Queen's Detective

This summer night is destined to be an unforgettable night for the people of Daqing Township.The sudden will-o'-the-wisp and fox demon woke them up from their slumber, and candles were gradually lit up in every household. The county magistrate Cai stayed in the county because of a fire in the county government. Zhengdu went out and ran all over the village holding torches.

However, before the elusive fox demon left, the unexpected happened that people were worried about—someone was captured by the fox demon!The person who was taken away was Li Mao!

The whole village suddenly became panic-stricken, and the barking of dogs in the village continued all night. The most important thing was that many people saw the fox demon with their own eyes. Now they were more convinced of the existence of the fox demon and became more afraid.

And then early the next morning, when everyone woke up with sore eyes wide open after not sleeping well, Li Yan appeared on the stone road in the village, walking slowly like a stroll in a courtyard.That Fengshen and handsome appearance makes people yearn for it.Ling Ding and Yan San followed behind him, also looking completely unaffected by last night.

Everyone came out to see them one after another, and they heard the two people behind King Luoyang seem to be talking about something.

"What happened last night? Is it really that scary? I didn't even see it!" Ling Ding looked around in surprise.

"Cough." Yan Sanbai touched his burning ears, and said: "With the prince here, of course the fox demon would not dare to go to us."

"Oh~~~" Ling Ding suddenly realized, "The fox demon is also afraid of the prince. I said this is a broken fox demon. At the feet of the emperor, how would it dare to offend? If you want me to say, as long as my prince comes out, it will definitely..."

Yan Sanbai nodded from time to time, and the group of three gradually walked away until they went around half of the village before going to the village's home.

Looking at Li Yan who still looks normal after walking all the way, Yan Sanbai who has been blowing all the way is really ashamed.

When Cunzheng's house arrived, the tired-looking old Cunzheng came to open the door for them. When he saw that it was Li Yan, the sadness on his face suddenly deepened.But he didn't dare to be negligent, and invited the person into the house, knelt down on both knees and made a big salute, "The prince is here, and the villain is terrified."

Li Yan sat on the grand teacher's chair in the middle facing outwards in a leisurely manner, leaned slightly, and asked, "Since you are panicked, why didn't you come out to greet me yesterday?"

Lao Cunzheng lowered his head immediately, "Villain, villain was unwell yesterday and didn't go out. I didn't know that the prince is here. Please forgive me!"

Li Yan pursed his lips and smiled lightly, but the majesty on his body did not diminish at all, "Get up, I didn't come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes. I heard that your son Li Mao was taken away by the fox demon last night. Since I am here, I must not I will let that fox demon stir up trouble, so hurry up and call everyone in the village to the ancestral hall, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"My lord, the story of the fox demon has a long history. Everyone was frightened just last night. I'm afraid..."

"Do you have objections?" Li Yan's tone rose slightly, interrupting him.Lao Cunzheng quickly denied it, and stooped to leave the house to call for someone.

Lao Cun, who had exited the house, was sighing again and again. He had calculated everything, and he would never have expected that the King of Luoyang would come to such a remote village. It was time and fate!

"Master, what's the matter?" The old woman who was anxiously waiting outside the house stepped forward and asked with concern.

The old village was shaking his head, but the old woman's eyes were red again, and she wept secretly, "What about my Maoer..."

Soon, everyone was gathered in the ancestral hall, and the inner three floors and the outer three floors were full.Li Yan stood in the center of the lobby, thanks to him, this time Yan Sanbai swaggered in without painting black and ash.

Li Yan glanced around for a week, and people from the old village, the Liu family, the Zhang family, and the Wang family had all arrived, "Since everyone is here, let's talk about the fox demon."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly became serious, and they looked at Li Yan one after another.

Li Yan's hand holding the folding fan was still behind his back, his slender phoenix eyes were full of majesty, and his deep and magnetic voice sounded slowly, "Since the founding of my dynasty, there has never been a fox demon harming people, Da Qing Three people were killed in a row in Xiangyi. You don't want to catch the real culprit as soon as possible, but you all succumb to the threat of the fox monster. It's really absurd. Today, the king is here, so let's see what kind of fox monster dares to kill me in my big week. savage in the territory of the country!"

Daqing Township is not poor, but remote. The biggest official they have ever seen is the county magistrate. How can they see such a heroic figure like the King of Luoyang?Immediately, everyone was overwhelmed by the breath of the superior, and surrendered in their hearts.Lao Cunzheng, the Liu family and others also lowered their heads, exchanging glances with each other, each anxious.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "I beg the prince to catch the fox demon as soon as possible! Give our Daqing Township peace!"

As soon as this remark came out, the silence of the crowd was immediately broken.Once there is the first, there will be the second and the third. It is not easy to be a young bird, but who will not follow the crowd?This wave beats that wave, it's not that anyone wants to be different and pursue themselves, but that everyone is involuntary, and has never realized that they are involuntary.

Daqing Township is such a place.

Looking at the excited crowd outside alone, he couldn't help but glanced at Yan Sanbai, and couldn't help but think of what Yan Sanbai said last night when all of them sat together to discuss countermeasures—"It's the atmosphere."

