Meanwhile, the group at the Ma residence also received the news.
Lord Ma was so startled that he dropped his chopsticks, and his legs trembled involuntarily.
"Master, what should we do?"
Yan Ze's expression hardened, and he transformed into a phantom, instantly arriving several hundred meters away.
...
"Senior brother, look."
Seeing that the woman's hand was tightly clenched, Luo Jiu became suspicious. He peeled it open and found several strands of brownish-yellow hair.
"This is fox fur."
"Fox fur? But wasn't she already..."
Luo Jiu's eyes widened. They had seen the fox die completely, leaving only the body of a little fox. Why was its fur here?
Does it have multiple lives?!
"Master!"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Wen Zhaobai's eyes lit up, and he quickly went to greet him and explained the situation.
Yan Ze bent down, his dark robes trailing on the ground. He examined the corpse with his hands, and finally gently closed the person's eyes.
"Luo Jiu".
A cold voice suddenly rang out, startling the wandering soul.
"exist!"
"Use your spiritual power to find out when the person died."
Luo Jiu exuded a gentle, comforting aura. A leaf, conjured from spiritual energy, appeared in her hand and slowly entered the deceased's mind.
Wow...is that an immortal?
A gasp of amazement rose from all around, as the crowd of people watched Luo Jiu use her magic with eyes full of admiration.
Strength is the weapon that silences them, and this is true in every world.
"The deceased died at the hour of Chou (1-3 AM)."
"Midnight? It is indeed a dark and windy night for murder, but why was this young girl targeted?"
Wen Zhaobai muttered to himself, completely baffled.
“I know! This young lady was originally engaged to a man, who was working at the Ma family's residence. He died for some unknown reason. These past two days have been the seventh day since his death, and the young lady probably wanted to pay her respects, but unexpectedly…”
"Oh dear, this poor girl, who knew she would suffer such a terrible fate..."
"If that's the case, then everything makes sense. But who is the murderer?"
Luo Jiu stared at the candied hawthorn in her hand, full of doubt, as if she wanted to drill a hole in it.
The murderer is quite strange. Is it possible that someone would want to commit murder under the name of a fox demon? Could this be a gang crime?
"The murderer is that fox demon."
"Um?"
Before Luo Jiu and Wen Zhaobai could figure it out, two pairs of eyes, one big and one small, immediately looked towards Yan Ze.
"Return to the prefect's residence."
"oh."
Luo Jiu responded and bit off the last hawthorn on the stick.
She took two steps forward and bumped into a broad back.
"Master?"
"It's lost."
Luo Jiu looked at the candied hawthorn stick in her hand, then at Yan Ze, a strange chill emanating from her that she couldn't understand.
...
"Master, this is your medicine for today."
A maid knelt down, holding the medicine in her palm, her arms still trembling uncontrollably.
The person on the bed sat with their legs crossed, looking like a fairy from a peach blossom garden. Upon hearing these words, they didn't even open their eyes, which was truly malicious.
"There's no need to send her the medicine; it won't work for her at all."
"Am I right, Miss Zizhi?"
Yan Ze pushed open the door and entered. Upon seeing the situation in the bedroom, he showed no surprise. A faint smile played on his lips, though it didn't reach his eyes.
"Zizhi? Madam Wei, what's wrong with you?"
Lord Ma didn't understand what was going on. These Taoist priests, upon hearing that someone had died in town, were not investigating the murderer but instead coming to his backyard.
Besides, his concubine doesn't have that name.
"grown ups."
The woman cried out, stepped off the ground barefoot, and quickly hid behind the man. Her eyes, filled with tears, looked timidly at the group of people.
"No need to pretend anymore."
Yan Ze was unusually impatient, and his already unhappy mood reached its peak at this moment.
He turned his head and met the prefect's eyes, saying, "The woman in front of you is a fox. A fox that kills people for their semen."
"This...this..."
Not to mention Lord Ma, even the disciples who had been following Yan Ze were completely bewildered.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: On the hill of Qingshan, there is a strange beast that looks like a fox with nine tails. That day, when you saw that you could not escape, you gave up one tail and turned into a corpse. The rest of your three souls and six spirits hid in the body of the Wei family that you had planned in advance."
"Although you escaped death, you were severely weakened. You didn't have much time to search for young girls with unusual behavior, so you set your sights on Wang the blacksmith's daughter, because you knew she would appear in the alley late at night as you planned."
"You killed her easily, draining her of her life force. But you left this behind."
Yan Ze opened his palm, and a tuft of dark yellow fox fur appeared in his hand.
"So what?"
The woman peeked out from behind Lord Ma, her slender fingers transforming into sharp claws as she slowly traced their way across the man's neck. Her alluring, almond-shaped eyes were fixed intently on the man in black robes before her.
"It's not that great, it's just that the fox fur has the scent of the room's incense on it, it smells awful."
“A person seriously ill should ask what happened when they wake up. But you didn’t; instead, you looked scared. Wei was a courtesan; even if she woke up and saw us, she shouldn’t be scared.”
It's said that Lady Wei is a very shrewd and worldly person, yet you made a maid kneel to serve you medicine. Still won't admit it, Zizhi?"
"Oh!"
"I only wanted to save my husband, why have you forced me into this situation! Since that's the case, then you may all be buried with me!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
All they heard were the sounds of bones breaking from the woman's body, "crack, crack." In an instant, Zizhi, who had just been in human form, had transformed into a two-meter-long fox demon.
Yan Ze frowned. Seeing that the fox demon actually had the idea of self-destruction, he summoned his natal magic weapon.
In an instant, just when everyone thought a fight was about to break out, a voice came from the horizon.
“Azi.”
The fox demon, who was about to bite off the neck of the creature in front of her, suddenly paused, a hint of unreadable emotion flashing in its red eyes.
"Azi, stop!"
Father?
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Luo Jiu cast a spell, and green vines sprouted from the ground, binding the giant beast's limbs.
An old man with gray hair, leaning on a cane, suddenly appeared before the crowd. His ears were on top of his head, standing upright; he was not human.
The old man's face was full of wrinkles. He looked lovingly at the fox bound by vines and gently tapped her forehead with his cane. The huge fox immediately shrank to the size of a kitten.
He picked her up and bowed slightly to everyone.
“It is Zizhi who has caused trouble for everyone. She will be punished by Heaven when she returns. It is also my fault for failing to raise my daughter properly. I will use all my merits to benefit Luoxian Town.”
After saying that, he left his cane to Yan Ze, turned into a beam of light, and disappeared.
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