Chapter 35 Qing Shui Town 07

  After listening to Zhou Tian Tong, Zhang Zhi Xin couldn't help but turn his head and look at Qin Fei with an incredulous gaze.

  "Are you saying he has Four Yangs converging?" Zhang Zhixin asked, addressing the question to Zhou Tiantong who was walking ahead.

  "Not bad," Zhou Tian Tong said.

  "What about the tenth generation's merits?" Zhang Zhixin continued to ask.

  "That's right." Zhou Tian Tong said affirmatively.

  "Is it Heaven's will?" Zhang's tone rose slightly.

  "What do you want to say?" Zhou Tian Tong stood at the small gate of the main hall, turned his head and looked towards Zhang Zhi Xin. Due to the angle of the light, half of Zhou Tian Tong's face was hidden in the shadows, giving off a sinister look.

  "I'm telling you, Old Zhou, won't you have miscalculated?" Zhang Zhixin said directly.

  Four Yang Ding Ju, ten generations of merit and virtue, the heavenly mandate... Such a fate, without saying much, being free from illness and disaster, and having a smooth life is inevitable. But what about Qin Fei? Not to mention when Qin Fei's mother entrusted him to take care of Qin Fei, she kept talking about Qin Fei experiencing some major illnesses and minor disasters. Even now, Qin Fei still carries a curse on his body, always in an unstable state of mind and spirit. Is this really the best fate in the world? An ordinary fate is much better than this, isn't it?

  "With such a special fate, do you think I would miscalculate?" Zhou Tian Tong let out a cold snort and turned around to walk through the small door of the main hall, entering the small living room behind it.

  Indeed, such a fate is impossible to calculate incorrectly. Although Zhang Zhixin was not very skilled in fortune-telling and divination, the ten generations of merit and virtue must have specific omens in the eight characters, which he knew.

  But Zhou Tian Tong didn't miscalculate, so what's going on with Qin Fei?

  Zhang Zhixin glanced sideways at Qin Fei, stroked his goatee and said: "If it wasn't Old Zhou's mistake, then the problem lies with you yourself. You said... you were swapped in the hospital?"

  Qin Fei: "......Third Uncle, I don't think that's possible."

  Zhang Zhixin came to Qing Shui Town to find Zhou Tian Tong, but his main purpose was not to study what happened to Qin Fei's fate, at least not for now. Currently, Zhang Zhixin is still most concerned about the practitioner who cursed the victims of the H City Corpse Case.

  Fourteen years had passed and he had been investigating for fourteen years. He finally found a clue, and Zhang Zhixin didn't want to return empty-handed at all.

  Zhang Zhixin and Qin Fei walked into the small living room one after another, Zhou Tian Tong went to the adjacent kitchen to pour two cups of boiling water for them, which was a gesture to entertain guests. After that, he sat down and started talking with Zhang Zhixin about the case of dismembered bodies in H city.

  The two men's conversation was basically all about things that Qin Fei had already heard, and there wasn't any other information that could serve as a clue. The only thing that surprised Qin Fei somewhat was that Zhou Tian Tong's granddaughter, Zhou Qing, had also died under the curse. Moreover, it happened fourteen years ago, when she was with Zhang Zhi Xin's grandson, Zhang Dang, and after Zhang Dang's death, she too died in a similar state within two days.

  At noon, Zhang Zhixin made lunch by himself. After finishing lunch, Zhang Zhixin and Zhou Tian went to the back mountain of Xizhen. The mountain is where many people from Qing Shui Town are buried. Although traditional earth burials have long been banned, people in this town still bury the ashes of those who have been cremated on the back mountain. Fourteen years ago, Zhou Qing, who had passed away, was also buried on the back mountain of Qing Shui Town. Zhang Zhixin went there to pay his respects to Zhou Tian's granddaughter, Zhou Qing.

  Zhang Zhixin didn't let Qin Fei follow them, and together with Zhou Tiantong, they took the incense and offerings and set off towards the back mountain.

  Zhang Zhixin and Zhou Tiantong went out this time, and they didn't come back for a long while. When they returned, the night had already deepened, without any light, people could only see their vague outlines from ten steps away.

  After the two returned, they became much quieter. Zhang Zhixin's pretentious and relaxed attitude finally disappeared, leaving only melancholy sadness. Although it was Zhou Tian's granddaughter who went to pay her respects, Zhang Zhixin couldn't help but think of his own grandson, after all, the two children were together when they left.

  After a simple dinner, Zhou Tian Tong began to arrange for Zhang Zhi Xin and Qin Fei's sleeping quarters.

  Zhou Tian Tong's house was not big, originally three people could sleep in it with some squeezing. But Zhang Zhi Xin slept on Zhou Tian Tong's side, while Qin Fei was taken elsewhere by Zhou Tian Tong. It was a house borrowed from a family in Xi Town, originally left for their son's new marriage, but their son went to work in another city and had been living outside after getting married. This house was occasionally used when they came back.

  This bungalow was next to the old couple's house, built beside theirs, but looked much cleaner and newer than theirs, apparently with a time difference in construction.

  After reminding Qin Fei not to run around at night, Zhou Tian Tong went back.

