Chapter 64: The wolf demon is a murderer, and the public is angry
After the mother and son exchanged pleasantries, the third elder brother and Zimo waved goodbye to the queen and Xue Ning, and went straight to their uncle.
When the two of them had just arrived at Dali Temple in a carriage, they heard the messenger hurriedly running in to make a report.
Seeing the errand officer's panicked look, the third elder brother and Zimo both felt a little ominous, and sure enough, when they entered the hall, the third elder brother saw his uncle, and saw him with a sad face, in a trance, and uneasy as he paced in the room, thinking about countermeasures.
"Third Highness, you are here, please take a seat!" his uncle beckoned him.
"Is there something big happening again?" the third elder brother asked with concern.
"Just now, I visited the Malay newspaper and said that several more corpses were found in the suburbs, but after a preliminary investigation, these corpses were not the corpses of ordinary people, but the corpses of Allied soldiers stationed outside the imperial city.
I think you also know that now our dynasty is under the coercion of tigers and wolves, and there are rebels in the country, for the sake of the national economy and people's livelihood, and the peace of the court, the emperor personally invited the allies living outside the customs to come to the aid of one or two.
If we can find out the murderer in time and hand it over to the other party for punishment, it is fine, if we can't find the murderer, give the other party an explanation, I am afraid that the other party will not give up, if the other party is unhappy, they are very likely to withdraw the soldiers and horses, and disregard the safety of our dynasty.
At that time, I am afraid that it will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries and create an opportunity for foreign enemies to invade and domestic thieves. ”
"Find out the truth at the end of the month, but now there are only a few days left until the end of the month, uncle, are you sure that you have enough time to investigate the case?" said the third elder brother worriedly
"If it is not enough, we must first make a promise, otherwise, if the other side thinks that our DPRK does not pay enough attention to it and treats the lives of soldiers as a mustard, it will make a big move, and it is very likely that they will be forced to withdraw their protective forces on the outskirts of Beijing.
But at present, the country is in the midst of internal and external troubles, and the slightest carelessness will lead to misfortune.
I still have to try my best to investigate the case, strive to seek the other party's understanding, and not cause chaos to the court.
It's really not good, and when the time comes, I'll go and take the sin alone. Uncle sighed.
"How can this be done, uncle, you must not go to the guilt, you still need to take the time to go to the palace, the emperor has something to talk to you about secretly, so you must not push yourself into the fire pit. ”
"Hey, what can I do in the palace? I need to go there in person, my side is already too busy to parry. Uncle sighed.
"Uncle, I don't think you know that in this palace, for some reason, some strange things have happened one after another recently, which has given the emperor a headache. ”
"Oh, let's hear it. ”
"Uncle, the emperor's brother has encountered danger one after another in the past few days, first vomiting for no reason, almost blocking the trachea, and losing his life, and today, the poisonous insect suddenly got into the emperor's robe, and bit him on the waist and abdomen, the poisonous insect is very violent, fortunately, my friend Xue Ning rescued in time, which allowed the imperial brother to get out of trouble and be saved, if it wasn't for Xue Ning's presence, I am afraid that there will be a big mess, because the situation was critical, even if I went to call the imperial doctor, it was too late.
Two accidents, the incident happened suddenly, and Huang Eniang suspected that someone was deliberately making trouble and secretly poisoning, so I would like to ask you to take the time to go over and investigate the matter thoroughly. The third elder brother gave a general account of what happened.
Uncle listened to the words of the third elder brother, and frowned, "Just listening to you talk about this matter, I feel that there is something strange inside, but I really can't take care of it here, go into the palace to visit, and I will go out to investigate the case immediately, so I have to drag on the affairs in the palace for a few days, and then take care of it, if you go back, please be sure to inform your Eniang, let her take more precautions." "Dali Temple Qing Zhengse said.
"Okay, since my uncle is busy with official business, Zimo and I won't bother, but I came this time and brought Xue Ning and Zimo hand-painted images of their relatives, and asked my uncle to take advantage of the investigation to find their missing relatives. ”
After speaking, the third elder brother motioned to Zimo to hand the hand-painted portrait to Dali Siqing.
"Your Royal Highness, rest assured, I have received this map, and I will definitely find out the whereabouts of their missing relatives as soon as possible. Time is in a hurry, I can't chat with His Highness, so I'll go out to investigate the case. ”
After Dali Siqing finished speaking, he hurriedly planned to leave, but was stopped by the third elder brother.
"Uncle, don't go, I heard that the investigation is very interesting, can you take me and Zimo to have a look. ”
Chenhua was a young man with a heart and curiosity about everything, and he hurriedly stretched out his arms to block his uncle's way.
Dali Siqing sighed, "Hey, you kid, why are you like this...... After saying half of the words, he swallowed it forcefully, after all, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and he can't make a mistake to criticize the Third Highness.
"Okay, you can go, but you must obey the command in everything, and don't act rashly. Dali Siqing carefully advised.
"Thank you, uncle, oh, great, great, now I can follow my uncle's example to solve the case. The third elder brother danced happily and said happily in the room.
