Chapter 455: Dinner

It seems that only a pilot can have such excellent mobility.

Goshawk immediately denied: "Yes, but I won't do such a thing."

"Oh?" He Lingchuan became interested, "Which demon king are you talking about?"

"The king of Shanyu Kingdom is a red-crowned giant eagle. He once ate a whole elephant, but he didn't swallow it whole. In addition, the national master Mianbing who presides over the Winter Palace is Xueluan. It is said that he can transform into a huge body." Goshawk said, "Besides that, I can't think of a third person."

Although these two are capable, their status is there, and it is unlikely that they will come to Chiyan Kingdom to commit crimes.

Goshawk continued: "The spiritual energy is thin, and it is difficult for the feather tribe to produce giants again."

The larger the size of the demon beast, the more concentrated the spiritual energy it needs to support it. The current conditions are insufficient, and it is no longer the giant demon era like the ancient and early medieval times.

Even the king of Shanyu Kingdom and the national master Mianbing rely on the strong Yuanli nourishment to maintain such a body size.

"Then it must be a land monster."

Jiao Yu helped the staff: "It may not be just one."

"That's right." He Lingchuan pondered, "They committed crimes in Niutou Mountain, why did they come here to unload?"

"The corpses found in the deep mountains and old forests are not easy to be detected." Jiao Yu replied, "Besides, this is already in the territory of Baishi County. Even if the corpses are found, there are no missing people in the county, and most people will not pay attention to investigate."

Outsiders and passing monsters died in the wilderness without anyone caring.

It's not just Beijia, it's the same in any country.

In addition to the local officials not wanting to care, it's also difficult to track down objectively. The information between states and counties is blocked, so how can it be so easy to cooperate with each other to investigate the case?

The murderer knew this very well, so he took advantage of the loophole to dump the corpse across the county.

"Just like that?" He Lingchuan also agreed with his reasoning, but there was still a doubt here, "But this place is already far away from the county boundary, and there are deep mountains and old forests everywhere. Why did they dump the body deep here?"

"In your opinion?"

He Lingchuan stood up and looked around: "There is no sky here all day long, the ground is humid, and the rocks can drip water. It is probably the environment that the murderer likes. Don't forget that it appeared several times before, all on rainy nights."

"Although this thing commits crimes everywhere, it should have a habitat at ordinary times, right?"

"You mean, its nest is nearby?"

"Otherwise, how can it excrete here?" He Lingchuan said, "If you live in the east of the county, would you go to the west of the county to squat?"

"...I don't have that hobby." Jiao Yu looked up and looked around, "There is a faint fishy smell mixed with the corpse odor."

"It's a pity that you were not there when the sheep thieves came to steal the mountain sheep." He Lingchuan jumped onto the ground, took out the water bag to wash his hands, and rubbed them several times with fragrant soap, otherwise the corpse odor would linger. "By the way, who has a better sense of smell, you or Fu Shanyue?"

Jiao Yu was startled, thought for a while and said: "The young master should win."

He Lingchuan took out the sticky branch from the storage ring: "Smell it, is it this smell?"

The tiger came up and sniffed carefully, his nose almost touching the branch.

He Lingchuan believed him, from this posture, it can be seen that Ba has a more sensitive sense of smell.

Finally, the tiger made the final decision: "Yes, it is it!"

He Lingchuan took a deep breath.

Well, it turns out that this murderer is the real sheep thief. It turns out that official and personal grudges can be settled together, and Fu Shanyue did not entrust the wrong person.

He thought for a moment and said, "Since I'm here, I want to go see the pig nest."

"Yulun Mountain?" Jiao Yu was also present when he interrogated Wang Mazi, and knew what he was referring to. "It's on the other side of Zhitian Township. It's getting dark, do you want to stay in the township for a night?"

"Yes." So far, a lot of information has been collected, but He Lingchuan is very clear that the investigation lacks the most important thing:

A breakthrough.

The other party is acting in a covert manner. Although there are clues left, they are not enough to track.

Why does this monster eat people and monsters everywhere in Chiyan?

Simply to fill his stomach?

...

The income of Zhitian Township alone accounts for two-thirds of the entire Baishi County.

Therefore, the county government of Baishi County was directly set up in Youtian Town, Zhitian Township, to facilitate the handling of various affairs.

It was already dusk when He Lingchuan entered the town.

The streets and alleys of Youtian Town are obviously more regular than those of Shuangyi Town, and street lights are hung under the trees on the roadside to facilitate pedestrians to walk at night.

Every household has lights on. He Lingchuan can always smell the aroma of food and hear the voices of people in the alleys on the street.

There are many mansions here, some of which cover a considerable area, with flat exterior walls and exquisite tiles. Obviously, wealthy people live in them.

Jiao Hu also introduced him: "Most of the townspeople grow herbs. Among them, there are several big families who do herbal medicine business. When they get rich, they buy land and build houses."

The ecology of a town is very simple. Some people grow, some people collect, and some people transport it out. This is how wealth circulates.

He Lingchuan asked a question:

"Where do the monsters live?"

"Most of them live in the mountains and forests near the town." Jiao Yu replied, "If they are monsters who work with humans to grow medicine, they will also live in these houses."

There are several inns in the town. Now He Lingchuan's travel expenses can be reimbursed, so of course he chooses the largest and most expensive one.

The decoration of the guest room is also very distinctive. It is a small courtyard with a single door and a section of old tree stump in the patio is full of purple mushrooms and white mushrooms.

