I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 136
Seeing the faces of the police officers who were about to cry, Yuan Yanxi led Lu Xizhi onto the horse, waved for Nanyang and Wang Yuanzhi to take their own people and leave.

The policeman was in a hurry, didn't say anything, just got on his horse and opened the way ahead in a hurry, the place is very remote, and the road was not smooth after only a short run, the sky was not yet full light, but they didn't slow down at all mean.

Riding a horse is no good at preventing earthquakes. Lu Xizhi was shaken so hard that he wanted to vomit.

Just as he was about to tell them to ride slower, he heard the person leading the way yell, and at the same time, Yuan Yanxi braked sharply, and Lu Xizhi's head hit his hard chest hard, staring at him immediately.

What's wrong? !Lu Xizhi covered her head and asked.

A catcher covered his eyes with his hands, and pointed forward tremblingly: "There...there is a...a woman with blood all over her face."

The others were also very frightened, they turned their heads and said intermittently that they also saw a woman with blood all over her face.

The two looked at each other, Yuan Yanxi asked Donghai and Nanyang to protect them, while Lu Xizhi yelled at the arresters, trying to calm them down, reassuring them that it was just a scarecrow in red, don't be afraid.

Someone glanced in the direction of the scarecrow, but after seeing it, he let out a cry of surprise. Lu Xizhi turned his head and followed the direction, and was surprised to find that the scarecrow had disappeared.

Yuan Yanxi also noticed something was wrong, and jumped off the horse first, followed by Lu Xizhi and ran towards the place where the scarecrow was just now. It only took a few seconds, what happened! ?
However, those arresters became even more panicked. The tallest one ran over, knelt down on one knee, and said cautiously to Yuan Yanxi, "Director Yuan, the youngest one is named Dagui. We are running into a ghost. Don't look at me!" The temple is quite dilapidated now. It was called Nengren Temple more than 20 years ago. Many people from the nearby ten miles and eight villages came here to worship, and the incense was very prosperous. Later, a man and a woman died in love outside the temple. Since then, many people have seen a woman in red. Ghosts often wander in the woods. Later, several people died in the woods for no apparent reason, and the cause of death could not be found out. They all said that they were killed by female ghosts sucking yang energy, so let's leave quickly."

Naturally, Lu Xizhi didn't believe in ghosts, but all cases related to ghosts and gods were found to be man-made.

"Okay, your name is Dagui, right? Let's turn around now, there is something wrong with that scarecrow!" Lu Xizhi interrupted him and urged.

Just had a quick glance, and Lu Xizhi wasn't sure whether it was a person or a straw, but her intuition told her that it must be something complicated.

Dagui was unwilling to live and die, and asked Lu Xizhi back, asking her to explain why everyone saw the woman with blood all over her face.

Lu Xizhi was dumbfounded. The people sent by Hong County to help were obviously terrified. If they insisted on asking them to go, it would only be a disservice. She explained her thoughts to Yuan Yanxi, and the other party pulled her on the horse without thinking, and turned back .

Dagui saw that these masters were determined to go their own way, and then suddenly remembered their identities, and hurriedly stumbled over to discuss with a few old buddies, and after all, he was still allowed to be the guide. face, familiar.

Dagui was miserable, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and chase after him, chanting Amitabha.

When they arrived at the ruined temple, they got off their horses and began to walk slowly to the place where they found the 'ghost' just now. Lu Xizhi thought for a while on the road just now, that scarecrow was probably moved away just now when they were in a panic, for the purpose of drive them away.

There are tall weeds on both sides of the road, and it is not impossible for people to hide in it.

Dagui refused to follow him any further, but he was worried about offending the nobles, so he found an excuse to take care of the horses and handed the torch to Lu Xizhi.

With the light of the torch, only the outlines of the densely packed trees can be seen clearly. The air near the early morning is a bit humid, and there is also a little mist. Looking at it this way, the woods do have a bit of a gloomy smell, and there will be unknown from time to time. The sound of insects, the light is dim, and the straight and tall trees cover most of the natural light, which is extraordinarily weird.

Yuan Yanxi grabbed Lu Xizhi and let her walk behind him, then slowly walked into the woods, he held up a high torch to shine a light on it, and Lu Xizhi looked at the place before, but there was nothing there, there was no scarecrow, just A cross-shaped bamboo pole was left standing there.

"Oops! Oops! We really went to hell!" Dagui who was not far away shouted a few words in fright.

