On the Avenue.

Chapter 205 Hu Village
When the officials saw so many corpses, they quickly reported it to the Zheng Palace. Not long after, Zheng Rui, the Marquis of Zheng, led the Chief Justice, the Dianshi, the Coroner and others to Yanzhi Lane.

After eunuch Sanbao died, his stepson was made a marquis and given the fief of Yudu, which was inherited by the family from generation to generation.

Zheng Rui is the marquis of this generation. He is an extremely calm man with unfathomable cultivation.

But even though Lord Zheng was knowledgeable and experienced, he couldn't help but gasp when he arrived at the crime scene.

Dead body.

There were corpses everywhere.

There were two courtyards, door to door. Three bodies were found in one courtyard, all of them women, and their deaths were extremely tragic. One woman died because her throat and blood vessels were broken, one woman had her brain pierced by a brush, and the third woman had her neck broken, her internal organs shattered, and her back completely rotten.

But Zhuge Dianshi said that there were two women, one was in the well and was blown to pieces, and the other was left with only a pool of blood.

Lord Zheng and the Chief Justice looked carefully and only found bloodstains in the well. As for the pool of blood on the ground, it was hard to tell that it was from a human being. I wonder how Dianshi Zhuge could tell that.

"The murderer used a very strange spell to put the dead into an extremely small space and crushed him."

Zhuge Dianshi pinched a ball of blood and rubbed it vigorously. After the blood dried, he checked the bone fragments inside and reaffirmed his judgment, "This blood plasma is the deceased."

They came to the street again, where Zhuge Dianshi was checking the bodies of the old women.

These old women were all killed while they were fleeing. Two people were dead on this street, three people were dead on the second street, and two people were dead on the third street.

Zhuge Dianshi said, "There is another person. He should be practicing the golden body technique, but the thugs broke his golden body and blew him up."

The judge couldn't help but ask, "How did you figure that out?"

Zhuge Dianshi said, "Sir, please touch this door."

The judge came to the door and touched it. There were some misty blood stains on the door, but they were thicker than blood and had a fishy smell.

Zhuge Dianshi said: "If you lick it, you will find that it is blood plasma mixed with flesh foam."

The judge was about to lick it, but upon hearing this, he quickly wiped the blood off his hands and said in a lost voice: "This thing is human flesh mixed with human blood? How could it be broken into pieces like this?"

"Sir, the power of the golden body technique will dissipate once the golden body is broken."

Zhuge Dianshi said, "The higher the level of cultivation, the more severe the attack when the power is dispersed. This person's power is extremely high, and she has trained her body to be invulnerable to swords and guns. Even a three-barreled fire gun cannot hurt her at all. Even if she eats a bowl of bullets and the gunpowder explodes in her stomach, she will be unharmed. But her golden body has been broken, and the huge power that maintains the golden body will explode, but there is nowhere to vent, causing her body to become more and more bloated."

He adjusted the musket behind him, squatted down, found a drop of blood that had not yet dried from the corner of the wall, twisted it with his fingers, and said: "During the explosion, her flesh and blood were crushed and her bones turned into powder. If you pinch these blood beads carefully, you can feel bone powder. This person should be the owner of Yanzhi Lane, ma'am."

Lord Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Zhuge Dianshi, you described it so carefully, and you know who the deceased is. Did you kill him?"

Zhuge Dianshi shook his head and said, "I came to Yanzhi Lane to drink wine and met the lady. I suspected that she had special skills and tested her skills. One of her hands turned golden, so I guessed that she had a golden body."

The three of them came to the house opposite.

The judge looked around and said, "There are seven bodies lying here."

"Eleven."

Zhuge Dianshi said, "There is one hanging on the wall, two in the room, and one on the roof."

The judge's face turned slightly red, he coughed, and asked, "How did these people die?"

Zhuge Dianshi picked up a hairpin from the ground, touched the hollow copper ball under the hairpin with his finger, and it made a crisp sound like a bell, and said, "Sir, this is the murder weapon."

Lord Zheng and the judge looked at the hairpin and frowned: "Isn't it a magic weapon?"

They originally thought that the murderer had used a magic weapon to kill so many people, but they didn't expect it was just an ordinary hairpin, not even a talisman or a talisman weapon.

Talismans are made of peach wood, jade, paper or the like, and can be engraved with one or more talismans. They can be sacrificed when needed, but can only be used once or twice before their power is exhausted.

The talisman soldiers were branded with talismans on weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds. When the qi and blood flowed into them, they could unleash their power and injure people. As long as the talisman soldiers were not destroyed and the talisman branding was not erased, they could be used continuously.

Magical weapons are relatively rare. Treasures such as the Sheep-Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, the Jade Seal of the Western King, the Book of the Earth, and the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls can be called magic weapons.

It was surprising that the murderer in Yanzhi Lane did not use a magic weapon, a talisman or a weapon to kill people, but just the most ordinary hairpin.

"To use the most common objects to kill people, the murderer is either extremely confident in his ability and rampant, or he kills people frequently."

