"I didn't expect that the first time I came to Zuihualou, I came in without spending money."

Ma Changsi muttered in a low voice and looked around curiously.

"Say less."

Although Ma Changsi's voice was not loud, Chen Ning still heard it, scolded him, frowned and looked around.

The drunken flower building is filled with a strange smell of rouge mixed with the smell of wine, and ordinary people must frown when they smell it, but the swingers who are nostalgic for the green building jokingly call it "the fragrance of flowers and willows".

But at this time, the strange fragrance of flowers and willows is mixed with a strong smell of blood.

The building is divided into three floors, the first floor of the hall is full of wine tables, and in the center is a high platform for singers.

The second floor is a private room, which can only be entered by spending a lot of silver, and the third floor is a room for girls that only VIPs can go.

Chen Ning frowned and looked around, and his gaze finally fell on the high platform.

A group of warblers and swallows all gathered around the high platform and were questioned about something.

The person who asked the question was Wang Hu, the head catcher, and the one who answered was over thirty years old, but the proprietress who still had the charm still existed, all called her Sister Hua.

For some reason, Sister Hua seemed to be a little annoyed, and fanned Xiao Pu hard, "Wang catches the head!" Now it's me who was poisoned by Drunken Hualou, and the girl died tragically, not to mention, and lost the guest! You don't go to the murderer, you always ask us girls, what do we know? ”

Wang Hu frowned and said, "Sister Hua, this is my routine. ”

"Routine?"

Sister Hua was extremely puzzled, and snorted, "What kind of business are you doing, if your yamen really had the ability, you would have caught the murderer a long time ago!" Can I still have a murder in Drunken Flower Building?

Anyway, you can't find the murderer of Ding Gongzi, I see how you explain to the Ding family! ”

"We will do our best, but please cooperate with our questioning, so that we can solve the case as soon as possible."

Wang Hu, who has always been tough, was deflated this time, but he looked angry and didn't dare to speak, looking very aggrieved.

Chen Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Sister Hua, you dissipate your anger, please cooperate with Wang Zhutou's questioning." ”

Wang Hu was quite surprised to see Chen Ning speaking for him, but he was finally relieved.

"Who are you? The little guy who doesn't have any hair on his mouth dares to talk to me like this? ”

Sister Hua fanned Xiao Pu and glanced at Chen Ning, not caring at all.

"Chen Jiaxiang catches the head, Chen Ning, the first time we meet, please Sister Hua give me a face."

Chen Ning was not angry, and still smiled lightly.

"Whoever comes has no face, you are ......"

Sister Hua pursed her lips, originally planning to continue to sprinkle, but halfway through speaking, she suddenly realized something, her face changed suddenly, and she changed to a flattering smile.

"Chen Ning? Are you the son of Chen Zhutou? Lord Xiang's righteous son? Chen Ning catches his head? ”

As soon as the little pu fan in her hand flipped over, she immediately smiled and pulled Chen Ning, "Chen Zhutou said that you are here, so I will let the girls show you tea." ”

As she spoke, she shook her small fan and ordered, "Look at what, don't you give Chen Zhutou tea quickly!" Go to the best dragon well! ”

"Sister Hua doesn't have to be polite, I'm here to investigate the case, I won't drink the tea, and I'll drink it again next time I have the chance."

Chen Ning turned sideways slightly, dodged Sister Hua's hand, and beckoned Ma Changsi to come over.

"Sister Hua, this is the arrest of his subordinates, Ma Changsi, I hope you can tell him everything that happened and cooperate with us in investigating the case."

"Don't worry, I will cooperate!"

Sister Hua responded with a smile, looking like she had to answer all questions.

Chen Ning patted Wang Hu on the shoulder, "Wang Zhutou, leave it to them here to ask, take me to see the scene of the murder?" ”

"Good!"

Wang Hu didn't want to entangle with Sister Hua anymore, so he went down Chen Ning's steps, turned around and took him upstairs.

"Lord Xiang's identity as a righteous son is really useful, and he is admired wherever he goes."

When the two walked up, Wang Hu said something that I don't know if it was sarcastic or sour.

"The prestige of the father-in-law."

Chen Ning smiled and did not refute.

The two of them went all the way to the third floor, in the room on the left.

The door opened, and inside the door lay a shriveled, male corpse.

Looking like that, he wanted to escape, but he couldn't get out of the door, and he was killed by the murderer.

The room was crooked, on the table, on the bed, on the chair, there were still seven other corpses, except for the body of a man and two women on the bed, the rest were women.

There was not a trace of blood left on the ground, and the strong smell of blood emanated from the dried corpse.

Chen Ning lowered his body and looked at the dried corpse near the door, the back of his neck was grabbed from behind, and he died after sucking up the blood.

"That's how they all died?"

Chen Ning raised his eyes to look at the other corpses and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, it's the same as the previous case, it should be done by those ghosts. But...... It's a little different, and a lot of people died this time. ”

Wang Hu took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Chen Ning, "This was found on the table, I don't know the ancient myths on it, but it looks more complicated than before." ”

Chen Ning took the cloth bag and looked at it, his brows furrowed.

Inside the cloth bag is a piece of jade, crystal clear, rare texture, it looks very valuable.

The piece of jade was engraved with a capital "捌".