Lu Xizhi snatched the torch from Donghai's hand and walked towards the bamboo pole. Yuan Yanxi said from behind, "Slow down, watch your step."

But Lu Xizhi didn't have time to take care of it, and the rich man didn't dare to stay alone anymore, shouting things like injustice, and followed their footsteps.

It was the beginning of autumn, the sky was still a bit cool, and the cold air sprinkled on the branches of the forest, leaving a patchy shadow on the ground. Lu Xizhi and Yuan Yanxi walked to the side of the bamboo pole, and she took a few deep breaths... What is it? !

She actually smelled a bloody smell that was coming and going, and exchanged a look with Yuan Yanxi. The other party obviously noticed it earlier than her, and waved his hands to scatter to look for clues.

Lu Xizhi squatted down immediately, and grabbed a handful of sand. The soil here is very soft, and their steps left shoe prints on it, but there were no other people's footprints besides them. Even though she has handled many cases, she can't figure it out.

Dagui wept and begged them to leave here quickly, saying that it was obviously colder than outside, because many people had died, and the yin was too heavy. As he spoke, he looked around in horror, and finally, his eyes stopped on the woods. Deep inside, shivering, his legs trembling violently.

Lu Xizhi noticed him and shone the torch in the direction Dagui was staring at, but there was nothing but thick fog floating.

She stroked her forehead and said helplessly, "Dagui, in the early morning, the temperature in the woods is higher than..." Before Lu Xizhi finished speaking, there were several shrill screams not far away. Fast!
Without further ado, the group of people ran towards the roar, and the torch in their hands was thrown to the ground by Lu Xizhi because of nervousness. After all, Yuan Yanxi and the others were martial arts practitioners, and they had already walked outside in a few steps. It was a little thicker before, and it was hard for her to see the road in front of her clearly. She couldn't keep up with her physical strength, so she could only pant heavily, not daring to fall too far behind.

After running to the place where the horses were tethered, Lu Xizhi finally saw a frightening scene. Dagui sat down on the ground in fright, only to see a scarecrow in a red robe hanging from the back of one of the white horses, the Scarecrow The head of the horse was taken off and went to no one knows where, and the whole horse was also dyed bright red all over its body.

The exclamation and fear continued, but Lu Xizhi turned a deaf ear to it, carefully examining the blood on the horse and the scarecrow whose head had been decapitated.

Yuan Yanxi yelled, wanting them to shut up, but once a person is greatly frightened, how can he avoid your identity and orders, especially a short and fat man, he squatted down, covered his face, and made the loudest voice It was from him that he yelled, and the factory superintendent went up and kicked him, and the yelling became even louder.

Seeing this, Yuan Yanxi drew out his sharp sword: "Whoever roars again, the governor will end him!"

The crying stopped abruptly, the short man was trembling all over, his lips and face had turned pale.

Yuan Yanxi asked Xifeng to send these people back to the county seat first, then he walked to Lu Xizhi's side and asked her if she wanted to leave together.

"There is something strange, Jingming, tell the truth, if we hadn't been taken into Dali Temple suddenly at that time, you would have doubts about the haunting, so you would definitely investigate it?"

"That's right, especially after Jia Dafu's death, this 'female ghost' appeared too many times."

Lu Xizhi picked up the scarecrow whose head had been pulled out from the ground. It was very light, and with the wind in the night, it seemed that it would be blown away at any time.The straw has softened and is still slightly damp. It doesn't look like it was just tied up. Judging from the messy marks on the scarecrow's neck, its head was forcibly torn off by someone, and a lot of blood was splashed on it.

Putting it up to her nose and sniffing it, Lu Xizhi was shocked when she sniffed it. At first she thought it was just chicken blood or duck blood, but the smell was clearly human blood!There is a difference in taste between animal blood and human blood, and she can easily tell the difference from the police's years of experience.

The blood hadn't solidified yet, so it was obvious that it had just been splashed on it not long ago, and a murder case probably happened nearby!
She immediately told this idea to Yuan Yanxi, who nodded, "Just now I asked Nanyang to lead people to search nearby, but now the fog in the forest is getting bigger and bigger, it looks like it's going to rain."

Lu Xizhi raised his head and glanced at the sun that never came out. If it wasn't for the torches in their hands, there was no way to see the path in front of him clearly.

"It's troublesome when it rains, and the traces will be washed away. Let's search separately together, it will be faster."

