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The powder in this porcelain bottle can prevent the poison that may be contaminated on the surface of the corpse, and it will change color when touched.

He squatted down and carefully pressed and touched several parts of the two corpses. The powder on his hands did not change color. He asked, "Where were their clothes when they were found?"

"Master, when I found them today, the two of them didn't have an inch of thread on their bodies, and the swords in their hands slashed and stabbed each other. It seems that the two sides suddenly turned against each other and fought each other to death."

You Xi answered respectfully, trying to be as simple and comprehensive as possible.

"The people who were trapped there in the past, as well as the two Taoist priests and a wanderer who went to investigate the case last time, didn't have an inch of thread when they got out of trouble?"

"That's not true. I used to be stuck on that hillside and couldn't get out."

"After getting out of trouble, can there be confusion?"

"No."

Zhang Wenfeng asked and quickly checked the wounds, bruises, top of the head, mouth and other parts of the corpse. After finishing, he wiped a few fingers with the towel handed by You Xi, stood up and checked the swords placed beside him, as well as a pile of tattered robe.

He found that there were no large bloodstains on the fragments of the robe, so he walked over and shook off the robe and middle clothes that were torn into strips of cloth.

It can be seen that the two have a good net worth, and the robes they wear are brocade materials.

Shake out some broken leaves and petals from the shards of the robe.

Zhang Wenfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the dark green leaves on the ground, especially the half of the strange petals that were dark in color and had some dark red patterns. He took a step forward, touched it lightly with the back of his hand, and then picked up the petals.

The powdered skin on the back of his hand turned pale blue where it touched the petals, like a faint bruise left after being bruised.

Chapter 65 Preliminary judgment, catch a thief

Pack the evidence into different categories, wash the wooden basin handed over with clean water with both hands, and clean it carefully.

Take out the blank corpse file from a bag on the donkey's back, write the autopsy results on the dilapidated wooden table in the house with a piece of Dai Shi, and hand it to Wu Youde.

"Bag the corpse and send it to the Daolu branch in the city together with the evidence."

"Yes, we'll do it right away."

Wu Youde took out the folded thin oilcloth bag from the cloth pouch at his waist, and worked with Che Sheng quickly.

The two witnessed with their own eyes that the Keqing law enforcement guard, who had heard that he had joined the Daolu Branch for less than half a month, inspected the corpse. Experience is a layman.

Zhang Wenfeng walked out of the hut, holding a few petal fragments collected in his hand, and looked closely in the sun.

The donkey approached and sniffed it with his nose, and said in disgust, "There's... an unpleasant smell."

It can't tell what it tastes like.

Anyway, not fragrant, a little fishy smell.

Zhang Wenfeng pushed the donkey's head away, and the sound transmission threatened him: "I'm not afraid of being poisoned, I have to smell everything."

The donkey grinned, showing a sneer, and said with a voice transmission: "I have seen a lot of flowers and plants, whether it is poisonous or not, whether it is poisonous or not, I know with my eyes closed, you can't scare me, Guanzhu, this is a natural ability. "

It is a creature that eats grass, and the grass it has eaten is better than the master... Anyway, this is a very authoritative statement.

Zhang Wenfeng threw away the broken petals that shrank and withered rapidly under the strong sunlight, and said with a smile, "Then tell me, are these petals poisonous and can you eat them?"

"It doesn't taste good. It's slightly poisonous. I definitely won't eat this stuff."

"If you say you don't know anything, don't be convinced. This kind of flower is delicious, and the fruit it bears can make you drool... Forget it, I won't say it for the time being, and you'll know when the time comes."

While talking, Wu Youde and the two finished their work, put wax seals on all the bags, delivered them to the town traveler, and sent these special items in a carriage.

Zhang Wenfeng stopped chatting with the donkey, put the withered petals into his sleeve pocket, and said to the two who came out: "Come with me to the Xiheshan crime scene, let's go."

This strange petal is recorded in the first volume of the "Lingzhi Materia Medica" in the secret room of the Taoist temple, and it is called the flower of ecstasy.

He has roughly judged that he is obsessed with flowers, but he has to investigate on the spot.

There are no ghosts harming people, he is relieved.

The donkey was hung up on his appetite by the spectator, and slapped his head in dissatisfaction as his revenge.

"Yes, my lord."

Wu Youde stopped laughing and giggling, and called a local surnamed Youxi to accompany him.

Four people and one donkey walked out of the bustling and lively Xihezhou Town, along the river bank, and headed southeast.

The winter dry season is approaching, the water surface is not wide, and the sandy beaches of Hezhou are exposed, with sparse green weeds growing, and many children in the town are running wild on the beach.

