Nightwatcher

There are two Fuguo counties in the capital, Taikang and Changle.

Song Tingfeng opened the file to read, Xu Qi'an and Zhu Guangxiu stood on the left and right, staring at the file together.

The contents of the dossier are as follows:

There is a Dahuang Mountain in the north of Taikang County. The main peak is more than 1,000 meters high. The mountain range spans more than ten miles and contains rich limestone.

It feeds hundreds of gray households in the surrounding area.

Huihu, that is, artisans who quarry and process lime.

Beginning in the middle of the year, a monster came out of the river in the area of ​​the Great Yellow Mountain, and it often went ashore to devour the living.

"Lack of detailed information." Xu Qi'an, a veteran criminal investigator, made a judgment after reading the file.

This should be a case that has just been reported, so we need to investigate and improve the file.

Li Yuchun glanced over the three of them, and said with a serious face: "Xu Ningyan, the saber is tightened two inches up, and the position of the gong is not straight enough, it is tilted one inch to the left."

Neuropathy, you are in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Xu Qi'an said: "Yes!"

Walking out of the Spring Breeze Hall, Xu Qi'an suddenly felt a lump under his foot just as he crossed the threshold. He naturally lowered his head to pick it up, but suddenly froze.

Silver is heavier.

"Let's go." Song Tingfeng turned his head and urged.

"Oh, good." Xu Qi'an put the broken silver into his arms, and followed.

In the hall, Li Yuchun took out the money bag from the box, hung it on his waist, and was about to go out when he frowned suddenly.

He opened the purse and poured out a pile of broken silver, counted it carefully, and immediately frowned: "I lost three coins."

As a person who was ridiculed by his colleagues as "difficult with money", three renminbi of silver was enough for him to hurt until dark.

The three of them met the policemen of Jingzhao Mansion outside the watchman's yamen. There were also three people, the leader was actually a woman, and the other two were slightly younger.

Jingzhao Mansion is commonly known as Fuya.

The three policemen's uniforms are not much different from Xu Qi'an's Kuaishou uniforms, with a black base and red piping around the neckline and cuffs.

What is embroidered on the chest is not the word "catch", but a majestic and majestic beast Bi An.

Xu Qi'an observed the three of them calmly.

The leading woman clasped her fists and said, "My lords, lowly Lu Qing. I have already ordered the horses to be led to the gate of the city. Let's get in the carriage and talk."

Riding a horse is a journey, and taking a carriage is to give everyone a space to talk about things without wasting time.

The watchman has a high status, and the catchers of other yamen are naturally short when they see the watchman. However, although this woman in the Qi training realm called her an adult, her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

A spacious carriage was parked on the side of the street, and it would not be too crowded for six people to sit in it.

The three guards sat on the same side, and the three people from the government office sat on the other side, clearly distinguishing each other.

Song Tingfeng introduced himself with a smile, and also introduced Zhu Guangxiao and Xu Qi'an.

"You should be familiar with this guy. He was imprisoned in the government office during the tax and bank case."

The three police officers of Jingzhao Mansion carefully examined Xu Qi'an.

The female catcher who called herself Lu Qing clasped her fists and said, "I have admired your name for a long time."

The tax and bank case was handled by the government office. As the head of the government office, she remembered Xu Qi'an.

At that time, I felt that this person was quite capable, and repeatedly persuaded Mr. Fu Yin to recruit him to serve in the government office. Seeing that Xu Qi'an had become a watchman, Lu Qing sighed regretfully in his heart.

Xu Qi'an said a few modest words with a smile, and secretly looked at the head catcher.

It is quite rare for a woman to be a head arrester.

The women of the Dafeng Dynasty were not all raised in the boudoir. For some extremely talented women, each yamen would give certain cultivation.

This female catcher has a good face, probably in her early thirties, her eyebrows are thicker than ordinary girls, and she is heroic.

The graceful figure reveals the vigor of a female leopard. The chest is swollen, it should be wearing underwear that corsets the chest.

Speaking of it, Xu Qi'an didn't know until now why the tax and bank case was not handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but the government office and the watchmen worked together to handle the case. At first he was surprised by it.

Because Zhou Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Households flirt with each other, and they have accomplices.

These details were not realized until now.