Zhuge Dianshi examined the bodies and made a judgment, saying, "This murderer is both confident and rampant, and he kills people frequently. The wounds on the bodies are often fatal. I have seen similar wounds before..."

He paused here and didn't continue.

He saw familiar tire tracks. Although he did not find any black dog hair, a sense of familiarity came over him.

"spiritualism!"

Zhuge Dianshi gave orders to the coroner, who immediately took out the necromancy talismans to summon the souls of these old ladies.

"Master Zhuge, you can't summon the soul!" said the coroner.

Zhuge Dianshi exhaled a breath of foul air and muttered in his heart, "Has he come to Yudu? Last time, I resigned as Dianshi of Shuiniu County because of him. I finally got a job in Yudu, but he caught up with me again?"

"Zhuge Dianshi, Zhuge Dianshi... Zhuge Jian!"

Lord Zheng called him several times, but he didn't respond, so he called out his real name and shouted, "What are you daydreaming about? What else do you have?"

Zhuge Jian calmed down and bowed, saying, "My Lord, the villain has cultivated a golden body, which is not as indestructible as a diamond, but is not inferior to a golden body. His cultivation is still at the Golden Core stage, and he has not yet cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage..."

The judge interrupted him and asked, "How do you know that the murderer has not achieved Nascent Soul?"

Lord Zheng's eyes fell on him, and Zhuge Jian suddenly felt pressured and replied, "Sir, the Golden Body of the Great Baoguo Temple cannot be fully passed on to a prostitute like you, so she has never cultivated a real Golden Body. With the strength of the murderer, if he has cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, then there is no need to use the means of breaking the Golden Body to kill you, and you can directly shock her to death with a heavy method. Therefore, I guess he is at the Golden Core stage."

Lord Zheng and the Chief Justice both frowned.

With the cultivation level of Jindan realm, he fought against a great master of Yuanying realm and broke the opponent's golden body in one encounter. This method is too powerful!

"Where did the criminals take these young prostitutes?"

The judge asked, "How could he leave Yudu with so many young prostitutes under our noses?"

Zhuge Jian said: "When he killed the fourth woman, he put her into an extremely small space. He can use this magic to kill people, and he can also use this magic to hide people. There are more than 20 prostitutes here, and he only needs a palm-sized box to hide them all."

The judge frowned and whispered, "How can I explain to you if I can't solve the case?"

Zhuge Jian was awed, and bowed, saying, "Most likely you know who the murderer is, so there is no need for you to worry."

Lord Zheng nodded gently and said, "After all, this matter is the fault of our government. We still need to inform the young master and apologize to him. This government will contact the young master personally and tell him about this matter."

He paused and said, "Zhuge Jian, you have also received favors from the young master. If you know any clues about the murderer, you must not conceal it."

Zhuge Jian bowed even lower: "I dare not."

At this time, several men in short coats and long straight pants pushed through the crowd and entered the yard. They looked quite ferocious. When they saw Lord Zheng and the others, they were startled and their arrogance disappeared. They bowed and said, "Greetings, gentlemen."

Lord Zheng glanced at those people and sneered, "There was a murder in Yanzhi Lane. When will it be Luban Sect's turn to intervene?"

The leading man kowtowed immediately and said, "I am Situ Wen, the humble servant. I greet the Marquis! I greet the Chief Justice!"

The judge said with a smile, "Situ Wen, get up. I know you and the old lady were in love, and you are sadder than anyone else when she died. But this murder case is our Yudu Prefecture's business, so don't interfere."

The head of Luban Sect, Situ Wen, changed his expression slightly and leaned forward and said, "This matter is not only about Yudu Prefecture, but also about you! Luban Sect will definitely intervene!" "You!"

The judge was about to say something, but Lord Zheng raised his hand to stop him and said, "I will go back to the Zheng Palace and contact the young master. You stay and continue to investigate the case."

The judge said yes.

Lord Zheng left, and when he walked out of Yanzhi Lane, his brows suddenly frowned and he sighed.

"The boy, the scholar and the young master, two taboos collide, why should I be caught in the middle?"

He just felt a splitting headache. Others didn't know that the murderer was Chen Shi, but he knew it very well. Before entering the city, Chen Shi had flown a bird over the city to explore the geography of Yudu, and even let the bird fly into the Zheng Palace. The person who shot down all the birds with a wave of his hand was the Marquis Zheng.

He knew Chen Shi's background very well.

The attitude of the Zheng Palace towards Xijing has always been non-interference and non-involvement. The Zheng family is not among the thirteen noble families, but they know all the major events in the world. Lord Zheng knows who Chen Shi is better than anyone else.

"If he dies in my Yudu, the people of Yudu will be buried with him!"

Thinking of this, his head became bigger and more painful.

Arriving at the Zheng Palace, Lord Zheng was about to contact the young master, but the chief steward came over and said, "Lord, I have already contacted the young master."

Lord Zheng raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "Zhang Ji, you did a good job. However, you are the chief steward of my Zheng Palace, not the chief steward of the young master."

The chief steward Zhang Ji bowed and said, "There is no difference between being loyal to the Marquis and being loyal to the young master."

