chewing dragon

Chapter 161
Qi Jingzhi suddenly opened his mouth and let out a breath of foul air, as if a block in his heart suddenly opened.

It wasn't until now that he realized later that after he came out of the Ascending Immortal Cave, there was always a cloud of depression in his heart, and he didn't condense the heart of the angry crane along with his various emotions, thoughts and anger at that time, but It is like a shadow, hidden under the bottom of the crane's shoes and under the wings.

Surprised, Qi Jingzhi reflected on himself, studied the root cause, and then suddenly realized.

Although he agreed to Old Wei very straightforwardly at the beginning, he would definitely return the Chijin Sword to Baiyun Palace in Jiuzhen County, but he always had a regret deep in his heart, and he didn't want Donghai Golden Sword Wei to die silently in the mountains like this , From then on, he disappeared into oblivion, and ended up in a desolate end where both his body and his name were wiped out.

The idea of ​​returning the red golden knife to the Wei family and letting Wei's reputation and achievements continue to be passed on, this idea flashed into Qi Jingzhi's mind more than once, but he kept forgetting about it.

After all, in the final analysis, this was just his Qi Jingzhi's whim, but it was contrary to Lao Wei's last wish.Not to mention that warlocks are a dead end with no future, and the red gold sword is something that has its own owner. The future is really unpredictable.

However, for practitioners, if they never forget, there will be echoes.

This idea that Qi Jingzhi never wanted to think about not only did not gradually dissipate, but quietly grew, it really had to make him secretly vigilant.

Although I don't know what the consequences would be if we didn't have today's experience and let him hide it ignorantly, but as long as we compare it with the sudden and sudden catastrophe of fascination, we know that it is definitely not a good thing.

Just as he was thinking about it, all the people in the Changle county government had already surrounded Wei Bao. They wanted to congratulate him, but they couldn't do so because the timing was wrong. The envy in their eyes was undisguised.

Only the young green-robed official bowed his hands towards Qi Jingzhi, and said, "My official, Cui Zitao, is the county magistrate of Changle. I don't know what your name is?"

Qi Jingzhi returned a salute, and said frankly: "Qi Jingzhi from Linzhou has registered as a police officer at the Modu Lieutenant's Office in Huaide County, this state. He came to Liaozhou this time because of Duke Wei's last wish. Return the red gold knife."

Hearing this, Cui Zitao was taken aback for a moment, and then said seriously: "Your Excellency, you are not interested in these rare treasures, and just because of a promise, you will travel thousands of miles alone to restore the red gold knife and jade to its owner. A true and sincere gentleman, Cui Much appreciated!"

Qi Jingzhi shook his head: "Duke Wei has saved my life, what I have done is really not worth mentioning."

"I see……"

Cui Zitao was a little surprised, he was silent for a while before continuing: "Wei Gong's reputation for chivalry spreads in the East China Sea, I don't want such a disaster to happen to the family after his death!"

"Now that Wei Bao has inherited Duke Wei's mantle, he should take on the responsibility of being the head of the family and quickly cooperate with the government to find out the real culprit. Please help Cui to persuade him."

Qi Jingzhi nodded, and immediately looked at Wei Bao, but before he could speak, he heard Wei Bao take the initiative to say: "Xianzun, Wei suffered a big change earlier, and lost his mind for a while, please don't blame him!"

As he spoke, he turned sideways, holding the red gold knife tightly with one hand, and pointed the other hand toward the door: "Please invite Mr. En and everyone to enter. Although Wei Bao is the only one left in the Wei family, we will definitely let him in." I will try my best to repay the crime, and I only hope that the real murderer will subdue the law and avenge the family's wronged souls!"

The voice of this tall and thin young man was still hoarse and deep, but he spoke in a very orderly manner, and his words and sentences were obviously carefully considered. He obviously regarded himself as the head of the Wei family and was trying his best to support the family with only one person left.

Seeing this, Cui Zitao was not in a hurry to enter the door, but solemnly said to Wei Bao with a solemn expression: "As the head of a county, it is Cui's responsibility to avenge the people's grievances!"

"Last night, the Tiangou fell into the city, and today the city is full of rumors, but such a horrific tragedy happened to your family, so after I received the report from Lizheng, I sent my confidant family members to take Cui's name card and go to suppress the demons." The Captain's Office invites Captain Ji to come in person."

"He was born in the Bohai Ji family. He has far-reaching knowledge and profound cultivation. If there are evil spirits and ghosts, they will definitely not be able to escape his eyes!"

"As for our top priority, before Captain Ji arrives, we should first clarify the situation in the mansion, such as the number of victims, the cause of death, whether there are missing persons, whether there are property losses, where did the murderer break in, Where did he escape from, did he leave any clues..."

"It's just that if you want to find out these things, you will inevitably have to let the county government's arresters enter the hall, and you will be disrespectful to the dead. If it is an ordinary time, you will naturally need the master to follow the whole process, but right now..."

