Hearing Zhong Xuan's words, Qi Zixiao's heart was shocked, he could burn the spiritual fire of all things, if he was entangled in this flame, how could he get rid of it?

"Zixiao, you are in the yamen, it is convenient to meddle in this matter, this task will be handed over to you, once you find any clues, you can tell me directly, and I will let others rush to help you."

Zhong Xuan said.

In the process of confronting the spirit, the most taboo is to fight alone.

Unless you have the strength of the crushing level, the strength of a squad must be greater than the role that an individual can play.

Hearing this, Qi Zixiao nodded and did not refuse, "Okay, I will investigate clearly." ”

After Zhong Xuan finished speaking, he looked at the others and continued, "In addition to this matter, I have to tell you another thing, recently, I have been vaguely uneasy in my heart, I always feel that something is going to happen, you don't want to go around recently, if there is a problem, I will send you away as soon as possible." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were shocked, and Liu Bing asked curiously, "Captain, is it the fire in this Xu family's warehouse?" ”

"No, it's a bit surprising to me, but it's not enough to frighten me."

Zhong Xuan shook his head and looked into the distance with a distant gaze, "I hope it's not the thing I imagined, otherwise, our Sanyang County will be finished......"

……

Back in the courtyard where he was, Qi Zixiao heard the sound of reading from the courtyard next to him, and the strong aroma of wine, he knew that this was Zhao Xian.

There is less than half a year before the Spring Festival, and all the students of the academy are busy, wanting to obtain the status of Gongshi in this exam.

Only in this way can they live up to their years of study.

It's a pity that hundreds of thousands of students, in the end, only 1,000 can obtain the status of tribute.

This is a real army crossing a single-plank bridge.

Qi Zixiao smiled and shook his head, not bothering the other party's study.

Now that he has stepped into the fourth grade, the burden on his body is also much lighter, and when he usually goes to the county office, those blue-clothed catchers have a respectful smile on their faces, Xu Qingfeng, Lin Fan and others no longer treat him as a junior, but treat him equally.

"Childe, drink tea."

The two sisters, Xiliu and Hanmei, brought a cup of tea, and Qi Zixiao sat in the pavilion, drinking tea and tasting the dim sum they made, and life was not comfortable.

Two days have passed in a blink of an eye, and since the Xu family's warehouse was burned down, it has been repaired in just a few days, exactly the same as before.

Although the government is still tracking down the arsonist, after several days of searching, there is no clue.

Those catches are gradually no longer in mind.

The Xu family lost 1,000 taels of silver, and they were also extremely angry, and launched the ruffians and hooligans in the whole city, wanting to find out who set the fire, but someone randomly caught a beggar with a brain problem, and wanted him to pretend to be an arsonist and receive a reward in the Xu family, but unfortunately the Xu family was not a fool, and directly threw the other party's legs with a limp.

At this time, in a mansion in Chang County, in the middle of the night, several concubines were already asleep, and at this time, a woman suddenly felt a little cold and couldn't help but open her eyes.

She looked at the sleeping old man beside her, pushed it, and didn't wake up, the concubine cautiously poked her head out and looked outside.

The next moment, the concubine's pupils shrank, and she saw a figure in red sitting in front of her dressing mirror, seemingly thrushing.

"You, who are you?"

The concubine's voice trembled.

"Hehe......"

The figure didn't answer, just a cold laugh came out of its mouth, ethereal and distant.

Hearing this voice, the concubine felt her scalp tingle, and an unconcealable fear rose directly to her heart.

"Crunch"

The next moment, under the frightened gaze of the concubine, the head of this figure suddenly turned directly and looked at her with a smile.

"Ah......h

With a miserable scream, the concubine fainted directly.

The next day, in the mansion, there were rumors that the concubine was seeing ghosts, and it was rumored.

In a spacious and bright bedroom, the concubine was lying on the bed, shivering, beside the bed, there was a doctor, who was taking the woman's pulse, and a middle-aged man with a big belly was standing next to him.

The woman's spirit was sluggish, and she kept muttering "ghost" in her mouth, obviously on the verge of collapse.

After the doctor took his pulse, he immediately turned to look at the man, "Master Zhao, Mrs. Ling should have been very frightened, causing her to go insane, I will prescribe her a few calming medicines, and it should be okay to take a good rest." ”

"Then it's a problem for the doctor."

Master Zhao spoke calmly.

"Where, that's what I'm supposed to do."

The doctor spoke, and was immediately taken out by his subordinates to prescribe medicine.

He looked at the concubine, his face was gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, behind him, a figure appeared, "Go and check, who is pretending to be a ghost in our Zhao Mansion." ”

"Yes, sir."

The figure behind him whispered, and then walked away quickly.

Soon, after the doctor finished prescribing the medicine, the next person went to get it back, and then boiled it up, and gave it to the concubine to drink, and after drinking the medicine, the concubine fell asleep groggy.

