"You can't arrest me, I'm a famous person, I ......"

Xu Zhiwen looked at the iron chain on his body, and then looked at the fierce officials on both sides, and felt that his legs were weak for a while, but he was still dying and shouting:

"My father was killed, and you didn't look for the murderer, but you arrested me, are you going to be beaten into a trick!"

"Hmph, Xu Gongzi, you are yelling here, you really lose the face of your scholars, and ......"

Before Li Bantou finished speaking, Zhang Bantou, who was already a little impatient on the side, walked over, didn't save face for Xu Zhiwen at all, and kicked him directly in the leg socket.

Syllable!

Xu Zhiwen was a real literati, and he kicked him down directly at this moment, and his knees hit the ground hard, making a muffled sound.

"Hey, ah-you, you are evildoers, as a meritorious talent, even if I go to court for interrogation, the county order can't beat and scold me at will, you ......"

Li Bantou shook his head helplessly, this guy is still stubborn, clamoring for them to do something.

Zhang Bantou sneered and clenched his fists, making a clicking sound, and the officials standing around him also looked at Xu Zhiwen on the ground with a dark face.

You know, the county officials are not as good as the current management. These officials who are responsible for arresting and taking people have a way to deal with prisoners who refuse to cooperate with the arrest.

"We didn't hit you, you just fell because you were unsteady on your feet."

Zhang Bantou grinned, that terrifying and hideous appearance startled Xu Zhiwen, who looked at the fierce and vicious officials around him, and could only bow his head in resignation.

As the saying goes, the wicked must also be grinded by the wicked. These officials have time to deal with those ruffians and hooligans, and at that time good words and persuasion are useless, you can only make those scoundrels bow their heads by beating him up with a crackle.

"Arrest the housekeeper as well, and the rest of the people are not allowed to leave the Xu family until the county order concludes the case."

After Xia Zhician finished speaking, the officials pressed the prisoners out of the gate, Zhang Bantou walked in the front to open the way, and Li Bantou walked in the back.

When he arrived at the door, Xia Zhicicada turned around again.

The mourning hall not far away was already empty, and only the black lacquer coffin that had just been closed by everyone remained.

And at the door there was an old man with gray hair, the faint light passed through his body, leaving no shadow on the ground, and his body was slightly illusory.

The old man respectfully saluted Xia Zhicicada who was far away.

Then it vanished.

"My lord? What are you looking at...... my lord?"

Li Bantou looked at Xia Zhicicada's eyes, and could only see the empty mourning hall and the black coffin.

Suddenly, I felt something and shivered.

"Nothing, let's go."

Xia Zhician put down his robe, he knew that it was the three souls and seven spirits of the unjustly killed master of the Xu family, because he had just died, and the souls had not had time to disperse.

There are more than 10,000 households in Jiangcheng, and someone has died in every household. But what is very interesting is that among many of the people who reported it, not all of them were like Zhang Yueban, who died without injury or illness.

To date, he had found out that twenty-seven families had killed the deceased, and most of them had been close to the deceased.

"My lord, my brothers and I are really convinced of you, as long as you look at it, you can know whether the person in the coffin was killed by someone, and you can also catch the murderer directly......"

Li Bantou is more sleek than Zhang Bantou, so he often unabashedly pats Xia Zhiciao's fart.

"Li Bantou, let me ask you, do you know how many homicides Jiangcheng can have in a year in the past?"

Xia Zhician completely ignored Li Bantou's sycophants, after all, they could only judge whether it was a murder through an autopsy, and then find out the murderer through various clues.

But Xia Zhicicada is not like this, as soon as he enters the door, he can see the soul of the killed person floating near the coffin, which is like seeing the answer first and then answering the question, it is completely cheating.

"If you go back to the adult, if the little one remembers correctly. There are more than a dozen homicides in Jiangcheng throughout the year, and in addition to adultery and death, the most are bandits robbing and killing. ”

Although Li Bantou is sleek, he is not a useless person. On the contrary, because he has a strong ability to do things, he can become the confidant of the Jiangcheng county commander, and the county magistrate is willing to discuss many things with him.

"There are only a dozen cases a year, and there are no less than 20 cases that we have found out these days, and they are still a big crime against humanity......"

The ancients respected their elders very much, and cases like this of killing their own elders are all so-called crimes against human morality, not only must they be decided, but even the local county orders that have this kind of thing must be demoted.

So these days, Jiangcheng County's hair is about to fall out.

None of the more than 20 cases sent to him by Xia Zhician were easy to handle, and as long as any of these cases were truthfully reported according to the content, the county magistrate might lose his official position.

"Tell the county order, hurry up the time to interrogate all the people, and bring the case file to me to see......"

