dtnovels Chapter 232 My Mother is a Fortune Teller 17
Chapter 232 My Mother is a Fortune Teller 17
"Yes, yes, this is my daughter's usual comb. Fairy, do you think it's suitable?"
Zhang Yumei took out an old wooden comb from her bag, handed it to him, and asked expectantly.
"Please wait a moment, benefactor!"
Lu Yingniang took it and got up to go back to the inner room.
Then, he immediately took out the book "The Chaos Heavenly Record" and began to search through it.
Finally, in the category of finding people by borrowing objects, I found the ancient formula: "The sun indicates the direction, and the object indicates the time."
She was both happy and nervous after seeing it.
After calculating according to the steps, with my eyes closed, a vague image of a bloated, swollen corpse appeared in my mind.
The body was chained and bobbed up and down among waist-high water plants.
She wanted to watch a little longer, but her eyes started to hurt. She quickly opened them and let out a long sigh of relief.
She pinched the corner of her eyebrow and took a few breaths.
That's why he came to the main room in a bad mood.
"A fairy maiden?!"
Zhang Yumei remained kneeling on the ground, looking up at her with anticipation.
Lu Yingniang pursed her lips, feeling reluctant, but still slowly said:
“Your daughter is dead. There are iron locks on her body and waist-high seaweed underwater. That’s all I can tell you.”
"What? How could this be? My daughter... Ah... Waaah... No, it can't be... Fairy, could you have made a mistake?"
The woman clenched her fists tightly and cried out loudly, her emotions breaking down.
"this....."
Lu Yingniang sighed helplessly and shook her head, saying:
"Please think about whether there is a place like the one I mentioned near your home."
With tears in her eyes and rapid breathing, Zhang Yumei muttered to herself:
"Chains...locks...wailing...half-person-high water plants, that's only a reservoir."
Yes, the reservoir. Yan Yan has to pass by the reservoir on her way home. Thank you, Fairy...
After crying as she finished speaking, Zhang Yumei got up and ran outside.
"Why---?!"
Lu Yingniang tried to call her back, implying that the money for the consultation hadn't been paid yet!
But upon seeing the woman's appearance, he decided to forget about it.
She didn't know if her calculations were accurate; what if they were wrong?
I'll give you a free fortune telling, even if it's inaccurate. Just don't come back and ruin my reputation.
Lu Yingniang was filled with unease. The woman hurriedly ran home and told her husband and son about it.
Her family didn't believe it, saying that even the police couldn't figure it out, how could a country witch doctor possibly know Yan Yan's whereabouts?
In the past few days, they had been wondering if Su Yan might have met with some misfortune.
But as long as they can't find the body, they still hold onto a sliver of hope.
But Zhang Yumei went crazy and woke up the father and son early the next morning to go to the reservoir to retrieve the person.
The uncles and brothers in the village were all called up. They were skeptical, but they couldn't resist Zhang Yumei's persistent pleas.
So everyone sighed and left.
They brought fishing nets, bamboo poles, and ropes with them when they went.
The group arrived at the reservoir and, based on the fairy's description and the girl's walking route, quickly deduced several suspicious locations.
The villagers who were good swimmers went down to the first few spots they selected, but found nothing. Then they came to the last spot.
This reservoir was built by people from two villages together during the era of collective farming.
They all used earthen dams, and the slopes of the dams were covered with thatch.
There is a stone slab at the shore.
Zhang Yumei turned her head and searched around in the nearby bushes. Suddenly, her gaze fell on several patches of thatch that had been flattened and broken.
That area looks like it was rolled over and crushed.
Her heart skipped a beat, and a terrible thought arose in her mind.
Her legs went weak, and she grabbed the arm of the man next to her.
"I'm afraid this is the place?!"
The husband, Su Laogen, frowned, his weathered face filled with worry and anxiety.
The man who went into the water was called Su Erlengzi. He was one of the best swimmers in the village and also very brave.
This is a job that most people can't do.
No matter how close the relationship, it won't work.
Even though he was incredibly brave, he was still bound with ropes.
The worst-case scenario is that something might happen underwater, and the people above can pull him up in time.
This is his second time going into the water. Last time he came up empty-handed, and he thought he would get the same result here.