In the middle of the night, the entire Zhao family fell asleep, at this time, in the room where the concubine was, she suddenly opened her eyes when she was sleeping, her eyes were blank, in her line of sight, there seemed to be a figure in front of her to lead her forward, looking at the figure, the concubine felt an invisible attraction.

Get up from the bed and staggered forward.

All around, the maids who served were asleep.

No one noticed her walking out of the room.

Walking all the way, she came to a well, and the concubine's eyes were blank and she walked forward unconsciously.

"Puff"

The sound of falling water sounded, and the concubine entered the well.

Early the next morning, the maid in the room where the concubine was located opened her sleepy eyes, looked at the disappeared lady, and immediately panicked.

The entire Zhao Mansion was rummaged through, but I didn't find where the concubine went.

"A bunch of waste, you can't even look at a patient, what's the use of asking you!"

Master Zhao was furious.

Several of the maids were trembling with fright.

"It seems that I can only report to the official and let someone from the government help me find it."

Master Zhao muttered to himself in his heart.

At this time, he was also a little numb in his heart, feeling that this matter did not seem to be simple, the concubine just said that she had encountered a ghost, but she disappeared last night.

Soon, the people from the official mansion arrived at the Zhao Mansion, and after careful investigation, there were also no clues.

can only let people send more patrol officers outside the Zhao Mansion, and at the same time issue a missing person notice.

In another place, there are many torture instruments in the Chengxian County Yada Prison, which is a place where felons are held, and ordinary petty thieves can't get here.

Only those who commit murder, arson, etc., are eligible to enter here.

Inside the prison, it was dark and damp, full of cockroaches and rats, and in the interrogation room, you could hear the sound of whips "popping" and "snapping", which was catching and interrogating prisoners.

However, among the prisoners who can be here, which is not the most vicious criminal, and it is not a simple matter to get them to speak.

At this time, one of the head catchers at the head frowned, looking at the bloody prisoner who was whipped in front of him, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Very good, have backbone, I'll see how long you can last." ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and someone immediately pushed in a torture instrument beside him, several wooden stakes formed a door, and a straw rope was tied to the top beam.

"A few days ago, a person in our Cheng County hanged himself, this is the rope that hanged, I brought it back and made it into a new torture instrument, so that you can taste the taste of being hanged."

The catcher sneered, and a catcher around him stepped forward, pressed the mortal under the beam, and wrapped the rope around the opponent's neck.

The next moment, with a gesture of the head catcher, someone on the side immediately pulled the rope, and the prisoner immediately felt a terrifying force appear in his neck, and a strong feeling of suffocation appeared.

The man couldn't help but make a "gurgling" sound, and his hands wanted to struggle, but he was tied behind his back and couldn't move.

His eyes widened and he felt a blackness in front of him, which was a lack of blood supply.

Looking at this scene, the head catcher sneered, without any sympathy, for these heinous criminals, it is impossible to torture them.

With a wave of his hand, the two catchers immediately stopped moving, and the criminal immediately breathed air, like a fish about to die of thirst.

'Well, it doesn't taste good to suffocate. ’

The head catcher sneered and said lightly.

"Confess early, tell all your accomplices, and you won't have to suffer these tortures."

The man breathed in the air, and at this time, a pair of cold eyes stared at him, "I want to get news from my mouth, dreaming." ”

"Good, stubborn."

The catcher shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, the two catchers pulled into the rope again.

The man suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and the feeling of suffocation reappeared.

Back and forth a few times, the man seemed to know that these people didn't dare to really kill him, although the feeling of suffocation made him extremely painful, but he knew better that once he recruited, his only chance of life would be gone.

After being interrogated for a while, the catcher also felt tired and left the cell with the catcher.

Seeing them leave, the man also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the rope still around his neck, a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, "Lao Tzu has never seen anything, and this trick also wants to scare grandpa and me." ”

He didn't notice that the rope around his neck was moving slowly like a snake.

When the man found out, the rope suddenly tightened automatically and lifted upwards.

There was a hint of horror in the man's eyes, he felt that his neck was almost about to be strangled, this feeling was completely different from the two before, the latter was measured, although it hurt, but it would not kill him directly, but the former, but he had no scruples, he wanted to strangle him directly.

Now that all the catchers are out, who's pulling the rope?

His body was shaking, struggling frantically, trying to cry out for help.

"Giggles"

He kept making noises from his mouth, but he could only hear them.

Less than a cup of tea time had passed, and he had gradually ceased to struggle, his limbs drooping, and he had completely lost consciousness.

After about a stick of incense, a catcher came back, glanced at it, his face changed, and he hurriedly called someone, and soon, the catcher came and looked at the hanged criminal, his face was extremely gloomy.

"Which of you did it?"

He looked at his subordinates and said in a low tone.

"Head, without your permission, how dare we torture him at will."

The subordinates hurriedly spoke.

These criminals are not something they can execute at will, at least they need to be ordered by the county guard.