Chapter 181 Questioning
"Is it a human?" Everyone present was puzzled. Most of them thought that there was an evil spirit in the scholar's family. Who could do such a heartless thing as murder and disembowelment? Moreover, the bloodstains were right in front of them, and the traces were inexplicably interrupted. What else could it be except a ghost that could disappear on the spot?

If it weren't for the fact that there were so many people at this moment to give them courage, none of them would dare to stay here for a moment longer.

When they heard Li Daoxuan say that this was man-made, they were all puzzled by what Li Daoxuan said.

If it was a human, how could the bloodstains on the ground disappear in the hall? That person could not leave without a trace.

"This evil man is a person, and the reason he was able to leave was because of this painting." Li Daoxuan pointed at the empty painting on the wall and said, "This method is called the art of exorcising spirits and borrowing souls, and it is a method inherited by the Yinshan lineage. That person escaped from the house by borrowing the chicken spirit in the painting."

"Exorcising spirits and borrowing souls?" Everyone looked at each other in surprise.

Most of them were villagers who farmed the land, and only a few of them would occasionally go to towns to do shopping. Apart from their subconscious awe and fear of ghosts, they had never imagined that there were people in the world who could borrow things from paintings and then escape.

"This kind of magic is extremely rare, and I only learned about it by chance. Yinshan Sect..." Li Daoxuan recited the three words Yinshan Sect and felt that he really had a connection with this sect.

The magic cast by the fake eldest son of the Wang family was also by Yinshan, and it was Yinshan that caused harm in the Lijia Village. He didn't know whether it was because his luck was too bad or the Yinshan Sect was so rampant. He just felt that he could never avoid the traces of the Yinshan Sect.

"You're such a thief, you've been haunting me and causing trouble for me every day. Sooner or later I'll come to visit you and discuss Taoism and fight a life-and-death battle with you!" Li Daoxuan said in his heart.

After solving the mystery of the escape, Li Daoxuan looked back into the house. Now that he knew it was man-made, it would be much easier.

"Since it was man-made, there must be traces left behind." Li Daoxuan said, "But there is no rush for this matter. Let's let the deceased rest in peace first. After collecting the body, everyone can leave first and don't touch other objects here."

"."Everyone was silent, and they all agreed with Li Daoxuan's suggestion. After all, such a murder had already happened, and if they wanted to investigate, they had to settle the woman first.

The old village chief spoke up first, "This thief may not have gone too far, he may still be in the village, everyone should go back first, and keep an eye out for any suspicious outsiders in the village. If you find any, stay away and report to me. This person is extremely cruel, don't let anyone else lose their lives."

Everyone said yes and then dispersed. Soon there were only a few people left in the scholar's house. Only the old village chief, Li Laosan and a few villagers who stayed behind to clean up the mess.

The old village chief went to comfort Jiang, who had slowly regained consciousness, and said that he would definitely give them an explanation.

Li Daoxuan quietly looked at Jiang's haggard face. Her eyes had already turned red from crying. With the constant comfort from the old village chief, her emotions calmed down a little.

Next to Jiang was a boy who was about the same age as Li Yanming. He was thin and his bones were visible on his face.

He looked at Li Daoxuan timidly, and shrank behind Jiang like a frightened mouse.

This is Wen Ge'er, who is also the younger brother of Li Xiucai mentioned by Li Yanming.

When Jiang saw Li Daoxuan looking at Wen Ge'er, she reached out and touched Wen Ge'er's head and said, "Go, pay your respects to your brother."

Wen Ge'er remained silent, but Jiang urged him again and again in a crying voice. Only then did he slowly walk out, stretched out his hand to bow to Li Daoxuan, and then ran back behind Jiang.

Jiang forced a smile, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looked at Li Daoxuan and sighed: "Ever since Wen Ge'er had a serious illness, he has been like this. He used to be a generous and decent child."

Having said this, Jiang couldn't help but shed tears again.

Li Daoxuan stared at Wen Ge'er and always felt that this boy was a little strange.

He opened his Dharma Eyes and looked at the heads of Jiang and Wen'er. Both of them had red aura, not much different from other villagers in the village.

