[Xianxia] Accompanying Longmian

The skeleton shrugged noncommittally, walked steadily step by step to the chair farthest from Ming Yuan and sat down, raised his head and said to Mu Bai: "As far as I know, you seem to be just passing by and don't recognize Ni Shizhuo and Tian Bin. .”

Mu Bai met the hollow eye sockets of the skull, felt uncomfortable, swallowed, turned his face away silently, and replied: "We are indeed not familiar with those two people."

The skeleton said: "Since you are not familiar with each other, why bother to meddle in your own business?"

Ming Yuan knew that Mu Bai was somewhat interested in this murder case, and he wanted to know the truth, so he snorted and said, "What if we just want to meddle in other people's business?"

The skeleton was silent, it was not afraid of Mubai, it had already seen that Mubai was a monk in the ruined temple, but his morals were not high, at least he was definitely not his opponent, and he made out with Ni Shizhuo in front of him It was also intentional, the purpose was not only to absorb Yang Qi to maintain the body he was wearing, but also to shake Mu Bai's Dao Heart.But this companion of the little monk is very troublesome, if he insists on intervening in this matter, I am afraid that his original plan will come to nothing.

Mu Bai glanced at the skeleton, seeing it was hesitant, he smiled and said: "We are not Buddhists and Taoists, we will not favor ordinary people, but we are just curious about the cause and effect of this matter, if you want to find out, you can tell the truth , don’t need to worry too much.”

The skeleton thought for a while, nodded and said: "Forget it, anyway, the thief and his wife probably suffered a lot in prison, even if you went to explain the truth to the county magistrate and let them go, the hatred in my heart will be gone."

Mu Bai couldn't help guessing: "Could it be that you had quarrels with the couple before you died?"

The skeleton said disdainfully: "I was the son of a rich family before I was alive. How could I know such ordinary people? They are the ones who insist on dying, no one else."

Ming Yuan smiled and said: "Since that's the case, how about you tell us to judge?"

The skeleton paused, and finally said: "That night I was lying on my grave to absorb the yin energy of the moon, so as to improve my practice. For some reason, the thief couple slipped into the mass grave after staying awake in the middle of the night I chose the grave bag next to me so desperately, undressed hurriedly and started to do things, and even made the boss’s voice, which disturbed me from concentrating on cultivation at all.”

After hearing this, not to mention that Mu Bai opened his mouth wide in surprise, even Ming Yuan, who claimed to be well-informed, was stunned on the spot. Even though he had wandered around the world for nearly a hundred years, he had never seen such a bold and reckless act. Such a shameless guy, played to the realm of the dead.

I heard the skeleton continue: "If it's just like this, it's fine, but the surname Ni was not finished after he had a good time, he stood up and looked around, walked to my tomb, and held my skull to look at it." After a while, in the end it actually—” Speaking of this, it clenched its fists, and the joints of its whole body made a “creaking” sound, obviously it was very angry, “—it even spit at my mouth. pee!"

Mu Bai's eyes were wider than copper bells, Ming Yuan showed a strange expression that wanted to laugh but couldn't, and asked, "Did you not teach that lifeless thing a lesson on the spot?"

The skeleton gave a "hehe" sneer: "I will never let him go. Originally, I wanted to bite off his place, but I thought it was too salty, so when he put on his pants and was about to leave, he bit him." Butts, scared the thieves couple half to death, and ran home in a hurry."

Mu Bai raised his eyebrows and said, "You won't let them go so easily, will you?"

The skeleton immediately replied: "Of course not. I followed behind secretly, found out where they lived, and spent another half a month spying on their little secrets. Don't look at the couple who seem to be fighting fiercely. There may be more than one lover out there. A husband sometimes says that he is going to buy goods, but he is actually looking for an excuse to go out and steal incense; a wife is lonely, and the husband invites people back to hang out as soon as he leaves home. ——'It's not that one family doesn't enter one house'."

Mu Bai suddenly said: "So, that Tian Bin is also one of your skins? You purposely lured the two of them, and then threw the skins to pretend to be corpses, so as to frame them?"

The skeleton tapped the table lightly with his fingers: "Even if it's not hit, it's not far away. The skin made out of it will decay quickly without the nourishment of yin and yang energy. If Tian Bin is my skin, it won't be too long to put it in the workshop. The sky would turn into a puddle of dirty water, so—"

"—So Tian Bin is a fresh corpse, and his soul body has already gone to the gate of hell to reincarnate, so you saw the opportunity to occupy his corpse."

The skeleton glanced at Ming Yuan who had just spoken, and nodded unwillingly, "That's right, I spent a lot of time going to a town in the east to find a body that had just died and attached it to it, pretending to be 'Tian Bin'." Merchants came to the town to contact the Ni couple, and after they were all hooked..."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, pointed to the pool of rotten meat on the ground and the human skin outside, and continued: "...First, put on this skin bag that I made to lure Ni Shizhuo who is about to return home, and persuade him to rush out overnight. Go home, get rid of it, then possess Tian Bin and rush to Ni's house, so that Ni Shizhuo can successfully catch the adulterer. I thought the couple would fight after the scandal was revealed, but they were so shameless that they wanted to have a threesome, I'm too lazy Then accompany them to play every scene, throw Tian Bin's body down and get away."