Xia Zhician knew that things were not that simple, cases like this rarely happened logically, how could there be more than 20 cases in Jiangcheng at the same time, and they were all committed on the same day.

Now, after spending ten days investigating hundreds of households, it has been found that the three souls and seven spirits of more than 20 people have not been taken away, but are simple homicides.

One homicide was accidental, but more than two dozen occurred at the same time......

It seems that there is still a deep greasy thing in the middle.

"Let's get busy here today, Li Bantou, please tell the county order, as long as he can hurry up and interrogate the confession, I will go to King Le to help him speak and ensure that his official position is not lost."

Xia Zhician pinched his eyebrows, everything these days was clueless, and he also felt a deep powerlessness and headache.

"Yes, the small one must tell me, and the small one will retire first."

Li Bantou's eyes lit up after listening to Xia Zhiciao's words, he didn't know the identity of the other party, but he just heard the county order that this Lord Xia was arranged by Lord Le, and he couldn't be lazy. Originally, I thought it was Lord Le's subordinates, but listening to the tone of today's speech, people are clearly equal friends with Lord Le.

I have settled down a lot in my heart, Jiangcheng County Ling is a good person, and I get along well with Li Bantou, if this is because of the monster, I will lose my official, and Li Bantou feels worthless for his own adults.

……

Xia Zhician returned to the post station, he politely declined the invitation of Lord Le, and still lived in the bamboo forest courtyard of the Jiangcheng post station.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey......"

Zhang Yueban still looks like dementia, she doesn't know anyone at all, she only knows a strong smirk, she even has to be accompanied by someone when she eats, and she only knows how to eat when she puts the rice in her mouth.

The Jiangcheng post guards are still good, taking turns to serve Zhang Yueban.

"How's it going today?"

"Oh, it's the adults who are back. Today Zhang Yicheng is still the same as usual, and your friend still hasn't come back......"

Xiao Wu is now in charge of serving Xia Zhiciao's post guards, and he and the other post guards have all depicted Nan Er's appearance and dress, for fear that there will be some conflicts if the post guards don't know each other.

After all, the people who can follow the fairy-like Xia Lingguan are not mortals, and they can't be provoked at will.

"Oh, I see. Later, the Jiangcheng official should send the case file over, you can just help me take it to the backyard. ”

Xia Zhician still doesn't know Nan Er's whereabouts, and the other party shouldn't be so difficult to find, but he doesn't know what happened, so he can't deduce the whereabouts of the latter.

He went back to his room and picked up the file he had sent yesterday to look at it, which contained the confessions of all the people in each case, but he only looked at the prisoners.

The confessions of these prisoners were surprisingly consistent, and they killed people in a fit of rage that day.

Even if you get angry, you can't all be angry on that day.

"Things are getting harder and harder......"

Xia Zhician put down the scroll, took a piece of rice paper that had been cut into boxers from his hand, picked up the pen and slowly dipped it in ink.

Two words had already been written on the rice paper, and now he pondered for a long time and added two more words.

It was originally written as "mysterious".

Later, it was added "bewitchment".

The other party not only shot without leaving a trace, but also used special methods to bewitch some people, making them commit a great crime against humanity.

Then another problem arises.

Why are some people directly drained of their souls, while others are tricked into killing their loved ones?

What is the other party doing this for?

There is nothing strange about demons absorbing people's souls and cultivating, but it is a little strange that they do not devour flesh and blood. The other party may not be a well-cultivated monster, but a ghost king or something that has been condensed for thousands of years......

So what is the purpose of seducing others?

Xia Zhicicada frowned, and was falling into deep thought. The clues he has obtained now are still too few, and the true qi in his body is getting less and less, and he has reached the point where he can't use Dao techniques at will.

Doodle.

There was a knock at the door.

"Come in......"

Xia Zhician didn't look up, he thought it was Xiao Wu who came to deliver today's case file, so he just casually pointed to a low table next to him.

"Just put it over there."

The person who came walked very lightly, and walked in front of Xia Zhiciao's bookcase in a few steps, and looked up and down at Xia Zhicicada, who was about to bury himself in the case file.

Whew-

Xia Zhicicada didn't look up, but he felt a breath mixed with the woman's unique fragrance blowing on his cheeks.

Well?

As soon as I looked up, I saw the woman's eyes as bright as the moon.

She was pouting, blowing at herself.

Just like the lake water that she hid under the water and sprayed her face.

She's ...... now. Is it revenge?

"I'm going out to hunt demons tonight......"

The woman also felt that her actions were a little uncourteous, so she could only purse her lips calmly, pointed to the outside of the door, and continued to ask Xia Zhician:

"Are you going along?"