Thousands of years

Xingzhong started to look at this young man with admiration at this moment, he nodded and led the way.As soon as he entered the morgue, he was greeted by bursts of air-conditioning and the smell of quicklime. The further he walked in, the more unpleasant the smell became. Liu Xingzhong couldn't help frowning. He quietly glanced at Zhan Zhao beside him, But he saw that his face did not change at all.

When he got there, Zuo Zuo submitted the autopsy list. After Zhan Zhao carefully inspected the corpses, he saw the tragic state of these nine little babies before they died. Faintly blurred: These babies were forcibly dug out their hearts with heavy methods. The methods were fast, accurate and ruthless. It should be done by masters of the rivers and lakes. However, this method is found in many martial arts schools, and it is really impossible to distinguish it.

"Master Liu?" Zhan Zhao opened his mouth.

"I'm here." Liu Xingzhong hurriedly replied.

"Can you draw the picture of the murderer and post it around?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It was...it was late at night and it was chaotic, and no one saw the murderer's appearance clearly. However, the lower official has sent people to seal the city gates and search for suspicious persons throughout the city. Moreover, the lower official has been sending people to watch for women who are about to give birth in the city. As soon as they discover the situation, they should report it in time." Liu Xingzhong replied truthfully.Zhan Zhao nodded, it seems that there is only these things that can be done.

After lunch, Zhan Zhao asked Liu Xingzhong to summon the police officers who had fought against the murderer one by one. The police officers seemed to see that Zhan Zhao was young and well-mannered, and they showed disdain for Zhan Zhao from time to time. I don't care.The man spoke so wonderfully about the murderer that he didn't seem to believe that Zhan Zhao could deal with him alone. Just as he was talking, Zhan Zhao coldly interrupted him: "The matter is not yet settled. It's likely to shake the morale of the army if you let others' ambition destroy your own prestige." Catcher Zhang wanted to say something more, but Liu Xingzhong gave him a hard look, and reluctantly shut his mouth.

In the evening, Zhan Zhao and Liu Xingzhong reorganized the clues of the case: First, it is certain that there is only one murderer. Although he is skilled in martial arts, he can accurately know who has a baby. This is definitely not something he can do alone. If they arrived, he must have a helper; second, the city gate is so tightly blocked that it is unlikely that they can escape from the city, but there is nothing suspicious in the city, which shows that they are hiding very tightly; in the end, they will take the baby's heart to the end So why come?Could it be that the Jianghu cult is trying to refine the elixir?At present, it seems that there is no other way, but to send more people to keep an eye on the people who may be victimized, and to strengthen the defense in the city, and any suspicious Jianghu people will come to report immediately.

Among the busy streets of Yingtian Mansion, there is an inconspicuous Qingfeng Building, which looks no different from other restaurants from the outside, but there is a secret passage in the private room in the backyard that leads directly to the ground. Oil lamps are also lit at the four corners of the day, but it still gives people a sense of eerie.

A skinny old man in gray clothes sat in a corner, staring at a ceramic jar in front of him. If it wasn't for his eyes turning every once in a while, people would almost think he was a long-dead zombie.

The door of the secret passage opened, a figure hurried down from above, and the door slowly closed behind itself.

I saw that the man was tall and thin, his eyes shone shrewdly under the flickering light, he walked up to the old man in gray and said, "Master, the imperial court sent Zhan Zhao from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case, and that Zhan Zhao was in Jianghu Among them, he is called Nanxia, ​​and it is said that his martial arts are very high."

The old man didn't move at all, and it took a long time before he spoke, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant: "Why are you afraid?"

"Master, when has this disciple been afraid?" The man sneered, "It's just that this heart-eating Gu still needs a baby's heart to master, and I'm afraid that there will be side effects in the middle, which will delay master's important business."

The old man's dead fish-like eyes still refused to leave the ceramic pot, as if there was some priceless treasure inside: "I don't care about this as a teacher. As a teacher, I just need to serve my little baby with peace of mind. Don't care what he is. With you and the twenty Yingyue Palace congregants sent by Chu Tianyi, I don't believe that he has any supernatural ability to ruin my event."

A black Gu worm in that ceramic jar was munching something, and there were bloodstains around it.

2: Injured

The fifth day, the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

Just after dinner, Zhan Zhao and Liu Xingzhong were drinking tea in the study, when a servant hurriedly came to report that a woman from the Qi family in the east of the city was about to give birth.Hearing this, Zhan Zhao put down the teacup, picked up the giant que on the table and hurried away with the yamen servant.The magistrate Liu Xingzhong called out to prepare the sedan chair, got on the sedan chair and left the house, Zhan Zhao had long since disappeared.

Zhan Zhao ran all the way in the direction pointed by the yamen servant, and came to the east of the city. From a distance, he heard the sound of weapons clashing on the roof, and couldn't help but tense up.Immediately, he performed lightness kung fu and rushed up to the roof like a swallow, followed by the panting yamen servant, who was startled by Zhan Zhao's lithe figure for a long time.

