"Oh, I wonder if Mr. Jiu can tell me in detail why these six people died, and by whom, the murder weapon, the body of the deceased, the method of death..." Li Gongfu raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a trace of uncertainty in his heart. He had a premonition and continued to ask.

Wang Jiucheng shook his head and said in a slightly sad tone: "Captain Li, the death of these six people is indeed very strange, but the cause of death... is an unusual way of death. I suspect they were killed by ghosts."

Li Gongfu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "A ghost? Could Master Jiu be joking?"

Wang Jiucheng glanced at Li Gongfu and nodded: "Don't you dare? I know it's hard to believe if I tell you this, but you can tell it just by looking at Mr. Li."

"In that case, let's ask Mr. Jiu to lead the way." Li Gongfu turned around and winked at Zhao Wei, telling him to be on guard.

Wang Jiucheng nodded, got up and walked towards the backyard with Li Gongfu.

When he reached the backyard, Wang Jiucheng stopped, pointed to a courtyard on the right, and motioned for Li Gongfu and others to come closer.

"There's something weird in the yard. It's best for Mr. Li not to enter the yard, just watch from outside the door." As Wang Jiucheng spoke, Li Gongfu could hear the faint fear in his voice.

As a bodyguard who was struggling between life and death, Wang Jiucheng's behavior made Li Gongfu feel even more strange.

The gate of the courtyard was open. Standing outside the courtyard, you could have a clear view of the situation inside the courtyard. Li Gongfu simply stood outside the courtyard and looked in.

As a result, the scene that appeared in front of Li Gongfu and others was a bit shocking.

I saw six corpses lying on the open space in the yard. Each corpse was bleeding from all its orifices, and its pale face was full of expressions of extreme pain.

What's even weirder is that the corpses are very close to each other. You can see each other's eyes when looking at each other, and you can even hear the hoarse moans coming from their lips.

Seeing this scene, even Li Gongfu, who was used to seeing dead people, couldn't help but feel the hair on his body stand on end.

"This... how is this possible!" Zhao Wei exclaimed, his eyes widened, and he could hardly believe what he saw.

Li Gongfu's eyes flickered, his face turned livid as he stared at the corpse. After a while, he asked Wang Jiucheng next to him: "May I ask Master Jiu, why don't you let us come closer to watch? Is it possible that all six of them died from severe poison in their bodies?"

Wang Jiucheng shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't. The first one to notice something strange in the courtyard was one of the three maids. He saw the bodies of two maids falling in the courtyard. The two patrolling afterwards The executioners came after hearing the news, but as soon as the three of them entered the courtyard or something, they suddenly fell to the ground and died suddenly."

Wang Jiucheng was resting in the courtyard of his concubine nearby that day, so he hurried over after hearing the news. An eager escort entered the courtyard before him, but died suddenly in front of him, which really frightened him.

Only then did people go to the Yamen to report the case, and they did not dare to take a step closer to the courtyard.

"That's it. Thank you for informing me." Li Gongfu nodded gently and bowed his hand towards Wang Jiucheng.

Although this matter sounded strange, Li Gongfu did not choose to question it.After all, Wang Jiucheng is a veteran, and six lives are involved, so he shouldn't dare to lie about this matter.

But then it was Li Gongfu's turn to worry. If it was true as Wang Jiucheng said, he would die suddenly as soon as he entered this courtyard, then how would he investigate the case.

At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned to ask Wang Jiucheng: "By the way, Master Jiu, you said before that this is Madam's courtyard. After such a big incident, have you ever checked Madam's whereabouts?"

Wang Jiucheng said: "Of course I have looked for it, but my wife rarely goes out of this courtyard on weekdays. After the accident, I called out outside the courtyard, but I never got a response. I'm afraid."

Li Gongfu stared at Wang Jiucheng's face carefully, as if to identify whether he was lying, and did not completely believe his words.

After all, the murder occurred in the Shuntian Escort Bureau. From the beginning to the present, Wang Jiucheng has always been talking to himself. Li Gongfu cannot yet judge what the facts are.

