Autumn

On this day, Qingyun Temple in the southeast of Qingfeng City was doing a land-and-water ashram. The Ksitigarbha statue in the middle of the main hall was solemn and solemn. On the altar where the lotus sat, there were incense candles and melons and fruits. There was a small altar in front of the altar. There is a plain white jar on it.The abbot led the monks to recite the Ksitigarbha Sutra aloud.Near noon, the abbot ordered the monks to collect the ritual vessels and the altar, and took the plain white jar to a room behind the temple.This room without a plaque is very spacious, and the three high walls are occupied by tall shelves. Those shelves are divided into small grids one by one. In each grid is placed a plain white jar. no.The abbot put the jar in his hand on the shelf facing the door, took a piece of bright yellow silk paper and handed it over.

"Master Lu, please write down the name of this benefactor."

Meng Yue took it carefully and waited for Lu Li to speak.

"Ouyang Yingluo."

Meng Yue responded, then took a pen from the table beside him, and wrote carefully on the bright yellow juan paper.The abbot took the juan paper and asked the little novice beside him to stick it on.

"Young master Lu, it's all right. The soul of this benefactor will surely rest in peace."

"Thank you abbot."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Yueying looked up and saw Lu Li and Meng Yue walking out of the mountain gate, and she came closer and said.

"Where is it? It's not convenient for you to enter the temple. It's okay for me and Meng Yue to go." Lu Li said with a smile, "Maybe we haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't we go to the delicacy shop for dinner."

Zhenxiufang is only one street away from Wuweiju. It is a well-known restaurant in Qingfeng City, so the price is obviously very expensive.Meng Yue glanced at the menu but didn't dare to order, so he handed the list to Jinse.Jinse was quite rude, and the table was filled with delicacies in a short while.While eating, there was noise and drumming outside the window.Meng Yue poked his head curiously to see, it turned out that he was picking up the bride.The groom riding a tall horse in front of the sedan chair was personable, and Meng Yue recognized the groom at a glance.

"I recognize the groom. He is Qian Fengyi, the son of Qian's parents."

Although the Qian family is not a wealthy family in Qingfeng City, it is considered a wealthy family.This time Qian Fengyi, the eldest son of the Qian family, married Li Wan, the second daughter of the Li family.The Li family and the Qian family are distant relatives, and according to seniority, Qian Fengyi and Li Wan are cousins, but this Li Wan is not the real life of the Li family, but a drag bottle brought by Master Li when he reunited.Because Mr. Li has no daughter, even though he is a fool, he is still deeply loved by Mr. Li.This time the two families got married, which can be regarded as a close relationship.At the wedding banquet in the evening, the house was full of guests, and the groom was busy toasting at each table, drinking until late at night, before seeing off the guests.Qian Fengyi staggered into the bridal chamber with confused and drunken eyes.With misty eyes, I saw the bride sitting on the edge of the bed wearing a red hijab.He staggered to the side of the bed, and sat on the side of the bride with a crooked body.

"My lady..." Qian Fengyi continued with a belch, "Tonight is our bridal chamber candle... The ancients said..." It was still a belch, "A moment in spring is worth a thousand gold... Come... let's not Such a great time wasted..."

With a wave of his hand, Qian Fengyi lifted off the red hijab, revealing the delicate face of the bride.

"My lady...you are so beautiful..."

With a big hand, he hugged the bride into his arms and fell on the wedding bed.Most of the tall dragon and phoenix wedding candles had been burned out, but Qian Fengyi was still dripping on the bride's body. Perhaps it was the effect of alcohol that made Qian Fengyi forget what self-control is.When he was finally completely liberated, what he saw when he looked down was not the shy face of the bride, but an empty and pale mask.

"Roar--!"

With a long whistle, Qian Fengyi saw the sharp teeth.He screamed and wanted to get away from the monster's body, but the monster's powerful limbs grabbed him firmly, and when he uttered the first cry for help, the monster swallowed his head.

"My lord, it's bad!" Meng Yue, who was out shopping, rushed into Lu Li's study like flying, "My lord, the Qian family who got married yesterday is going to have a funeral today!"

"Whose funeral?"

Lu Li asked with a frown.

