Since Xu Chen's return from Heifeng Mountain, people have become famous, and there are people in the entire Qingping County who don't know his name, and there are even ordinary people who admire him, and ask the painter to depict Xu Chen's face and stick it on the door as a door god to suppress evil. Therefore, the son of the deceased was naturally overjoyed when he saw Xu Chen asking about this matter, and hurriedly begged him to uphold justice.

Xu Chen agreed without thinking about it, the young man hurriedly kowtowed again and again to thank him, and the people who were listening in the hall were also amazed when they saw Xu Chen so chivalrous, and they all applauded, looking at this situation, it was as if Xu Chen was the magistrate here.

Li Xianling is an open-minded person, he didn't care when he saw Xu Chen stealing the limelight, he just got up and waved to signal the hall to be quiet, so as not to affect his trial of the case.

But some people were not happy, at this moment, Lin Yu saw that Xu Chen was so popular in Qingping County, and he felt a little jealous in his heart.

He thought to himself that if I didn't show some talent to destroy his prestige, I was afraid that this guy would be even more arrogant in the future, so he got up and saluted Li Xianling and said, "My lord, may I ask what is the specific cause of death of the deceased?"

"The deceased is temporarily stored in the morgue behind the county office, if Lin Shaoxia is not too tired, he can go with the lower officials to check it out. ”

Lin Yu nodded in agreement, and Li County Ling announced the temporary closure of the hall and took Xu Chen and others to the back hall to examine the body.

Lin Yu's father was originally a government official, he often followed his father to examine the corpse when he was a child, and also learned a lot of criminal skills, he only looked at the corpse a few times, and then recognized the real cause of death of the deceased.

"My lord, if the grass people are not wrong, the deceased was killed by the murderer's sword or the like of a long sword condensed with true qi and died in the heart. ”

Li County Ling said: "Lin Shaoxia has good eyesight, you and the county government are exactly what you say." ”

Lin Yu smiled slightly, then flaunted his skills and said, "Judging from the extent of the damage to the wound, this murderer's spell cultivation should have reached the Qi Transformation Realm. He is by no means an ordinary person, he is either a god fighter in my god clan or a demon fighter of the demon clan. This allows us to narrow down the scope of our investigation. ”

Xu Chen couldn't help but admire him when he heard what he said, and said with envy in his mouth: "I didn't expect senior brother to have such ability, I, I ......"

Originally, Xu Chen wanted to say why I didn't know that you had such skills when I was in Shenshan before, but he suddenly realized that if he said this, wouldn't he automatically admit that he had stayed in Chongwu Mountain, how could Lin Yu's scheming not be able to detect the strangeness in it, so he quickly stopped talking and didn't dare to say any more.

Since seeing through Zhang Youde's true face, Xu Chen has also learned to be smarter, and he began to slowly use his brains, no longer as reckless as before.

Lin Yu didn't know that Xu Chen didn't say anything, and thought that the talent he showed made him admire, and the vanity in his heart couldn't help but swell a little, he was about to show off his profound knowledge again, and the son of the deceased had already walked into the room.

I saw him kowtow and say, "Master Li, Xu Daxia, I remembered an important matter just now, so I came to report it to you." ”

"What, though. ”

"There was one thing missing from my little home, and it was a relic of my father. ”

Hearing the young man admit that something was missing in his home, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and they all urged him to explain what had happened.

"My father carried it with him, and he didn't give me any appreciation when he came home, but when I was serving him to rest the day before yesterday, I saw him take it out of his bosom and confirm it before he went to sleep peacefully. ”

"Can you see what this is?"

"It was a scroll made of sheepskin, and although my father did not open it in front of me, I guess it was probably a painting. ”

After listening to the young man's words, Li Xian Ling hurriedly searched the arms of the deceased, and sure enough, he did not find the parchment scroll that the deceased's son said. He was uneasy to call in for questioning, and after verifying that the sheepskin scroll was indeed lost, he learned that the murderer had killed him for money.

Lin Yu sneered and said, "How can there be a murder without motive in this world, it seems that we have one more clue." ”

Zhao Lei's eyes lit up, and he was whispering: "Murder for the sake of a parchment scroll shows that this thing must be a valuable ancient painting." ”

At this time, another shrewd and capable middle-aged official ran into the morgue quickly.

Li Xianling asked: "Guo Hong, you are not going to investigate the case, what are you doing here?"

