Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 182

Hu Qian immediately asked the yamen servant to find a wooden stick and circled the scene of the crime, preventing anyone from approaching.

"Who discovered it first?"

Wang Shisan said: "It's a hunter from this county. He came here after chasing rabbits. When he saw the dead body, he hurried to report to the yamen."

"Send someone back and bring that Orion over."

He then knelt down to look carefully at the corpses.

Each corpse had its throat cut with a sword.

It seems that the murderer may be an extremely powerful swordsman.

"Count how many corpses there are, see if there are any survivors, and see if their money is low."

After a while, Wang Shisan came over and said, "My lord, there are a total of [-] corpses, including men and women, and Lord Futai, Madam, Hao Er and others are among them.

At first glance, money is not a lot.

The murderer seemed to be seeking revenge. "

"Not necessarily."

He looked around, and although he didn't see the cold air left by the ghost, he didn't rule out that it might be some powerful monster.

When I was watching, I suddenly saw a faint cold air entangled in the body of a maidservant - it seemed that the maidservant's resentment had not dissipated, and she was about to turn into a ghost instead of going to reincarnation.

If no clues are found later, perhaps the truth can be learned from her.

He looked at Lanruo Temple not far away, "You stay here and watch, I'll go to Lanruo Temple to have a look."

Entering the temple, there was no trace of Yan Chixia.

He touched the wooden couch where he often slept, there was no trace of dust, it seemed that he had just left.

Looking in the direction of the back mountain, there was no sign of the tree demon.

When he returned to the scene, the Orion had already arrived. After being greeted, Hu Qian asked, "You were the first to discover these corpses?"

"Yes."

"Tell me about the situation at that time in detail."

"Caomin was shooting rabbits on the mountain, and then chased a hare to here, and then saw these corpses."

"Did you see anyone suspicious?"

"No, because this is Lanruo Temple, so almost no one dares to come, and the grass people only dare to come here during the day."

Hu Qian nodded, and then asked people to guard the intersections, and searched a radius of five miles, but found nothing suspicious.

Seeing that the sky was completely dark, he had no choice but to order people to transport all the corpses back first.

However, more than 100 corpses are actually so lucky.

It was transported until the third watch, and then they were all brought back.

And this is the situation where Hu Qian is guarding Lanruo Temple, otherwise no one would dare to come at night.

In the second hall of the county government, Qin Jia and others were worried.

"What should I do, my lord!"

"Governor Ma was a senior member of the imperial court from the second rank, and now he is dying in our county. That is really a heinous disaster!"

"And he wasn't the only one who died, it was more than 100 lives!"

Hu Qian said: "The matter has already happened, don't complain anymore, we didn't kill people.

Don't worry about his identity, just investigate according to ordinary cases, do our part well, wait for the news from above, let's take another step. "

He arranged for a while, and then let Qin Jia and others go back.

"Dou Ziping, go to Lanruo Temple to see the situation."

Dou Ziping emerged from the shadows, "Master, it's not like you don't know about Lanruo Temple...

That Dryad..."

Hu Qian said: "The tree demon has been destroyed by me, don't worry."

Dou Ziping couldn't disobey the order, so he had to float out.

"Baitou, try to see if you can go to Mr. Hang's house."

"Yes, sir."

He immediately called the land out again.

Unexpectedly, the land did not see anything.

After a while, Xu Fengnian bowed and said: "Master, in fact, this matter is actually quite simple."

"How to say?"

"Among the more than 100 people in Master Futai, there are at least a dozen experts. If you want to kill them with a sword, how many people can do it."

"You mean...those who are outstanding in swordsmanship?"

"Not to mention anything else, how many people like this are there in the city?"

Hu Qian said: "If you want to say that other than me, the only ones who can do this are Xia Houjin and Yan Chixia.

But Xia Houjin is dead, so only Yan Chixia is left...

But Yan Chixia has a chivalrous heart, it is impossible to do such a thing. "

"Could it be some kind of ghost?"

Hu Qian shook his head, at first he thought it was impossible, but if it wasn't some monster, then it would only be Yan Chixia.

"Otherwise, maybe it's Master Futai's enemy?
As for Guobei County, it was completely a coincidence. "

Hu Qian nodded, "There are too few clues, and I have no clue at all."

Back in the bedroom, Xue Ningshuang and Rong Ning'er were still waiting on the stools, while Yingcai stood aside.

Seeing Hu Qian coming back, all three of them looked over with concern.

Hu Qian said: "Have you heard about Master Futai?"

All three nodded.

Hu Qian said a few words of comfort, but Xue Ningshuang and Rong Ning'er still slept with her.

At noon the next day, when Hu Qian was still observing the coldness of the maidservant in the morgue, Wang Shisan hurried over.

"My lord, Fang Ting, the Prosecutor for Prosecution, is here, and I want you to hurry over."

Hu Qian immediately went to the lobby of the county government office, and saw an official about 60 years old sitting at the head.

Seeing Hu Qian, he said loudly: "Are you Hu Qian, the magistrate of Guobei County?"

Hu Qian bowed to salute, "Your official, Hu Qian, I have met Mr. Inspector."

According to the criminal name of the procurator in charge of the chief political envoy, the power is second only to the governor, and now even he is here, which shows how much the higher authorities attach importance to this matter.

"Master Hu, I heard that you had a conflict with Lord Futai yesterday?"

"It's not a conflict, it's just a little misunderstanding."

"Where were you when the governor was killed?"

"Discuss matters with the county magistrate, Mr. Qin, in the county government office."

"What are you discussing?"

"Discuss going to Taihe Building for dinner."

"Judging from the results of the inspection, the murderer must be a person with superb swordsmanship, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"Are there any other masters of swordsmanship besides Mr. Hu in Guobei County?"

Hu Qian hesitated for a moment, "There is Yan Chixia."

"Where is he now?"

"It was in Lanruo Temple before, but it disappeared later."

Fang Ting said: "So, this Yan Chixia is probably the murderer."

Hu Qian said: "Yan Chixia is an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person, so she should not do such a thing."

"Master Hu knows this Yan Chixia?"

"know."

Fang Ting nodded and said, "Just ask Mr. Hu to bring Yan Chixia here, and let's ask him face to face, how about it?"

"Yan Chixia is a hermit in the mountains, and the officials are not sure that they will be able to find him."

"How about this.

Since Lord Hu and this Yan Chixia are both masters of swordsmanship, and they are both advanced, I think that Lord Hu will be suspended first, and Lord Qin will temporarily act as the county magistrate, and then deal with it after the matter is found out. ? "

Although he was speaking to Hu Qian, he didn't look at Hu Qian at all.

When Qin Jia and the others heard this, their faces were ashen, and they didn't know what to say.

Hu Qian nodded, took off his black gauze cap and put it on the table, then turned and went to the wing.

Dou Ziping seemed to be waiting here, seeing him coming in, he immediately said: "Master, the villain didn't find anything last night, the ghosts there seem to be gone."

After a while, Baitou also came out, "Master, I asked about all the rats near Mr. Hang's house, and there is nothing special about it."

"Are there no mice in his house?"

"He has a lot of cats in his house, and all the mice in them have been eaten. It seems that they are specially used to deal with me."

Hu Qian was taken aback, "Huh? This is a bit interesting."

(End of this chapter)