Chapter 406

"Wearing a white mourning dress, a tall hat, and a mourning stick in your hand?"

Hearing Li Yansuo's description, everyone in the police room was stunned.

By coincidence, they all thought of Bai Wuchang, the escort messenger in the underworld.

Of course, they would not think that the big ghost who appeared in Kushui Lane and Herring Street and tempted him to hang himself was the legendary Bai Wuchang.

If Bai Wuchang really came and was taken away, it would be those evil spirits who took advantage of the night to make troubles in the city.

"Is this big ghost imitating Bai Wuchang?" Sun Xianzong sneered and said, "How dare an evil ghost pretend to be a real god?"

"It's not necessarily imitating Bai Wuchang."

Qin Shaoyou was thoughtful.

"There is a kind of evil ghost, which looks similar to Bai Wuchang, but on the neck, there is an extra straw rope for hanging!"

It's been a while since Qin Shaoyou joined the Demon Suppressing Division. During this time, he read a lot of notes of senior night watchmen.

In addition to being unable to keep up with nutrition, he also acquired a lot of ghost knowledge.

Because of this, he was able to immediately think of a name after listening to Li Yaoshao's description: "This big ghost is probably a hanger!"

Monk Ma clasped his hands together, not only flattering but also agreeing with Qin Shaoyou's conjecture: "Amitabha, my lord's eyes are like torches, that evil spirit must be a fool!"

"Hanger?"

Sun Xianzong was a little at a loss.

He is a demon town officer who entered halfway. He used to serve in the frontier army, so he had never heard of this name.

Seeing someone who didn't understand, Cui Yougui suddenly became energetic, and introduced in a ostentatious way:

"Diaoke, you haven't heard of it, have you heard of the funeral door? Both of these are evil spirits. Diaoke, such ghosts, are mostly evil ghosts who hang themselves to death with great hatred and resentment, so There is only a rope around the neck. According to Li Yaosuo’s description just now, the straw rope around the hanger’s neck is still dripping blood, indicating that he was not hanged by ordinary hanging, and he was probably hanged.”

"That's right." Zhu Xiucai nodded in agreement, "The little ghost chained by the hanging man should be the soul of the person he tricked into hanging himself to death. But I don't understand why it needs so many souls?"

Cui Yougui said: "What else can I do? Either use it to help it cultivate and further improve its strength. Or use it as a substitute for it. A ghost like Diao Ke needs to use it whether it is training or looking for a substitute. to the souls of many innocent people."

When Sun Xianzong heard this, he finally understood the identity and origin of Diao Ke.

Seeing the heated discussion among the crowd, he couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Since it's a demon, it must be difficult to deal with, right?"

Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "It's really hard to deal with, but it's not impossible."

"That's right." Cui Youxie took the lead and said, "Whenever a ghost is haunted, there must be something to hide nearby. This hanger has been haunting Kushui Lane and Herring Street for the past ten days, which means that The object it lives in is nearby. As long as we can find that object and burn it with the flames from the pine and cypress branches, we will be able to severely injure the hanger and greatly weaken its strength."

"So that's the case, that's really great." Sun Xianzong was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked again: "Old Taoist, what is the object that the hanger lives in?"

"this……"

Cui Youxuan was a little stuck.

The things that ghosts live in can be anything, and he can't be sure.

Qin Shaoyou was thoughtful: "Brother Cui, you just said that the hanger was hanged?"

Cui Youxuan thought that Qin Shaoyou was helping him out, so he hurriedly replied, "That's right, the straw rope around his neck is dripping blood. This kind of situation will only happen to the evil spirits who are hanged."

"Then I know, the object that the hanger lives in is either a twisted rope or a filial piety." Qin Shaoyou judged.

And he gave the reason: "The person who was hanged either committed a capital crime and was sentenced to hang by the judiciary according to the law, or met bandits and bandits and was hanged by the bandits. No matter what kind of hanging method he is , it is impossible to have other things on the body. The only thing left on the body is the twisted rope around the neck and the clothes on the body. Of course, if you encounter a bandit who is not particular, I am afraid that even the clothes will be stripped off It's brilliant."

