Chapter 49: Judge Swallows the Ghost Pill
Qi Gu was too lazy to pay attention to what he said. He just glanced at him from beginning to end, and then said to the others: "Everyone, please move aside, so as not to get in the wrong way later."
After he finished speaking, everyone hurriedly made room for more than ten meters with Qi Gu as the center of the circle. Qi Gu paid special attention to Lin Hanzhi, who was the weakest, and confirmed that the other party was far enough away. Then he let Shachuan stand in the middle of the open space, and then used the empty bottle of milk he had just drunk as a pen to outline a huge circular plate on the mud.
——If there is someone knowledgeable here, he can tell at a glance that the horoscope drawn by Qi Gu is exactly the horoscope calculated by Xu Xue's eight characters, without any error.
The moment the horoscope was drawn, wind and fog suddenly arose in the mountains, and the leaves swayed rapidly, making the already terrifying Qingji Mountain even more desolate at night.
"The Emperor of Heaven is above and the underworld is below. Anyone who is close to you according to your horoscope will be reborn in this body!" The spell stopped and the wind and fog grew stronger, enveloping the sand river in the middle.
Shachuan was frightened at first and wanted to escape, but he soon found that his feet were nailed to the ground for some unknown reason and he could not move at all. He could only watch as the moist and cold mist came towards him and completely enveloped him.
About half a minute later, the fog dissipated, and Shachuan's expression changed from fear to confusion and hesitation. He looked at the people in front of him and said, "Who are you? Where is this? Shouldn't I be waiting for reincarnation in the underworld by lottery?"
Although he has the same facial features as Shachuan, his temperament is completely different when his face moves.
"Don't be afraid, this is a ghost-exploring variety show. I'm entrusted by your parents to loan you out from the underworld temporarily. Do you have any grievances to speak of?" Qi Gu's face was indifferent, but his tone was soft.
Anyway, he had never spoken to Shachuan in this tone.
Xu Xue was stunned for a moment, and her expression became vivid: "You mean, I'm talking to the camera now, and my parents and many viewers can see it?"
She was as sunny and bright as Jiang Huaguo said, and there was no sign at all that she had died of suicide.
"Yes."
"Xuexue, it's me, I'm dad."
"I'm... Mom." The voice came from the mobile phone's external speaker, the voice was trembling, painful, and full of excitement of having a long-cherished wish fulfilled.
"Dad, Mom!" Xu Xue called out the names that she would never have the chance to call again, and tears immediately flowed down her cheeks.
She regretted it, she had regretted it a long time ago.
So her soul lingered outside the window of her parents' master bedroom countless times, but because her parents were public officials and were surrounded by righteousness, every time she walked to the edge of the master bedroom, she would be bounced back by the righteousness and could not move forward.
——This is also the reason why Mr. and Mrs. Xu were forced to wake up countless times after they dreamed of their daughter.
"Mom and Dad are here, we are all here. Xuexue, if you have any grievances, just tell us. Mom and Dad and all these audiences will definitely help you!" said Dad Xu sadly.
"I committed suicide... Actually, it was because I was violated by the boss of the Internet celebrity incubation company that Shachuan signed with. That day, Shachuan asked me to accompany him to discuss the contract. I wanted to review at home, but Shachuan said that I had a copy of his account and the company boss hoped that I could also be present for the assessment, so I accompanied him. Everything went well during the assessment process. After signing the contract, we went to KTV together to celebrate the signing. I can't drink much, so I only ordered a glass of low-proof fruit wine, but after drinking it, I felt very dizzy. Shachuan was instructed by the boss to go downstairs to queue up for him to buy the Internet celebrity store called Hot and Spicy Kebabs... Then the incident happened. I wanted to call the police at the time, and I kept all the evidence that should be kept, but Shachuan came back and hugged me, crying, apologizing and telling me not to call the police."
"He said that there are so many similar victims on the Internet, but they have never received the compassion and respect they deserve. Instead, their appearance and clothing have been used as a topic of conversation and they have been judged... If it was me who was judged, he would feel very sad. And my parents are public officials. If their identities are exposed, they will definitely be affected. How will they live their lives?" Xu Xue had died once, so when she talked about these things, her face was much calmer than when she heard her parents' voices.
"In the end, I just kept the relevant evidence in the cloud disk and did not call the police. After that, Shachuan took good care of me and did everything according to my wishes, but he still stepped on my minefields. My mental state became worse day by day, until that day when I lost control of my emotions, I could not control my behavior at all, and impulsively went to the rooftop." Xu Xue said and hit her head hard, "My brain really reached a dead end at that time. Now think about it carefully, it was just a dog bite, why did I jump off the building... You don't know, jumping off a building is very painful. After falling from a height, your bones are broken and penetrated through your skin and flesh, but your mind is still very clear..." Xu Xue regretted her original choice.
If she had known this earlier, she should have called the police.
So what if I’m talked about? It's better than making yourself sick.
It's not her fault.
And those who talk about and look down on her because of this, can they be good people?
Since they are nothing, why should she care about their opinions?
