Sixty-one people died, the corpses were mutilated, the scene was brutal, and the evil spirit was detected by the evil chasing plate, but the only strange thing was that the amount of blood loss at the scene was far from matching the "sixty-one lives".
"Killing, dismembering corpses, and torturing corpses are indeed what evil spirits like to do. But collecting human blood is not."
"Xiao Qi clearly understands everything, and my subordinates admire him very much! So it seems that the lives of the sixty-one members of the Qi family were not harmed by evil spirits, but by someone else?"
"Oh, Commander Wang, I never said that the deaths of these people have nothing to do with evil spirits. Besides, it's too early to draw conclusions now. Let the brothers hurry up and complete the process first. They must be careful and don't let go of anything inside or outside. Passed. Also, you have guarded the scene of the Qi family for me. Except for our brothers from Xuanqing Guard, no one else is allowed to enter without my permission. In addition, you can secretly check the background of the Qi family. "
"Check the Qi family's background? Why is this?" Wang Xiaoling didn't quite understand Shen Hao's purpose.
"A family that is engaged in cloth business and has a large stall should have a frequent flow of money. Isn't it safer and more convenient to store money in a bank? Is it necessary to save millions of cash at home? This Qi family is afraid not simple."
"Xiao Qi is very thoughtful, and his subordinates are not as good as him."
"Okay, stop flattering, hurry up and take care of it. I'm going back first. Such a big case needs to be reported to the commander-in-chief."
...
After leaving Qi Mansion, Shen Hao did not stay in Wuyang City and returned directly to Licheng through the teleportation circle in the city.
Unlike Wuyang City, Licheng was one of the few large cities in the west of the Jingji Dynasty, and only in large cities would Xuanqing Guards be stationed.
Shen Hao served as a seventh-grade flag officer in the guard, which was the lowest official rank in the Xuanqing Guard, but he had a lot of people under his jurisdiction.
Ten Xuanqing guards, plus two school commanders, and fifty soldiers formed a small flag camp, and Shen Hao was the small flag officer.
Above the small flag officer is the seventh-grade chief flag officer. Generally speaking, a chief flag officer has three to four small flag battalions under his command.
From the general banner to the higher level, there are three general banners under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Grade Trial Hundred Households. The sixth-grade official of one hundred households also has jurisdiction over two trial hundred households.
The Xuanqing Guards Station in Licheng is a full staff of six-rank and one-hundred-household officials, responsible for all special affairs in seventeen cities within a radius of three thousand miles.
...
Compared with the county government office in the city, the public house in Xuanqing Guardhouse in Licheng looked very shabby, and there were not even two stone beasts at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Mr. Chen Qi, my subordinates have something to report."
"come in."
Shen Hao pushed the door open and walked in. Sitting in the small public room was a middle-aged man who was fat, round and short, writing at a desk. This person's name is Chen Tianwen, chief flag officer, and Shen Hao's direct superior.
"Mr. Chen Qi, I went to see the case reported in the Wuyangcheng newspaper this morning."
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"It was a wealthy family with the same surname in Wuyang City. All sixty-one members of the family, including children and servants, were killed. The bodies were scattered. The evil-traveling disk found the remaining weak evil spirit at the scene, which showed that it was a third-grade evil spirit."
Chen Tianwen raised his head and looked at Shen Hao after hearing "Third Grade Evil Spirit" sitting at his desk, but did not interrupt Shen Hao's words.
Shen Hao continued: "However, although the Evil Chasing Pan sensed the aura of the third-grade evil spirits, no one was killed in Wuyang City that night except Qi Mansion. There are no records around Wuyang City in the last three months." There is an evil report. Moreover, the sixty-one people at the scene were cut into pieces but only had a small amount of blood. This subordinate feels that this matter is not simple. "
"The blood volume and the corpse don't match up? Are you sure that the evil spirit detected on the evil chasing plate is a third-grade evil spirit?"
"My subordinate is sure."
"This is not the style of a third-grade evil spirit. Either the perception result of the evil spirit chasing disk is wrong, or the attack range of the evil spirit is limited. Shen Hao, tell me what you think."
Shen Hao considered his words before saying: "General Qi, I think that the murder of sixty-one members of the Qi family might be related to that group of people."
"That group of people?" Chen Tianwen was slightly stunned at first, then thought of something quickly, leaned forward, his face became a little more serious for a moment, and he said urgently in a low voice: "Did you find anything?"
"My subordinates found this in the Qi Mansion." Shen Hao said as he placed the piece of paper that he had found in the Qi family's kitchen in front of Chen Tianwen from his arms.
Chen Tianwen didn't touch it with his hands, but got closer and took a closer look, frowned and said, "A piece of talisman paper?"
"Yes, as expected by my subordinates, it should be a fragment of the evil talisman."
"Oh?" Chen Tianwen nodded calmly, then waved his hand, and the talisman paper fragments on the table burned out of thin air, and an extremely subtle mana fluctuation flashed from the fragments. Although the time was short, Chen Tianwen clearly felt that this wisp of mana fluctuation had a sinister character.
"What an evil talisman! Shen Hao, your eyesight is indeed amazing!"
It is not easy to be able to tell what kind of talisman it is from a fragment as small as a fingernail with the naked eye.
"The general flag has given me an award, but it looks familiar to you."
"No need to be modest." Chen Tianwen stood up from his seat, walked to the window and closed the only open window, then turned around and continued: "Who else knows about this besides you and me?"
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I discovered this fragment alone and reported it directly to you. No other person besides you knows about it."
"very good!"
Chen Tianwen patted Shen Hao on the shoulder with satisfaction, took two steps inside the small apartment, and then sat back on the chair in silence for a long time, as if thinking about something.
"In this case, you take my warrant and go to the arsenal to get three third-grade thunder-controlling talismans for emergencies, and then cover the surrounding areas of Wuyang City on the pretext of thoroughly investigating "third-grade evil spirits". I will also report this case and the rest of the cases Separation allows you not to be disturbed by others. But you must promise to give me decent results before the sixth day of next month, do you understand? "
The sixth day of next month? Ten days to go.
After thinking about it for a moment, Shen Hao understood why Chen Tianwen set the time on the sixth day of next month, because the seventh day of next month was the routine major case reporting meeting of the health office.
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, your subordinates will not miss the Commander-in-Chief's important events."
Chen Tianwen nodded, grabbed the pen on the table again, and casually waved his hand to signal Shen Hao to leave.
However, Shen Hao bowed and said: "General Banner, my subordinates still have something to report."
"explain."
"In the case of the Qi family's extermination, a batch of money of unknown origin was also seized. There are many doubts. Now my subordinates are too busy to take care of everything. I also ask the general banner for help."
"Oh, is this really happening? How much is the amount?"
"Seven hundred and fifty thousand taels."
"...Let's do this. Tomorrow I will send someone to take over this batch of money, and you can concentrate on investigating the case of family destruction. Don't be distracted."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for taking care of me. I have something to do with you, so I will take my leave now."
"Well, go down and be careful. Also, you don't look very good. After you go to the arsenal, go to the alchemy room and tell me your name to receive a small Peiyuan Pill. Don't tire yourself out. I But I’m waiting for you to help me calm down the situation.”
"Yes, thank you very much, Commander-in-Chief, for your love."
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Shen Hao immediately had a smile on his face when he came out of the public house.