"Follow me! Don't run around." Yuan Yanxi pulled her back.

Lu Xizhi took out a piece of wooden pipe from his arms, and waved it in front of his eyes, "Beixue gave it to me, as long as I blow it, you can know where I am. It's urgent, I will be careful, let alone..." Lu Xizhi Stretching out his index finger, the void circled around his head.

Yuan Yanxi understood that what she was talking about was Xingyun, the secret guard he sent to protect her.

Shaking her head, she told her to be careful in everything and blow the whistle at any time, and then walked towards the thickest part of the forest.

Lu Xizhi walked in the opposite direction.

There are shrubs along the way, and it is very difficult to find them. Before she knew it, she had walked into the depths of the forest, and the surroundings were overgrown with weeds. She had to push away the weeds that were almost waist high. uncomfortable.Lu Xizhi searched for a long time, but couldn't find the body or the scene of the murder. In desperation, he had no choice but to go back the same way.

At this time, the sky began to rain lightly, and she felt more and more cold. The cold wind blew on the thin shirt, causing goose bumps. She rubbed her arms, worrying about how to go back.

The light of the torch became weaker and weaker, and after a while, it was also doused by the rain, but Lu Xizhi just came out of the forest.Looking around, it seemed that the others hadn't come back yet, so she had no choice but to find a barely dry place under the tree, and sat down, and at this moment, she suddenly caught a touch of red from the corner of her eyes.

She turned her head suddenly and looked at the open space surrounded by trees. The fog was very thick. Under the slightly bright sky, the white mist mixed with gray and dark. Right at the place where Jia Dafu's body was buried, there was a flash of light that appeared and disappeared. Scarlet was swaying, squinting her eyes slightly, and walked forward slowly, trying to see what that thing was.

As he got closer and closer, he saw a figure that seemed to be a person. If those few police officers were here, they would definitely be scared to death again.Lu Xizhi raised the corners of her lips in disdain. She didn't believe this. She had seen too many dead people, so how could she be frightened? She was sure that it was a person.

With vigilance, clenched fists, ready for grappling and fighting moves, approached slowly.

As the thick fog gradually faded, the redness became more and more vivid, and finally I saw that it was a red dress, standing there alone, and I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, because her face , still vague, Lu Xizhi yelled boldly, but the man was still standing upright, motionless.

Thinking of the grievances that happened to her father, and the warning he gave her before leaving, she intuitively thought that there must be a dark hand behind them obstructing their investigation, maybe this 'female ghost' was the villain created by those people. trick.

No matter what their purpose is, Lu Xizhi will definitely investigate to the end.

"Don't pretend to be a ghost there. My aunt has never been afraid of anything since she was a child. How can she be afraid of you, a 'ghost' who dare not even show her face?"

Just as she was about to step into the open space and touch the figure, a flame lit up behind her, she turned around subconsciously, Yuan Yanxi's tall figure came into view, and he came back empty-handed.

Turning her head quickly, with the reflection of the torch, she could finally see clearly whether it was a human or a ghost, the bright red was gone!

She scanned around, but couldn't find his figure, and there were no other traces on the sandy ground except for the footprints left before.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Yanxi put his arms around her shoulders, wrapped her under his arms with a cloak, and protected her from the rain.

"There was a person here just now, but the time to turn around is gone." Lu Xizhi lowered his head and muttered to himself, "Could it be that there is really a ghost?"

The rain is getting heavier.

"Go back first, it's raining too much, and you can't find anything if you continue to search. You first met Jinshan." Yuan Yanxi comforted her.

"Yu Jinshan?" Surname Yu?
"The county magistrate of Hong County, you can ask him for details about the matter here."

"Look at my memory, before Lily died, her sister-in-law saw her with a man, and according to what she heard, Lily called him 'Master Yu'."

Yuan Yanxi said that he already knew, "But Yu Jinshan is [-]-[-] this year, and he only has two daughters under his knees. The youngest son is still young and has just turned [-] this year."

"Do you think this person is credible?"

"The words are easy to use, there is no dodge, and he has not been to the capital recently, so it should have nothing to do with Lily. As for whether he has participated in Master Lu's case, we need to investigate from the sidelines."

Donghai, Nanyang, and Beixue also came back one after another, but they found nothing.

The crowd rushed to the county town in the rain, and in the woods, a woman in red slowly walked out, her eyes were staring at the direction they left, which made people shudder.

(End of this chapter)