On the Avenue

Chapter 205 Hu Village

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When the official saw so many corpses, he quickly reported it to Prince Zheng's Mansion. Not long after, Zheng Houye Zheng Rui led Ti Xing, Dian Shi, Wu Zuo and others to Rouge Lane.

After the eunuch Sanbao died of illness, his stepson was granted the title of marquis and the enfeoffment of the bathing capital, which was inherited from generation to generation.

Zheng Rui is the Marquis of this generation, an extremely calm person with unfathomable cultivation.

But even though Mr. Zheng was well-informed, he couldn't help but gasp when he came to the scene of the murder.

corpse.

There were corpses everywhere.

There were two courtyards, door to door. Three corpses were found in one courtyard. They were all women. Their death conditions were extremely miserable. One woman died after her throat, blood vessels, and neck bones were broken. Another woman had her brain penetrated by a brush. The third woman's neck was broken, her internal organs were shattered, and her back was completely rotten.

But Zhuge Dianshi said that there were two other women. One was in the well and was blown to pieces, and the other was left with only a ball of blood.

Zheng Houye and Ti Xingguan looked carefully and found only blood stains in the well. As for the pool of blood on the ground, they could not tell that it was human. I don't know how Zhuge Dianshi could see it.

"The murderer used a very strange spell to put the deceased into an extremely small space and smashed it into pieces."

Zhuge Dianshi held a ball of blood and rubbed it vigorously. After the blood dried, he looked at the bone stubble inside and confirmed his judgment again, "This plasma is the deceased."

They came to the street again, and Zhuge Dianshi was looking at the bodies of the old women.

These old women were all killed on their way to escape. There were two corpses lying on this street, three on the second street, and two on the third street.

Zhuge Dianshi said: "There is another person. This person should be practicing the golden body type. His golden body was broken by the murderer and exploded."

The punishment officer couldn't help but said: "How did you tell?"

Zhuge Dianshi said: "My lord, please touch this door."

The execution officer came to the door and touched it. There were some mist-like blood stains on the door, but it was thicker than blood and had a fishy smell.

Zhuge Dian said: "If you lick it, you can taste that it is blood mixed with minced meat."

The executioner was about to lick it, but when he heard this, he quickly wiped off the blood stains on his hands and lost his voice: "Is this thing human flesh mixed with human blood? How could it be broken into pieces like this?"

"Sir, the golden body-like skills will dissipate when the golden body is broken."

Zhuge Dian said, "The higher the level of cultivation, the more severe the attack will be when dispersing the power. This person has extremely high power and has made her body invulnerable. Even if you use a three-eyed fire blunderbuss, it will not hurt her at all. Even if she eats a bowl of pellets. Even if the gunpowder explodes in her stomach, she will remain unscathed, but if her golden body is broken, the huge power that maintains her golden body will explode, but she will have nowhere to vent, causing her body to become more and more swollen."

He arranged the fire gun behind his back, squatted down, found a drop of blood that had not yet dried up from the corner of the wall, twisted it with his fingers, and said: "During the explosion, her flesh and blood had been crushed, and her bones were turned into powder. If Sir, If you pinch these blood beads carefully, you can detect the bone powder. This person should be the shopkeeper of Rouge Lane, aunt."

Lord Zheng couldn't help but said: "Zhuge Dianshi, you described it in such detail, and you know who the deceased is. Could it be that you killed the person?"

Zhuge Dianshi shook his head and said: "I came to Rouge Lane to drink flower wine and met the aunt. I suspected that she had special skills and tested her skills. One of her hands turned into gold, so I guessed that she had a golden body."

The three of them came to the house opposite.

The executioner looked around and said, "Seven corpses are lying here."

"Eleven bodies."

Zhuge Dian said, "There is one hanging on the wall, two in the room, and one on the roof."

The executioner's face turned red, he coughed and said, "How did these people die?"

