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Chapter 178 Poisonous Insect
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"Come back to Yanmen Pass with me."

Wu Wen strode out the door, followed closely by Chen Zheng.

Outside the palace gate, Wu Wen rode on his horse with a wolf as the head.

Chen Zheng, who was riding a horse behind him, was so frightened when he saw the horse-headed wolf for the first time that his legs went limp. He couldn't help but think in his heart: He is worthy of being the Marquis of Dingxiang who is feared in the northern border. We can see how strong he is just by looking at this strange beast. No wonder he could take the head of the Turkic Khan in the midst of thousands of troops as easily as taking something from a bag.

"go!"

At a command, Wu Wen rode his wolf-headed horse towards the city gate.

On the street, when such a huge creature passed by, although the people on both sides were frightened and hurriedly dodged, the fear in their eyes was not as great as imagined.

Because everyone in Dingxiang City knew that their Dingxiang Marquis had tamed a strange beast as a mount, and those who had lived here for a long time had the opportunity to see it once or twice.

After leaving Dingxiang City, we galloped all the way.

Wu Wen, Chen Zheng, and a group of followers soon arrived at Yanmen Pass.

However, when Wu Wengang entered the pass and arrived at the gate of the county government, he unexpectedly met Cheng Yaojin's daughter Cheng Tiehuan who came to greet him.

When she saw the horse-headed wolf that Wu Wen was sitting on, she was startled at first, and then she kept looking at it curiously.

"Master Hou!"

Cheng Tiehuan stepped forward and saluted with a smile.

"Why are you here?" Wu Wen asked curiously.

"My Lord, I came here with a caravan. I was originally heading to Dingxiang City, but when I passed Yanmen Pass, I heard about what happened here, so I stayed here temporarily to find out what happened."

"But unfortunately, I have been searching for a long time but still have no clue, so I will ask County Magistrate Chen to invite you."

After hearing Cheng Tiehuan say that she had been investigating for a long time, Wu Wen asked her, "Tell me what you have found out."

He got off the wolf horse and walked towards the government office, listening to Cheng Tiehuan talking behind him.

She first talked about some of the phenomena she saw at the scene: the doors and windows of the deceased's home were all closed, there were no signs of any damage, and there were no other ways to enter.

In addition to the unusual circumstances of death and the lack of any connection between the deceased, people died randomly every night.

Therefore, Cheng Tiehuan also guessed that this was probably not man-made, but the work of evil spirits.

After listening to her detailed account, Wu Wen kept pondering the case in his mind.

"Where are the bodies of the dead?" Wu Wen asked.

Chen Zheng, who was following behind him, replied, "It's in the morgue behind the government office."

"Take me to see it."

"Master Marquis, please!"

Under the leadership of Chen Zheng, Wu Wen came to the morgue.

Because these corpses have been here for a long time, there is a foul smell coming from the dead bodies.

"Who is the latest corpse?" Wu Wen asked.

Chen Zheng pointed to the body on the far right of the wooden board. Wu Wen walked over, uncovered the straw mat covering it, and instantly saw the body underneath that was burnt beyond recognition.

After his investigation, Wu Wen discovered that although the body looked like it was burned to death, it was not.

The burnt marks on the body were actually caused by something extremely corrosive. It just looked like it was burned by fire, but the inside of the body was still intact.

Wu Wen looked at a few more bodies and now he had some guesses in his mind.

Then, he said to Chen Zheng: "Take me to the crime scene."

"Master Marquis, please!"

Under Chen Zheng's leadership, Wu Wen came to the nearest house. Since it was immediately blocked by the government officials, the damage on the scene was not serious.

From the moment he entered the door, Wu Wen carefully observed the situation around him, not missing any clues.

So, when he just entered the inner room and came to the bed where the deceased was lying before his death, he suddenly found something unusual in the corner of the bed.

Wu Wen leaned over and gently picked up something with his hands.

Behind him, Chen Zheng and Cheng Tiehuan, who followed him, curiously stretched their heads to look at what Wu Wen was holding in his hand. They saw that what he was holding on his fingertips seemed to be half of the body of a dead ant.

"really!"

Seeing what he found on the ground, Wu Wen smiled slightly.

At this moment, he could conclude that there was no evil behind this bizarre case, but the culprit was this thing on his finger: an extremely special insect.

The body of this insect is rich in highly acidic venom. If it is slapped to death or crushed, the venom in its body will flow out and may cause corrosive damage to the skin, just like being burned by fire.

At that time in the morgue, Wu Wen saw some remains of insect corpses on the bodies of the dead. Those were because the insects crawled onto the bodies of the dead and were then beaten to death or crushed, leaving behind some broken limbs.

Judging from the condition of the corpse, there were quite a few of these insects, and they must have been crawling all over his body, which is why he died so tragically.

Now that the mystery of the evil has been uncovered, the next thing will be easy.

First of all, this kind of insect is definitely not local to Yanmen Pass, because if it were local, then everyone should know about its existence.

Therefore, the sudden appearance of this insect, and in such large numbers, must have been caused by humans.

I just don't know what their purpose is in doing this?
But it doesn't matter.

Because Wu Wen planned to wait in ambush at night, as long as the person behind the scenes showed up, he would be caught red-handed.

After returning to the government office, Wu Wen first took a short rest.

At night, he came to the roof of the government office, stood on the high place, and overlooked the entire Yanmen Pass.

Beside him, Cheng Tiehuan followed him curiously.

Although Wu Wen did not tell everyone what he had discovered today, Cheng Tiehuan could see that Wu Wen had already uncovered the secret.

And the case had to be solved tonight, so she followed him to see what was going on.

As night falls, darkness falls.

Wu Wen stayed quietly on the roof.

After waiting for more than an hour.

Sure enough, in the quiet Yanmen Pass, some figures were moving slowly in the dark.

Wu Wen looked up at them, only to find that these figures were actually moving towards the government office.

He just laughed at this.

Because he already understood that these people's purpose was to target him.

In other words, these people were causing trouble at Yanmen Pass and releasing poisonous insects to harm people in order to lure Wu Wen from Dingxiang.

"interesting!"

Looking at these people surrounding him from all directions, Wu Wen slowly stood up.

How dare someone set his sights on him? Then he couldn't just kill them.

He wanted to take a closer look at who was behind these people and what their purpose was.
Wu Wen leaped straight down from the roof.

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(End of this chapter)