"Yes, my lord, you say, what do you want to know, as long as the little one knows, I will tell you." Seeing Zhen Chutian say this, how could he give up such an opportunity, and looked at her with a fixed gaze, for fear that she would not believe in her sincerity.

"Okay, then tell me why so many people died in the town, and you can make everyone think that the Hades Palace is the cause?"

"My lord, in fact, the villain also grasped the feudal superstition of the town, in fact, when the first dead man appeared, I began to find a few villagers and asked them to help spread rumors, mainly because this town pays special attention to the Halloween Festival every month and a half, didn't I just borrow flowers to offer Buddha?"

Obviously it was a lie, but he still said it rightly, Zhen Chutian raised his hand and almost beat it, but thinking that the force was mutual, he couldn't help it.

"You'd better not be involved in the murder, otherwise I won't let you go." Zhen Chutian left with Gu Chenghan after threatening viciously.

Of course, Zhen Chutian didn't plan to let go of the magic stick, but let the officials arrest him directly into prison.

Seeing that Zhen Chutian didn't keep his promise, he was so angry that he began to scold on the street.

Zhen Chutian, who heard the abuse, was not angry, but laughed even more happily.

Gu Chenghan saw her like this on her side, and a smile spread on his face, "Chu Tian, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Don't you think it's fun? I'm going to be by the god. Speaking of which, Zhen Chutian couldn't help laughing.

Seeing her like this, Gu Chenghan couldn't help but shake his head, and subconsciously touched her head, "You, when did you become like a child." ”

Gu Chenghan only made a subconscious move, but Zhen Chutian was a little embarrassed by his caressing, made a slightly dodge posture, and pursed his lips and smiled, "My lord, let's go to the yamen quickly." ”

"Okay."

The two of them quickly went to the yamen, and at this time the prefect was already waiting over there, and when they saw Gu Chenghan running over quickly, "My lord, you can be regarded as coming, and the lower officials thought you didn't want to come." ”

"Could this official be such a person who does not keep his promises?" Gu Chenghan gave the prefect a cold look, and then motioned for him to take them to see the corpse.

"My lord, you and Zhen had better be prepared, after all, there are twelve corpses, and this meeting ......" The prefect did not continue, but it was already obvious that he had said this.

"Lord Prefect, don't worry, we have seen a lot of corpses, no matter how terrifying this corpse is, we can do it." Zhen Chutian saw that the prefect was so worried, so he explained.

"Okay, that's good."

The prefect began to lead the way in front, Gu Chenghan and Zhen Chutian followed closely behind, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the morgue.

The morgue in this town is not in the yamen, because the yamen is small, and the corpse is a relatively obscure thing, so they built the morgue in a house not far from the yamen.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Zhen Chutian felt a coldness, it was really a place to store the corpse, and the gloomy atmosphere was unconsciously revealed.

Zhen Chutian couldn't help but tremble, and then gasped.

"What, cold?" Seeing Zhen Chutian like this, Gu Chenghan couldn't help frowning.

"No, I just don't think the atmosphere is right." Zhen Chutian smiled awkwardly, and then followed the prefect.

"My lord, the corpses are all placed." The official stood at the door, glancing at the prefect with a somewhat evasive gaze.

"Okay, you're on the outside."

"Yes, sir."

The official pushed the door, and then stood at the door respectfully, and the prefect also stood sideways, letting Gu Chenghan and Zhen Chutian go in first.

"My lord, these corpses died for five days at the earliest, the shortest is the day before yesterday, there are no corpses yesterday or today, the corpses have been placed according to the results of the examination, my lord, please." The prefect made a gesture of please, and then looked at Gu Chenghan seriously.

Zhen Chutian remembered the booklet he had read before, twelve people died, all of them were men who had disappeared five days ago, thirty people had died, and twelve people had died, and the rest of the people had no clues so far.

In addition, twelve people have died now, and the relatives of those men who have not been found are very worried, because they also come to the yamen every day to ask the prefect for explanations.

The prefect is the most uncomfortable person now.

The booklet records that the body was stabbed with a sharp device, and the knife was fatal.

There are no other obvious external injuries on the body, there are no signs of poisoning, although it was missing first, but the body has no traces of being bound, it seems that this time it is a master who has been encountered.

"Is there anything unusual about the deceased's background?" The dossier provides only a brief account of the victim's information and contains no clues.

After reading the dossier, Zhen Chutian and Gu Chenghan only knew how many people died, how they died, where these people lived, and who they had seen before they died, and the rest did not have too many clues, after all, so many people had died before and after, and there was too little time left for the officials, so they had no way to find out.

"Xia Guan has been ordering his subordinates to investigate during this time, but he has found some clues, but he ......" The prefect was a little hesitant to say it.

