Li You stood in the courtyard, covering his nose with a handkerchief, carefully inspecting the situation at the scene.

The courtyard is not large, and there are no other buildings except for the gate wall built against the door. There was a crack in the wall of the front door, and there was a depression in the ground in front of the wall, and it was clear that there had been a fierce fight, and all those involved in the fight were very skilled.

The two bodies were lying in front of the main room, with two dents in the walls of the main room, and blood stains on the corners of their mouths, apparently after being shot into the air, hitting the wall and bouncing back to the ground. Their heads were twisted but their expressions were serene, and they were supposed to have lost consciousness after bouncing off the ground, and their necks were unconsciously wrenched.

Because it was the middle of September, the weather was hot, and the two bodies were already badly decomposed. Judging from the condition of the two corpses, both bodies had swollen and black faces, protruding eyes, and a large amount of blood blisters coming out of their mouths and noses, and considering the heat of the weather, the time of death should have been five or six days ago. Among them, the woman's body is leaning downwards and the man is facing upwards on his back. The man's chest was bulging, and it seemed that something was stuffed with it.

Li You looked puzzled, leaned over to take a closer look, and found that the man's clothes were too flat, not at all like the state after being knocked and fallen.

Did someone stuff something into his chest after he died?

Li You put on gloves, reached into the man's coat from below, seemed to touch a book, took it out and looked at it hurriedly, and immediately stuffed it into his arms.

Books?

Li You frowned and looked left and right. Liu Zhong and a few other officials were whispering something, and they didn't seem to notice their movements.

Gollum!

Smack!

A stone rolled down from the main house, Li You hurriedly looked up at the roof, and vaguely saw a thin figure, and his heart immediately understood.

Someone is secretly helping themselves. And in order to ensure that the account books fell into his hands, the man hid on the roof and watched until he made sure that he had obtained the account books, and then left in a hurry.

What is this account book after all, why did this person deliberately put it on Liu Da's chest, and he had to stay at the scene at the risk of being exposed? Wouldn't it be safer to hand it over directly to yourself?

It seems that this man's intention is not as simple as giving himself an account book.

Thinking of this, Li You turned to look at Liu Zhong. "Liu Zhong, who reported the case?"

"Five neighbors reported the case together."

"A report?" The two have been dead for a while, but they only reported the case today, and they reported it together, did they only find out today? "Where are they now?"

"Waiting outside the door."

"Okay." Li You turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

There was a circle of people at the gate of the courtyard, five of them leaning together, standing in the circle, Li You raised his feet and walked towards the five people.

"Your Excellency!" "Your Excellency!"

The five of them saluted Li You, and Li You also returned the salute with his fists.

"Five neighbors, are you reporting the case?"

"Yes, sir." "It's the case we reported."

"So, the corpse you found together?"

"Hmm." "That's right, sir." "My lord, you are like a god, and your name is well deserved."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li You suddenly became interested. "What does this neighbor mean by his name?"

"The situation of your cracking of Zhao Wu's case has spread throughout Shengtang County, and they all say that you are sharp-eyed and can know who is lying and who is not lying."

"yes." "yes." "We've all heard about it."

The surrounding villagers also followed suit.

"Thank you for your compliments, this official is just doing his duty." Hearing the affirmation of the people, Li You was a little excited in his heart. "Five neighbors, can anyone tell this official in detail about the process of your discovery of the body?"

"My lord, little old man will tell you about it." An older citizen stepped forward.

"Then thank you, uncle."

"Your kindness, sir." The old man was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. "I live across the street from Liu Da's house, so I can hear it most clearly."

"I was standing in the yard this morning and moving my muscles when I suddenly heard a bang, and I wondered why I was making a fuss again." The old man frowned. "Adults, you may not know that this Liu Dajia moved here three years ago. Usually their house is closed, the men rarely come out and walk around, although the women do not come out often, but as long as there is a begging knock on the door, she will give something to charity, and she is a very good-hearted woman. Hey, what a nice guy. ”

"yes, that's a shame." "I borrowed it from her." "I've borrowed something from her, and she's such a nice person."