Zhuge Dianshi picked up a hairpin from the ground, touched the small hollow copper ball under the hairpin with his finger, and it made a tinkling sound like a bell, and said, "Sir, this is the murder weapon."

Lord Zheng and Officer Ti Xing looked at the hairpin and each frowned: "Isn't it a magic weapon?"

They thought the murderer used a magic weapon to kill so many people, but they didn't expect it was just an ordinary hairpin, not even a talisman or a talisman.

Talisman treasures are things like peach wood, jade talisman, paper talisman, etc., which can be carved with one or more kinds of talismans, seals and seals. They can be sacrificed when needed. They can only be used once or twice before the power will be exhausted.

Talisman soldiers brand weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds with talismans and seals. When the energy and blood surge, they can activate their power and harm people. As long as the talisman soldiers are not destroyed and the talisman brand is not erased, they can be used continuously.

Magical weapons are relatively rare. Treasures such as the Yangjiao Tianling Lamp, the Jade Seal of the Western King, the Book of the Earth, and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner can be called magic weapons.

The murderer in Rouge Lane used neither a magic weapon nor a talisman to kill, but the most ordinary hairpin, which was surprising.

"Using the most ordinary objects to kill people, the perpetrators are either extremely confident in their abilities and are rampant, or they kill people frequently."

Zhuge Dianshi inspected the corpses, made a judgment, and said, "This murderer is confident and rampant, and often kills people. The wounds on the corpses are often killed by one blow. I have seen similar wounds like this before..."

When he said this, he paused and did not continue.

He saw familiar ruts, and although he didn't find any black dog hair, he felt a sense of familiarity.

"spiritualism!"

Zhuge Dianshi ordered Wuzuo, and Wuzuo quickly took out the soul-calling talisman to summon the souls of these old women.

"Master Zhuge, you can't attract souls!" Wu Zuo said.

Zhuge Dianshi exhaled a breath and murmured in his heart: "Did he come to Yudu? Last time, I resigned from the Dianshi of Buffalo County because of his affairs. I finally worked as an errand in Yudu, but he caught up with me again. "?"

"Zhuge Dianshi, Zhuge Dianshi...Zhuge Sword!"

Marquis Zheng called him several times, but when he didn't respond, he called out his real name and shouted, "Why are you so dazed? What else do you have?"

Zhuge Jian calmed his mind, bowed and said: "Back to the Marquis, the murderer has mastered the method of refining the golden body. Although it is not indestructible, it is not weaker than the golden body. His cultivation is still in the golden elixir realm. I have never cultivated the Nascent Soul..."

The punishment officer interrupted him and said: "How do you know that the murderer has not cultivated to Yuanying?"

Lord Zheng's eyes fell on him, and Zhuge Jian suddenly felt more pressure and replied: "Sir, the golden body of Dabaoguo Temple cannot be completely taught to prostitutes like Auntie, so she has never cultivated a real golden body. . With the murderer’s strength, if he cultivates to the Nascent Soul, he doesn’t need to use the method of breaking the golden body to kill her, he can just shock her to death with heavy techniques. Therefore, the official guesses that he is in the golden elixir realm.”

Lord Zheng and Officer Ti Xing each frowned.

With a cultivation level in the Golden Core Realm, he faced off against a great master in the Nascent Soul Realm and destroyed the opponent's golden body in a single face-to-face encounter. This method was too tyrannical!

"Where did the murderers go after they kidnapped these young prostitutes?"

The punishment officer asked, "How could he leave Yudu under our noses with so many young prostitutes?"

Zhuge Jiandao: "When he killed the fourth woman, he put her into an extremely small space. He can use this magic to kill people, and he can also use this magic to hide people. There are more than twenty prostitutes here, so for him "You only need a palm-sized box to hide these young prostitutes."

The criminal officer frowned and said in a low voice: "If you can't solve the case, how can you explain it to the young master?"

Zhuge Jian felt solemn in his heart and bowed: "Young Master probably knows who the murderer is, so there is no need for you to worry."

