Sky Surveying Demon Hunt

Chapter 360 Sishui County

Lin Ji and Huang Cui did not travel fast, but within three to five days, they had already arrived at a place not far from Sishui County.

They were taking the official road, and the outline of Sishui County could already be vaguely seen in the distance.

Taking a few steps faster, the two quickly entered the county seat.

Perhaps it was because there were many merchants coming and going here, Lin Ji and Huang Cui, two outsiders, did not attract much attention.

"The vendors here are all selling fish." Huang Cui looked around curiously.

On both sides of the street, almost [-]% of the stalls sell all kinds of fish in the sea. The saying that we rely on the sea to eat the sea is indeed true.

However, because the two of them were on business, Lin Ji took Huang Cui directly to the Sishui county government office.

As soon as they came to the gate of the county government office, the guards at the gate yelled loudly.

"Stop! Who?"

Lin Ji lifted the hem of his long gown, revealing the badge at his waist.

He originally thought that the yamen servant would not stop him after he saw the token, but who would have thought that the yamen servant looked at it for a long time, frowned and said: "Why, if you have money, you want to force your way into the county government office? Who are you looking for? Wait for me to go in and give it to you." To report."

"Rich?" Lin Ji was also stunned.

"What's so great about playing a waist card with gold, who are you looking for?!" the yamen servant urged.

If it wasn't for the pure gold badge, he might not be as polite as he is now.

Huang Cui on the side laughed outright.

"Brother Lin, it seems that your badge doesn't work very well in this remote area."

"Stop laughing." Lin Ji rolled his eyes, passing by the yamen servant with fleeting momentum.

Just in an instant, the yamen servant was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat, and he sat down on the ground.

"Are you a monk?"

"The head of the Supervisory Office ordered Lin Ji to come to investigate the case, so you can report it." Lin Ji waved his hand impatiently.

He wasn't trying to intimidate the yamen servant, but he was afraid that this guy wouldn't be able to explain clearly when he went in, so he simply reported his family name directly.

"Yes, yes, I have met the adults, and the younger ones will go now." The yamen servant scrambled into the county yamen.

He said that he was asked to report, but Lin Ji didn't bother to wait outside, and soon walked into the county government office with Huang Cui.

After walking a few steps, two people came out in a hurry.

Seeing Lin Ji, the two of them immediately stopped and walked to salute.

"Chen Bingtong, magistrate of Sishui County, has met Lord Commander."

"Niu Jiu, the head of Sishui County, has met Lord Commander."

The two bowed to the end, and didn't dare to get up before Lin Ji could speak.

Ordinary county government offices, even if there is an official from You Xing, they have to take care of them carefully, for fear that something will go wrong, or there may be some lack of etiquette.

As for the commander of the fourth rank, they have never heard of it.

Chen Bingtong and Niu Jiu felt extremely disturbed when they thought that even the adults of the capital's general office were alarmed to come in person when something happened to their territory.

"Get up, go in and talk." Lin Ji waved his hand, and led Huang Cui past the two of them, directly through the hall of the county government office, and came to the back hall.

He unceremoniously sat on the main seat, and then looked at the county magistrate and the head catcher who followed in.

"Sit down, don't worry, I'm not here for you." Lin Ji said a rare word of relief.

He knew very well that his subordinates were trembling in front of the Shangguan, like walking on thin ice.

That taste is really uncomfortable.

After the two sat down cautiously, Lin Ji asked straight to the point: "The last head catcher in your county is Qi Zheng, do you remember?"

Hearing this, the county magistrate and the head catcher looked at each other.

"Remember, Qi Tutou was transferred to Sishui County together with the subordinate officials." County magistrate Chen said quickly.

Lin Ji looked at Catcher Niu Jiu again.

"I also remember that I was the demon catcher under Qi Butou at the beginning, and I replaced him after he was promoted." As he spoke, Niu Jiu asked again, "Dare to ask Master Commander, but something happened to Qi Butou?"

Lin Ji didn't answer, but continued to ask: "When Qi Zheng was in Sishui County, did he ever tell you about killing people in dreams?"

"Murder in dreams?" The voices of County Magistrate Chen and Niu Tuotou suddenly rose.

From the moment Lin Ji came in, he used the Buddhist six-way to probe the two of them, and their surprise was not feigned at this time.

"It seems that you don't know, but Qi Zheng has been hiding something deeply." Lin Ji shook his head and said bluntly, "I will give you an hour to sort out the murder files in Sishui County in recent years."

"Remember, don't miss any murder case, even if it is suicide by hanging, or other bizarre deaths, send them to me."

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Chen and Niu Tuotou both reacted.

"My lord is here for this matter?" Niu Tuotou asked.

"Huh? Do you know what I'm looking for?" Lin Ji frowned and asked quickly, "Tell me quickly."

Niu Butou nodded and said: "Dozens of people die in the county every year. I'm talking about accidental deaths. Everyone knows that there may be something wrong with this matter, but several investigations have failed."

County magistrate Chen also added: "This has been going on for several years. It happened when Chief Qi was still there. It's just that we couldn't find out the reason, or even know whether it was a demon or not, so we never reported it."

Hearing this, Lin Ji sighed lightly, and didn't bother to pursue these two's dereliction of duty.

This is also human nature.

If you don't understand the reason, how dare you ask the people above to come down to do errands.

If there is an oolong, it doesn't matter if they are ashamed, but their image of incompetence is definitely inevitable.

"Since you know, I've saved a lot of trouble." Lin Ji asked, "It's been a few years. Even if you can't find the murderer, you should have some clues, right?"

County magistrate Chen and Niu Tuotou looked at each other, and then couldn't sit still anymore, got up and knelt down in front of Lin Ji without saying a word.

Lin Ji helped his forehead.

"There is no clue, so is there a pattern? For example, one dies in a few days, or one dies after a certain sign?"

This time, the two of them kowtowed directly, and put their foreheads on the ground, still without saying a word.

Lin Ji already gritted his teeth a bit.

It's really not that the whole family doesn't enter the house.

That Qi Zheng is hateful, and these two people are not good birds.

For several years, there is no clue at all?
"There must be something wrong in the county, right? It doesn't matter about people or things!" Lin Ji threatened, "If the two of you keep silent like this, then don't blame me for being rude."

Maybe the threats had an effect, or maybe the problem was much wider this time around.

This time, the two of them at least responded.

Niu Jiu raised his head, thought hard for a while, and said, "If you ask someone who is wrong, sir, there is one."

"who is it?"

"Mr. Fang Xiucai from the private school in the county."

(End of this chapter)