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Chapter 138 The culprit appears
At this point, some of the words that everyone had been holding in their hearts were finally spoken out without any scruples.

The suspicion of Champa Bureau and Shanhe Bureau is growing!

It’s been more than three months, one person dies every few days, and there’s still no clue?
The evil spirit not only breaks into houses and eats people, but also goes even further and breaks into the Extermination of Filth Division and the Mountain and River Division to commit crimes?
Isn’t it too unbelievable?
The evil spirit that has the ability to do all this is already able to swallow up Shanhe County in one gulp.

Running to Champa, eating them one by one, and playing with Quhuisi?

Then there is only one possibility, it’s not that it can’t be found out, but someone doesn’t want it to be found out!

For example, as Xu Yuan said before, he deliberately arranged for an ordinary captain to clean up the scene with anger in his heart.

But Xu Yuan still had doubts in his mind: this "ghost gauze curtain" was found in Lu Qiuyang's body. Some of the previous victims had their autopsies done, but this thing was not found. Why?
The biggest difference between Lu Qiuyang and other victims is that Lu Qiuyang is a seventh-rate cultivator.

Is it because it is difficult to take down that this loophole is left behind?
"Senior," Xu Yuan asked, "Can this ghost gauze curtain be retracted after it's released?"

Fifth Aunt smiled and said, "You are all Xiao Luhua's friends. You don't have to be so polite. Just follow her and call me Fifth Aunt."

"Yes, Fifth Aunt."

"The ghost yarn tent cannot be retracted, but every time you release it, you have to cut off a piece. With this small piece, it will be easier to weave later."

Xu Yuan nodded in understanding: "Thank you Fifth Aunt for clearing up my doubts. I don't have any more questions."

Lang Xiaoba looked uneasy beside him.

He had been following Inspector Xu stubbornly because he was scolded by Inspector Zhu.

Unexpectedly, I heard something I shouldn't have heard for no apparent reason!

Man-made disaster!

Who said?
Will Inspector Xu think that I was sent by the agency to monitor them?

Next...according to the usual routine, I should be told to "shut up"!

"Pa!" Lang Xiaoba, who was distracted, was suddenly patted on the shoulder. He jumped up in fright: "Ah——"

Yu Yunhang asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Lang Xiaoba looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him.

"We are leaving, are you still staying here?" Yu Yunhang asked.

I just called out to this guy, but he acted like he didn't hear me. I went over and patted him and he jumped up. What happened?
Lang Xiaoba nodded quickly: "Oh, let's go."

Xu Yuan brought Lang Xiaoba to see Fifth Aunt, firstly because this guy had already made his attitude very clear and it would be difficult to get rid of him today.

Secondly, many people have seen the mesh filaments, so there is no need to keep it secret.

Three... This guy was probably not sent to keep an eye on me, otherwise I wouldn't have sent him away with just one sentence yesterday.

His level is too low, even if there are any secrets in the Champa Office... he cannot access them.

If he were to be the one to keep watch, with his skill level, if he really discovered something, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to go back and tip off...

After leaving the inn, Xu Yuan asked him, "Is there anyone in the Champa office who practices 'female weaving'?"

Lang Xiaoba shook his head without even thinking: "No one is repairing this. My lord, it must be someone from the Mountain and River Division who is causing trouble and using this as an excuse to extend their claws."

Xu Yuan remained noncommittal.

"Go back to the office first."

After Fifth Aunt came, Xu Yuan felt at ease.

Even if there are real problems with the Champa Office, once relations break out, our side will not be at a disadvantage.

The group hurried back to the yamen, but before they arrived they saw a captain standing at the street corner, craning his neck to look around.

Seeing several people coming back, he ran forward and shouted anxiously: "The adults are finally back!" "What happened again?" Xu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that someone from the Extermination of Filth Department was killed again?
The captain said excitedly, "The Lord Chief of Law has trapped the evil spirit, and all the officials in the office have rushed over. We must not let it escape this time!"

"What's trapped?" Xu Yuan and others were in disbelief.

"It's the evil spirit that caused the murder! Since we can't find the officials, Inspector Zhu asked me to wait in the office. Let's go quickly, otherwise it will be over by the time we're there."

There will be no credit if it's over.

The captain turned and left. Xu Yuan and the others looked at each other in surprise and confusion: "How did Lord Lin suddenly find the murderer?"

The captain was very anxious: "Do you really think that our Champa Office has not investigated anything in the past few months? The Lord Chief of Law has been secretly planning for the past two days, but that thing is very cunning and cannot be allowed to escape, so it is kept secret!"

Xu Yuan frowned, but still asked, "Where is that thing trapped?"

"In the master's grave in the west of the city!"

Xu Yuan winked at Song Lu.

Song Lu was confused. What were you looking at me for?
Fu Jingyu had no choice but to lower his head and whispered in her ear: "Notify the fifth aunt."

Song Lu suddenly realized.

Xu Yuan guessed that there must be a means of emergency communication between Fifth Aunt and Song Lu.

The captain walked quickly in front, followed by Xu Yuan and others, and soon they were out of the west city gate.

Xu Yuan asked, "Captain Lang, where exactly is this master's tomb?"

Last night, the waiter mentioned that "the door of the master's tomb was open", but he didn't dare to say much, and Xu Yuan didn't ask for details.

Lang Xiaoba explained, “It is said that several hundred years ago, before our ancestors incorporated Jiaozhi into their territory, this place still had its own small imperial court. One year, they sent tribute. The official leading the team was eloquent and pleased His Majesty, who then bestowed him with a certain title.

After returning, this man was highly valued in Jiaozhi. Later, he retired to his hometown and was buried here after his death a few years later.

Gradually, the local people in Jiaozhi no longer remembered the official's name. They only knew that he was a great master who had been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, so they called his tomb the Master's Tomb.

We started calling it that too.”

The locals thought of him as a "big master", but most people in the Ming Dynasty thought of him as a servant.

The so-called: writing is "eloquent", reading is "proficient in flattery".

It is written as "皇明值重" and pronounced as "是条好狗".

Lang Xiaoba continued, "About a hundred years ago, the Ming army and the Grand Canal reached Jiaozhi. One day, a family from Champa migrated westward. The family of more than 300 people walked outside the west city and suddenly saw a grand courtyard in the wasteland beside the road.

As they looked around curiously, the courtyard gate opened and an old man in strange official uniform walked out.

The old man walked among them with his hands behind his back, raised his hand and chose from among the three hundred people: You, you, you, you... follow me.

One hundred people were selected, all of whom were young and strong in the team.

Then the hundred people followed the old man into the magnificent courtyard, and the backyard door was closed after they entered.

During the entire process, these three hundred people did not resist at all. For some reason, they felt it was natural.

After the gate of the courtyard was closed, the remaining two hundred people suddenly came to their senses. They all felt a little puzzled and couldn't understand why the master had recruited people into the courtyard.

But the master was so dignified that they did not dare to act rashly and just waited outside the yard.

As a result, they waited until it was almost dark, but the family members still didn't come out. Everyone panicked and rushed to the yard, knocking on the door and shouting for their relatives to come out quickly.

But knocking on the door ruined everything. The yard suddenly changed and turned out to be the master's grave!
The courtyard gate just now is clearly the gate to the master's tomb!"

(End of this chapter)