[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 13, Chenshi, Tsing Yi Wei Hall]

Since Xu Ke injured Mao Jiaojiao with a sword in the dense forest on the southern outskirts of Chang'an City, he has not met Mao Jiaojiao again for ten consecutive days.

In the past ten days, not only at night, but also during the day, Xu Ke, Li Yi and Yiqing will disguise themselves as ordinary young men and patrol the streets of Chang'an. But even though they walked through every street and alley in Chang'an City, and searched every dense forest outside Chang'an City, they still didn't see the slightest trace of the cat demon.

This and alloy fairy hair Jiaojiao seems to have disappeared in Chang'an City.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, Xu Ke had already informed Li Yi of his encounter with Mao Jiaojiao outside the city. However, according to Li Yi's speculation, although the cat demon's leg was cut by Xu Ke with a sword, she is superb in light skills and conceited, and her nature is difficult to change, so she will inevitably come out and wait for the opportunity to "hunt for beauty". As a result, Li Yi, Xu Ke, and Yiqing did not change the plan of "disguise to attract demons", and the three of them still went out every day to find the whereabouts of the cat demon......

On the night of the third day of the third month of March, Li Yi waited outside the Meixuezhai Gate until it was dark, and then waited until Yiqing returned. Yiqing saw that Li Yi had been guarding the door of his house, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask Li Yi what was important?

Li Yi saw that Yiqing had finally returned safely, and the heart hanging in his chest finally let go, and when he saw Yiqing asking, he just smiled lightly, and briefly told Yiqing about the incident of Lu Huoli, the "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal", who met the "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal" in the evening.

Li Yi finally told Yiqing a few words, probably telling her to be careful of the "frost old monster", and after finishing speaking, he hurried back home.

On the second day, after Li Yi heard the movements of the cat demon from Xu Ke's mouth, he made an appointment with Yiqing again at noon. When Yi Qing heard that it was Xu Ke who bumped into the cat demon last night, he roughly remembered that he had been walking around Chang'an City for most of the night, and he always felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him from afar. But every time she turned back, there was always nothing behind her. It turned out that the cat demon followed her in the middle of the night, and she must have smelled the breath of her daughter, but she didn't show up.

"Unexpectedly, this cat demon followed me for half the night, but in the end I still found the body of the 'sick wood'! Hmph, even if she is interested, if she is met by this girl, Guan Bao will cut off all of her cat legs!" Yiqing listened to what Li Yi relayed, and showed mercy to Xu Ke's sword, and took the initiative to let go of the cat demon, which was very unhappy.

After some discussion, the two decided to continue to strengthen the patrol of Chang'an City, especially the dense forests outside the city, and after nightfall, they must be careful.

In the past ten days, the various yamen in Chang'an City have not been idle, according to Li Yi's assignment, the people of the Criminal Department have posted notices everywhere, informing the people of Chang'an that there are monsters in the capital, and all young and strong men are not allowed to go out at night. The officials of Jingzhao Mansion inspected the corners and alleys of Chang'an City day and night, searching for traces of monsters. The men and horses of Dali Temple were dispatched one after another, specifically in the fifty miles around Chang'an City, searching various caves and dense forests. The forbidden army and the Tsing Yi guards have doubled their manpower, patrolling everywhere every night, in addition to strengthening the inspection curfew, but also paying attention to whether there are signs of demons around......

However, whether it was the forbidden army, the Tsing Yi Guard, the Jingzhao Mansion, the Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department, they were busy for ten days, but apart from making the people of Chang'an panic, they found nothing! Not to mention the trace of the cat demon, not even a single hair of the cat demon was found!

The most pitiful are the ordinary wild cats that roam the streets of Chang'an. When the people of Chang'an heard that it was a cat demon who was the one who was in the world, I don't know which ignorant fool led the way, and a group of people took the street with a hoe and beat the wild cat. Pity those ownerless cats, who have been living a life of exile, have been harmed for no reason at this time, whether they are black cats or white cats, they have all been beaten into a ball of meat sauce. Since then, there has been almost no good cat to be found in the entire Chang'an City.

What Li Yi didn't expect the most was that the cat demon was not found, but the Chang'an men who died for no reason appeared one after another......

In the middle of the night on the fifth day of the first month of March, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion found two men dead on the street near Zhengfang, northeast of Chang'an City.

On the night of the eighth day of the first month of March, a group of soldiers of the forbidden army patrolling the city found the dead body of a man near the Mingde Gate in the south of Chang'an City.

In the early morning of the 10th day of March, a team of Tsing Yi guards found the dead bodies of two young men near Daningfang in Chang'an City.

In the middle of the night on March 11, Chang'an County saw the body of a man in the prime of life near Guiyifang in the south of Chang'an City.

On the night of March 12, the Tsing Yi guards found the dead bodies of two men in a corner next to the western city of Chang'an.

Although these men died at different times and in different places, they died in roughly the same way, and when they were found, they were all curled up on all fours, blackened, shriveled skin, and their facial features distorted. The corpse looked as if it had been dead for years, but the tentacles still had body temperature, as if they had just died. This bizarre and strange state of death, no matter how experienced it is, can not tell how the deceased died.

