Before the general changed his career to become a magic stick

That night, Kyoto was very quiet early, and even those stores that were dedicated to making a living at night were not open.

No one was injured or missing that night, but something even more terrifying happened.

The remains of the people who died that night, regardless of their identities, were temporarily placed in a yizhuang in Kyoto. They were supposed to be autopsied one by one, and special guards were sent to guard them. The guard fainted by the door. When he entered the door, all the corpses were gone. There were no other traces at the scene except the scattered white cloth and messy footprints.

It was almost as if the corpse had escaped by itself.

Dali was immediately reporting the situation to Xiao Yuntian, Minister of Dali Temple, and Xiao Yuntian went directly to the palace to meet the saint without stopping, and asked to send people to search for the missing corpses throughout the city.

Xiao Yuntian's own nephew was missing, and so many strange things happened one after another in just two days, he was haggard and looked like he was ten years old.This veteran minister of Daqing has handled countless cases in his life. He is clear and honest, and he can distinguish right from wrong. It is not uncommon for him to encounter cases that look like ghosts and ghosts, but in the end they are all man-made. Such things are unheard of, and he has no clue. We can only hope that we can find some clues.

Last night, the sixteen guards stayed up all night and patrolled the city uninterruptedly, but they didn't hear a single sound.Even if it was a fake corpse, how could dozens of corpses travel together without making a sound?While the emperor was furious and frightened, he also believed that the incident was caused by ghosts.

On the same day, rumors of fraudulent corpses and evil spirits spread throughout Kyoto. At the same time, Kyoto began to implement a curfew from this day onwards. It was stipulated that six hundred closed-door drums would be played at the end of the day, and no one could walk on the streets after the closed-door drum. , You can only go to the streets until the opening drum is beaten at five o'clock.Anyone who walks on the street for no reason behind closed doors and drums will be guilty of the crime of night, and the light ranges from twenty strokes of the cane to severe punishment on the spot.

There was panic for a while, but the business of the magic sticks suddenly improved. Two or three days after the curfew was enforced, a piece of talisman paper that was said to be able to ward off evil spirits was sold for a tael of silver a piece.

And in the imperial palace, Si Tiantai, who was always said to be idle, became extremely busy.

Si Tiantai is basically full of well-known wandering warlocks in the Jianghu. It is hard to say whether they have real skills, but all of them are eloquent, very eloquent, and all of them can make the emperor happy, so they are especially favored. Among them, Fang Xuzi, Sitian Supervisor, is the most.

This Fang Xuzi was not young, he was born with white hair and loose posture, and he had a very fairy-like posture.He is good at stargazing and calendar calculation, and he traveled around in the early years, so he is well-informed and can be regarded as a talent.This time there were so many strange things happening in the capital, the emperor naturally wanted to ask him, but Fang Xuzi had never encountered such a thing.He used to think that non-human beings were causing trouble, and only a murderous person could be suppressed, so he suggested that the emperor send generals to patrol the city, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

The impact of this incident spread to the whole of Kyoto, and so many lives were involved. Fang Xuzi dared not neglect and speak nonsense, not to mention that he could not solve the matter by himself. Therefore, it is suggested that the emperor recruit wise men and choose from the people. Problem solvers.

When the matter developed to this point, there was really no other way, so the emperor followed Fang Xuzi's suggestion, and quickly posted a list, to the effect that he wanted to recruit capable people who could solve the incident, and there would be a big reward after the incident was completed. You can also get a part-time job.

This reward can be said to be very attractive, but it is not so easy to obtain.With so many lives at stake, who would dare to take this job casually?If you risk your life, you won't even be able to find the body.Therefore, the notice posted on the gate of the city was deserted, and no one cared about it all the time. They just looked at it from a distance and shook their heads and walked away.

"What is the official position of Ling Tailang?" Shen Buren asked about the official position promised on the bulletin. At this moment, he was holding a piece of yellow paper in his hand, and was writing the word "Pi".

"Affiliated to Si Tiantai, from Qipin," Guan Feiyue was busy drying the yellow talismans written by Shen Buren, and there were more than a dozen sheets scattered in the sun on the window sill, "I think it's almost done, so I don't need to write. I Mother just wants to feel at ease, there is no need to post so many."

Although Shen Buren nodded in agreement, he still drew another piece of yellow paper to draw.