Lord Zheng was a little angry. He waved his hand and said unhappily, "Get out."

"Yes, sir." The chief steward Zhang Ji withdrew.

"return!"

Lord Zheng called him, his eyes flickering, and asked, "What did the young master tell you?"

The chief steward Zhang Ji said: "The young master was in Lingzhou (prototype, Massachusetts), visiting the Xu family. He was very angry when he heard about this. The young master said that we should make the decision on this matter ourselves, and the Marquis should not ask about it. The Marquis can contact the young master, and the young master will definitely inform the Marquis."

Lord Zheng said indifferently: "No need. Get out."

"Yes, sir." The chief steward Zhang Ji bowed and left.

Lord Zheng watched him go away, sighed, and whispered: "Is this Prince Zheng's Mansion owned by the Zheng family or the young master... However, this matter concerns the lives of millions of people in Yudu, so I can't help but ask about it."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei were sitting in the car. Nana stared at the black pot trotting in front of her. The little girl was angry and seemed to be holding a grudge. She believed that the dog was the evil spirit and was waiting for the dog to show its true form.

Hu Feifei held the compass and controlled the direction of the wooden cart, calling Hei Guo from time to time to show it the way.

After half an hour, they were more than a hundred miles away from Yudu City and finally arrived at a not-too-large mountain village.

The geography of this mountain village is very peculiar. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which are branches of Henggong Mountain. However, on the flat ground in the middle, there is an abrupt and lonely mountain.

In front of the hill is a pond of about thirty to forty acres in area. When the wooden cart passes by, bubbles gurgle up from the bottom of the water.

When Chen Shi saw this scene, he thought to himself, "Under this mountain, there must be a royal tomb!"

"This mountain is called Xiaoqingqiu. There are many trees on the mountain. Our Hu Village is on the mountain."

Hu Feifei said to Chen Shi, "There is a big tomb at the foot of the mountain, but it is empty. It has been robbed."

The wooden cart drove into the village. There were fertile fields at the foot of the mountain, with corn, mulberry and rice planted, chickens and ducks in flocks, and handsome men and beautiful women in the village, dressed in bright clothes and elegant in conversation. There were also some octogenarians, with white hair, but vigorous.

However, female foxes are often respected in the village, while male foxes have a lower status.

There is actually a private school in the village. A fox spirit who looks like a scholar and behaves like a human being teaches a group of little foxes to read and write and practice magic.

They often have human appearance, and only the little foxes look like foxes, but they also stand up, walk on two feet, wear small clothes, and speak like humans.

They can't transform yet.

The elders of Hu Village came to greet her. When they met Hu Feifei, they kowtowed and said, "Grandma is here! What evil wind blew Grandma to Hu Village today?"

Chen Shi looked at her in surprise, and Hu Feifei quickly explained: "Our fox clan is divided into the ancestral line and the side branches. I am from the ancestral line, so I am of a higher generation, not older. Don't call me grandma, understand?"

She scolded the elders of Hu Village, saying, "You call me old!"

"Okay, Grandma Fei."

The elders welcomed them into the village, and then the handsome men and beautiful women in the village ran out, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Hu Feifei, and said in unison: "Greetings, Grandma Fei!"

Hu Feifei looked worried and muttered, "I just don't like coming to the fox tribe's village..."

The vixens looked at Chen Shi, and the elder whispered, "Is this your uncle?"

"What uncle?"

Hu Feifei shouted, "Have you ever seen an uncle who doesn't even have a beard? This is Brother Chen! The sworn brother of Chief Xiaoliang, he is from the old Chen family. Do you know how to call him?"

"Grandpa Chen!" The foxes kowtowed to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi was at a loss.

The elder asked, "Grandma Fei, where is Old Master Chen?"

Hu Feifei said: "He passed away."

The elder of the clan said happily: "God has eyes! Now our clan leader will not be led astray!"

Hu Feifei glared at her, told her about rescuing the girls, and said, "Can you arrange it?"

"Leave it to us!" said the fox cultivator, patting his chest.

Chen Shi invited the girls out, took out three thousand taels of silver notes as their daily expenses, and said, "Please take good care of them."

He was still worried, so he stayed in the village to see how the vixens would deal with the girls.

Those fox spirits cut wood and made bricks to build houses for them. They also sent fox spirits to buy daily necessities such as pots, pans, beddings, etc. Some fox spirits took them to private schools to teach them how to practice.

Soon the girls became familiar with the vixens and didn't feel that they were different at all.

The vixens also felt that their words and actions were full of charm, even more vixen-like than those of other vixens, and they unconsciously developed a desire to get close to them.

Seeing this, Chen Shi felt relieved.

At this time, a little fox ran over and shouted, "Grandpa Chen, Grandpa Chen! There's an official outside looking for you!"

Chen Shi was slightly startled: "Official looking for me? I'm in Yudu, I don't know any official."

He walked out of Hu Village and saw an official standing outside the village. He looked exhausted and must have walked a long way.

"Chen Shi."

Zhuge Jian heard the footsteps, looked up, and said with a smile, "You've committed a crime again!"

(End of this chapter)