With his identity, it stands to reason that there is nothing that cannot be said directly, and such hesitation must be that this so-called clue is somewhat inconsistent with the identity.

"Lord Prefect, but what's wrong with this clue?" Zhen Chutian was the first to ask.

"Yes, Lord Zhen, this clue is about Halloween." The prefect knew that he, as an official of the imperial court, should not believe these things, but there was really no clue, so he could only lean on this side.

"My lord, what can't you say, you can talk about it." Zhen Chutian didn't think there was anything ridiculous about Halloween.

The prefect saw that Zhen Chutian was undoubtedly righteous, so he looked at Gu Chenghan.

Seeing the prefect looking at him, Gu Chenghan nodded slightly and allowed him to continue.

Yes, the prefect breathed a sigh of relief.

"The thirty missing people were delayed on Halloween last month because they went out to do work, and a strange thing happened at that time."

Seeing the mysterious appearance of the prefect, it aroused Zhen Chutian's desire to continue listening.

Halloween is a tradition in this town every month, and although not everyone is very superstitious and believes in ghosts, everyone attaches great importance to Halloween, after all, it is an old tradition.

Last month, everyone was going to gather in the open space west of the town, where they held the Halloween Festival, and everyone was holding lanterns to pay tribute to their dead relatives, and the thirty people went out to work because they came back late, but it was nothing, the most important thing was that they all ate and drank.

Strange to say, everyone in the town drank like drinking water, but on that day the thirty people were all drunk, and they went crazy on the Halloween venue, and they also ran into the old people of the town.

Originally, the sky was full of stars, but because of the noisy scene of these people, it rained heavily, according to the old man's words, this is a disaster from heaven.

After the prefect finished speaking, he looked at Gu Chenghan.

Gu Chenghan's cheeks frowned, "Does the prefect believe this?" ”

"Naturally, I don't believe it, but these thirty people have a clean family background, and they haven't had any holidays with anyone, and they don't have any grudges against each other, there are no flaws, and the only clue is Halloween." The prefect's voice became smaller and smaller, perhaps because he was afraid of being blamed by Gu Chenghan.

However, this time, Gu Chenghan didn't say that the prefect was not, but looked at Zhen Chutian instead, "Someone is using Halloween to build momentum." ”

"My lord, do you think so?" Zhen Chutian saw that he and Gu Chenghan had a good heart, and his face blossomed with joy.

The prefect on the side suddenly felt that he was redundant when he saw him like this, but the conversation between the two attracted him.

Why didn't he think of it?

The prefect looked at Gu Chenghan with annoyance, "My lord, it was the negligence of the lower officials. ”

"It's okay, let's look at the corpse first and then talk about the rest." After Gu Chenghan finished speaking, he strode to the corpse.

All the corpses were covered with white cloth, but according to the prefect, the corpses were now placed in the order of death, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Zhen Chutian came to the side of the first corpse, took a deep breath, and waited until his mood stabilized before uncovering the cloth.

Fortunately, the corpse had only been dead for a few days, so it was not so horrible.

The clothes were tattered, as if they were caused by wear and tear, and there were many calluses on the hands, but there were no external injuries, and as the prefect said, there were no traces of binding on the limbs.

Isn't that right?

Zhen Chutian was full of doubts in his heart, if thirty people disappeared together and were trapped in one place by the same person, how would he do it, he would not be bound or poisoned.

Thinking of this, Zhen Chutian's face became more and more ugly.

At this time, Gu Chenghan had the same doubts as her, and the prefect saw that his face was so ugly, so he coughed, "Two adults, we have checked this corpse several times, and there is nothing unusual." ”

"What about the wound?"

"On the back, there are long sword marks, but there is no blood at the scene where the bodies were found, and each body is the same." After the prefect stated this, he turned the body over.

At this time, the sword mark suddenly entered the eyes of Zhen Chutian and Gu Chenghan.

The faces of the two of them were even more ugly, they were not bad in martial arts, and they knew that such sword marks were definitely not something that ordinary people could leave, and they must be top masters.

What kind of hatred does a master have with these ordinary people?

"My lord, but what's wrong with this sword mark?" The prefect saw that the two of them had been staring at the sword marks, and thought to himself that there was something wrong with the sword marks.

Zhen Chutian showed to look at Gu Chenghan, and then looked at the prefect, "Is there a martial arts master in the town?" ”

"No, our town used to be peaceful, and the only major event was a festival like Halloween, and it was held once a month, so we are not surprised now." 、

Seeing Zhen Chutian asking about the martial arts master, the prefect also looked at the sword marks of the deceased, "My lord, all the dead have such scars on their backs, and this is the only trace, and the others, I have checked them several times and found nothing." ”