"Qian Fengyi!"

"When did you die?"

Jin Se at the side asked in surprise.

"I heard that he died last night. I don't know the exact time. Qian Fengyi didn't bring his new wife to serve tea this morning. At first, everyone thought it was because the bridal chamber was exhausted from the previous night, so they didn't care. When it was almost noon, They still didn't go out of the room. Master Qian took someone to look, only to find that there was only a pile of bones on the wedding bed, and blood spattered all over the bed. The strangest thing was that the bride had disappeared, only the wedding dress was left on the ground. "

Meng Yue didn't dare to pause for the slightest, and finished the ins and outs in one breath.

"The Qian family has a funeral today... So, they should have reported to the government, and the autopsy has been done. The government should go to the Li family now."

"Young Master guessed right. After Master Qian found the bones, he immediately reported to the officials. When I came back, I saw Zhou Butou leading someone to Li's house."

"Jinse, do you think it might be that guy?"

"Which one?"

Jinse looked at Yin Danlu pretending to be stupid.

"Don't pretend to be stupid!" Yin Danlu glanced at her, "That guy likes to eat people. Since he set up the barrier, although he has settled down a bit, if there are no ancient monsters, especially you Qingqiu's suppression, I'm afraid It should eat up all the monsters in the wild."

"Hmph! Although this family has been under the jurisdiction of the Bai family since ancient times, I don't have any more ways to restrain it after the Eight Desolation."

"Jinse, what are you talking about...?"

"Roe roe owl."

"Why do you doubt it?"

"Although many monsters eat people, the roe owl especially likes it, and every time there are only bones left. If it is not bad, it should eat the bride first, and then eat the groom while it is in the bridal chamber."

Yin Danlu expressed her inference.

"But the roe owl can only eat people, so it probably didn't come up with such a troublesome action."

Jinse did not object to this inference, but she thought of the other side of the matter.

"It seems that there is a big conspiracy behind it."

Just as he was talking, there were loud voices outside the door, and Lu Li asked Meng Yue to check it out.Not long after, Meng Yue ran back.

"The master of the Li family has been arrested. Mrs. Li is crying while dragging Catcher Zhou all the way."

"Right now we are just suspicious, and we can't conclude that it was the roe owl's doing. I think it's better to wait and see what happens."

Lu Li sighed, reached out to help Meng Yue and left the study.Jinse and Yin Danlu looked at each other, they didn't seem to have any better idea, so they dispersed.Lu Li tossed and turned until midnight before falling asleep, and he found himself in a strange place when he was sleepy.This is a back garden with four seasons plants.There is a pond in the south of the garden, and there is a woman standing beside it. She is wearing a water-green shirt, and her long hair hangs down to her waist.Her unpainted face was a little pale, but it couldn't hide her beauty.The woman turned to look at Lu Li, tears rolled down her pale face, but the tears were blood red.Then blood began to gurgle from the top of her head, neck, and even all parts of her body, and her water-green shirt was instantly dyed red.The woman pointed to the pond, and then disappeared. When Lu Li approached the pond, the garden he was in, and everything in the garden also disappeared.

At dawn, Lu Li sat up from the bed covered in cold sweat, still a bit dazed.He collected himself, feeling a little thirsty, but for some reason his hands were trembling.He fumbled to pick up the teacup, but knocked it over to the ground.The broken sound alarmed Jinse in the yard, she pushed open the door suddenly, and saw Lu Li trying to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.

"I'll do it." Jinse stopped Lu Li from doing something that might hurt him. "You just have to shout for a drink of water."

"I don't think any of you are up yet."

"Here." Lu Li took a sip from the teacup, "Why do you have to be brave. What's wrong with you? You're sweating so much."

Jinse just touched Lu Li's forehead casually, and found that it was covered in cold sweat.Feeling Jinse's warm hand, Lu Li blushed immediately, and unconsciously moved to the side.

"It was just a dream."

"What dream?" Jinse noticed Lu Li's avoidance, and didn't care, and even deliberately sat down next to him, "Let's hear it."

Lu Li described his dream in detail, and Jinse narrowed her eyes and remained silent for a while.

"Could it be that Li Wan is dreaming?"