  Qin Fei locked the door and entered the room. The room felt a bit chilly since no one had lived there for a long time, but the quilt was freshly laundered today and still had a hot water bottle wrapped inside. After Qin Fei finished washing up and got into bed, he didn't feel so cold anymore.

  It was just past eight o'clock, and it was still a bit early to sleep, so Qin Fei gave Gu Wenkai a call.

  Gu Wenkai's side, a group of four people, investigated Xizhen in the morning and didn't find anything special, so they withdrew to Dongzhen in the afternoon. However, that afternoon, Gu Wenqing arrived at H City and immediately contacted Gu Wenkai, so they began investigating areas that the police couldn't investigate. However, there have been no gains yet.

  After finishing the call with Gu Wenkai, Qin Fei turned on the TV and flipped through the few channels, but didn't find any interesting programs, so he turned off the TV and lay down in bed to sleep.

  In the dead of night, Qin Fei suddenly heard a knock on the window in the next room while he was asleep. He opened his eyes dazedly and saw a vague figure reflected in the window opposite his bed.

  Is there someone outside?

  Qin Fei was stunned for a moment before he slightly came to his senses. He took out his phone and looked at the time, which showed 0:23. How could there be someone outside at this hour?

  Qin Fei stared at the figure for a while, but only saw it sway slightly, without disappearing from the window. In other words, the person was still outside and had not left yet.

  Looking at the figure on the window, Qin Fei couldn't sleep either. He got dressed and got out of bed without turning on the light, walking straight towards the window that reflected the figure.

  Qin Fei pulled open the curtains, opened the window and looked outside. Sure enough, he saw a man standing not far away from him. The man who was standing nearby heard the movement behind him, suddenly turned his head and instantly met Qin Fei's line of sight.

  The two men locked eyes, and Qin Fei was taken aback for a moment. The person who was still outside at this late hour was none other than Gu Yin.

  "What were you doing in......?" Qin Fei asked, coming back to his senses.

  "It's none of your business." Gu Yin glanced at Qin Fei with a bland expression, then withdrew his gaze, "If you don't want to be bothered by some strange thing, you'd better close the window and go back to bed immediately."

  Although Gu Yin's tone couldn't reveal any emotions, Qin Fei could sense that he was in a very bad mood. When Gu Yin was in a bad mood, Gu Wenkai would usually give him space, but Qin Fei wasn't afraid of him.

  "What are you looking for?" Qin Fei asked, "Is it related to the seven murders that took place in H City?"

  "Do you know something?" Gu Yin turned his head back to look at Qin Fei, because Qin Fei's tone sounded like he was telling him that he knew something about the seven murders.

  "I suppose you know something...". Qin Fei rubbed his arm, standing by the window in the middle of the night, feeling a bit chilly. "Come inside and talk, it's too cold outside."

  Gu Yin did not oppose Qin Fei's proposal.

  After entering the house, Qin Fei poured a cup of hot water for Gu Yin and sat down to start telling some clues he knew.

  "There were seven cases, with a total of seven victims. The specific circumstances of the previous six are still unclear, but the seventh victim was San Jiujiu, who was Zhang Zhixin. He confirmed that he had been cursed."

  "Curse?" Gu Yin raised his eyes and looked at Qin Fei.

  "That's right." Qin Fei nodded and continued, "The curse is the same as the one on his deceased grandson, and also the same as the one on me."

  "How did he know?" Gu Yin asked.

  "The seventh victim was followed by San Shu for some time before he died. The symptoms of the deceased were the same as those of his grandson," Qin Fei said, pausing slightly before continuing, "However, it's not clear what conditions need to be met for the curse to take effect. But it shouldn't be a time limit, this curse on me has been going on longer than the seventh victim's, but I haven't shown those symptoms yet."

  "You are an exception." Gu Yin said, "The curse on you is not complete, it has been broken, and without special circumstances, it's hard to trigger, it will only keep you in a state of unstable soul."

  It's precisely because the curse is incomplete that it's actually very difficult to find a way to break it, which is why Gu Yin still hasn't prepared all the materials for the curse. If it were a complete curse, with his abilities he would have broken it cleanly long ago.

  "Was the seventh person the one who died in Qing Shui Town?" Gu Yin asked, his tone affirmative. Because he had previously met Zhang Zhi Xin near Qing Shui Town and then helped him call an ambulance after he accidentally fainted.

  "It was in Qing Shui Town." Qin Fei said, "The body of Third Uncle was found on the edge near Dong Zhen's east side."

  "So the body should still be in Qing Shui Town now." The incomplete curse on Qin Fei's body was destined to make it impossible to determine the type of curse. To determine what kind of curse it was and investigate further, they had to go see the body. In general, when a living person is cursed, their corpse will leave behind marks after death. With those marks, it wouldn't be difficult for Gu Yin to infer what kind of curse it was.

  "I'm not sure where the body is, but you can ask Wenkai, he was involved in the investigation of the case."

  "I'll go find him." Gu Yin said as he stood up.

  "Now?" Qin Fei glanced at the wall clock, 0:43.

  "Mind your own business, it's better if you don't stay in Qing Shui Town, especially this western part of town..." Gu Yin's eyes turned dark and gloomy, "This isn't a good place."

  Leaving Qin Fei's place, Gu Yin directly headed towards the direction of Dong Town.