Su Tingyu came close to the corpse, sniffed it carefully, and testified for her sister: "It is true that there is no smell of the Seven Souls in the corpse of the Qingtang wizard."
Tuhuang Taoist clicked his tongue in surprise and guessed: "I heard that the wizards over Qingtang have many weird and strange spells. Could it be that this person felt that he could not escape, so he simply committed suicide and turned into a ghost, abandoning his body to Is this how to get rid of the pursuit of him?"
Qin Shaoyou walked around the body of the Qingtang wizard, then looked at the situation inside the room, and said thoughtfully:
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. You see, this Qingtang wizard clearly stabbed himself in the heart with a knife, but not only did he not have an expression of pain on his face, but he also showed a strange smile, as if he had been relieved. .
The two butchers who died in this house were also very strange. They seemed to have died hugging each other, but if you look closely, you can find that their hugging posture was not natural and more like an artificial gesture.
In addition, in this room, there are witchcraft spells and magic circles drawn with blood and secret medicine. I thought that these witchcraft spells and magic circle were used by the Qingtang wizard to activate the death curse and cause the corpse to attack Dongchuan. From Prince Hou. Now think about it, could it be used to help him retain his soul and memory and turn into a ghost? "
Qin Qiao'er followed Qin Shaoyou's words and analyzed: "If this Qingtang wizard really wants to turn into a ghost and escape from trouble, then he is probably still hiding in Qingtang Guard City. In the past few days, I have carefully observed Qingtang. In Tangweicheng, there are magic circles arranged on the city walls, city gates, etc. Once a demon wants to pass through, it will not only warn but also block it. But from the sudden death of Zhang Hu, Zhao Long, and Wang Han to now , I haven’t heard any news about demons trying to break out of the city walls, gates, etc.”
"Regardless, this is a direction of investigation."
Qin Shaoyou immediately made arrangements for Cui Youxuan, Su Jianqing, Su Tingyu, Tuhuang and Qiu Shi, the Taoist priests of Jade Emperor Temple, to search for ghosts in Qingtang Acropolis.
And he himself was going to use [Bright Eyes] and [Miaobi] to search carefully in the city.
As for the others, they continued to go to the yamen at all levels and acted according to the previously discussed plan, hiding talismans, poisonous insects and paper figures, and paralyzing the Marquis of Dongchuan.
After all, no one knows where the ghost of the Qingtang wizard is hidden. It may be in the yamen and officials of Qingtang Guard at all levels.
Just when Qin Shaoyou and the others had discussed the action plan, Ma Chao also rushed over and conveyed Marquis Dongchuan's reprimands and orders to them.
After finishing, Ma Chao helped Dongchuan Hou explain a few words: "Excuse me, your lords, our Lord is in the pain of losing his son, and his temper is inevitably a bit irritable. However, in this case, please lords, please forgive me." Be careful, otherwise in the end, it will hurt the harmony between the Demon Suppression Division and our Qingtang Guards."
Oh, Prince Dongchuan is definitely 'dead' now, and has he started spreading the news everywhere?
It seems that Hou Dongchuan's next move will be revealed soon.
Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiaoer looked at each other, and the latter raised his hands and said: "Please tell General Ma to tell the Marquis that we currently suspect that the reason why the Qingtang wizard committed suicide was probably to die to get rid of our search and escape as a ghost. . We are going to search for his ghost in the city and avenge the young Marquis. But we don’t have many people. The Demon Suppression Department here in Qingtang Wei has suffered heavy casualties in recent times and cannot provide us with support. We also ask Dongchuan Marquis Can you allocate some soldiers to us to assist in the investigation?"
Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this.
Suicide and turned into a ghost to escape investigation? Is it because your imagination is too big, or is this Qingtang wizard too cruel?
That is to say, Zhu Xiucai didn't hear what he was thinking, otherwise he would have sneered and said in his heart: What is this? Don’t you know that there are still people who are hoping that we will commit suicide soon so that we can jump to work for them and perform our duties?
Although Ma Chao was surprised, he still helped them bring these words to Dongchuan Hou.
After hearing this, Marquis Dongchuan frowned slightly and his eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.
Although Ma Chao was curious in his heart, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just stood quietly and waited for him to lecture.
After a while, Marquis Dongchuan spoke and asked Ma Chao to take his warrant and mobilize a team of 100 people to assist the red-clothed envoy to find the Qingtang wizard who had turned into a ghost and was hiding.
After Ma Chao left, Marquis Dongchuan squinted his eyes and murmured to himself:
"Suicide and turning into a ghost to avoid pursuit? With the weirdness of Qingtang Wizard, this kind of thing is not impossible.
By the way, could the spirit that broke into the house before be the Qingtang wizard who committed suicide and turned into a ghost?
He deliberately left the aura of the Black Lotus Religion behind to make me misjudge and think that it was the demons from the Black Lotus Religion who wanted to cause trouble, thereby muddying the water so that I could escape in the chaos?
No wonder my people, although they captured a few demons from the Black Lotus Sect, could not find anyone with an injured soul. It turns out that something is fundamentally wrong, because what we are looking for is not a human at all, but a ghost?
That’s right, he took my blood just because he wanted to use my blood to cover up the ghostly energy on his body, so as to hide it from detection and pursuit..."
The more Hou Dongchuan thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.
"What a cunning wizard, he almost deceived me. It's a pity that Qingtang sent you to be a death warrior. It's just that the devil is better than the devil, and I finally saw through your tricks. ”
Marquis Dongchuan originally wanted to send more manpower to find the Qingtang wizard who had turned into a ghost, but after a second thought, he gave up the idea.
"Let the red-clothed envoy find it first. If they can't find it, I'll go out and teach them a lesson. But these days, people have to keep a close eye on the city walls and gates, and they can't let any monsters go in or out. …”
After Dongchuan Hou made up his mind, he immediately called a soldier and asked him to take his order and convey it to the troops on duty at the city gate and city wall, ordering them to be alert and at the same time, he ordered a few of his subordinates to be alert. A strong general was sent to assist in the defense.
When the Marquis of Dongchuan was dispatching troops, Qin Shaoyou and the others were not idle. They led the one hundred soldiers assigned to them by the Marquis of Dongchuan, divided them into several teams, and searched around the city using supernatural items and soul-searching spells. .
However, the results were disappointing.
Qin Shaoyou and the others were busy until late at night. Except for the lonely ghosts who died due to the military disaster and stayed in the world, they did not find any evil ghosts, nor did they trace the soul of the Qingtang wizard.
These lonely ghosts were all successfully rescued by the Taoist Priest of Jade Emperor Temple, and nothing unusual happened.
Qin Shaoyou originally wanted to stay up late to search and find the soul of the Qingtang wizard to prevent it from harming ordinary people.
As a result, while he was searching, Qin Qiaoer sent a red-clothed envoy to look for him and brought him a message:
"Xue Xiaobao's senior brother found the inn and brought a new guess and direction to the case. Perhaps our guess that the Qingtang wizard escaped by turning into a ghost was wrong..."
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