Start from Liaozhai to brush the gods and demons alone

Chapter 33 The Bizarre Case
Early the next morning, when Xu Ran passed by Gu Qingqing's house, he deliberately slowed down.

If you happen to meet her, thank her sincerely.

In the end, she happened to meet Mama Feng coming out to pour rice water, Mama Feng smiled and said, "Master Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you look even more attractive."

Xu Ran also said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Mama Feng, you are getting younger."

Feng's mother smiled even more happily, "I'm telling you the truth, your skin is fairer, and your eyes are more charming. Don't make fun of my old lady."

Xu Ran smiled, "I'm not kidding, you are indeed younger, your waist is straighter and slimmer than before."

"This child, my old woman is also playing this kind of joke..."

Seeing Xu Ran walking up the stone bridge and getting far away, Mama Feng restrained her smile, touched her waist, and murmured: "So, after I broke through the bottleneck, I changed a lot?"

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Zhong Xianwei has almost turned his head gray these days.

At this time, all the arresters in the Taoyuan County Government Office were standing in front of him, each with a serious expression, and they didn't even dare to show their atmosphere.

Anyone can see that the head is unhappy, and the pressure is about to crush him.

Over the past few days, strange cases have occurred frequently in the county, and the number of missing people has exceeded [-]. There are even two families that have disappeared without a trace.

Cases followed one after another, but they were still unsolved, which made the county town restless, everyone was in danger, and rumors were flying.

In the absence of Master Li, the magistrate, all the pressure fell on the shoulders of the second in command of the county government.

Lieutenant Zhong Xian looked at the 22 arresters in front of him and said, "Brothers, I don't need to tell you about the current situation in the county. From the information we have so far, those cases are definitely not the work of ordinary gangsters. .”

As soon as this remark came out, even though all the yamen servants had expected it, the county captain still couldn't help but feel chills when he said it himself.

Everyone looked around, but no one spoke.

Lieutenant Zhongxian looked at the expressions of everyone, and sighed in his heart, but he cheered up and said: "Everyone must persevere. In a few days, Master Li will invite the Demon Slayer Captain of the Demon Suppression Division to kill the evil spirits and ghosts." , the heart will be stable.

What you have to do is to temporarily appease the common people. A group of four will cross-patrol the city, and the remaining two will stay with me at the county government office. Even if the case cannot be solved and the murderer cannot be caught, the common people must see us. This is the only way to reassure them. "

Lieutenant Zhong Xian waved his hand, "Everyone has worked hard, let's go quickly."

Everyone bowed to accept the order, and in a blink of an eye, only Zhao Wu and Ma Daguo were left.

"You don't have to be so restrained."

Lieutenant Zhong Xian sat back at the table and looked through the recent case files, getting bigger and bigger the more he read.

Suddenly, I felt someone walking towards me from outside the classroom. I looked up and saw that it was Xu Ran, followed by a tall monk in lay clothes.

Senior is here!

Lieutenant Zhong Xian hurriedly got up to greet him, "Xu Ran, you are back, is this an eminent monk from Changqing Temple?"

Without waiting for Xu Ran to answer, Old Wang said first: "I used to be an eminent monk, but now I have returned to the vulgar. The layman's surname is Wang. Your Excellency can call you Wang Yuanwai or Master Wang. May I ask your lord's name?"

"I've met Master Wang, and my surname is Zhong, so I'm willing to take up the post of Taoyuan County Captain. Please sit down, Master." County Captain Zhong respectfully invited Lao Wang to sit down, and ordered Zhao Wu to make a pot of good tea, and then looked at Xu Ran and said: "Changqing Temple has traveled more than 400 miles, and you have worked hard."

That means, I told you to go to Changqing Temple to invite Abbot Changqing, why did you invite Master Wang?
Xu Ran leaned closer to Captain Zhongxian and whispered in a low voice: "Something happened in Changqing Temple, but the abbot Changqing has already gone to Taohualing by himself, so don't worry, my lord."

Lieutenant Zhongxian sighed, and deliberately raised his voice: "The situation in Taoyuan County is much more tense than Taohualing. One after another, the bizarre cases don't seem to be done by humans. I hope my brother will focus on the current situation first. .

