Liu Captou clasped his fists and explained, "Lord County Magistrate! This case is even weird. We and other ordinary people cannot solve it. We can only go to the people from the Demon Slayer Division. Only they can do this."
"Hmph!" The county magistrate waved his hand vigorously. He still couldn't forget the embarrassing situation when he was slapped in the face by those two people, and he always worried about it.
However, this case is indeed quite strange. The county government has been quite uneasy these days. Previously, the body was in the water prison, but now it is the corpse that escaped from the county government on its own.
If the superiors blamed him, he would be in trouble. If someone could come to solve the problem, of course he would welcome it, but the person who came would make him gnash his teeth with hatred.
"I hope you can solve the case! Give Kyoto peace and don't let the Holy One down!"
Li Huaiyun frowned, feeling quite unhappy with the county magistrate's attitude. How dare he use the emperor to oppress people?
"What do you mean? As long as it is confirmed that the case is caused by monsters, the Monster Slayer Department will handle it on its own. We don't need you, the county magistrate, to take the emperor and suppress us!"
"I'm just reminding you that if the Demon Slayer Department fails to handle the case properly, you will not be punished."
"Even if I need to be punished, it's none of your business!"
"Why don't you care about my affairs? I am the parent official of this area!"
"If you fail to find the murderer, this generation of people will suffer!"
"The whole article is full of justice! If you really think about the people, why would you embarrass a weak woman?"
"You..." The county magistrate was so angry that he couldn't speak well.
Seeing the tension between the two parties, Captain Liu immediately came out to mediate, "You two, stop arguing. The most important thing right now is to find out the case. You can't solve the case even if you argue like crazy!"
Li Huaiyun agreed with this. He also wanted to go back to celebrate his aunt's birthday. He had no time and wasted it here.
"What Mr. Liu said is absolutely true, hurry up!"
"Um!"
They walked quickly to the place where the county government kept the corpse.
"What attitude!" The county magistrate looked at the two people's retreating figures, still full of anger in his heart. He directly waved his sleeves and walked towards the county government office.
Li Huaiyun followed behind Mr. Liu, "This county magistrate always looks so annoying."
"That's how you are, sir. I've worked with him for so many years, and I'm used to it! He's not very capable, he's a bit lustful, and it's none of his business to stand out in one thing!"
"Although this county government is in Kyoto, it is like an old man in his twilight years, lifeless."
Li Huaiyun said, "If given the chance, would Mr. Liu leave here?"
"Yes! I hope to be able to enter Dali Temple one day! This place is really mediocre! The salary is barely enough for food and clothing!"
"If you have the chance, I will definitely recommend Capt. Liu!"
"Really!" Liu Captou immediately turned around, cupped his fists and thanked, "Thank you very much, brother!"
They came to the room where the corpses were placed. From the moment they entered the corridor to the innermost room, there were various impacts and marks on the beams and pillars, especially at the door, where only half of the slanted door remained. There it is crooked.
The house was also in a mess. There were broken pieces of wood and white cloth everywhere on the ground, and other corpses were also lying there. Such a scene looked like it had been a fight.
Li Huaiyun stepped into the house, "When the body was about to leave, you stepped forward to stop it, right?"
Liu Captou also followed in, holding the saber in his hand tightly. When he thought about what happened here before, he was a little scared. If he hadn't been careful at the time, he might have been poisoned.
"Yes, when I and two other men were patrolling the county government office, we noticed some noises here, so we rushed here immediately and entered the house with torches to find out!"
Li Huaiyun found that Capt. Liu's courage was quite rare. If it had been anyone else, he might have simply ignored it, or gone directly to the Demon Slayer Division.
"We searched around inside, but found nothing else. Suddenly, the two corpses jumped up from the wooden board, and they rushed directly towards the door! We were startled, so we chased out. After a fight in the corridor and all the way to the backyard of the Yamen, our people were defeated and ran away by the two corpses!"
Liu Captou moved his shoulders and said, "I was a little injured because of this."
"That's it!" Li Huaiyun looked around, "Then what happened at the scene? Why is it so chaotic? Didn't it mean that when you came, the two corpses were lying there?"
"We were also very puzzled by this matter. After we couldn't trace the body, we immediately notified the county magistrate. We didn't expect that when we returned to the morgue, it would be in such a mess."
Li Huaiyun paced back and forth with a puzzled look on his face. This thing was already quite weird, but it was even weirder when the corpse ran away and messed up the place.
"It's hard for people to understand that the corpse ran out of the county government office. I don't know why this place is in such a mess!"
As he spoke, he walked around the room. This room was located in the corner of the county government office. It was not exposed to light all year round, so it was quite damp. The room where the corpse was stored was the same as when it was in the water prison.
He took a deep breath, and then based on Capt. Liu's description, he stood where the two corpses originally lay.
There was brown dirty water nearby, as well as several pieces of torn cloth. Li Huaiyun took the piece of cloth in his hand and observed it carefully for a moment.
