Let's start by analyzing the sun

Entering the garden.

On either side of the entrance, there were two rows of lifelike horse heads, each with a pair of colorful butterflies perched on top.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a combination of several types of flowers.

This was not a simple combination, but rather formed a peculiar symbiotic relationship.

At this moment.

As a warm breeze swept through, the butterflies' wings opened and closed slightly, as if about to take flight.

The horse heads' round eyes seemed to be darting around, as if observing their surroundings.

At a glance, the horse heads and butterflies seemed to come alive.

Such a sight was a testament to the ingenuity involved.

The owner of Winter Garden, Fang Qinghuai, revealed a hint of pride in his expression: "Sergeant Cheng, our Fang family spent a full fifteen years cultivating this 'Welcoming Horse Orchid'."

Cheng Han praised: "Indeed, not bad!"

To achieve this level as an ordinary person was truly commendable.

Fang Qinghuai led the way while explaining the types of flowers, and casually discussed the various twists and turns in the Fang family's cultivation process.

Fang Tingyuan also chimed in at opportune moments, telling one or two interesting little stories, showcasing the image of a clever young man.

After a while.

The female assistant joined the conversation.

She behaved like a competent public relations person, appropriately promoting the merits of the Patrol Department.

"This 'Snowdrift Orchid' is one of the most famous flowers in Winter Garden. Whenever it snows outside, the Snowdrift Orchids will move without wind. When the garden opens on snowy days, they are the most popular among visitors.

"I remember in the winter before last, a group of thieves tried to sneak into Winter Garden to steal a few Snowdrift Orchids. The Patrol Department received relevant information through the underground intelligence network and arrested the thieves in advance."

Fang Qinghuai chimed in cooperatively: "After the Patrol Department sent people over, I learned that a temporary hired gardener had been bribed by the thieves. That incident gave me quite a scare."

The middle-aged man looked at the female assistant and praised appropriately: "Anhua City's security is so good, the Patrol Department deserves a lot of credit!"

His son, Fang Tingyuan, took the opportunity to steal glances at the female assistant's beautiful face, a hint of infatuation flashing in his eyes.

Cheng Han sighed: "Just like the tourists who only see a few precious flowers like Snowdrift Orchids, isn't it the same for the Patrol Department?"

The female assistant's pretty face changed slightly, and she made an analogy: "For so many years, the Patrol Department has been working hard to be a diligent gardener, carefully tending to every flower in the garden."

Cheng Han remained noncommittal: "Is that so?"

The female assistant replied seriously: "Of course!"

However, the large number of images of bones at the bottom of the river provided by the black cat, as well as the old woman he met outside the city, had already proven how serious the problems in Anhua City were.

And after deduction, each skeleton came from the bottom of society, which also meant the destruction of a family.

Therefore, Cheng Han didn't even believe the other party's punctuation marks.

Just then.

Fang Tingyuan, whether out of infatuation or genuine belief, spoke up in agreement: "The Patrol Department's work is indeed quite responsible..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Fang Qinghuai tugged at his son's sleeve and whispered: "Shut up! Who allowed you to interrupt here?"

Fang Tingyuan instantly realized his mistake and quickly closed his mouth.

Cheng Han chuckled: "There are many flowers that the gardener can't take care of."

His gaze swept over a patch of "Mist Crane Flowers," and he lightly waved his right hand.

In the next instant.

An astonishing thing happened.

This large patch of over a thousand Mist Crane Flowers suddenly came to life.

These flower heads, shaped like crane heads, stretched their necks like real cranes, and then separated like a wave, revealing an exceptionally small Mist Crane Flower.

The female assistant was dumbfounded.

Fang Qinghuai and his son witnessed such supernatural power for the first time, and were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

Cheng Han stared at the Mist Crane Flower and murmured: "I was born an orphan, and I know better than anyone the living conditions of ordinary people at the bottom.

"In this city, I don't know how many people, like this Mist Crane Flower, are simply ignored..."

Along with his words, even more miraculous scenes appeared.

"They grow silently..."

The Mist Crane Flower began to grow rapidly, and in just a few breaths, it grew from the length of a palm to a mature state of more than half a meter tall.

"They bloom silently..."

The Mist Crane Flower grew flower buds, which quickly swelled into buds, and then bloomed in full glory.

"They wither silently..."

The Mist Crane Flower withered instantly.

Cheng Han added in his heart: Even after death, they are deliberately ignored.

This astonishing performance left the three speechless for a long time.

Although the female assistant was a martial artist, she had never been exposed to such supernatural power, and was still quite shocked.

Fang Qinghuai and his son were even more so, their jaws almost dropped.

After a while.

The female assistant came back to her senses, her tone full of grievance: "Are you really that dissatisfied with the Patrol Department's work?"

