He Wenyan's son He Xian said: "Father, don't worry, I have already contacted Taoist Priest Qingling of Qingyang Temple. He has sent his most powerful magician to investigate the blood corpse case. It won't take long for the truth to come to light." .”

The county magistrate He Wenyan sighed: "It's a pity that Taoist Priest Qingling will go with the mages from other counties to investigate the corpse case."

At this moment, a boy came to report that Taoist Priest Fayuan of Qingyang Temple came.

"Please come quickly!" He Wenyan and He Xian thought that the blood corpse case had been resolved, so they welcomed the Fayuan Taoist priest in.

While introducing the case, Taoist priest Fayuan told his own conclusion: "The murderer killed eight martial arts masters in a small room. The weakest among them was also a master of the first martial arts realm. Hao Yongnian himself was a master of the third martial arts realm. This murderer His strength is at least above the fourth level of martial arts."

He Xian nodded and said: "We checked the masters of the four martial arts realms in the county, and no one is suspected."

The Fayuan Taoist priest solemnly said: "Because the murderer is not a human at all. Several wounds on the body are consistent with the marks of animal claws, and this..." As he said that, he took out a tuft of animal hair.

"Judging from the injuries on the deceased and the damage at the scene, the eight of them had been besieging one person, but they were successively attacked by fists and claws. Judging from Pindao's many years of experience in subduing demons and demons, this is the monster. Halfway through the battle, he changed back to his original form.”

The county magistrate He Wenyan nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Then where did this monster escape to?"

The Taoist priest Fayuan shook his head and said that he had not found it: "The monster must have cleaned up the scene before leaving. I only found this hair and no other clues. Now that he has escaped for another four days, the specific kind of monster is still unknown. It will take time to identify and investigate, and if we still want to pursue him, I’m afraid it will be too late.”

From hope to disappointment again, the face of the county magistrate He Wenyan became even darker. He lowered his head and sighed: "There is no other way. We can only report it to the state government and ask the Demon Suppression Division to investigate the case."

Hearing that the magistrate wanted to invite the Demon Suppressor to come, Taoist Fayuan immediately persuaded him: "The Demon Suppressor is arrogant and domineering, and he may cause trouble when he comes to the county. It is better to wait until Master Qingling finishes investigating the case of the mutiny and capture the monster himself. It’s a sure bet.”

The county magistrate He Wenyan glanced at him and knew that the Tianshi Sect and the Demon Suppression Division had never dealt with each other, but he shook his head: "I have no time to wait for Master Qingling."

Just when the three of them were at a loss, and the magistrate was about to write a letter to ask for the support of the Demon Suppressor, another boy came up to report: "Sir, there is a student from the Yinglue Hall who said he can solve the bloody corpse case."

After listening to the boy's message, the magistrate frowned and asked: "What can a student of the British Strategy School understand? Let him go."

"He said his name was Chu Qiguang, and he said he had accepted the call from the Hao family to help solve the case." The boy who collected the money said earnestly: "He also said he had important clues to report."

He Wenyan and He Zhixian felt troubled when he mentioned the reward of one thousand taels from the Hao family.

It's not like no one has answered the call of the Hao family these days to provide clues or help with the investigation, but they are all gangsters, witches and gods. Not only have they not found anything useful, but they have made the county government a mess. .

If it weren't for the Hao family's wishes, Hezhi County would not want any outsider to assist in the investigation.

At this moment, hearing this Chu Qiguang say that there were any important clues to report, Hezhi County also looked unconvinced.

So He Zhixian asked again: "This Chu... what does Chu Qiguang's family do?"

The boy knew that the elder was asking about the other party's origin, so he said: "He is an ordinary farmer in Wangjiazhuang..."

Hearing the word "ordinary farmer", Hezhi County immediately frowned and opened his mouth to let people go. However, he heard the boy continue to say: "Li Shou from the household recommended him. He said he was very alert. This man is worthy of my master’s use.”

Li Sangshou is also an old household official. He has been operating in Qingyang County for more than ten years. The key is to give him face as the county magistrate and handle the money and food matters in an orderly manner.

So Hezhi County waved his hand and asked the servant to bring people up to hear what Chu Qiguang had to say.

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After a while, Chu Qiguang, who had specially changed into a long gown worth three taels of silver, was brought in by the servant. He bowed his hand towards the county magistrate: "This junior has met the county magistrate."

Hezhi County didn't care that the other party didn't kneel down to salute, and just asked majestically: "Chu Qiguang, do you have any clues? Tell me quickly. If there are any mistakes, you will be beaten to pieces and your flesh will be dripping with blood."

With the gaze of He Zhixian, the overwhelming pressure fell from the sky. Under the pressure of the martial arts master's momentum, Chu Qiguang felt as if he was being targeted by a giant beast.

Chu Qiguang sighed in his heart: 'Most of the officials in this world have practiced martial arts. ’

He resisted the pressure brought by the county magistrate and said: "After I responded to the call of the Hao family, I first read the case file, then went to the place where the crime occurred to check, and then asked several Kuaishou on duty about the case. I already know the entire bloody corpse case thoroughly."

He looked at the three people in front of him and said confidently: "I am afraid that no one in the entire county knows the blood corpse case better than me. I am here today to help the county find the murderer."

Even the experienced head catcher in the yamen and the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple who are familiar with the classics on demon subduing have not found any traces of the murderer. Seeing Chu Qiguang bragging in front of him, He Zhixian really wanted to beat him out with a big mouth.

Chu Qiguang continued: "The murderer of the bloody corpse case is most likely a fox demon."

The Fayuan Taoist priest on the side frowned and said suspiciously: "How do you know that it is a fox demon?"

"Let's start from the beginning."

Chu Qiguang did not continue talking about the fox demon, but changed the topic and said confidently: "How much do you know about Hao Yongnian, sir? As far as I know, the tenant of that yard just left last month, and this yard has not been rented out yet. , why did Hao Yongnian go to that place?"

The magistrate said impatiently: "If you have any clues, please come to me as soon as possible. Don't talk about him."

Chu Qiguang continued: "This matter is very important. I would like to ask the county magistrate to listen to what I have to say. According to the servants of the Hao family, Hao Yongnian either goes to the Goulan House in the west of the city to listen to music and eat wine every night, or Go find a prostitute in the county.

He went to Zaoyuan Street that night. With his temperament... is he going to find a prostitute? "

Taoist priest Fayuan said: "Based on these alone, you can't conclude that he must have gone to a prostitute, right? Do you have any evidence?"

Qiao Zhi, who had followed, was hiding on the eaves. Listening to the conversation in the room, he said to himself: 'Nonsense, it was Chu Qiguang who introduced him. ’

Of course, Chu Qiguang couldn't say that on the surface, but he still said seriously: "Yes, so I went to the crime scene to look for evidence. Just under the flower bed in the courtyard, I found a piece of sheep that had not been used. Intestines.”

The young He Xian asked doubtfully: "Sheep intestines?"

On the other side, He Wenyan and Taoist Fayuan's expressions changed, as if they had thought of something.

Chu Qiguang smiled and said: "After the sheep's cecum is cleaned and soaked in water, it is repeatedly soaked in caustic soda water, the mucous membrane on the intestine is scraped off, and then rinsed clean, it can be used for contraception. Such a troublesome thing, Why would someone just throw it away if it hasn't been used?

If the sheep intestines brought by Hao Yongnian fell off during the fight, then he took the sheep intestines out at night to use them for hot pot, right? "

Chu Qiguang smiled and said: "But the sheep's intestines are indeed not conclusive evidence, it just made me think of a possibility..."