The fog is dense from the mangosteen forest, the moonlight is coldly reflected on the ground, and the stagnant water reflects the light and flashes with a crystal light.

The Qingzheng Sima team was hurriedly driving on the official road in the forest, and according to the direction that the witnesses saw the sky lantern floating, Huo Yijun made a simple calculation according to the wind direction and wind speed, and finally determined the location of the lantern.

A cliff in the mountains, there are bamboo strips left on the flat ground on the cliff, burnt grease blocks, and a broken sky lantern.

"This should be the place where the lights are placed, standing here can overlook half of the imperial city, it is a good position to watch the scenery."

Jiang Xie stood beside the cliff stele, standing in the wind, tall and tall, his clothes flying.

Huo Yijun had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery, squatted on the ground to check the traces on the ground, and found a footprint next to the broken sky lantern.

Xiangxiu looked over and walked over there, but was unexpectedly stopped.

"Don't come, take care to protect the scene."

Huo Yijun began to measure the shoe prints on the ground with his hand as a ruler, and the edges were still clear, "Except that we have been here, the person who left this shoe print is very likely to be the one who put the lamp and threw the corpse." ”

When Jiang Xie heard this, he surrounded her and looked carefully at the range.

After Huo Yijun measured, he got up and said to Jiang Xie: "The shoe print is eight inches long, an adult male, and the body thrower is about five feet tall. ”

Speaking of this pause, she looked at the person of this height among the Qingzheng officials.

"You, come over and step on the side, leave a footprint."

The official did as she said, leaving his footprints on the soft soil, Huo Yijun continued to ask: "How heavy are you?" ”

"Villain...... There are one hundred and thirty pounds ......," the official said embarrassedly.

Huo Yijun nodded, and flicked his hand to let him retreat: "Taking the footprints of this official brother as a reference, the footprints of the corpse thrower are shallow, and the weight should not exceed one hundred and thirty catties, roughly around one hundred catties." ”

Finally, she waved her hand to signal the officials who were blocking the road to stand on both sides, and she traced this footprint down to find the next footprint: "The pace is very large, the distance is even, walking in a straight line, and he is a young man of about thirty or forty years old." ”

"The shoe prints are clear, but there are traces of snakes crawling, as far as I know, the fog in the mountains is heavier in the evening, the land is damp, and there are snakes that often haunt the day, so the time when this person puts the lights is about the same time, that is, before the lantern festival starts."

When Xiang Xiu heard her say this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his previous prejudice against her was gone, and his tone was slightly excited: "With such a shoe print, you get so much information?" Did you just say that the murderer's physical characteristics? ”

Huo Yijun glanced at him and corrected: "It's the corpse thrower, throwing the corpse doesn't mean murder, it may just be an accomplice." ”

During the time period of examining the footprints, the Qingzheng official did not find any traces of burning corpses nearby, and the group rode horses again towards the depths of the bamboo forest, and went to the place where all the doubts converged - the lantern shop.

Suddenly, a white shadow rushed out of the bamboo forest and stopped their way.

"Phew—"

Xiang Hule stopped his horse, and the rest of the officials quickly surrounded the woman in white who was blocking the road.

"Qing Zhengsi is handling the case, who dares to block the way!"

The woman in white had messy hair, a pale face, and wide-eyed eyes, kneeling on the ground and pointing to the depths of the bamboo forest behind him, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Don't you go over!! ”

"Don't go over!! Ghosts!! Ghost!! ”

The Qingzheng officials on horseback looked at each other, they had heard a lot of rumors about this haunting, and as far as they knew, the place in the depths of this bamboo forest was the lantern shop, and it was too coincidental that they had just come there and reported that it was haunted.

"Don't be afraid, girl, our Qingzheng Division is here to catch ghosts!"

Xiang Xiu smiled: "I wonder if the girl can lead the way for us to see the ghost?" ”

"Nope! It's not a ghost!! The woman in white looked around, spoke incoherently and began to speak incoherently.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Xie directly asked Xiang Xiu to get off the horse and go to check.

Huo Yijun rode close to Jiang Xie and talked to him: "What does Jiang Sizheng think about the haunting?" ”

Jiang Xie held the reins of the horse with one hand and said with a smile: "Haunting does not exist, it is true that there are cats." ”

While the two were talking, the woman in white suddenly grabbed Xiang Xiu's trouser legs.

"My lord, the paper man has returned to his soul and killed someone, and my mother-in-law has killed someone! Don't go to the lantern shop! ”