Chen Ning has a clear memory of these bloody objects, from one to nine, they are all simplified characters, and the object engraved with the word "eight" should be closed in the evidence room of the yamen at the moment.

What is this piece of jade engraved with a capital "eight"?

Backed up?

The previous group of ghost creatures refining the Raw Pill needed to use this kind of object in advance to absorb the vitality of the person who wore it, and then when the time was ripe, kill it and extract the Raw Pill.

And this time, that group of ghosts was more like a temporary idea, taking the lives of eight people at will, and continuing to refine the Shengdan.

Roughly, that's how it should be.

After Chen Ning deduced, he returned the jade to Wang Hu and said in a deep voice: "If I'm not mistaken, the night I was injured, the ancient divine words left by those ghosts should be six?" ”

Wang Hu's eyes flickered, and he nodded: "Yes!" ”

Chen Ning said lightly: "That's not right, you asked people to search the whole city, there should be another case, it was seven people who died." ”

Ghosts have always killed people in numerical order, and it is not normal to suddenly jump from six to seven.

Wang Hu was stunned and looked back at the eight corpses in the house, "You mean, this is the eighth, and the words on that piece of jade are likely to represent the meaning of eight?" ”

"You ask someone what the words on this jade mean, and I deduce that it should be eight."

Chen Ning pointed to the corpse and said: "Ghosts harm people, change a rule, not the person who owns the object, but the number on the object every time it harms someone."

Eight died this time, and nine will die next time. ”

He paused, "When the ninth person is also dead, the ghost will complete some kind of ritual, and perhaps, something more terrible will happen." ”

"Something more terrible?"

Wang Hu's face was extremely ugly, "Then I'll call someone to check and verify your inference!" ”

Chen Ning nodded, "You have to move quickly, find out where and when those seven people died as soon as possible, we have to find out the law between six, seven, and eight, and maybe we can deploy in advance and catch the ghosts." ”

Wang Hu frowned and said: "Between the sixth case and this one, there are only three days in total, and his next case will be either tonight or tomorrow night?" ”

"Maybe it's the night after tomorrow."

Chen Ning pondered slightly, "If there is only one day between six and seven, and two days between seven and eight, then the next time will be three days later, which is in line with a certain law."

However, if there is a gap of two days between six and seven, and only one day between this one, there is no regularity, and the interval may only be that it takes time to prepare such a harmful object, and it is likely that in the two days between six and seven, all have been reprepared, just waiting to kill people every night. ”

"Makes sense! Chen Ning, what you said really makes sense! ”

Wang Hu patted the back of his head and was extremely amazed, "No wonder Lord Xiang wants to accept you as a righteous son, just this head, I, Wang Hu, will not be able to catch up with you in my life!" ”

He smiled sincerely, and he didn't seem to be a sycophant.

"In this way, as long as we find the seventh case, we are likely to be able to catch the ghosts, and we will also be able to give an explanation to the Ding family and the Hu family when the time comes."

Wang Hu's eyes flickered, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And Chen Ning frowned and added: "I can also give an explanation to the people of the entire Qingxi County." ”

Wang Hu laughed and said, "That's right, Xiao Ning, you're right!" ”

"Wang Zhutou, since I helped you solve some problems, can you do me a favor?"

Chen Ning struck while the iron was hot and hurriedly asked.

"Whatever you say."

Wang Hu patted his chest and promised, "As long as I know, I will definitely tell you." ”

"Half a year ago, there was a girl named Zhou Ruyu who went to the yamen to report the case......

Chen Ning told Zhou Ruyu's story.

After Wang Hu heard this, the bold smile on his face disappeared and he was silent.

Chen Ning could probably guess what he was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "If this matter is really related to the Ma family, it is likely that the Ma family is manipulating ghosts behind the scenes, whether it is to solve the case, or Wang Zhutou was threatened by the Ma family at that time, and wants to clear your own suspicions, you have to say it." ”

Hearing this, Wang Hu's eyes flickered twice, and he sighed: "That incident, it was indeed something I did wrong, the Ma family took advantage of the situation to oppress people, asked me to hand over people to them, and did not let the case be filed and left a record, I can't help it......

However, I know one thing, if Miss Zhou was really framed at that time, then there was an extremely important person!

Miss Zhou has a personal maid named Chun Tao, and she came forward to testify, saying that Miss Zhou did steal something, so I was willing to hand it over! ”

"Spring peach?"

Chen Ning thought about it a little and remembered that there was indeed such a person.

Zhou Ruyu brought a lot of people at that time, including guards and subordinates, and her personal maid was a beautiful and pitiful girl.

"Thank you for the clues provided by Wang Zhutou, it is extremely useful!"

Chen Ning arched his hand, "I'll investigate the matter of the ghost in white, you go to investigate the seventh case, we will definitely be able to solve this case as soon as possible!" ”

"Good! Let's go their separate ways! ”

Wang Hu also arched his hand, "Without further ado, Chen Zhutou, you should also hurry up!" ”

After the two agreed, they just turned around and walked out of the room, but they heard a crisp applause.

I saw the window position of the corridor on the third floor, and I don't know when a girl in a cyan power suit and a five-foot knife stood on her back.

"Little catcher, I heard all the analysis you just made."

The girl in Tsing Yi stared at Chen Ning with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have such a skill." ”