Chapter 12 The girl knows how to use her hands to cut [New book, please collect it! ]
The next day, Chow Tai Fook came to the gate of Deyun Temple again.
This surprised Li Chu a little.
He glanced at Zhou Dafu's lower body, wondering if there was something wrong with him, so he wanted to donate the money he earned from working as a clock to burn incense, in an attempt to get back the money he earned from working as a clock.
Zhou Dafu's sad look further confirmed his guess.
Captain Zhou wouldn't worry if there was a case in the town. He would only worry about his own affairs.
But Li Chu really guessed wrong.
This time there really was a case in the town, but Chow Tai Fook was indeed worried about his own family.
"Master Li, why am I so unlucky?" Zhou Dafu's ugly face was almost wrinkled into a bun.
"The new county magistrate has just taken office, and I have been organizing everything for several days in advance, just to make a good impression on him. Who would have thought that just two days after the Xue family tragedy, another major murder occurred. From the looks of it, it seems that this is done by another evil spirit."
"Although the number of deaths is not as high as in the past few days, this is a tragic case of annihilation of an entire family! There are only a few cases of annihilation of an entire family in a year in the entire Heluo Dynasty. This must attract the attention of Chaoge City."
"The county magistrate will not ask why there are so many ghosts in Yuhang Town. He will only ask me why I, the head constable, can't solve the case!"
"Tell me, why are there so many ghosts in Yuhang Town?" Zhou Dafu was about to cry as he spoke.
Li Chu was also a little puzzled.
The vengeful spirits are not the cabbages in the field that can be found anytime.
It is often said that evil spirits abound in troubled times. On the contrary, now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, evil things should not be prevalent.
Why are there so many vengeful spirits recently?
If we expand the scope to the entire Heluo Dynasty, people die with resentment every day, and only one vengeful spirit appears in about ten thousand such deaths.
It is really strange that two such people appeared in three days in Yuhang Town, which is only the size of a palm.
The two chatted for a few sentences and finally decided that after dinner today, Li Chu would go to the county government office to find Chow Tai Fook, and then they would go to the scene together to check it out.
Li Chu learned from the last lesson. Ghosts wouldn't come out during the day anyway, so it would be better to wait until dark before going there so as not to delay anything.
It would be useless if he went too early. It would be boring to wait there, and he would be easily harassed by the women there...
Although this is a family massacre and there won't be any widow plots, but...it's good to develop good habits.
He had an inexplicable feeling that Yuhang Town might not be peaceful in the future.
…
The sky was very nice in the evening, with brilliant clouds in the sky.
Zhou Dafu had completed the case visits, investigations and reporting work early, and was eagerly waiting in the government office, hoping that Li Chu would come and that the process would go smoothly tonight.
If Li Chu's exorcism fails, his future may not be smooth either.
But what he waited for first was not Li Chu, but a sign.
A heavy iron plaque, seven inches long and five inches square, with a towering pagoda carved on the front and three large characters carved neatly on the back: Chaotianque.
The sign fell from the sky and landed on Chow Tai Fook's table with a clang.
The person who threw the sign in was a girl wearing a purple corseted brocade dress, who looked young.
She tied her hair into a high ponytail with a piece of red silk. She had fair skin, willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, a perky nose and red lips. Her appearance was as bright as a dewy peach blossom.
She also has a slim waist, long legs and a slim figure.
When she walked, her long legs swung, her slender waist twisted, and the ponytail behind her head bounced, making all the detectives in the yamen tremble with joy.
But what were shaking for those young detectives were their legs, while what was shaking for Chow Tai Fook was the sign.
A young man wanted to approach her and started chatting her up, with his usual expression, saying, "Girl, you look familiar to me. I came here to find..."
"Your mother looks familiar to me too!"
Zhou Dafu rushed over and kicked the useless subordinate out.
The young man tumbled out of the classroom, looking a little dazed. However, he did not forget to straighten his hat and quickly gave Chow Tai Fook a dog-licking smile.
"Boss, I'm sorry, I didn't know you fell in love with her first, hehe."
He even smiled foolishly twice, thinking that just like what happened every time at Chun Man Lou, Chow Tai Fook was angry because someone was competing with him for the girl.
Zhou Dafu's pupils trembled, and he quickly shouted angrily: "I fell in love with your mother first! Get out!"
The young man was stunned for a moment as if struck by lightning, and then he said hesitantly: "Then... then my father is a bit difficult to deal with, how about... let me think of a solution?"
You are such a filial son! Zhou Dafu wanted to rush over and give him a quick knife.
But the girl in front of him was staring at him with a smile, so he dared not move.
A newbie can only see that she smiles beautifully, but only an experienced person can feel how sharp her gaze is!
Zhou Dafu immediately wiped the sweat off his forehead and said with a smile, "I am the head of the Yuhang Town Constable Squad. I am Zhou Dafu, nice to meet you, my superior."
Shangguan?
There was an uproar in the classroom. The detectives who were lying in a mess immediately stood up straight, making a chaotic noise.
"Captain Zhou, you don't have to be so polite."
As the girl spoke, she took a few steps with her long legs to the Chow Tai Fook seat, sat down casually, and took back the heavy sign.
