Chapter 854

Because the distance is so close, the tragedy in Hegengzhuangzi was impossible to suppress. The city was full of wind and rain in a few days, and all the stalls on the street knew that there was something evil in the suburbs of the city, and many people died.

It is impossible for Xuanqingwei of Fengri City to kill this kind of thing by himself, and the Yamen of Jingxi Zhenfu envoy will definitely intervene.

According to Xuan Qingwei's general approach to evil spirits, this kind of evil spirit case that has killed so many people needs to be pursued. Unless there is no clue at all, it will be changed from "pursuit" to "prevention". Recently, the number of crimes will increase. The surrounding area will be inspected and vigilant, and the people will be asked to actively warn Xuan Qingwei of "suspected evil spirits".

But judging from the current situation, the Hegengzhuangzi tragedy was just a sudden attack by evil spirits. Not to mention the surrounding area of ​​Hegengzhuang Village, even the area of ​​nearly 60 miles around Fengri City was covered by Xuanqing Guards of Fengri City. Thousands of Households generally searched through the nets, and there was no trace of evil beings lingering, so they came to the conclusion that the evil spirits had fled far away, and at present the focus is on patrolling and stepping up precautions.

To be honest, Shen Hao felt that this kind of conclusion was really hasty. But it's true that the people of Qianhu Office can't be blamed. After all, evil spirits are invisible, and it's extremely difficult to find them after hiding in the mountains.

Although this sloppy handling method is not satisfactory, there is also a certain suspicion of perfunctory, but who has a better way? Even if Shen Hao took over, would he be able to guarantee that he would be able to find that evil creature? Shen Hao didn't dare to say this.

But just let go of this "heart-digging evil spirit" that finally appeared?

Just when Shen Hao was hesitating whether to intervene in the investigation of the case on the grounds that "the big case caused panic", a new emergency occurred again.

On the fifth day after the Hegeng incident, that is, on the tenth day of February, an accident happened in Zhuxi Zhuangzi, which is 80 miles away from Hegengzhuangzi. Almost all the village households disappeared overnight, and only a few went out temporarily. The farmers who were not in the Zhuangzi survived. After reporting to the authorities, they searched and found the corpses in a woodland not far from the Zhuangzi. Hundreds of people were all hung on the trees neatly. There was a big hole in the chest. Poached.

Now it's a big deal. If a small stone was thrown into the pond in the Hegeng case before and splashed a little water, then the case in Zhuxi this time would be a big wave, and the entire Fengri City would be muddy and panicked.

Counting the deaths of hundreds of people is nothing compared to a pivotal city in an area like Fengsun City! But the perennial peace and the deep-rooted fear of evil spirits in people's hearts, the superposition of the two phases produced a sense of crisis that roared throughout the whole process, and even many people in the surrounding Zhuangzi swarmed into the city, hiding for a day is a day.

As I said before, a big city like Fengri City needs the surrounding Zhuangzi to provide the necessities of life, but now everyone in Zhuangzi is in danger, and they can't save their lives. Who cares whether the people in the city have meat and vegetables to eat? Is there any firewood for the fire?

The turbulence at the lowest level was the most violent at first, and it was not Xuan Qingwei who could not sit still first, but the local yamen of Fengri City. The chief officer, Xie Youlin, has been looking for Kuang Shengyuan no less than three times in a hurry, all of which are to urge Kuang Shengyuan to find out the traces of evil spirits around Fengri City as soon as possible, and come up with a convincing conclusion.

But how dare Kuang Shengyuan open his mouth to answer Xie Youlin at this time? Before the copper bars were posted, it was clearly stated that "the evil spirits have fled far away", but now that the Zhuxi tragedy has occurred one after another, it is undoubtedly a severe blow to the face of the Qianhu Office of Xuanqing Guard in Richeng. As a Qianhu official, Kuang Shengyuan His face was swollen, and Jiang Cheng would probably be held accountable for any bad behavior, and it was not impossible to slap him in the end.

So Kuang Shengyuan's answer to Xie Youlin could only be "Please be safe and don't be impatient, we are doing our best to investigate."

On the other hand, Kuang Shengyuan sent out all the generals of the Qianhu Office under his command, not to track down the evil spirit, but to be sure that the surrounding area of ​​Fengri City is safe. As long as you can stabilize the restless emotions in Fengri City, you can take your time later.

However, Kuang Shengyuan wanted to take his time, but the governor's office in Jingxi did not have such a good attitude and patience.

Jiang Cheng was very angry with Kuang Shengyuan's ability to handle affairs. He scolded Kuang Shengyuan bloody with three copper bars in a row, and set a time limit. Come out and die.

Kuang Shengyuan's hair was about to fall out, but he didn't have any clues in his hand, which made him completely at a loss, so he could only bite the bullet and look down.

But Kuang Shengyuan is also thick-skinned. He felt that it would be difficult for these people in his hands to find out why, especially considering Jiang Cheng's time limit, so he went to Shen Hao's door in person. It is not certain who is the best at investigating cases in the Jingxi area, but Mr. Shen Haoshen is definitely a good hand.

"I also ask Mr. Shen to help me out!"

With Kuang Shengyuan's words, Shen Hao naturally followed suit and took the case. He was worried about how to intervene in a legitimate way, but he didn't expect to sleep and came to the pillow.

With Kuang Shengyuan's voluntary request, and the fact that the Black Flag Camp itself is within the jurisdiction of Fengri City, it is only logical to intervene in these two cases.

But in fact, Shen Hao has no better way to deal with the mess left by the evil spirits. He can only go through the context of the two cases again, and at the same time increase the inspection of the surrounding areas of the two crimes, hoping to be able to solve the problem. Find some clues to point the way.

The power of the entire Fengsun City was mobilized by these two evil cases. The garrison has entered a state of martial law, guarding the gate of Fengri City tightly, and patrolling the city day and night to strictly guard against it. At the same time, the guards also rejected Xuan Qingwei's transfer. Their primary task is to ensure the safety of Fengri City, and they don't have the strength to provide assistance in finding Xie Chong.

Even if the garrison is like this, it is also difficult to recruit the servants in the local yamen. And the cities under the jurisdiction of Fengri City also need to increase their vigilance, so Kuang Shengyuan didn't draw the Xuanqing guards from all over the place to Fengri City, so the people in Fengri City who are targeting evil spirits are actually people from the Thousand Households, plus Heiqiying commanded the yamen.

With so many Zhuangzi around Fengri City, the Thousand Households Office and the Black Flag Battalion commander's yamen still don't have enough manpower to guard each place, so they can only form a few patrol teams to patrol day and night.

Shen Hao, on the other hand, was running around Hegeng and Zhuxi with a few guards. What he had to do was to find as many traces as possible in these two places where the crime occurred.

There are almost no clues, but Shen Hao has some speculations: "The evil spirit at the place where the crime happened has a strong reaction, and it has the ability to confuse and kill the farmer by instantly sending down illusion-like means, so the rank of this evil spirit is probably not low. But why did they not attack the surrounding area immediately after raging the river ridge, but hid and waited for a full five days before crossing the village in the middle and attacking Zhuxi, which is 80 miles away from the river ridge?

This is not in line with Xie Chong's habits. Unless someone made it do it on purpose. "