Not far from walking out of the town, following the donkey beside Zhang Wenfeng, he suddenly said, "That guy has that unpleasant smell of flowers."

It turned back to indicate that it was the gray-shirted man who had passed by with them just now, showing off its ability to never forget.

Zhang Wenfeng was stunned for a moment, stood still, and asked by voice transmission, "Are you sure?"

"Of course it's certain that he just passed by, and the smell blowing from the upwind is only him."

After the donkey finished speaking, he realized the sound transmission and asked, "Is there a problem with him..."

Zhang Wenfeng had already turned around, and suddenly shouted at the man who had walked three feet away and was also wearing a bamboo hat, "Stop!"

Hearing that the man who was wearing the uniform was shouting at him, without any hesitation, he ran to the town in front of him.

Zhang Wenfeng deliberately shouted to startle the snake.

He couldn't have said that the person had the smell of intoxicated flowers, and he would directly arrest him, right?He really let him deceive a guy with a guilty conscience, but if the other party escapes in advance, where can he run to?

This black donkey has the ability of a dog's nose, no, it is more powerful than a dog's nose!

He rushed out in a flash, and the donkey said, "Don't use the thunder method indiscriminately, don't expose it."

He was worried that this guy was impulsive, opened his mouth, and spit out a thunder method, so he was happy and proud.

In broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of the public, when the demon donkey appeared in the world, he asked whether he was surprised or not.

The donkey pouted: "Am I that stupid?"

It is too lazy to chase, it is just a little thief in its eyes, if there is no speed, if there is no cultivation, it should just watch the show.

Wu Youde and Che Sheng reacted, drawing their swords and chasing after them, shouting, "Go away, thief!"

They don't know how Master Zhang discovered the flaws of the thief, and they walked together, but they didn't notice it at all.

You Xu, who fell behind, was stunned, and then finally reacted, hurriedly chasing after the town.

Are all thieves so bold now?Dare to face you in the daytime, oh no, walk across with the adults of Daolu Branch, it is really good to find it.

Zhang Wenfeng jumped several times, and had already chased after the man in the gray shirt, waving his hands.

The man in the gray shirt drew his sword and turned around and slashed fiercely. With so many people chasing him, especially when an inexplicable master appeared, they thought they had planned something wrong, so how dare they not try their best.

The knife light reflects the blazing sunlight and draws an arc of piercing sound, dazzling white.

"Lord be careful!"

Wu Youde was busy shouting to remind.

I saw Master Zhang turned ghostly behind the gray-shirted man, swiped his palm and slashed at the opponent's neck.

There was a crisp sound, and the man in the gray shirt let go of his knife and slammed into the ground with a bang. The man rolled his eyes and stomped softly to the ground, and the three behind them didn't catch up.

Zhang Wenfeng straightened the face of the man lying on the ground with his hat off, took a look at his face, and quickly pressed on the man a few times to confirm that there were no poisonous insects hiding harm. Black and red ecstasy flowers, three pieces of silver and two pieces of unfinished pancakes wrapped in oiled paper, and there are no extra items on the body.

Putting the broken silver, the cakes wrapped in oil paper, and the ecstasy flower into his pocket, Zhang Wenfeng took off the chin that knocked the man unconscious, got up and asked the local Youxi, "Do you know this person?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen him."

You Xi respectfully replied to the Taoist priest who came to handle the case in the city.

Zhang Wenfeng thought for a while and quickly arranged the follow-up:

"Che Sheng, you and Zhong Youxi will escort the thief back to the town office. You will use some methods to interrogate the thief. Why did he go to Xiheshan? Is it related to the murder case? I am going to Xiheshan now. If the interrogation If something urgent happens, send someone to tell me, I shouldn't be in Xiheshan for long."

Zhang Wenfeng didn't expect this incident. Just now, he was chasing and fighting here, which has already attracted idle people at the end of the town to gather together, but when he saw Zhong Youxi, no one dared to come over to watch the fun.

He must now rush to the crime scene to see what he knows.

"Yes, Master Zhang, don't worry, I will guard the thief until you come back."

Che Sheng clasped his fists in agreement, took out a rope from his belt, and unraveled it into a long string, neatly tying the fainted thief on the ground to Wu Hua.

Zhang Wenfeng said to Wu Youde, "Let's go, hurry up."

"Yes!"

Wu Youde ran to the southeast first, showing the fastest speed he could.

He had just seen Master Zhang's speed. It was too fast, and his shots were even more unpredictable, especially the swaying hand, which was very insidious, no, very clever.

