The sword is the devil

Chapter 261 A New Beginning

Hou Tiao and the two searched all night and returned with a full load.

This demon fox has some net worth. With the savings of a century-old demon, if it is all exchanged for ordinary gold and silver, it will be more than enough to compensate seven or eight victim families; the net worth of a practicing creature is completely different from that of ordinary mortals a concept.

They didn't leave anything to Jianjia Temple, Master Nanneng couldn't accept this kind of property; it's the same for the two of them, these things can't be touched, because the small loses the big.

After completing this decades-old mystery case, one should enjoy the fruits of morality, and would only pass these things if he was a fool.

The final result may be to release them to do some livelihood projects, or to subsidize the victims in other cases; not every unsolved case can find the murderer, and every murderer is as good at financial management as Hu Wen.

On the way back, Monk Lantern was very dissatisfied, "You already knew that the demon fox was stealing literary spirit?"

Hou Tiao spread his hands, "To be honest, this is the first time I've heard that Wen Qi can be stolen? I'm just a little skeptical, but I'm not sure; I still remember that I told you that I had three questions, but you interrupted me, and the third question was left unanswered." Is it?"

Monk Lantern really wanted to tear this mouth apart, "What do you mean I interrupt? It's obviously because you deliberately concealed it and didn't want to share information!"

Hou Tiao ignored his complaints, "There are many rumors about how many victims there are, but there are also many fabricated cases just to attract attention, which are actually ordinary cases; there are also some accidental events, such as those who were really stimulated. , Hurt by love, crazy for money.

Among the seven or eight cases I was able to identify, I found a very interesting commonality, that is, the victims were all scholars and poets of minor fame! "

With a smug smile, the old Xing Ji went out, always finding details that others overlooked in the clues, this is his old profession, and he is proud of his profession.

"If it's just collecting yang to nourish yin, there are many sensual playboys in this world, they are more likely to be fooled, and easier to find targets.

They are all local scholars who are famous for their poems, which is also very strange. You know, scholars do not only write poems, and they will not test the way of poetry in the final exam.

The question is, why do these victims have such commonality? "

Lantern snorted: "So you wandered around Jianjia Temple for a day, and you were actually studying those inscriptions and postscripts of the demon fox?"

Hou Tiao nodded, "Yes, so I didn't actually hide it from you on purpose, because I don't know what these questions mean. I only know that the demon fox is very interested in human poets, but what is the connection between them? This is why I came to Jianjia Temple, I just want to get in touch with that demon fox and see how it reacts?"

The two trusted each other freely, and Hou Tiao was sorting out his thoughts. He didn't want to hide it from this monk, because there were still several mysterious serial cases waiting for them to solve. He didn't want to exhaust himself, so he needed a powerful helper. This monk Not ordinary people.

"Until I entered the Jianjia Temple, fortunately Master Nanneng was not there, so I had the opportunity to fully look at everything in the temple; originally I wanted to see if there were any traces of demon fox activities in the temple, but I didn't find any traces, but I found that it was there to show off. Inscription left.

Some of those inscriptions and postscripts looked very familiar, some were a noun, some were a short sentence, which vaguely gave me the feeling that I had read them somewhere, and then I realized that some of these inscriptions and postscripts were actually the painstaking efforts of those scholars.

This demon fox is plagiarizing!In order to be able to integrate into the human world, it ended up focusing on making poems, thinking that if it could make poems, no one would regard it as a monster anymore. However, he probably hasn't mastered the knack of making poems, so Just borrow it first? "

The monk with the lantern looked at him, "Then you found two poems on those two bamboo slips? The fox thought that only he knew it, and the poems hadn't been handed down yet? Then you started digging holes and followed the rhythm of these two poems. I made two more, just to draw out its plagiarism.

Wait, we've been together, I don't seem to have seen you take out those two bamboo slips, and I haven't seen you, unless..."

Shaking his head in disgust, "I see, you went to the toilet to compose poetry?"

Hou Tiao was still talking stubbornly, "Can't I write a poem in a few steps? It's just basic skills, I'm just too lazy to do it."

The monk carrying the lamp is silent. Although this guy's actions are always inexplicable, he must admit that there is a lot of wisdom in it, which is the sum of responsibility, courage, strength, intelligence, and a little luck.

Now it looks like a blind cat hitting a dead mouse, but if it was him who touched it, he would never touch it.

This is the ability to do things, a perfect entry point, if you find the right point, once you pull the thread, all the troubles will be solved.

Before, he thought that this was just Jianxiu's grandstanding, but now it seems that everything is possible, and he can't allow himself to stay out of such an action and give all the glory to the Quanzhen Sect.

no way!

... A few days later, a piece of news was circulated in the streets and alleys of Xionger that the case of the demon fox was revealed, and the truth was revealed!

The Dharma meeting at Jianjia Temple proved this point. The respected old god Master Nanneng admitted it in public and confessed his responsibility. There is also the skin of a demon fox as proof.

If this alone can't dispel everyone's suspicion, then everything that happened next is very mysterious; several victims including Qian Shusheng began to return to normal, although it is impossible to return to the original state of quick thinking, and never Maybe go to the exam to become famous, but living as an ordinary person is no problem.

This is already the best result, and the public office has also issued enviable compensation to each victim's family. It is said that the property of the demon fox was stolen.

When these are added together, people finally understand that this puzzle that has troubled the residents of Xiong'er for decades has been successfully solved, and the person who presided over the entire investigation is the guard of Shan State, the monk official of Xinye.

For a time, Yan Guo and Xinye had a good impression among the residents of Xiong'er Town, followed by overwhelming cases of appeals, everyone hoped that they could get justice, even if they lost a chicken or duck or quarreled with their neighbors for a while. Sentence.

Monk Lantern thought that the next two people would be able to show their strengths and make their ears clear, but under the pressure of the swarm of cases, he found that he fell into another huge pit for no reason.

You can't refuse, otherwise everything you did in the early stage will be paid, but such paperwork is not what he is good at.

A few days later, when the two were burying their heads in the papers, a very unexpected visitor came in.

Taoist Zhisun looked at them seriously, "Meng Dong's changes cannot bypass the Tahoe Gate, this is the rule."

(End of this chapter)