When Xiao Rui and the four of them came to the Songyang County Yamen, they saw that the front of the county Yamen was deserted, and there was not even a guard of the Yamen, and the county Ya looked very downtrodden, the mottled house gate, the cracked ground, and even the plaque hanging "Songyang County Ya" had cracks.

Songyang County is not an upper county, but it is also more prosperous than the poor lower county, and the county government is the face of the entire county.

Li Yuanfang stepped forward and knocked on the door, pop... Pounding on the door for a long time, no one responded, it's still daylight, and it's not a vacation, what about the county order? What about the servants? Are they all dead?

"Drumming!" Xiao Rui was a little angry.

Li Yuanfang immediately beat the drum and shouted grievances, knock knock... The drums beat rapidly, and finally someone was called.

When a servant opened the door, he was about to scold, Li Yuanfang had already taken the lead in taking out the official seal of supervising the imperial history, and shouted to him: "My lord is from Kyoto to supervise the imperial history, and he was ordered to inspect the state capital in Hangzhou. ”

The official swore words to his lips, hurriedly stopped them, and then said respectfully: "Lord Huiyu, Lord County Commander, he... He's resting in the back house, and he's busy all night last night, so..."

Xiao Rui stepped forward and asked, "Is it Xiu Mu today?" ”

"My lord, no," the official replied in a shudder.

Xiao Rui didn't want to embarrass him, so he said, "Go and spread it." ”

"Yes, yes!" The official hurriedly ran into the county office, and after a while, a middle-aged county magistrate with a big belly trotted out.

Don't look at the dilapidated county government, but this Songyang County Commander is very rich. He saw at a glance that Xiao Rui's clothes and manners were not bad, but he was from a superior position, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Xiaguan Songyang County ordered Wu Biao to meet your lord!" The adults are here to make Songyang County shine, and please let the adults enter the government to rest! ”

Xiao Rui snorted coldly: "Master Wu, this official was ordered to supervise Hangzhou, and when I first arrived in Songyang County, I saw that Guixian County was in a mess, the people were in a hurry, and your government was too poorly managed." And during official hours, Lord Wu is still resting in the back house, and it seems that Lord Wu lives a very nourishing life. ”

Wu Biao hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead, he never expected that this time he would come to supervise the imperial history, if he didn't handle it well this time, then his official assessment this year would definitely be inferior, and he would probably be demoted.

"My lord, there have been shocking changes in Songyang County during this time, last night the official took the catch of ghosts quickly, and he didn't return to the county office until the early hours of the morning, so he was sleepy and tired, and he couldn't help it, so he rested for a while." Wu Biao explained: "Please also ask your Excellency to be aware and forgive the lower official this time." ”

"Catching ghosts?" Xiao Rui was stunned for a moment, and felt more and more interesting.

Xiao Rui continued to ask, "Catching ghosts? Monkey business! Master Wu is a scholar, and he is silent, and his power is confused, how can there be ghosts in this world, even you, no wonder the people are even more panicked! ”

Wu Biao hurriedly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said in fear: "My lord, it's not that the lower official believes it, but the situation forces the lower official to believe it." To be honest, in less than a month, there have been three homicides in Songyang County, and each of them was not committed by a living person. ”

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and felt even more interesting, it seemed that they had encountered a strange case.

"My lord, please also enter the government to rest, the good deeds of the lower officials are no small and detailed, and they are truthful." Wu Biao saw the curiosity in Xiao Rui's eyes and hurriedly invited him in.

Xiao Rui nodded, followed him into the mansion, came to a hall and sat down, Wu Biao ordered someone to serve tea, and then said: "My lord, the lower official was negligent and forgot to ask the adult's name?" ”

"This official Fahai." Xiao Rui continued to use a pseudonym: "Let's talk about the three murders, why aren't they caused by a living person?" ”

Wu Biao hurriedly said: "Lord Huifa, more than 20 days ago, a person died in Yao's house in the east of the county, the deceased was the master of the Yao family, who died tragically in his study, his head was cut off and disappeared, and the windows and doors of the study where he died tragically were all killed from the inside, and there was no trace of destruction, and there was no tunnel in the study, no dark room, and no Tibetan place was found in the search room. ”

After speaking, Wu Biao swallowed his saliva, and the scene of that day still appeared in his mind.

Master Yao sat at the desk, his body was already stiff, the head on his neck was missing, blood spurted all over the wall and desk, and his death was tragic.

Xiao Rui motioned for him to continue.

Wu Biao said again: "After the first murder, on the night of the seventh day, Master Yao's body broke open the coffin and flew out, and then ran to the Ming Academy in the west of the city, tore off the arms of Song Fuzi, the master of the school, and then rose to the sky with two arms, and the headless corpse flew away under the gaze of many people. The lower officials later sent someone to inspect the coffin and found that there were scratches in the coffin, which seemed to be caused by Master Yao's scratching of the corpse. Although Xia Guan did not see the headless corpse flying with his own eyes, there were five witnesses, all of whom were students of the shojuku, and they were innocent and would not lie. ”

"Flying corpses?" Xiao Rui was a little surprised, if it was normal to say that it was normal to kill people in the secret room, then this flying corpse would be a bit nonsense.

"What about the third death?" Xiao Rui asked again.

