The next morning, when Xu Ran passed by Gu Qingqing's house, he deliberately slowed down.

If I happen to meet her, I would like to thank her sincerely.

As a result, I happened to meet Feng Ma coming out to pour rice water. Feng Ma smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, long time no see, you are actually more attractive."

Xu Ran also said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Ma Feng, you are getting younger and younger."

Feng Ma smiled even happier, "I'll tell you the truth, your skin is fair and your eyes are more charming. Don't make fun of me as an old woman."

Xu Ran smiled and said, "I didn't make a fuss. You are indeed younger, your waist is straighter and thinner than before."

"This kid, I'm also joking with my old lady..."

Seeing Xu Ran walking onto the stone bridge and getting farther away, Feng Ma curled her smile, touched her waist, and murmured: "So, what happened to me after I broke through the bottleneck?"

...

County Magistrate Zhong has almost turned white after these days.

At this time, all the constables in Taoyuan County were standing in front of him, with serious expressions and even daring to show off their anger.

Anyone could see that the boss was unhappy and the pressure was about to crush him.

Miscellaneous cases have occurred frequently in the county town in the past few days, and more than twenty people have disappeared, and two families have even disappeared strangely.

Cases were one after another, but they could not be solved, which made the county town uneasy, and everyone was in danger, and rumors began to rise.

When the magistrate Li was not there, all the pressure fell on the shoulders of him, the second-in-commander of the county government.

County Magistrate Zhong looked at the twenty-two constables in front of him and said, "Brothers, I don't need to say anything about the current situation in the county. You all know that from the information you have at present, those cases are definitely not done by ordinary gangsters."

As soon as this was said, even though all the yamen runners expected it, the county magistrate still felt cold in his heart.

Everyone looked around and no one spoke.

County Magistrate Zhong looked at the expressions of the people and sighed in his heart, but he exclaimed: "Everyone must hold on. In a few days, Lord Li will invite the Demon Slaying Officer of the Demon Slaying Office. At that time, kill the demons and monsters that are causing trouble, and people's hearts will be calm.

What you have to do is to temporarily appease the people, and patrol the whole city in groups of four people. The remaining two people and I stayed behind in the county government. Even if the case cannot be solved or the murderer cannot be caught, the people must see us. Only in this way can they feel at ease."

County Magistrate Zhong waved his hand, "Thank you for your hard work, hurry up and go."

Everyone bowed to accept the order, and in a blink of an eye, only Zhao Wu and Ma Daguo were left.

"You don't have to be so restrained."

County Magistrate Zhong sat back at the table and looked through the recent case studies. The more he looked, the bigger the more he looked.

Suddenly, I felt someone walking towards this place outside the class room. I looked up and saw Xu Ran, and there was a tall monk wearing secular clothes following me.

The master is here!

County Magistrate Zhong quickly stood up to greet him, "Xu Ran, are you back, is this a monk from Changqing Temple?"

Without waiting for Xu Ran to answer, Lao Wang took the lead: "Zhi Xia was once a high monk, but now he has returned to secular life. His secular surname is Wang. Can you call him the king of Xia Wang or Master Wang? May I ask him the noble surname?"

"I have seen Master Wang, and I have been exempted from his surname Zhong, and I have to take the post of Taoyuan County Magistrate. I have asked the master to sit down," County Magistrate Zhong respectfully invited Lao Wang to sit down, and ordered Zhao Wu to make a pot of tea before looking at Xu Ran, "You have worked hard for more than 400 miles from Changqing Temple."

That means, I asked you to go to Changqing Temple to invite the Changqing Abbot, why did you invite Master Wang?

Xu Ran approached County Magistrate Zhong and whispered in a low voice: "Something happened in Changqing Temple, but Changqing Abbot has already gone to Taohualing alone, so don't worry."

County Magistrate Zhong sighed and deliberately raised his voice: "The situation in Taoyuan County is much more tense than Taohualing. One bizarre case after another seems to be not done by manpower. I hope I will put the current situation first.

When Lord Li invites the people from the Demon Slayer, everyone will take care of each other, and then go to Taohua Ridge to kill the bear demon to avenge brothers Zhang Meng.”

