The bright moon hangs on the tip, and the breeze chirps the sound of cicadas.

Summer nights in Tokyo are very lively, but recently there has been an early curfew in the city, and the only thing left is "hot".

Duan Qiu looked at the scene in front of him, but his scalp was numb, hell, in this hot weather, he actually felt a refreshing coolness.

At the mouth of the dim alley, the moonlight is desolate on the bluestone slabs, with a cold chill, the surrounding houses are not lit, only a lantern is left hanging at the entrance of the street, the wind blows, the light and shadow flicker, and it sweeps on the corpse below for a while, adding a strange and terrifying atmosphere.

Duan Qiu endured the tumbling in his stomach and approached the corpse with a fire fold, and an indescribable smell of decay came from it.

"Gross!"

There was a vomiting sound behind him, Duan Qiu had already endured it very hard, but at this time, he was infected by the sound, his stomach was tumbling badly, he quickly got up and vomited to the side.

After a long time, Duan Qiu came to his senses, he stretched out his hand and slapped the culprit who had made him fall short, and scolded: "Out of breath! How many missions have you made with the prince, and you still don't get used to it? Go ahead and record it. ”

"It hurts, head!" The beaten yacha covered his head and showed displeasure, he slandered in his heart, and he didn't look at himself for a few years with the prince, didn't he adapt to it?

Duan Qiu's unkind eyes swept over, Ya almost didn't dare to say much, wiped the sweat that was almost in his eyes, and went to the corpse slowly.

"You reported the crime?" Duan Qiu swept over the trembling husband on the side and asked.

The husband's face was about to collapse to his chest, and he replied in a trembling voice: "Hui adult, it is the villain, the little old man was just about to knock on the second gong, and he found the corpse lying here, which scared the little old man enough." ”

Duan Qiu looked at him for a long time, and then ordered a government messenger to come over and make a record.

"Name?"

"Ma San."

"Age?"

"Forty-one."

"Where do you live?"

......

On this hot day, Duan Qiu should have been lying on the mat, drinking chilled plum wine, and resting with a pu fan, but he received a report from someone, saying that a female corpse had been found on Mahang Street, and there was no way, Duan Qiu could only come out to handle the case.

And the god came.

He straightened his clothes, walked to the man who was hidden in the moonlight not far away, and said, "Lord Wang, this is a young woman with many bite marks on her face and a ...... belly."

The man's face was pale, but there was a hint of impatience in his tone: "What's wrong with your stomach?" ”

Obviously, Duan Qiu was not the only one who was disturbed.

According to court rumors, Duan Wang Zhao Ji is the child of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, when the first emperor had watched Li Yu's portrait, saw his character elegant, sighed again and again, and then gave birth to Zhao Ji.

Although it is a rumor, and Zhao Ji did see the shadow of Li Yu, he has a strong interest in art since childhood, especially in calligraphy and painting, but also shows an extraordinary old man praised him: "When I was born, I dreamed of Lord Li to come to him, so the literary style is graceful, and I have a hundred times more than Lord Li." ”

Although Zhao Ji was quite talented, he was busy in government affairs day and night, and the saint saw that he was so unenterprising, so he arranged him to Dali Temple to take on the post of Shaoqing.

But even so, he is just fishing in troubled waters with a title, and even his princess is more ingenious than him.

Speaking of the princess, everyone thinks that she is a god, she has been married from Muliang Country for more than half a month, and she has already solved two unsolved cases, and now as soon as there is a case, everyone wants to find Princess Duan.

No, as soon as the case came, Duanwang also came.

In fact, I don't usually see this master, but there are more and more useless remarks about Duanwang in the market, and when the saint heard this, Long Yan was furious, and even scolded Zhao Ji, blaming him for his inaction, which made the reputation of the court very bad, and said that he couldn't control the woman, so let her show her face outside.

He was also demoted from the original Shaoqing of Dali Temple to the criminal department.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, Zhao Ji was still singing about wine and painting birds with the moon.

can add a new case at this juncture, Zhao Ji didn't dare to be indifferent anymore, and dealt with the case with an unhappy face against the summer heat.

"The stomach has been dissected," Duan Qiu is accustomed to being a master who can observe words and feelings, seeing that Zhao Ji was displeased, he didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, and replied one by one, "It seems to have been bitten by a wild beast." ”

"Beasts?" Zhao Ji frowned, the emperor is fasting these days, the curfew at the city gate is strict, it is impossible to run into any fierce beasts, is it a large animal raised by a family? Feeling strange, he asked, "Is it coming?" ”

"I hurt my leg, and I'm afraid I'll have to go back to the criminal department for an autopsy." Duan Qiu replied.

"Then carry the body back," Zhao Ji looked around, "you guys look around." ”

Duan Qiu responded and ordered someone to carry the corpse.

