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Chapter 50 The Village Was Tragic
Fox demon?

Shen Bai frowned when he saw Zhang Chaofeng crying with tears and snot.

I just dealt with a wave of fox demons, and now another one appears. The person behind the scenes is quite interesting.

"Lao Zhang, calm down first, sit down and talk slowly." Shen Bai comforted him.

With Shen Bai's comfort, Zhang Chaofeng found a place to sit down and recounted what had happened.

"I returned to my parents' home with my wife and had just enjoyed a few days of peace and quiet when a fox suddenly appeared in the village."

"This fox brings goodies to the village every day. The villagers say it's the fox girl coming to repay her gratitude. It's a lucky animal."

"As a result, after a few days, the villagers began to die one after another. Every villager died withered and emaciated."

"My wife and my children didn't escape. I was the only one who was lucky enough to survive because I wasn't from the village."

The more he spoke, the sadder Zhang Chaofeng became. He couldn't help crying and his tears kept flowing.

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "After returning, did you report to the police?"

Zhang Chaofeng shook his head: "Not yet, I only have one old friend in this county, the shopkeeper, so I came here first."

Shen Bai thought for a moment and said, "Come with me to report to the authorities first."

He knew the village where Zhang Chaofeng was. It was far away from Shengyun County and it would take several hours to go back and forth.

Now that a murder has occurred, Shen Bai thinks he should report it to the government office first.

"It seems that there is more than one fox demon on the other side." Qin Shuang said.

Zhang Chaofeng seemed to have just realized that Qin Shuang was in the room. After realizing what was happening, his crying became much quieter: "This girl is..."

Shen Bai said: "We'll talk about it later. First, report it to the police."

Just as Qin Shuang said, when the other party was by the river, he was able to take out two fox demons, so it is normal for another fox demon to appear now.

In terms of information, the government office has much more information than Shen Bai, so he should report to the authorities first to see the situation.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai took Zhang Chaofeng and Qin Shuang and rushed towards the yamen.

……

County government.

"What? A whole village is dead?"

Captain Zheng opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.

We just solved the fox demon by the river, and now another person from the village has died. The murder case is getting more and more serious.

It was now the time for the Tiantian Division to conduct an inspection, and Captain Zheng was worried about the county magistrate.

He always felt that the county magistrate had no hope of promotion this time, and it would be great if he could keep his original position.

Of course, it is one thing to be worried, but when problems arise, they must be resolved.

"Zhou Qing, gather the men and set off!"

Beside him, Zhou Qing nodded and immediately went to summon the constables.

Soon, the detectives arrived at the front yard of the county government office.

Shen Bai came with Zhang Chaofeng, so he also stayed in the front yard.

At this moment, Shen Bai discovered something wrong and frowned.

"Such a major event happened, and the county magistrate didn't show up?"

Normally, the county magistrate should have stepped in to handle a murder case of this magnitude, but it was inappropriate for him to let Captain Zheng take charge.

Upon hearing this, Captain Zheng explained, "Right now, the Astronomical Supervisor is here for a major event, and the County Magistrate is still preparing various materials for review, so it's not convenient for him to come out."

"In fact, if something like this happened, even if it came out, they would arrange for us to go and investigate."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "I heard that the county magistrate has a nephew working in the government office, but how come I haven't seen him?"

When Constable Zheng heard this, his tone was filled with disdain: "Oh, he is seizing the opportunity to improve his strength. How can he have time to do these hard tasks? He is waiting to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Division."

Speaking of this yamen, only Captain Zheng dared to say this.

The reason was simple: Captain Zheng was a man of the underworld, and with his Three Treasures Realm strength, he dared to say that in the county government office. "Let's go, Manager Shen, are you coming with us?" Captain Zheng asked.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Something happened to the clerk of my pawnshop, so of course I have to go there."

Fox demons are weird. Although Shen Bai now has two strands of evil spirit, for him, evil spirit is something that can never be too much.

Identification is needed, and qualitative change is also needed. Collect as much as you can.

If there is a chance, it would be okay to have another wisp of evil spirit.

Captain Zheng listened to this and thought it made sense. He then turned his gaze to Qin Shuang who was standing next to him and said, "This girl..."

"A distant relative." Qin Shuang said confidently, "I want to go too."

Captain Zheng did not suspect anything, after all, Shen Bai and Zhou Qing had a close relationship, so he did not say much.

After the detectives arrived, everyone rushed towards the village where Zhang Chaofeng's wife lived.

……

Huayun Village is an extremely remote village, even in Shengyun County.

When everyone arrived, it was already late at night.

Shen Bai stood at the entrance of the village and smelled a faint smell of blood.

Especially late at night, the smell of blood is even more disgusting.

Captain Zheng was a seasoned man, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Go in and take a look."

Without hesitation, everyone walked into the village.

The village was pitch black.

In the dead of night, there was a heart-pounding sense of dead silence.

When Shen Bai stepped in, he saw the tragic situation in the village.

Everywhere I looked, there were corpses.

Each corpse was as dry as a stick, as if all its vitality had been sucked away.

There are two ways that fox demons harm people in strange ways.

One of them is to harm people by repaying a favor, gradually draining their energy and spirit.

The current situation is obviously one of them.

When Zhang Chaofeng saw this tragic scene, it seemed to evoke painful memories. He clenched his fists and his eyes were filled with sadness.

Captain Zheng drew the long knife from his waist and said slowly, "Search the entire village."

Zhou Qing and the other constables nodded, and then began to search the entire village in groups of three or four.

Shen Bai thought about it, followed Zhou Qing, and the few of them walked together.

Soon, the village was thoroughly searched by many detectives.

Shen Bai and Zhou Qing didn't get anything, but one of the constables hurried to Captain Zheng with a letter.

"I found this letter in the ancestral hall of this village," said the constable.

Shen Bai looked at it from a distance and found that the ink on the letter was still new and there was no sign that it had been opened.

Captain Zheng opened the letter, read it carefully for a moment, then clenched his fists, and the letter in his hand was wrinkled.

The knuckles of his fists turned white, as if anger was gradually rising.

"You beast, what a beast!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Bai stepped forward and said, "This matter is related to my family's Chaofeng. Captain Zheng, could you please show me the letter?"

Captain Zheng took a deep breath and handed the letter in his hand to Shen Bai.

After Shen Bai took it, he opened the wrinkled letter, read it from beginning to end, and then narrowed his eyes.

"This guy is actually from Shengyun County?"

(End of this chapter)