When Li Changan squeezed into the courtyard, the officials who handled the case were pushing the neighbors out of the crowd.

One in and one out.

Li Changan is like a fish swimming against the current.

It took the boss's strength to cross the "dragon gate" and jump into the yard.

"Brother Bo is here?"

He straightened out the squeezed sword belt and asked the busy catchers in the courtyard.

In the workshop, Bo Ziyu, who had been promoted to the head of the team, was directing the survey site, listened to the words, and hurriedly came out to say hello. But when I looked at it, I saw that there was only Li Changan and a Taoist priest.

"Where's Daoist Feng?"

It's been days since the night of the mud.

Feng Chong out of righteousness, Bo Ziyu out of public indignation, and Li Changan out of completion of the task, tacitly formed an alliance to deal with the demon epidemic and find out the culprit behind the scenes.

He was also recommended by Qingping Zhenren, and received more attention from the government.

So these days down.

Bo Ziyu was responsible for coordinating the government, organizing manpower, and investigating news, while Feng Chong and Li Changan often acted together to catch demons. Bo Ziyu saw that Li Changan was alone now, so he asked.

"Feng Daoyou is developing an antidote in the view, and he can't get out. I'm here to ...... this time."

He came here to get news from an old believer in Shuiyueguan, saying that the owner of a certain winery in the vicinity suddenly had a great appetite, and it was suspected that it was a sign of demonic possession.

But Li Changan came over to check carefully, but found that it was the boss who slammed the door, deducted the workers' food, and was ridiculed by the workers for a few words.

Anyway, in the past few days, there have been a lot of false or false news like this.

The Taoist priest pounced on the air a few times, although he was still calm, but he was too lazy to say it at the moment.

"What's going on over here?"

"Let's just be a homicide, it's just quite weird, and I'm trying to find you. ”

With that, Bo Ziyu beckoned Li Changan into the room.

As soon as you enter the door.

He gave him an inquiring look.

Li Changan extinguished the Chong Long Jade Rune in his hand and shook his head.

He didn't smell the slightest demonic smell here.

But there must be no yokai?

Not necessarily.

In normal days, Taoist priests relied on the nose god to identify demons. After all, the search for scents is nature's most common, ancient, and useful way of hunting. Youkai can change their shapes, but they often struggle to change their smell.

But since entering Xiaoshui, Chong Longyu, who was invincible before, has frequently eaten deflated. It seems that the monsters hidden in Xiaoshui City can hide their own smell.

If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful.

Li Changan is not dead-headed, and he has gradually changed his behavior.

As cheap masters often say: don't rely on spells, watch more, think more.

Therefore, at the moment, Li Changan is not in a hurry to make a conclusion.

While listening to Bo Ziyu tell the case, he looked carefully into the room.

The workshop is not very spacious, and it is slightly crowded when a few catchers are crammed in. But Rao couldn't move around, but the catchers avoided a table in the middle, intentionally or unintentionally.

On the table was a large basket with a few brown braised pork, a human head with a boiled skin and a blurred face, a pair of soles of the feet, a few shaved bones, and a few internal organs.

Li Changan has seen a lot of cannibalism.

But Leng Buding saw such a tragic scene in this prosperous and peaceful Xiaoshui, and he was still a relative in his heart, and he couldn't help but avoid his eyes and look elsewhere.

Next to him, Zhang Tongzheng was impatient to deal with the quick inquiry, Zhang Shaonan leaned against the wall and sneered, and in the corner, there was a man huddled, his appearance was extremely embarrassed.

Not to mention, the hair was also plucked out a few times. The clothes were tattered, and they were all blue and red, and there was no good skin and flesh. There were still some mud, rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, and the Taoist priest's nose moved, and he could even smell some feces.

"Is he?"

"Gu Laosan, the owner of this cooked butcher shop, the suspect. ”

"Why do you look like this?"

"Who made his business too good? ”

But Zhang Tong suddenly interjected.

His face was a little ugly, and as he spoke, he took a mouthful of old phlegm and spit on Gu Laosan's face next to him. That Gu Laosan only rolled his eyes, raised his hand to wipe it away without saying a word, and then curled up again, like an old turtle in a muddy pond.

