In the dense forest, Lin Ji was walking forward leisurely.
"After passing this mountain, you can see Qingyang County."
After taking a full three days of detour, completely bypassing the confines of Liangcheng, Lin Ji felt that his journey was really difficult after more than ten days of dining and drinking.
Soon after climbing over the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain, Lin Ji could already see the outline of Qingyang County in the distance.
Even in the deep mountains and old forests, there are often ghosts causing trouble.
Along the way, Lin Ji couldn't count how many ghost soldiers and other unsavory ghosts he killed.
On the contrary, he had never encountered anyone above the level of a fierce ghost.
Therefore, there are not many achievements in the cause and effect book.
"It's a pity. The ghost soldiers are too weak. Even if they kill a few hundred, they are just a gift that can be picked up the next day." I thought with pity in my heart.
Lin Ji quickly went down the mountain and entered Qingyang County.
"Hey, Capt. Lin is back."
"Aunt Wang, give me two of your peaches."
"okay."
"Lin Baotou, freshly baked donkey meat."
"Two pounds of donkey meat, but no sesame cakes. Your sesame cakes don't taste like Lao Li's."
"I'm not convinced when you say this."
Throwing away two taels of silver, Lin Ji smiled and said, "Keep it ready for me. I'll get it later."
"no problem."
He bought a lot of food along the way, but by the time he arrived at the Qingyang County Yamen, Lin Ji could no longer hold it with both hands.
"Captain Lin is back?" The officer at the door greeted him quickly.
"Take it and share it with the brothers." Lin Ji handed over the food in his hand and asked, "Did anything happen in the county while I was away?"
As soon as he said this, most of the smile on the Yamen servant's face disappeared.
Lin Ji frowned slightly: "Why, what happened?"
"You can go in and ask yourself. I can't tell." The officer said, keeping secret.
Lin Ji didn't bother to embarrass him. The joy of returning to his own territory suddenly disappeared, and he quickly walked into the Yamen.
When he came to the lobby, he found that all four of his demon hunters were there.
County Magistrate Li Cheng was sitting in a high position. After seeing Lin Ji, his eyes lit up slightly, but he quickly calmed down.
"Captain Lin, you came back just in time."
Lin Ji bowed his hands to the county magistrate as a perfunctory salute, and then looked at the strong man standing at the front of the hall.
This strong man's name was Lu Cong, a native of Qingyang County. Because he was as strong as an ox since he was a child, he was recruited as an ordinary policeman.
Later, he came into contact with the cultivation method and found out that he had the qualifications to practice, so he became a demon hunter again. Because he often followed Lin Ji to eat and drink, he respected Lin Ji very much.
"Lu Cong, what's going on?" Lin Ji asked.
"Boss, you'd better come and see for yourself." Lu Cong led Lin Ji to the side hall of the Yamen.
The remaining three demon hunters also followed in.
After arriving at the side hall, Lin Ji saw the two detectives lying in the room.
This is an ordinary police officer in the yamen. On weekdays, ordinary cases in Qingyang County are handled by the police officers.
Although they both fall under the jurisdiction of the head catchers, when it comes to monsters and ghosts, ordinary catchers can only do more than run errands and help from the side.
Lin Ji looked at the two detectives.
"Still alive. Although his face is pale, there is nothing serious...Is he unconscious?" Lin Ji looked at Lu Cong.
Lu Cong didn't speak, but a cold female voice sounded behind him.
"Is it nothing serious? Just open your spiritual eyes and look again."
The speaker was Ayane, a disciple of the Qingcheng sect. She joined the Supervisor Tiansi and became a demon hunter for the sake of experience.
Lin Ji nodded, feeling a little strange.
How do you, a little girl from the second realm, know that your spiritual eyes can see the difference?
But when his eyes swept over the person behind Ayane, Lin Ji suddenly understood.
Ayane can't do it, but his senior brother Guo Yi can. Guo Yi is also a practitioner in the third realm of spiritual enlightenment.
After opening his spiritual eyes, when Lin Ji glanced at the two detectives lying on the bed again, something suddenly changed.
In his eyes, these two detectives were obviously incomplete and depressed, and now they were barely hanging on to death.
"The Five Elements are incomplete?"
Lin Ji quickly came to the bedside, lifted the quilt, and pressed one hand on the abdomen of an agent.
After pressing twice, his expression suddenly changed.
"Where's the kidney?"
No one answered.
Lin Ji pressed for a moment more, and then went to check on the other agent's body.
Soon, there were results.
"Who took away their liver and kidneys? No wonder the five elements are incomplete. The liver belongs to wood and the kidney belongs to water. Without these two internal organs, how can the five elements be complete?"
"What's going on? There's not even any trauma. Is it the evil spirit's method? But how can an ordinary police officer come into direct contact with the evil spirit?"
"I don't know, they were just brought back today." Lu Cong shook his head and said, "Not just them, but Liu Yuan's family living in the east, except Liu Yuan's daughter, the rest of them were like this. They were taken away His liver and kidneys have been damaged and there is no way he can be saved."
"It became like this after they went to Yuan Liu's home to investigate."
While he was talking, one of the policemen on the bed died.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ji couldn't bear it.
These two detectives were quite efficient in their work on weekdays, and they had a good relationship with Lin Ji.
"Go ahead and talk...The pensions for the two of them will be doubled and deducted from my salary."
A group of demon hunters returned to the lobby.
"What's going on, Mr. Lin? Do you have any clues?" County Magistrate Li asked quickly when he saw everyone had come out.
Lin Ji looked at the demon hunters behind him.
"What do you think?"
"Boss, I listen to you, you have the final say." Lu Cong replied.
"You... forget it." Lin Ji shook his head helplessly and looked at the other three people.
"Don't ask me, just ask and I'll do the work, as long as it's not tonight." Zhou Qian said.
Zhou Qian is the son of the Zhou family in the county. His father's nickname is Zhou Bancheng. He came to be a demon hunter simply because his cultivation aptitude was not good, and the Zhou family didn't want him to do nothing.
As a demon catcher, you can still speak in the yamen and protect your own business.
Apart from being lecherous, this guy doesn't have any of the problems of a young man from a wealthy family, and he does his best when doing things.
After hearing Zhou Qian's words, Lin Ji's face darkened a lot.
"Is there another courtesan in Minghua Tower?"
"I promised Xiaomei to redeem her life tonight, but she said she didn't want to live her current life anymore."
"You are the one who can persuade prostitutes to be good."
"Thanks for the compliment."
Skipping Zhou Qian and Lu Cong, Lin Ji looked at the last two.
Ayane said nothing with a cold face.
Guo Yi thought for a moment and said, "This matter originated from Yuan Liu's family. Since Yuan Liu's daughter is still here, why not ask her first."
"Where is Miss Liu now?"
"I was taking care of the funeral at home. The news about her family had spread, and no one dared to help, so I asked Song Er to go." Guo Yi said.
"Lu Cong, come with me to ask questions. You guys wait in the yamen, or go ask the people in the county to see if you can find any other clues."
After giving the instructions, Lin Ji left the Yamen with Lu Cong and walked towards Liu Yuan's wife's house.
When passing by a donkey meat shop, the boss shouted: "Lin Captou, do you want some donkey meat?"
"No time..."
"Boss, did you buy donkey meat?"
Lin Ji paused and glanced helplessly at the big man beside him.
"Why don't I starve you to death?"
"hey-hey."
"Go and take it, it's two kilograms, and finish it for me before we get to Yuan Liu's house."
"No problem, two pounds will only fit between your teeth."
Seeing Lu Cong's excited look, Lin Jizhang sighed.
It’s hard to lead a team.