Before the truth comes out, the possibility that Wang Jiucheng killed him cannot be ruled out.

While Li Gongfu was thinking deeply, there was a faint commotion from the government officials behind him.

After all, what Wang Jiucheng said was too magical. He would die as soon as he stepped into the courtyard. This strange way of death frightened all the government officials present.

There are even more experienced government officials who are ready to persuade Li Gongfu to return to the government office for the time being.

Zhao Wei listened to the discussion behind him, stepped forward and whispered to Li Gongfu: "Captain, how about I go in and have a look?" , prepare to take a look at the yard first.

Li Gongfu shook his head and refused: "No, you stay outside the door and I will go in by myself."

No matter what the truth is, six lives are at stake. As the chief arrester of a county, if Li Gongfu dares not even go in to investigate the case and is sued by someone who wants to go to the county government, his position as the chief arrester may be over.

So even if Wang Jiucheng's description is extremely horrifying, Li Gongfu must go in to find out the truth about the deaths of these people.

However, he was not unprepared. He reached into his arms with his left hand and took out the copper coin that he had solemnly put into his arms before. Song Xing gave him a gift. He silently recited the Taoist Sanqing Dharma name several times in his heart and bravely stepped in. Within the courtyard gate.

Everyone behind him held their breath, watching Li Gongfu's slightly tragic back, crossing the line of death in a manner that was rustling in the wind and cold in the water.

Deathly silence.

Everyone saw that Li Gongfu's body stopped moving after entering the courtyard. He stood there without moving for a long time and suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

"Captain Li!" Zhao Wei was anxious and shouted subconsciously.

Then Li Gongfu's body shook slightly, and then his voice came out: "I'm fine."

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they saw Li Gongfu walking forward slowly, step by step towards the six corpses on the ground.

From Li Gongfu's perspective, the moment he stepped into the courtyard, he felt an icy chill sweep over him, almost freezing him to death.

The sun was clearly hanging high outside, but its rays in the courtyard could not dispel the chill.

Li Gongfu even felt that in this chill, an extremely vicious gaze was staring at him, as if it was about to strangle him in the next second.

At this moment, Zhao Wei's voice came from behind, and the copper coin held in his left hand faintly emitted a hot breath, which instantly dispelled the chill that entered the body and brought Li Gongfu back to his consciousness, which was about to fall asleep.

When Li Gongfu woke up, his heart sank, and he realized that Wang Jiucheng had not lied. There seemed to be something strange in the courtyard.

The most likely possibility is that the evil spirits were predicted during Song Xing's divination before.

If that copper coin hadn't shown its power just now, I might have followed in the footsteps of those six people the moment I entered the courtyard.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Li Gongfu's back!

But the matter had come to this, and he could no longer retreat. The copper coins in his hand gave him a glimmer of confidence, allowing him to lift his steps and walk towards the six corpses.

With every step he took, he could feel the cold air swirling around him becoming more intense, but he was still unable to break through the defense line formed by the copper coins, and the fear in his heart gradually let go.

Sure enough, Taoist Song has great magic power, and evil tricks have no effect on this copper coin.

But the sinister sight hovering in the cold air made Li Gongfu feel like a thorn in his back, wishing he could turn around and escape from the door immediately.

He is just a martial artist. Even if he has the copper coins given by Song Xing to protect himself, he is still an evil opponent.

Just when he walked hard to the body and was about to lower his head to look at it, there was a sudden sound of opening the door on the steps in front of him.

In this deathly silent environment, the creaking sound of the door opening sounded in the courtyard, which was like a thunderous thunder, instantly alarming everyone inside and outside the venue.

Li Gongfu subconsciously raised his head and looked forward, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw the originally closed door in front of him suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing brocade clothes with a face as pale as a ghost walked out, with a pair of lifeless gray eyes. Her eyes were staring at him.

"lady!"

Wang Jiucheng's exclamation came from behind! (End of chapter)

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