When Mr. Li invites the people from the Demon Division, everyone will take care of each other, and then go to Taohua Ridge to kill the bear demon together and avenge Brother Zhang Meng. "

Xu Ran originally wanted to go back to Taoyuan County and go to Taohua Ridge with Lao Wang after a short rest, but last night Gu Qingqing ordered him to do so, and he also knew about the night attack on Zhang Yuner by the paper-wielding general, so he wanted to get rid of his disappointment first. The hidden danger of the township paper shop.

It happened that Lieutenant Zhong Xian begged to handle the case, and Xu Ran was distracted when he said that he would go up the mountain together after the people from the Demon Division came.

Then he said sympathetically: "Alright, let's wait for three to five days and deal with the situation in front of us first."

Zhongxian Weixi said: "That's very good, then Master Lao Wang will read the file first, maybe he can find clues from it."

Lao Wang took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl lightly, and said unhurriedly: "No hurry, I can do it if you want, but I have principles to say first."

Lieutenant Zhong Xian was taken aback, "Master, please tell me."

"Subduing monsters and catching monsters, needless to say the risks involved."

The old king said: "So I want to collect incense money. Of course, if it is a demon or goblin who disregards human life and harms innocent people, the government or the victim will give a symbolic three to five coppers, which is enough to buy a stick of incense.

But if you are wronged, or even do evil for evil, and you should pay karma, then you can't just donate more incense money. "

This is what Lao Wang thought up when he was having breakfast, and he asked Xu Ran for his opinion.

County Captain Zhong didn't think it was too much, and immediately responded: "That's natural, it should be."

Only then did Lao Wang look at Xu Ran who had been looking through the case file, "How is it, is it difficult?"

Xu Ran took out two cases and said, "You can start with these two cases first."

Lao Wang took it and looked through it, frowning as he read.

Of these two cases, one is weird and the other is scary.

Let's choose something simple to practice first, shall we?

County Captain Zhong glanced at Xu Ran appreciatively, this kid really has a vision.

The reason why these two cases are difficult is that not only is it a homicide case, the two involved are also powerful and powerful, and even the county magistrate dared to scold them in public.

One is the eldest son of the wealthy Xie Youcai family who died in a strange way. After being recommended by the son of the son, the Xie family invited a Taoist priest to do the same. The son who had been dead for a day miraculously came back to life. Taoist priest.

The other is that something happened to Uncle Song Yu's family who worked in the capital.

His old mother was frightened to death by a female ghost at night, and the two servant girls who accompanied him also died and the other went crazy.

If Mr. Song returns and the case is still unsolved, I'm afraid Lizhi County's Wushamao will not be able to keep, and his own county lieutenant will also do it.

So Xu Ran's choice was a timely help. He looked at Xu Ran with relief and said, "What do you think of these two cases?"

"It's a coincidence," Xu Ran pointed to Xie's case, "on the way to Changqing County, I met a Taoist priest who told a young master's fortune, and what he said was completely consistent with the confession in the case. When it is a joke among passers-by.

Thinking about it now, it is very likely that the Taoist priests have started to set up bureaus since then.

I sat at the same table with the Taoist priest, and I felt that he did not have the heart of a Taoist master. "

Zhong Xianwei was surprised: "There is such a thing?"

"So I want to go to Xie's house with Master Wang first, and check some details with Mr. Xie, Shutong and others."

Xu Ran nodded to confirm, and then pointed to the case of the Song family, "Including this case, I also saw some clues from the case, I can go to collect evidence later."

"You also saw the clue?"

Zhong Xianwei pulled Xu Ran, and he was astonished. He even had the illusion that Xu Ran was more handsome than before.

Excitedly said: "Tell me quickly, what clues do you have?"

Xu Ran smiled slightly, "Let's talk about it with my lord after I collect the evidence. After all, it's just my guess. If I'm not sure, it will affect my lord's judgment on the case."

Of course there is no way to say now, Xu Ran only saw from the records in the case files that the circumstances of the crime were very similar to a horror story in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio".

That story is called "Water Spray".

(End of this chapter)