After being reborn, he became cinnabar in the heart of Quanxianmen

Helong Inn was once again surrounded by many officers and soldiers.

Within two days, two people were killed and one injured in the inn.This time Catcher Cao was determined, even if he disobeyed the mayor's wife, he still had to deal with the case.

The mayor's wife also came, her face was pale and she was in a trance.She no longer prevented the officers and soldiers from handling the case, and even Taoist Master Xu Jia didn't bring it.I only proposed that I want to sit in the inn.

Cao Butou still has to give this face.The mayor's wife was sitting by the window, her slender and soft willow-leaf eyes were gazing at the withered nanshu outside the window, and the small mole on her cheek was dimmed.

Wu Zuo finished examining Zhang Liezi's body and returned to the house to report the situation.Zhang Laizi's death was extremely tragic, with a total of 21 knives cut on his body.Judging from the traces on the body, the murderer was undoubtedly a veteran.

After binding Zhang Liezi's limbs and cutting his throat so that he could not call for help, he cut open the arteries all over his body one by one.Zhang Liezi was stabbed alive, and finally knelt in front of the nan tree, waiting for himself to die due to excessive blood loss in severe pain.

The most important point is that Wu Zuo found bloody scales growing on Zhang Liezi's body.Even a mortal can see that this is the evidence of collusion with evil monsters.

Lu Ran, Chao Sheng and Song Jun looked at each other.Since Zhang Laizi and the beast were probably together last night, there was no reason for the beast to suddenly attack Zhang Laizi.Lu Ran's formation in the back room was unscathed.The two of them were not dragged out by monsters, they went out by themselves.

What's more, when demons and ghosts hurt people, it's like extracting the spirit of the victims and sucking them into mummy.Or become fierce and gnaw on the corpse beyond recognition.Surviving after 21 cuts, and finally slowly bleeding to death, this kind of delicate work is obviously not something they can do.

But in this way, the murderer who killed Zhang Liezi can only be...

Cao Butou thought for a moment, then looked at Lu Ran and the others:

"Everyone was at the inn last night, did you hear anything?"

Lu Ran thought to himself that there were a lot of noises last night, which one do you want to hear first?

He sorted out his thoughts a little bit, and said:

"Last night, the three of us stayed in Room C. We heard knocking under the floor of Room T, and found a secret passage in the floor. I entered the dark floor, which was covered with felt cloth, and I couldn't hear the outside sound. Wait for me to leave When we got to the exit, we saw Zhang Liezi lying in a pool of blood, and Chen Dalang being attacked by monsters."

Cao Butou was also keenly aware of the strangeness: "You are a cultivator, and it is difficult for even you to hear outside sounds in the dark layer?"

This is exactly what Lu Ran thought of before:

"The murderer must have known that I have excellent hearing, and he was afraid that I would hear the movement during the attack, so he deliberately lured me into the silent mezzanine, and then immediately went to Zhang Lie's room to kill!"

By the window in the inn lobby, the body of the castellan's wife trembled slightly.

Lu Ran looked at the sleeping Chen Dalang with a complicated expression: "In this way, only Chen Dalang is eligible to commit the crime... After he brutally killed Zhang Laizi, his strong blood attracted monsters, and he was almost sucked by himself." Dried blood."

Cao Butou ordered people to search Chen Dalang's room carefully, and sent people back to the government to find out his household registration status.

After a while, the person who searched the room came back with a small box with a lock on it.Said it was found under Chen Dalang's bed.The mayor's wife didn't even look at it, as if she already knew what it was, she closed her eyes with difficulty.

The arrester did not find the key in Chen Dalang's room, but found it in Zhang Liezi's room.Open the wooden box upside down on the table, clattering, hairpin rings, bracelets, embroidery, all kinds of odds and ends fell off the table, looking very old.The paint on the fake gold bracelet has faded, revealing the mottled copper underneath.

Chao Sheng was puzzled: "What are these things?"