In less than 10 days, eight young men died on the streets one after another, and the death was horrific and tragic, obviously not the work of ordinary people. As soon as these news came out, the city was immediately full of wind and rain, and the court was uneasy, and the people of Chang'an, who were already panicked, were even more frightened. Not to mention that after nightfall, few people dare to go out in broad daylight.

Some people say that these dead people died on the streets for no reason, and they must have done something that hurt heaven and reason, angered God, and God killed them with thunder and lightning, which is to warn mankind that human beings should be righteous and do good, and not to do anything wrong. Sanjiu Chinese Network

Some people say that this is the comeback of the demon and demon races, and they are unwilling to be sealed in the wilderness, so they broke through the barrier and came to the Divine Continent, intending to snatch this anointed land with the human race.

Some people also say that the innocent and tragic death of the man in Chang'an, and the demon is a disaster to the world, which may be the immorality of the king of the world, so that the heavens will condemn the sin, and the people will suffer!

The news also reached the ears of the Emperor of Great Qian, and Li Chongsheng was uneasy, so on the night of March 12, he summoned Li Yi, the king of Zhao, to the Daming Palace. The father and son talked for more than an hour, and they chatted until the early morning of the next day, when Li Yifang said goodbye and returned home. After listening to Li Yi's detailed analysis of the case, Li Chongsheng's heart finally settled down a little.

According to Li Yi's Chen Zuo, in this case, although there are many deceased, there are clues to the case, and the culprit has been identified, although she escaped by taking advantage of the gap, as long as all departments work together, the murderer will be caught sooner or later, and it is only a matter of time to solve the case.

Li Yi's performance to his father can be summed up in three points:

First, the culprit of this case is the cat demon Mao Jiaojiao, who is known as "He Alloy Fairy". That Mao Jiaojiao practiced the "Art of Harmony", and her goal was always to absorb the essence of the young man's body, and the person who was cast by her spell either died suddenly or was seriously injured, and none of them were spared.

Second, who came to Chang'an with "and Alloy Immortal" Mao Jiaojiao, as well as her brother "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal" Lu Huoli. These two people have always lived in Xiao State, and when they suddenly came to Chang'an at this time, they must have an ulterior purpose, and this purpose must also be related to Xiao Guo's scheme. During this period of time, the men of Chang'an died one after another, and it must be that the cat demon came prepared, firstly, it was what she needed for her cultivation, and secondly, they must have wanted to take the opportunity to create panic and make Chang'an City a mess.

Third, during this period of time, through the efforts of the various yamen in the capital, the curfew in Chang'an City has been strengthened, and most of the people have not dared to go out late at night. Next, he ordered Jingzhao Mansion to comprehensively inspect the wanderers and beggars in the entire Chang'an City, and settle their own lives, please rest assured that no matter how cunning that monster is, it will not be able to escape the hands of justice!

Li Chongsheng nodded frequently when he heard this, and greatly praised his son, and at the end of the day, he even urged him earnestly: "Now this strange case in the capital, although the hundred officials have not folded up, but the city is full of rumors, and it is not a good strategy to go on like this for a long time!

Li Yi naturally heard the deep meaning of his father's words, and at the moment he gave up slightly, so he said goodbye to the emperor and returned home......

At dawn the next day, Li Yi got up a little late, and when he had finished washing and breakfast, he came to the Tsing Yi Wei Hall.

At this moment, in the Tsing Yi Wei Hall, Li Yi sat in the center, Xu Ke was still sitting next to him, and Shen Huan and Cheng Ke were still on both sides.

As soon as Li Yi sat down, he glanced around at everyone and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the sudden incident in the capital, twelve men have been killed by demons, but we searched everywhere, but we didn't see any trace of demons. Right now, the people in Chang'an City are all panicking, and if this goes on for a long time, what will happen next, and what are your good plans?"

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However, after Li Yi spoke loudly, the hall was silent, except for Xu Ke, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Seeing that so many people were silent, Xu Ke put down the teacup and wanted to speak, but Li Yi waved his hand at him slightly, signaling him not to speak. I saw Zhao Wang Li Yi take the tea cup in front of him, gently sip the "Flower Rain Tea", but said to Shang Shucheng Ke, the chief of the Criminal Department, who was sitting on the right side:

"Lord Cheng, you have been a veteran for many years, and my father has praised you many times in front of me, what do you think of this case?"

"Your Highness has praised ......," Cheng Kezhong said busily in front of his seat:

Lao Chen thought that although the modus operandi of this case was bizarre, to this day, no one has ever seen it with his own eyes, and the murderer is a demon. It is because the old minister thinks that for the sake of today's plan, he should try to block the mouths of the people, even if the culprit of this case is really a demon rebellion, he cannot let those people spread such nonsense! Forgive the old minister for his courage to say that the demon is not terrible, and the terrible person is also the human heart, and if the people's heart is confused, it will inevitably ......."

Seeing that Cheng Kezhong was so stubborn, Li Yi waved his hand helplessly, signaling the other party not to say anything more, he looked at Shen Huan on the left side, and then asked:

"Lord Shen, what do you think?"

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