The official named Guo Hong replied breathlessly: "Lord Qiyu, the little one has detected the whereabouts of the murderer. ”

"What, you've found the murderer?"

Not only was Li Xianling taken aback, but even Xu Chen and the others were staring at each other, unable to believe that what Guo Hong said was the truth.

But Guo Hong's next statement made them realize that the murderer may be hiding in Qingping County and did not fly away.

It's not that Guo Hong is particularly smart, but when he visited the deceased's neighbors as he usually does, he got an important clue, that is, the deceased had a sworn brother named Ma He, and in previous years, the two went to sea together to do business, and they also returned to Qingping County together.

But this year, Ma He did not return to his hometown with the deceased, and Guo Hong did not take this matter to heart at first, until he heard the proprietress of the hotel in the small restaurant early this morning say that he had seen Ma at the city gate a few days ago and had an argument with the deceased, Guo Hong realized that there was something strange about it.

He hurriedly went to Ma He's home and the surrounding neighbors to inquire about this person's whereabouts, but everyone said that Ma He had never returned, and Guo Hong was even more convinced that Ma He was a little suspicious after discovering these news, so he and several colleagues searched the county town in disguise to search for his whereabouts.

Sure enough, the hard work paid off, and finally found the traces of Ma He in the Zuixian Building. This guy rented a side room and hid in the house all day, except for calling a kaki to fool around with him at night, he rarely went out.

Guo Hong then asked several other officials to stay in Zuixianlou to monitor Ma He, and he hurried back to report this important news to Li Xianling.

Li Xianling frowned and said, "Ma He is indeed a little suspicious, but this does not prove that he is a murderer." ”

Guo Hong's next words immediately made everyone realize that Ma He was probably the real murderer, and they only heard him gasp and say: "The little one has asked the kabuki who slept with him, and this girl said that Ma He boasted to her that he had obtained a treasure map, and was going to leave here to make a fortune after the martial law in the city was lifted in a few days." ”

"Well, this little brother's analysis makes a lot of sense. Lin Yu said: "The treasure map that Ma He said is likely to be the lost sheepskin scroll in the deceased's home. ”

"We need to act quickly, or this thief will run away!"

As soon as Xu Chen heard that there was a clue, he was anxious, and hurriedly volunteered to ask Li Xianling to go and capture Ma He. Li Xianling was also afraid of the real murderer, so he quickly agreed to Xu Chen's proposal, and asked Guo Hong to bring a few shrewd officials to accompany him to the Drunken Immortal Tower to arrest Ma He.

When Xu Chen and the others came to the Drunken Immortal Building, they didn't expect that someone at the door prevented them from entering, and the person who stopped them was just a singer in the Drunken Immortal Building. Xu Chen thought that a female streamer dared to obstruct them from handling the case, it was simply a king's law, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and was about to scold this arrogant woman for a few words, but he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the official Guo Hong constantly glaring at him.

Guo Hong pulled him aside and whispered: "Xu Shaoxia, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch Ma He today." ”

"Hmph, isn't this horse and with three heads and six arms, we can't beat him?"

Xu Shaoxia's words were serious, I heard that Ma He had cultivated in Xuanhu Mountain for several years, but he was just a fifth-order god fighter, how could he be Shaoxia's opponent. ”

As soon as he heard Guo Hong mention Xuanhu Mountain, Xu Chen became angry in his heart, his master Nangong Muyang was imprisoned there, and this thief named Ma He also stayed in Xuanhu Mountain, if Feng Qianxun was a good thing, how could he teach such a thief!

Xu Chenqiang held back the anger in his heart and said, "Then why did you say that you can't arrest this thief today?"

"Ma He is not afraid, but we have to give the proprietress of the Drunken Immortal Building some face. ”

Xu Chen couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and it took a long time to settle down and say: "This drunken immortal building is just a place of wind and moon, and it is an old bustard who opens a brothel to say that it is ugly, and her lowly identity dares to prevent you from working, are you a frequent visitor here, and you have received a lot of benefits from her on weekdays, so you want to bend the law for personal gain?"

This half-sarcastic remark made Guo Hong's face flush and he couldn't make a sound.

No matter what the reason for Xu Chencai to dissuade Guo Hong from entering the Drunken Immortal Tower, he strode to the Kaki standing at the door and said: "I am ordered by Li County to come to arrest the murderer Ma He, if you dare to obstruct me from doing business, you are welcome." ”