casket of old days

Chapter 54 No one knows the blood corpse case better than me

He Wenyan's son, He Xian, said: "Father, don't worry, I have already contacted Priest Qingling of Qingyang Temple, and he sent the most powerful mage under his command to investigate the blood corpse case. .”

He Wenyan, the county magistrate, sighed: "It's a pity that Taoist Qingling will go to investigate the case of corpse change with mages from other counties."

At this moment, a young servant came to report that Daoist Fa Yuan of Qingyang Temple came.

"Please hurry up!" He Wenyan and He Xian thought that the blood corpse case had come to an end, so they welcomed the Fayuan Taoist in.

Daoist Fayuan introduced the case, while telling his own deduction: "The murderer killed eight martial arts experts in a row in a small wing room, the weakest of which was at the first level of martial arts, and Hao Yongnian himself was an expert at the third level of martial arts. His strength is at least above the fourth realm of martial arts."

He Xian nodded and said: "We have checked the masters of the four realms of martial arts in the county, and none of them are suspected."

Daoist Fayuan said solemnly: "Because the murderer is not human at all. Several wounds on the corpse are consistent with the marks of animal claws, and this..." He took out a tuft of animal hair.

"Judging from the injuries on the deceased's body and the damage at the scene, the eight of them had been besieging one person, but they were attacked by fists and beast claws successively. Judging from Pindao's years of experience in subduing demons and demons, this monster Halfway through the battle, it changed back to its original form."

He Wenyan, the county magistrate, nodded again and again: "Then where did this monster escape?"

Daoist Fayuan shook his head and said that he did not find it: "The monster must have cleaned up the scene before he left. I only found this hair and no other clues. Now he has escaped for another four days. What kind of monster is there? It will take time to identify and investigate, if you still want to pursue, I am afraid it will be too late."

From hope to disappointment again, the magistrate He Wenyan's face became even more gloomy, and he lowered his head and sighed: "It's really impossible, I can only report to the state government, and ask the Zhenmagic Division to investigate the case."

Hearing that the county magistrate wanted to invite Zhenmagic to come, Taoist Fayuan immediately persuaded him: "Zhenmagic is arrogant and domineering, and I'm afraid it will cause trouble in the county. It's better to wait for Master Qingling to investigate the case of the corpse change and take action to capture this monster himself. Ninety-five percent."

He Wenyan, the county magistrate, glanced at him, knowing that there had always been a conflict between Tianshijiao and Zhenmasi, but he shook his head: "I have no time to wait for Master Qingling."

Just when the three of them were at a loss, and the magistrate was about to write a letter to invite the support of the Zhenmagic Division, another servant came up to report: "My lord, there is a student from the Yinglue Hall who said that he can solve the blood corpse case."

The county magistrate frowned and asked, "What can a student from the Yinglue Hall understand? Let him go."

"He said his name was Chu Qiguang, and he said that he had been recruited by the Hao family to help solve the case." The servant who received the money said earnestly, "He also said that he had important clues to report."

As soon as the Hao family offered a reward of 1000 taels, He Wenyan and He Zhixian felt troubled.

It's not that no one has responded to the call of the Hao family these days to provide clues or help investigate the case, but they are all gangsters, witches and gods, not only did not find anything useful, but made the county government a mess .

If it wasn't for the Hao family's intentions, Hezhi County would not want any outsider to assist in the investigation.

At this moment, when Chu Qiguang said that there were important clues to report, He Zhixian also had a look of disbelief.

So He Zhixian asked again: "What does this Chu... Chu Qiguang's family do?"

The boy knew that it was the Elder Master asking about the other party's background, so he said: "It's an ordinary farmer in Wangjiazhuang..."

He Zhixian immediately frowned again when he heard the word "ordinary farmer". He opened his mouth and wanted to let people go, but then he heard the servant go on to say: "It was Li Suanshou from Hufang who recommended him, saying that he was too quick-witted." People, they can be used by the master."

Li Suanshou is also an old housekeeper. He has been operating in Qingyang County for more than ten years.

So He Zhixian waved his hand and asked the servant to bring people up to hear what Chu Qiguang had to say.

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After a while, Chu Qiguang, who specially changed into a gown worth three taels of silver, was brought in by the servant, and he cupped his hands towards the county magistrate: "This junior has seen the county magistrate."

He Zhixian didn't care that the other party didn't kneel down to salute, but asked majestically: "Chu Qiguang, what clues do you have, tell me quickly, if you make any mistakes, you will be bruised and bloody."

Accompanied by He Zhixian's staring eyes, the oppressive pressure fell from the sky, and under the oppression of the martial arts powerhouse, Chu Qiguang felt as if he was being targeted by a giant beast.

Chu Qiguang sighed in his heart: "Most of the officials in this world have practiced martial arts." '

He resisted the pressure brought by the magistrate and said: "After I was recruited by the Hao family, I first read the case file, then went to the place where the crime happened, and then asked the few Kuaishou on duty about the case. He already knows the whole blood corpse case like the back of his hand."

He looked at the three people in front of him, and said confidently: "I am afraid that no one in the entire county knows the blood corpse case better than me. I am here today to help the county lord find the murderer."

Even the senior headhunters in the yamen and the Taoist priests who are proficient in subjugating demons in the Taoist temple have not found the murderer. Seeing Chu Qiguang boasting so much, He Zhixian really wants to beat him out with a big mouth.

Chu Qiguang went on to say: "The murderer of the blood corpse case is most likely a fox demon."

Daoist Fa Yuan frowned, and said suspiciously, "How do you know it's a fox demon?"

"Let's start from the beginning."

Chu Qiguang didn't continue to talk about the fox demon, but changed the subject and said to himself: "How much do you know about Hao Yongnian? As far as I know, the tenant of that yard just left last month, and the yard hasn't been rented out yet." , why did Hao Yongnian go to that place?"

The magistrate said impatiently: "If you have any clues, come quickly, don't talk about him."

Chu Qiguang went on to say: "This matter is very important, please listen to the magistrate and finish. According to the servants of the Hao family, Hao Yongnian either goes to Goulan Washe in the west of the city to listen to music and drink every night, or Go find prostitutes in the county.

He went to Zaoyuan Street that night.With his temperament...is he looking for a prostitute? "

Daoist Fa Yuan said: "Based on these alone, you can't conclude that he must be looking for a prostitute, right? Do you have evidence?"

Qiao Zhi, who came with him, hid on the eaves and listened to the conversation in the house and said to himself, "Nonsense, that's what Chu Qiguang introduced him to." '

Of course, Chu Qiguang couldn't say that on the surface, but he still said seriously: "Yes, so I went to the scene of the crime to find evidence. Just under the flower bed in the courtyard, I found a piece of sheep that hadn't been used yet. Intestines."

The young He Xian asked doubtfully, "Sheep intestines?"

On the other side, He Wenyan and Taoist Fayuan changed their expressions, as if they had thought of something.

I only heard Chu Qiguang smiled and said: "After the cecum of the sheep is washed and soaked in water, it is repeatedly soaked in caustic soda water, the mucous membrane on the intestine is scraped off, and after rinsing, it can be used as a contraceptive. Such a troublesome thing, Why would someone throw it away if it hasn't been used yet?

If Hao Yongnian's intestines fell during the fight, then when he went out at night with the intestines, he didn't want to use them to heat the hot pot, did he? "

Chu Qiguang smiled and said: "But the sheep's intestines are indeed not conclusive evidence, it just reminds me of a possibility..."

(End of this chapter)