Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 23 Adding a New Corpse
dark room.

A furry thing was squatting on the ground, with its back to Hu Qian, biting something creakingly.

Hearing the movement, it slowly turned its head...

Hu Qian was immediately stunned.

The thing in front of him clearly has the body of a fox, but it has a human face.

"hey-hey……"

It raised its head and grinned at Hu Qian, not to mention how creepy that smile was.

Hu Qian boasted that he had the divine light to protect his body, but he was not afraid. Just as he was about to speak, the door behind him closed automatically, and the room was dark immediately.

Hu Qian only saw a cloud of white mist in front of him, and the surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't even hear the sound.

The opponent didn't move, and he didn't move either, and it was so deadlocked.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the monster was still not moving, he slowly took a few steps back.

As he retreated, he reached out and groped for the door in the dark.

step……

two steps...

Three steps...

However, his hand suddenly touched something cold.

Before he could react, something suddenly rushed out of the shadow, rushing towards him with a "whoosh".

He couldn't dodge in time, and was hit on his left shoulder.

"Pfft!"

The severe pain made him immediately understand that it turned out to be a sword.

A fox wields a sword? !
He didn't care about the pain, and before he could pull out the blade, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the blade. With his supernatural powers, the long sword suddenly shot backwards, and the hilt hit the black figure.

"boom!"

Although there was a crashing sound in the darkness, the monster's voice could not be heard.

Hu Qian immediately opened the door and retreated to the courtyard. After waiting for a while, the monster did not come out. When he looked again, the room was empty except for a hollowed out skull.

Just now the fox actually hid its head in the human head, pretending to be a monster with a human head and a fox body.

But since it is a fox, why does it use a sword?

Moreover, he obviously has a body-protecting divine light, so even spirit monsters like the Eight Great Kings can't get close to him...

Could it be that the fox's morality just now is still above the Eight Great Kings?
He looked around, but there was no sign of the fox.

At this moment, Hu Jiu's voice suddenly came from next to his ear.

"Master, can we get in? You've been standing here for a long time."

Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and when he looked back, he saw another Hu Qian and Hu Jiu were standing outside the courtyard.

That "Hu Qian" didn't speak, just smiled.

When Hu Qian chased him out, the opponent had already disappeared without a trace.

Hu Jiu looked at Hu Qian who came out of the yard, and said in surprise, "Master, why did you come out from inside?"

It was the first time Hu Qian encountered such a situation since he obtained supernatural powers, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel.

"Master, you are hurt!"

Hu Jiu was taken aback, and quickly helped Hu Qian to find the doctor.

It's not a big deal, but it's going to hurt for a while.

This incident reminded Hu Qian that he must find a sword to defend himself.

Although this divine light for body protection is "invincible to all magic, and all evils are not close", it is obviously just an effect of "magic immunity" and "blocking", and it has no effect on physical damage.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling suspicious,

Could it be that the one with the sword is not a demon fox, but a human?
Who would that be?
Just as he was lost in thought, Jin Yiwei suddenly came to him and told him that someone had died in the Chunfeng Building, and told him to hurry over.

At the scene, prefect Tong Mingrui, fellow prefect Zhang Hua, pusher Yan Wenqu, and Ruan Conghai all arrived.

The surrounding area was even more tightly sealed. If Hu Qian hadn't got Ruan Conghai's token, he wouldn't be able to get in at all.

"Master Ruan, the corpse has been inspected repeatedly, should it be carried away?"

"No hurry, wait for Hu Qian to come."

"Your Excellency, that kid is someone who has lost his reputation, so why waste your time waiting for him?"

"That's it."

"Oh, tell me, since Xu Zhenhu and his son were arrested, why are there still casualties on the street?"

"My lord, the medicine that Xu Zhenhu sells must not be at 01:30. Even if he is arrested, it is not surprising that there are still rumors outside."

"Yes, my lord, if you want to punish Xu Zhenhu and his son, you can report to the Holy Majesty earlier so that the Holy Majesty won't worry about it."

"According to what you said, my subordinate Huang San also died of this poison?"

"This... is probably the case!"

"Bastard! Huang San is loyal and disciplined. He will never take this kind of medicine! You say that, do you think that our Jinyiwei are all drunks?"

"My lord... the lower officials have absolutely no such intentions."

Just as he was talking, Hu Qian had already come in from the outside.

"Student Hu Qian, I have met some adults."

Ruan Conghai waved his hand and was about to speak when he suddenly noticed the injury on Hu Qian's shoulder.

"What's the matter with you?"

"The student was stabbed while investigating the case."

"Oh?"

Ruan Conghai and the others were immediately startled.

"Where did you meet? Where is that person?"

So Hu Qian briefly explained what happened before, but he didn't say that the house was rented by Xu Zhenhu.

Ruan Conghai said: "It seems that the murderer is still in the city, Lord Tong hasten to order someone to search for it!"

Tong Mingrui said: "Don't worry, my lord, even if I dig three feet, I will find him."

Hu Qian said: "The man's shoulder should also be injured, please pay attention."

"Okay, I'll leave the search to them. Come and take a look at these four corpses."

He pointed to a room inside.

Hu Qian walked over to take a look, and immediately frowned.

The four bodies consisted of a man and three women, all naked.

The man was sitting on the bed with his back against the wall, a woman was lying on his waist, a woman was lying flat on the ground, and a woman was lying on the table.

The four of them had relaxed expressions on their faces, and the fluid from their lower body was still flowing out slowly, it seemed that they had just died not long ago.

While watching, I saw a stream of white air slowly dissipating.

So he retreated outside the room and asked, "My lord, the student has something to ask the madam here."

As soon as Ruan Conghai waved his hand, someone immediately grabbed a bloated middle-aged woman up.

"Your Majesty!"

The woman knelt on the ground with a "plop", her face was livid, and she couldn't say a word.

Hu Qian stepped forward and said, "Are you the bustard of Chunfeng Building?"

"Yes, it is……"

"You know all the people who died."

"know……"

"Tell me, who is this man?"

"He Chaoguang, the eldest son of He Yuanwai, is a frequent visitor to our place."

"Is he usually very good?"

"No, usually one girl is enough, but today I don't know what happened, I called three girls."

"Where are these three girls? Have you picked up any guests these days?"

"Have……"

"Who are they?"

"How can I remember..."

Hu Qian nodded, turned to Ruan Conghai and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the student judges that this poison must be related to lust, so it's better to close all the flowers and willows in the city first."

Ruan Conghai nodded.

At this moment, the reminder in Hu Qian's mind suddenly changed.

[There seems to be some clues in the outing place outside the city]

He slapped his head, since Xu Zhenhu said that he saw the widow during an outing, he can also look for it outside the city.

So he went to Xu's mansion to find the servant who went out with Xu Zhenhu at that time, asked for the direction, bought an iron sword from the weapon shop, and hurried out of the city.

Hu Jiu's sprained foot was still not healed, so he could only ride the horse by himself.

However, they searched until dark, but did not find any useful clues.

When I was about to go back, I suddenly saw a deserted grave in the grassy hill by the forest.

He pushed the weeds away with the hilt of his sword, only to see that the words on the tombstone had been painted off, and the only four words left clearly read:

The tomb of the general.

(End of this chapter)