Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

After going through some thrilling twists and turns, the ceremony of worshiping the God of Rain in Mi Hong Village was finally completed.The black clouds over the stockade really gathered more and more, and at noon, the raindrops finally fell. This is naturally a life-saving scene for the villagers who have long been hopeless.Everyone rushed into the rain, sang loudly, and expressed their gratitude to the "mercy" of the rain god.That Xue Mingfei who died strangely because he offended the God of Rain seemed to have been forgotten by them long ago. In such a closed place, long-term belief will undoubtedly make people lose the ability to think independently.

In Mi Hong Village, Bai Jian'e's words have supreme power.He had already determined the cause of Xue Mingfei's death, so there was no need for the villagers, nor did they have the guts to doubt anything.Perhaps in their hearts, it is quite cost-effective to exchange a person's death for rain from the sky. As for the blood-weeping Rain God statue, the villagers are even less interested in caring about it.Because "respecting the gods" is too high for them, and they can't even touch the high ones.Communicating with the "God" is something that only the wise Lord Baizhai can accomplish. All they have to do is to enjoy a peaceful life under the shade of Lord Baizhai.

So Bai Jian Ecao Cao collected Xue Mingfei's body and closed the Dragon King Temple. None of the villagers raised any objections. However, the three of Luo Fei were sober. After lunch, they gathered in the side room of the old Wang's house. Naturally, the topic could not be separated from the weird incident that happened in the Dragon King Temple in the morning. "They used a knife! Don't they know how to respect scholars?" Yue Dongbei muttered indignantly while fiddling with the digital camera in his hand, "We are not allowed to enter the temple. Fortunately, I brought this, hehe, this is a high-end product , These savages must have never heard of it."

"Did you catch anything?" Luo Fei regretted that he couldn't enter the temple to check, but he didn't expect Yue Dongbei to keep such a hand, "Let me see it later." "Of course. If you want to learn something, you have to see every inch of it. Otherwise, how can you get first-hand information?" Yue Dongbei complacently adjusted the operation buttons on the camera, then put the screen on the tip of his nose and looked at it carefully for a moment. , said, "Hey, look, it's really blood coming out." Luo Fei took the camera from Yue Dongbei, and saw that the screen had been adjusted to a close-up of the eyes of the Rain God statue.A red liquid was seeping out from under the eye sockets, and several traces of liquid flowing on the nearby cheeks were clearly visible.

Luo Fei has been in the police force for more than ten years, and he is very familiar with blood. Indeed, the liquids captured in the photos are exactly the same as blood in terms of color and texture. "Professor Zhou, you are a doctor, you should take a look too." Luo Fei passed the camera to Zhou Liwei. Zhou Liwei watched it carefully for a while, then nodded: "The possibility of blood is very high." Luo Fei lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Have you noticed that there is still a little dried blood on the cheek of the Rain God statue?"

After being reminded by Luo Fei, Zhou Liwei also found out: Among the three blood marks under the left eye, two long ones are obviously still flowing, and the other one is very short, about less than one centimeter, but it has dried up. Yue Dongbei also came over at this time, rushing to adjust the magnification of the display screen to the highest level, and now it became clearer that the dried blood mark had cracked and the edges were warped. "Ha, it's 100% blood!" Yue Dongbei slapped his chin excitedly, "How can science explain this blood-weeping god?" Knowing that Yue Dongbei was provoking Zhou Liwei again, Luo Fei waved his hands quickly, fearing that the two of them would get entangled, "Let's not discuss this topic yet. Let me ask you, what do you think of Bai Jian'e's last performance, accusing Xue Mingfei of offending him?" Rain God or something."

"Obviously trying to cover up and appease people!" Yue Dongbei said with a sneer, "Bai Jian'e panicked when Xue Mingfei said those words before he died. But he is really quick to respond. There is no proof of Xue Mingfei's death, so he immediately came up with such a method of framing." "I agree with this analysis." Zhou Liwei took over and said, "And this method is indeed very clever. The situation at that time, if you don't do this, it really can't be dealt with. If it is not done well, the prestige accumulated by the village owner for decades It will be destroyed once."