The waiter couldn't believe it: "Could this be the treasure that the wealthy businessman Chen gave to Nan? That's it? Are they all fakes?"

Lu Ran was also a little shocked.

So, these are the things that have been hanging on the treasure hunter's desire and ambition, and even caused the disaster of blood?

A sarcastic sneer appeared on Song Jun's face again.

The person who searched the household registration has also returned.After searching and investigating, it was found that Chen Dalang's original name was Chen Leixing, a foreigner.After arriving in Yancheng a year ago, he came directly to Helong Inn to work.

After Wu Zuo carefully inspected Zhang Liezi's body again, he also made a surprising discovery.The beard on this person's face is actually fake, and the facial features have been changed with clay props.

After removing the superficial disguise, an old arrester recognized that this was actually a repeat offender who committed a series of robbery and wounding many years ago.

Inspired, they went to re-examine Jia Shang's body.Wu Zuo double-checked against the shriveled dead man's face, and found that he was not a businessman at all, but a thief who was also offered a reward, and he was once a partner with Zhang Liezi.

However, when he was hunted down by the government in a coordinated crime, Zhang Liezi was betrayed by Jia merchants and suffered a disability in his legs and feet.Later, the two formed a deep hatred and parted ways.

Everyone in the inn looked at each other.

What is this stuff?

Therefore, on the first night, Zhang Liezi recognized his former enemy, and for revenge, he and Xie Chong killed Shang Jia.On the second night, Chen Leixing killed Zhang Laizi again in order to seize the so-called treasure, but in the end he was almost drained of blood by the evil spirit?

The shop waiter is about to burst.

In his shop, there are monsters, ghosts and secret passages.His colleagues are all gangsters who kill without blinking an eye, and his guests are accomplices of gangsters.He himself almost poisoned the mayor's wife.

And certain people.On the surface, she is the wife of the city lord, but behind her back, she is the owner of the inn.It seems to be the big boss, but in fact he is the culprit who has hindered the government from handling the case for many years.

This is not an inn, this whole damn is a den of thieves.

Things gradually connected together.Six years ago, Zhang Liezi, who was hunted down by officers and soldiers, changed his name and hid in Helong Inn in Yancheng.I don't know where I heard about Ah Nan's treasure.After interrogation to no avail, he hangs Ah Nan on the beam and pretends to commit suicide.

Since then, he has remained in the store incognito.By coincidence, Zhang Laizi actually found the secret passage and found the treasure box inside, but soon he was disappointed to find that the box was full of broken copper and iron.

While Zhang Liezi was resentful, it happened that Ah Nan's ghost started to make trouble, and in the guest room, the three blood characters "Hu Bugui" floated all over the floor.He was so bold that he came up with an idea of ​​using the ghost to steal.

He used the secret passage to sneak into the house and stole the guests' treasures.Those guests woke up at night and heard the strange noise, thinking it was a ghost, but it was actually the sound of Zhang Liezi crawling in the dark!

When they woke up the next day, the guests who stayed at the hotel found that all their money had been robbed, and they would all think that it was the female ghost who wanted to redeem the money, so they didn't dare to investigate further.So much so that his theft has been kept secret until today.

Five years ago, the wife of the city owner who had turned from a pheasant into a phoenix returned to Yancheng.In order to preserve her glory and wealth, she secretly bought the Helong Inn and became the owner, using her power to suppress all the strange things about Ah Nan's ghost.

Two years ago, the monster came to the inn and made a loud noise, Zhang Liezi went out to check.With a bloody case on his back, he was easily possessed by demons because of his evil intentions.Since then, one cannibalizes human energy and the other steals treasure.That's why the ghost stories in the shop are all the more terrifying.

The mayor's wife originally wanted to cover up the scandal of her old brothel, but unintentionally became a protective umbrella for thieves and monsters.

A year ago, when Chen Dalang came to the inn, it may be that Zhang Liezi made a slip of the tongue after drinking, or it may be that he showed his feet elsewhere, letting him know that Zhang Liezi found Ah Nan's treasure and became greedy.

