After a cup of tea, the large army of Demon-Conquering Guards came in a hurry.
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya were originally on vacation, but after so much trouble, they naturally lost interest and simply returned with a few colleagues.
Li Shangjing, who was reviewing the files, came in a hurry after hearing that there was a new death.
"Um?"
"Why is it her?"
"Isn't this the red plum from Lin Xiufang?"
After he finished speaking, he noticed that the eyes around him were a little strange. Li Shangjing coughed awkwardly and waved his hand to signal others to leave.
After Liang Jiuyuan came to the door, he roughly reported what happened.
After listening to this, Li Shangjing felt a headache:
"This kid Yang Ying..."
"That's all, I will talk to his master about this matter."
"He hates demons and demons because of his mother's hatred, but if he goes too far and falls into inner demons and his practice goes awry, how can I explain it to his mother?"
Yu Langya said: "Master, the situation seems to have changed now, and the baby ghost incident seems to be at risk of getting worse!"
Liang Jiunan frowned:
"not only that."
"Originally, during our investigation, the dead souls in the Infant Ghost case should be related to the Pei family, the Yang family, and the children bought from Caisheng Zheguang."
"But now, there is another brothel girl who got pregnant for no reason and was killed by a baby ghost for no reason."
"Is it because the scope of our previous investigation was too narrow?"
"Or...this red plum is also related to the Pei family?"
Li Shangjing sat aside and tapped his fingers on the table. A long while:
"Hongmei and I have met several times. Her family background is actually very simple, and it has been registered by the Intelligence Department."
"It's probably not possible that it's related to the Pei family."
At this time, Liang Jiunan proposed to use "Wenqu Spiritualism" to find out.
Yu Langya was the first to object:
"No! It's because you summoned Pei's soul that your soul came back!"
"What if the other party knew this and made the same arrangement on Hongmei?"
Liang Jiunan didn't think so:
"I know spiritualism only for the past two days."
"Even if someone is deliberately staring at me and trying to set a trap in the other person's soul, it won't be so efficient."
"Therefore, it is more likely that Pei and Pei Ji were involved in too many secrets, which is why they were silenced so completely."
"The other party...should not spend so much effort on a brothel girl."
Li Shangjing sighed softly, feeling helpless.
Now that the New Year has just passed, there is already a shortage of manpower.
In addition, Yangzhou City has always been a place of outstanding people.
In a place with outstanding people, the probability of evil and monsters causing trouble is lower.
Therefore, many masters and seniors in the Yangzhou City Demon Subduing Division were sent to inspect some poor and evil places around Yangzhou.
Now if the manpower is divided again, some cases at hand will have to be shelved.
After weighing the matter, Li Shangjing agreed to Liang Jiunan's suggestion.
Liang Jiunan came to Hongmei's body and used "Wenqu Spiritualism" to find out.
A moment later:
"Huh?" Liang Jiunan was stunned: "Why...can't I get in?"
Li Shangjing frowned: "Nine Difficulties, is it possible that your spiritualism will fail?"
Liang Jiunan shook his head: "Maybe there will be backlash, but it is absolutely impossible to fail."
Li Shangjing nodded, took out a talisman from his arms, and placed it between Hongmei's eyebrows. After making a gesture with his hands, the talisman began to emit golden light.
As the light shines brightly, Li Shangjing's face darkens:
"The soul is damaged!"
"No, it should be said that most of the living soul has been eaten away, and the remaining soul is not even enough to support consciousness and obsession, so the spiritualism cannot be effective!"
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya were both shocked.
The living soul is cannibalized?
Then there is only one possibility!
The eighth-grade infant ghost they saw was no longer just eating the flesh and blood of Hongmei.
Even before Hongmei noticed something strange, many of her souls had already been swallowed up!
"How could this happen?" Yu Langya looked horrified: "The infant ghosts that I came into contact with before only devoured flesh and blood. How many days have passed? Are they already devouring living souls?"
Li Shangjing also realized that something was wrong and immediately said:
"Nine Difficulties! Langya!"
"Originally, I planned to wait for the intelligence department to have more clues before letting you go."
"But looking at it now, I'm afraid I can't wait any longer!"
"I will hand you the information handbook I have collected so far, and you can set off immediately."
"As for Lin Xiufang, I will arrange another demon-conquering guard to investigate!"
…
Half an hour later, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya, who were fully prepared, quickly left Yangzhou City on fast horses.
According to the letters from the Intelligence Department, the Yang family's natal family is actually not too far away. It is located in a villa outside the city about forty miles away from Yangzhou City.
But it was precisely this that made Liang Jiunan full of doubts.
Yang's natal family can be considered a small family.
In today's world, every wealthy family has land, fame, and power.
Even a wealthy family like the Four Great Surnames is enough for the emperor of the current dynasty not to dare to underestimate them.
How could this Yang family live in such a remote suburb of the city when he could be related to Pei family?
Do you really have a passion for landscape?
Or... is it a last resort?
While deep in thought, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya came to the Yang family's residence shown in the note.
What comes into view is a rather spectacular archway.
The plaques hanging on the archway are nothing unusual, they are nothing more than blessings such as "Literary Music Star Shines" and "Justice and Integrity".
At this time, it was probably getting late.
At dusk, several farmers who had been farming all day were slowly walking back.
A closer look shows that even though these people are wearing winter clothes to keep out the cold, their bodies are very thin.
Moreover, most people's eyes were dull. When they saw Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya, they didn't react at all, like walking zombies.
Liang Jiunan stepped forward to stop one of the strong men who seemed to be quite energetic, and raised his hand, "Mr. Sir, may I ask... is this Yang's Villa?"
The strong man nodded stiffly: "Is Mr. Lang looking for his master?"
"Exactly." Liang Jiunan said, "I don't know, Mr. Lang..."
"The master's family is not seeing any guests now." The strong man interrupted Liang Jiunan sickly: "This is the master's family's rule. After Shenshi, the door of the villa will be closed tightly and no one will be seen."
As he said that, the strong man raised his eyelids and looked into the distance: "If you two don't mind, you can spend the night at my place today. After tomorrow's Mao hour, you can go up the mountain."
Liang Jiunan was stunned, and followed the other party's line of sight, only to see that at the end of the rows of tenant farmer's residences was a hill.
It's just...maybe it's due to the snow and cold?
The hill was wrapped in a cold mist. Looking at it vaguely, there was actually a sense of death.