Xu Ran originally wanted to return to Taoyuan County and go to Taohualing with Lao Wang for a short rest. However, Gu Qingqing had given instructions last night and learned about the paper-cutting spirit general attacking Zhang Yuner at night. He wanted to first relieve the hidden dangers of paper-cutting shop in Wangxiang.

Just then, County Magistrate Zhong begged to handle the case, and his words came to the mountain together after the people from the Demon Sect came, which made Xu Ran feel heartless.

Then he said with the favor: "Okay, let's wait for three or five days to deal with the situation in front of him first."

Zhong County Wei Xi said: "It's so good. If you can't find a clue from Master Wang first, maybe you can find a clue from it."

Lao Wang took a sip of tea, gently put down the tea bowl, and said slowly: "Don't worry, I can take action, but I have principles to talk about before."

County Magistrate Zhong was stunned, "Master, please speak."

"The risks involved are not to be mentioned."

Lao Wang said: "So I have to collect incense. Of course, if the demons and ghosts take human lives and harm innocent people, the government or victims symbolically give three or five copper coins, enough to get a stick of incense.

But if you are in a wrong position, or even commit evil deeds, and you will be responsible for the cause and effect, you will not be able to donate more money for incense.”

This is the comment that Lao Wang thought of during breakfast and asked Xu Ran for his opinion.

County Magistrate Zhong felt that it was not too much and immediately responded: "That's natural, it should be."

Then Lao Wang looked at Xu Ran, who was already looking through the Case Sect, "How is it, is it difficult?"

Xu Ran took out two cases and said, "You can start with these two cases."

Lao Wang took it and frowned while looking.

These two cases are strange and the other is scary.

Let’s choose something simple to practice first, isn’t it good?

County Magistrate Zhong looked at Xu Ran with admiration. This kid is really good at seeing.

The reason why these two cases are difficult is that not only murder cases, but also the two companies involved in the case are powerful and powerful. Even the magistrate dares to scold them in public when they start to be angry.

One is the eldest son of the rich man Xie Youcai family, who died strangely. After being introduced by the young master's boy, the Xie family invited a Taoist priest to do the trick. The young master who died one day miraculously resurrected himself. After that, his temperament changed drastically. The Xie family had already reported the case to demand the arrest of the Taoist priest.

The other is that something happened to Uncle Song Yu who works in the capital.

His old mother was scared to death by a female ghost at night, and the two maids who were accompanying each other died and were crazy. While the Song family was reporting to the official, they had already sent people to Beijing to report their deaths on a fast horse.

If Lord Song came back, the case had not been solved, I am afraid that Magistrate Li's black hat would not be kept, and his county magistrate would have done the final result.

So Xu Ran's choice was a timely help. He looked at Xu Ran with relief and said, "What do you think of these two cases?"

"It's a coincidence," Xu Ran pointed to the Xie family's Censorship. "On the way to Changqing County, I met a Taoist priest telling a fortune to a young man. What he said was exactly consistent with the confession on the Censorship. At that time, he just thought it was a joke from passers-by.

Thinking about it now, it is very likely that the Taoist priests have started setting up plans since then.

I sat at the same table with the Taoist priest, and I felt that he did not have the nature of a master."

County Magistrate Zhong said in surprise: "What happened?"

"So I want to go to the Xie family with Master Wang first and check some details with Mr. Xie, Shutong and others."

Xu Ran nodded and confirmed, pointing to the Song family's case, "Including this case, I have also seen some clues from the case, and I can collect evidence later."

"You also saw the clues?"

County Magistrate Zhong pulled Xu Ran, which was as shocking as he could. He even had an illusion that Xu Ran was more handsome than before.

He said excitedly: "Tell me quickly, what clues do you have?"

Xu Ran smiled slightly, "Let's wait until I collect the evidence before talking to the adults. After all, it's just my guess. If you can't tell me, it will affect the adults' judgment of the case."

Of course I can't say it now. Xu Ran just saw from the record of the case file that the incident was very similar to a horror story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
Chapter completed!