Because they were so close, it was impossible to suppress the tragedy in Hegengzhuangzi. Within a few days, the city was filled with storms. Everyone running stalls on the street knew that something evil was going on in the suburbs, and many people died.
It is impossible for the Xuanqing Guards of Fengri City to kill this kind of thing by themselves. The Jingxi Town Fushi Yamen above will definitely ask about it.
According to Xuan Qingwei's general approach to evil spirits, this kind of evil evil case that killed so many people needs to be pursued. Unless there are no clues at all, "recovery" will be changed to "prevention". In recent times, the number of places where the crime occurred has been increased. Inspections and vigilance in the surrounding area will be carried out, and the people will be asked to actively warn the Xuanqing Guards of "suspected evil spirits".
But judging from the current situation, the tragedy at Hegengzhuangzi was just a sudden evil attack. Not to mention the surrounding area of Hegengzhuang, even the nearly 60 miles around Fenglu City were occupied by the Xuanqing Guards of Fenglu City. Qianhu pulled the net and checked it once, but there was no trace of the evil spirits lingering, so they came to the conclusion that the evil evil spirits had escaped, and the current focus was to step up patrols to prevent them.
To be honest, Shen Hao felt that this conclusion was too hasty. But it is indeed no wonder that the people of Qianhusuo were there. After all, the evil spirits were invisible and extremely difficult to detect when hiding in the mountains. If they escaped, it would be even harder to trace them. Instead of pursuing them hard, it would be better to save energy and deal with other cases.
Although this hasty approach is unsatisfactory and somewhat perfunctory, who has a better way? Even if Shen Hao takes over, can he be sure that he can find the evil spirit? Shen Hao didn't dare to say this.
Can we just let go of this "evil spirit" that finally appeared?
Just when Shen Hao was hesitating whether to intervene in the investigation of the case on the grounds that "a major case caused panic", a new emergency occurred.
On the fifth day after the Hegeng incident, which was the tenth day of February, something happened to Zhuxi Zhuangzi, a full eighty miles away from Hegeng Zhuangzi. Almost all the villagers disappeared overnight, except for a few temporary outings. The villagers who were not in Zhuangzi survived and waited for the police to search. They also found corpses in a woodland not far from Zhuangzi. Hundreds of people were all hung on the trees. There was a big hole in the chest and the heart. poached.
This is a big deal. If the previous case in Hegeng was like a pebble thrown into the pond, making a little splash, then the case in Zhuxi this time was like a big wave in the river, making the entire Fengri City muddy and panicked.
If you really think about it, hundreds of people will die, which is nothing for a major hub city in an area like Fenglu City! But the perennial peace and the deep-rooted fear of evil spirits in people's hearts combined to create a sense of crisis that roared throughout the whole process. Even many people from the surrounding Zhuangzi swarmed into the city, hiding as long as they could.
As I said before, a big city like Fengri City needs the surrounding Zhuangzi to provide daily necessities. But now that everyone in Zhuangzi is in danger and their lives are not saved, who cares whether the people in the city have meat and vegetables to eat? Is there any wood for a fire?
The turmoil at the lowest level was the most intense. The first person to be shaken was not the Xuanqing Guards, but the local government office in Fengri City. The officer in charge, Xie Youlin, has anxiously visited Kuang Shengyuan no less than three times, all urging Kuang Shengyuan to investigate the traces of evil spirits around Fengri City as soon as possible and come up with a convincing conclusion.
But how could Kuang Shengyuan dare to open his mouth to reply to Xie Youlin at this time? Before, the copper strip clearly said that "the evil spirit has escaped far away", but now the Zhuxi massacre has happened one after another, which is undoubtedly a severe slap in the face of Richeng Xuanqing Guard Qianhu Station. Kuang Shengyuan, as a Qianhu Officer His face was swollen. Now if he did something wrong, he would probably be held accountable by Jiang Cheng. It was not impossible to masturbate him to the end.
Therefore, Kuang Shengyuan's answer to Xie Youlin could only be, "Please be patient, we are doing our best to investigate."
On the other hand, Kuang Shengyuan sent out all the generals from Qianhu Station under his command, not to track down the evil spirit, but to be sure that the surrounding area of Fengri City was safe. As long as the restless mood in Fengri City can be stabilized, the rest can be done slowly.
However, Kuang Shengyuan wanted to take his time, but the Jingxi Town Fushi Yamen did not have such a good attitude and patience.
Jiang Cheng was very angry about Kuang Shengyuan's ability to do things. He scolded Kuang Shengyuan with three consecutive accountability bars, and set a time limit, asking Kuang Shengyuan to find the evil spirit that attacked Zhuangzi around Fengri City within five days. Come out and be destroyed.
Kuang Shengyuan was worried about losing his hair, but he had no clues at all, which made him feel completely unsure, so he could only bite the bullet and dig deeper.
However, Kuang Shengyuan was also thick-skinned. He felt that it would be difficult to find out the reason with the people in his hands, especially considering Jiang Cheng's time limit, so he went to Shen Hao's door himself. It's not certain who is the best at investigating cases in Jingxi, but Shen Hao and Mr. Shen are definitely a good hand.
"Please Sir Shen, please help me a lot!"
With Kuang Shengyuan's words, Shen Hao naturally took over the case. He was worried about how to intervene in a legitimate way, but he didn't expect that he felt sleepy and came to the pillow.
With Kuang Shengyuan's proactive request and the fact that Black Flag Camp itself was within the jurisdiction of Fengri City, it was justifiable to intervene in these two cases.
But in fact, Shen Hao had no better way to deal with the mess left by evil spirits. He could only go over the context of the two cases again, and at the same time increase inspections around the two crime sites, hoping that he could Find some clues to point the way.
The entire power of Fengri City was mobilized by these two evil cases. The garrison has entered a state of martial law, guarding the gates of Fengri City, and patrolling the city day and night for strict defense. At the same time, the garrison also rejected the Xuanqing Guard's deployment. Their first task was to ensure the safety of Fengli City, and they did not yet have the strength to provide assistance in finding evil spirits.
Even if the garrison is like this, it is also difficult to draw out the yamen servants from the local yamen. The cities under the jurisdiction of Fengli City also need to be on higher alert, so Kuang Shengyuan did not draw the Xuanqing Guards from all over the country to Fengri City. Therefore, the manpower currently targeting evil spirits in Fengli City is actually people from the Qianhu Office, plus The person who leads the Yamen of the Black Flag Camp.
There are so many Zhuangzi around Fengri City, and the manpower of the Qianhu Office and the Black Flag Battalion Commander's Yamen is still not enough to guard every place, so they can only form a few patrol teams to patrol day and night.
Shen Hao, on the other hand, took a few guards and traveled between Hegeng and Zhuxi. What he had to do was to find as many traces as possible in the two places where the crime occurred.
There are almost no clues, but Shen Hao has some speculations: "The evil spirit in the place where the crime occurred has a strong reaction, and it has the ability to instantly confuse the dealers with illusion-like means and kill them. If so, the level of this evil spirit is probably not low. But why didn't they immediately attack the surrounding areas after ravaging the river ridge? Instead, they hid and waited for five days before crossing Zhuangzi in the middle and attacking Zhuxi, which was eighty miles away from the river ridge?
This is not in line with evil habits. Unless someone made it happen on purpose. "
