Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 9 Brain-eating Mandrill (1)
Feng Shen wanted to interrogate the case on his behalf, and Fu Yin couldn't help being surprised.While hesitating, Fu Yin changed his mind: I don't have a clue right now, why not just follow Feng Shen's wishes and see how he handles it.Thinking of this, Fu Yin nodded in agreement, and asked Feng Shen to decide the case.

"Thank you, my lord!" Feng Shen was not polite, bowed to the hall, turned around and came in front of old shopkeeper Wang.

Seeing Feng Shen's eyes like knives, old shopkeeper Wang became more and more terrified. He lowered his head and shrank on the twig, trembling.

"Boss, raise your head!" Feng Shen said with a smile, "It's good to see who I am."

Shopkeeper Wang was taken aback for a moment, raised his old face to recognize him for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Forgive the old man for his clumsy eyes... really... really don't recognize this young master..."

"Hahahaha..." Feng Shen suddenly raised his head and laughed, "You don't recognize me? I do recognize you!"

Seeing Feng Shen's strange words and deeds, Jincai was afraid of alarming the old shopkeeper again, so he hurriedly answered, "My lord, we are in the inn business, and the merchants who come from south to north have also entertained many merchants... You may have stayed with us before. Inn?"

"Get rich, get rich," Feng Shen shook his head and sighed, "Forgive you for being foolish and loyal, but you don't know that you are being manipulated by others!"

"Playing with palms?" Jin Cai said in a daze, "Master, how do you say that?"

Feng Shen raised his hand and pointed at Mr. Wang's shopkeeper: "Look carefully! Is this man really your shopkeeper?!"

As soon as these words came out, all four were shocked.Even the governor in the hall couldn't help but change color slightly.

"My lord, you really know how to joke..." Old shopkeeper Wang's complexion was pale, and his speech stuttered, "The old man runs Yue... Yuelai Inn... It's not a year or two... Does anyone in the neighborhood know?"

"Since you're just being stubborn, then I'll just point it out," Feng Shen sneered, "If you're really shopkeeper Wang, how could you not know me as the landlord? How could you say that the house in the inn belongs to your Wang family?" Ancestry?"

Shopkeeper Wang's mouth moved twice, but he didn't say a word.

Feng Shen went on to say: "That shop has always been the property of my Feng family. When my father was around, the old man of the Wang family rented it out and made a private contract. He didn't communicate with each other at ordinary times, and the rent was settled every five years. After my father passed away, this matter I will take care of it. Four years ago, I just settled the money with the old man of the Wang family. If you are really the shopkeeper Wang, how could you not know merely?!"

"This... this..." Old shopkeeper Wang was at a loss for words, and his head was dripping with cold sweat.

"Shopkeeper, is this really the case?" Jin Cai was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked, "This matter...why don't I know about this matter?"

"This is a secret agreement made by Feng Wang's family privately, and others don't know about it!" After Feng Shen finished speaking, he shouted at the old shopkeeper, "You are so bold and treacherous, how dare you pretend to be a substitute! How can you hurt people and kill you? From the truth?"

After eating and drinking, old shopkeeper Wang calmed down.He looked at Feng Shen coldly, and said again: "My lord, is it too arbitrary to say that? With just a few incomprehensible words, the old man, the sufferer, has been determined to be a murderer? How can you do that in front of Mr. Fu Yin?" Allow you to call a deer a horse and confuse black and white? Although the old man has a soft temper, he can't let him be bullied! You say that the old man is an impostor, please show evidence!"

Feng Shen slowly replied: "The secret agreement is a verbal agreement, and there is no piece of paper left in the world."

The old shopkeeper Wang straightened his back: "So, what the young master said just now is all your own words!"

Feng Shen smiled; "That's right."

The old shopkeeper Wang twisted his forehead, and said bitterly: "There is no real evidence, why bother to slander the old man?!"

Seeing this, Fu Yin was also displeased: "Mr. Feng, a life lawsuit is no joke, don't make false remarks!"

"Don't be impatient, my lord," Feng Shen said calmly, "wait for this junior to expose the true face of this villain. Just now, this junior has completed the autopsy, and all signs show that the deaths of those two people were not murdered by ghosts, but man-made. !"

"Human salary?!" Hearing these words, Zha Wuzuo was also dumbfounded, "Master Feng...Let's not talk about that woman...just the cause of that woman's death is weird. Cut, the cut is abnormally smooth, I thought about breaking my head, but I can't think of any sharp weapon that can cut a human head like that..."

"Master Zha, it's hard for you." Feng Shen looked at Zha Zuozuo, with a half-smile, "That head-cutting weapon is not common. It's understandable that you don't know it. But you have been doing it for several years. It is unreasonable to find out that the woman has been dead for three days.”

"What?" Zha Wuzuo was dumbfounded, "That woman...has been dead for three days?"

"Exactly," Feng Shen said with certainty, "the woman's face was purple and her tongue protruded. Thanks to the real murderer. Moreover, the murderer had frozen the corpse in an attempt to hide the truth from his work, making it mistakenly detected as a new dead body!"

"Then... what about Mrs. Wen?" Zha Wuzuo wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly asked, "Can't you also die for three days?"

