There are two attached counties in the capital, Taikang and Changle.

Song Tingfeng began to read the dossier, and Xu Qi'an and Zhu Guangxiu stood on the left and right, staring at the dossier together.

The dossier reads as follows:

There is a big yellow mountain in the north of Taikang County, the main peak is more than 1,000 meters high, the mountain range is more than ten miles longitudinal and horizontal, and it contains rich limestone.

It feeds hundreds of thousands of gray households in the surrounding area.

Ash household, that is, the artisan who quarries lime.

Since the middle of the year, a monster has come out of the river in the field of Dahuangshan, often going ashore to devour living people, and there have been many gray households who have died in the mouths of monsters.

"Lack of details...."Xu Qi'an, a veteran criminal investigator, made a judgment after reading the file.

This should be a case that has just been reported, so we need to investigate and improve the file.

Li Yuchun's eyes went over the three of them, and he said with a serious face: "Xu Ningyan, the saber is two inches tighter, and the position of the gong is not correct enough, and it is tilted one inch to the left." ”

..... Neurotic, you're in the advanced stages of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Xu Qi'an said: "Yes!"

Walking out of the Spring Breeze Hall, as soon as he crossed the threshold, Xu Qi'an suddenly felt a pimple under his feet, he naturally lowered his head and picked it up, but suddenly froze.

Silver.... It's heavier.

"Let's go. Song Tingfeng turned his head and urged.

"Oh, good. Xu Qi'an took the broken silver into his arms and stepped to follow.

......

In the hall, Li Yuchun took out the money bag in the box, hung it on his waist, and was about to go out, frowning violently.

opened the money bag and poured out a pile of broken silver, counted it carefully, and immediately frowned: "I lost three coins of silver..."

As a person who was ridiculed by his colleagues for "getting along with money", three coins of silver was enough for him to hurt until dark.

The three of them were outside the yamen of the watchman and saw the arrest of Jingzhao Mansion. There were also three people, the leader was a woman, and the other two were slightly younger.

Jingzhao Mansion is commonly known as the government office.

The three fast messengers are not much different from Xu Qi'an's fast clothes, with a dark color as the base, and the neckline and cuffs are inlaid with red piping.

The embroidered on the chest is not the word "catch", but a majestic beast.

One Qi Cultivation Realm, two Refining Realm... Xu Qi'an observed the three of them quietly.

The woman at the head hugged her fists and said, "Three adults, humble Lu Qing." I have ordered the horses to be brought to the gate of the city, and we will get into the carriage and talk. ”

Riding a horse is to rush the road, and riding a carriage is to give everyone a space to talk about things without delaying time.

The status of the watchman is high, and the catchers of the other yamen see the watchman, who is naturally shorter. However, although this woman who practices qi realm calls her an adult, her attitude is neither humble nor arrogant.

A spacious carriage was parked on the side of the street, and it was not too crowded for six people to sit in.

The three people who beat the guard sat on the same side, and the three people from the government sat on the other side, which was distinct.

Song Tingfeng introduced himself with a smile, and also introduced Zhu Guangxiao and Xu Qi'an.

"You should be familiar with this, he was locked up in the government office when he was involved in the tax and silver case. ”

The three catchers of Jingzhao Mansion carefully examined Xu Qi'an.

The female catcher who claimed to be Lu Qing hugged her fists and said: "I have admired the name for a long time." ”

The tax and silver case was handled by the government office, and as the head of the government office, she remembered Xu Qi'an.

At that time, I felt that this person was quite capable, and I repeatedly persuaded Lord Yin to recruit him to serve in the government.... Lu Qing saw that Xu Qi'an had become a watchman, and sighed regretfully in his heart.

Xu Qi'an smiled and said a few modest words, and looked at the female catcher vaguely.

It's quite rare for a woman to be a head catcher.

The women of the Dafeng Dynasty are not all raised in the boudoir, and for some extremely talented women, each yamen will give a certain amount of cultivation.

This female catcher has a beautiful face, about her early thirties, her eyebrows are thicker than those of ordinary women, and she is heroic.

The figure is graceful and full of the vigor of a female leopard. If the chest is swollen, it should be wearing underwear that corsets the chest.

Speaking of which, Xu Qi'an only now knows why the tax and silver case was not transferred to the Criminal Department, but the government and the watchman cooperated to handle the case. At first, he was surprised by this.