"When you were blocking them, did you notice that the clothes on the two corpses were missing?"
"At that time, we were all panicked and did not notice the situation."
Li Huaiyun carefully turned over the pieces of fabric, "These pieces of fabric should be the chest area of the clothing."
Liu Captou stepped forward, "Oh! Brother, how did you judge it?"
"I am quite familiar with the two deceased people. They used to sell food at a stall, and their clothes remained unchanged all year round."
"The upper body and arms need to swing frequently, so in terms of wear and tear, the joints and clothing are more severely worn."
"And if you look at these fabrics, they don't have any wear and tear, so I guess someone must have torn off the clothes on their chests!"
"Is there anyone guarding this morgue?"
"Someone will guard it for a while and then leave."
"Then he probably sneaked into the house when no one was around."
Chen Xunyi briefly talked about the case that put him in jail before.
"What do you mean, brother, someone sneaked into the county government office and processed the hearts of the two deceased people so that the two corpses could move on their own?"
"Yes!"
Liu Captou's expression suddenly tightened. Although he had heard about this matter before, it was just a hearsay and he didn't have a deep understanding. Now that Li Huaiyun said it, he felt a little nervous in his heart. He suddenly felt that the surroundings were eerie and terrifying.
"Then how should we check now?"
Li Huaiyun thought for a while and said, "People like Yin magicians are too evil. Not to mention me, a demon hunter, even a demon hunter may not be able to deal with them."
"Then let them do whatever they want here."
"That's not true. The Demon Slayer Division will never tolerate such a thing." Li Huaiyun said, "The most important thing now is to understand why the Yin Magician wants these two corpses?"
"They are just ordinary vendors. There is no need to come to the county government to do these things. If they attract the attention of the Demon Slayer Division, it will not cause trouble!"
Liu Captou immediately realized the problem, "Brother, have you ever thought that this Yin magician just wants to attract the attention of the Demon Slayer Division?"
"To attract the attention of the Demon Slayer Division?" Li Huaiyun vaguely felt that there was some truth to this.
"Criminals have done this before, openly provoking us, and after interrogation, they said it was just to show their courage."
Li Huaiyun muttered softly, "It's possible! Then maybe you're looking for something in this mess!"
Only then did Captain Liu think of a possibility. He stood up suddenly and went to the corner of the room, where there was a table with things found from the corpse.
And coincidentally, he didn't see anything like that.
"It seems it's about the string!" Liu Patou patted the table lightly, then turned and walked towards him.
"Thin rope? Capt. Liu is talking about that special material rope used to tie tokens!"
"Well! It's been taken away now! I was careless. I shouldn't have put such an important thing here."
Li Huaiyun comforted, "Who knew that someone would come to steal such a thing!"
Capt. Liu didn't speak. After losing the clues on the body, the expression on his face became quite gloomy.
Li Huaiyun stood up and clapped his hands, "Let's investigate this case here first, and leave the rest to the Demon Slayer Department! I will discuss it with the Sikyong and let more people come to ensure the safety of the county government officials."
Liu Captou cupped his fists and thanked him, "Then I'll write to you first, brother! As long as you help me, I believe the murderer will be caught soon."
"Yeah!" As soon as Li Huaiyun finished speaking, there were some squeaking sounds coming from a corner of the room, which scared everyone present into panic.
The detectives took out their sabers one after another, held them in their hands, and looked around, fearing that something would suddenly pounce on them.
Li Huaiyun looked in the direction of the sound and saw something squeezing out of the ruins in a pile of stones. It slowly began to move. He stepped forward and carefully found a wooden stick.
He squatted down, then used a wooden stick to gently tap it, preparing to slowly dig out the contents inside.
Just such a small action made everyone present feel scared.
At this time, a strange thing appeared in the pile of stones and slowly came out of the pile of stones. This explained why the stones moved just now.
Li Huaiyun sighed, "It turns out it's just a mouse!"
As the stone was slowly opened with a stick, a red wooden doll appeared inside. This puppet was about 20 centimeters in size. The face was more detailed, but it was covered with blood stains. The lower body was dressed in simple burlap.
Judging from the appearance and material, this thing should be just a simple toy, relatively cheap.
"Strange, is this the thing?"
He placed the puppet in front of Capt. Liu, "Brother Liu, where did this doll come from?"
"Of the father and daughter, what was found on the daughter may be that the little girl didn't have any toys."
Li Huaiyun turned the puppet up and down, left and right, and found nothing strange. He thought maybe it was just a small toy.
At this moment, he felt something inside the puppet's body.
Li Huaiyun reached into the fabric and touched a cold object. He immediately retracted his arm.
"Is there anything?" Liu Captou asked immediately upon seeing this.
"Yes!" Li Huaiyun put on the gloves, then reached into the doll's body again, and slowly pulled out the contents.
When the thing was first taken out, it was still dripping with sticky liquid and looked quite disgusting.