Li Daoxuan retracted his Dharma Eyes and asked, "When did he become ill?"

"It was probably more than a month ago, just a few days after the Chinese New Year." When Jiang talked about Wen Ge'er's illness, she told Li Daoxuan about the situation at that time.

Li Daoxuan calculated and found that the day when Wen Ge'er fell ill was almost the same as the day when Li Yanming was frightened sick. This was definitely not a coincidence.

He stretched out his hand and beckoned towards Wen Ge'er: "Can you come over so I can take a look? I once learned some medical skills from my master in the mountains, maybe I can see what's wrong with him."

"This, this is of course good." Jiang put down her hand that was wiping her tears, pulled Wen Ge'er behind her to her front, pushed him forward, and sent him to Li Daoxuan, "If the Third Young Master can cure my Wen Ge'er, I will be very grateful."

"I'll do my best." Li Daoxuan responded, reaching out and gently pulling Wen Ge'er's wrist, fearing that if he moved too fast, the child would be frightened and struggle.

"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you." Li Daoxuan comforted him and checked the boy's body.

The Dan Qi was input and circulated through his body, and after one cycle, nothing unusual was detected.

Brother Wen is in good health and doesn't seem to have any hidden illness.

But such a thin body is definitely not normal. After all, the Jiang family is not short of money, otherwise how could they let their daughter-in-law eat chicken and drink soup every day.

"Strange." Li Daoxuan muttered. "Third Master, what happened to my Wen Ge'er?" Jiang Shi saw Li Daoxuan let go of Wen Ge'er's hand and asked anxiously.

"Brother Wen's pulse is normal, so he is not ill. I'm afraid this illness is not caused by his body, but by other reasons." Li Daoxuan pondered.

"Another reason? What other reason could there be?" Jiang was puzzled.

"Don't be anxious, ma'am. I'll take a look. Please bring me a basin of water and some writing brushes and ink. I can use them."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Jiang stood up and left tremblingly. It was obvious that she was so sad that she had already shown signs of exhaustion, not to mention that she had fainted twice.

After Jiang left, Li Daoxuan and Wen Ge'er were left looking at each other.

The old village chief, Li Laosan and others went to collect the woman's body, and there was no one else in the empty main room.

Looking at the child in front of him, Li Daoxuan suddenly asked, "Did you hear anything yesterday?"

"." Wen Ge'er said nothing.

"Want some candy?" Seeing that the kid didn't want to talk to him, Li Daoxuan took out a candy from his purse and said, "Yanming and I are good friends. Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

"." Wen Ge'er remained silent, but stared at the candy in Li Daoxuan's hand, revealing a bit of desire.

"Here, have some candy. I just bought it before I came back. It's delicious." Li Daoxuan put the candy into the child's mouth without waiting for him to resist.

Wen Ge'er couldn't help chewing the candy, and a sweet taste overflowed in his mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious." Wen Ge nodded in response.

"I still have these candies. As long as you are willing to answer my questions, I will give them all to you." Li Daoxuan looked at Wen Ge'er with a smile.

As expected, after tasting the sweetness of sugar, Wen Ge'er was not so resistant to Li Daoxuan anymore.

He hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then said softly, "Go ahead."

"Did you hear any strange noises last night?"

"Yes, there were roosters crowing and people talking." Wen Ge'er nodded.

"Someone is talking? Is it a conversation in the room?"

"Yeah, we were just talking in the house."

"Did your sister-in-law say anything?" Li Daoxuan asked again.

"Yes." Wen Ge nodded.

"What did you say?"

".It seems to be saying, why are you here?" Wen Ge thought for a while, then repeated it hesitantly.

After listening to these words, Li Daoxuan's guess in his mind became somewhat certain.

"Did you hear any other sounds?"

"No more." Wen Ge'er shook his head obediently.

"Then can you tell your brother one more thing? Do you like your sister-in-law?" After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, Wen Ge'er's face turned pale.

His lips trembled, as if he was extremely afraid of his sister-in-law.

"I, I don't like her," said Wen Ge'er.

"She, she's terrible."

As soon as Wen Ge'er finished speaking, Jiang came in with water and writing brush.

(End of this chapter)