When Lu Ran heard the two quarreling, Chen Dalang shouted angrily, "I know who you are and where are the things?" This should be referring to this matter.

A few days ago, Merchant Jia lost all his money and came to the Helong Inn by accident.Recognized by Zhang Liezi, he was the former accomplice who betrayed him in the past and caused serious injuries to his legs and feet.Apart from resentment, evil thoughts arose in his heart.

On the first night when Lu Ran came to the inn, Chao Sheng set up formations on the entire second floor.The entire second floor is guarded by a Buddhist formation. If a monster enters the house, it will be detected, so Zhang Liezi tricked Jia Shang into the downstairs through a secret passage.

After it sucked up its essence, it flew into the air and hanged the corpse on the beam, pretending to be the female ghost of Anan, which also erased Zhang Laizi's suspicion.

The next night, Chen Dalang lured Lu Ran, who had the best hearing, to the silent dark layer, then slipped into Zhang Lai's room by himself, stole the treasure box, but was accidentally discovered.So he didn't do anything, just killed people and silenced them.

It's just that he didn't expect the disaster of blood and light to attract monsters, and he was also attacked by monsters.

What he didn't even expect was that he killed himself to seize the treasure, and even the treasure box he got after he almost died, was actually a pile of broken copper and rotten iron.

The betrayed love of a brothel girl became the fuse through gossip and gossip.Another veiled brothel scandal casts a shadow over years of misdeeds.In order to grab a box of rags, several gangsters were greedy and obsessed, causing today's bloody tragedy of two deaths and one injury.

There are also some doubts about the details of the crime.But the truth of the matter should probably be like this.The context of the case is clear, and all the suspects have solid evidence.Cao Butou ordered the civil servants to prepare to close the case based on the testimony of several people.

Only one person could not accept this result.

In the silence, Song Jun spoke with a burst of anger:

"What about the dark layer? Why does an inn set up a dark layer? Why did the monsters just suck people's blood before, but they chose to commit murder when the inn was full of monks? What is the relationship between female ghosts and monsters? Chen Leixing clearly understands Zhang Liezi can be killed with a single knife, so why deliberately cut more than 20 wounds on his body and let him kneel in front of the nan tree to die? And you."

His chest heaved violently, and he pointed fiercely at the wife of the mayor who was sitting by the window:

"The brothel has been converted long ago, and there are no records. Why are you still so anxious? Why! Now that things have been revealed, what are you here for now?"

The mayor's wife gritted her teeth, her face was pale, and she said nothing.

Lu Ran said in a low voice: "The dark layer doesn't know the reason for now. But the reason for cutting so many knives should be to vent anger. The monster kills because Zhang Liezi wants to silence him."

He wasn't telling the truth.Another reason for Warcraft's madness should be that it sensed the iris arrow.

Just as Ah Nan, as a ghost, is afraid of the Buddhist tin staff, a heaven-level magic weapon, the monster is also afraid of the iris arrow, an earth-level magic weapon that can pierce its heart.

It wanted to absorb the last person's blood and accumulate strength to escape, but Chao Sheng cast the Buddha formation barrier in time, so it failed to escape.

This is because he couldn't tell Song Jun about this inference.Maybe Song Jun didn't even realize that there was a trace of fragile crying hidden in his seemingly angry questioning.

Lu Ran silently watched Zhong Song Jun's tense face, vaguely guessing why he was so angry.

The others were afraid to irritate Song Jun further, so they didn't dare to speak.Yuan Ji didn't care at first, glanced at Song Jun's clenched teeth, and said casually:

"If you're so unwilling, don't wait for others to tell you the answer, and look for clues yourself."

Lu Ran suddenly remembered that when the monster entered the dark layer, it struggled violently, as if it was stabbed by something - that's why it had to cooperate with Zhang Liezi to sneak into the room safely.

