Ruins of the past

Qiao Zhi rushed forward, while Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang hid in the darkness waiting for a sneak attack.

However, the fox demon was already seriously injured. He had exhausted his energy by escaping all the way, aggravating the injury. He was still unable to display his best human martial arts. It could be said that he was at an absolute disadvantage in all aspects.

The fox demon watched Qiao Zhi shuttle back and forth like a bolt of lightning, and hurriedly backed away.

The two sides exchanged blows as fast as thunder, and with the sound of surging air waves, the fox demon was defeated in the blink of an eye. His body seemed to have been hit hard by a giant hammer, and he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

He said angrily: "Orange Cat! As a martial arts expert from the demon clan, why do you collude with humans to harm your fellow humans?"

Qiao Zhi on the other side slowly walked towards the fox demon: "So what if we are both from the demon clan? You are from the fox clan and I am from the cat clan. How can we be compatriots?"

Seeing that Qiao Zhi was about to kill him, Chu Qiguang immediately stood up and said, "Wait, I have something else to ask him."

The fox suddenly vomited out blood, twitched a few times, and fell into a pool of blood with eyes wide open.

Qiao Zhi was surprised and walked up to check it out: "He broke his heart by himself. It's too cruel."

Qiao Zhi asked doubtfully: "Is he afraid that he will reveal the secret? What secret does this fox have... and he wants to keep it even at the risk of death?"

…

Early the next morning, the murder of Hao Yongnian instantly shocked the entire Qingyang County. The entire county government was mobilized to thoroughly investigate the murder.

Because most of the corpses at the scene were fragmented and bleeding heavily, the case was called a blood corpse case by investigators.

But a few days have passed, and there is no clue to the bloody corpse case. The prisoner has not been arrested, and the magistrate of Qingyang County has a sad face all day long.

The Hao family even offered a reward of one thousand taels to the brave man who could catch the murderer.

…

That night, in a study room of the Ding family in Qingyang County.

Ding Daoxiao sat behind the desk, looked at Taoist Qingling in front of him and said, "Have you brought the things?"

Taoist Qingling took out a square box and opened it in front of Ding Daoxiao: "Ten Qi Yi Pills can enhance Qi and blood and help you reach the peak of Qi and blood in the fourth realm faster."

"There is also a portion of liger and tiger bone replacement ointment. This is made by a highly skilled mage from Baiyunguan using the muscles and bones of tiger and lion demons and thirty-two kinds of herbs. It takes 7,749 days to make. One portion is enough for You transform the bones and marrow of your whole body and reach the limit of the fourth realm."

Taoist Qingling closed the square box and said slowly: "The total is five thousand taels of silver."

Ding Daoxiao looked at the square box with both greed and distress. The greed was naturally because he was greedy for the top-quality elixir that Tianshijiao did not supply to the outside world, and the distress was because he felt sorry for his own money.

After all, even if the Ding family is a big family and Ding Daoxiao is the legitimate son and grandson, he spends a year's budget of 10,000 taels of silver on martial arts training, but half of it is spent in one go.

Ding Daoxiao couldn't help but said: "Five thousand taels of silver is too expensive."

Taoist Qingling took back the box in an instant and said coldly: "If it weren't for me, you would never have bought this elixir even if you spent ten thousand taels of silver. What's more, these five thousand taels are not just for me, both inside and outside the elixir courtyard. The chief, the governor, the governor, the head of the treasury...all need to share the money, and if you can't afford it, there are many buyers."

Seeing that the box was about to be taken back, Ding Daoxiao immediately held it down and said with a smile: "I'm just joking. Taoist Master, please don't take it seriously. I will ask your Taoist boy and my boy to go to the bank to deliver the goods in a moment."

Taoist Qingling then let go of his hand and let Ding Daoxiao grab the medicine box.

Ding Daoxiao looked at the medicine box with a satisfied look on his face. With these and the martial arts he learned from the "Sumishan King Sutra", he was sure that he would reach the peak of the fourth realm before this year's martial arts competition, and he would be able to win it. The identity of a martial artist. Even strive to break through to the fifth realm...

After locking up the medicine box, Ding Daoxiao looked at Taoist Qingling and said, "Have you heard about the bloody corpse case?"

Taoist Qingling nodded: "I can't control it anymore. Tomorrow morning I will go north to investigate the corpse mutiny case with the mages from several other counties. You should keep an eye on the Hao family."

Ding Daoxiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Hao family has long lost a capable person who can't change the overall situation. However, you must deal with this case of corpse mutiny."

Taoist Qingling sneered and said, "Take care of yourselves. If it weren't for you... I wouldn't have caused this series of mutiny cases."

…

At noon the next day, Chu Qiguang counted the money in his pocket: "I have to raise people, dogs and cats every day, and I only have less than 700 taels left."

"Oh, the money is used up too quickly. Fortunately, the Hao family has given me a reward of 1,000 taels of silver this time, which should be able to bring me back a wave of blood."

After that, Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang and Qiao Zhi to the direction of the county government office.

At this moment, in the back room of the county government office, the current magistrate of Qingyang County, He Wenyan, looked at the case files in front of him with a sad face and sighed: "Are there no clues about the prisoner yet?"

Gu Wei, the fast class catcher on the side, buried his head deeply, like an ostrich.

As the head catcher of the Kuaiban, he was responsible for investigating various cases in the county in the past. He was the one with the widest social connections, the highest martial arts skills, and the most prosperous life among the three yamen officers in the Zaoban, Zhuangban, and Kuaiban yamen.

Not only do we have to collect fares, horse fees, shoes and socks, meals, and tea fees from the parties when we are handling cases... When we are not handling cases, we can also collect money from prostitutes, coachmen, boatmen, dental shops, pawn shops, etc. Fee, that is, bribe.

However, nowadays, bribery is common both inside and outside the court, from top to bottom. This has become a ubiquitous unspoken rule, and many people even regard it as a routine. Those who do things without taking money become weird.

As the head catcher, Gu Wei's various incomes add up to several hundred taels of silver a year.

But it's okay to let a half-black and half-white person like Gu Wei investigate ordinary cases, but he hasn't slept for days and nights in this blood corpse case, but he hasn't found any results yet.

Seeing his appearance, the county magistrate He Wenyan became more and more angry and shouted: "I gave you three days, but you didn't even find any trace of the murderer. You are simply incompetent! What's the use of raising you?"

Next to He Wenyan, a young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes said: "Dad, this case is related to demons. It's normal that Captain Gu can't find out. Don't blame him."

The county magistrate He Wenyan waved his hand to make the arrester retreat. He looked at his son and said, "My son, you don't know that there is a fire burning under my father's position as magistrate of Qingyang County. I was sent to measure the land in Qingyang County." , equalizing taxes has been opposed by all the big households in the county."

"Now there are demons causing trouble under my rule, and they even caused such a bloody corpse case. If the case cannot be solved for a long time...I am afraid that the memorial to impeach me has been prepared by now."

He Wenyan said with a stern face: "I have a small future. If I ruin my mentor's tax reform, my father will be the one to blame."