I have been experimenting with medicine in the Palace of Longevity for 30 years

Chapter 97

Shao Anjing, a thousand householder in the Zhongzhou Longevity Hall, is a burly man with a beard and a fourth-rank martial artist.

After this incident happened, he stayed in Lu County, waiting for the arrival of He Pingan and the other three.

"Hahahaha, brother Tang, you have worked hard all the way."

Shao Anjing smiled brightly and said, "Please sit inside."

He and Tang Longshan are in the Hall of Eternal Life, their cultivation bases are comparable, they have met each other before, and have some friendship.

When the three of them sat down, Tang Longshan didn't care to rest, and asked, "Brother Shao, I don't know where the file is, can you take a look first?"

"Hey, Brother Tang has come from a long way, why don't you rest for a while first."

Shao An said politely.

"Human life is at stake. Let's take a look at the file first to see if we can find any clues."

Tang Longshan said seriously.

Shao Anjing was actually more anxious than Tang Longshan. After all, something happened in the area under his jurisdiction. If the monster was not caught, his Qianhu position might not be stable.

But generally the monks from above, even if they are at the same level, the people below are naturally half a level shorter.

Not only good wine and good meat to entertain, but also some local special service at the end.
I understand everything I understand.

Just like that, I was afraid that if I said something wrong, I would offend the monks above.

When the time comes, the person above will slap his ass and leave directly
The people under you are staring at you, and you have to beg your grandpa to tell your grandma to come back.

Seeing that Tang Longshan's expression did not seem to be fake, Shao Anjing waved his hand, and then two school captains from the Hall of Eternal Life brought the file over.

After Tang Longshan finished reading it, he handed the file to He Pingan and Jiang Yishan, asking them to express their opinions after reading it.

"Hey, this number seems wrong"

He Pingan remembered Tang Longshan's previous introduction, but more than 30 people were missing, but according to the file, more than 100 people were missing.

Glancing at Tang Longshan and Jiang Yishan again, neither of them raised any questions. They seemed to have gotten used to it, and He Pingan suddenly understood.

Bureaucrats in feudal dynasties often do this.

For example, when natural disasters and man-made disasters occur in a certain place, the figures reported by officials below generally shrink.

I was worried that the superiors would punish me and I would not be able to bear it.
The same is true for Daxuan. Daxuan has assessed the demons' chaos since the founding of the country. If there are too many casualties, the relevant local officials will be held accountable.

Low-level officials generally conceal the shrinkage of the black hat for themselves.

As long as the case is solved at the end and everyone is happy, the higher-ups will not care about punishment.

If the case is not solved, the remaining people will be apportioned to other cases.

In the period of Emperor Jiaming, the bureaucracy was loose, and the officials above turned a blind eye to comparisons.

After looking more carefully, He Pingan found that these missing people were male and female, old and young, and on the surface, they didn't seem to have much connection.

He Pingan read the entire dossier, but found nothing, so he turned back and looked at the No.1 missing person's information.

Sun Xinjing, also known as Grandma Sun, is in her 50s and lives alone. She usually chooses and buys concubines, singers, and dancers for wealthy families.

She disappeared fifteen days ago, and she was the only one missing that day.

And the place where she disappeared was in the city of Lu County.

Seeing that Jiang Yishan had finished reading, Tang Longshan asked He Pingan, "What did you find?"

Jiang Yishan shook his head, saying he didn't notice it.

Tang Longshan nodded and looked at He Pingan.

In his opinion, He Pingan's cultivation base is low, and he is only in his early thirties, so he shouldn't be able to see anything, so he didn't wait too long.

He Pingan said in a deep voice: "My lords, I think that monsters do not harm people randomly, but have a target."

Shao Anjing was surprised and said: "Impossible, we have investigated before, and there is no close connection between these people."

"The monster should just randomly hurt people."

A strange look appeared in Tang Longshan's eyes, and he said, "Let him talk about it."

Seeing that Tang Longshan agreed, Shao Anjing stopped talking and looked at He Pingan.

He Pingan straightened his back, and it was time to pretend to be a saint in front of others: "There are so many people, it is really not easy to find the connection between them."

"But it's not that there isn't, maybe it's just that we haven't discovered it yet."

"My lords should all know that if monsters harm people randomly, they generally won't choose to enter the big city of the human race."

Tang Longshan and the others nodded, it was true.

Because there are countless scattered people outside the city, if the monsters cannibalize people at random, they can be outside the city.

There is no need to venture into the city, in case a human monk finds out, the loss outweighs the gain.

Shao Anjing said: "We have also thought about the reason you mentioned. Maybe it is because the monster has a high level of cultivation and feels that the monks in the city cannot pose a threat to him."

He Pingan smiled and shook his head: "No, if that's the case, then it's at least a third-rank monster."

"If the monsters of the upper third rank want to eat people, they will directly devour the whole city."

"How could you keep Lu County until now?"

"My lords all know that monsters like to eat human flesh and blood, and the flesh and blood of monks is even more beneficial to them."

"But if you look at the dossier, all the missing people here, the one with the highest cultivation level, is just a ninth-rank martial artist."

After listening to He Ping'an's analysis, Tang Longshan and Shao Anjing nodded. His analysis seemed to make sense.

Shao Anjing asked: "According to what you mean, the demons have a purpose to harm people?"

"That's right, I even think that this demon harms people for the purpose of revenge."

He Pingan's inference is justified.

There are generally three reasons why monsters harm people. The first is to eat people to satisfy their appetite.

The second is to improve their cultivation. Human flesh and blood is a great supplement to them. The higher the cultivation, the more popular they are.

Another kind is for revenge, such as Xia Enyuan, this is the case.

At this time, he had a little initiative, he picked up the file, pointed to a person on it and asked: "Master Shao, this grandma, Sun Xinjing, besides what is recorded in the file, what else is there?"

The files of the Palace of Eternal Life are generally relatively simple, and only record some information related to the case and the basic situation of the individual. If there is more, there will be no records.

And when He Pingan asked her, it was based on the experience of the previous life. Under normal circumstances, if someone seeks revenge, the first or last person killed is the one he hates the most.

The first kill, this is easy to understand, is to want to kill immediately.

The last kill shows that the murderer is a bit perverted. He likes to let the person he hates the most watch the people around him die one by one, and finally tortures the person he hates the most to death.

Now that there are still people missing in the city, it is unknown who the last person is.

No one came to the Hall of Eternal Life to seek refuge.

Therefore, He Pingan decided to find a breakthrough from the first missing grandma.

"This grandma is just a toothmaid with a bad mouth."

"She likes to gossip, talk about others, or even just hearsay, and she can spread the word all over the city."

"How many people hate her teeth itching."

Shao Anjing thought for a moment, then said: "Five years ago, there was a girl as beautiful as a flower, because of her bad reputation, she committed suicide by taking poison."

He Pingan came to his senses, and his intuition told him that the girl who committed suicide was very likely to be related to this matter, so he asked, "Master Shao, can you elaborate on this matter."

Shao Anjing thought for a moment, and then said: "I don't know the specific process very clearly."

"I just heard that there used to be a family named Ding in Lu County. When they were young, because they couldn't afford to raise a child, they entrusted a daughter to Granny Sun to sell."

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