casket of old days

Chapter 53 The Blood Corpse Case

Qiao Zhichong was in front, while Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang hid in the dark and waited for a sneak attack.

However, the fox demon was already seriously injured, and just running away all the way exhausted his physical strength, exacerbated the injury, and was unable to perform the best human martial arts, so it can be said that he was at an absolute disadvantage in all aspects.

The fox demon watched Qiao Zhi shuttle back and forth like a bolt of lightning, and retreated in a hurry.

The fight between the two sides was as fast as thunder, and with the sound of surging air waves, the fox demon was defeated in an instant, as if his body had been hit hard by a sledgehammer, and he fell to the ground vomiting blood.

He said angrily: "Orange cat! As a martial arts expert of the Yaozu, why did you collude with humans to kill your compatriots?"

On the other side, Qiao Zhi walked slowly towards the fox demon: "So what if we are also from the demon clan? You are from the fox clan and I am from the cat clan. What kind of compatriots are you?"

Seeing that Qiao Zhi was going to kill him, Chu Qiguang immediately stood up and said, "Wait, I still have something to ask him."

The fox suddenly vomited blood, twitched a few times, and fell down in a pool of blood.

Qiao Zhi was surprised and went up to check it: "He broke his heart, it's too cruel."

Qiao Zhi asked puzzledly, "Is he afraid that he will reveal the secret? What kind of secret does this fox have... He wants to keep it even at the risk of death?"

……

In the early morning of the next day, the murder of Hao Yongnian shocked the entire Qingyang County in an instant, and the entire county government was mobilized to thoroughly investigate the murder.

Because most of the corpses at the scene were fragmented and the amount of bleeding was huge, this case was called the blood corpse case by the investigators.

But after a few days, there was no clue about the blood corpse case, and the prisoner had not been arrested for a long time. The magistrate of Qingyang County was full of sadness all day long.

The Hao family even offered a reward of 1000 taels to the warrior who can catch the murderer.

……

That night, in a study of the Ding family in Qingyang County.

Ding Daoxiao sat behind the desk, looked at Taoist Qingling in front of him and said, "Have you brought anything?"

Taoist Qingling took out a square box and opened it in front of Ding Daoxiao: "Ten Yiqi Pills, which can strengthen Qi and blood, and help you reach the peak of Qi and blood in the fourth realm faster."

"There is also a copy of lion and tiger bone replacement cream, which is made by the high-skilled master of Baiyun Temple with the muscles and bones of tiger monsters and lion monsters, supplemented by 32 kinds of herbs. , bone marrow, reaching the limit of the fourth realm."

Taoist Qingling closed the box and said slowly, "It adds up to 5000 taels of silver."

Ding Daoxiao looked at the box greedily and distressedly. Greed was naturally greedy for the top-quality pills that the Heavenly Master did not supply, and distressed was his own money.

After all, even if Ding's family is big and big, Ding Daoxiao, as his son and grandson, has a budget of 1 taels of silver to spend on martial arts a year, but he spent half of it in one fell swoop.

Ding Daoxiao couldn't help but said: "5000 taels of silver is too expensive."

Taoist Qingling took back the box in an instant, and said coldly: "If it weren't for me, you would never have bought this pill even if you spent 1 taels of silver. What's more, the 5000 taels are not just for me. Shouzuo, Dujian, Dujiao, Kutou...all need money, and if you can’t afford it, there are plenty of buyers.”

Seeing that the box was about to be taken back, Ding Daoxiao immediately held it down, and said with a smile, "I'm just joking, don't take it seriously, Daoist. I'll let your subordinate Daotong and my boy go to the silver shop for delivery in a while."

Only then did Taoist Qingling let go, and let Ding Daoxiao grab the medicine box.

Ding Daoxiao looked at the medicine box with a satisfied face. With these and the martial arts he learned from the "Sumi Mountain King Sutra", he is sure that he will reach the peak of the fourth realm before the martial arts this year, and he will be able to get it safely. The identity of a martial artist.Even trying to break through to the fifth realm...

After locking the medicine box, Ding Daoxiao looked at Taoist Qingling again and said, "Have you heard about the blood corpse case?"

Taoist Qingling nodded: "I can't control it anymore. Tomorrow morning, I will go north to investigate the case of corpse murder with mages from several other counties. You have to keep a close eye on the Hao family."

Ding Daoxiao said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Hao family has lost a capable person long ago, and it can't change the overall situation. But you must clean up this corpse case."

Taoist Qingling sneered and said, "Take care of yourselves, if it weren't for you... you wouldn't have caused this series of murders."

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At noon the next day, Chu Qiguang counted the money in his pocket: "It takes less than 700 taels to raise people, dogs and cats every day."

"Hey, the silver is used up too fast. Fortunately, the Hao family gave out 1000 taels of silver this time, which should be able to give me back a wave of blood."

After all, Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang and Qiao Zhi to the direction of the county government.

At this moment in the back room of the county government office, He Wenyan, the current magistrate of Qingyang County, looked at the case file in front of him with a sad face, and sighed, "Is there no clue about the criminal yet?"

Gu Wei, the head catcher at the side, buried his head deeply like an ostrich.

As the head catcher of the fast class, he was in charge of the investigation of various cases in the county in the past. He is the one with the widest social connections, the best martial arts, and the most well-rounded among the three classes of yamen Zao class, Zhuang class, and Kuai class.

Usually not only when handling a case, you have to charge the parties for fares, horse fares, shoes and socks, meals, and tea... When you are not handling cases, you can also collect fees from prostitutes, coachmen, boatmen, tooth shops, pawn shops, etc. fees, that is, bribes.

However, in today's world, inside and outside the court, bribery is common from top to bottom. This has become a ubiquitous unspoken rule, and many people even regard it as a routine, and those who do things without receiving money have become freaks.

As a head catcher, Gu Wei's various incomes in a year add up to several hundred taels of silver.

But it's okay for a half-black and half-white person like Gu Wei to investigate ordinary cases, but now he didn't sleep a wink for several days and nights in this blood corpse case, but he didn't find any results.

Seeing his appearance, He Wenyan, the county magistrate, became more and more annoyed, and asked, "I gave you three days, but you didn't even find any trace of the murderer. You are simply incompetent! What use is it for me to support you?"

Beside He Wenyan, a young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes said: "Father, this case is related to demons. It's normal if Butou Gu can't find out. Don't blame him."

He Wenyan, the county magistrate, waved his hand to let the head catcher retreat, looked at his son and said, "My son, you don't know that there is a fire under the position of the magistrate of Qingyang County, my father. The superior sent me to Qingyang County to measure the land. , equal taxation, was originally opposed by all the big households in the county.”

"Now there are monsters under my rule, and they have created such a bloody corpse case. If the case cannot be solved after a long time... I am afraid that the memorial to impeach me has been prepared by now."

He Wenyan said with a sullen face: "My future is a small matter. If I ruin the important matter of my teacher's tax reform, I will be the father and I will be the one to die."

(End of this chapter)