"I think it's time to visit Li's house."

Zhou Butou is the No. [-] Butou in Qingfeng City County Yamen. He is brave and resourceful, and the county magistrate relies heavily on him.Now that such a big case happened in the city, Zhou Butou was naturally dispatched.Zhou Tutou was wearing a black official uniform, a black vertical hat on his head, and a long knife on his waist.Fangzheng's face was frowning with sword eyebrows, and his eyes looked around alertly.The straight bridge of the nose moved, as if smelling the murderer's scent.Her thin lips were pursed tightly, unwilling to speak more.

The Li family stood up and down in the yard, watching the servants shuttle back and forth between the houses, searching for clues.But Zhou Butou, who was facing them, stood with his hips on his hips without saying a word, his slender eyes swept over everyone's faces.At this time, a younger yamen servant ran in and said something in Zhou Butou's ear.Zhou Butou frowned, whispered a few words and went to the door.

"Why is Mr. Lu here?"

Zhou Butou knew about Lu Li's inaction.Although he doesn't think there are any monsters and ghosts in this world, as long as he does nothing and does not commit crimes, he doesn't bother to take care of them.It's just that Wuweiju seems to want to intervene in the Li family's case today.

"I don't know if Chief Zhou can find Li Wan's body."

Zhou Bu was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Lu Li's gourd.Li Wan disappeared after killing her husband, why did she suddenly ask about the corpse?

"Young master Lu is joking."

"Does this seem like a joke?" Lu Li raised the corner of his mouth, "Isn't it strange that Li Wan never sees anyone alive or dead?"

"Then how do you conclude that she is dead?"

"According to Zhou Butou, Li Wan is still alive. Then how do you conclude that she is alive?" Zhou Butou was at a loss for words, and was about to speak, but was snatched by Lu Li, "Why don't we go in and look for it? If we don’t find the body, we’ll leave and don’t intervene. On the contrary, Wuweiju will investigate the case with Butou Zhou.”

Zhou Butou thought for a while, and felt that it was all right to let them in.Anyway, after searching for two days, they didn't find anything from Li's house, so they probably won't gain much.So he led them into the mansion, but Lu Li said bluntly that he only needed to search the garden, and the rest would be discussed later.

Lu Li even refused the yamen servant's help, and let Meng Yue and Yin Danlu go out of the pond.

"I, Yin Danlu, actually got involved in this role, not to mention being ordered by a human being, but also to go to the pond to find the bones."

"You are enough, I have been thinking about it for so long, why don't you hurry up and help."

Jinse glanced at Yin Danlu who was still standing on the shore, and pushed him down the pond.

"Jinse! Why the fuck are you pushing me?"

"Of course I let you work. Hurry up!"

Yin Danlu rolled up her clothes angrily, mumbled something, and followed Meng Yue to retrieve the bones.Zhou Butou was looking at them suspiciously, and then his eyes fell on the blind boy next to him. He really didn't understand what could be fished out of this pond.Just when he was puzzled, Meng Yue suddenly shouted.

"Young master! Sure enough, there are bones here!"

Under the suspicious gaze of the crowd, Yin Danlu and Meng Yue went ashore with the bones in their hands.The bones had been soaked in water for so long that they had been covered with a thin layer of algae.Wu Zuo infers from the pelvis that this is the skeleton of a young girl, and her age is also similar to that of Li Wan.Salvaged together with the bones, there was also a pair of silver bracelets.It was Yin Danlu who found it on the bones. According to the thickness of the algae covering it, it can be concluded that the bracelet fell into the water together with the bones.And the thickness of those algae also told them another message, Li Wan died before Qian Fengyi.

"This is my daughter's bracelet. I gave it to her from my dowry when she was young."

When Mrs. Li saw the silver bracelet, she cried and said.

"Zhou Butou, it seems that Wuweiju is going to disturb you this time."

Lu Li said calmly.The astonished Zhou Butou was speechless for a long time, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered the servants to send the bones and the silver bracelet to the county government.

