the emperor's man catches ghosts

Xiao Changli turned his head and saw that the person who came was Zhang Ting, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. He had worked with him for many years and had some friendship.

"Lord Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, how is everything going?" Zhang Jin cupped his hands and greeted him, "We are very happy to know that your lord is returning to Beijing today, so we specially held a banquet in Zuixianlou, and invited you to have a good time together. "

Xiao Changli cupped his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, but Xiao is no longer a member of Dali Temple."

Zhang Ting was stunned: "How could that be? Didn't the emperor already order Mr. Xiao to resume his post?" After thinking about it, seven or eight officials in the court opposed this recently, it seems that the emperor did not withstand the pressure.

Disappointed for a while, he sighed, and said: "Those people, talk on the skin, talk nonsense, Mr. Xiao has been an official for many years, how could he ever feel sorry for the court in the slightest, but now..." Sighed again, said, "It doesn't matter, in our hearts, Lord Xiao will always be our Lord Xiao, and the Lord cannot refuse this banquet no matter what."

So Xiao Changli was almost dragged to Zuixianlou, and Xiao Xingzhi also followed, planning to have a meal.

All the seats at the table were Xiao Changli's former colleagues in Dali Temple, who have worked together for many years and know each other very well.Although Xiao Changli seemed aloof and distant in front of outsiders, he was not easy to get close to, but after a long time with him, he could feel his kindness.

A person who is courageous, resourceful and responsible, handles the case seriously, and can handle the case well, is more respectable than those who disregard human life and only know how to flatter horses when they are meritorious.

But even so, Xiao Changli was not good at being courteous at the wine table, and he didn't speak much during the dinner.Several colleagues also understood his temperament, and chatted among themselves, chatting, and then talked about the recent cases.

Zhang Ting put down the wine glass and sighed: "I thought we would be able to settle the case with him as before when Mr. Xiao came back, but I didn't expect it to be a joy. Now Dali Temple has a backlog of cases. There are a lot of documents for review and approval, and the top is pressing them hard, how can we make a deal with just a few cobblers?"

"Yes, if your lord comes back, with your dexterity, you will be able to solve the unsolved case."

"That's right, Mr. Xiao's ability can't be matched by us even if we have ten heads."

"Exactly."

Everyone agreed one after another, although it could be regarded as flattery, but there were seven or eight percent of the true feelings in it.

Xiao Changli said: "My lords praise you, Xiao is not talented, if there is any doubt that Xiao can help, I will definitely not refuse."

Zhang Jin said with an awkward smile: "What are you talking about, my lord? Today is just a banquet, how can you talk about the case to disturb your mood. Come and drink."

The rest of the people agreed again, Xiao Changli said: "There is nothing left and right, so let's listen to some strange news. The adults also know that Xiao likes suspicious cases the most."

Several people looked at each other, Zhang Ting said: "Since your lord said so, let's talk about it. There are indeed a few cases that have happened recently that are so bizarre that it is hard to figure out..."

As soon as the chatter box was opened, all sorts of weird cases popped up one after another, and Xiao Xingzhi, who was eating by the side, became engrossed.

Blessed by the emperor's royal spirit, the important place in Gyeonggi should be the safest place where evil spirits cannot be invaded, but recently, for unknown reasons, there have been frequent murders.

Take the recent cases as an example. There is a family surnamed Ge in the north of the city, who has been a scholarly family for generations. There is an only son in the family who has just passed the Jinshi examination.When the family members couldn't find it, they reported it to the official.

After the official searched, they found the man's body under the bed board in the house. He had been dead for a long time, but his eyes were closed.

Guessing that there must be a universe under the bed, the government dug up the soil under the bed, and indeed found a rotten female corpse inside, with eyes wide open, facing the scholar right next to him.