On the roof, Zhang Butou led more than a dozen policemen to surround a tall and thin man in black. Several of the servants had already hung colors on their bodies. baby cry.

The man in black seemed a little impatient, his arms moved slightly, and some hidden weapons gleaming with cold light flew towards the people around him, while he himself flew away into the distance.

"Get out of the way." Zhang Butou yelled, and took the lead to dodge a hidden weapon.Just when they were panicking, a blue figure flashed past in front of them, like a gust of wind, heading towards the direction where the man in black disappeared just now.

"Look, who is that? It's so fast." Someone shouted. "It seems to be Mr. Zhan from the capital." Another person replied. "Kai Tao is called Yumao? This lightness kungfu is really extraordinary. Open your head, let's catch up and help." A yamen servant said, clutching his injured arm. "Why worry, he is a master from the capital, we brothers are all injured like this, it will be so easy to catch up in a while." Zhang Zheng, the head catcher of Ying Tianfu, said as if he was watching a good show.

The man in black was obviously inferior to Zhan Zhao in his lightness skills, and he was quickly caught up by Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao flew in front of the man and blocked his way. Here, put down the baby in your hands."

The man in black's eyes flashed, and he looked Zhan Zhao up and down: "So you are Nan Xia. Today, I, Wei Lishan, just happened to be taught." After speaking, he drew a long and thin sword from his waist with his right hand, and stabbed at Zhan Zhao with it. .

Zhan Zhao didn't dare to be negligent, he swung his sword horizontally, and the two of them were fighting on the roof in an instant, and saw Zhan Zhao's blue robes fluttering like a frightened bird, while the figure in black was like a The ghosts and ghosts couldn't tell the winner for a while.

After dozens of moves, Zhan Zhao was shocked inside, this person's martial arts are fierce and weird, he doesn't belong to any sect in the Central Plains, he thought this in his heart, but on the face he focused on the enemy with no expression on his face.

The man in black was impatient and eager to get away, he turned sideways to avoid a sword, and suddenly faced Zhan Zhao's sword with the cloth bag in his hand, Zhan Zhao was shocked and hurriedly withdrew his sword, while the man in black took advantage of this to swipe more than ten feet away and whistled , flew away.

Zhan Zhao raised his breath and was about to catch up, when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind behind him, he hurriedly turned around to look, in the dark night, countless icy arrows were coming straight towards Zhan Zhao. The whistling of the sword dance produced wind, and the short arrows were knocked to the ground one by one.

After the rain of arrows, a group of black-clothed and masked people silently landed on the roof opposite Zhan Zhao, as many as 20 people.Zhan Zhao glanced at them calmly. They were dressed in black and wore a machete. These people are actually from Lingxiao Villa?Is the baby mutilation case also related to Yingyue Palace?Those people didn't speak, but they rushed towards Zhan Zhao like lightning, and soon Zhan Zhao fought with them on the roof.

After a group of Yamen servants from Yingtianfu arrived quickly, they looked up at the fight on the roof, their eyes straightened. "What's going on here? When did so many people come? Zhangtou, should we go up and help?" An older policeman stammered. "Help? I think he's going up to die, right? This Zhan Zhao is really not easy. One person can deal with so many people. Hurry up and send someone back to report to the lord and let him make a decision." A strange feeling came to my heart from the figure flying around on the roof.

It didn't take long for Zhang Zheng and the others to see that these men in black were fighting with wheels, with the intention of dragging Zhan Zhao down. No matter how high their martial arts were, they couldn't withstand the rounds of attacks.After an unknown amount of time, Zhan Zhao's feet on the roof became unsteady, and the man in black's scimitar slashed on Zhan Zhao's left arm with the wind, and blood gushed out like a spring.The men in black's offensive continued unabated, but Zhan Zhao's expression remained unchanged and he faced the battle calmly.

But soon Zhang Zheng saw that something was wrong, Zhan Zhao began to lose his footing, and his figure gradually became unsteady.No, is it poisonous on the knife?He came from the capital, and if something happened to him, he might not be able to explain himself. At this time, he heard Liu Xingzhong's voice from a distance: "What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and help Mr. Zhan." Zhang Zheng greeted the people beside him. Several brothers jumped onto the roof to fight the man in black.

The men in black saw that the time was almost delayed, and seeing that there were more people, they gave each other a wink and retreated together.Withdrew completely in an instant, as if it had never appeared.

Zhan Zhao supported his body with the Juque station, and seeing someone rushing over to support him and shouting something, he gradually lost consciousness and fell into the darkness.

Wei Lishan, the man in black, hurried all the way back to Qingfeng Building, and when he arrived at the secret room, the old man in gray rushed up and asked, "Why are you here now? Hurry up, hurry up, my little baby!" I'm so hungry." Wei Lishan put the cloth bag in his hand on the ground, and a small baby was exposed, his eyes turned cold, and he shot like