My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

When the group sat down to talk, Qiao Yi learned that several drowning cases had occurred in Bianliang County during the few days she had been away.

He still drowned in the river.

Some drowned in their own wells.

Some people were walking along when they somehow tripped and fell, their heads plunging into the shallow ditch and drowning.

Even more outrageous is the case of someone drowning in a basin of water while washing clothes.

Lu Qianye rubbed his temples.

“My mother is a high-ranking official in the government, so she will definitely be in charge of hearing cases, but I have to handle the investigations myself. I don’t trust anyone else to do it.”

"Then it's definitely all for naught."

Joey smiled and drank a cup of tea.

Before she even entered Bianliang County, she saw a large patch of dark clouds above the county.

The system quickly located the anomaly in Bianliang County.

Lu Qianye is easygoing and straightforward, always saying what he thinks.

She scratched her head and said, "I find it strange. The river in Bianliang County has dried up, so where did all these drowning cases come from? Rumors are that too many people drowned in the river before, and those people became water ghosts, seeking revenge on others. Although I wasn't in Bianliang County at the time, but was on a business trip in another place, I didn't believe it at all!"

"Oh?"

"Because there are no ghosts in this world!"

Joey gave an awkward laugh.

It penetrates the skin but doesn't reach the bone; that's amazing.

"Someone must be doing evil. I have always firmly believed that the origin of all cases lies in the evil within people's hearts."

Qiao rested her chin on her hand. "You're right. So, for the sake of what we both agree on, I'll help investigate this case. Once it's cleared up, you'll know what kind of person I am, and you won't keep calling me a human trafficker."

Joey wondered if the strange phenomenon was related to that evil white-haired woman.

We must be on guard now.

Before Lu Qianye could refuse, Qiao Yi took out a copper coin from her purse and placed it on the table.

At the same time, using the cups as a reference, Joey raised her finger, and the coin rolled towards the leftmost cup without any external force.

Lu Qianye was startled, "It moved by itself?!"

"Hmm, it's just a minor spell. Let's start our investigation from this house. This should be the first house where a murder occurred."

"Hey... how did you know? I didn't reveal this information."

Joey simply channeled yang energy into the copper coin to make it move.

As for the location of the first murder, it was located by the system.

Lu Qianye immediately said, "Then let's go now!"

"Wait a moment."

Joey brought a new white fur cloak from the house, draped it over Hua Ran's shoulders, and even straightened the fur collar for him.

“Let’s go out to a restaurant, have some chicken, and I’ll go with you tonight to watch something. Nighttime is also when many evil spirits come out.”

Lu Qianye wanted to say something, but he couldn't find the words. He couldn't explain it by the fact that the copper coin was moving.

Hua Ran raised her beautiful, alluring eyes and said, "What are you doing? Aren't you going to let us be lovey-dovey? My wife and I are having a baby now, so isn't it only right that my wife treats me to a nice meal?"

Joey coughed.

"Oh right, we went out this time to find a doctor to treat infertility."

Hua Ran choked up, but couldn't refuse his wife's request.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qianye immediately decided, "Don't go out to eat chicken, come to my house, I'll cook for you, and you can see that I haven't mistreated Qiao Dawang."

As soon as Lu Qianye stepped out, Hua Ran punched Qiao Yi with her little fists and patted her with her big tail.

"You're the infertile one! You're the infertile one!"

"Oh no! It's not okay if you're infertile. Saying that makes it sound like I had the baby by cheating on you!"

Joey gave an awkward laugh.

"I just wanted to find an excuse so she wouldn't suspect us again."

"Then you shouldn't say that!"

Lu Qianye called out from outside, "Hurry up and catch up."

"coming."

"Speaking of which, your family's Qiao Dawang eats a lot. It takes a month of my salary to feed him. He's emptied my rice jar."

Joey shrugged and spread her hands.

"So I'm not a human trafficker. Don't even mention you, he ate all the money I made from fortune telling. Who would do a losing business?"

As they were talking, night fell.

Because of the sleet, the street vendors also packed up early.

The streets appeared deserted.

Lu Qianye looked at the wet paper and said, "My subordinate gave me the interrogation documents. This is the family that drowned while washing clothes. They were quite poor. The wife died early, and the man raised the child alone. Last year, the child also died of illness. He made a living by washing clothes for others. Sigh, the rope always breaks at its thinnest point."

"However, he encountered a strange thing two days before he died. When he went to another province to cross the river to exchange money, he saw a body in the river. As a result, he drowned on his way back."

Qiao Yi glanced at it.

"Upside-down corpse?"

"Oh right, you have good eyesight. But is there any significance to whether the corpse is upside down or not?"

Joey said there's a saying in the corpse retrieval business: "Retrieving a corpse while it's still standing is like giving away money and your life."

Of course, this refers to a corpse standing upright.

It means being in the water, head up and feet down, just like standing on land.

These corpses only appear to be corpses; in reality, they have become ghosts or spirits, deliberately adopting this posture to attract attention.

Not to mention body retrievers, even a fleet of ships would have to turn around immediately if they saw it.

Lu Qianye scoffed, "These are all stories used to scare children. Then tell me about the upside-down corpse."

"An upside-down corpse in water is one with its head down and feet up. This type of corpse is less powerful than an upright corpse. With its head at the bottom of the water, it absorbs the yin energy from the bottom of the water to nourish itself and cultivate. It is generally difficult for people to see, but since it is a ghost, if someone sees it... its soul might come back with it."

Lu Qianye felt a chill run down his spine as he listened.

"You mean... this upside-down corpse followed us to Bianliang County, causing people to die one after another?"

She shuddered, her sharp eyebrows twitched, and her piercing eyes blinked immediately.

"No, no, no... All evil deeds in the world stem from the human heart, so where would ghosts come from? There are none!"

Upon entering the small thatched hut, Hua Ran called out first.

"Ahhh! My lady...there...there's there..."

Hua Ran buried her face in Qiao Yi's arms, her body trembling.

"How terrifying... He was dripping wet, and he was upside down... his hair was all over his head..."

Joey rubbed her eyes. Shit!

She couldn't see it... she couldn't see it at all, because along the way, due to Inugami being in the car and Inugami being very sad, they kissed very few times. In addition, the system said there were no unusual phenomena, so Qiao Yi simply let it be.

Seeing Hua Ran's reaction, Lu Qianye couldn't help but frown. "Is it really that scary? But... there's only a puddle of water there."

Joey narrowed her eyes slightly as she stroked Hua Ran's back.

"Miss Lu, have you ever wondered why there would be a puddle of water there out of nowhere?"

Lu Qianye was taken aback.