"Huh?"

Blazing Sun's Divine Soul was of a higher level, and he sensed anomalies in the streets. It's just a vigilant glance that doesn't find any suspicious characters.

Although Lu Yu didn't notice it, at the moment when Lieyang's pupils constricted, she also took out the Qingluan Sword like jasper. The sharp blade of the sword flickered in the setting sun, and the sword technique dimmed, and the sword intent could be activated at any time.

“......”

The spirits of the Blazing Sun Earth Xuan Upper Realm have been searched several times, but they cannot be found in the area. Shaking his head, he said, "Feeling...... It was like being targeted by something strange. ”

"Huh?" Lu Yu was puzzled, "Strange...... Stuff?"

Lieyang nodded "um" and glanced at the alley - although there were dark corners, the view was not much obstructed, it was meal time, most of the town's houses were open, and there would be innocent children running around inside and out.

If there is a certain force's eyeliner peeping, with the level of Lieyang and Lu Yu, most of them can be easily found - the strength of eyeliner spies is usually not strong, but they are good at concealment.

But under the deliberate search of superior soul power, there is still nowhere to hide.

"I don't know. Lieyang was difficult to describe in words, and he kept his vigilance in his heart, so he went back side by side with Lu Yu, "I didn't feel this way in the robbery town before, but today it was very sudden...... It's like something is lying behind it, staring straight at people. When I turned around, it was always out of sight. ”

"......" Lu Yu's face turned pale when he heard this, and he thought about it according to Lieyang's description, he inevitably got some goosebumps, biting his thin lip, and the light of the Qingluan Sword brightened a little more, "Don't talk nonsense, how can there be such a thing!"

Lie Yang saw that the face of the beautiful princess beside him had changed, and he felt funny in his heart, and shook his head and said, "It's similar to a soul body, I understand." ”

The soul body is a very special kind of being—normally, the human soul must be attached to the physical body. When the body dies, the soul dissipates.

However, the cultivator strengthens the sea of consciousness, so that the original soul of the body becomes stronger, and when it reaches a certain level, the soul becomes more likely to survive from the physical body.

For example, Feng Lao, whose physical body is completely destroyed, can store his soul in the artifact space and continue to live in the form of a soul body.

"Soul body?" Lu Yufeng's eyes trembled, and he subconsciously looked in the direction of the setting sun, "How is it possible?"

"When I was a child, I went to the West Temple with my grandfather, and it couldn't be wrong. To be precise, it's not a normal soul body, but an undead soul!" Lie Yang also looked to the west, his eyes were unprecedentedly solemn: "I'd rather believe it, this matter is not trivial, I will inform General Cheng Yu of this matter." ”

——

Since ancient times, there have been four major areas in the Stardust Continent, the Snow Field in the North, the Star Sea in the East, the Fertile Soil in the South, and the Battlefield in the West. The center is the Xuanxing Plain surrounded by the Xuanmai Mountains, which is occupied by the Chen Kingdom.

The north is the Blue Wolf Country, the east is the Ning Kingdom, and the Xique battlefield of the Stardust Continent is particularly mysterious, and the people in the rivers and lakes say that it is a dead domain. The eyes are full of yellow sand, there is no grass, and if you dig it down with a shovel, you can knock the white bones of the mad.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a great battle that took place in the West. The dead don't know the trillions, so that there are countless resentful spirits, and ghosts are cruising.

There have been many records of ghosts infiltrating the interior and harming the people.

A thousand years ago, the royal family of Chenguo established the West Temple, and established a sealing array in the ruins of the Xique battlefield to suppress the undead of the ancient battlefield to bless the peace of the world.

Lieyang was puzzled, why was he being targeted by that thing?

In the dark, there is an undead looking at him, and it must be very unpleasant. If both sides are safe and sound, the key is that the undead will kill and take away!

To put it bluntly, it's a ghost!

Do you want to be greeted by a gray or green ghost that comes out to greet you while squatting in the toilet?

The town is located on the westernmost side of the Flame War Zone, not far from the West Temple, and if something happens to the West Temple, it will definitely affect this place.

Knowing the importance of the West Temple, Lie Yang immediately went to rob the town yamen and informed Cheng Yu of the matter.

Old General Cheng was so shocked that his eyebrows tightened, and his face was full of jealousy: "A thousand years ago, the undead invaded the mainland, and it was all up to the mainland's cultivators to submit. After the suppression of the West Temple, the Stardust Continent seems to have returned to calm, but those undead who have been suppressed for thousands of years will become more and more powerful, and they are ferocious and murderous! If something goes wrong with the West Temple, the Stardust Continent is afraid that it will usher in a catastrophe!"