When the old man said this, the people around him echoed him.

"Fellow villagers, it's important to investigate the case." Li You motioned for everyone to be quiet, and everyone hurriedly stopped.

"But, this Liu Da is not a good thing." The old man shook his head. "Every time this woman gives alms, Liu Da will beat her, and she will hit her very hard."

"Yes, every time the woman is beaten to the point of crying." "Yes, yes, I heard the thumping of his house six days ago, and I thought I must be beating my daughter-in-law again."

Maybe this is karma. Because they are often beaten, the neighbors around them are used to it, so when the accident happened six days ago, no neighbors came out to check on them, which caused the bodies of the two to decompose in the courtyard.

"Husband, you continue." Li You saw that everyone began to interject again, and hurriedly guided again.

"I was a little angry at the time, thinking that this woman was too wronged." The old man looked indignant. "So, when I walked out of the courtyard gate, I found that the gate of Liu Da's house was wide open, and I thought that I had to help this woman say a few words this time, and I couldn't let her be beaten for doing good deeds."

"Yes." "Yes." The surrounding people hurriedly agreed.

"I called a few neighbors and went to Liu Da's house together, and..." Then we found out that both of them were dead, and we hurried to report to the police. ”

"That's right." "That's right."

The other four nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for your words!"

Li You saw the simple and kind nature of the Tang people in a few people, and couldn't help but bow deeply to a few people.

"Your kindness, sir." "Oh, we can't afford it." "Your Excellency, you are a good official, and we learned from you."

"Haha." "Haha."

The crowd was amused by this nondescript sycophant.

"If there's anything else you need to know, I might be bothering you."

"You can tell me at any time." The five people nodded their heads.

Sure enough!

Li You couldn't help but reach out and stroke his chest.

This account book is really the key to solving the case!

………

"Brother Ouyang, what have you discovered?"

"Nope. Odd! ”

"Strange?"

"Because there isn't, it's weird!"

"What do you mean?" Yuan Gang looked at Ouyang Jian inexplicably.

"Ahead is Wanshan Mountain. I've been here many times, but no matter how I walk now, I can't get to the bottom of the mountain, and the sights I saw before are all gone, so it's strange! ”

"Really?"

"Not bad! It's a formation again! Ouyang Jian nodded in agreement. A house was originally built at the foot of Wanshan Mountain, but at this time this house was completely missing. ”

"Do you suspect that this mansion is a ghoul lair?"

"Highly likely!"

"But now we can't find the entrance, and there's no point in wandering here." Although Yuan Gang was unwilling, he had to admit it.

"Hmm. I can only go to Li You. ”

"Li You?"

"The magistrate of Shengtang County, he can break all illusions."

"Can you break all illusions?" Hearing this, Yuan Gang was greatly surprised. "Wouldn't that be the nemesis of the demons?"

"Hmm. But he doesn't have any cultivation himself..."

"Then someone has to be guarding you all the time." Yuan Gang was thoughtful. "That's why Brother Ouyang is stranded in Shengtang County."

"Part of it." After Ouyang Jian finished speaking, he ran to the top of Wanshan Mountain at full speed, and Yuan Gang hurriedly followed.

"Brother Ouyang?"

"From the top down. I remember the location of the house! ”

"Good!"

The two of them walked one after the other, bypassed the dense smoke, and climbed to the top of Wanshan Mountain in a moment.

Looking down from the mountain, the surrounding area is full of smoke, especially in the northeast, where the smoke is even thicker.

Ouyang Jian glanced back at Yuan Gang, Yuan Gang nodded at Ouyang Jian, Ouyang Jian flew down, and Yuan Gang followed.

The two of them rushed down to the thickest place of smoke, only to feel that the wind was whistling, the clouds were shuttling, and the further down they went, the more dense the smoke became, and they rushed for nearly half an hour, but they still couldn't reach the end.

Could it be that the other party has long been aware of this loophole?

Ouyang Jian and Yuan Gang glanced at each other, and understood that it was not a way to go on like this, so they urged their strength one after another, and used the body method of a thousand catties to smash straight towards the mountain of Wanshan.

Bang! Bang!

