The back hall of Wanghai County Government Office.
A servant walked quickly to the door of the study and whispered, "Master Fang, they are here."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Fang, who was of rather portly build and dressed in a green robe with wide sleeves, hurried to the back hall and saw a man who looked to be about forty or fifty years old, dressed in black tights, sitting at the table.
Next to him sat a young and beautiful girl, also wearing a black tight-fitting outfit. Red silk thread outlined an exquisite Epiphyllum pattern on the clothes, which was quite beautiful. She wore a long sword at her waist.
"May I ask if you are the Lord of Fuyesi?" County Magistrate Fang stepped forward quickly.
The leading man stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "County Magistrate Fang, I am Tu Qing, a fourth-rank Fuye Guard of the Fuye Division. After receiving the news, our Fuye Division sent a message to me. I happened to be nearby, so I rushed over immediately."
County Magistrate Fang bowed and said, "It's Master Tu!"
Tu Qing hurriedly helped the man up and said, "There's no need to do this, County Magistrate Fang. The rank of our Fuye Guards is different from that of the officials. Besides, the Fuye Division has never been involved in personnel matters."
County Magistrate Fang understood and said, "I understand, I understand." Then he looked behind Tu Qing and said, "I wonder who this person is..."
Tu Qing explained: "This is my beloved disciple, Qingxue, the eighth-rank Night Guard Commander."
County Magistrate Fang hurriedly said, "Please take a seat, both of you."
"Well... you two are exhausted from the journey. Do you want to rest for a while or..."
Tu Qing raised his hand and said, "Let's get straight to the point. To be honest, there have been frequent family massacres in various places recently, causing panic among the people. This time, the higher-ups have also instructed that the case must be solved within three days!"
"Three days?!" County Magistrate Fang exclaimed.
Tu Qing nodded: "Yes, so please ask County Magistrate Fang to find someone to introduce the current situation."
"Okay, okay." Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Fang called the head of the county government, Liu Yong.
Liu Yong told everyone what happened at the hour of Mao this morning.
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"This morning at 11:00 AM, some street vendors had already started setting up their stalls when someone suddenly saw a man covered in blood walking down the street, shouting, 'There's a ghost! There's a ghost! The vengeful ghost of the previous dynasty is here to take your life!'
"At this time, someone finally recognized that this crazy man was actually a servant in Chen Dongwen's house, and hurriedly reported the case.
"Later, our yamen staff went to check. The door to the Chen residence was ajar. When they pushed it open, a strong smell of blood hit us in the face!
"In the small courtyard behind the gate alone, there were seven bodies lying, their deaths extremely tragic.
"Some of the bodies had their hands tightly grasping their own necks, some had even gouged out their own eyes, or cut into their own abdomens with knives!
"Behind the courtyard and inside the house, there were also corpses everywhere, both old and young.
"The strangest thing is that these thirty-plus corpses are all shrunken, as if all the blood has been drained out. There's not a trace of blood on the ground, but the bloody smell in the air is undeniable..."
Inside the cell, Zhou Zhilu listened to what the jailer Zhang said and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Hey," asked the jailer, "how did you kill those people? Tell me about it. I might even get a promotion."
Zhou Zhilu said angrily, "How would I know? I really didn't kill him!"
Jailer Zhang laughed loudly. "Hahaha, I know. I don't think it's you either. This is a very strange thing. Maybe there really is a ghost... But who told you to lie on someone's roof that night? You deserve this bad luck."
After saying that, Jailer Zhang got the news about Widow Li and her sisters and left in a leisurely manner.
After jailer Zhang left, Zhou Zhilu sat cross-legged on the ground and thought for a long time.
A vengeful ghost from the previous dynasty? Chen Dongwen's ancestor was a high-ranking official in the previous dynasty, and Zhou Zhilu knew this.
But he didn't believe what the servants of the Chen Mansion were shouting about, the vengeful ghosts of the previous dynasty. After all, if the vengeful ghosts of the previous dynasty wanted to take his life, he would have done it long ago. Now more than three hundred years have passed. How could he suddenly come out to kill other people's descendants?
It's unreasonable.
Compared to the theories of ghosts and gods, Zhou Zhilu prefers to believe in another kind of existence, which is the information he learned from the original memories of this body.
The Book of Boundaries unfolded, and Zhou Zhilu wrote:
"The tragedy of the Chen family's annihilation was not caused by human intervention, but by a demonic calamity!"
As the words were written, white mist emerged!
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Chen Mansion.
County Magistrate Fang, Tu Qing and a group of people were standing outside the door.
After entering the mansion, County Magistrate Liu looked at the scene in the courtyard with disgust, covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and looked at Tu Qing.
Tu Qing slowly walked forward, calmly observing the corpse, and asked Ling Qingxue beside him, "Xiaoxue, do you remember how to detect demon traces?"
Ling Qingxue nodded and said coldly, "When you use your spiritual power to activate the demon-transforming powder and sprinkle it around, if there's any residual demonic energy in the air, the demon-transforming powder will be absorbed by it and condense into something that won't disperse."
Tu Qing nodded and took out a brocade bag from his waist.
He took out a handful of vermilion powder from it, waved his hand and scattered it, and suddenly countless red particles floated in the courtyard.
Tu Qing watched quietly until the red particles in the air slowly fell to the ground.
"Huh?" Ling Qingxue asked in surprise.
Tu Qingye frowned slightly, squatted down again, and pointed a finger at the ground.
There was a sound of "Puchi".
Suddenly, a blue flame appeared on Tu Qing's finger.
It was as if flames met gasoline, and the red particles on the ground were the best combustible material. The blue flames turned into a circle of fire and instantly spread around.
County Magistrate Fang, Liu Yong and others on the periphery were startled by the sudden flames.
Liu Yong was so anxious that he shouted directly. After all, once the fire started, there would be no clues left at the scene!
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