Luo Fei thought the same way, he nodded, as if he was talking to himself: "Then what is he trying to hide?" "The resurrection of the devil." Yue Dongbei rolled his eyes, "It's not like you didn't hear what Xue Mingfei said before he died." "That's not right. In this case, there is a big loophole in your academics." Zhou Liwei suddenly looked at Yue Dongbei with mocking eyes. Yue Dongbei didn't seem to care, and waved his hand carelessly: "What's the loophole, tell me, and I'll give you the answer." "According to what you said, this 'power of the devil' was interdependent with Li Dingguo back then, and was sealed in a blood bottle later. Now that the blood bottle was broken, this power has been resurrected. But why is it in the blood bottle?" What about Mi Hong’s abuse? These villagers are all descendants of Li Dingguo’s subordinates, and they respect Li Dingguo as the ‘God of Rain’.”

"Did you forget that they are all descendants of surrendered soldiers?" Yue Dongbei was prepared and replied calmly, "Li Dingguo couldn't tolerate his subordinates surrendering to the enemy during his lifetime. So although they respected Li Dingguo as a god for generations, However, Li Dingguo's ghost may not forgive them because of this. Besides, this Bai...hehe." "What's wrong with the surname Bai?" Seeing that Yue Dongbei hesitated to speak, Luo Fei asked. "If nothing else happens, his ancestor should be Li Dingguo's most powerful general, Bai Wenxuan." Yue Dongbei said a few words, but then he said, "I won't say much about the rest, because it's just my personal speculation. , as a scholar, I must find more factual basis."

Luo Fei was not familiar with history, and it was the first time he heard the name "Bai Wenxuan", but he still got some inspiration from Yue Dongbei's words, leaned forward and asked: "Then it is said that Li Dingguo stayed in the village to lead the villagers?" Could it be that the general who worshiped the 'Rain God' was Bai Wenxuan?" Yue Dongbei nodded again and again: "It's possible, it's very possible!" Luo Fei was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand: "Show me the camera again." Zhou Liwei handed the camera to Luo Fei.Yue Dongbei secretly took a total of six photos, and Luo Fei looked at each one carefully, not missing any detail.Sometimes he will zoom in on a certain part, study it, and then immerse himself in thinking.This process happened repeatedly, and at the beginning each time he thought for a long time, then it became shorter and shorter.In the end, his brows that were originally knit into a ball finally relaxed, and then he said with a smile: "Mr. Yue, I don't think what Bai Jian'e is trying to hide is a demon. Even as Xue Mingfei said before he died, the demon It really exists, and Bai Jian'e doesn't know what a demon is. The confusion in his eyes at that time was obviously far more than panic. Of course, the more important reason why I refute your point of view so confidently is because I have already Know the real answer, which is based on some facts and based on reasonable speculation."