Hearing this, Wei Bao immediately responded without hesitation: "Urgently follow the authority! Wei has heard about the county's respect for a long time, not to mention that Wei has already said that he will do his best!"

"Since that's the case, please don't blame me if you disturb or offend me!" Cui Zitao immediately nodded to Wei Bao.

He immediately looked at the rest of the people, and said in a rather stern tone: "Now that the Wei family is small, you each choose capable confidantes from the fast class, and you must do it yourself. Don't pretend to help those white servants with dirty hands and feet. Everyone After the investigation is over, you are not allowed to leave without authorization, and you must gather in front of the official to answer!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone including Na Dianshi agreed awe-inspiringly.

"There is one last sentence to remind everyone, money is easy to get and not easy to spend, but Jin Daowei's favor is real! Well, leave a job to follow, and you can go on your own errands!"

Cui Zitao waved his hand, and then, accompanied by Wei Bao, entered the house with Qi Jingzhi.

Right now, he is so powerful, and he invited Zhenmo Duwei to come here by sending family members and using private posts. Qi Jingzhi knew that Cui County magistrate might be born in an extraordinary family, but he could do things with such sincerity. Talking is undoubtedly a good thing, at least the loss of property can be less.

Not long after, the three of them entered the east room of the main hall together with a fellow who followed, and saw an old man lying on the bed with his eyes closed. There was also a lot of blood dripping under the bed.

Wei Bao's breathing was a little short, and he said in a deep voice, "This is the ancestor of the family. When I returned home, his old man had already been killed, and the quilt fell on the ground. I picked it up and covered it."

As he spoke, he walked to the bed carefully avoiding the blood on the ground, and gently lifted the brocade quilt.

Qi Jingzhi and Cui Zitao took two steps forward, and saw that the old man was only wearing white pajamas, which was already wet with blood, his collar was open, and there was a terrifying blood hole on his chest.

The strange thing is that the old man's expression is very serene, without any sign of pain, he should have died in his sleep unconsciously.

Without letting that scorpion do anything, Wei Bao respectfully kowtowed to the old man's body, followed the scorpion's instructions, stripped off the dead man's pajamas with his own hands, and showed the three of them inside and out. Except for the blood, there was nothing wrong with it. No foreign matter, no signs of tearing or damage.

The next step is to check the most conspicuous chest wound. Judging from the traces, it seems that it was torn open by a fierce beast with sharp claws. The heart inside has disappeared, and a closer inspection reveals that the lower part of the liver is also gone. .

After that, lift the eyelids, open the mouth, part the hair, turn the body over, check the back of the head, seven orifices, neck, armpits, finger crevices, perineum, soles of the feet, etc., and then carefully examine the skin and bones of the whole body. Grope around to make sure there are no other traumas.

After the preliminary autopsy without using a knife, Wei Bao, who was sweating profusely with tears in his eyes, put on the old man's body in pajamas, put it back in its original position, and covered it lightly The brocade quilt respectfully kowtowed four more times in front of the bed.

Qi Jingzhi saw that the appearance of the deceased was somewhat similar to that of Old Wei, he couldn't help but lower his eyes slightly, and turned to look around the room, but saw that except for the bloody mess on the bed, the rest of the place was in order, without any abnormality.

The three of them built the East House together, and inspected many places in a row. Although it was not as detailed as at the beginning, it was enough to confirm that the causes of death of Wei Bao's close relatives were the same as those of his grandfather, and there were no fights in the houses. Signs of life-threatening and property being turned over.

The most frightening thing is that the positions and sizes of the blood holes in the chests of all the deceased are almost the same. It seems that there is only one murderer, and this murderer enters the house as if no one is there, and easily kills all the members of the Wei clan in their sleep. As soon as he killed and took away his heart and liver, no one noticed.

"Although I didn't read the whole thing, but I only saw it with my own eyes. There are dozens of members of the Wei clan who died like this. There are also many servants and servants on the uncle's side, and there are also no survivors."

After inspecting the corpses of his close relatives by himself, Wei Bao's energy that he had managed to raise up was almost exhausted. At this time, he stood in the courtyard with a haggard look, and his tone was extremely desolate.

Cui Zitao waved his hand to let Wu Zuo back down, opened his mouth to gently exhale the turbid air in his stomach, and couldn't help frowning: "To be able to kill so many people silently, even if they are not demons, they must have used extraordinary means! In this city There are rumors of evil spirits robbing people's hearts, and there are people who commit big crimes in the same way, I'm afraid..."

Qi Jingzhi on the side nodded, already hearing the unfinished meaning in Cui County Magistrate's words.

He used the method of observing the wind and color when he was investigating just now. Except for the golden energy scattered everywhere in this house, it is still stronger than the outside. If there is anything special, it is that so many people died and died. There was so much blood, but not even the slightest bit of bloody aura could be seen.