Qingfeng City County Government Office is a two-entry house, with the lobby in the front and the residence of the county magistrate in the back.This house is quite simple, and it is considered very inconspicuous in the whole Qingfeng City.If there is no plaque at the door, I am afraid no one will take this place seriously.The county magistrate is a short old man of about 50 years old, no more than six feet tall, wearing a navy blue official uniform.I don't know if it's because of his small stature, but when he walks, his pair of wide sleeves flap from side to side like cattail fans.The two wings of black gauze above the head swing up and down, just like a seesaw.She has short and sparse eyebrows, a pair of mung bean-like eyes, and a slightly plump mouth under a short, round nose.The small-looking county magistrate was surnamed Zeng. Master Zeng was drinking tea with his wife in the back hall, but when he heard the report from the yamen servant, he hurriedly dropped his teacup and ran to the front yamen.

At this moment, Qianya has exploded, not only because of the bones salvaged from the Li family, but also because of the group of people standing in front of them.Master Zeng looked at the bones on the ground in disbelief, and then at Zhou Butou, obviously wanting to get some information from Zhou Butou.It's a pity that Zhou Butou just brought the bones here. As for the process of discovering the bones, he still can't believe it until now.After receiving Master Zeng's gaze, he turned to look at Lu Li.

"Mr. Lu, I don't understand very well. How did you conclude that Li Wan's bones are in the pond?"

"I'm afraid Master Zeng won't believe me if I say it."

"This..." Master Zeng paused, of course he knew what Wuweiju did for a living.As the saying goes, Zi does not speak strange powers, and he is also a scholar after all. I don't believe in these ghosts and ghosts anyway. "Anyway, Mr. Lu found Li Wan's body..."

"So, Wuweiju can investigate the case with Zhou Butou."

Lu Li suddenly interjected, which surprised Master Zeng, and what was even more surprising was what Lu Li said.So he turned back to look at Zhou Butou, only to see Zhou Butou looking at him in embarrassment.Master Zeng originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, this case was originally determined to be Li Wan's newlywed who killed her husband, but now that the murderer has been dead for more than a month, it is somewhat unclear about Qian Fengyi's death.Although Wuweiju's participation in the investigation is not in compliance with the rules, it is still a good shield in the end. When the time comes, the investigation is really unclear, and they can still be used as an argument.

"Master Zeng, don't worry, Wuweiju is only assisting in handling the case. No matter what the outcome is, Wuweiju will not hinder the county government."

Jinse squinted her eyes and looked at Master Zeng. The little old man's mung bean eyes rolled there for a long time, and she had already seen his playful guts.When Master Zeng saw this, he could only smile awkwardly.

"By the way, Master Zeng. Have similar cases happened recently?"

Lu Li asked suddenly.

"Speaking of a similar case..." Mr. Zeng thought for a while while twirling his beard, "Three months ago, there was one in the outskirts of the city. But this family is located in a remote place, and the whole family was wiped out overnight. There is no one." Witnesses, or insiders."

"Is there also a marriage?"

"According to the nearest family, the daughter-in-law of their family was a child bride, and they simply got married when they were old. Unexpectedly, they all died, and they were found by the nearby residents after being dead for many days. It was not found at that time. Any favorable clues will become an unsolved case." Master Zeng rolled his mung bean eyes, "However, according to the results of the autopsy done by you, it is true that he died on the night of getting married."

"Thank you, Master Zeng. I don't think it will be an unsolved case this time."

Lu Li bowed his hands and saluted, turned around and left the county office.

"Meng Yue, is anyone else having a wedding recently?"

On the way back, Lu Li suddenly asked.

"Recently, apart from the Qian family, there is only the Sun family."

"The Sun family?" Lu Li seemed to recall something, "Master Zeng's wife seems to be named Sun."

"That's right, it's the Sun family. Mrs. Zeng's nephew is going to get married, and the Tao family in the south of the city will be the one."

"Meng Yue, why do you know everything?"

Yin Danlu raised her eyebrows and said.

"My son's eyesight is inconvenient, and I need to take care of all the family affairs. I will inevitably talk to those three aunts and six wives, and I will know after a long time."

"I think if this goes on like this, you will almost become a aunt and a wife."

Jinse said with a smile.But Meng Yue was a little unhappy, knowing that he couldn't talk about Jinse, so he stopped talking in anger and went straight to Wuweiju.