Lord Zheng nodded lightly and said: "After all, this matter is the fault of our government. We still need to inform the young master and apologize to him. The government will personally contact the young master and explain the matter."

He paused and said: "Zhuge Jian, you have also received benefits from the young master. If you know the clues about the murderer, you cannot hide it."

Zhuge Jian bowed even lower: "I don't dare, the lower official."

At this time, a few men in short jackets and long straight trousers pushed through the crowd and entered the courtyard. They looked quite ferocious. When they saw Mr. Zheng and others, they were shocked, their arrogance suddenly disappeared, and they bowed and said, "I have seen you all, sir."

Marquis Zheng glanced at those people and sneered: "There is a murder in Rouge Lane. When will it be the Lu Ban Sect's turn to intervene?"

The leading man quickly kowtowed and said, "Situ Wen, a common man, has met the Marquis! I have met Lord Ti Xing!"

The executioner smiled and said: "Situ Wen, get up. I know that you were in love with my aunt, and you are more sad than anyone else when she dies. But this murder case is our Yudu Mansion's affair, so don't interfere."

Situ Wen, the leader of the Luban Sect, changed his face slightly, leaned forward and said: "This matter is not only a matter of Yudu Mansion, but also a matter of the Young Master! The Luban Sect will definitely intervene!"

"you!"

Before the executioner could say anything more, Lord Zheng raised his hand to stop him and said: "I will go back to Prince Zheng's Mansion first and contact the young master. You stay and continue to investigate the case."

The sentencing officer said yes.

Lord Zheng left, and when he walked out of Rouge Alley, he suddenly frowned and sighed.

"A scholar and a young master, two taboos collide, why should I be caught in the middle?"

He felt a splitting headache. Others didn't know that the murderer was Chen Shi, but he knew it. Before Chen Shi entered the city, he once visited the city as a flying bird to explore the geography of the bathing capital. He even flew a flying bird into Prince Zheng's palace, and the person who shot down all the flying birds with his hands was none other than Marquis Zheng.

He knew all about Chen Shi's details.

Prince Zheng's government's attitude towards Xijing has always been non-interference and non-participation. The Zheng family is not among the thirteen aristocratic families, but they are well aware of the major events in the world. Lord Zheng knows better than anyone who Chen Shi is.

"If he dies in my Yudu, the people of Yudu will be buried with him!"

Thinking of this, his head got bigger and hurt even more.

Arriving at Prince Zheng's Mansion, Marquis Zheng was about to contact the young master when he saw the chief steward coming and said, "Master Marquis, my subordinates have already contacted the young master."

Marquis Zheng raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "Zhang Ji, you did a good job. However, you are the chief steward of my Prince Zheng's mansion, not the young master's chief steward."

Zhang Ji, the chief steward, bowed and said, "There is no difference between being loyal to the Marquis and being loyal to the Young Master."

Mr. Zheng was a little angry, waved his hand, and said angrily: "Get out."

"Follow your orders." Chief Manager Zhang Ji retreated.

"return!"

Marquis Zheng called him, his eyes flashed, and said, "What did the young master give you?"

Zhang Jidao, the chief steward, said: "The young master visited the Xu family in Lingzhou (the original state of Massachusetts). When he heard about this, he was very angry. The young master said that this matter is decided by ourselves, and the Marquis does not need to interfere. The Marquis You can contact the Young Master and he will definitely inform the Marquis."

Lord Zheng said indifferently: "No need. Get out."

"As ordered." Chief Manager Zhang Ji bowed and left.

Marquis Zheng watched him go away, sighed, and whispered: "Does Prince Zheng's Mansion belong to the Zheng family or the Young Master... However, this matter affects millions of lives in Yudu, so I have to ask."

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei were sitting in the car. Nannan kept staring at the black pot trotting in front of her. The little girl was so angry that she seemed to be holding a sullen mood. She believed that Gouzi was evil and waited for Gouzi to reveal his true form. .