Business is too good?

Li Changan thought about it, and finally knew why the onlookers were so angry.

Don't talk about it, get down to business.

The Taoist priest asked again.

"Who is the deceased?"

"Who else could it be?"

It was still Zhang Tong who grabbed the talk.

"It's this Gu Laosan's mother-in-law. ”

"How are you sure?"

He suddenly grinned, and a smile of "men understand" squeezed out of his eyebrows.

"Because I know the lump of breast meat, the size of a sea bowl, and there is a mole on it. ”

Li Changan glanced at the corpse on the basket, as he said, it was just ......

"How do you know about the body of your mother-in-law?"

Bo Ziyu used to look down on these ruffians, and he was unceremonious when he scolded them. But Zhang Tong is also a rampant character, and he doesn't speak at the moment, only hugging his arms and laughing.

Outside the courtyard, a few unscrupulous men coaxed: "Not only does Boss Zhang know, but we all know." ”

Subsequently.

and shouted in a mess, saying something that can be held in one hand, silky and soft, and two points of black on the white jade paste......

These obscene words came out, causing the men outside to laugh and scold. Chattering and noisy, as if there was no dead person in the house, but a ridiculous farce.

The Taoist priest turned a deaf ear and only whispered scriptures to the corpse.

Bo Ziyu was impatient with the noise, shouted loudly to shut up the onlookers, and invited a nearby official to inquire carefully.

It turns out that this Gu family is an ancestral roasting craft, relying on a jar of old brine that has been passed down for several generations, although it is not rich and expensive, it can be regarded as a solid family. It's a pity that it was passed on to Gu Laosan's generation, but he was obsessed with a Changji (harmony) called "Xue Tuan'er", not to mention ruining the family property, and delaying marrying a wife, and he was still alone for thirty years. Later, this Xue Tuan'er also got older, and seeing that Gu Laosan was so attentive, he left his nationality and married him.

It's a pity that this Xue Tuan'er or Gu Tian's family can close the skin and meat business, but they can't close the red apricot in their hearts. Although she is a wife, she does not change her romantic nature, and she messes around with some prodigal children all day long. And Gu Laosan also loved his wife, and when he saw that he couldn't restrain himself, he deceived himself and covered his ears, and he didn't know anything, and over time, he fell into the nickname of "turtle egg".

"In this way, this Gu Jushi should get used to it. ”

Li Changan finished chanting a scripture.

"Why did you suddenly kill the killer again?"

The official smiled: "This can't be relied on by you, the Taoist chief." ”

"Me?"

"But no? Taoist priest still remembers the night of the Dionysian Festival, when you chased the ghost-faced man and crashed many painting boats. ”

The Taoist priest nodded and waited for the following.

"On one of the painting boats, this snow ball was having fun with a merchant, but it was broken by the Taoist and hit the deck. Now, the whole city saw his mother-in-law's bare ass. ”

The official grinned and pointed at Gu Laosan, who was still speechless in the corner.

"Dao Chief, you are pulling his head out of the turtle shell (harmony) with your own hands, and then help him put the green hat on the right!"

"Uh......"

Li Changan didn't know how to answer for a while.

I can only say that things in the world are so amazing that they are fucking up!

And at this time.

The commotion outside suddenly stopped.

Followed by.

A pretended coquettish female voice sounded in the courtyard.

"Yo, what day is it today, so lively in front of the slave's house. ”

Li Changan looked sideways, only to see that the crowd that was originally crowded at the door had dispersed, and the men, women, and children all focused on the courtyard gate with a kind of "ghost" look.

There was a woman with delicate makeup leaning against the door, with a graceful posture and a lazy attitude. Her skin is as white as snow, but her face can capture the regret that she is no longer in her prime, and the remaining seven-point charm is mostly supported by the wind flow in her bones.

She smiled shallowly, and a tear mole dotted the corner of her eye, making it even more seductive.

Who is this?

didn't wait for Li Changan to ask for an exit.

"Lady?!"

In the corner, Gu Laosan suddenly struggled to stand up, with anticipation and joy on his face.

"You're back. ”

Ooh.

