casket of old days

Chapter 57

Chu Qiguang said to Qiao Zhi who was hiding aside in his heart: "Master Qiao, I remember you have a fox under your command?"

Qiao Zhi said, "Well, what's the matter?"

Chu Qiguang said: "I don't need your help here for the time being, please go back to Wangjiazhuang and find your clever fox."

Qiao Zhi said vigilantly, "Why are you here? You don't want to replace the fox demon, do you?"

Chu Qiguang said: "The corpse of the fox demon is in my hands. Why would I do that kind of thing? I found this fox here to be caught by the head catcher. You must pick a fox that has not fully awakened. Not the kind of monster."

Qiao Zhi understood in an instant: "Haha, you want to plot against Butou Gu! This guy dares to swallow our ten taels of silver and still doesn't do anything, I support you to get him!"

Chu Qiguang reminded again: "With your martial arts, Master Qiao, it shouldn't be difficult to bring a fox into the city. If you encounter any trouble, you can ask the gang of dog demons for help. Also, don't use the fox blood we collected. Forgot to bring it."

Qiao Zhi flicked his tail and said, "Hey, don't worry, the blood of the fox demon is well kept. I promise they will find a fox demon during the blood test."

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Chu Qiguang thought to himself: "We still have to find a witness." '

Then Chu Qiguang chatted with Taoist Fayuan for a while. He asked for advice and flattered him. With the knowledge of various demons taught by Qiao Zhi, he and Taoist Fayuan had a lot to talk about. Taoist feels very comfortable.

Taoist Fayuan looked at Chu Qiguang with some appreciation: "Young man, there are not many people who are as knowledgeable as you."

Chu Qiguang tentatively asked: "Gu Butou said he was going to gather people, why hasn't he come back for so long?"

Taoist Fa Yuan and Chu Qiguang had a good chat, he hesitated for a moment, and said directly: "In my opinion, he hasn't come for so long, and now he has probably led a team out to capture that fox demon by himself, and I'm afraid he won't be there in the end." I plan to give you 100 taels of silver."

Chu Qiguang pretended to be surprised and said, "How could this be?"

Seeing Chu Qiguang's immature appearance, Taoist Fayuan shook his head,

Anyway, no matter how the fox demon is caught, the money distributed to the Taoist temple will not be less. He saw that Chu Qiguang was pleasing to the eye, so he pointed out: "You just told me that you are just an ordinary farmer in Wangjiazhuang? And this This time you just provided a conjecture about the fox demon.

With no power or background like this, they will of course swallow your share of money if they can. "

Daoist Fayuan persuaded: "This is the case in the officialdom. If you can swallow ten taels, it is absolutely impossible to only swallow nine and a half. Don't even try to tell the county magistrate, after all, you are just a grassroots, and you are born inferior in this officialdom." One end, let others slaughter it. Gu Butou is a member of the yamen, and the county magistrate can't help you deal with his own people."

Daoist Fayuan looked at Chu Qiguang's disapproving eyes, shook his head and sighed: "You are still young, if you can get a martial arts student in the future, you will have a chance to earn money, so let's bear with it today."

But Chu Qiguang said: "I also ask Daoist Fa Yuan to accompany me on a trip in person. I have some guesses in my heart to confirm the location of the fox demon."

Fa Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Do you want to find that fox demon by yourself? Fox demons are alert and cunning by nature, so it's not easy to find them. If people know about it...it will make Gu Butou annoy you. I want to trouble you."

Chu Qiguang said sincerely: "Please ask the Taoist priest to help me." He deducted ten taels of silver in his hand, thinking that if he couldn't do it, he would have to stuff more silver.

Fa Yuan looked at Chu Qiguang's young, immature and unwilling appearance, but thought of himself when he was young, shook his head and said: "You really don't want to hit the south wall and don't look back, then I will accompany you through this experience." .”

Chu Qiguang breathed a sigh of relief, and stuffed the ten taels of silver back into his wallet.

So Chu Qiguang took Fa Yuan and his servant Chen Gang to go to the scene of the crime.

When they walked out of the Yamen, He Xian, the magistrate's son, chased after them.

"Brother Chu, where are you going?"

He Xian, the magistrate's son, seemed to be very concerned about their investigation work, and when he heard that they were going to visit the crime scene again, he wanted to go with him.

Chu Qiguang originally wanted to get his personal ID when he wanted to find the fox demon, so it would be great if the county magistrate was willing to go.

So the three of them left the county office together, followed by He Xian's servant and Chen Gang.

When he came to the scene of the crime, Chu Qiguang pointed to the blood on the ground and said: "The demon fox left from the gate with blood in the end."

The three stood at the gate, and Chu Qiguang looked at Zaoyuan Street and analyzed: "The whole street runs from east to west, but the east side is the shop that is on duty at night, and the fox demon most likely walked from the west."

Chu Qiguang led the people to the west street, touched the cinders on the ground, and then asked the shop assistants nearby.

Finally, he said: "Coal is transported on this road every day, and some cinders will always be leaked on the ground. The street sweepers don't start work until Yin time (3-5 o'clock in the morning) every day. Stained with cinders."

He Xian and Taoist Fayuan nodded again and again, looking at Chu Qiguang with surprise and admiration.

Seeing Chu Qiguang climb up to the fence on the street, He Xian asked, "Brother Chu, what are you looking for?"

"The fox's footprints." Chu Qiguang said: "After I looked at the intersection, there was no blood, and I didn't see any footprints with cinders. The fox probably left from somewhere else. "

As he spoke, he came to a dog hole, twirled a few cinders with his fingers and said, "It looks like he got in through this dog hole."

He Xian ordered the servants to come forward, and a group of people rushed into the door, making the owner tremble with fright.

Chu Qiguang turned around in the room and finally came to the window, pointed to the blood at the base of the outer wall and said: "Go through the window, look at this direction, he should have given up on the street, and wanted to go all the way from the private house. Sneak away."

When Chu Qiguang came to the second family, he just led the two of them along the way to track them down according to various details. He Xian and Fa Yuan were secretly amazed at the insight they showed along the way.

He Xian said in a low voice to Daoist Fa Yuan who was beside him: "Brother Chu is really astute and meticulous. This method of tracking monsters is really miraculous."

Daoist Fa Yuan nodded in agreement: "Even the magician who specializes in killing demons is not everyone has such a skill."

Chen Gang followed behind with a smile in his heart: "Brother Gou put it all by himself, can you be astute and careful as a hair?" '

Everyone followed the 'trace' of the fox demon all the way to the top of an abandoned culvert.

This culvert was originally part of the drainage system of Qingyang County, but due to years of disrepair and years of severe drought, it has long been abandoned.

Chu Qiguang said: "It seems that this fox demon wants to climb out through the drain of the dark ditch. Mr. He, let's send people down to see where the dark ditch leads to."

(End of this chapter)