"Jinse, Meng Yue is still a child, why should you make fun of him."

"I was just joking, I don't know this kid is so sincere. Forget it, I'll make him something delicious tonight." Jinse still smiled, and moved closer to Lu Li, "What do you want to eat?"

"It's all...it's okay."

Lu Li turned his head away in embarrassment, avoiding Jinse's breath.Seeing Jinse tease Lu Li intentionally or unintentionally, Yueying blushed and looked away, and happened to see the lintel of Tao's house.

"Is this the Tao family?"

Jinse also looked up when she heard the words, and it really was the Tao family.She subconsciously wrinkled her nose, and the natural sensitivity of the fox seemed to be working.

"This place is really weird." Jinse turned her head and glanced at Yin Danlu, "Would you like to come over at night to check?"

"no problem."

Although this is Yin Danlu's first cooperation with Jinse, it's not bad, at least the tacit understanding between the two is quite high.

"The Tao family's daughter is dead?"

After listening to Yin Danlu's narration, although he had expected it, Lu Li was still a little surprised.

"That's right, and this time the body was thrown into the dry well in the abandoned garden just across the wall from Tao's house."

"The abandoned garden originally belonged to the Lu family. The Lu family moved to Wangcheng the year before last. They said they would sell that garden, but they never sold it."

Lu Li recalled that after all, the Tao family and the Lu family were both in the south of the city, and they lived on the same street as Wuwei, so he still knew some inside information.

"I just asked Meng Yue, and he said that the Sun family will welcome the bride in two days." Yue Ying, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly, "If you want to catch the roe owl, you must use the groom as bait."

"It's good for the groom to be the bait, but we can't guarantee that we will be able to rescue the groom."

"That's easy." Jinse looked at Yin Danlu with a smile, "You can replace the groom."

Yin Danlu stared at Jinse with wide eyes.

"You can really come up with ideas."

Yin Danlu gritted her teeth and said.

"Well, that's a good idea." Yueying echoed innocently, "Mr. Lu's eyesight is definitely not good, and Meng Yue is too young, so it will be a big deal if you get scared. Right now, you are the only one who is more suitable. You look so handsome, you must look good in the groom's dress."

It was rare for Yueying to say a lot of words, Yin Danlu seemed to automatically ignore part of her words, and was surprised at the length of the words.

"Yueying, do you really think so?"

"Thinking about what?"

"I look like I'm wearing a groom's gown." Yin Danlu had arrived in front of Yueying at some point, "I think you look good in a bridal gown."

"What is missing now is the groom, son, you are thinking too much."

Yueying is not stupid, ever since she was by Yin Danlu's side, she knows exactly what his words and deeds represent.Seeing Yin Danlu's embarrassment, Yueying smiled and stopped talking.While pondering, he somehow thought of the tears on the streets of Linjiang City.

"Is this the only way?"

Yin Danlu looked suspiciously at Jinse, who nodded at him.Yin Danlu sighed helplessly.

The day when the Sun family welcomed the bride coincided with the heavy snow festival.Although it was snowing heavily, it never snowed in Qingfeng City in winter. Compared to the north, Qingfeng City's winter was already very warm.It was still the second grandson of the grandpa of the Sun family who went to greet the bride, who was also the official groom of this wedding——Sun Minhong.The welcoming procession set off from Tao's house in mighty strength, and the bride in the red sedan chair sat securely, holding a red-glazed porcelain vase in her hand.

In the middle of the night, the Sun family cleaned up the banquet, and the bridegroom Sun Minhong went to sleep in the study alone according to Yin Danlu's plan.And Yin Danlu changed the groom's dress and went to the bridal chamber.Sitting on the bed was the bride with a red hijab. Yin Danlu sat next to the bride and lifted the hijab with a scale beside the bed. The bride glanced shyly at Yin Danlu.But when Yin Danlu looked at the bride's face, the first thing she thought of was Yueying who was smiling at her in a bridal gown, and then the empty and pale mask of the roe owl.Although a little reluctant, but what should be done still has to be done.Yin Danlu hugged the bride and lay on the wedding bed as planned, looked down at the bride for a long time, and finally Yin Danlu spoke.