Dark layer, dark layer.Lu Ran had a flash of inspiration, and the mysterious words carved on the wooden beams came to mind.He found a pen and paper, wrote it silently, and handed it to Song Jun.

Song Jun was angry and disappointed again.After a hasty glance, he only vaguely felt familiar, so he handed it to Ah Ying.

A Ying took it over, looked at it carefully for a while, gradually frowned, and glanced at the lady of the city lord, and found that the lady of the city lord was also looking at her nervously.

Without making a sound, she took the paper back into her arms.

Cao Butou went back with Zhang Liezi's body and Chen Dalang in a coma.As long as Chen Dalang wakes up and his visa is secured, the court will be held immediately for sentencing.

For such a horrific case of cutting 21 knives and causing people to bleed to death, even if the murderer was a habitual offender by accident, he would be sentenced to death immediately.

The mayor's wife walked to Song Jun's side, stopped for a while, wanted to say something, but did not say it after all.

Song Jun went upstairs and returned to her room.When he came, he looked like a scholar with a beautiful face, but now his face was gray, and his thin figure was wrapped in a wide robe, like a wandering ghost.

The inn became empty again, and now there is only one servant left in the inn.He still couldn't digest the fact that his partner for many years was actually a murderer, so he sat by the counter in a daze.

Chao Sheng began to prepare for the arrangement of the Buddhist formation for ferrying ghosts, and at the same time pay attention to find the whereabouts of the monsters.

A Ying winked at Lu Ran, Lu Ran understood that she had something to say, and together with Yuan Ji, followed A Ying upstairs.

A Ying knocked on the door of the T-sized room, but no one answered.Pushing open the door and entering, Song Jun was lying sideways on the bed with her back to the crowd, and said in a hoarse voice, "Get out!"

A Ying stood still, took out the paper in her arms and said calmly to Song Jun:

"My lord, I think this should be a kind of communication code used by the two armies to transmit information when they are at war."

Song Jun's body moved slightly.

A Ying's voice was calm and calm, as if reporting an official document:

"When I was training in the Supervision Department, I learned similar secret texts. You should also know that in order to avoid intelligence being intercepted and leaking military information, the scouts will compile a set of special symbols that only they can understand to replace the text."

Lu Ran suddenly remembered when he had seen this kind of secret text!

At that time, the two countries of Zhou and Yan had been fighting against each other for several years.The battlefield is littered with corpses, grievances linger, and there are many ghosts and demons haunting them.The monks will follow in the army and go to the front line together, crossing the undead on the battlefield and exorcising monsters.

It was at that time that I accidentally saw this encrypted text when I followed the army of Yan State to the battlefield to purify the undead!

Song Jun had already got up quickly and sat up straight, holding the paper in one hand, and writing and drawing in the air with the other hand.After a while, he said helplessly:

"I have been in the army for a long time, but I have never seen this set of symbols. This is not a secret script used by Zhou Guo, but a trick used by Yan Guo people more than [-] years ago. It is a pity that there are too few words to form a sentence. Otherwise, I should be able to decipher some of the content by repeating the font and the combination."

A Ying asked: "Should I send it to Yu Bujin? He is good at deciphering text."

Song Jun shook her head: "It's useless. According to Lu Ran's description, these twenty or so words were not even written by the same person, so it is even more impossible to interpret them."

There was a hint of frustration in Aying's blue eyes.Lu Ran pointed to the bottom line of writing and said: "All the scratches are very old, only this line is the latest engraving."

Song Jun stared into his eyes: "You mean, Chen Leixing?"

At this time, there was a sound of stinging outside the door, and Chao Sheng brought a maid into the house.He and Song Jun both met this person yesterday, she is the personal maid of the mayor's wife, and she has won the trust of the lady.

The maid plopped and knelt at the door:

"I came here at the order of the city lord's wife. Madam said that Chen Leixing is the person she has the deepest fate with in this world. She is willing to pay any price, and I implore you all to rescue Chen Dalang!"

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