After all, Cheng Yu was not so pessimistic, and after muttering a few words, he resumed his smile: "The young general doesn't have to worry too much, this matter is handled by the imperial court." The first Holy Ancestor Emperor had a clear training, and the children of the Chen family must stabilize the West Shrine and protect the tens of millions of living beings in the Stardust Continent. ”

Lieyang also knew that it was useless to worry too much, so he explained some things to Cheng Yu before saying goodbye to Lu Yu. When she returned home, Gu Xue had already prepared the meal and was asking Liu Jianlong to set up the dishes and chopsticks.

Yu Fei knew that they were going to investigate the case, and after closing the door, she asked curiously: "Brother, seventh sister, what's wrong?"

Lieyang had a plan, only smiled and did not speak.

Lu Yu deliberately lowered his voice and said: "I caught a Lin Guoyun, I just took him to the Yamen, and General Cheng is arranging interrogation." ”

"Hmm?" Yu Fei's apricot eyes lit up, "Lin Guoyun, what are you doing?"

Lieyang sighed, sat at the long pear wood table in the hall and said: "Lin Guoyun is also running passenger and freight transportation - on the day I returned to rob the town, he dragged his family and wanted to escape, and he was already targeted by me! I just asked a few words, and I learned that it was he who took Mrs. Gu to rob the town on the fifteenth day of the first month. ”

Lu Yu sang and harmonized with him: "I don't know why, I actually had a bad heart for Mrs. Gu, and on the sixteenth day of the first month, he didn't have an alibi - that murder case was related to him nine times out of ten." ”

Seeing Gu Xue stunned, Lu Yu hurriedly comforted: "Xue'er, don't worry, Old General Cheng is interrogating, and the truth will soon be ascertained." ”

Gu Xue nodded her chin with "hmm", tears shook in her apricot eyes, and hurriedly saluted Lieyang and Lu Yu: "Thank you, Miss Gongzi, my mother's spirit in the sky will definitely bless you." ”

Lieyang's expression was very confident, and he seemed to have a considerable grasp of the truth of the murder.

——

That night, robbed the town yamen.

The officials on duty were chatting at the door, when a person suddenly came over in the shadows of the alley, and the two officials immediately became vigilant: "Who is it?"

The person who came was a young man, dressed ordinarily, and greeted with a very good attitude: "Two big brothers, it's me, I'm Chen Sanpi." ”

The official took a closer look at the light and saw the identity of the person, and suddenly said, "Oh, it's you." ”

This Chen Sanpi is a well-known gangster in the town, doing some errands and pimping for others.

The official asked: "On a big night, you Chen Sanpi don't go to the Sweet Water Building to drink and play with the girls, what are you doing in the yamen?"

Chen Sanpi smiled: "Just ...... Inquire about it—"

"What's the matter?" As soon as the official heard this, his face became vigilant, Chen Sanpi is a guy who can't afford to be unprofitable, and it must not be easy to come to the yamen to inquire about the news.

"Gee, it's not a big deal. Chen Sanpi was very upright, close to the side of the officer, touched their sleeves, and gave out two red envelopes with a lot of weight, "I have a card friend, I owe me a lot of debts, I can't find anyone in the past few days, some people say that they have committed a crime and have been arrested - little brother is not here to inquire." ”

The official has benefited, as the so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, who is locked up in the prison is not a secret of the court. So he said, "Who is the debtor?"

Chen Sanpi hissed and inhaled the cold air in his mouth, and the cool breeze swished in the early spring night, which was indeed a little refreshing: "Lin Guoyun, who ran the carriage in the west of the town, lost playing cards with me before the Lantern Festival, and the debts owed have not been paid back now - big brother, you don't know, I am also in debt, and I am in a hurry to ask for the account, so I came to disturb the two eldest brothers." ”

"Lin Guoyun?" the official raised his eyebrows and muttered, "I say that he is very good at playing cards, how can he lose to you?"

"Horses stumble, people stumble. Chen Sanpi was very eloquent, "What, he was really arrested, what did he do?"

The two officials on duty had already been instructed, and at this time they glanced at each other, and they had a plan in their hearts.

One of them said: "Yes, isn't it just that matter in Gujia Village? Lin Guoyun is seriously suspicious - Chen Sanpi, how much does he owe you? Tsk, I guess you are going to come back." ”

"Uh......" Chen Sanpi's face stiffened, and he said in surprise, "The murder in Gujiacun was done by Lin Guoyun?"

The official didn't care very much and said: "Who knows, I heard that the trial is being held at dinner today, and the nail cover has been picked, if you are not honest, you will put a soldering iron on him tonight." ”

", so ruthless...... Chen Sanpi was so frightened that he shrunk his neck, and he had already inquired carefully, so he thanked him and left the yamen.

Chen Sanpi came to a dark place in the town, where another young man had been waiting for a long time.