After all, this kind of thing—seeking divine intervention, fortune telling, or finding someone—is really outrageous.
But the next moment, his hand, which had reached into the water plants, suddenly touched something icy cold.
He shuddered and subconsciously touched it again with his hand.
Yes, it's a human leg, and the feel is like human skin.
He was immediately terrified and couldn't help but gasp for breath.
Underwater, it was caught off guard and choked on several mouthfuls of water, then began to struggle violently.
In an instant, the river surface was filled with splashing water and turbulent waves.
"Oh no! Pull the rope quickly!"
Those observing from the shore quickly noticed something was wrong, shouted, and the crowd swiftly pulled Su Erlengzi ashore.
After Er Lengzi got ashore, he lay on the ground and vomited water.
The villagers rushed forward and patted him hard on the back.
He gasped for breath, almost coughing up his lungs.
Then, with a frightened expression, he pointed underwater and said in a trembling voice:
"Down...below, below..."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other in unison, and it was indeed true.
Soon the fishing net was brought over and it was cast into the spot where Er Lengzi had just gone into the water.
The three members of the Su family stared nervously at the water, their hearts pounding.
The moment it emerged from the water, I saw the whitish corpse in the fishing net.
Zhang Yumei's legs went weak, and she burst into tears with a scream. She scrambled forward, her hands outstretched, and cried out as she ran to him:
"Yan Yan, my poor Yan Yan..."
Su Laogen and Su Xiaojun were startled, and after a long while, they helped each other to the front.
Su Yan's body was already bloated from being soaked in water, with a chain still wrapped around her waist, the other end of which was probably tied with a stone. She was also pulled up to the riverbank by the villagers.
"Call the police! Call the police!"
The police arrived quickly and, using the chains on Su Yan's body, quickly located the suspect, Gu Dahai.
The chain is a dog chain used in rural households to tether fierce dogs.
After investigation by the police, it was found that only Gu Dahai's family, who lived not far from the reservoir, had bought a new chain seven days ago.
Fortunately, the suspect had gone to the market on the morning the Su family retrieved the body.
Otherwise, if the suspect had seen the commotion here, he would have run away immediately.
When the police were taking a statement, they couldn't hold back their emotions when they heard the complainant, Zhang Yumei, say that she found the location of her murdered daughter's body through a fortune teller named Lu Yingniang.
"What? It's her again?"
This scammer, how come he scams everyone?
The police officers handling the case looked incredulous, angry, and questioning.
The last time they went to Lujiazhuang, they were tricked by Lu Yingniang and cursed by her fanatical followers.
They remember it!
Privately, he was thinking that sooner or later he would put Lu Yingniang, that fake sorceress, in jail and make her eat prison food.
"You're saying she directed you to fish people out of the reservoir? Just based on a wooden comb?"
"Yes, officer, I'm not lying. Master Lu is incredibly accurate! Oh no, I haven't paid for the fortune telling yet..."
Zhang Yumei slapped her forehead as she spoke, somewhat regretful.
These past few days she's been heartbroken and angry, unable to eat or drink, but now that her daughter is dead, she's finally caught the person who killed her.
She felt much better now.
After leaving the police station, she, her husband, and son, carrying four gifts, went to Lujiazhuang.
After learning the result, Lu Yingniang calmly accepted the gift, but was secretly thrilled.
Wow, my calculations were so accurate!
My goodness! This "Chaos Celestial Register" is truly amazing.
The villagers soon learned of this, and they were all proud of it.
Lu Yingniang's pilgrims were even more convinced after hearing this.
On the third day, an older policeman and a younger policeman came to visit again.
This time, they didn't come with the same aggressive attitude as before, but rather with a mix of skepticism and curiosity.
When the police asked Lu Yingniang how she calculated it, she didn't even raise an eyebrow and calmly replied:
“You are not a member of the Taoist sect, so you wouldn’t understand even if I explained it to you.”
“Lu Yingniang, answer our questions properly. Do you want to be arrested and interrogated like last time?”
The young policeman glared sternly at Lu Yingniang, who was putting on an act, but inwardly he was full of disdain.
This kind of country bumpkin can easily fool naive women.
He does nothing all day but spends his time in the village playing tricks, manipulating people's hearts, and swindling money from them.
This kind of person is the kind of person he hates and despises the most.