How dare the crow compete with the goshawk for the tree stump? It had to land on the tree in the yard.

After completing the check-in procedures, He Lingchuan said to Jiao Yu: "I would like to trouble you, Lord Jiao, to go to the county government and report the cases we are handling to the government."

Jiao Yu nodded: "You are right. These cases are difficult, and the cooperation of local officials is indispensable."

It left for half an hour.

When Jiao Yu showed up again, he brought back an invitation:

The magistrate of Baishi County hosted a banquet for the special envoy and General Ling, and asked them to show their appreciation.

He Lingchuan immediately touched his belly and stood up, and agreed: "Okay, I just happened to not have dinner."

It had been dark for a long time and he didn't even order a meal. Jiao Yu suspected that he was just waiting for this meal.

The banquet was held at Xihonglou, the best restaurant in town.

The Baishi County Magistrate and seven or eight people stood waiting at the door of the restaurant. Seeing He Lingchuan and others arriving, he immediately stepped forward to greet them: "This must be the Crown Prince's special envoy. Hello General Ling, Hello Lord Jiao, Hello Lord Wu!"

Mr. Wu refers to the goshawk.

He Lingchuan was also very agile in the matter of welcoming and sending people off. The two met like old friends for many years, exchanged greetings, and then went upstairs to sit down.

The magistrate of Baishi County toasted He Lingchuan with a glass of wine, and then introduced the people around him: "These are the wise men of Zhitian Township. I heard that the special envoy and General Ling were coming, and they all wanted to come and meet them."

When he mentioned the special envoy, he would also bring General Ling with him to show his respect for the old sheep.

General Ling hummed, lowered his head to drink, and paid no attention to others.

The cups used by humans are too small, so it is designated to use a sea bowl, and it can drink half the bowl of wine with just one bow of its head.

The county magistrate seemed not to be surprised by his attitude, so he only introduced He Lingchuan one by one, and these people also raised their glasses one by one.

The so-called rural sages are actually the wealthy and wealthy households in Zhitian Township. Needless to say, this meal must come from their own pockets.

They represent the highest level of financial resources in Zhitian Township.

He Lingchuan took a look and saw that they were all human beings.

There was a lot of drinking and drinking, and the dishes were served at reasonable prices.

The restaurants here also have the characteristics of Zhitian Township, which is famous for its medicinal food. What about braised old crabs with blood vine, fried mutton kidneys with Eucommia ulmoides, fried liver slices with Shouwu, and fried ground ginseng...

He Lingchuan even suspected that a normal person would get a nosebleed after eating this table of medicated meals.

Fortunately, the wine used at the banquet was sweet rice wine instead of medicinal wine. It was warm and gentle, smoothing the throat and suppressing dryness.

Jiao Yu had previously described the case process to the Baishi County magistrate, who then said to He Lingchuan: "Special envoy, I have ordered someone to register the wind-drilling beast case, and then compare it with the past files to see if there are any No new clues."

The nobles from all the villages said: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen in Zhitian Township."

"That monster is so bold and arrogant!"

He Lingchuan asked everyone: "There has been no missing case reported in Zhitian Township?"

Everyone shook their heads: "Not in recent years."

"Nothing unusual usually?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads: "Farming in the fields and countryside is normal, there is no problem."

He Lingchuan then said to the Baishi County Magistrate: "Tomorrow I want to go to the Haozhu Nest at the foot of the Moon Mountain to take a look."

"Hao Zhu Nest?" Baishi County Magistrate was surprised, "No one has been there for a long time. Is it possible that this matter has something to do with the case of the missing courier?"

"If there was no connection, I wouldn't be here." He Lingchuan's words made the county magistrate feel numb.

"I heard that an entire litter of piglets died in the burrow last year, which is quite bizarre." General Ling was rude as soon as he opened his mouth. "Didn't this matter be investigated in detail?"

"At that time, heavy snow closed the mountains, and the villagers discovered them already in the spring of the following year. The demon nest was smashed by a huge boulder from above, which should be the cause of death." Baishi County Magistrate said, "These are all recorded and can be checked by the special envoy."

"What do you mean it should be?" General Ling was displeased, "If it is, it is, if it is not, it is not. Didn't they send a police officer there at that time?"

"Send it, I'll send the best widower in the county." Magistrate Baishi didn't want to take this responsibility, "But after all, after a winter and spring, the bones have already rotted, so there is really nothing else that can be found. "

When he said this, he sighed: "How can a litter of pigs be related to Lingxu City?"

He Lingchuan asked instead, "I heard that these pigs are very popular in the countryside?"

"Well, it's not very good." A village official said, "Both water sources in Zhitian Township pass through their territory first, and then flow into our fields. These pigs often find reasons to cut off our water supply."

"Have you ever done anything?"

Everyone looked at each other again, and then one of the village nobles said slowly: "They are a local tyrant. They have injured many people, been sued, and lost money in the end, but there is nothing we can do against them. The county magistrate tried to mediate with us many times, but we finally made some concessions.”

General Ling sneered: "Give in? I think those pigs must suffer the consequences. You guys are much smarter than monkeys."

The wealthy man opened his mouth to argue, but was interrupted by the person next to him pulling his sleeves.

Why are you arguing with the big monster?

He Lingchuan asked again: "What is the source of the contradiction?"

This time the local nobles were silent. Magistrate Baishi coughed and said, "It's still a source of water."