still eavesdrop? Whose room is this?"

  "This is a warehouse, it's my uncle's!"

  "Oh, that's easy!" With that, Yi Tian's palm landed on the doorknob, holding his breath and focusing his energy, he exerted a burst of internal force, "Crack!", a faint sound of wood splintering, and the door swung open.

  "Yitian, how did you do that? This door frame is solid wood, and yet you managed to push it open with just one shove. You're too powerful!" Heiniu said with a face full of admiration.

  "You have no idea what's going on!"

  After entering the house, they found that it was indeed a warehouse filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, covered in dust, as if it hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

  After blocking the door with objects, the two of them moved quietly and arrived at the wall, sticking their ears to listen.

  The black cow listened for half a day and didn't hear any sound, so it also lost interest in listening. Looking at Yi Tian Zheng, he was still listening with relish.

  "I gave you a week's time, now it's already been ten days, when will I get the 300,000?" Ma Gao asked in great anger.

  "Three hundred thousand is no small sum, how can I raise it in such a short time? Either you give me another two days!" Zhang Lao San begged.

  "Hmph, you're still making excuses? My patience has been exhausted by you. If you don't give me the money today, you'll have to bear the consequences yourself!" Ma Geng said with a threatening tone before turning around and leaving the room.

  When Ma Gang walked far away and only Zhang Lao San was left, he slammed the table and said angrily: "Fine, let's see who will have the last laugh!"

  Although he didn't hear much, through a few short conversations, Yi Tian discovered that Zhang Lao San had some handle in Ma Gun's hands.

  Just as he was about to withdraw, the Kaiyuan Tongbao in his sleeve suddenly clanged loudly. Yi Tian's face changed instantly, and without hesitation, he drew out the Pi Xie sword from his waist, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.

  Hei Niu saw his strange behavior and had already guessed what happened, he quickly ran to Yi Tian's side and asked anxiously: "Is the ghost coming?"

  Yi Tian didn't say much, his right hand holding a sword and his left hand grasping three Kaiyuan Tongbao coins. He let out a low growl, "This isn't a place you should be appearing in, I advise you to leave as soon as possible! Otherwise... humph..."

  He immediately threw the Kaiyuan Tongbao in his hand to three different directions.

  Suddenly, a Kaiyuan Tongbao collided with something in the air, producing a small cluster of blue sparks, followed by a woman's sharp cry of pain.

  The sound came quickly and went away quickly, disappearing in no time. The Kaiyuan Tongbao coins on the ground didn't have any reaction either.

  "Hmph, if I don't show you some ferocity, you'll think I'm afraid of you?"

  Just as he was getting a bit too pleased with himself, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open. When he saw who it was, Yi Tian silently cursed his bad luck, because Zhang Lao San was frowning and looking over at him.

  Just now because of the ghost, Yi Tian didn't come in a hurry to consider and directly took action. The sound of Kaiyuan Tongbao hitting the ground caused Zhang Lao San's vigilance, and he immediately came here.

  "How did you get here? Isn't this place locked up? How did you get in?" Zhang Lao San asked three questions in a row, it can be seen that he had already harbored doubts.

  Yi Tian quickly reacted, scratched his head and smiled: "Hehe, Uncle Zhang San, sorry about that. Just now I was playing with Hei Niu and came here, Hei Niu's body is too big, accidentally broke the door, you can ask Hei Niu about this!"

  When Yitian saw himself quickly blinking his eyes, Hei Niu pouted and responded: "Sorry, Third Uncle, I accidentally broke the door earlier!"

  "Never mind, you guys aren't doing it on purpose. This place is dirty and messy, so let's not play around here anymore!" After saying that, he left, but as he was leaving, his sharp eyes glanced at Yi Tian once.

  After Zhang Lao San walked far away, Hei Niu asked: "Yi Tian, what did you hear just now?"

  As he picked up Kaiyuan Tongbao coins, Yi Tian said, "I didn't hear anything, but I did make a discovery."

  "What did you find?" Black Bull asked hastily.

  "That ghost is a woman!"

  Today's ritual is much easier than yesterday, at least no soul-calling is required. After the ritual, everyone carries the coffin with the body to the burial site.

  Due to a light snowfall in the second half of last night, the road is relatively slippery, especially at night it's very difficult to walk.

  After a series of twists and turns, everyone finally arrived at Zhang Lao Wu's tomb.

  As it was a grave excavation, the corpse in the coffin must not be exposed to the moon and stars, so under everyone's concerted effort, a simple canopy was set up.

  Several people dug up a coffin buried underground and carried it into the tent, intending to reassemble the dismembered corpse.

  Among the people who came, there was also a specially invited 'veterinarian', whom Zhang's family had paid a high price to invite, because ordinary doctors were unwilling to come. His job was to sew Zhang Lao Wu's head and body together.

  When someone finally managed to pry the coffin open with great effort, the scene inside left everyone stunned and silent. Suddenly, chaos erupted as some people shouted and ran away while others fainted on the spot.

  Inside the coffin was originally only Zhang Lao Wu's skull, but now there is inexplicably an extra body.

  Zhang Laowu's real body was still lying in another coffin.

  "Hei Niu pulled Yi Tian's arm and asked: "Yi Tian, are we seeing a ghost?"

  Although Yi Tian was also a little scared in his heart, his reaction was surprisingly calm, "No, but it's almost like seeing a ghost!"

  ……