Wu Biao sighed and said: "On the seventh day after the death of Master Song, the missing body of Master Yao appeared, this time it was the tragic death of the shopkeeper Sun of the pharmacy in the south of the city, the body of Master Yao suddenly entangled the shopkeeper Sun, and then flames broke out of thin air on the two of them, and then under the gaze of Mrs. Sun, the two were burned alive. With the occurrence of these three murders, everyone in Songyang County was in danger and was shrouded in fear, and many people who could escape went out to take refuge temporarily, and those who did not escape also hid at home. ”

Sighing, Wu Biao said: "There are still terrifying things to happen next, and the sound of chains mopping the ground can often be heard in the county town late at night, accompanied by the hiss of evil ghosts. Last night, some witnesses found ghosts in the north of the city, so the lower officials took the arrest to arrest quickly, but unfortunately waited until the early hours of the morning, and there was no gain. My lord, the lower officials are not effective in governing Songyang County, and they feel deeply guilty, but in the face of the terrifying evil ghosts, the lower officials are more than capable and not enough! ”

In the end, Wu Biao couldn't hide the pain in his heart, and even shed tears.

Xiao Rui didn't hold him accountable first, at this time he became more and more curious about these three murders, coupled with the task, he said: "Master Wu, do you have a file from the beginning to the end of the case?" In addition, the officer needs detailed information about the deceased. Since this official is here, he also wants to make a contribution, although the case described by Master Wu is likely to be committed by ghosts, and it is evil, but I don't believe in ghosts, and I think it's true that someone is pretending to be a ghost! ”

Wu Biao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "With the support of the adults, the lower officials feel very honored, please rest assured, I will order the head of the county to send the case file and all the materials, and send the head of the county to listen to the adult after listening." If the adults can return Songyang County to cleanliness, the lower officials will be willing to lose this black veil! ”

He wished that Xiao Rui would participate, because if he couldn't even find out why, would he still have the face to assess himself? Maybe you'll be able to get past it.

Next, Wu Biao arranged for Xiao Rui and the four of them to live in the guest room, and at the same time, the head of Songyang County's arrest also sent all the files and information such as the autopsy.

Xiao Rui didn't rush to read the file, but asked Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, what do you think of the three murders that happened in Songyang County?" Do you believe it was a ghost? ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "The ghost killing is pure fiction, I naturally don't believe it, as His Highness said just now, is it a ghost, or is someone pretending to be a ghost?" It seems that such a murder case in this small Songyang County is not simple, and there must be other reasons. ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's go back to detectives this time and check the tricks here, how about it?" ”

"Good!" Guo Jia was also interested, and the two immediately began to flip through the file.

The first murder, the death of Master Yao of Yao Mansion in the east of the city.

According to the contents of the dossier, the time of his death was twenty-three days ago, he died in his study, and according to the son of the deceased, Master Yao said the day before that he had something important to deal with, and he locked himself in the study and did not allow anyone to disturb him. Until the afternoon of the next day, Master Yao never came back, and he didn't even eat a mouthful of food.

At last his son thought it was strange and knocked on the door to inquire, but there was no sound in the house, and then he smelled blood in the room, so he forcibly broke down the door and saw his father's death.

Later, the county magistrate, the official officer, and the arrester came quickly, cordoned off the scene, conducted an autopsy, and asked everyone in the mansion quickly, but did not find any suspicious characters.

Although this murder case was strange, it did not arouse the alarm of too many people at the time.

It wasn't until Master Yao of Yizhuang cheated the corpse and killed Master Song of the school that the people of the entire Songyang County fell into panic and panic.

Next, the two continued to check the files and reports of the remaining two people at the time of their tragic deaths, but the content was mediocre and there was no strong evidence, as Wu Biao said, as if the murderers all pointed to ghosts.

Simply, under the guidance of Dutou, the four of them came to Yao's house first.

Yao's house was very deserted, only Master Yao's son and a few guards were still there, and the others were sent out of Songyang County. And after entering the Yao Mansion, Xiao Rui was curious, because the scale of this Yao Mansion is very large, and it is not inferior to the Jin family from a wealthy businessman, and the furnishings and furniture in the house are not simple, there is such a big family in a county like Songyang County?

"What kind of business does Ling Zun do?" Xiao Rui asked.

The young master of the Yao family shook his head and said: "My lord, my father was in business outside when he was young and made some money, and then he lamented that the business was not good, so he returned here, and it has been seven or eight years since he came back. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, it's been seven or eight years since he came back, and he can still support such a big family business, it seems that the previous business will definitely not be small, and he made a lot of money, it seems that this deceased Master Yao is very tired.

Guo Jia went to inspect the scene of the crime, although the arrest and the preoccupation had already been checked, but Guo Jia thought that there must be important clues that they had overlooked.

Among them, Guo Jia carefully inspected the doors and windows.

The door is pinned with a wooden bolt, and it is impossible to pull out the wooden bolt from the inside of the push card slot with a knife or a sharp blade from the outside, and the same is true for the windows. Just as a skilled person can pluck it, there are marks on the wooden bolt, but not on the door.

Guo Jia checked the doors and windows, and the doors and windows were still the same as they were at the time of the crime, and after careful inspection, there was nothing unusual.

Because the door was kicked open, the wooden bolt had been broken in half, but Guo Jia found that the location of the broken wooden bolt was close to the front end, not the middle and back position, what does this mean? It shows that the wooden bolt is just pinned the door with the front, if the old man puts on the wooden bolt himself, according to human nature, he will easily push all the wooden bolts in.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Jia also found that there were scorched marks on the bottom of the wooden bolt, and after closing the door, there were still some black ash-like powders on the ground facing down the wooden bolt, which was shallow, and it seemed that it was stepped on by the person who came in and took away the soles of his shoes, so there was only a little bit left near the gap in the door rail.

If it was before, Guo Jia would not have seen a clue, but since following Xiao Rui, he has seen a lot of things, and his knowledge has become broader.

Burnt marks, black ash-like powder......

It seems that the murderer is not simple!

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