Poverty

Chapter 16 Killing Decision

"The chief arrester in this county, Zhao Wuzhu, was caught in an ambush when he was chasing the fugitive bandit Liang Qi a few days ago. Several brothers died under his command. He was also injured and recuperating at home."

"But I asked the yamen servant Xiangyong who was on duty that day, and they didn't hear any fighting sounds, only Zhao Butou came out alone."

"The first time I visited Catcher Zhao, he was not seriously injured, but he seemed a little different from before."

"Not only has my temper become a bit feminine, but I don't like going out anymore. I live in seclusion and often put on makeup in front of the mirror!"

"And often shut himself in the house, talking to himself."

"Makeup?" Li Yanchu frowned.

"That's right, Catcher Zhao has a burly body. He is a bloody man who can use more than ten catties to open a machete, open a hard bow, and eat four catties of meat for a meal."

"But now, they shut themselves in the house and started to apply rouge like women."

There was a chill in Wang Chongshan's voice, his colleagues for many years, and now they have become like this.

It is really shocking.

"Who else is in Zhao Butou's family?" Li Yanchu asked.

"Except for a few servants and maidservants, there is only one wife who is [-] years old." Wang Chongshan said.

His face changed, and he said: "Her wife has disappeared since the day Zhao Butou was injured, and she said she has returned to her mother's house."

"But the maid at home didn't see my wife go out, and why doesn't a woman bring a servant with her when she returns to her mother's house?"

"Until the maidservant of Zhao Butou's family met me on the street and told me about it, I sent someone to investigate secretly."

There was regret in Wang Butou's voice, "I sent someone to his wife's natal home to inquire, but the natal home said that her wife hasn't come back these days."

"We are all colleagues, and we are all head arresters in one county. I don't want to make too much publicity about some things, but I suspect that head arrester Zhao is possessed by dirty things."

"Therefore, I would also like to ask Daoist Yan Chu to go and check this matter with me."

Li Yan's jaw dropped.

"If this is the case, I will go with Wang Butou to find out."

"That's great. I didn't expect Taoist Yan Chu to be so kind-hearted. I really admire Wang." Wang Butou said happily.

Li Yanchu said indifferently: "Wang Butou is absurd, I just like to meddle in other people's business."

In Weicheng.

Ordinary yamen servants earn two renminbi of silver per month, while the income of headhunters is higher, about seven or eight renminbi.

Of course, this does not include some gray income.

The house Zhao Wuzhu lived in was a large courtyard with three entrances, located in the bustling area of ​​Weicheng.

However, this yard did not come from those gray incomes.

Instead, the local county government specially bought it for Zhao Wuzhu in order to attract experts.

In recent years, the two major headhunters have indeed made a lot of contributions in suppressing Wei Cheng's black and white ways.

Wang Chongshan brought Li Yanchu over in the afternoon.

He sent someone to watch Zhao Wuzhu specially, saw the time when Zhao Wuzhu went out on patrol, and came to his residence.

After passing through several lively streets, he came to the courtyard where Zhao Wuzhu lived.

Several servants with knives quickly controlled the servants and maidservants of Zhao Wuzhu's family.

Wang Chongshan's face was serious.

The young and promising Daoist Yan Chu frowned as soon as he entered the door, which made him, a rough warrior, have a bad feeling in his heart.

"Daoist Yanchu, can you see what's wrong?" Wang Chongshan asked.

Li Yanchu had just performed the Qi Watching Technique, observed the Qi in the room, and had some guesses in his mind.

The spell recorded in the "Huang Ting Dao Jing" is very sensitive to these special qi.

Li Yanchu said: "Wang Butou, your guess is correct, Zhao Butou's yard is not clean, and the atmosphere is very dark, especially in the bedroom."

Wang Chongshan's expression changed.

He then asked, "Is Taoist Master Yan Chu able to do something?"

He is also a member of the Gongmen, and the head of the county is arrested, but now he is possessed by dirty things, which not only makes Wang Chongshan, a warrior, feel indignant.

Li Yanchu pondered for a while, and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. There is not only Yin Qi in this yard, but also a faint corpse Qi."

Wang Chongshan's heart tightened, and he asked, "Daoist Yanchu, what do you mean?"

Li Yanchu said: "I'm afraid Catcher Zhao is not an ordinary ghost, but something dirty is using his corpse to cause trouble."

There was a look of sadness in Wang Chongshan's eyes, and he sighed: "Zhao Catcher's martial arts are so strong, I didn't expect to ruin the evil hands of the evil thing."

Li Yanchu said: "Not only that, I'm afraid Zhao Butou's wife has already been killed."

He walked to a well in the yard and looked down with his head.

Then he turned to Wang Butou and said, "If I guess correctly, Mrs. Zhao's body may be in the well."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Chongshan's expression changed immediately.

He quickly ordered his servants to go to the well to salvage the corpse.

When Li Yanchu used the qi-watching technique to inspect the well, he found something strange in the well.

However, his Taoism cultivation base is not high, and he is not very sure in his heart.

When Taoism improves in the future, you can even master spells such as the eye of the sky.

All monsters have nowhere to hide.

After a while, two bloody government servants with knives salvaged a woman's body from the well.

The corpse had already been soaked and turned white, but the maid from the Zhao family still recognized it.

"It's Madam!"

She was the personal maid brought by the wife of the Zhao family when she married, and the relationship between the two has always been very good.

Otherwise, she would not take the risk of telling Wang Butou about the strange things at home.

Li Yanchu's move really made the officials present look at him with admiration.

"Daoist Yan Chu is so young, I didn't expect to be so clever."

"Daoist Yanchu is really a god-man."

The admiration for Li Yanchu in these Yamen servants with knives has grown to a higher level.

Wang Chongshan also had a new understanding of the ability of this young Taoist priest.

For ordinary people, the mysterious and unpredictable ghosts and ghosts seem to be solved by Taoist Yan Chu.

"Daoist Yan Chu, what should we do now?" Wang Chongshan asked.

He is a high-ranking county arrester, and he even asked Li Yanchu when he was doing business, which shows that Li Yanchu holds a lot of weight in his heart.

Li Yanchu looked calm, and said: "You don't have to wait until nightfall, the sky is dark and the yin energy is getting worse, now it's daytime, and the yang energy is at its peak."

"If Catcher Wang wants to make a move, I can help you and arrest him immediately."

Li Yanchu's words made Wang Chongshan's eyes light up, he originally planned to deploy his men after nightfall, and then deal with Zhao Butou.

I didn't expect this young Taoist priest to be so resolute.

Wang Chongshan nodded and said: "In that case, Mr. Wang would like to thank Mr. Yan Chu, let's go now."

Li Yanchu's decision surprised Wang Chongshan, who has been handling cases all the year round. He thought that people outside Fang were weak-tempered.

Unexpectedly, this Daoist Yan Chu was not only chivalrous, but also so decisive.

(End of this chapter)