"This reward is really heavy enough. It can directly jump from a commoner to a seventh-rank official. But I think it has been several days, and no one has announced the list. The mood of the people is getting more and more unstable, and the emperor must be anxious , otherwise how could you promise such a heavy reward?"

While talking, Guan Feiyue put away the dried yellow talismans, spread them on the table one by one, hugged Suyin up, pinched one of its front paws and dipped it in the red mud, then turned to ask Shen Brunen: "Where did you say you asked Suyin to cover the footprints?"

"Just let it step on it by itself," Shen Buren continued to draw the talisman in his hand seriously without looking up, "I really don't know much about the situation now, and it's natural for everyone not to act rashly or reveal the list." .”

Guan Feiyue let go of the sound, and watched it wagging its tail and stepping on each talisman paper one by one, impartially stamping a plum blossom seal on the lower right corner of each yellow talisman:

"Such a large number of corpses just disappeared out of thin air? There must be a destination, right? What's more, the corpses can still escape by themselves?"

"It's not impossible. There is a kind of corpse refining technique, which is to refine the dead corpse through one's own spiritual power, so that the corpse has basic mobility and even attack power. The corpse refiner can achieve their own goals by manipulating the corpse. Refining The deadly poison carried by the dead body will be more intense, once it touches it, it will be fatal, and the dead body is not afraid of pain, even if the hands and feet are cut off, it will not stop attacking, so it is very dangerous. But this kind of refining corpse will consume a lot of energy Power, and the backlash against the caster is also quite powerful, it can be said that it can hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damage eight hundred, so few people will use it."

"Then is it possible that someone used corpse refining to cause this incident?"

"It's hard to say. It takes a huge amount of spiritual power to manipulate dozens of corpses, but I haven't felt the existence of such a powerful spiritual power, but it can't be ruled out that the breath is deliberately concealed."

"If this is the case, I'm afraid the number of victims will increase." Guan Feiyue frowned, very worried, and then a little puzzled, "But if it's just for refining the corpse, why bother to attack Zuo Xiaowei? How about kidnapping Xiao Zheng? There are countless corpses in the mass graves outside the city, it is very convenient to obtain corpses, and there is no need to kill people everywhere to make things so big?"

"That's true, but the connection between these incidents is not clear at a glance." Shen Buren put down his pen and looked at Guan Feiyue, "Is it because you killed someone to refine the corpse, or because you happened to have a corpse to refine?" , if we can sort out the connection between them, we will be able to solve many doubts."

"It's because I don't know that I'm so confused. Everyone who knows is dead, who can I ask..." Guan Feiyue was stunned, and suddenly looked at Shen Buren, his eyes lit up for a moment, "That's right! Positive! He is the only one who may be alive! He is also the one who is very likely to know the truth! Just find him! So the top priority is not to find the missing corpse, nor to recruit any capable people, but to find Xiao Zheng! "

Shen Buren nodded, looked at the excited little general with a smile and said, "Exactly."

"But, where to look for it? Which direction to look for? There are no clues at all..." Guan Feiyue was a little bit lost when he said this.

"Actually, it's not that I have no clue," Shen Buren explained in detail, holding Guan Feiyue who was frowning tightly, "Xiao is the nephew of Dali Temple Minister Xiao Yuntian, and it should be Xiao's family who are most worried about missing people. However, Xiao Yuntian was the first to ask to send people to search for the missing corpses in the whole city instead of his own nephew, which is a bit abnormal. From my point of view, there is no need to look far away, just start from the Xiao family. "

Guan Feiyue felt reasonable when she heard the words, but she was a little frustrated: "But what's the use of talking so hard here just the two of us? We don't care about this matter, and the emperor can only listen to the nonsense of those people who entered Sitiantai .”

Shen Buren smiled, and suddenly hugged Guan Feiyue lightly: "How about I go to reveal the list after a while?"

"What?" Guan Feiyue thought he had heard wrong.

"When the matter is settled, when it's time to ask for rewards, I wonder if I can ask a general to go home and live?" Shen Buren smiled slyly, and handed the yellow talisman that he drew carefully just now to Guan Feiyue.

Guan Feiyue took it over in a daze and took a look, only to see a few words written on it in Qingjun's font:

Guan Feiyue likes Shen Buren.

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