Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 77 The Devil Appears
Axiu was simple-minded, and soon fell asleep after sticking to the pillow, and hardly woke up all night.

Not so for Shen Yuzhen.

Then I saw Rong Ning'er get out of bed quietly

After a while, Rong Ning'er really fell asleep soundly.

She was about to fall asleep again, when suddenly a pair of hands clasped her body, and then Hu Qian's voice came from next to her ear, "Miss, are you still awake?"

She said softly, "I'm going to sleep right now."

Hu Qian said: "If you can't fall asleep, my husband will give you a massage, and you will fall asleep soon."

As he spoke, he kissed her recklessly, and caressed her hands restlessly.

At this time, no one can resist it, and it will fall in a short while.

The next day.

Axiu got up early, accompanied by Xing'er to talk in the courtyard.

Xiaohuan was going to take Yingcai and three into the bedroom to clean up, but Axiu said that Hu Qian was still asleep, so she asked them to sweep the yard first.

After waiting for a while, the three of Hu Qian got up.

After leaving the room, Axiu and the others clearly saw that Shen Yuzhen and Rong Ning'er were full of joy, as if they were more charming than before.

Without knowing it, Axiu stepped in, took Shen Yuzhen's hand and said, "My sister slept well last night."

Shen Yuzhen said: "Very...very good."

Rong Ning'er looked at the sunny sky above, and said happily: "What a beautiful weather, it would be great if I could go out for an outing."

Hu Qian said: "You still like to play so much, don't worry, there will be a chance."

Originally, classes had already started at Honglu Academy, but Hu Qian was worried about the safety of Shen Yuzhen and the others, so he used the excuse of helping the state government to search for the money demons, but never went.

After resting in the courtyard for a while, Hu Qian was about to dance his sword when the people from the Jia family next door came again - this time to say goodbye.

Hu Qian and Hu Jiu rushed out of the yard, and saw that Jia's family had hired several carts full of luggage and furniture.

After the two sides talked, the Jia family took their leave and left.

Hu Qian took Hu Jiu into the courtyard next door, and saw that the scale seemed to be larger than that in the east, so he asked Hu Jiu to call Ma Wu, and the construction could start in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Hu Jiu came back and said that Ma Wu's concubine was killed by the coin and silver demon.

When Hu Qian was still thinking about whether to go and have a look, Zhang Hu, the servant of the state government, had already arrived, saying that Mr. Xu asked the young master to help him.

Hu Qian shook his head resignedly—it seems that there is nothing to say, so he really can’t talk nonsense—just now he said that he would assist the state government to handle the case, so here he really has to handle the case.

So he told Hu Jiu to take care of the house, and told Shen Yuzhen and the others not to go out, and then he hurried to Ma Wu's house.

Because it was the copper coin and silver demon who committed the crime, several adults from the prefecture's office arrived. When they saw Hu Qian coming in, they immediately welcomed him in.

Ma Wu stood at the door, although his face was gloomy, but he was not too sad.

When I entered the room, I saw that the body had been covered with cloth.

He opened it and took a look. The female corpse was lying on the ground on her back. She was about 25 years old. She was naked and quite attractive. There were strangle marks on her neck, unknown stains on her lower body, and a copper coin was squeezed on the ground.

What surprised him even more was that the word "Jinling" was clearly written on the belly of the female corpse!

The next target is still in Jinling? !

Xu Yuanfang nodded and sighed, "Why is Jinling so unlucky? This thief committed a crime and left as soon as he left. Why does he seem to be staying here?"

Hu Butong said, "Jinggong, do you have any clues?"

Hu Qian asked: "When did this woman die?"

"Last night around midnight."

"Has anyone seen or heard anything?"

"No, the servant girl saw that she hadn't woken up for a long time this morning, so she came to call her, and then saw this scene."

Hu Qian nodded and called the maid over.

"You were the first to discover her?"

"Yes, the servant came to wake up my aunt in the morning, and then saw... saw her dead."

"Did she go anywhere yesterday?"

"No, the master told us to stay at home and no one is allowed to go out."

"Then has anyone been here? Like a strange man?"

"nor."

Hu Qian walked to the door again, looked at Ma Wu and said, "Where were you last night?"

Ma Wuqiang cheered up, "The villain is in the room of his wife Tao."

"Have you met any strangers lately?"

"Except for those who came as refugees, there is nothing else."

"Have you had any feud with anyone recently?"

"No, my lord should know that in our line of work, we must be slick and slick. Not to mention recently, the villain has never had any enemies with others."

"How many concubines do you have?"

"Just this one. I bought it for 20 taels of silver. It's really a big loss."

"Are there any belongings at home?"

"No."

Hu Qian nodded and returned to the corpse.

Xu Yuanfang hurriedly said, "How is it?"

Hu Qian shook his head and said, "I have no clue at all."

There is no witness or physical evidence, the murderer descends from the sky like a ghost, and disappears after killing without leaving a trace.

Hu differently said, "Perhaps we can close the gates of the city, arrest all the people who have recently entered the city, and screen them one by one."

Xu Yuanfang said: "That's all."

Hu Qian suddenly had an idea.

By what criteria does the devil choose his targets?

Is it really a random choice?

He hurried to Ma Wu, "Is your little concubine not going out recently?"

"That's right, the villain told the young master that day, ever since he heard about the copper coin and silver demon, the villain will not let the lady and the concubine go out."

"Then how many people know about your concubine?"

Ma Wu smiled wryly, "Everyone who knows the villain knows that the villain has a concubine, and this is simply too many to count."

Hu Qian shook his head and said, "No! Exclude those from this city!"

When Xu Yuanfang and Hu Bu heard it, their eyes lit up immediately.

If Ma Wu kept his concubine at home, how did the money demon know that he had a concubine?

He must have seen it, or heard of it somewhere!

In addition, the devil had been committing crimes in the south before, so he must have only recently arrived in Jinling.

So those outsiders who recently learned that Ma Wu has a concubine are all suspicious!
This range does not seem to be very large!
Ma Wudao: "If it's not the city, there is only the villain's cousin Huo Wei, who has been selling tea in the south, and hasn't seen each other for many years, and only came back a few days ago.

That day he invited me to Zuixianlou for dinner, and the villain told him about taking concubines.

But... how could this be him?He doesn't have the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the ground. "

"Where is he now?"

"When he came last night, he heard from the villain that Mr. Hu had bought four maidservants, so he admired Mr. Hu's extraordinary skills, and hurried home, saying that he wanted to get some new tea to visit Mr. Hu, so that he could do business with Mr. Hu. "

　Thanks to Yike LLL for the reward

　　
　
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