Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 146: Finally Gained Something

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the police station's investigation into the Wangzhuang massacre case came to a temporary end.

Seals and notice boards have been posted from one end of the village to the other. No one except those handling the case is allowed to enter, and violators will be prosecuted.

In the first half of the search, no one found anything. But in the second half, as the sky got brighter and the search area expanded, we did find some.

The key points were the discovery of some unusual feces and strange animal footprints in the grove behind the village, as well as fresh trampled marks on a main branch of the big locust tree behind the village.

Based on the latter discovery, shoe prints made by stepping on the moss were seen on the roofs of many houses in the village, all of which were new.

But even the most experienced constables couldn't tell what the feces were, and even several hunters couldn't tell. The only thing they all agreed on was that the thing that pulled this must be huge, and it must be either meat or vegetables.

As for the animal's footprints, they were not clear due to the thick grass. One could only make out that they were hooves and were much larger than ordinary horse hooves.

Finally, there are two oddities.

One of them was that many dead mountain rats were seen in the corners and stinking ditches of Wangzhuang. A curious constable found a hoe and dug some places that were easy to form rat holes. As a result, rat holes were indeed dug, but the rats inside were also dead.

Second, there was too little blood in the field. This was also what many detectives realized after repeatedly checking the village several times.

When a person is stabbed to death, how much blood will flow out? Which of these detectives doesn't know? It's not like they haven't encountered cases of dismemberment before, evil spirits and insects like to do that. There is also a limit on how much blood should flow out, unless they encounter a quirk like a cat demon who likes to eat blood, otherwise the situation is pretty much the same.

But looking at the scene of the dismemberment in Wangzhuang, although it was a bloody mess, these experienced detectives could already understand and find something strange.

There shouldn't be so little blood.

But if they were eating blood, they would not cut the body into pieces like this, because they would not be able to eat blood if the pieces were cut into pieces.

There is at least 30% less blood than normal.

These are basically all the clues Wang Zhuang found. Of course, none of the bodies showed signs of struggle or escape, which is not worth mentioning.

When he returned to the police station, Yang Qian did not expect that Cui Mingsheng would come in person. With a dark face, he started to yell at everyone in the police station.

Only then did he report to the provincial government that he had completed the order to eliminate bandits and demons, and that the area under his jurisdiction was much more peaceful than it had been in the past few decades, and he boasted a lot.

However, the report had just arrived at the provincial capital when a major case occurred in the three cities.

Wangzhuang was a village with hundreds of people, and almost all of them died overnight. This kind of case must be reported, which would make Cui Mingsheng very embarrassed. It is even possible that he would become a big joke and be severely punished.

So how could Cui Mingsheng not be anxious?
Finally, Cui Mingsheng must close the case within seven days!

This is unreasonable. But Cui Mingsheng really can't afford to delay.

After the scolding, Cui Mingsheng called Wang Hai and Yang Qian over and listened carefully to the case in Wang Hai's office.

"So we can conclude that it wasn't done by evil spirits or bandits? Right?"

"Yes, sir. The bandits have been wiped out, there is no doubt about that. And the bandits' means are definitely not enough to commit such a crime.

As for evil spirits, there is absolutely no chance that they can be ordinary evil spirits or insects.

The remaining possibility is that the case should be the evil deeds committed by evildoers, demon cultivators or other practitioners. "After hearing this, Cui Mingsheng calmed down a little. At least this can be used as an explanation to the higher-ups. After all, the city itself can only deal with ordinary demons, evil insects and bandits. For more powerful ones, either the state government or the immortal sect can take action. The responsibility of the three cities is small.

"Yang Qian, what do you think? How do you think this case should be handled?" Cui Mingsheng's trust in Yang Qian has been accumulated time and time again. At least until now, Yang Qian has never let Cui Mingsheng down.

"Sir, I think this case can be handled in two steps. First, we can report the clues we have now directly to the provincial government to classify the case. This kind of situation is not under the jurisdiction of our city government, and we can't do anything about it.

Secondly, we can continue to investigate, at least to give the state government or the immortal sect that will come later the impression that we are actively coerced."

What Yang Qian said was what he had said to Wang Hai on the way back. Wang Hai basically agreed with his two methods. But in the end, it all depends on how Cui Mingsheng considers it. After all, this matter is not just the job of the police station, but also involves a lot of responsibility with the government office, so the government office's opinion needs to be the main consideration.

Cui Mingsheng thought about it seriously for a while, then said, "Can you investigate this kind of case?"

"I can give it a try. At the very least, I can come up with a rough analysis of the case and give a better explanation to the people coming from the immortal sect. It can also be considered as my participation, and I can deal with the higher-ups."

If someone else had said these words, Cui Mingsheng would definitely not have believed them, but the person who said these words was Yang Qian, and Cui Mingsheng currently considered him to be his lucky general, so he would naturally consider it seriously.

It doesn’t matter much to Cui Mingsheng whether the case is solved or not. What he cares about is that his reputation and image as an efficient official should not be affected by the incident in Wangzhuang.

If we simply report it to the provincial government, saying that Wang Zhuang was a demon cultivator or an evildoer, we will easily be suspected of using "excuse" as an excuse.

If the Immortal Sect is dragged into the matter and is involved, then the Immortal Sect can be used as evidence. Who else in the state government dares to stir up trouble?

"Well, Yang Qian, you will handle this case yourself, and the other officers in the police station will assist you. Within seven days, I hope you can have a case file that I can present to the people from the Immortal Sect and the state government.

Understand? "

"My subordinate understands!"

Cui Mingsheng patted Yang Qian's arm and turned away. He still had to go back and think about how to write a report to explain the situation in Wangzhuang. The words between the lines were also a test for him. Just thinking about it made his head hurt.

As soon as Cui Mingsheng left, Wang Hai frowned and asked, "Do you have any discoveries in your mind? Otherwise, you wouldn't look so confident."

Wang Hai was also busy in Wangzhuang all night, and he was also a police officer. He knew very well that although there were some clues in the case, it was far from being enough to be put on the table as a basis and then promised something. Yang Qian dared to do this, and he must have had a rough breakthrough in his mind.

Yang Qian chuckled and said, "Captain, do you still remember the whisper from Wang Xiang, the only survivor of Wangzhuang?"

"Faint? Do you know what that is?"

Yang Qian did not hide anything, nodded, and said: "I have handled a case of evil magic weapons of the Five Funeral Beasts before, and I came into contact with a lot of evil things at that time. At that time, I understood that the evil ways are actually not much different from demons and evil spirits. What they want is to get something from ordinary people to support themselves.

What demons seek is blood and food, and what evil ways seek is blood, energy, and soul power.

There was less blood at the scene than in a normal dismembered body, for one thing. If Wang Xiang's whisper of "fainted" is to be attributed to the soul, could it be "the soul is coming"? Was his subsequent dizziness also caused by a force that was harming his soul?"

hiss!
Wang Hai pondered over Yang Qian's words and his eyes widened.

It seems that this statement can actually make sense!

(End of this chapter)