When Xu's father and mother heard this, they burst into tears and said, "It's all our fault. We were too strict with you, so you didn't tell us immediately if anything happened... If we were qualified parents, you would have told us about this and I would have taken you to the police station immediately."
"Silly child, at this age, the most important thing for your parents is you...what other people's comments mean to you doesn't matter." The old couple felt regretful and sad, unable to control themselves for a moment.
Jiang Huaguo never expected that her good friend would encounter such a thing. She looked at Xu Xue in the live broadcast room with red eyes, feeling extremely heartbroken.
[Sister, you are so pitiful. Is Shachuan sick? Why did he stop you from calling the police? 】
[If I had called the police, none of the things that happened later would have happened]
[Wow, mom and dad are really good. They didn’t blame their daughter, but felt that they had not done enough. What a good family.]
[It seems that Shachuan has no problem with this matter? What he said is indeed a common phenomenon in the current environment, and he said this to protect his girlfriend.]
【well】
Just as everyone was sighing with regret, Qi Gu suddenly said: "This may not be the whole truth."
The black line between Shachuan and Xu Xue is always entangled with the thread of a third person. And the causal connection between that thread and Shachuan is not even weaker than that between Shachuan and Xu Xue.
"Think about it carefully. Did Shachuan really not behave in any abnormal way when he was in the KTV?" Qi Gu asked directly, but his tone was still gentle.
Xu Xue lowered her head, lost in deep memories.
After a long pause, she looked up and said, "That day... Shachuan seemed to have asked me three times after I drank, 'Are you okay? How can you blush like this after drinking a little fruit wine?'"
Arriving at an area that Qi Gu was familiar with, he quickly asked, "If I remember correctly, the chain store of Hot and Spicy BBQ is only open until 8 o'clock in the evening. Did you go to the KTV at 8 o'clock?"
Xu Xue thought about it, then shook her head: "No, I remember it was already past eight o'clock when we first arrived. After drinking for a while, it should be nine o'clock at least."
"That means, Shachuan should have come up after he went downstairs and found that the Internet celebrity store was closed, but he waited until... it was over before coming back." Qi Gu's voice was cold, and when he looked at Shachuan's body, it was as if he was looking at something dirty that he could not avoid.
[This is indeed a lie that fell into Qi Gu's comfort zone. As a foodie, how could he not know what time the popular restaurant closes? 】
[Why does the flow of this reasoning seem a little off...]
[So, this means that Shachuan and the boss conspired to deliberately trick Xu Xue into taking the bait? Damn, this is too disgusting.]
[Help! How about you control Shachuan's body and jump off the cliff right now? We will definitely pretend that we didn't see anything.]
[Ugh, this is so disgusting that I am about to vomit the New Year’s Eve dinner]
[Hot BBQ Boss: I am so lucky to have you]
Xu Xue also wanted to understand the key, and her face looked extremely ugly, as if she was halfway through drinking milk tea and found a cockroach laying eggs underneath.
What’s even more horrifying is that he chewed the cockroach eggs, thinking they were a gift from the merchant.
[That’s why Shachuan kept persuading the girl not to call the police and took good care of her]
[So that’s how it is!] 】
[Oh my god]
[My lungs are exploding ahhhh]
[I found a brilliant point. Hasn't Shachuan always been good at pua? Then will he also regard this incident as a means of pua, using this incident to make the young lady feel inferior and treat her well, so as to achieve a better purpose of manipulation]
[You above... what kind of psychology master?]
[If you say so, it seems to make sense]
【hiss! Poisonous, too poisonous. The most poisonous thing is the heart of a woman. I think the most poisonous thing is the heart of a man.
[Alas, but Shachuan will definitely not admit it himself]
[Even if this is true, there is no way to convict him of murder, right? 】
[My blood pressure is higher today than Qingji Mountain]
[So is there really no way to make Shachuan admit it himself? 】
Qi Gu read the reply on the screen and thought for a while: "It's not impossible. In the Judge's Hall of the Underworld, there was a precedent of recruiting living people to work part-time as judges at night to judge ghosts. The judges were afraid that living people would be partial to each other and commit fraud, so they would make the living judges swallow an iron pill before judging the case to calm their minds and avoid partiality and fraud. If Shachuan can eat this, he will have to tell the truth."①
[Can we get this thing?] 】
[What the guy above is thinking? It’s said that it’s only in the Judge’s Hall. Even though Master Qi is very powerful, he can’t get things from the Judge’s Hall, right? 】
[Alas, that means there is no hope.]
Qi Gu showed a nostalgic look on his face: "When I saw this in the classics, I was very curious about this iron ball, so I went to ask my master. My master said that he happened to have one, so he gave it to me... But I haven't found a chance to try it in all these years, and I don't know whether what he said is true or not. The old man is used to bragging."
After saying this, he poured out an iron ball from the purple gold gourd. The ball was shaped like a bird's egg and weighed about two grams. ②
There are countless fine lines on it, emitting a cold aura.
The rolling barrage froze for a moment, and then began to flow wildly.
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