kvmb Chapter 288: The Way of Sacrifice—Curser?
Chapter 288: The Way of Sacrifice—Curser?
It was a peaceful night. The official's daughter-in-law prepared a meal early in the morning and asked someone to deliver it from several miles away.
The official's name was Xian Tai. It was unknown what his ability was, but at least he was responsible enough. He brought a total of 30 constables with him to solve the case. Although they were called constables, they actually played the role of "soldiers", so they were dressed no differently from the soldiers.
As for why this is the case, it has to do with the system of this city. The constables of this city need to be trained like soldiers.
Let’s go back to the Beauty Fragrance Inn.
Last night, thirty constables sealed off the inn and no one was allowed to go out. Tenants like Li Changxiao were also locked in their rooms and under control.
It was unknown what other people were feeling last night, but Li Changxiao and his group were having fun, adhering to the mentality of making the best of it, and they were living quite comfortably.
The key point is that Mei Sanniang has an extremely unconventional personality, while Li Changxiao is easy-going by nature. When he is alone, he behaves unruly and sleeps on the floor. But if he meets someone with similar interests, he will also follow the other person, respond to everything, and echo everything. He is not a boring person. In this way, Mei Sanniang, who has received a response, finds it interesting and becomes even more unconventional.
Furthermore, although the chef appears to be taciturn, he is not a truly aloof person.
How could these three people not have similar interests?
The three of them have their own abilities. How can a small inn contain them? However, they are willing to treat others as ordinary people, neither arrogant nor impatient. Even if they have their own secrets, they will not explore them.
To some extent, the three of them are very similar in some ways.
Even if we met before our spiritual energy was exhausted, we could still become friends.
In the early morning, official Xian Tai finished eating the food brought by his wife. His body gradually warmed up. It was snowing lightly outside, so he put on a thick velvet cloak, used local ingredients, and boiled hot soup in the inn, which he sent to each soldier.
Then he knocked on the doors one by one and called out the tenants in the inn. They lined up in an orderly manner and went downstairs to have a bowl of hot soup for breakfast.
It was seaweed egg drop soup with a little millet added in it. It was salty and tasted average. Three people each got a bowl, sat down at a table, and drank slowly to warm their stomachs and bodies, making them feel comfortable.
Li Changxiao carried a small salt bag with him. He felt the taste was too bland, so he picked up some salt and sprinkled it on the soup. Then he looked at the cook and Mei Sanniang. They silently pushed their bowls towards him. Li Changxiao picked up some more salt and sprinkled some on the two of them to add some flavor.
This is not over yet.
Li Changxiao also carried a small bag of seasonings with him. After all, he traveled around a lot, and he liked to cook with local ingredients. He added the seasonings little by little, and the simple egg soup exuded a fragrance. Li Changxiao was serious about his daily meals. He unscrewed the wine gourd with a serious face, poured some wine into the egg drop soup, stirred it with chopsticks, and then drank it in one gulp.
Mei Sanniang followed the cook's example and asked Li Changxiao for some wine. She poured it into the egg drop soup, stirred it slowly, and drank it in one gulp. The flavors of various seasonings and the wine burst in her mouth.
Very strange taste.
Drink a bowl of soup cleanly.
But I heard some discussions coming from the next table.
It turned out that the four people at the next table were traveling together. They were trapped here because of this strange case and were complaining to each other about it.
They had another companion who had not come down yet. The four of them were wondering if something had happened.
Official Xian Tai frowned, realizing something was wrong, and strode up to the second floor, opened the door and took a look.
The scene inside almost made him vomit.
I saw that the man had turned into a pool of meat paste.
Another dead person appeared.
After a brief moment of surprise, Officer Xian Tai became more and more certain that the murderer was among them and he would not stop until the case was solved.
But what he couldn't understand was that all the tenants were locked in their rooms, so how did the murderer commit the crime?
He began another day of questioning, naturally starting with the four people at the next table, questioning them about their relationship with each other, whether they knew the other tenants present, etc.
Next came the luxurious man. His good friend also died here, so there might be some connection between them. Then came Li Changxiao and the other two.
He concluded that there must be some kind of connection, and began to look at interpersonal relationships to try to find the connection.
His thoughts have changed. From initially believing that it was a case of "motivated by money and gathering to commit a crime", he now feels that it is more like a revenge killing. However, he cannot understand it and cannot figure it out. The more he investigates, the more mysterious it seems and it cannot be explained by common sense.
I have never encountered such a troublesome case in my life.
Upon seeing this, Li Changxiao took advantage of his drunkenness to speak a few irrelevant words loudly, secretly reminding the official that it was not a good idea to remain in a stalemate like this.
The official, Xian Tai, seemed to realize something and went to check the fifteen bodies in black robes.
Sure enough, they found something strange. The fifteen corpses had actually begun to rot.
He asked a coroner to investigate, and the coroner frowned when he saw this. It was winter now, and the corpse couldn't have rotted so quickly. He couldn't figure it out.
Official Xian Tai seemed to have thought of something.
He wrote a secret letter and sent it to an old friend. The next day, his friend came overnight to help him solve the case. With his participation, the case did make progress.
His good friend is the "Rain Master" of this area. The identity of the Rain Master is extremely noble. He is loved by the common people and is on good terms with the gods in the temple.
This official, Xian Tai, is indeed quite capable, as he has a connection with the "Rain Master" of this area.
When the Rain Master arrived, he had a very strong aura. He was a handsome young man, but his temperament was a bit old-fashioned. It seemed that he was actually quite old.
Li Changxiao also met a rain master, who was a boy and very different from this person. However, both of them were on the path to longevity, and the things they did should be similar.
As soon as Master Yu arrived, he joined in solving the case. He checked the bodies of the fifteen people and asked Mrs. Xian some details.
A look of understanding appeared on his face.
The deaths of these fifteen people were indeed not simple, and it was very likely that they were taken for some kind of ritual.
A ritual of worshipping Tao.
The rain master guessed that they might have been used as sacrifices and some kind of curse had been cast.
If I guess correctly.
This curse should kill fifteen people because there are fifteen sacrifices in total.
As soon as the Rain Master said this.
The faces of everyone present changed drastically, and they felt vaguely uneasy. However, Master Yu's next words made them even more uneasy. Based on the phenomenon at the scene, the fifteen people who were destined to die under the curse... should be chosen from this Beauty Fragrance Inn!
Maybe it's random.
It is also possible that the instigator had already made preparations in advance.
On the night when fifteen people died, a total of twenty-three people stayed overnight at the Meirenxiang Inn. If the waiter and the manager were included, the total number of people was twenty-five.
Two have died now.
There are still twenty-three people left, which means... thirteen more people have to die before this matter can be over.
Everyone was terrified.
More than half the chance.
They all collapsed to the ground in fear. Li Changxiao and the other two looked at each other, with a gleam in their eyes.
Official Xian was very angry. How could he ignore such an evil thing? He immediately asked the Rain Master if there was any way to lift the curse.
Master Yu nodded, "If we find the real culprit, then it's possible!"
As he spoke, he looked at the people present, his eyes sweeping across their faces one by one.
The priest——the curse master is among these people!