Qi Jingzhi pondered for a while, then turned his left hand over suddenly, and took out the Yinsha candlestick.

The blood flame suddenly lit up, and it seemed to be much brighter than before, covering his eyes with a layer of bloody color.

The young man raised his eyes and looked around, but what he saw was different, but apart from the increasingly dazzling golden energy and the light band formed by the red golden knife echoing each other, there was still nothing unusual.

Qi Jingzhi couldn't help frowning. Such a bloody case here must have alarmed the City God's Yin Division. Even if those ghosts and gods don't care about the murders in the world, they should send people to keep patrolling to prevent the dead spirits from lingering and turning into resentful ghosts. However, his eyes As far as I can tell, there is no sign of half a ghost in the sky.

He shook his head, and was about to extinguish the blood flame of Yinsha, when he suddenly saw a strange color in his eyes.

Qi Jingzhi immediately turned his eyes to look, and saw a blurred green mark on Cui Zitao's sleeve.

He immediately took a closer look, and saw that the mark was blue in color, its size and shape were a little like a child's fingerprint, and there was an ominous green and black aura around the edge.

"This is……"

Qi Jingzhi stared at this strange trace, and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

He immediately circled around Cui Zitao, roughly followed the steps of his autopsy and carefully looked at him for a long while, but he did not find any similar traces.

Qi Jingzhi thought for a while, then turned around and walked into the room of a deceased person to check again, but no similar findings were found either on the body or anywhere in the room.

"Destroy!"

The blood flame of Yinsha was extinguished immediately, and the young swordsman who walked back to the courtyard reappeared in front of the other two.

Qi Jingzhi glanced at Cui Zitao's sleeve, at this moment there was no blood piercing through the netherworld, so he couldn't see anything unusual at all.

Cui Zitao saw him suddenly disappear and then reappear, looking at him clearly with scrutiny, suspicion and even guarding, and also a bit of sympathy for unknown reasons, all in all, the meaning is extremely complicated.

The young county magistrate couldn't help being startled, and when he blinked and looked at Qi Jing again, he only saw a pair of strange eyes glowing with haze, which were very bright and dazzling, but he could no longer read the slightest thought or emotion from them.

At this moment, an old man dressed as a servant walked into the courtyard, bent slightly towards Cui Zitao, and called softly, "Master."

Cui Zitao suddenly came back to his senses, seeing that the owner of those strange eyes had turned his head to look at his old servant, he also turned his head and asked, "Has Captain Ji come?"

Cui's old servant didn't seem to notice Qi Jingzhi's scrutiny, he just lowered his head slightly and replied: "When the old slave left, there was only one door left in the Zhenmo Duwei's office. There was a vision of the Tengu falling into the city, and at this time not only was Captain Ji not in the city, but also his subordinates, the military officer, the police officer, and most of the military officers were also on business."

"What? Is there not even one who can take care of it?" Cui Zitao couldn't help being stunned.

Cui's old servant did not raise his eyes, his head or his body, and he still replied slowly: "There was a meritorious Cao in charge, but he was called away early in the morning by the people from Anfenghoufu. Hou personally sent a message, saying that there is something wrong with a bearded slave who herds cows in the mansion, and he needs to report to the Zhenmodu Lieutenant's Office."

"A bearded slave who herds cattle? Is a servant worthy of Marquis Ding's personal attention?"

Cui Zitao was puzzled at first when he heard the words, then his expression changed: "The one whose surname is Ge Shu?"

Listening to his voice, he actually knew Geshu Dashi, at least he also knew Geshu's bloodline thaumaturgy.

"The official office of Zhen Mo Du Lieutenant doesn't know the details, and this old servant dare not speak falsely. The old servant was afraid of missing the young master's business, so he immediately went to wait outside Anfenghou's mansion, but he waited for a long time, but he didn't see the meritorious officer come out. Instead, the county guard and the county army came together with the two adults, as if they wanted to pay a visit to Marquis Ding."

Even when Marquis Ding, the governor of the county and the commander of the county army were mentioned, the tone of Cui's old servant did not change at all, and he still spoke in a calm and detailed manner.

"Fortunately, the governor of the county knew the old slave, and after asking the reason, he led me into the mansion. Ding Hou will discuss with several adults for a while, and let the old slave come back first and tell the young master that there seems to be a monster in the city who wants to do something wrong. It is inappropriate for so many corpses in Weijia Lane to be scattered in various houses, and there may be some troubles again, so we can collect them first and stop them in the back garden of Baiyun Palace, and then deal with them after Captain Ji returns."

Hearing this, Cui Zitao was about to nod, when he suddenly heard someone beside him coughing lightly.

Everyone cast their eyes following the sound, and saw Qi Jingshang took a step forward, and asked with a smile to Cui's old servant: "Dare to ask, old man, who is it from you to put the dead man of the Wei family in Baiyun Palace?" From the adults?"

(End of this chapter)