Yue Dongbei scratched his bald head, looked at Luo Fei solemnly, and said, "I'm very interested in hearing what you have to say." "First of all, my analysis is based on a premise, that is, the 'Rain God' in the Dragon King Temple will never shed tears by himself, let alone cry blood from his eyes. Mr. Yue, although you believe in metaphysics, we have differences in many places , but we all live in a modern society, and we should agree with the basic common sense of life.” Luo Fei first said such an opening remark. Yue Dongbei chuckled: "Metaphysics is a very profound knowledge. It studies fields that we don't understand, or some forms of existence of matter and life that we don't understand. It doesn't It violates the laws of matter recognized by basic science. We all saw the statue up close yesterday, but it is just a stone sculpture. If the stone sculpture can cry, it is not metaphysics, it is a charlatan trick!" Yue Dongbei's words were sonorous and forceful, with a firm attitude, quite beyond Luo Fei's expectations.Zhou Liwei looked at him in surprise: "Oh? It seems that you are not irrational." "How many times have I said that I am a scholar. I am studying Li Dingguo and the legendary 'demon power', which is also a kind of knowledge! But you always treat me as a charlatan." Yue Dongbei said seriously, his tone Deeply dissatisfied. Luo Fei smiled relievedly: "This is the best, we can have a common starting point for our thinking. Now we all agree that the stone sculpture will not cry by itself, but in the morning we witnessed the blood flowing out of the stone sculpture's eyes, then there is only one possibility .” The subtext in Luo Fei's words was already very obvious, and Zhou Liwei helped him out: "Someone tampered with the statue." Luo Fei nodded: "That's right. And according to the legend, this hand and foot was already completed when Li Dingguo sent someone to build the statue. He left a mechanism in the statue and told his confidant general the method of manipulation. The general only needs to know The ability to recognize the celestial phenomena, and then wait for the opportunity to control the agency, so that the "Rain God" will "cry" when the sky is about to rain heavily. From then on, the villagers must respect the "Rain God" very much, and Li Dingguo has achieved his goal of conquering people's hearts." "If the legendary confidant general is Bai Wenxuan, and Bai Jianxi is a descendant of Bai Wenxuan, then it is logical that he knows the secret of the statue." Zhou Liwei added based on Luo Fei's previous thinking. Yue Dongbei also clapped his hands and echoed: "The confidant general is Bai Wenxuan. It is impossible to confirm now, but I know that after Li Dingguo died, it was Bai Wenxuan who led a group of soldiers to station in Mi Hongzhai. From this point of view, his choice Is there still a purpose?" "Hundreds of years have passed, it is obviously not a coincidence that the power of the Bai family has continued to flourish in Mi Hong Village." Luo Fei did not answer Yue Dongbei's question directly, but only added this sentence meaningfully.However, his meaning could not be clearer: Bai Wenxuan took Mi Hongzhai as his foothold after the defeat of the army, precisely because he had mastered the secret of controlling the beliefs of the villagers, and this secret was passed down from generation to generation in the Bai family.In this place that depends on the sky, the Bai family has always had the supreme power! "So when something unexpected happened during this worship, the first thing Bai Jianxi had to cover up was the secret in the stone statue. This is a myth that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is also the foundation of the Bai family's power in Mi Hong Village. "Zhou Liwei suddenly became enlightened, and sighed, "The situation at that time was so passive, it was rare for Bai Jian'e to turn things around in a short period of time." "It makes sense! It makes sense! This inference is in line with the facts, and it makes perfect sense! I am willing to accept it." Yue Dongbei looked at Luo Fei with admiration, and then asked: "The interesting question now is , Why is there blood flowing out of the statue this time of worship? How can Xue Mingfei's death be explained?" "First of all, we need to know why Xue Mingfei went to the Dragon King Temple last night." Luo Fei said, handing out the camera in his hand, "Look at the broken clay pot in the left corner of the incense case, do you still have any impression of it?" Sure enough, in the photo taken by Luo Fei, there was a broken earthenware pot in the place described by Luo Fei, which was hidden under the cover of the incense table cloth. Zhou Liwei thought about it first: "By the way, when Xue Mingfei came here last night, he was carrying such a clay pot in his hand!" Luo Fei agreed: "Your memory is not bad at all. I thought it was an offering brought by Xue Mingfei at the time, so I took a closer look. But he didn't put the clay pot on the incense table, why? You guys zoomed in , look at what was in the pot." The camera's display screen was called up to a close-up close-up of the broken pottery pot. Near the mouth of the dumped pot, there were faint water stains remaining. Zhou Liwei and Yue Dongbei shouted at the same time: "Water!" Luo Fei smiled: "On the eve of the worship, Xue Mingfei brought a jar of water. This is obviously not a sacrifice, so