Zhang Wenfeng followed Wu Youde in a leisurely manner, and the donkey pretended to be chasing after him.

The river wind whistled in his ears, and the scene quickly retreated.

It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at Xihe Mountain, four miles outside the town.

Because Xihe Mountain is haunted these days, half of the people in the vicinity are not seen, even those who want to do business would rather take a detour, which makes this place a bit more desolate and gloomy.

Chapter 66

Zhang Wenfeng felt that the place was too cloudy, so he didn't say much, and followed Wu Youde up to Xihe Mountain, and went around to the southeast slope.

The hillside is full of gray and white rocks, shrubs and trees, and a few incomplete steles and tombs are occasionally hidden.

There are also all kinds of faded and broken hanging mountain paper strings floating on the branches of the shrubs.

The wind blew the paper, making a clattering sound.

Under the big sun, ordinary people will definitely panic.

Wu Youde pointed to the grey stone with several puddles of dried blood left in front of him, and said, "Those two foreigners died here. The nearby rocks and miscellaneous trees have marks of slashing and stabbing with swords. They were trapped in the past. The people who are here are all on this rocky hilltop, they keep walking all night, and no matter how they walk, they can't get out."

Zhang Wenfeng glanced carefully.

There are piles of rocks, weeds, and under the bushes, there are many plants with dark green leaves and dark green stems that are more than a foot high.

A black and red flower bud with a large egg size hangs halfway from the branch, which is very eye-catching.

After looking at the scene of the crime, the explorer settled down along the gap on the hillside, continued to walk up, and asked, "Old Wu, you have traveled to Xiheshan several times, have you found any problems here?"

Wu Youde looked around, suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "My lord, do you mean that this place is too cloudy?"

As a scattered Taoist priest, he can naturally see such obvious things. Seeing Master Zhang nodded slightly, he explained:

"This mountain is close to the town, and it's a gravel mountain. It's inconvenient to cultivate. I don't know when it was used as a mass grave. The floating corpses that drowned in the river were dragged here and buried directly. For a long time, Here it is.

There are very few people going up the mountain, and only at the end of autumn and winter is approaching, the nearby villagers come to collect herbs.It is said that the medicinal materials of Aconiti officinalis and Qianjinba are produced here. They are of good quality and can be sold for a good price. "

Zhang Wenfeng pointed to an intoxicated flower and asked, "Is this one picked?"

Wu Youde's face was unnatural, and he said: "When I came the day before yesterday, I saw a lot of this kind of thing, and I asked the local tour guide who led the way. They said that this is called 'ghost eye flower', it is a dead flower, and it is poisonous. , unlucky, no one picked it."

He also saw Master Zhang found a ghost-eye flower from the captured thief, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, is there something wrong with this flower?"

Zhang Wenfeng knew that the ghost eye flower was somewhat similar to the drunken flower with its petals closed together, but the shape of the petals, the central flower core, the number of petals, etc. were quite different, and the smell was also different. The ghost eye flower gave off a faint rancid smell.

He didn't answer Old Wu's question and asked, "What was weird here before? For example, it's haunted or something."

"Yes, every two or three years, there will always be ghosts once or twice, scaring the nearby villagers and not daring to go up the mountain to collect medicine."

"Oh, how did you solve it later?"

"Every time there are ghosts, Taoist priests from Qingshui Temple are invited to come here to collect ghosts. It has been very smooth. Only this time, even the Taoist priests from Qingshui Temple were trapped on the mountain for one night. They didn't withdraw. Report to the Daolu branch."

"How far is Qingshui Temple from here? What's the scale?"

Zhang Wenfeng continued to ask questions.

He stopped in his tracks, and in front of him there was a plant of Aconitum sativa growing in the grass, the stems and leaves of which had withered.

On the side is a dark green drooping Enchantment Flower about two feet high, which is nearly half taller than ordinary Enchantment Flowers. The stem is also nearly twice as thick as the others, and it looks particularly strong. The flower buds are slightly larger than a baby's fist.

He looked at it with his spiritual eye technique, and the ecstasy flower emitted a faint layer of black and red light.

This is an intoxicating flower spirit plant.

The drunken heart flower is relatively rare. It grows on sunny slopes with heavy yin, and it also has requirements on the soil quality. But once it mutates into a spiritual plant, the mature drunken heart flower can bear the drunken heart fruit. The fruit can be used as medicine to refine the panacea, which is very valuable. It is expensive.

He has some doubts, such a large piece of intoxicating flowers, maybe they are not accidental wild things?

The maturity period of drunken flower spirit plant is exactly three years.

And it is too coincidental that this place is haunted every two or three years.