Ming Yuan and Mu Bai looked at each other, and after being speechless for a while, Mu Bai slowly said: "Then the Ni couple are indeed not good birds, but now the county magistrate Wu believes that the two of them conspired to kill Tian Bin, and they may be sentenced to beheaded." , will this punishment be too severe?"

The hollow eye sockets of the skeleton stared directly at Mu Bai, and said slowly: "If someone pees in your mouth, what will you do with him?"

Mu Bai choked, but Ming Yuan suddenly said from the side: "You said that you were the son of a rich family, so how could the tomb be in a mass grave?"

The skeleton's body froze, and said in a cold voice: "That's right, my family fell into ruin in my generation, so I... I can only be buried in a mass grave when I die. What I said just now is true, If you don't want to believe it, you can bring Ni Shizhuo to confront him."

Ming Yuan was not angry, instead he said with a smile: "There is a bit of character, but unfortunately, most people with character don't live long."

The skeleton didn't expect Ming Yuan to say such a word, he was slightly stunned, and then murmured: "You are right, most people with a strong character don't live long."

Mu Bai discussed with Ming Yuan in a low voice: "Since that Tian Bin has been dead for a long time, we just need to find his family, let them come over to identify the body and explain his real cause of death. The Ni family let them go."

Seeing that the skeleton was hanging its head down, he seemed a little depressed, and sighed, "The reputation of those two people is ruined now, even if they are released, everyone will shout and beat you, and you will take revenge for your humiliation. After all, there is no way to kill them." Hurt the peace, cause and effect cycle, retribution is not good, if you do too much, it may affect your future entry."

The skeleton stared at Mu Bai for a while, then grinned and showed his white teeth: "I'm already dead, so why fight with others? It's just to vent my anger, you can do whatever you want."

Mingyuan's strength is far superior to it, even if it wants to be beaten to ashes, it can only bear it. Just releasing the Ni couple from the prison is not in the slightest disadvantage to it, this little guy is still worried He is not happy with himself, but he is a rare kind person who helps him to make himself happy both openly and secretly.Thinking of this, it simply told the two of Tian Bin's body's origin and name.

Mu Bai nodded in doubt. Although he knew that the skeleton had not lied, he couldn't be sure. He had to investigate and verify before he could go to County Magistrate Wu, and now that the sun was setting, even if he went to the yamen, he probably wouldn't be able to see him. less than human.

For Ming Yuan, it is enough to find out the ins and outs of the matter and satisfy his curiosity. As for whether the Ni couple is alive or dead, he doesn't care about it.But since Mu Bai wanted to intervene, he would do his best to help, so he raised his hand and put a restraint on the skeleton, saying: "You can go - remember to put on the skin bag."

The skeleton bowed slightly towards Ming Yuan, and said: "I made this skin bag by collecting carrion corpses and putting them together. I have to take care of it every day, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain my human shape—" It then pointed to the beach of flesh and continued. : "Now this skin is damaged, and it will take me some time to repair it. I wonder if I can borrow it here?"

Ming Yuan raised his hand and made a gesture, signaling the skeleton to take care of himself, while Mu Bai looked at the bloody thing on the ground, feeling a little disgusted, but wanted to know how the skeleton made the skin, and he was at war with heaven and man. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Can I watch from the sidelines?"

The skeleton grinned, as if laughing silently, "Of course it's possible, but the process is not very beautiful, don't blame me for not reminding you beforehand." He stood up and took the small bundle next to the paper umbrella When I opened it on the table, I saw that there were many bottles and cans, as well as various brushes, scissors and other utensils.

The skeleton bent down, pinched one end of the skin with its white fingers, picked it up and shook it lightly, and waited for the sticky meat paste to drip off before putting the skin on the table in satisfaction, while slowly Pi Zhanping explained to Mu Bai: "The skin is the key to making the leather bag. If you want to make it from scratch, you usually need to collect the suitable leather first. The fresher human skin is the best choice. If you can't find it, sometimes you can do it." Use pigskin instead."

Mu Bai showed a strange expression: "Pigskin?"

The skeleton nodded solemnly: "The processed pigskin is similar to human skin in terms of color and texture, but the step of depilation is more troublesome." It took out a small box from the miscellaneous tools and opened it. There are two compartments inside, one There are many needles of different sizes in one grid, while the other grid is filled with colorful threads.

The skeleton took out a roll of transparent thread and handed it to Mu Bai, saying: "A whole piece of good skin is rare, so in most cases, it is necessary to sew the collected leather together, and this kind of transparent thread is used. , and the needle should choose this kind of small needle—” It took out a thin and small gold needle to show Mu Bai, “—the stitch must be fine and tight, otherwise the minced meat filling inside may flow out.”

Mu Bai imagined that scene for a while, and suddenly thought of the unmade soup dumpling, he couldn't help laughing.

But soon he didn't have time to think about it randomly anymore, because just repairing the skin is a very complicated and delicate job, Mu Bai stared at the skeleton and glued the eyebrows and eyelashes one by one to the face of the skin, and meticulously Making the lip lines on the lips, I can't help but feel sincere admiration in my heart.