From the advent of the mountains and seas

Chapter 5 Interception
The theft of the dossier of the ghost moth case does not mean that the case cannot be investigated.

At any rate, it was the most serious evil incident in the past six months, and Catcher Wu was very impressed with the case.

At least the victim's situation was not forgotten.

Holding the badge temporarily borrowed by Wu Tutou, An Jing easily met the family of the first ghost moth victim.

The current shopkeeper of Liu's car dealership, Liu Fu.

The so-called "car dealership" is not a car repair shop in this world, but a car rental place.

Take a simple example.

If someone wants to travel far or deliver goods to distant areas, they will choose to rent a carriage. As long as the price is sufficient, there will be a dedicated driver to provide services to ensure that both the person and the goods can reach the place safely.

This industry is somewhat similar to the function of the Escort.

It's just more "peaceful" overall.

"When my father was killed, I was still out of town. When I received the news, I rushed back to the official. I have explained it many times half a year ago."

Liu Fu, with a short beard, looked at An Jing, who came to visit suddenly, his eyes were full of confusion, and he said hesitantly.

"I'm asking about something else this time."

An Jing stood in front of the hall, looking at the carriages that were being loaded in the rain in the yard, her gaze stayed on the mud between the wheels,
"Six months ago, I mean when your father was still alive, how was the business of the car dealership?"

An Jing was not interested in asking about the condition of Liu Fu's father's body.

It's been too long, and many details can't even be remembered clearly, so Liu Fu must be clueless.

It's a waste of time to go overboard.

Besides, if the corpse really had clues, it would have been discovered back then, so why wait until now.

To put it bluntly.

There is only one purpose for An Jing to come here.

Try to figure out why Liu Fu's father was the first victim!
Is it just a coincidence, or is there something else hidden?

"Uh, business...is not very good. During that time, the car dealership was about to withdraw from Lingnan and change the route. Many orders could not be accepted, resulting in a lot of losses."

As the eldest son of the family, Liu Fu started to get in touch with the car dealership business very early.

Although the content of An Jing's question escaped, he still gave the answer after a short thought.

"There is still a line in your business?"

"Of course there are. Otherwise, it would be a loss to deliver the goods with one car and return with an empty car. Therefore, we will set up a stop at the place we frequent, and we can usually pick up jobs there. In this way, one trip is two trips. , two rewards."

"Since this is the case, it should be very difficult to operate a line well. Why did you suddenly change the line?"

An Jing keenly grasped the key point and asked.

When it came to changing the route of the car dealership, Liu Fu suddenly showed embarrassment.

This expression was seen by An Jing, and he knew in his heart that he had asked the important point, so he hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot,

"The ghost moth reappeared in the city recently. I came here this time to make sure that the beast will come to your house again."

Hearing the reappearance of the ghost moth, Liu Fu's complexion changed suddenly, recalling his father's death, he couldn't help panicking.

"No, half a year ago, what happened before the car dealership changed the route!"

An Jing took a step forward, and asked in a deep voice,
"Actually, it didn't happen half a year ago. About nine months ago, my father took a convoy to Lingnan. At that time, there seemed to be a disaster there. The people's livelihood was unstable, and many people died. Many wealthy households wanted to move to Lanyang Mansion. Stay out of the wind."

Thinking that he might be targeted by ghost moths, Liu Fu opened up the chatterbox and continued.

For car dealers, a large number of wealthy households are anxious to move, which should be the time to make a lot of money.

The first few trips back and forth were very smooth, but I didn't expect an accident on the last trip!
"At that time, seven or eight people in the motorcade went out, and when they came back, only my father was left. After that, my father not only decided not to go to Lingnan anymore, but also became a little weird. He would get angry when he saw meat, and he often had nightmares, according to my mother, at that time he always shouted in his dreams. Don't eat me!"

Speaking of which, Liu Fu looked at An Jing, probably guessing what the latter wanted to ask next, and said,
"My father didn't mention what happened in that train. We were afraid of provoking him, so we didn't dare to ask. This is all I know, and I mentioned it to the official before. At that time, no one cared."

The ghost moth case half a year ago was quickly resolved, and no one was investigating what happened to Liu's car dealership before.

Now that the ghost moth has reappeared, and it is discovered that there is a secret behind it, this clue is undoubtedly intriguing.

"Do you think this has something to do with the ghost moth?"

An Jing could see that Liu Fu was not lying, she nodded to show she knew, and then asked.

"The car dealership travels back and forth between the two places. Accidents are common. Besides, the incident happened outside Lanyang City. It is impossible for that kind of monster to come to the door after a few months?"

Liu Fu, who was still a little worried about being targeted, asked back.

An Jing agreed with Liu Fu's speculation.

It is unlikely that Ghost Moth will come to Lanyang City every half a year to find trouble with an ordinary person who is about to go crazy.

But that doesn't mean the people behind Ghost Moth won't!

Something special must have happened on the way back from the dealership.

It's a pity that the only remaining insider died in the ghost moth case half a year ago, completely cutting off the clues.

With that in mind, An Jing asked Liu Fu to provide a road map for that year.

Since the incident has already happened, it will definitely leave traces, maybe there will be clues from the Yamen.

In the follow-up, Liu Fu continued to recall, and immediately asked someone to inform him if he found anything.

Only then did An Jing leave Liu's car dealership.

Leading the horse slowly along the street.

Vendors on the street have already closed their stalls, and pedestrians are in a hurry.

Originally planning to go straight to the yamen, considering the heavy rain, An Jing decided to leave the red date, that is, the bay red horse beside him, at the inn first, and then act after resting.

