Chu Qiguang said to Qiao Zhi who was hiding on the side: "Master Qiao, I remember that you have a fox under you, right?"

Qiao Zhi said, "Well, what's wrong?"

Chu Qiguang said: "I don't need your help here for the time being, please go back to Wangjiazhuang and find a clever fox under you." ”

Qiao Zhi said vigilantly: "Why are you looking for it? You don't want to replace the fox demon, do you?"

Chu Qiguang said: "The corpse of the fox demon is in my hand, why am I doing that kind of thing, I found this fox to come over to catch this Gu catcher." You have to pick a fox that hasn't fully awakened its mind, the kind that isn't a monster. ”

Qiao Zhi instantly understood: "Haha, you want to plot against that Gu catcher! This guy dares to swallow our ten taels of silver and still don't do anything, I support you to get him!"

Chu Qiguang reminded again: "With Master Qiao's martial arts, it shouldn't be difficult to bring a fox into the city, and if you encounter any trouble, you can ask those dog demons to help." Also, don't forget to bring the fox demon blood we collected. ”

Qiao Zhi flicked his tail and said, "Hehe, don't worry, the blood of the fox demon is well collected, I promise that they will test a fox demon when they take a blood test." ”

......

Chu Qiguang secretly said in his heart: "I have to find a witness." ’

Next, Chu Qiguang had a chat with Fa Yuan Daoist for a while, he asked for advice and touted, with Qiao Zhi's various demon knowledge, he and Fa Yuan Daoist had a lot of topics, and the skilled touting technique also made Fa Yuan Daoist feel very comfortable.

Daoist Fa Yuan looked at Chu Qiguang with some appreciation: "Young man, there are not many people as knowledgeable as you. ”

Chu Qiguang asked tentatively, "Gu Zhutou said to gather people, why hasn't he come back for so long?"

Fa Yuan Dao and Chu Qiguang had a good chat, and when they heard this, they hesitated for a moment, and then said directly: "In my opinion, he hasn't been here for so long, and now Bacheng has already led the team out to catch that fox demon by himself, and in the end, I'm afraid I don't plan to share 100 taels of silver with you." ”

Chu Qiguang pretended to be surprised and said, "How can this be?"

Looking at Chu Qiguang's immature appearance, Fa Yuan Daoist shook his head,

Anyway, no matter how this fox demon catches, the silver distributed to the Taoist temple will not be less, he saw that Chu Qiguang was quite pleasing to the eye, so he pointed: "You just told me that you are just an ordinary farmer in Wangjiazhuang, right? And this time you only provided a conjecture of the fox demon."

So they have neither power nor background, and they can swallow your share of the money. ”

Fa Yuan Taoist priest persuaded: "Officialdom is like this, if you can swallow ten taels, it is impossible to swallow only nine taels and halves." Don't think about telling the county honor, after all, you are just a grass people, and you are born inferior in this officialdom and let others slaughter you. Gu Zhutou is a member of the Yamen, and it is impossible for the county to help you deal with your own people. ”

Daoist Fa Yuan looked at Chu Qiguang's unconvinced eyes, shook his head and sighed: "You are still young, if you can pass the martial arts exam in the future, you will have the opportunity to earn money, so you can endure this tone today." ”

Chu Qiguang said: "I also asked the Fa Yuan Dao Master to accompany me on a personal trip, I have some guesses in my heart to confirm the place where the fox demon is." ”

Fa Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Do you want to find that fox demon by yourself?" fox demons are alert and cunning by nature, and they are not so easy to find, if they are known...... At that time, it will annoy you, and I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you afterwards. ”

Chu Qiguang said with a sincere face: "Please also ask the Taoist to help me." He deducted ten taels of silver in his hand, thinking that if he couldn't do it, he would have to stuff it again.

Fa Yuan looked at Chu Qiguang's young, immature, and unwilling appearance, but he thought of himself when he was young, shook his head and said, "If you really don't hit the south wall and don't look back, then I'll accompany you through this experience." ”

Chu Qiguang breathed a sigh of relief and stuffed the ten taels of silver back into the money bag.

So Chu Qiguang took Fa Yuan and his little servant Chen Gang to the scene of the crime.

When they walked out of the yamen, He Xian, the son of the magistrate, chased after them.

"Brother Chu, where are you going?"

He Xian, the son of the magistrate, seemed to be very concerned about their next investigation work, and when he heard that they were going to go to the scene of the crime again, he wanted to go with them.

Chu Qiguang originally wanted to pull a personal certificate when he wanted to find the fox demon, and it was of course good that the county prince was willing to go.

So the three of them went out of the county office together, and He Xian's little servant and Chen Gang followed behind them.

Coming to the scene of the crime, Chu Qiguang pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said, "The demon fox finally bled and left from the position of the gate. ”

The three of them stood at the gate, Chu Qiguang looked at Zaoyuan Street and analyzed: "The whole street runs east-west, but the east side is more expensive at night, and the fox demon is most likely from the west." ”

Chu Qiguang led the people to the west street entrance, touched the cinders on the ground, and then asked the nearby shop guys.

"Coal is transported every day on this road, and some cinders are always missing from the ground. Sweeping the street every day (3~5 o'clock in the morning) to work, if this fox demon passes by here, it is likely that his feet are stained with cinders. ”

He Xian and Fa Yuan Daoist nodded again and again when they heard this, and looked at Chu Qiguang's eyes full of surprise and admiration.

Watching Chu Qiguang climb onto the wall on the side of the street, He Xian asked, "Brother Chu, what are you looking for?"

"Footprints of a fox. Chu Qiguang said: "After I looked at this street entrance, there was no bloodstain, and I didn't see footprints with cinders, this fox probably went from somewhere else." ”

So saying, he came to a dog hole, twisted a few cinders with his fingers, and said, "It looks like he got into this dog hole." ”

He Xian summoned the little servant to step forward, and a group of people rushed into the door, making the owner tremble in fright.

Chu Qiguang walked around the room and finally came to the position of the window, pointed to the blood stains at the root of the outer wall and said: "Walked through the window, looking at this direction, he should have given up the street and wanted to sneak all the way from the house." ”

Chu Qiguang came to the second family, and just took the two of them to track them all the way according to various details, and the insight shown on the road made He Xian and Fa Yuan secretly amazed.

He Xian whispered to the Fa Yuan Dao Elder on the side: "Brother Chu is really clever and meticulous, this method of tracking monsters is really amazing. ”

Fa Yuan Dao Chief nodded in agreement on the side: "Even if the Demon Suppression Division is dedicated to killing demons, not everyone has such a hand. ”

Chen Gang followed behind and smiled secretly in his heart: "It's all put by Brother Dog himself, can he not be clever and careful." ’

Everyone followed the fox demon's 'trail' all the way to the top of an abandoned culvert.

This culvert was originally part of the drainage system in Qingyang County, but due to disrepair and years of drought, it has long been abandoned.

Chu Qiguang said: "This fox demon seems to want to climb outside through the drainage ditch of the culvert, He Gongzi, let's send someone down next to see where this culvert leads." ”