After Luo You'er finished inspecting the house and followed the smell to look outside for clues, he and Wei Wushuang were also busy in the house.

The furnishings in the room were a mess, as if they had been arched by a wild boar, and there were obvious eruption-like blood marks on the floor and walls, and these fan-shaped marks outlined the last place where the deceased fell.

From the first sight of the victim, this case can be characterized as an "evil incident".

Ordinary humans can't make a corpse look like this, even if the strength is comparable to that of a hydraulic press, it is impossible to ensure that the surface is flat.

The two endured the smell of spoiled blood and quickly determined the cause of death of the four victims.

Both the men and women of the Qian family died from the squeeze of the wardrobe, but because there was a partition on one side of the cabinet, the woman's body was shorter. Their eldest son was caught in a drawer, and the place where the younger girl fell was farthest from the bedroom, and she ran to the door of the courtyard before stopping. Unfortunately, a wooden barrel there killed her.

This conclusion is not fanciful, and if the corpse is wrapped, it can be stuffed back into these containers.

The remnants of flesh and blood inside wardrobes and drawers also prove that they once housed the dead.

The unconventional vision that the container itself will not be breached under such astonishing pressure is the nature of chaos. Only the evil spirits constituted by the accumulation of qi have such abilities.

"When the evil cult appears at night, the head of the Qian family's family should be the first to be killed. Xia Fan pinched his nose and walked to the bed, facing the blood-stained wardrobe, "He probably got up at night and didn't notice that the closet door was open." ”

"Agreed. Wei Wushuang nodded, "He didn't put up any resistance when he was pulled into the cupboard, so one hand was still in his pants. However, the screams of being squeezed woke his wife, and the latter's first reaction was to push his youngest daughter, who was less than six years old, out of bed, while warning the eldest son in the next room. ”

Xia Fan glanced at the hoe prints left on the wardrobe, and then moved his gaze to the broken oil lamp on the ground, "The eldest son fought with the evil spirit?"

"I'm afraid I just want to save my mother. ”

It turned out to be futile, and a hoe alone was not enough to repel the evil spirit, and then the course of events became clear, and the eldest son and his sister tried to escape, and the evil spirit was pulled into the drawer of the table next to the door. Although my sister was the last to be targeted, she couldn't escape this disaster because of her age.

Then the two went to Xue's house again, and the situation was much the same, the only special thing was that one of the corpses was pressed into the shape of a water tank.

Xia Fan and Wei Wushuang glanced at each other, and they already had a preliminary answer in their minds.

The whereabouts are uncertain, and they are not affected by the fire, which can basically rule out the possibility of charm.

Having a clear hostility towards living creatures and taking the initiative to attack the residents of the county is not quite in line with the characteristics of monsters and monsters.

Then the result is obvious.

The killer is either a ghost or a ghost.

It is also the toughest opponent of the cult.

As for which one it is, it will not be determined until the interrogation team has collected information on the parties.

I don't know where Li is now...... While waiting, Xia Fan couldn't help but look to the west. The speed of the carriage is certainly not as fast as the transfer of two horses, and it will take half a day at the fastest, so I hope there will be no accidents along the way.

At this moment, there was a sudden argument across the street.

Xia Fan walked out of the courtyard curiously and looked across the street - only to see several local residents and officials clashing, among which there were two old men kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for something.

Is that the victim's family......

But the words that came to his ears quickly overturned his suspicions.

- They are actually praying that the government will not let the Privy Council interfere in evil affairs again.

"This is the sixth time in three years, and we really can't afford it!"

"Please, let everyone meet Master Hu!"

"Every time the Privy Council comes, it will collect a tax from the neighborhood to eliminate evil spirits, and this person will not be killed by evil spirits, but will be forced to die by money!

"Don't howl here, don't you see those adults working on the case!" the official impatiently drove them away with a stick, "Don't call it the Privy Council, you go to kill the demon? Everyone else can afford it, so why can't you?"

"My husband was sick a few times before and spent a lot of savings...... Can't this money be delayed any longer?"

"Grass, grass people, too! Something happened in the family—"

"That's your own business, won't you sell all your land and property if you don't have money? It's not that the county magistrate didn't give you a way! For every mu of land sold, you can reduce or reduce the tax by 30 percent, and you won't let anyone blame you for your own death!"

"But there are too many evil cults!" the old man's voice was already crying, "Twice a year, I can't last long selling the land!"

"Yes, sir, is it not only a dead end for us when Tian is gone?"

"Why, you can go to work in the fields of the magistrate. The official sneered, "Cheap and lazy, don't you deserve to die?" I will make it clear to you, it is a rule set by the Holy God to inform the Privy Council, and the main expenses of those adults are also borne by the county government. As for the evils, then blame your life for not being good, is this still Lord Hu's fault!? Get out of the way for Lao Tzu now, otherwise you will look good!"

After saying that, a barrage of sticks scattered them.

Xia Fan didn't know what to do for a while.

He tried to stop it, but his feet felt like they were filled with lead. Report this to Zhang Shenju, or stab him to the Command Department? No, no...... There is no point in doing so. After experiencing Master Zhang's incident, he had learned to think more carefully about the issue - the administrative system of the Privy Council and the Qiguo was two sets of teams, and they did not interfere with each other, and the Privy Council would never interfere in the tax administration of Gaoshan County because of this matter.

Let alone...... Can this really change?

The evil tax can be changed to a different name, or even changed to donation or apportionment...... As long as the county knows the heart, this money will definitely not be able to run away.

There's nothing he can do about it.

"Brother Xia, what's wrong with you?" Wei Wushuang's voice interrupted his thoughts, "I didn't even respond to calling you a few times just now. ”

"It's okay......" Xia Fan hesitated, "How much money did you bring with you when you came out this time?"

"Let me see," the fellow felt out of his money bag, "and they are all copper plates and broken silver, which add up to about two or three taels?"

Sure enough, ordinary people don't bring a lot of cash with them, one or two thousand is already too much.

"Oh, yes...... I also brought two gold leaf emergency cards. Wei Wushuang added.

Xia Fan couldn't help but perk up, a gold leaf is almost equivalent to five taels of silver, two is ten taels, plus a bag of copper coins he brought, it should be able to hold those people up for a while.

"Can you lend me the gold leaf? I'll pay you back when I'm paid next month." ”

"Brother Xia, why be polite, take it if you need to. Wei Wushuang didn't ask for a reason, he directly took out the rolled gold leaf from his cuffs and handed it to him.

Thank you, good bourgeois buddy.

Xia Fan took the money and chased in the direction where the county people left.

He knows it's a palliative, not a cure, but it's also better than sitting on the sidelines.

At least...... It can give you peace of mind for a while.