After all, at this time, Catcher Wu is probably also busy investigating the previous movements of Yan Dongsheng and Chen Si.

With an idea in my heart, my pace also quickened.

Exactly at this time.

There were two passers-by running towards me holding umbrellas.

The edge of the umbrella is pressed extremely low, but I can see two legs running, stepping away the puddles on the street.

Seeing that they were going in the same direction as her, An Jing took the rein of Hongzao to avoid it, but found that their footsteps were also turning, she half-closed her eyes, and her right hand slipped off the rein quietly.

The distance between the two sides was shortened to about three meters.

The two passers-by suddenly put their umbrellas forward to block An Jing's view.

Raise your leg and kick over the approaching umbrella.

With a flickering cold light, the killer rushed out from behind the umbrella, and two short knives went straight to An Jing's heart!

Facing this sudden attack, An Jing, who had been aware of it in advance, did not retreat but advanced.

Take a big stride forward to attack, and use your elbows to fend off the oncoming short knife.

Immediately, the tip of the elbow was raised high, breaking through the fine rain curtain, turning into double elbows and hitting the killer's chest, and the two flew out immediately.

After just a few seconds of contact, An Jing's nose fluttered.

Even in the heavy rain, he could still smell the extremely strong scent of incense on the two of them.

It's just that I don't care so much now.

An Jing, who had the upper hand, had no intention of stopping at all, and rushed towards the two who were getting up from the ground.

Shhhhhhh~
There were two sharp sounds in the ears.

An Jing hurriedly stopped her footsteps, and leaned forward to prop herself up on the ground, only to hear two "嘤嘤~".

Two short arrows are embedded in front of the shop beside him.

Taking advantage of the gap between crossbow bolt reloading.

An Jing found an unoccupied stall on the street as quickly as possible, and looked sideways, only to see two figures who had turned and left at the entrance of the alleyway behind.

Sure enough, the two took advantage of the tranquility to avoid the crossbow arrows and fled with each other's support.

An Jing's lightness skill was mediocre, coupled with the heavy rain blocking the line of sight, and the panicked pedestrians blocking the way, it was impossible to catch up.

Go to the door of the shop and pull out the crossbow on it.

Looking around, he didn't find any signs, An Jing's expression was serious.

Melee assassination plus long-range bow and crossbow ambushes, and if you miss a hit, you will flee away immediately. There is nothing more obvious than a killer.

If it wasn't for An Jing's quick response, he might be dead on the spot in a face-to-face meeting.

Memory showed that he had never been to Lanyang City before, so there should be no enemies, so there was only one possibility left.

Someone is dissatisfied with what he just did.

Regardless of whether the final result of this assassination is successful or not, it undoubtedly carries a strong warning.

Track down the ghost moth incident, die!

Holding the crossbow in his hand tightly, An Jing's eyes were cold.

Not long after Yan Dongsheng and Chen Si were sent to the Yamen, they were ambushed and intercepted when they came out of Liu's car dealership.

If you were someone else in the arena, you should quit at this time.

The problem is that An Jing has a mission, and this assassination not only did not dispel his idea of ​​tracking down the ghost moth incident, but made him more convinced that what Liu Fu's father encountered earlier was related to the ghost moth case.

Half an hour later, Yuelai Inn.

After running around for half a day, An Jing took a shower, put on clean clothes and sat at the table in the guest room.

Opening the wooden box brought out from the yamen, there were neatly placed the props provided by Butou Wu to track down the ghost moth case.

Five talismans, three talisman arrows, and a crossbow.

Talismans fall into two categories:
Three Zhengyiyang Fire Talismans can inflict fire damage on weapons and exorcise evil spirits.

Two spiritual vision talismans can temporarily open the "eyes of the sky", discern the flow of dark energy, and track evil spirits.

The talisman arrows are specially made by imperial craftsmen. The arrows are engraved with blood-colored runes, and the blood will be detonated immediately after hitting, which is also the effect of exorcising evil spirits.

The hand crossbow was taken by Wu Tutou from the warehouse, and it has no miraculous effect.

Fortunately, the quality is excellent, and it is equipped with fifteen fine iron crossbow arrows, which is a good long-range weapon.

He took a sip of his tea.

An Jing patted the box, quite satisfied with these "free whoring" props.

If you want to fight against evil spirits, you must have weapons that can target them. Otherwise, with only a seedling knife, An Jing will have to hope that the evil spirits you meet next will be half-mature or simply juvenile guys like Yan Dongsheng and Chen Si.

dong dong~
There was a knock on the door, and An Jing closed the box.

The waiter in the inn came in with food and drinks, put them on the table and said,

"Guest officer, I just inquired. There are indeed no temples with strong incense, and there are no workshops for making incense candles."

"No?"

An Jing remembered the smell he smelled when he was fighting those two killers, and felt that he was right.

He calculated the time, from the time he brought the fugitive to the county government and then went to Liu's car dealership, it was only half an hour before and after.

Even if there is an inside ghost in the yamen who tipped off the news, it will still take time before the news spreads and the killer is dispatched to intercept him halfway.

In other words, those killers should have come from nearby.

Therefore, the first time An Jing arrived at the inn was to spend money to ask the waiter to go out and find out where there might be a lot of incense candles nearby.

The result was unsatisfactory.

With a wave of his hand, An Jing signaled the waiter to leave, wondering if he had missed any clues, and was startled suddenly,
"Wait, there are no temples or candle shops nearby. Yizhuang, have you asked?"

Temples are not the only places that need incense.

Worshiping the dead is also essential!
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