Later, after investigation, it was found that the scholar thought that he would have a safe future after winning the Jinshi, and wanted to get rid of the woman he was originally with.This woman was not willing to pester her endlessly, so the scholar strangled her to death in a fit of anger, and buried her body under the bed in the house, thinking that she could deceive others, but in the end she was bound in a cocoon and died unexpectedly.

Another family outside the suburbs of Beijing has a young son who is only five years old.When she was playing nearby, she got muddy all over her body, and her mother asked her to wash up by herself, and she went to cook by herself.When the food was on the table, there was no response to calling several times. His mother entered the house and could not be found, except for a basin of blood in the house.

After the test, Wu said that the water was non-toxic, and there was no trace of anyone else's footsteps in the room. The good child turned into blood and water, and not even a bone was found.

Most of such strange cases are beyond the reach of human beings, but if supernatural beings are involved, it will be of no concern to them.Helpless relatives urged the truth, and the superiors urged to solve the case, so they couldn't let them pick their picks.

Xiao Changli used to be a person who could teach ghosts to be afraid, Zhang Bing thought that if he could get out, maybe he could really solve the case.

Xiao Changli said: "Even with the power of ghosts and gods, there are traces to follow. Even ghosts and monsters must not let go of killing young children."

Seeing that Xiao Changli went to investigate the case with Zhang Zhi without eating anything, Xiao Xingzhi gnawed his elbow while thinking, these people invited him to dinner, it really is because the drunkards did not want to drink.

But if one wishes to fight and one wishes to suffer, what can he say?

"Xiao Er, let's do the elbows again." Xiao Xingzhi waved his big hand. Anyway, someone paid the bill, and if he didn't eat for nothing, he would pack some back to honor his father later, at least he had to eat back his hard-earned money.

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Xiao Changli and Zhang Bing went straight to Dayuan Village after they came out of the restaurant. It has been a few days since the incident happened. If we don't hurry up, the clues will be broken.

The accident occurred in an ordinary family. The male owner was named Wu San, who made a living by selling firewood and occasionally doing odd jobs. This incident was like a bolt from the blue. His wife was seriously ill, and he was also lamenting and depressed all day long.

When Zhang Bing came to the door, he was almost kicked out by him, and he let go after some good words.

"My good son just disappeared, what crime did I do!" Wu San cried and wailed, Zhang Bing stayed to comfort him, and Xiao Changli went straight into the back room where the accident happened.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt a faint baleful air flow.

Because of the fear of seeing things and thinking about others, this room has not been cleaned, and there is still a large dark red bloodstain on the ground, and the evil spirit is emitted from these bloodstains.

Xiao Changli checked the room and walked towards the side door.There was a cloth curtain hanging behind the door, and the sound of weeping came from inside.

Xiao Changli lifted the curtain, and the strong smell of medicine came to his nostrils.

The woman sat halfway on the bed, holding some children's clothes in her hands.There were bruises on her face, she was extremely haggard, her throat was hoarse from crying, her eyes were red and swollen and lifeless, she did not respond to Xiao Changli's arrival.

Xiao Changli stood at the door for a long while, wondering what he was thinking.

Suddenly Wu San rushed in angrily, knocked Xiao Changli aside, dragged the woman down, and shouted: "Cry, you know how to cry all day long! If you didn't take good care of your son, how could such a thing happen? Money-losing, sick and tuberculosis, lying dead on the bed and wasting my money, get up and go to work for me!"

The woman was dragged off the bed by him and still didn't say a word, as if she had lost the slightest sense of consciousness, she just threw her son's clothes tightly in her hands, and a few red fruits could be seen rolling out from the interlayer of the clothes.

Xiao Changli grabbed Wu San's wrist to stop his next act of violence. Wu San couldn't break free, and said angrily, "What are you doing? I teach my wife a lesson. It's none of your business!"

Xiao Changli didn't speak, raised his hand to push him out, and picked up the few fruits.

This fruit is the size of a fingernail and shaped like agate, and its color is ruddy, as if formed by the condensation of fresh blood.