"Silly boy, what's there to be happy about seeing the case resolved, wait until you get to the scene, I'm afraid it's too late for you to avoid it. ”
The third elder brother took Zimo and drove to the scene of the crime with Dali Siqing.
The latest murder is located in the suburbs, when everyone rushed to the scene to investigate carefully, they were immediately taken aback, the victim lying on the bed died in a miserable state, his face was full of fear, his skin had turned grayish white because of excessive blood loss, and at the position of his neck, after examination, a deep bloody hole was found, and the wound looked like it was caused by some kind of animal bite.
There was no damage to the various items at the scene, and when the victim was attacked, he seemed to be asleep, without too many signs of struggle, and only when he was about to die, his eyes were opened because of pain.
The third elder brother saw this bloody scene for the first time, smelling the rich smell of blood, he couldn't help but feel nauseous, and almost vomited, but Zi Mo, who was following on the side, felt relaxed.
This bloody murder scene made him involuntarily recall the scene of his family's murder, and a chilling sense of fear surrounded him deeply, making his breathing almost freeze, and his heart was more like a heavy boulder.
What's more, his keen sense of smell has already detected that in this murder, it was the evil wolf demon who attacked the victim.
However, for the sake of prudence, Zimo was silent, and he did not dare to rush to tell the third elder brother's uncle about the situation he had.
However, the thoughtful Dali Siqing, with the work of examining the corpse, did not take too much effort to find an important clue, it turned out that in the hands of the deceased, there was a miraculous holding of a strand of hair.
The hairs were grayish-brown, and anyone with a discerning eye could recognize them at a glance as wolf hair.
"It was a wild wolf that killed people, but the strange thing is that this wild wolf's temperament changed so much that he actually sucked human blood. ”
"It's not surprising that wild wolves kill people, but such killing methods are rare, my people ride horses and gallop on the grassland all year round, and wild wolves have long been commonplace, but this is the first time to encounter such mutated and murderous wild wolves. Said the brothers who worked with the deceased.
"This is indeed very strange, could it be that the wild wolves on the grassland have been attacked by terrible creatures and have mutated?" Dali Siqing frowned and said to himself.
"Uncle, is there a possibility that this kind of murderous monster takes people's lives and sucks people's blood, just to practice some kind of witchcraft?"
The third elder brother's words made Zimo listen to it, and he sighed in his heart, he felt that the third elder brother guessed very reasonably, and he had an intuitive feeling, that is, if Dali Siqing found the murderer who killed these soldiers this time, then he would also find the murderer who killed his family and Xue Ning's sister's family.
Although the murderer who had never met, but whose methods were extremely brutal and similar in modus operandi, had been hiding in the shadows, for a nine-tailed spirit fox who was born full of spiritual power and was alert, it could not escape his sensitive sense of smell.
The murder scene left a strong smell of blood, but under the cover of the smell of blood, there was also a unique smell of wild wolves.
Zimo held his breath, sniffed the strange smell in the air hard, and said, "Third Elder Brother, I think you are right, this murderous wolf has already become a demon, and it may be difficult for ordinary people to catch him."
I have a keen sense of smell, and I seem to have smelled some of the remnants of his body at the scene, and if your uncle can trust me, let me lead the way in search of this abominable wolf demon. Although Zimo was very afraid of this wolf demon in his heart, he couldn't help but feel full of strength and courage when he thought that the wolf demon who had killed several of his relatives in a row was about to show his original form and be arrested and brought to justice, and when he finally paid for his blood debts.
Hearing Zimo say that he could smell the residual smell of the wolf demon, and he could also track the traces of the wolf demon, Dali Siqing and the leader of the garrison were quite happy, "Boy, since you have such a special ability, why don't you take us to look for it quickly, what are you rubbing here?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I want to rub it, it's really that wild wolf demon is very vicious and abnormal, I'm afraid that we will easily follow it and go without taking precautions, I'm afraid that before we catch the wild wolf demon, we will already lose our lives. Zi Mo said embarrassedly.
There are not many attendants in Dali Siqing, although each of them is brave and good at fighting, but compared to the wild wolf demon, it is simply not worth mentioning.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, as long as we can catch that man-eating monster, it doesn't matter if our brothers work hard, come on, give me 500 horses, bring horses and strong bows, and follow me to the suburban jungle to catch the wild wolf demon who killed people and absconded. The alien leader was not worried that he would not be able to deal with the terrible youkai, and he commanded with pride.
With his shout, soon on the grass outside the account, a large number of soldiers were gathered in formation, one by one on tall horses, wearing shiny armor, holding silver swords, and carrying white arrows behind their backs, full of energy and ready to attack.
Zimo walked alone to lead the way, the third elder brother was delicate and noble, riding on a white horse, following from afar, while a large group of people and horses were clustered around him, protecting his safety.
The reason why Zimo walked boldly alone was because he was afraid that everyone would be noisy and chaotic, destroying the dispensable smell of wild wolf demons that remained on the grass and in the air.