Because Zhou Shilang of the Criminal Department and the Household Department are eyebrows, there are fellow parties.

These details have only now become apparent.

"The content of the file is simple, many details are not clear, the case was taken over by your government first, let's communicate with each other. Song Tingfeng said:

"When exactly did the monster appear. ”

"In June and July. "The woman's head-catching voice is slightly smoky and magnetic.

"Does anyone see the monster clearly? Song Tingfeng asked again.

"In the beginning, the local gray households often disappeared, but when the family searched for them, they found the claw prints of monsters and blood stains by the river. After that, one after another, the gray households disappeared, and the paw prints on the bank of the river also increased....

"The local governor gathered the gray households and cast a net in the river, intending to hunt and kill the monsters. But it didn't work out, and the nets were easily bitten...."

It's an amphibian! Xu Qi said with peace of mind.

After listening to this, Song Tingfeng frowned and asked, "What I wonder is, why did the incident in June and July be reported now?"

"The monsters only devoured the gray households that entered the mountain, and did not attack the villages, so the Taikang County Order didn't care at first. It wasn't until more and more people died that the catchers were sent to join forces with the gray family to hunt down the monsters, but nothing was found. ”

When Lu Qing was talking, she frequently looked at Xu Qi'an, but what disappointed her was that this talent, who had solved the tax and silver case, had been silent.

After a few times, the Taikang County Commander was unwilling to take care of it anymore, or rather, as Jingcha approached, he not only did not deal with the case, but planned to suppress it. ”

Zhu Guangxiao said in a deep voice: "Then why did you report it again?"

Lu Qing was silent for a moment and said: "The gray households don't dare to go up the mountain to burn ashes, but the taxes still have to be paid, and there is no way, so they take a long detour into the mountains to avoid the river." It turned out to be unexpected...

"More than 20 people who went into the mountain to burn ashes never came back. There was really no way for the nearby gray households, so they sued the government office. ”

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao glanced at each other and didn't say anything more.

Tuk...

At this time, Xu Qi'an knocked on the long stool, looked at the three people in Jingzhao Mansion, and asked, "Is there a map of Dahuangshan and nearby villages?"

"Bring it, considering that the realm of monsters is unknown, we plan to explore it on our own first, and we don't bring the local gray households, so as not to have an accident and can't take care of it. Lu Qing looked at his colleague sitting on the side, and his colleague took out a scroll of atlases from the baggage he was carrying.

Xu Qi'an took the map and slowly unfolded it, this is a map of the Rhubarb Mountains.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Xu Qi'an said: "I have a guess, I think I should let you know." ”

The crowd in the carriage looked over, and Song Tingfeng squinted with a smile.

The woman's eyes lit up slightly, and she sat upright: "Please speak." ”

Xu Qi'an said: "It attacks the people regularly, or rather, it has a strong purpose. This may not be a simple monster rebellion. ”

Lu Qing furrowed his delicate eyebrows: "Why do you say this." ”

"It started out as a nourishing household near the river, and then it began to expand to radiate out on both sides of the river. until they go into the mountains and devour the gray households. It's not just for predation.

"First of all, the river of Dahuangshan stretches for hundreds of miles, and there is no shortage of fish and shrimp in the river. The beast's choice of food is determined by the environment, not by its own taste. If there is no shortage of food around, it will definitely not go far and far, and in order to eat a good bite, it will deliberately go into the mountains to hunt and eat the people.

"Secondly, if it is a wise monster, unlike wild beasts, it likes to eat people. Then it will not turn a blind eye to the nearby villages. But it didn't, it only devoured the gray households near the Great Yellow Mountain.

According to behavioral psychology analysis, this is a conscious exorcism. ”

Behavioral Psychology?!Lu Qing pondered: "Zoning?"

Without waiting for Xu Qi'an to answer, Song Tingfeng shook his head: "No, if it has wisdom, it will never draw territory in such a way." Zoning land in the suburbs of the capital is no different from looking for death. And if it were just a ferocious beast, it wouldn't do anything to drive away the Greys. ”

Lu Qing thought for a while, and his pupils shrank: "There is something in the Great Yellow Mountain that makes it care." ”

There was a brief silence in the carriage.

PS: In the future, I will write a "Dafeng Oiran Niang Evaluation Guide" on the official account, well, I didn't write it, but I asked enthusiastic readers to write it.