After hearing Qin Shaoyou's reason, everyone nodded after thinking about it.

Cui Youxu even said: "If a funeral procession is dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, it will indeed leave a lot of resentment and hatred if it is robbed by bandits and thieves. Looting the funeral procession... these bandits are too careless, aren't they?"

Zhu Xiucai sighed, "They're all bandits and rogues, so what's the point? As long as you can get the goods, let alone robbing the funeral procession, the graves of your ancestors can be dug up."

Immediately afterwards, he shook his head again, and complained: "That's why I hate these robbers, they have no technical content at all."

Now that there is a direction, things will be much easier to handle.

Everyone immediately discussed and decided to carry out a blanket search in Kushui Lane, Herring Street and other streets to find suspicious ropes and filial clothing.

After the discussion, Qin Shaoyou warned: "After you find a suspicious target, don't act rashly, and send someone back to inform me immediately!"

"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.

After a pause, Zhu Xiucai said flatteringly: "My lord, you have worked hard for several days. Let us do the work of catching and killing the hangers-on. You can rest well in the demon town and take command."

"This is not possible!"

Qin Shaoyou flatly refused.

If I don't want to steal people's heads, how can I get new recipes from Diao Ke?

That Diao Ke is a ghost, and there is a very high chance that he will come up with a new recipe. Maybe it will be a new recipe with good taste and good effect.

What Zhu Xiucai didn't know was that the statue of the Nine Heavens Slaughtering Demon Patriarch in the lobby also cast a dissatisfied look at the poor room at this time.

He was just surprised by Qin Shaoyou's reaction.

Monk Ma, Sun Xianzong and others were also puzzled.

Of course, Qin Shaoyou couldn't tell the truth, he could only make up an excuse to fool him: "Brothers worked harder than me. They didn't rest and were still fighting on the front line. How can I rest? Besides, my cultivation base is higher than my brothers. When I see such a powerful evil spirit, I will naturally charge forward, so as to reduce the casualties of my brothers."

This excuse moved everyone very much.

Zhu Xiucai gave a thumbs up and said from the bottom of his heart: "Your Excellency is righteous!"

Monk Ma clasped his palms together, recited Amitabha Buddha, and sighed: "My lord's roots of wisdom have grown again."

Sun Xianzong also praised again and again: "Your Excellency, this move has the demeanor of an ancient famous general!"

Shan Daonian was full of emotions: "My lord loves his subordinates so much that he doesn't hesitate to risk himself. How dare we not act like dogs and horses, and then die?"

Only Cui Yougui didn't say a word, but muttered in his heart: "Qin Zongqi is really good at buying people's hearts! But don't say it, what he said is really good, I have to write it down quickly, and I will return to Yuhuangguan later. , I can pick up a sample and tell my juniors and juniors, maybe I can move a few people and ask them to help me draw talismans every day."

Thinking of this, Senior Brother Cui felt a burning sensation in his heart, he hastily reached into his bosom, and took out a booklet and a writing brush.

He licked the nib of the pen, and opened the booklet, which was densely packed, and many pages of content had been recorded.

Senior Brother Cui turned to the latest page, and wrote down what he just heard.

Qin Shaoyou glared at the guy who ruined the atmosphere, but couldn't say much.

He coughed and waved his hand towards the flattering group of four, signaling to everyone that it was enough, otherwise the show would be over.

Afterwards, he asked Li Yaoshao, who was still moved: "In addition to the case of hanging people and arresting people's souls, what is another case that has a great impact?"

Only then did Li Yaosuo come back to his senses, and first echoed: "My lord is benevolent!" Qin Shaoyou secretly slandered, wondering if the reflex arc of this guy was too long?

Immediately afterwards, Li Yaosuo said seriously: "This second case, when we first inquired about it, was even weirder than the first one..."