just a tabby cat

Chapter 16 Meow, there is a clue

"Here are some of the dead." Xiu Ze took Li Hua to Yi Zhuang, hoping that she could find some clues from it.

Li Hua jumped onto the coffin where one of the deceased was, and poked her head inside.There were no scars on the surface of the deceased, only his face was dark, his skin was severely dehydrated, and his cheeks were sunken inward.

After watching a dozen or so people in succession, all of them were in this situation, and Li Hua had a bottom line in her mind.

"Meow" Li Hua pointed to the coffin and said to him, "It's definitely a monster who did it." '

Listening to her cry, Xiu Ze asked tentatively, "I can't be sure?"

Li Hua shook her head and walked out.

"Meow" Li Hua shouted at Situ Qi who was squatting at the gate, "Tell him, it must be a monster who did it, these people died after being sucked dry of blood." '

Situ Qi hadn't recovered from the lament that Xiu Ze and Li Hua didn't let him in to watch.Hearing Li Hua's words, she felt a chill in her heart, "Brother, it must have been done by a monster, it's been sucked dry."

Xiu Ze nodded, expressing his understanding, and walked out, "Before, we asked a Taoist priest to look at it, and he also said the same thing, but he couldn't be sure what kind of monster it was, and he said bluntly that it was not the monster's opponent."

Li Hua nodded. Since ancient times, there has been an unwritten rule that practitioners will not step into the human world unless necessary, and only devote themselves to cultivating in that secret place.

This has also caused: once those monsters that do not obey the rules appear to harm people, people are often in a passive position, such as the enchanted basilisk.

"Then is there a way to deal with it?" Xiu Ze got on the horse and picked Situ Qi up on the horse's back, and before he could move, Li Hua had already jumped onto Xiao Yi's horse.

"Meow" Li Hua sat on the horseback and looked ahead, "Can I go to the village where the accident happened and have a look?" '

Xiu Ze looked down at Situ Qi.

"Did my sister say I could go to the village where the accident happened?" Situ Qi honestly relayed.

"Yes." After Xiu Ze finished speaking, he raised his whip and urged the horse to move forward.

Xingcun, as the name suggests, almost every household planted apricot trees. When entering the village, there were three apricot trees with the waist thickness of adults standing at the entrance of the village. This year is estimated to be no less than 200 years old.

At this time, it was dusk, and it was the time when people rushed to the door to chat after eating.

But at this time, there was no one on the road in Xingzi Village. Occasionally, I saw a child who poked his head out of curiosity when he heard the sound of horseshoes, and was dragged back into the house by his parents.

"Xingcun is the village with the most serious casualties this time. The population of the village is about 15 people, and [-] people died. More than [-]% of the people in the village had family members who died in that massacre." Xiu Ze saw Li Hua looking at the village curiously, Dispel doubts.

"Meow" Li Hua nodded after listening, 'It's no wonder the village is deserted. '

Without Situ Qi's retelling, Xiu Ze understood Li Hua's meaning through his expression.

"The front is Lizheng's house." Xiao Yi immediately stepped forward to lead the way.

"Is Zhao Li at home?" Xiao Xiao got off his horse and knocked on the door.

"Here we come." A slightly tired voice responded, "Who is it?"

While talking, Zhao Lizheng opened the door, glanced at the three people standing in front of the door, and said, "So it's a team, so what's the matter this time?"

"Zhao Lizheng, this is my master, Lord Xiu." Xiaoyi introduced him, "This time, my lord is here to investigate the murder scene to see if there are any clues."

"I've met Master Xiu." Zhao Lizheng bowed to him, "My little old man thanked you sir."

After he finished speaking, he hesitated to look at Situ Qi and Li Hua, with embarrassment on their faces.

Xiu Ze frowned and said, "Zhao Lizheng doesn't need to worry. I invited these two, and they might be of great help to the case."

Zhao Lizheng rubbed his hands. "Don't blame me, my lord. The victims' homes in the village are all holding funerals. I brought the cats in, lest they riot. How about I take you to Wang Cripple's house?"

"Zhao Lizheng, is this cripple Wang?" Xiaoyi asked, "Is it the cripple Wang whose family of four all died?"

"Hey, that's the one." Zhao Lizheng patted his thigh and sighed regretfully. The dolls were not spared, and this family just disappeared.”

After Zhao Lizheng finished speaking, everyone was silent.

Xiu Ze broke the silence, "Then go to Wang Zizi's house, find the murderer as soon as possible, and the dead can rest in peace as soon as possible."

Zhao Lizheng shook his head, stooped and walked forward with the crowd.

"This is Wang Laizi's house." Zhao Li was stopping in front of a farm yard.

Through the sparse fence around the yard, you can see the situation inside. There are only three thatched huts standing in the yard. Various farm tools are scattered on the ground, and even the drying racks have fallen on the ground.

"Thank you Zhao Lizheng" Xiao Yi cupped his hands at him.

"No thanks, if you have anything else to do, just call me and I won't bother you." Zhao Lizheng replied.

Xiu Ze nodded for Xiao Yi to send him away.

Li Hua stretched out her claws to lightly touch the courtyard door, and the door was pushed open.

She flicked her tail, sniffed the surroundings lightly, and thought to herself, "It seems to have a smell." '

Xiu Ze took Situ Qi's hand and followed behind her.

Li Hua followed the taste all the way to one of the thatched huts, stretched out her claws and pushed open the door.

This room looks like the master room at first glance, with complete furniture and slightly faded red sheets on the bamboo bed.Next to the bed was a baby cradle, in which now lay a dusty wooden horse.

Li Hua jumped onto the bamboo bed, looking for the smell, raised her paw and pointed to the spread quilt, signaling Xiu Ze to take it away.

After the quilt was removed, there was a blue purse embroidered with orchids on the bed sheet, which was very conspicuous against the red background.

Lihua lowered her head and sniffed the purse, nodded and meowed, "That's the smell, the same as what we found in the other three villages." '

"Brother." Situ Qi looked up at Xiu Ze, "Sister said, this smell is the same as what we found in the three villages we visited before."

"Meow" Li Hua nodded, 'Although the style of this pouch is different, I think the orchid embroidered on it is the same as the one we saw before. '

Situ Qi nodded and said, "My sister thinks that the orchids embroidered on this are the same as the orchids on the purse I saw before, and the embroidery is the same."

Upon hearing this, Xiu Ze leaned over to pick up the purse, and looked it over carefully.Then he handed it to Xiaoyi who came back, "Take some people to check, is there a purse embroidered with this orchid at the victim's house?"

"Yes" Xiaoyi took the purse with both hands, bowed to Xiuze, stepped back, turned around, with a solemn face.

"Good job Lihua." Xiu Ze reached out his hand to touch Lihua, glanced at the inexplicable Lihua, then retracted his hand and coughed lightly, "When Xiaoyi confirms that the result is as you guessed, I will send you some good ones." jade bottle."

"Meow" Li Hua's eyes lit up,' this is serious, I haven't received the jade bottle for a long time. '

Xiu Ze looked at Li Hua with bright eyes, and couldn't help but smile.

"Sister Lihua said she..."

Before Situ Qi could relay the words, Xiu Ze said, "I know, she likes it."

After hearing this, Situ Qi covered her mouth and snickered, her sister's hobby was always so obvious.

(End of this chapter)