"I am Li Xinyi, a purple guard stationed at Chaotianque Hangzhou Prefecture." The girl introduced herself: "We are not subordinate to each other, and I am not your superior."
In theory, this is true.
But theoretically speaking, Chaotianque is still just a martial arts sect.
Many things depend on the actual situation.
Chaotianque is in charge of ghosts and gods by order of the emperor, and has the power to execute first and report later when it comes to evil spirits.
Even the most junior purple-robed person in Chaotianque was a cultivator with a high level of cultivation. When ordinary officials saw him, they would all be polite and respectful.
This kind of pressure is also one of the reasons why Chow Tai Fook does not like to invite Chao Tianque to come down to handle the case.
"Ms. Li, you are honored to visit us. But is there anything you need help with?" Zhou Dafu asked cautiously.
"Hmm?" Li Xinyi frowned beautifully, "Don't you know why I'm here?"
"Um, is it because of the massacre of the entire family in Xialiu Village?"
"Yes, but that's not all." Li Xinyi smiled slightly. "I was ordered to ask you why there are so many evil spirits in Yuhang Town under your jurisdiction? In the past year, you reported six cases of evil spirits, and this time there were two cases of evil spirits in three days."
She stood up again. Her height was no less than Chow Tai Fook's, and her aura was much better.
"I'm very curious, what secrets are hidden in the small town of Yuhang, so that evil things keep happening here. Or is there really nothing fishy in the case, and Captain Zhou, you have something to hide, and you're blaming the evil spirits for not being able to solve the case?"
The situation she described is actually not uncommon.
There are too many unsolved cases and major cases in the world, but when it comes to each captain of the Heluo Dynasty, there are only a few of them to deal with.
Sometimes, in order to give an explanation to the superiors, it is normal to use the excuse that the crime was committed by evil spirits.
After all, evil spirits commit crimes without a clear beginning or an end, and some ghosts leave no evidence even after being eliminated, making it very easy for them to commit fraud.
But this kind of thing can't happen too often. A frequency like Chow Tai Fook's, where there are six incidents a year, is already very suspicious.
As for the two cases of vengeful spirits in three days, it is even more excessive.
If it was true, then Chao Tianque would have to investigate. If it was false, then it was too insulting to his intelligence, and Chao Tianque would have to punish him.
"God and heaven are my conscience!" Zhou Dafu said with a bitter face: "Miss Li, I also wonder why there are so many evil spirits under my jurisdiction! I am not a fool. Even if I make up a story, I would not make up two cases of vengeful spirits in three days. But the results of my investigation are indeed like this. I can't lie, right?"
Li Xinyi smiled coldly: "If you have nothing to hide, why don't you ever look for people from Chaotianque? Instead, you always spend the imperial court's bounty to hire cultivators from outside to exorcise the evil spirits. I also want to know, in a small place like Yuhang Town, is there really a cultivator with such a high level of cultivation who can help you solve the strange cases!"
Zhou Dafu said, "I have been a police chief for many years. I can't say that I have always performed my duties conscientiously, but I dare not deceive my superiors or my subordinates. I didn't invite Shangguan from Chaotianque because there is indeed a Taoist temple in this area with people practicing Taoism. It would be convenient to invite him, so I didn't want to trouble Shangguan."
"oh?"
Li Xinyi's eyes wandered over his ugly face. "I will stay here for a while and investigate the source of the evil spirit in Yuhang Town. As for the one you invited, Captain Zhou... he may be suspected of raising a ghost for his own benefit. Don't let him come here during this period."
"That's natural." Chow Tai Fook nodded repeatedly.
Since the people from Chaotianque have arrived, Li Chu is of course of no use.
No matter how much Zhou Dafu thought of Li Chu, he didn't think that a man from a remote mountain sect would be as powerful as the orthodox cultivators of Chaotianque.
As for what Li Xinyi said about raising ghosts to protect oneself, it was also a case that happened in the past. Some local cultivators specialized in raising evil spirits to commit crimes, and then helped others to exorcise the evil spirits and earn a large sum of money.
The first choice for people who do this kind of case is Yuhang Town, which is not very close to the provincial capital but is also quite prosperous.
This kind of thing is what Chao Tianque hates the most.
Zhou Dafu wanted to defend Li Chu and explain that the young Taoist priest was not such a person, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped himself.
Li Xinyi still has a bad impression of herself now, so it would be unnecessary for her to speak up for others.
As they were talking here, a clear voice was heard outside the door.
"Is Captain Zhou here? I'm coming."
"The Taoist priest I invited is here. I'll let him go back first." Zhou Dafu said, turning around to greet him.
Li Xinyi followed him out, wanting to see what this suspicious Taoist priest looked like.
Then she saw...
A young Taoist priest with clear eyebrows and warm eyes, wearing a clean and simple green robe, stood under a poplar tree outside the door, with his hair shaking and his sleeves fluttering.
In an instant, it seemed as if all the rays of light in the sky gathered on him.
Just like a banished celestial being from heaven.
Zhou Dafu shouted to Li Chu: "Master Li, I'm sorry..."
Pop.
A sharp knife cut his neck from behind, interrupting his next words.
Li Chu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Zhou Dafu fell to the ground, revealing a bright girl behind him. The girl looked at him tenderly, smiling like a flower.
(End of this chapter)
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