Chapter 163: Too much coincidence is not a coincidence
The old man said it very simply, but who knows if it is true?
Now a lot of mysteries are still surrounding Zhang Ming, and this little old Taoist priest suddenly appeared. He will definitely not trust anyone easily.
After all, even Zhang the Lame has become untrustworthy all of a sudden, let alone others.
They are now especially encountering people who can cast spells. Those who can cast spells are either good or bad. It will be troublesome if they meet a bad one.
So Zhang Ming looked at the old Taoist priest and said, "In that case, what else do you want?"
The old Taoist priest looked at Zhang Ming and the others and said, "I want to ask, did you solve the evil spirits along the way just now?"
Zhang Ming nodded and said, "Yes, is there a problem?"
"Oh, no, just asking. Let me tell you the truth. I saw a man about fifty years old bringing this little girl in.
I thought there might be a problem, so I brought some magic tools and chased after them. May I ask, did you see the man about fifty years old? Did he hurt the girl?"
Zhang Ming looked at the Taoist priest carefully and felt that he didn't look like a bad person. But why was it so coincidental that he also saw Zhang Kuizi bringing Gu Qi in.
So he said, "That's true, but she's fine now. I also want to find the person you mentioned. Why, you said he has a problem, don't you know him?"
The old Taoist sighed and said, "Yes, I really do know him. His last name is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Quezi, and he is from Guxi Village. This person knows magic, but his character has always been bad.
He used to help people in the surrounding area to read Feng Shui, but he often cheated people and deceived them, so his reputation became worse and worse. Later, I don't know if he cheated too much and killed someone's family.
Someone broke his leg. And he couldn't make it here, so he left here. I heard that he opened a store in the city."
Zhang Ming heard this and said, "Is this Zhang Quezi you said really such a person?"
"How could this be false? If you don't believe me, you can go out and ask the people in the surrounding villages. His reputation is very bad, otherwise why can't he stay nearby?" said the old Taoist priest.
Zhang Ming frowned and thought so. Otherwise, why didn't he go to his hometown village when the whole village was massacred? Instead, he supported Gu Qi?
Now that he thinks about it, Zhang Ming feels that the person who called Huangmao and said that Zhang Quezi was in trouble was probably someone Zhang Quezi asked to make the call himself, with the purpose of tricking everyone to Guxi Village, and then he would just take action against Gu Qi.
And this is indeed the case, because as soon as Zhang Ming and his friends arrived at the village, Gu Qi was taken away by Zhang Quezi.
"What exactly does this Zhang Quezi want to do?" Zhang Ming took a deep breath.
The yellow-haired man and the fat man have been silent. Although they are reluctant to believe that Zhang Quezi is a bad guy, there are so many evidences against him now, and there are also witnesses. After he is released, there will be so many villagers to testify. I am afraid it will be difficult for Zhang Quezi to clear his name.
Zhang Ming suddenly raised his head and looked at the old Taoist priest and said, "You know Zhang Quezi very well."
"Well, I used to be from this village. He often messed around, and I would step forward to stop him. And if I am not mistaken, this girl should be from our Gujia Village, right?"
The old Taoist priest looked at Gu Qi and said. Zhang Ming was not sure either, and just said:
"Her surname is indeed Gu, but I don't know if she is from Gujia Village."
The old Taoist priest's face suddenly became more serious, and he said, "More than ten years ago, there was a family in Gujia Village. The old man in the family passed away, and they invited Zhang Kuizi to handle the funeral.
However, Zhang Kuizi could not reach an agreement with the family on the reward, so he held a grudge and secretly tampered with the coffin, creating a situation where evil spirits gathered in the coffin.
In the end, the corpse in the coffin turned into a corpse demon within three days of being buried. At that time, the corpse demon came back and killed the adults of the family, leaving only gave birth to two children.
Later, I found out about this and quickly took my magic weapon to subdue the corpse. I had another big battle with Zhang Quezi. After he left the family, I sent the two children to an orphanage in the city.
But at the same time, I also found that the little girl was missing a soul, which was the earth soul! And this girl also lacked an earth soul, so I asked, was there no girl in Gujia Village back then! "
Hearing the old Taoist's words, Zhang Ming and others looked at each other. In this way, aren't all the mysteries solved?
Zhang Quezi harmed people out of hatred, and found that Gu Qi had a special body, so he detained her earth soul.
Later, Zhang Quezi could not stay in the nearby village, so he went to the city and opened a shop near Gu Qi and his friends...
Thinking of this, Zhang Ming clenched his fists and said, "This Zhang Quezi wanted to take me as his apprentice. Fortunately, I did not agree. I did not expect him to be such a person."
The old Taoist sighed and said, "People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. How can you tell how bad they are? Since I have met the little girl of the Gu family again today, it shows that this is also fate.
Anyway, Zhang Quezi and I have a grudge, and now you young people have been fooled by him, so I will help you to deal with him together!"
Hearing this, Zhang Ming said, "Thank you, Taoist priest!"
"You're welcome!" The Taoist smiled faintly, then looked at Gu Qi and said:
"Girl, don't worry, I will find a way to get your earth soul back for you."
Zhang Ming hurriedly asked, "Master, do you have a way?"
The Taoist said, "Yes, but I need some things. I have to go to the village to get them. At the entrance of Gujia Village, there is a hundred-year-old willow tree. I need to pick some hundred-year-old willow branches."
"I'll go!" Hu Fei said.
Zhang Ming glanced at Hu Fei and then said, "You three should go together. I'm worried about what will happen on the way."
The yellow-haired and fat man also nodded, and then Zhang Ming naturally took the three people out, saying as he walked,
"Don't forget, after you go out, continue to make phone calls to see if anyone answered the number that called us to inform us that Zhang Quezi was missing..."
After he finished speaking, he had already walked out of the small temple, Gu Qi followed behind him, and the old Taoist stood at the temple gate.
Zhang Ming continued to instruct them to be careful and not to encounter danger.
When they were a little distance away from the small temple and the old Taoist priest, Zhang Ming suddenly whispered:
"After going to the village, ask the villagers about the old Taoist priest and Zhang the Lame. If what he said is true, send a text message. If it is not true, send two text messages. I will judge based on the vibration of the text messages."
It was obvious that Zhang Ming still doubted the Taoist priest.
So the yellow-haired man nodded, and then deliberately said: "Oh, I see, it's just breaking some willow branches, why is it so long-winded?"
With that, the three of them went out of the forest, and Zhang Ming took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Gu Qi, and then looked at the old Taoist priest.
The appearance of the old Taoist priest, although it answered many of Zhang Ming's doubts at once, also confirmed that Zhang Guizi was a bad guy.
But Zhang Ming always felt that everything was too coincidental, and always felt that the appearance of the old Taoist priest was not a coincidence.