Chapter 18
It seems that in order to save his life, Wang Mang deliberately hid these notes in the house.

Unfortunately……

Liu Zifeng's eyes couldn't help but sweep across the mummy on the ground, since he was in King Jin's trap, let alone a small butcher, even himself, the magistrate of a city, couldn't escape it.

Withdrawing his gaze, he quickly flipped through the overlapping notes in his hand.

Just a few words can almost clarify the relationship between Wang Mang and King Jin, and at the same time roughly explain Wang Mang's mission in Fengcheng.

In addition to monitoring the Xiao family at all times, King Jin also asked Wang Mang to secretly spread vicious words that slandered the Xiao family in order to tarnish the reputation of the Xiao family in Fengcheng and even the entire border.

It seems that my initial guess about the case was basically right.

Until the last note was opened, Liu Zifeng's originally stern expression turned ugly. He glanced at Xiao Yichen, hesitated for a moment, and handed the note to the other party.

"I'm a suspect."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yichen refused. He didn't intend to accept the secret letter, "These are evidence of the case, and it is very inappropriate for me to see them."

"Little uncle won't watch it if he doesn't read it, Qingtian will tell you."

Without waiting for Xiao Yichen to be surprised, Su Qingtian said slowly, "Actually, this case is very simple. The King of Jin first sent someone to Wang Mang with a wooden sign, asking him to inquire about Cousin Nan's name and date of birth and engrave it on the wooden sign himself. , and then fed the wooden plaque with blood for 49 days."

"Finally, take advantage of the darkness and throw the wooden sign from the backyard into the Xiao residence."

Su Qingtian's concise words were basically the same as those in the secret letter. Liu Zifeng looked at the little girl in front of him in astonishment. He thought that the previous events were all coincidences, but now...?
How did this little girl know the contents of the secret letter?
He remembered that the secret letter was still wrapped in a handkerchief when he took it out, and the little girl had no time to open it to check the contents.

What's more, how many words can a five-year-old know?

In Xiao Yichen's ears, these words sounded in a different state of mind.

Everything about last night was still vivid in his mind. He clenched the armrest of the wheelchair tremblingly, looked at Su Qingtian sharply, and said with a slightly trembling voice, "The wooden sign? But the wooden sign from last night?!"

Su Qingtian nodded affirmatively.

Liu Zifeng caught the point of Xiao Yichen's words at once.

last night?Wooden sign? !

It seems that when Wang Mang died at home inexplicably last night, what unknown things happened in Xiao Mansion? !

Knowing that these two things are related, Xiao Yichen did not hesitate at all, and took out the wooden sign hidden last night from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Zifeng.

He felt that what happened last night was not over, so he kept it with him to prepare for investigation.

Liu Zifeng looked at the scorched wooden block in his hand, which vaguely looked like a human being. The name and date of birth of the little grandson of the Xiao family were indeed engraved on the wooden plaque.

He picked up the wooden sign and went to the window to examine it carefully. He keenly noticed that Xiao Nan's Xiao characters were the same as the Xiao characters on the wall, and the last strokes had a slightly curved hook.

Now it can be confirmed that the Xiao characters in the room are all written by Wang Mang, and what happened in the Xiao Mansion last night is also inseparably related to Wang Mang.

"What is the purpose of this wooden sign?"

When Liu Zifeng was young, he only knew how to study and study hard. After he got the honor, he cared about the common people and only knew how to be a good official. He was completely ignorant of this kind of evil art.

He asked directly, "What happened in the Xiao Mansion last night?"

Xiao Yichen spoke quickly, and told Liu Zifeng what happened last night in detail. When he mentioned how his little niece got rid of the evil at first, his eyes and mouth were filled with pride from the bottom of his heart.

Now Liu Zifeng was completely stunned, he didn't expect that a murder case would involve ghosts and gods. He just said that his thoughts were confused for a while.

Looking at the bloody characters in the room again, it was even more terrifying than before.

"Big meat bun!"

A scent wafted from outside the house, and Su Qingtian immediately smelled the smell of meat buns, her eyes lit up and she rushed out of the room, almost bumping into the yamen servant who was carrying food.

When Mr. Liu ordered to buy food, the yamen servant knew that it was for this little girl, and lowered his head with a smile and handed the food to Su Qingtian.

Su Qingtian turned around and entered the room with a large kraft paper bag filled with food of various tastes.

Opening the paper bag, plum blossom cakes, pine nut candies, and ten-color candied fruit were all stacked together, making her drool.

After making sure that the yamen servant behind him left, when my uncle and Liu Zifeng couldn't see him in the back room, he stuffed everything except the big meat bag directly into his sleeve like a bottomless pit.

"Ah~ woo!"

With one bite, the meaty aroma explodes in the mouth instantly.

The feeling of hunger exuding from the body was immediately replaced by satisfaction. Su Qingtian commented on the deliciousness of today's meat buns while eating.

After eating one quickly, she took out the second one from her sleeve, and was eating the constant questions and answers from the two people around her to remind her that the matter was not over yet.

Mr. Liu was obviously ignited by the sudden appearance of the theory of ghosts and gods. He kept asking Xiao Yichen all kinds of questions. Regarding what happened in Xiao's mansion last night, there were also some questions about Wang Mang's death.

It's a pity that Xiao Yichen didn't know what to ask. He was just an experienced person and couldn't provide Liu Zifeng with more useful information.

But Liu Zifeng's curiosity was too strong, so he continued to ask without any discouragement.

Seeing that the little uncle had one head and two big ones, Su Qingtian was half full before opening his mouth to save the situation.

"This wooden plaque is made from the branches of the pagoda tree from the previous year, engraved with the name and birth date of the cursed person, fed with a drop of blood every day, until seven or seventy-nine days later, the curse is automatically generated."

Liu Zifeng looked at the little girl who was full of greasy food, was taken aback for a moment and continued to ask, "And then?"

"Hmm." Swallowing the third meat bun, Su Qingtian continued to explain, "Wang Mang threw the wooden sign into Xiao's mansion as required, and it will automatically find the cursed person, and then it can suck the person's lifespan day and night and fortune."

"Most of these ingested longevity and fortune are used to nourish Wang Mang to make him healthier and better in wealth, while a small part is ingested by the wooden sign and turned into visible evil spirits."

If a locust tree grows for a hundred years, it will be able to cultivate spiritual wisdom by itself, and for a thousand years it will become a spirit.

Liu Zifeng was confused when he heard it, and Xiao Yichen who was beside him didn't quite understand why a tree could have such a powerful ability.

Only Su Qingtian understands that if the next matter is not what Huaishu wishes, it can be resolved smoothly in the future.

If Naihuaishu wanted to confuse people, then it would really make things difficult for her.

Once the Dao Heart is lost, the thousand-year Dao Hang will be lost.

This locust tree has thus become a monster that the world cannot tolerate, what a pity, what a pity!

Thinking of this, Su Qingtian couldn't help but pursed her mouth, Master was really ruthless, and caused such a big trouble for herself just by entering the realm.

You can't lie down, you can't do anything with salted fish!

(End of this chapter)

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