Cheng Han shook his head: "Whether the Patrol Department is doing well or not is not up to me to say, people have their own sense of justice."

He suddenly felt a little bored: "Let's go!"

*

The black cat's search of the waterway finally yielded results.

In a hidden section of the waterway, it discovered a narrow branch.

This section was extremely narrow, no more than half an arm's width, and even small children could not swim through it.

The black cat let two smaller fish lead the way, and the shadow clone followed into it.

After swimming for hundreds of meters, it entered a dark underground lake.

The shadow clone saw a terrible scene:

At the bottom of the lake.

There were spirit shrine-like objects, no less than thirty.

Each spirit shrine was made of white bones.

Judging roughly, the number of skeletons consumed was no less than one hundred.

It could also be judged that the white bone spirit shrines had existed for quite some time.

The black cat did not stay too long, and controlled the fish to leave.

And at this point.

For others, everything was still shrouded in mystery.

Who built the white bone spirit shrines?

And what was the purpose?

But for Cheng Han, each spirit shrine and each skeleton was a connection, and the answer was obvious.

In this so-called "supernatural creature eating people" case, "eating people" was indeed true.

As for supernatural creatures, ha!

Next.

Just let everything unfold reasonably.

*

The extortion case at the outpost was concluded the next day.

The entire outpost was almost wiped out, and most of the patrolmen were found guilty.

Half of them were more seriously guilty and were temporarily transferred to the Black Armor Army as coolies.

There was only one task - searching the river.

This time, the search was more thorough, and even the silt at the bottom of the river was scooped up.

Soon.

The first skeleton was salvaged.

Then the second, the third, and after the fifth skeleton was salvaged, everyone realized that things were not simple.

In this process, Cheng Han only used a little bit of mild mental suggestion to allow a group of salvagers to find the drowning point faster.

Subsequently.

Senior Captain Ao Feng began to ask Anhua City for more manpower to excavate the river on a large scale.

All of this was a conspiracy.

Of course.

This was all directed by Cheng Han behind the scenes, and Ao Feng was the one who worked on the surface.

On the third day.

Thanks to the hard work of hundreds of people, more than sixty corpses had been dug out of the river.

This was a huge number.

Even the governor of Anhua City was alarmed and personally walked around the place where the corpses were placed.

The governor solemnly stated that he was willing to provide all possible assistance to bring the murderer to justice.

Ao Feng still had one request - I want more people.

On the fourth day.

The number of people searching the river had exceeded two thousand five hundred.

According to Cheng Han's request, these people did not let go of any suspicious places.

That afternoon.

The hidden waterway was found.

Cheng Han rushed to the scene, sensed it slightly, and said a prediction: "I sense the aura of death."

If someone else said this, they would definitely be regarded as a madman.

But coming from the mouth of a genius teenager, Ao Feng decided to find a way to find out.

The Black Armor Army urgently brought a magic tool and drilled into the terrible underground lake.

Then.

Things completely caused a sensation.

The town's garrison profound master personally arrived at the scene and blasted open the underground lake with profound magic.

After confirmation, the white bone spirit shrine at the bottom of the lake was a kind of evil longevity ritual.

That is, sacrificing the lives of ordinary people, building a white bone spirit shrine, the sacrificer can age more slowly, and obtain some extra spiritual power.

The garrison profound master also determined that the sacrificer's purpose was likely to be to break through the profound master level.

The final thing was very simple.

The garrison profound master transferred the profound array, carried out a tracing, and found the real murderer - the director of the Patrol Department, Huang Xiansheng.

After an interrogation, everything came to light.

It turned out that this person was over sixty years old, his soul was on the verge of decline, he was unwilling to end his life like this, so he secretly carried out evil sacrifices six years ago.

Logically speaking, if there were too many missing people, it must be reported to the Black Armor Army, so as not to have alien god believers engage in blood sacrifices and endanger the safety of the whole city.

But Huang Xiansheng secretly suppressed these things in his position as director, and regularly burned some of the case files.

However.

Long-term evil sacrifices caused a big problem with this person's spiritual power.

In a recent hunt, Huang Xiansheng accidentally lost control.

This guy brutally killed several passers-by, brutally dismembered them, and devoured their internal organs.

This scene happened to be witnessed by a large group of patrolmen.

Huang Xiansheng was too late to kill people and silence them, and was forced to jump into the waterway and escape.

The case of aquatic supernatural creatures eating people broke out like this.

To this.

Cheng Han only had a deep sigh: "Uncontrolled desire is the most terrible strangeness."

In the history of the Tai'an Small Spirit Realm, there are only a handful of strange creatures that have killed more than two hundred people.

Huang Xiansheng, with his own strength, had as many as two hundred and twenty-seven wronged souls in his hands!