"What's the matter, Lin Guoyun has really been arrested?" The young man's face darkened, and his eyes were full of ferocity.

"Yes, I heard the official say that Lin Guoyun was implicated in the murder case in Gujia Village-" Chen Sanpi said truthfully, "I'm afraid you won't come back!"

It turned out that Chen Sanpi was only hired by someone to go to the yamen to inquire about the news.

The young man snorted twice, took out a bag of copper coins, and threw it to Chen Sanpi. But he was still a little relieved: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, you'd better find a chance to go to prison to see." ”

"This ......" Chen Sanpi weighed the weight of the money bag, took it in his arms with a smile, and pretended to be surprised, "The prison is heavy, in fact, ordinary people like me can go if they want to? Son, don't worry, even if Lin Guoyun is beheaded, doesn't he still have a wife and children? He will play a white slip with you, you will take the white strip to the yamen to complain, if his wife can't afford to pay it back, hehe...... , I heard that Lin Guoyun's wife is good-looking, and the meat compensation is also good. ”

"Ah-" The corners of the young man's mouth twitched, he really wanted to slap the gangster in front of him to death, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Chen Sanpi, they all say that you have great powers, then Lin Guoyun owes me a lot of money, and please help me with this." ”

"Uh......"

Chen Sanpi's expression was hesitant, as if he was seriously considering something, and muttered, "It's not impossible to go into prison and have a look." I have a cousin who happens to be working in prison, so I brought some food and drink, and I thought it would be good to go and see him. ”

When the young man heard this, he suddenly felt a lot more relieved: "Then as soon as possible! Money is indispensable for you!"

"Okay son, you can rest assured!" Chen Sanpi saw that he was generous, but he was not ambiguous, and he planned to enter the prison to inquire about the price at that time.

The young man retreated into the darkness, he was still planning the next step, but he didn't know everything that happened before and after, which had already made the dark observation of Lieyang and Lu Yu see it clearly!

"Sure enough, it was him. ”

Lieyang sighed, not feeling good in his heart.

What's even more unacceptable is the latest news that Cheng Yu got later.

——

In the middle of the night, robbed the town yamen.

In the lobby, there were only three people: Cheng Yu, Lieyang, and Lu Yu.

"The time of the crime was around 8 o'clock in the morning on the 16th day of the first lunar month. Cheng Yu took a collated case report, "Mrs. Gu was killed by a blunt object wound to the back of the head, and her body was found in the mountains and forests ten miles west of Gujia Village on the 21st day of the first lunar month. ”

On the day of the incident, the eldest and second eldest of the Gu family were not at home, saying that they were sent by Gu Jianchang to help people build houses in the next village, and they did not return home until the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. ”

"Gu Jianchang paid off the four gold gambling debts before the New Year, spent two gold to build a new house in the village, and used the remaining four gold to make a village to gamble, and lost again. ”

However, he paid off his gambling debts on the day of the Lantern Festival, and gambled all night on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and won a lot of money - but on the 16th of the first lunar month, he stayed at home for most of the day, and only left the village in the afternoon, saying that he would pick up his two sons from the next village. ”

......

Hearing these reports, the pulse of the case has become relatively clear.

Lieyang wrinkled his eyebrows: "What about Lin Guoyun, why should he participate?"

Cheng Yu said: "After investigation, Lin Guoyun is also a gambler, but he has high card skills and usually wins - but he was beaten before the Lantern Festival, and he couldn't hold back for a while, and he invested again." After losing the capital, the opponent lent him money. ”

"Lin Guoyun wanted to turn over the book, but he didn't expect to owe more and more - in the end, he lost and had hardware!"

For ordinary people, the amount of a few gold is already huge. Even if Lin Guoyun has some family background, losing the hardware at one time is far beyond the scope of bearing.

"Gambling ......"

Lieyang shook his head, "It's not just money - it's life!"

Cheng Yu deeply agreed: "Playing cards and playing a little money can be regarded as a pastime, but these people have gambled on their lives." Major General and rest assured, I have ordered the arrest of Lin Guoyun, he dragged his family and his mouth, and he couldn't hide for a few days!"

"I'm tired. Lieyang had mixed feelings and thought about a lot of things.

Cheng Yu knows the embarrassment, if Gu Jianchang is one of the suspects in the murder case, how to deal with it?

Alas, it is only possible to enforce the law impartially.

Putting aside Gu Jianchang for the time being, Cheng Yu continued: "After investigation, it was found that in Gujia Village and Robbing Town, it was the same person who won Gu Jianchang and Lin Guoyun with gambling money!"

He spread out the keystrokes in his hand and pointed to a person's name.

Lieyang frowned and nodded: "With his ability, it is not difficult to win money with some small tricks." I just can't figure it out, what did he go to great lengths to drag so many people into the water and kill Mrs. Gu?"