It turned out that such a case occurred in Loess County.

A month ago, in a family in the city, the whole family of three died tragically at home.

After that, the neighborhood began to haunt the house, and although no one continued to die, there was a howl of evil spirits at night.

"At first, it was just that street, and then it started to spread to a whole city, and then the whole city was in a state of commotion, and now the whole city is full of panic."

"Now it's even rumored that those dead soldiers have returned, so that the whole city will be haunted."

"Now that many people have left Loess County, if this trouble continues, I am afraid that Loess County will become a ghost town." Zhao Houde said dejectedly.

Qin Xi frowned and asked, "Have you reported this matter to Handan?" ”

"It's reported, Handan just said something ridiculous, and then there was no news, and the lower officials really didn't know what to do." Zhao Houde bowed his head and said.

"Do you know why that family died tragically?" Qin Xi asked.

Zhao Houde shook his head and said: "The tragic death of that family has no warning, and the lower officials have also gone to investigate, and they have no clue. ”

Qin Xi frowned and pondered for a while, then snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe that there are any ghosts, Lord Zhao, dare to go to that family's house with me to have a look." ”

Zhao Houde hesitated for a moment before getting up and said, "My lord, when will you go?" ”

Qin Xi got up and said, "Right now." Qin Xi said and walked out.

"Huh?" Zhao Houde looked at the sky outside and trembled.

As soon as Qin Xi walked out of the hall, he saw Bai Muxue and Lao Qi coming over.

"Childe, the white girl said that she was looking for Childe." The old man bowed his head and said.

Qin Xi rolled his eyes and said, "It's just right, Sister Mu Xue, how about going with me to handle the case?" ”

"Handle the case? I'm looking for you for something. Bai Muxue said.

"What's the matter? Does it matter? Qin Xi asked.

Bai Muxue thought for a while and said, "It's not very important now. ”

"Then come with me." Qin Xi said.

So a few people left the county government with oilcloth umbrellas, and they didn't take a carriage, so they walked to the west of the city step by step.

Zhao Houde suddenly found that although Qin Xi and the three of them walked in the water, they did not splash at all, and with every step, the rain on the ground would disperse.

"It's a master!" Zhao Houde was shocked.

The sky is getting darker, the rain is getting heavier, and the lightning and thunder in the sky are very easy to create a sense of fear in people's hearts.

"My lord, here we are." The official who led the way in front stopped.

"Squeak~"

When the official opened the door, a muffled thunderbolt just illuminated the small courtyard.

Zhao Houde trembled with fright, and then silently took two steps back.

Qin Xi took the lead and walked in, and Bai Muxue and Lao Yu also hurriedly followed.

Zhao Houde followed in later, but it turned out that he was a foot in the mud.

Qin Xi pushed open the door of the house, and through the lightning, he could see that the inside of the house was leaking rain, and there were blood stains on the walls.

"Boss, light the lamp."

"Okay childe!" The old man quickly found the oil lamp in the house and lit it.

The oil lamp flickered in the room, and there was a crackling sound, which scared Zhao Houde, who had just come in, trembling.

"There are blood stains all over this house, and you can imagine that the murderer was brutal." Bai Muxue said.

Qin Xi asked, "Lord Zhao, have you found the murder weapon here or nearby?" ”

"Back to my lord, we haven't found anything, and the family's belongings haven't been lost, it's not like a robbery." Zhao Houde said.

"Will it be a vendetta?" Bai Muxue said.

"Impossible, the lower officials have checked, this family is honest, their ancestors have lived here for generations, and the neighborhood relationship is also very good." Zhao Houde said.

Qin Xi asked, "Who is the death of this family?" ”

"Lord Hui, this family of three is an old lady, a widow and a widow's son. The widow's husband died in battle. Zhao Houde said.

"How's this widow?" Qin Xi asked.

"Smack!"

Bai Muxue suddenly slapped Qin Xi and said, "What do you think!" Don't you know that the dead are great! ”

Qin Xi rubbed the back of his head and said, "What do you think!" I wonder if the murderer committed this crime because of his ill intentions towards the widow, where do you want to go! ”

"Uh..." Bai Muxue was suddenly a little embarrassed, and changed the topic and said, "Lord Zhao, do you know what weapon they were killed by?" ”

Zhao Houde thought for a while and said, "Look at that wound... It seems to be a sword and a gun. And, when the body was found, the widow was in rags and had died the most miserable. ”

"It seems that the murderer is not just a person, but also a person who has the intention of seeing it." Qin Xi said.

"My lord, now the city is constantly haunted, and the people say that the dead soldiers have come back and miss their families, so they brought their family down, and it was the ghost soldiers who did evil." Zhao Houde said.

"There are no ghosts in this world, it's just that someone is making trouble." Qin Xi said: "This person who pretends to be a ghost should know the whole story of this matter, and the purpose of doing this is to let more people pay attention to this matter. ”

"So who would do that? And I'm afraid this matter can't be completed by one person, you must know that the whole city is haunted now. Zhao Houde said.

Suddenly, an arrow rained into the house, and the feather was nailed to the stone slab on the ground.

"Who!" The old man drew his sword and rushed out directly.

Qin Xi pulled out the arrow, and wrapped a strip of cloth around it.

Qin Xi took it down and looked at it, frowned and said, "Sure enough, this family was not killed by ghosts, it was man-made. ”

Only this line of words written in Qin Seal was written on the cloth strip: The murderer is in Handan!

At this time, the old man came back covered in rain and said, "Childe, I didn't catch that person." ”

Qin Xi looked at the arrow feathers, the arrows were made of copper, and they were already bald. Being able to shoot arrows deep into the stone slab shows that this man's archery skills must be extremely high.

"Lord Zhao, there are archery masters in the city, masters who can shoot through stone slabs with arrows." Qin Xi asked.

Zhao Houde thought for a while and said, "The bow and arrow masters in the city... If you want to talk about the master of the bow and arrow, they are all in the army. ”

The old man said: "A person with that kind of skill will not have a low position in the army, and the worst is a thousand-commander." ”

"My lord, do you want to inform the county lieutenant of Qi?" Zhao Houde asked.

"Call him over tomorrow, and after you go back, go and check if anyone came to Loess County or left Loess County with swords and spears around this time period when the murder occurred."

"No!" Zhao Houde arched his hand and said.

"You go back first." Qin Xi said.

"No, the next official will retire." After Zhao Houde saluted Qin Xi, he retreated and went back with a few people.

After Zhao Houde left, Bai Muxue said: "Either this Zhao Houde is an incompetent county magistrate, or he can't afford to provoke the people involved in this case." ”

"This Zhao Houde can't be an incompetent county magistrate, otherwise he wouldn't have been a county magistrate here for so many years. This case is actually not difficult to investigate, but he has not done anything at all, obviously the people involved in this case are people he cannot afford to provoke," Qin Xi said.

"Handan? Childe, will the murderer be someone from Handan, and his status is not low. The old man said.

"Don't guess, let's look around for any clues first." Qin Xi said.