It turned out to be the "resurrection of the dead".

The people in the audience couldn't help but look at Zhang Tong, who had just sworn by him.

Zhang Tong snorted twice and rolled his eyes.

............

A woman is none other than that.

It was Zhang Tong who was killed by her husband Gu Laosan, and then divided into braised meat, and then sold to the neighboring Gu Tian or Xue Tuan'er.

The woman saw Gu Laosan in an embarrassed manner, and her face was undisguised with disgust.

"You thief, what have you done? ”

Before Gu Laosan could anxiously defend himself, someone in the neighbor next to him spoke first.

"Xue Tuan'er doesn't know yet, your man has killed someone!"

"Murder?"

That Xue Tuan'er covered her mouth and laughed, but she didn't believe it.

"If a thief has the guts, the slave family dares to marry him?"

But in a blink of an eye, he saw that the expressions of the people around him did not seem to be fake, and then he saw the serious faces of the officials in the courtyard, and he stammered and asked his husband.

"Are you really murderous?"

Gu Laosan seemed to be particularly clumsy in front of his wife, and his mouth was hesitant: "No, no ......"

"You're a murderer!"

Xue Tuan'er howled and cried "wow".

"You are a wronged person! Why do you want to kill people? This is a great crime of killing heads, how can you tell me to live in the future?

Gu Laosan was flustered but speechless in front of his wife's tears, but Zhang Tong "stepped forward".

"Sister-in-law, don't panic. ”

He smiled meaningfully.

"With our friendship, if there is no one to find in the future, come to me. ”

"Don't joke. ”

Xue Tuan'er turned her worries into joy for a while, and her eyes passed over softly.

"A slave family is a man with a husband. ”

The words fell.

There were a few sneers in the crowd, and then they all started to make a commotion, faintly mixed with a few curses such as "fox spirit" and "shameless". All in all, the atmosphere was momentarily cheerful.

And the only one who is not happy is probably Gu Laosan.

His body trembled slightly.

"Slut. ”

He whispered.

"Slut!"

He suddenly screamed, and at some point there was a sharp knife in his hand, which went straight at his wife.

It's a pity that before he took a step, he was pulled back by Bo Ziyu, who saw that the situation was wrong, unloaded the blade, and fell to the ground.

"Tie me up!"

After that, he yelled at the noisy crowd.

"Yamen handles the case, and dare to make noise!"

The noise immediately stopped, and he beckoned the official again, pointing to Gu Tian's family.

"There was a murder in the workshop, and this woman is also a suspect, so lock me up and take it!"

After everything was done, he rushed back to the house angrily, and a good case was glued to the pickled matter between men and women, which was really a good thing.

As soon as he came back, he saw Li Changan standing thoughtfully in front of the corpse full of baskets.

"What did the Daoist discover?"

The Taoist priest pondered for a long time, but when he opened his mouth, he was headless and brainless.

"How much cooked meat does this shop sell in a day?"

Although Bo Ziyu was puzzled, he still didn't say a word, and recruited the previous official who lived near Zuo.

"This shop has a good business, but it has been selling less recently, and it is only twenty or thirty catties a day. ”

Li Changan nodded.

"Ordinary women remove bones and internal organs, which is almost the same weight. ”

"But I heard from the brothers of the Zhang family that they came to trouble Gu Laosan because he offended the meat shop, and he hadn't bought meat from the meat shop for seven or eight days. ”

"The meat sold today comes from this victim. ”

Li Changan raised his head.

"Where did the meat that was sold a few days ago come from?"

Bo Ziyu only felt chills all over his body when he heard this.

The two glanced at each other and went to the backyard together.

The backyard is also cramped and overgrown with weeds due to lack of care.

But in the corner, it is bare, and there are obvious traces of renovation.

Bo Ziyu recruited his subordinates.

"Dig!"

Half an hour later.

A large number of scattered human bones were piled up in front of the two of them.

A rough estimate is that seven or eight skeletons can be spelled out.

Bo Ziyu's face was as heavy as iron.

"Escort that guy back to the yamen. ”

He gritted his teeth.

"Naigong wants to interrogate him well!"