"Wait!" Looking at the corpse lying on the wooden shelf covered with a white cloth, Zhao Ji shouted at the yacha, he carefully looked at the woman's hanging hand, and after a while, he asked Duan Qiu, "Have you seen her hand?" ”

"Ahh Nope! Duan Qiu panicked and trembled, "Lord Wang, your subordinates are timid, don't be scared!" ”

"Then I should have seen it wrong," Zhao Ji waved his hand, signaling that they could go, the corpses were like that, how could they move? He turned his head to Duan Qiu and said, "You come with me." ”

Duan Qiu has a body of tendons and meat, he looks honest and honest, but he is actually very clever, and he has a lot of ghost eyes, he was Zhao Ji who followed him when he entered Dali Temple, and now it has been almost two years, but he still can't touch the prince's temperament, so he can only observe the words and looks: "What does the prince command?" ”

Zhao Ji asked, "How is the new Sanmen checked?" ”

Duan Qiu was stunned and replied: "The letter has been sent to the Land Temple according to the instructions of the prince, no accident, three days later, Fan Lou will wait for the rabbit." ”

"Preferably." It's strange to say that the new Shenmen has been providing key clues before, solving the case for Dali Temple, but recently it has become a business robbery, Zhao Ji has a headache, if you can't find out this broken organization, you will inevitably have a batch.

"Ahh "Ahh

Just thinking about it, he suddenly heard a terrible scream from the wall, Zhao Ji trembled in fright, and Duan Qiu next to him had already reacted and waved his hand away: "Go, go!" Where did the crows come from? ”

"The prince is not scared, there have been these beasts circling in the city recently, and I don't know where they flew from."

Zhao Ji asked: "Often?" ”

Duan Qiu nodded: "Yes, Lord Wang, is there something wrong?" ”

"Follow the crows and see where there are more gatherings."

Crows are social animals and like to eat carrion, so it is unusual for them to suddenly appear in large areas of the city.

"Ahh It's moving! ”

"What's moving? You...... Yes! ”

"Tricked corpses?"

"Stop him!"

"Nope! Hurry, hurry, hurry, run! ”

"Ah, help! Help me! ”

“.........”

Suddenly, there was a commotion not far away, and there were faint cries and cries for help, and the silence of Tokyo seemed to be awakened in an instant, and half of the sky was red by the light of fire.

That position seems to be the direction of the Criminal Division? Zhao Ji immediately pulled out his legs and ran towards the source of the sound, and Duan Qiu and the other yacha hurriedly followed.

Until he saw the scene in front of him, Zhao Ji's blood coagulated all over his body, and the sense of fear climbed from his back to his scalp, and he felt numb.

Later people's footsteps were also nailed to the ground.

The yacha who had carried the corpse before were all lying in a pool of blood and convulsing.

"What the fuck is this?" Duan Qiu got goosebumps, and while protecting Zhao Ji behind him, he ordered, "Don't catch that thing yet!" ”

Two yacha swung their swords to meet them, one stabbed into the back of the female corpse with a sword, pulling her aside, and the other took advantage of the situation to rescue the gnawing yacha.

But the gnawed Yacha's entire face was already unrecognizable, and he covered his face and struggled frantically on the ground for a moment, and then completely lost his breath.

"Get out of the way!" Zhao Ji shouted loudly, snatched the sword in Duan Qiu's hand and was about to catch up, but he was still a step too late.

I saw that the female corpse that had been stabbed with a sword came back from the dead again, and bit on the shoulder of the stabbing sword.

"Ahh

Zhao Ji immediately rushed up, trying to tear off the female corpse, Duan Qiu and Yacha behind him also reacted and greeted him, everyone worked together, and finally pulled the female corpse away and pressed it to the ground.

And in the next moment, an even more bizarre scene happened, the head of the female corpse turned 360 degrees, her cloudy white eyes opened, a sharp roar came out of her throat, and she bit on the wrist of a yacha!

Everyone was so frightened that they instantly let go of their hands and fell to the ground.

Zhao Ji felt as if the blood in his whole body had been drained, and even his hands and feet were numb, Duan Qiu helped him to stand up, and scolded angrily: "What kind of monster is this? ”

The female corpse bit Yacha's wrist, as if she was going to gnaw it down alive, and Yacha shouted in despair: "Help me!" Help me! ”

When everyone was helpless, Zhao Ji picked up the sword on the ground, suppressed his trembling hands, rushed forward, and cut off the head of the female corpse with a sword, blood gushed out, splashing Zhao Ji's robe.

The female corpse seemed to have finally lost her life, her head falling from the wrist of the yacha, and the bones rolled to the side.

With a "clang", the sword in Zhao Ji's hand fell to the ground, he subconsciously took two steps back, and the fear came to his face, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his entire back.

The yacha also had weak legs for a while, some were paralyzed on the ground, and some were supporting each other.

Duan Qiu stepped forward boldly, stabbed the female corpse with a sword, and was completely relieved when he saw that he was not at all silent: "You guys, dispose of the corpse." ”

People have come out to see the excitement on the streets.

Duan Qiu slapped his sword on the stone slab, made a "pop" sound, and shouted, "Everyone who watched the excitement went back!" It's nothing to do with you! ”

The people sneered, turned around and wanted to leave, when they were suddenly frightened by the strange scene in front of them.

"Head...... Chief! You ......" Hearing the trembling voice of the yacha, Duan Qiu subconsciously wanted to look back, but was pulled over by Zhao Ji.

Behind him, the muscles and joints of the whole body of the Yacha, who had been bitten to death, seemed to have been reshaped, and there was a series of abnormal "click" sounds, and then several people stood up in an extremely distorted posture!

They also had white eyes, and a sharp roar came out of their throats, like a broken bellows blowing out, and they pounced on several people with their bloody mouths open!