Yan Sanbai raised his head and looked at the only tree in the yard, "The leaves are rustling, but this is not its own sound. It is the wind that is blowing it, the leaves hit the leaves, it is passive, but it It would think that this is its own voice. Why is it difficult for us to investigate Daqing Township? Because what we hear is always the voice of Daqing Township as a whole. No matter how many years or decades, the people here will always be There is only the same attitude, the same voice, they are used to this kind of life, what everyone thinks is what they think, and those who don't fit in can only live on the edge of the village, or even on the outskirts." "Ah, that's Fusheng And Ah Jiu!" Ling Dingmao suddenly realized, "There is also County Magistrate Cai!" "Yes, the people of Daqing Township seem to be simple and honest, and in fact they have no malicious intentions, but their emotions, fears, and beliefs are all like In the same dyeing vat, dyed with the same color, it is suffocating and depressing." Yan Sanbai said, took the tea with his fingertips, and drew a circle on the table, "Why can't we solve this case? Because the overall atmosphere of Daqing Township conceals the truth, if we want to investigate the case, we must break this atmosphere. And to break this atmosphere, we need to give him a vent.”

A point was pressed heavily on the edge of the circle, Yan Sanbai pressed down that fair and slender index finger, and a plan to steal the sky and change the sun came into being. "Ignorance is fearlessness. People in Daqing Township have limited knowledge in their lifetime. When they are driven by this atmosphere, they can even murder the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Therefore, if Broken Bridge can't be done, they must have future generations." Call." Yan Sanbai said leisurely, some kind of stars flowed, as he expected, when the moon was on the top of the tree, the call came later. "And what we need to do is just to do what we can."

The secret meeting between Li Mao and those three families must be planning something.These four families can be described as either rich or noble in Daqing Township. When they get together, they are very likely to become the wind that blows the leaves and the sticks that stir the dyeing vat.

And the thing they can use, which is far away in the sky and right in front of them, must be the fox demon.Pretend to be a fox demon to increase the credibility of the rumors and deepen everyone's fear, so that the villagers will reject outside investigators even more.At that time, the fox demon has been offended, and the angry and terrified people will definitely try their best to return to the original peaceful atmosphere.

So Yan Sanbai asked the people of Dali Temple to help prepare the fox mask early in the morning, and when there was chaos outside, he added another fire to them.Because it is impossible to kill people or take people away by pretending to be a fox demon, and it is even more impossible for the people in Dali Temple to leave.Therefore, if Yan Sanbai kidnapped Li Mao, it would definitely cause chaos for the other party.The absence of Li Mao, a key figure, is enough to make their next plan come to naught. "People who are used to following the crowd, once regaining their freedom, have no other possibility except to look around blankly. And this kind of freedom is more uncomfortable for them than following the crowd. Everything needs a gradual process, so next, we need to give them Create another brand-new atmosphere." Yan Sanbai erased the circle on the table, and looked at Li Yan with big eyes, "They must never have imagined that the prince would appear here."

Hearing this, Li Yan raised the corners of his lips, he was extremely interested in Yan Sanbai's plan.

But in the blink of an eye, he seemed to read the plan from Yan Sanbai's eyes.So the next day, the king of Luoyang, the world's number one magician, took his second general Humha and swaggered across the market, leaving his heroic appearance in everyone's hearts.The deliberately choreographed conversations between Yan Sanbai and Lonely are equivalent to an indoctrination lecture.

What if the fox demon is gone?Don't be afraid, look for Li Yan in Luoyang, the capital of gods.

Li Yan's figure took root in the villagers' hearts smoothly.The subsequent ancestral hall meeting was actually another form of coercion.

The person who yelled the first sentence had quietly withdrawn from the crowd, came to Zhang Yan who was waiting outside, and clasped his fists to report the task.All actions are just a slight push, and the enemy's carefully built city wall has collapsed.

Ling Ding couldn't help but admired Yan Sanbai standing behind Li Yan in a low-key and restrained manner. Under that always gentle and elegant expression, there was such a penetrating insight.And at this moment, almost no one noticed him, everyone looked at Li Yan, ignoring the real 'behind the scenes' standing behind.

At this time, Li Yan looked at the old village with an ugly face, with a vague smile on his lips, "Why? How many people have objections?"

"The villain doesn't dare." Several people hurriedly confessed, with cold sweat already on their drooping foreheads.For the first time, they felt that this ancestral hall, which had been passed down for hundreds of years and could not be invaded by outsiders, was being torn off the last fig leaf.And the whole thing, including the whole village, will be out of their control.

At the same time, in the Cai family's old house, Guan Qingci put his right hand on his waist, pressing the handle of the knife, and looked sternly at Li Mao who was tied to the chair in front of him, "My knife is very fast and accurate, so I just Let me ask you again, why stop us from investigating the case?"

"Don't, don't..." Li Mao raised his head and looked at him with difficulty, his face was pale, his eyes dodged, and his face showed struggle.The pressure of Guan Qing's resignation made him a little breathless, and he was in a dilemma.

However, the ruthless Shaoqing of Dali Temple never wastes time in this kind of place. His eyes, like blades, pierced Li Mao's defenses coldly. When the blade was unsheathed a little, Li Mao seemed to be strangled by someone. , shouted hoarsely: "I say! I say! The fire on the mountain many years ago killed people! A woman!"

Hearing this, Guan Qingci's eyes finally lit up, and he hurriedly asked, but at this moment, Li Mao really seemed to be pinched by the throat!His face turned red quickly, his whole body was pulled out, his eyes were unbelievably wide and protruding, and after only a few breaths, he suddenly swallowed his breath, making it impossible to save.

And at this moment, a gaze flashed from behind Guan Qingci.

"Who!" Guan Qingci immediately drew his sword and chased after him, but the house was empty, only a subordinate from Dali Temple was helping Cai Zhijing choose dishes and prepare lunch.

"Squeak—" the courtyard door opened, and County Magistrate Cai finally came back from the county seat. Feeling the murderous aura on Guan Qingci's body, he couldn't help but tremble, "This is... what happened?"