"That's not true. Po Wen was picked up by Jincai, so she was still alive before the crime happened." Feng Shen said, changing the subject, "But, for some reason, she was also murdered by the murderer!"

After finishing speaking, Feng Shen looked at Old Shopkeeper Wang coldly again.Although Mr. Wang was silent, his face turned blue and white.

"Aren't we talking about it again?" Zha Wu said, "Master Feng, if it's man-made, what is the murder weapon that can cut the skull?"

"Master Zha, don't worry," Feng Shen smiled, pointing to the package he brought with him, "The skull-cutting weapon...is packed in there."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in this gourd.

Feng Shen didn't say much, stepped forward a few steps, and shook the package away. With a "click", a dirty little beast fell out from inside.

The little beast was already dead.The fur is covered with mucus, and a few fangs are bared on a rakshasa-like ghost face. On the short and thick forelimbs, the claws are hard and sharp, shining with a frightening cold light.

"Ghost fetus! Ghost fetus!" As soon as the little beast came out, Mr. Wang jumped up one foot high, "This... this is the ghost fetus born by the daughter-in-law!"

When Fu Yin saw this, he was also horrified.Pointing to the corpse of the little beast under the hall, he asked Feng Shen, "This... is this really that ghost?"

"My lord, don't be alarmed," Feng Shen hurriedly replied, "Just listen to this junior. This thing looks like a ghost, but it is actually a beast. It is called 'Brain-eating Mandrill'!"

"Brain-eating mandrill?" Fu Yin frowned, "So...the one who harmed people was an animal? This government has a little knowledge of the scenery, but it doesn't know that there is such a vicious beast in the Qing Dynasty... Could it be that this beast was born in a foreign land? "

"What your lord said is very true," Feng Shen nodded, and said to the governor, "this evil animal is not produced in China, but a tribute from foreign countries. When you mention 'brain-eating mandrill', your lord may hear it; If you talk about the other name of this evil beast, you must have heard of it!"

Fu Yin said: "What kind of name? Tell me quickly!"

Feng Shen glanced at Mr. Wang's shopkeeper and paused every word: "Blood-drip!"

"Blood droplet?!" Fu Yin shook his body, his face suddenly changed, "Mr. Feng...you are talking about that..."

"That's right!" Feng Shen said seriously, "It's the assassination weapon used by the 'sticky pole', the frightening 'blood droplet'!"

"The 'sticky pole'...was abolished when Lord Qianlong was in power..." Zha Wuzuo was also shocked, "Furthermore...the bloody drop that pulled out the head...could be like this appearance?"

"Everyone, let me tell you," Feng Shen said slowly after glancing around, "Everyone knows about this 'blood drop'. There have been rumors that this 'blood drop' is wrapped in leather to look like a bird." It looks like a cage, with a hidden sharp knife inside. When people are not on guard, they fly to cover their heads, pull the chain mechanism, and the head will be taken off immediately... But these are all rumors, and they cannot be taken as true! Even if there is such a bulky hidden weapon, How many people can operate freely?"

"It makes sense," Fu Yin nodded, "Go on!"

"Yes," Feng Shen kicked the dead mandrill under his feet, and said again, "This beast has sharp teeth and claws, is ferocious by nature, and has a strong appetite for eating human brains. Emperor Zu Ren. Seeing the rarity of this beast, the Holy Majesty raised it in the rare beast garden. But within a day, this beast killed all the rare beasts in the Heyuan Garden. When the Holy Majesty heard about it, Longyan was furious, and ordered the inner court guards to kill the beast. The beast stick was killed, and the missionary was also kicked out of the capital. Afterwards, a high-ranking figure learned the news and hurriedly sent people to catch up with the missionary, entrusting him with a large amount of money, and entrusting him to transport the number of cubs. Only, secretly rearing, cultivating in private..."

Hearing this, everyone knew that the "big man" was the Prince Yong of that year.Because of avoiding taboos, they didn't tell the truth.

Feng Shen went on to say: "This beast is extremely cruel, in order to prevent it from eating back, the breeder feeds it with his own blood every month. When it grows up, this beast is even more bloodthirsty and easy to kill. If you want to use it, the assassin must wrap it in a skin bag , tied by a thin iron chain. With a throw of his hand, the beast went straight to the target, stretched its shoulders, cut its head and devoured its brain. The beast is tightly bound in the bag. Taking human life with this beast is more agile and precise than darts, poisonous arrows and other hidden weapons. If you shoot, you will see blood, so it is called 'blood droplet'."

Knowing the true origin of this "blood droplet", everyone was speechless.

Feng Shen turned his head and turned to the old shopkeeper with a pale face: "I don't know what I'm talking about, is it right?"

The shopkeeper Wang was extremely panicked, and tremblingly said: "Old man... old man is just a grassroots man... how do you know what the young master said is true or not..."

"A mediocre man? Hahahaha..." Feng Shen laughed loudly, "If you are really a mediocre man, how could you know how to disguise your appearance? And how could you raise a 'blood droplet' that devours people?!"

"What?!" Jin Cai was shocked, "Then... that 'blood droplet'... is raised by the shopkeeper?!"

"Don't spitting blood!" Old shopkeeper Wang stood up in a "bass" and said angrily, "Don't talk about such evil beasts, even cats and dogs, the old man has never raised them!"

(End of this chapter)