Hu Feifei held the compass and controlled the direction of the wooden cart, calling Hei Guo from time to time to show it the way.

After half an hour, they were more than a hundred miles away from Yudu City and finally came to a mountain village of not too large size.

The geography of this mountain village is very peculiar. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which are branches of Henggong Mountain. On the flat land in the middle, there is a sudden and lonely mountain top.

In front of the mountain top is a pond of thirty or forty acres. When the wooden cart passed by, bubbles gurgled up from the bottom of the water.

Chen Shi saw this scene and thought to himself: "There must be a tomb of a king at the foot of this mountain!"

"This mountain is called Xiaoqingqiu, and there are many trees on the mountain. Our Hu Village is on the mountain."

Hu Feifei said to Chen Shi, "There is a big tomb at the foot of the mountain, but the tomb is empty and has been stolen."

The wooden cart drove into the village. There were fertile fields at the foot of the mountain, with corn, mulberry and rice planted, and chickens and ducks in groups. The village was often full of handsome men and beautiful women, dressed in bright clothes and elegant conversation. There were also some octogenarians with white hair, but vigorous.

However, the village often respected female foxes, and the status of male foxes was lower.

There was even a private school in the village, where fox spirits who looked like juren, who looked like human beings, taught a group of little foxes to read and write and practice magic.

They often looked like humans, and only the little foxes looked like foxes, but they also stood up, walked on two feet, wore small clothes, and learned to speak like humans.

They could not transform yet.

The elders of Hu Village came to greet them, and as soon as they met, they bowed to Hu Feifei and said, "Grandma is here! What evil wind blew grandma to Hu Village today?"

Chen Shi looked at her in surprise, and Hu Feifei quickly explained, "Our fox tribe is divided into the ancestral line and the side branch. I am from the ancestral line, so I have a high generation, not old. Don't call me grandma, understand?"

She scolded the elders of Hu Village, saying, "You call me old!"

"Okay, Grandma Fei."

The elders welcomed them into the village, and then the handsome men and beautiful women in the village ran out, all in unison. They knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Hu Feifei, and said in unison: "Greetings to Grandma Fei!"

Hu Feifei was full of sorrow and muttered: "I don't like to come to the fox tribe's village..."

The fox spirits looked at Chen Shi, and the elder whispered: "Is this the uncle?"

"What uncle?"

Hu Feifei shouted, "Have you ever seen an uncle who doesn't even have a beard? This is Brother Chen! The sworn brother of Chief Xiaoliang is from the old Chen family. Do you know how to call him?"

"Grandpa Chen!" The fox tribe kowtowed to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi was at a loss.

The elder asked: "Grandma Fei, where is Old Master Chen?"

Hu Feifei said: "He passed away."

The elder said happily: "God has eyes! Now, our chief will not be led astray!"

Hu Feifei glared at her, told her about rescuing the girls, and said: "Can you arrange it?"

"Leave it to us!" The fox tribe monk patted his chest hard.

Chen Shi invited the girls out, took out three thousand taels of silver notes as their daily expenses, and said, "Please take good care of them."

He was still worried and stayed in the village to see how the vixens would arrange for the girls.

The vixens cut wood and burned bricks to build houses for them, and sent them to buy some pots, pans, beddings and other daily necessities. Some vixens took them to private schools to teach them how to practice.

Soon the girls became familiar with the vixens and did not think they were different at all.

The vixens also felt that their words and deeds were more charming than the vixens, and they felt close to them.

Seeing this, Chen Shi felt relieved.

At this time, a little fox ran over and shouted, "Grandpa Chen, Grandpa Chen! There's an official outside looking for you!"

Chen Shi was slightly startled: "Official looking for me? I'm in Yudu, I don't know any official."

He walked out of Hu Village and saw an official standing outside the village, looking dusty and exhausted, he must have walked a long way.

"Chen Shi."

Zhuge Jian heard the footsteps, looked up, and smiled, "You've committed a crime again!"