what would it be for?" "Add water! Add water to the organ!" Yue Dongbei blurted out, Zhou Liwei also nodded in agreement.Indeed, no matter what, if you want the statue to cry, there must be a water source in the mechanism. Luo Fei wanted to make further supplementary explanations, so he immediately asked another question: "Where do you think the switch that controls the statue to cry will be?" "I thought of this before." Zhou Liwei replied, "It should be under the futon in front of the statue. When Bai Jian'e kowtows, he can touch the switch." "So in this institution, there is no water at ordinary times. Otherwise, if the villagers go to worship the rain god, they may be exposed. The water can only be added secretly by Bai Jian'e's confidant on the eve of the worship, and it will be strictly controlled. The villagers are forbidden to enter the Dragon King Temple before the worship. This series of arrangements can be described as seamless. Xue Mingfei is here to do this, so Bai Jian'e will go to Xue Mingfei first when he finds out that something has gone wrong. His arrangement has always been It's perfect," Luo Fei paused, then continued, "Unfortunately, there was an accident last night." "What accident?" The topic finally reached the most critical point, Yue Dongbei stared at Luo Fei with his eyes wide open. "The biggest possibility is that Xue Mingfei was attacked." Luo Fei rubbed his chin and said while deliberating, "The clay pot was broken, and the assailant hid it under the incense case. Blood was added to it, and organs were experimented with, which explains why we see dried blood under the idol's eye sockets." Both Yue Dongbei and Zhou Liwei nodded silently, seeming to agree with Luo Fei's conjectures. "Is that Xue Mingfei's blood?" Yue Dongbei asked again. "I can't be sure about this." Luo Fei turned his head to look at Zhou Liwei, "Mr. Zhou, are you sure Xue Mingfei died of excessive blood loss?" "Half of it, not all of it." Zhou Liwei's answer sounded a bit incomprehensible, Luo Fei raised his eyebrows to show his confusion. "I mean, the blood loss was a big factor in his death, but there's also a very immediate cause that can't be ignored." "What is it?" "Scared!" Zhou Liwei explained, "When Xue Mingfei came to the entrance of the Dragon King Temple, although his body was extremely weak, he was not killed immediately. His instinctive desire to survive was still supporting him. But when he saw the blood-stained 'Yu He obviously received a great stimulus when he was in the statue of God, which caused his will to live to collapse in an instant. To describe Xue Mingfei's death more accurately, the excessive blood loss was the physiological basis, while the shock was the spiritual trigger. .” "I understand what you mean." Luo Fei tapped his forehead with his fingertips, and after a moment of contemplation, his eyes flashed, "I have some guesses, please see if they are reasonable. I don't know, but he received some kind of psychological hint: his blood has been sucked away by the "Rain God". He didn't fully believe that the hint was true, so he insisted on coming to the Dragon King Temple to see what happened When he found that the rain god statue was indeed full of blood, and thought that the blood was sucked from his body, he was immediately struck down with great fear." "This kind of conjecture is very consistent with Xue Mingfei's words and deeds before he died. According to this conjecture, Xue Mingfei didn't know that he was bleeding, how could he do this?" Yue Dongbei looked at Luo Fei, his tone seemed to be asking rhetorically. Luo Fei still threw the question to Zhou Liwei: "You have carefully inspected Xue Mingfei's body, what is the cause of the blood loss?" Zhou Liwei showed a helpless expression: "I don't know. It stands to reason that such a large amount of blood loss must have serious trauma on the body. But I searched the body of the deceased, and I didn't find even a small wound. The blood in his body was It seems to have disappeared out of thin air, which is really incomprehensible." Luo Fei frowned and remained silent.Xue Mingfei was naked at the time, and the situation of up and down was clear at a glance. From the outside, everything was indeed normal, and it didn't look like he had suffered any injuries. Yue Dongbei suddenly laughed: "You have finally encountered an unexplainable place. You have to admit that in this world, there are still many mysterious things that we don't know. You have never seen that kind of power. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Zhou Liwei glanced at Yue Dongbei with a cold face: "Is it your 'devil' theory again?" "Yes. It's resurrected! It's back! It wants revenge! Don't you remember Xue Mingfei's words? Bloody rebirth, what a symbolic scene! It doesn't directly kill Xue Mingfei, it just wants to use Xue Mingfei's mouth to say these things .Before it shows its terrifying power, it must first make people feel its fear!" Yue Dongbei talked eloquently, with strange excitement flashing on his face. "No..." Luo Fei shook his head slowly: "It's not as simple as just showing fear. There should be a clearer purpose for doing this." "What kind of purpose..." Before Zhou Liwei finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside the door, and then the door of the hut was pushed open. Wu Qun and Zhao Liwen took the lead, and six or seven strong men rushed in.