The world of Taoism

Chapter 89 Granules (recommended for collection)

Flying pigeons are more like an announcement than an order.

Those who have not completed the task will receive a letter from the flying pigeon, and it is not aimed at a certain person.

After completing the task, there will be no flying pigeons to disturb.

Zhou Xuan spread out the letter paper, and there was a line of small characters written on it.

"In Qingyuan County, a murder case occurred. The murderer has been brought to justice. The deceased died in a strange and terrifying manner. It has caused panic, and there is fear of demons making trouble."

Zhou Xuan carefully checked the above information.

Qingyuan County is about forty miles away from here, and it should take less than half an hour for Zhou Xuan to ride the Maxima.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan wrote back to accept the task.

...

Qingyuan official road.

tick tock...

There was a sound of hurried hoofbeats in the distance.

Pedestrians get out of the way.

A man in a black suit came galloping on horseback.

The horse under the crotch is extremely handsome, taller than the pedestrians on the side of the road.

Onlookers stopped and watched.

This person is Zhou Xuan.

After running around for half an hour, Zhou Xuan finally arrived at Qingyuan County.

Zhou Xuan did not come alone, a white bird hovered in the sky above his head.

He Yingning also followed.

It's a pity that He Yingning didn't want to let herself ride on him, otherwise he would come faster.

He Yingning lacked combat experience, but his ability to track the enemy was good, so Zhou Xuancai brought him here.

Zhou Xuan came outside the city gate, took out the official document and entered the city smoothly.

He Yingning came behind Zhou Xuan from nowhere, looking like a handsome young man.

Zhou Xuan put the horses in the inn.

A man in a black and red official uniform with a machete on his waist followed two men with a square face and came over.

"Qingyuan County Lieutenant Zhang Xu pays homage to Mr. Zhou!" The man with the square face cupped his hands.

Zhang Xu was surprised that Master Zhou looked so young, like a scholar, not like an official at the same level as the county magistrate.

"Nice to meet you!"

Zhang Xu led the way from the side.

"What's the specific situation?" Zhou Xuan turned his head and asked.

The technique of chasing wind and shadow has been smelling the surrounding atmosphere, and there is nothing unusual about it.

"The incident happened in the Wang family. The Wang family had no children. The nephew of the Wang family came to visit the day before yesterday and found the Wang wife dead at home, and the murderer was Wang's husband, that is, Wang Tie."

"Isn't it an ordinary homicide?" Zhou Xuan frowned.

The case looked like an ordinary homicide, so there was no need to bother the superiors.

"No..." Zhang Xu said slowly.

The nephew of the Wang family came to his uncle's house as a guest, and found that the usually stingy uncle offered wine and meat to entertain him.

This piece of meat was very delicious, and the nephew of the Wang family secretly followed behind Wang Tie, wondering what his uncle had gotten so rich that he sold it so generously.

The nephew of the Wang family followed his uncle to the backyard, and found that in his uncle's room...

"Don't be tricky!" Zhou Xuan said.

This guy is like a storyteller, adding so many scenes, the only thing missing is the background music.

"Yes! I'll just say it now." Zhang Xu smiled awkwardly.

The nephew of the Wang family found his aunt hanging upside down in the room.

Wang's wife was naked, her limbs were tied to the beams of the house, and she was hung upside down.

Blood dripping, the ground blood red.

There were large and small blood pits on his body, and the flesh and blood were gouged out with a knife.

The meat that Wang's nephew ate came from his aunt.

Wang Tie also found his nephew, but there was no movement, no panic of being discovered.

Instead, he smiled and invited his nephew to cut off a piece of meat and go home.

The nephew was frightened on the spot and ran out of Wang's house.

Wang Tie chased after him with a piece of thigh on his shoulder, and insisted on giving it to his nephew, as if it was a courtesy between relatives.

"Where's Wang Tie?" Zhou Xuan said.

Intuition told Zhou Xuan that Wang Tie should have been confused, not the culprit.

"Already in prison, Wang Tie confessed to all the crimes."

Zhang Xu said, "But when asked about the motive for committing the crime, Wang Tie didn't say anything, but said that he misread it at the time."

Just as they were talking, the two came to the prison.

Entering the dark prison cell, a damp air blows towards his face.

There was a foul smell in the air, it seemed that multiple smells were all fused together.

Sweat, athlete's foot, feces...

Zhou Xuan, who had a keen sense of smell, recognized it instantly.

This smell did not affect Zhou Xuan in any way, it just felt a little disgusting.

Prisoners were locked in the fences on both sides, most of them were unkempt and dull-eyed.

Bang bang bang!
Seeing someone approaching, the prisoner activated instantly and kept tapping on the door of the cell.

"My lord! I am so wronged!"

"I have money to bury outside, and give it all to the adults!"

The prisoner kept yelling, and Zhang Xu's men on both sides beat him with sticks.

The two walked to a secluded cell, where a middle-aged man with a haggard appearance was lying inside.

Seeing Zhou Xuan approaching, he just took a glance out of the corner of his eye and ignored him.

"Wang Tie?" Zhou Xuan said.

"It's a villain." Wang Tie replied mechanically with blank eyes.

Zhou Xuan stepped forward to inquire. According to Wang Tie, he knew that his nephew was coming, so he killed the pig in advance.

It was not until he was arrested by the people sent by the government that Wang Tie recognized that she was his wife.

Wang Tie was like a thunderbolt, and his whole body seemed to be drained of energy, and he became like this.

"You kill me...I don't want to live anymore..." Wang Tie muttered to himself, tears streaming down his face.

Zhou Xuan looked sideways at He Yingning, and asked softly, "Did you lie?"

"No." He Yingning shook her head, indicating that what the man said was true.

He Yingning is not only psychic with Baihua, but also can faintly sense whether the other party is lying.

Zhou Xuan shook his head, and then led people away.

Afterwards, Zhou Xuan went to the crime scene, smelling the smell on both sides of the street, but there was no clue.

The same is true for He Yingning, asking about the surrounding flowers and plants, there is nothing strange about it.

"It's not good! My lord!" A subordinate ran over panting.

"It's unreasonable to lose your composure in front of your lord!" Zhang Xu shouted.

"Another person died, and he died in the same way as the Wang family. Both mother and daughter died."

"Have you found the murderer?" Zhang Xu asked hastily.

"found it!"

Zhou Xuan's eyes narrowed, and then he led everyone to the crime scene.

It was in the afternoon at this time, there was a lot of traffic, and pedestrians crowded shoulder to shoulder.

The sound of hawkers hawking on the road came.

At this time, Zhou Xuan stopped suddenly and looked at a restaurant next to him.

This building is called Zhenxiu Pavilion, and there are people coming and going in it, and it is very lively.

The most striking thing is that there is a shaved white pig at the door.

This is a complete pig carcass, with four feet tied to bamboo poles and hung upside down.

Most of the fat pig's body was rotten, and its body was densely packed with black holes like a honeycomb.

Countless white maggots writhed in the hole of flesh and blood.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xuan's scalp tingled.

From time to time maggots fell down and landed on the flour below.

The waiter picked it up, poured it with black sauce, and handed it to the customer next to him.

The customer drooled, stuffed the maggots that were still writhing in the black sauce into his mouth, and ate them with relish.

Bite down, mouth full of pulp.

There are many customers queuing up around, and the people around are not surprised.

"What is this?" Zhou Xuan looked at Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu looked as usual, and said with a smile: "This is our special product in Qingyuan, called "meat sprouts."

(End of this chapter)