The two of them fell to the ground, and the boy of the previous days was floating above them, looking proud. "It's so easy to break my Heavenly Formation? Haha, you guys are underestimating me. Now that you're in the middle of the formation, I'll see how you can escape! ”

Before the boy's voice fell, Ouyang Jian's Qingfeng sword was already roaring. However, the boy did not care at all, and still looked complacent.

The Blue Blade sword was pressed against the boy's throat.

"Say! Where's the Eye? ”

"Haha, if you have the ability to kill me, you can do it." When the boy said this, his figure gradually blurred, Ouyang Jian shook his head and withdrew the Qingfeng Sword.

After the last encounter in the woods, Ouyang Jian had already determined that the boy who appeared in front of them was definitely not his real body.

"I'll see how you get out." As soon as the boy's voice fell, the man had disappeared.

Ouyang Jian and Yuan Gang looked at each other, looking at the smoke below, only to feel that there was nowhere to show their skills, and their hearts were extremely annoyed.

What to do?

According to the observation just now, this formation covers the entire northeast corner of Wanshan Mountain, and it is never possible to see the bottom from the air, that is to say, when you go down the slope, the next is not the bottom. However, when the two of them made a jack fall, they successfully landed on the mountain, that is, when it was horizontal, down or down.

So how do you get to the bottom of the mountain?

Since going down the slope can't be realized, what about going up the slope?

"Up!" Ouyang Jian motioned to Yuan Gang, Yuan Gang understood Ouyang Jian's intentions, and the two climbed up the hillside, but after about ten minutes, they still failed to reach the top, and the two had to give up.

It seems that when you go uphill, you don't go up.

"Brother Ouyang, it seems that we can't break this formation."

"Hmm. Let's go out first. ”

"Get out? How to get out? ”

"Send me up!" Ouyang Jian cut off a section of the tree trunk and pointed to the sky.

"Okay." Yuan Gang stored his strength in his right hand, and Ouyang Jian jumped into the air above Yuan Gang and threw the trunk in his hand at Yuan Gang. Yuan Gang controlled his strength and threw out his right fist, and the tree trunk roared and flew towards Ouyang Jian, who stepped on the trunk and flew out along the cross-section of the mountain.

A moment later, Ouyang Jian flew out of the mist, and Wanshan appeared in front of him again.

Sure enough!

Horizontal is still horizontal!

In that case, it's time to get out.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Jian once again used a jack drop and quickly fell towards the mountain.

Bang!

Ouyang Jian returned to the ground.

"There is no change in the horizontal up and down."

"Great!" Yuan Gang was overjoyed.

No matter how powerful a formation is, its scope is limited. Ouyang Jian's attempt just now also proved this.

Since there is no change in the horizontal, and the scope of the formation is limited, as long as they continue to move sideways and get out of the range of the formation, the two of them will escape.

Ouyang Jian and the two tied the silk silk around their waists, and Yuan Gang tied the silk silk to his left hand. Ouyang Jian held the Qingfeng Sword in his hand, stepped on the trunk and flew up, after rushing out of the smoke, he tightened the silk, and at the same time concentrated all his spiritual power on the Qingfeng Sword, the Qingfeng Sword roared and rushed forward, pulling Ouyang Jian and Yuan Gang to fly out more than twenty meters away, and then the two of them fell into the air.

"No, it's still within the range." Ouyang Jian found that the smoke was gradually approaching below, and hurriedly reminded Yuan Gang, Yuan Gang comprehended, concentrated his true power on the Buddha bead on his neck, the Buddha bead was shining with golden light, and flew forward with a roar, pulling the two of them to fly out more than ten meters away, and finally got out of the range of the smoke.

"Qing'er!"

When the two of them were about to hit the ground, the Qingfeng Sword twisted its body, turned back into a green snake more than three meters long, opened its mouth wide, and sprayed a blue light at the ground, and the speed of the two of them dropped suddenly, and finally landed on the ground smoothly.

Standing on the ground, the two were already out of breath, but they finally escaped.

Li You!

Ouyang Jian calmed down, and the first thing that came to mind was Li You.