"Bride, do you like the top or the bottom?" The bride who was still shy was stunned, "It seems that you don't know which one you like."

Yin Danlu smiled and took out a talisman from his sleeve.It was a bright yellow talisman with complicated mantras painted on it with cinnabar. Although it was also a talisman for exorcising evil spirits, the current one was just a piece of paper to Yin Danlu.But the roe owl below him is not necessarily so.Yin Danlu widened the angle of the corners of her mouth, and the speed of her hand did not decrease at all, and the talisman was firmly attached to the bride's forehead.

"what--!"

The golden light receded, and a monster with a white mask was lying and struggling under Yin Danlu's body.While Yin Danlu jumped up from the bed, she threw out two light circles from her hands, which were firmly encircling the monster's limbs.

"Is this the roe owl?"

After receiving the signal from Yin Danlu, everyone also rushed into the house.Meng Yue looked at the monster still struggling on the bed in surprise. It was wearing an expressionless mask that looked like a woman's face.The monster was baring its teeth and roaring towards them, showing its sharp canine teeth. Its body was somewhat like a sheep, but it had a long horse tail and claws like human hands.

"That's right, that's it." Yin Danlu said, "The roe owl family has lived for generations on Gouwu Mountain in the north of Bahuang, and the east of Gouwu Mountain is the range of Qingqiu, so it has always been under the jurisdiction of Qingqiu's Nine Tails. .”

Yin Danlu's eyes moved to Jinse's face, who looked at him suspiciously.

"As I said, I won't be able to control it if the Eight Desolation comes out."

"Then what? I let it go again?"

"I don't know how many people it ate before, but the few people we know, their spirits are gone."

Lu Li frowned.

"It seems that someone is collecting these souls." Yueying asked suspiciously, "Then why do we have to be newlyweds?"

"It seems that this matter is getting more and more mysterious."

"This guy seems to be breaking free."

Meng Yue looked curiously at the fading halos on the roe owl's limbs.

"Hurry up and make a decision, do you want to die or live?"

"Should it be possible to keep the corpse?" Jinse said with a smile, "How can this be a murderer?"

"It's so troublesome, so let's just capture it alive."

As soon as Yin Danlu finished speaking, the long whip in his hand quickly bound the limbs of the roe owl that were about to break free, together with the body.Jinse also threw out a black metal ring without showing any weakness, and only heard a "clang", and the beak of the roe owl was firmly caught.

Qingfeng City County Government has probably not been this lively for a long time, at least Meng Yue thinks so.At this moment, many people were surrounded by three floors inside and outside the gate of the county yamen, Zhou Butou was calling for the yamen servants to carry the cage covered with black cloth into the hall.Zhou Butou stood beside the cage calmly, but he was ready to run away at any time.Of course he knew what was inside, and he probably would never forget the scene he saw last night in his life.Although he didn't know what methods Wuweiju and those people used, they caught a monster he had never seen before, and even though that monster was locked in a cage or even tied up, it still gnashed its teeth at them. demonstration.If you ask him what he remembers, it is probably the feeling that he is about to faint and his knees that keep shaking.

Master Zeng, who was short in stature, still fanned his wide sleeves and strode into the lobby.Although there were people standing inside and outside the lobby, they were far less conspicuous than the black object in the middle.After all, Master Zeng was old, and his eyes were a little troubled. He squinted his eyes and looked up, down, left, and right at the black object, and finally fixed his gaze on Lu Li's calm face.

"Master Lu, what is this?"

"This is the murderer the adults want."

Seeing what Master Zeng said, he looked at it carefully again.

"Since it's a murderer, let's take it out and have a look."

As he said that, he turned around, with his hands behind his back, and swayed to the plaque hung high by the bright mirror.

"Since your lord said so, let's take it out and have a look."

As soon as Lu Li finished speaking, Jinse and Yin Danlu lifted the black cloth.At the same time, the entire hall of the county government screamed miserably.Even Master Zeng, who was sitting on the chair, fell to the ground in fright. Zhou Butou, who was standing aside, had already hid behind the pillars in the lobby, poking out half of his head to check the situation.

"This... this... this... what is this?"

