Chapter 61: The Flower Thief (II)
Tan Yang said: "The old woman's eyes look at you as if she is looking at her prey. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Xueyue said: "You think too much, the old woman may be too lonely." Tan Yang said: "You have been shopping for a day and have a good rest, I'll go out." Xue Yue said: "Where are you going?" Tan Yang said: "I'll go to Xu Zhutou to see the situation." Xue Yue said: "Then you go and come back early." Tan Yang walked a few streets and came to the gate of the county office.
The official came over and said, "This is the important place of the county government, if there is nothing to do, go away quickly." Tan Yang clasped his fists and saluted: "This little brother, I was tired and asked to catch the head, and I said that Tan Yang, the missionary of the interception mission, came to tell me something. The official glanced at Tan Yang from top to bottom and said, "Then you can wait here for a while." The official said a few words to the other officer, and then turned around and entered the county office. After a while, Xu Zhutou came out to see who was looking for him. Take a look, Ao. It turned out to be this kid, I said how the name sounds so familiar.
Xu Zhutou walked up to Tan Yang and said, "It's you kid, but you remembered something that would help the case?" Tan Yang looked around. Xu Zhutou saw that this kid was quite cautious, and said to Tan Yang: "You come with me." Tan Yang followed Xu Zhutou into the county office, passed through several pavilions and water pavilions, and came to a house. Xu Zhutou took out the key, opened the door, walked in and said, "Come in, this is the equipment warehouse, and no one usually comes." ”
Tan Yang walked in and closed the door, Xu Zhutou looked at Tan Yang and said, "Say, what do you think of, so careful?" Tan Yang said: "Today I saw the shadow puppet show on the street and thought of how the shopkeeper Mo was killed." Xu Zhutou grabbed Tan Yang and said, "How did you kill it?" Tan Yang slapped Xu Zhutou's hand away and said: "Xu Zhutou, don't be impatient, have you heard of the country of the extreme west?" Xu Zhutou said: "I heard it in the commentary, what does this have to do with the case?"
Tan Yang said: "I have heard the elders of the sect say it. In the past, the country of the extreme west, admired my Middle Earth Taoism, and came thousands of miles to seek the Tao. As the so-called law does not spread the six ears, the people of the country in the extreme west can only learn some side ways, rivers and lakes. One of them is called Mirage, which was gradually adapted into a peculiar technique due to the lack of mana due to the lack of mana in the Far West. This spell causes the caster's shadow to be manipulated by the caster, allowing them to perform the same actions as the caster. ”
Xu Zhutou was shocked and said, "You mean that the murderer killed the shopkeeper Mo with a shadow?" Tan Yang said: "Your understanding is completely correct. Xu Zhutou said: "This is too incredible. Tan Yang said: "You don't have to be afraid, because this technique does not require the support of mana, cultivators have to endure unbearable pain, so it is extremely difficult to cultivate." Moreover, there are all kinds of cumbersome requirements to cast spells. Xu Zhutou checked the cold sweat on his brows and said, "It's okay." Otherwise, the world will have to be in chaos. Tan Yang said: "Xu Zhutou can check the population records of the county and see who moved into the county sixty years ago." ”
Xu Zhutou said: "Do you suspect that this is related to the recent flower thief?" Tan Yang nodded and said, "I'm afraid the murderer is alone." Xu Zhutou said: "You wait here first, and I'll go and tell the lord." Tan Yang nodded. Xu Zhutou turned around and hurriedly ran. At about eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Zhutou returned to the equipment warehouse listlessly, Tan Yang said suspiciously: "Didn't find it?" Xu Zhutou nodded and said: "I checked the population records of the county, a total of twelve people moved to this county sixty years ago, and eleven of them left one after another in the past sixty years. ”
Tan Yang said: "What about one other person?" Xu Zhutou said: "The last person is Grandma Chen, who sells rouge, not to mention that she is a woman, but she is over eighty years old." How can you do murder?" Tan Yang said: "But the old woman of Chen Ji's rouge shop?" Xu Zhutou said: "It's her." Tan Yang suddenly said something bad, and ran out of the door. Seeing this situation, Xu Zhutou knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly gathered the officials and chased after him. Tan Yang rushed into the Fulai Inn and went straight to Xueyue's room. Kicking open the door, he saw Xue Yue casually drinking tea, and a young woman was trapped on a stool.
Xu Zhutou also rushed over, and saw that the girl on the ground was a little puzzled, and turned his head to look at Tan Yang. Tan Yang said: "Don't look at me, I just came." Xue Yue pointed at the woman and said, "This is the flower thief who has been confusing you for sixty years. Xu Zhutou said in surprise: "The girl is not joking, this is obviously a woman, how can she do such a reluctant thing." Xue Yue said: "At first, I was also puzzled, but Xu Zhutou will know by touching the bottom." ”
Xu Zhutou motioned for a servant to go and check, you asked Xu Zhutou why he didn't go, joke, if he was wrong, his reputation would be ruined. The servant cautiously touched downward, suddenly retracted his hand like lightning, got up and said, "Head, I found that this woman has a man's belongings." Xu Zhutou was taken aback and said, "How is it possible." "Reach out and touch it, and it is. Tan Yang looked at the woman and said, "I'm afraid this person is a product of the country of the extreme west." Xu Zhutou said: "Why is this person like this?"
Tan Yang said: "This person is called a shemale or yin and yang person in the country of the extreme west, and there are two situations: acquired development and congenital development. In either case, these people have the characteristics of men and women, and to a certain extent, it is difficult to distinguish between men and women. Xu Zhutou said: "But I haven't seen this woman's appearance in this county." Xue Yue put a human leather on the woman's head and said, "Have you seen this?" Xu Zhutou said in surprise: "Isn't this Grandma Chen?"
Tan Yang said: "This is human skin surgery, using a secret method to peel off human flesh and skin to make a human skin mask, which is worn on the face seamlessly. Xu Zhutou was surprised: "No wonder, we have worked hard for generations of head hunters for 60 years and have not been caught, and it turns out that the murderer has always been by our side." Xu Zhutou took the woman back to the yamen. The next day, the yamen came out with the news and decided to behead the murderer three days later to show the public.
During this period, Xu Zhutou came to express his gratitude to Tan Yang for his feat on behalf of the county government, and told Tan Yang about the origin of the murderer, it turned out that the woman's name was Chrissy, who had been abused by her family because of her body since she was a child, and later learned the same shadow technique with a master and killed her parents. Absconded to this place for thousands of miles, and because he had eaten a fairy fruit by mistake, his appearance was not old. During this period, he used his special status to rape a woman. Tan Yang expressed sympathy for Chrissy's plight, but this could not be used as an excuse for her to kill and escape. At the same time, the people also learned that the case could be solved, and Tan Yang and Xueyue helped a lot.