"The content of the dossier is simple, and many details are not clear. Your government office took over the case first. Let's communicate with each other." Song Tingfeng said:

"When exactly did the monster appear?"

"June and July." The woman's voice was slightly smoky, very magnetic.

"Does anyone see what the monster looks like?" Song Tingfeng asked again.

"In the beginning, the local gray households often disappeared. When the family searched, they found the monster's paw prints and bloodstains by the river. After that, gray households disappeared one after another, and there were more and more paw prints on the river bank.

"The local village chief gathered gray households and cast nets in the river, intending to hunt down monsters. But it was unsuccessful, and the fishing nets were easily bitten through."

It's an amphibian! Xu Qi said in peace.

Song Tingfeng frowned and asked after listening, "What I'm wondering about is why it's reported now for what happened in June and July?"

"The monsters only devoured the gray households that entered the mountain, and did not attack the villages, so the Taikang county magistrate didn't care at first. When more and more people died, they sent catchers to join the gray households to hunt down the monsters, but nothing was found."

When Lu Qing was talking, he frequently looked at Xu Qi'an, but to her disappointment, this talented person who solved the tax and bank case kept his eyebrows silent.

"After a few times, the magistrate of Taikang County was unwilling to take care of it anymore. In other words, as the Jingcha was approaching, instead of handling the case, he planned to suppress it."

Zhu Guangxiao said in a deep voice, "Then why did you report it again?"

Lu Qing was silent for a while, then said: "The ashes dare not go up the mountain to burn ashes, but the tax still has to be paid. There is no other way, so they took a long way into the mountain and avoided the river. An accident happened.

"The more than twenty people who went into the mountain to burn ashes that time never came back. The ashes nearby had no other choice, so they sued the government."

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao looked at each other without saying anything.

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At this time, Xu Qi'an knocked on the long stool, looked at the three people in Jingzhao Mansion, and asked, "Do you have a map of Dahuang Mountain and nearby villages?"

"Bring it, considering the unknown realm of monsters, we plan to investigate on our own first, and don't bring the local gray households, so as to avoid accidents and can't take care of it." Lu Qing looked at his colleague who was sitting sideways, and the colleague took out a bag from the bag that he was carrying. roll atlas.

Xu Qi'an took the map and slowly unfolded it. This is a map of the Rhubarb Mountains.

After looking carefully for a while, Xu Qi'an said: "I have a guess, I think I should let you know."

Everyone in the carriage looked over, and Song Tingfeng squinted his eyes with a smile.

The woman's head catcher's eyes lit up slightly, and she sat up straight: "Please tell me."

Xu Qi'an said: "It attacks the people regularly, or in other words, it has a strong purpose. This may not be a simple disturbance by monsters."

Lu Qing frowned her exquisite eyebrows: "Why did you say that?"

"At the beginning, it only devoured the gray households near the river, and then began to expand its range, radiating outward from both sides of the river. Until it went into the mountains and devoured the gray households. This is not purely for hunting.

"First of all, the Dahuang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and there is no shortage of fish and shrimp in Hanoi. The choice of food for a beast is determined by the environment, not its own taste. If there is no shortage of food around, it will never go far away. With a good bite, I went into the mountains to hunt the common people.

"Secondly, if it is a wise monster, it is different from wild beasts and likes to eat people. Then it will not turn a blind eye to the nearby villages. But it does not, it only devours the gray households that enter the vicinity of Dahuang Mountain.

According to the analysis of behavioral psychology, this is a kind of conscious drive. "

behavioral psychology? ! Lu Qing pondered and said, "Develop a territory?"

Without waiting for Xu Qi'an to answer, Song Tingfeng shook his head: "No, if it has wisdom, it will never set up territory in this way. Setting up territory in the suburbs of the capital is no different from courting death. And if it is just a ferocious beast, is it right? They will act to drive away gray households.”

Lu Qing thought for a while, his pupils shrank slightly: "Is there anything in Dahuang Mountain that makes him care?"

There was a brief silence in the carriage.

PS: In the future, I will write a "Guidelines for the Appraisal of Dafeng Huakuniang" on the official account. Well, it is not written by me, but by enthusiastic readers.

The typo in the last chapter has been revised, um, let’s change it first.