Master Zeng's voice was a little trembling, he turned his head away and didn't dare to look at the roe owl in the cage.

"This is the roe owl, a monster from the Eight Desolation. It ate the bride and groom." Jinse explained with a smile, "Please the yamen servant bring the body of Tao's daughter."

"Yes." Two yamen servants carried a corpse to the lobby, "My lord, the corpse was found in the abandoned garden well separated by a wall from Tao's house."

"Wu Zuo! Wu Zuo, quickly verify your identity."

Mr. Zeng boldly called Wu Zuo to come for the autopsy. Mr. Zuo was a thin man in his 40s, with a mustache, and a pair of small eyes turned from the roe owl to Mr. Zeng, and then turned around a few times.He hid in the crowd and didn't dare to vent his breath. When he heard Master Zeng calling him, he hesitated for a long time before being half-pushed by the people around him to the side of the corpse.He looked at the corpse, and then at the roe owl next to him, but he didn't dare to approach.The yamen servant had no choice but to carry the bones to the place farthest from the roe owl.It was only then that Wu Zuo went to check his body.

"My lord, this is indeed the skeleton of a young girl. She should be around sixteen or seventeen years old. There is an old fracture in her right leg, about ten years old."

"So... is there someone from the Tao family?"

"Crassman Tao Yide is here."

Master Tao walked out of the crowd trembling, caught a glimpse of the roe owl out of the corner of his eye, walked a few steps quickly in fright, knelt down beside Wu Zuo.

"Just now, I can confirm that it is your daughter."

"When the little girl was six or seven years old, she did break her leg because of being mischievous. After recovering from the injury, she is no different from an ordinary person."

"Then it should be your daughter."

"Yes, my lord."

Master Tao glanced at the corpse, but after all he didn't dare to look any further, he turned his head away and pulled his sleeves to wipe away his tears.

"Wu Zuo, do the two corpses examined before and this one have anything in common?"

"Yes, my lord. There are signs of being gnawed on the three bones, and they are very forceful, and there are some tearing movements."

"Those traces and..." Master Zeng raised his hand and pointed at the roe owl in the cage, and suddenly stammered, "Are... and... and the teeth of that monster?"

Wu Zuo's eyes followed Mr. Zeng's fingers and landed on the roe owl's body, and he couldn't help shrinking back.

"No, no... my lord, the little ones... I haven't tried the little ones."

"Then let's test it, so that the case can be closed as soon as possible."

Wu Zuo's expression was like crying without tears. No one knew how many Bodhisattvas he had silently recited in his heart, but the monster in front of him really couldn't do it.

"Let me test it with you."

Jinse dragged Wu Zuo to the cage.The roe owl trapped in the white cage had long since lost its initial arrogance, and was now a little sick.Jinse raised her hand and took back the black metal ring.With its mouth free, the roe owl immediately yelled at Yin Danlu outside the cage, Wu Zuo was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and Jinse unhurriedly extended a thick wooden stick to the roe owl's mouth .Sure enough, the monster bit down abruptly. Afraid that the stick would be bitten off, Jinse raised his hand and slapped the roe owl's head.The roe owl, who was accidentally attacked, let go subconsciously.Jin Se handed the wooden stick to Wu Zuo and shook it.

"Go and compare."

The poor Zuo Zuo was dragged around by Jin Se for a long time before he woke up in a daze.As soon as Jinse's eyes were touched, she immediately trembled, and took the stick tremblingly.

"My lord, the tooth marks match."

"Master Zeng, the case can be closed now."

Lu Li, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.Master Zeng was stunned for a while before he came to his senses, raised his hand to touch his forehead, and found that he was dripping with cold sweat.With trembling hands, he grabbed the gavel and slapped it hard.

"Why bring this thing back to Wuweiju!"

Meng Yue looked at the cage in the yard with displeasure.

"I'm going to use it to find the conspirators behind it."

Jinse took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

"how do you want to do it?"

Lu Li blinked, and his eyes moved to the direction of the voice.

"Let it kill people." Jinse got up and walked to the cage, looking at the roe owl who was glaring at them with its teeth in its canthus, "Kill someone who is unexpected to those behind the scenes."