In the middle of the night, the inner courtyard of the yamen.

Dong Fu, who had been lying in bed and fell asleep for a long time, was suddenly awakened by a call from outside the house.

Before he could scold him because he was disturbed by someone's dream, the man outside the room immediately said, "Sir, Lord Ning came to the yamen and brought a body over. He called you to come over and take a look."

When he heard that Ning Xiu was coming, Dong Fu was filled with anger and immediately held back.

With Ning Xiu Fu Demon Wei, even if he was asked to get up in the middle of the night, Dong Fu could not have any complaints even if he set a fire to burn the yamen.

After quickly changing into his outfit, Dong Fu quickly followed the person who reported the news to meet Ning Xiu.

At this time, Ning Xiu was standing in the court of the county government. On the ground beside him, there was a wet body all over. He couldn't tell who it was even with his disheveled hair.

"I've met Lord Ning." Dong Fu walked into the court and immediately gave Ning a courtesy.

"You don't have to be polite. Lord Dong comes and see. You can recognize this person."

"This is..." Dong Fu walked to the corpse in confusion, and his own constable used a scabbard to push away the long hair on his body's face so that Dong Fu could better observe.

However, facing the body whose whole face had been soaked in swollen shape, Dong Fu could not tell what this was at all, so he could only shake his head and said, "The official does not know this person."

At this moment, the constable next to him suddenly said to himself in surprise: "Hey, this seems to be the runner-in-law where the body disappeared in the end."

Ning Xiu asked, "Do you know me?"

"Sir, I was the one who took over the body of this runway hall floating in Changxia River. There was a birthmark on his chest and neck. I remember it very clearly that even if his face turned into this ghostly appearance, I could still recognize it."

When this constable said this, Ning Xiu recalled that before many drowning cases occurred in Wendeng County, the original cause was that an inn's pavilion fell into the water and died.

Later, when the family collected his body and placed it in the yard, the body disappeared at night. The family of Paotang searched all over Wendeng County but found no traces, and in the end they had to leave it alone.

This caused a series of major events that followed. Unexpectedly, the disappeared body now appeared in the form of a drowning ghost in the Changxia River.

Somewhere in the body of the odor, Ning Xiu also discovered traces of the spell picture.

"Mr. Dong, I need you to help me with something."

"Mr. Ning has any need. As long as it can help the master, the official will do his best to do it."

"Investigate the people who live in Wendeng County in the past half month, who are not locals and have a good face. Please record all their names and hand them over to me."

"The official understands."

Ning Xiu pointed to the drowning ghost on the ground and said, "In addition, tomorrow morning, you asked someone to hang this guy at the county government office, and said that the past drowning cases were caused by this evil spirit. You secretly organized a constable to patrol Changxia River at night, successfully shot the drowning ghost, and comfort the people, so that you don't have to worry anymore."

Dong Fuxinxiu, this is a merit. The Demon-Subduing Guard in front of him wants to give the merit to him. Where can I find such a good thing?

But he still asked in a modest way: "Sir, why don't you confess to the people of Wendeng that it was the evil spirit you eliminated? In this way, everyone will definitely be grateful to you and remember your reputation forever."

Ning Xiu glanced at him and said seriously: "I have my intention to do this. Remember not to expose my existence to outsiders, otherwise if something goes wrong, you and I can't afford to take care of it."

"Yes, yes, the lower official knows."

Once the ghost drowning disappears, the demon hiding in the dark will definitely be alert.

In the name of Dong Fu, he publicly announced that drowning was eliminated by the yamen constable, so the demon would not have the desire to leave Wendeng County.

If Ning Xiu revealed his identity, he would probably have fled Wendeng County as soon as he got the news.

The next day.

"This is the evil spirit that hides in Changxia River and harms people. It looks so terrifying."

"If I touched this thing by the river in the middle of the night, I would probably be scared and fainted on the spot, let alone escape."

"It's so cheap that he harmed seventeen innocent people and made this evil spirit die so easily."

"Mr. Dong County is a man who lives a moderate life on weekdays, but he has no political achievements. I didn't expect that this time I did something great and pleasing."

On a large pole at the entrance of the county government, the corpse of the drowning ghost was tied tightly with hemp ropes, and was just hanging.

The people watching the lanterns below could see clearly and shout to be happy.

For half a month, the Changxia River incident has become like a stone pressing on the heart, becoming a shadow for everyone in Wendeng County.

The truth was revealed now, and the cause of the disaster was resolved, which made everyone feel relieved and relieved.

Among the crowd, a expressionless man kept staring at the drowning corpse, which was in great contrast to the joyful expressions of other people around him.

After a while, the man squeezed out of the crowd and quickly left the yamen.

No one noticed that at a tea stall on the street not far away, a young man was holding tea, quietly observing everyone standing outside the yamen.

The boy's pupils turned slightly white, which was Ning Xiu, who was using the technique of spiritual vision and observation.

When the man who was acting weird left, Ning Xiu stared at the other party with all the time. There were so many people present, but this person had a little evil spirit, which was extremely suspicious.

So Ning Xiu had set his sights on him early in the morning, and the drowning ghost was hung out to show his presence in the yamen. If the demon was willing to continue to stay in Wendeng County, he would have personally or asked others to come to check the specific situation.

Just follow this person and you can find the demon's hiding place.

Putting down the tea bowl in his hand, Ning Xiu immediately followed quietly.

After walking through the streets and alleys, the man finally walked into the back door of a courtyard. The yard looked not cheap, and the owner must be a wealthy person.

Ning Xiu looked around, then jumped up, climbed the high wall of the yard and climbed into it.

There was an extremely slight evil spirit floating in the yard, probably because the man just left behind when he passed by.

But for some reason, these evil spirits soon began to fade to the point that the naked eye could see, and eventually disappeared completely.

If Ning Xiu came in a little later, he would probably not even be able to see these evil spirits.

Ning Xiu had never seen such a means of hiding evil spirits before. If the demon could hide himself in this way.

Na Ning Xiu's spiritual eyes and qi observation technique is useless at all.

Looking at the back of the man who had just walked through a corner of the corridor and disappeared from his sight, Ning Xiu immediately chased after him.

...

Lu Chuan has been in a bad mood recently. After his father was transferred to Wendeng County to be the county magistrate, he became strange.

Every time I talk to him, I either stayed in the room and didn't come out, or left in a hurry after saying a few words, making Lu Chuan feel extremely unfamiliar, as if his father had changed.

The day before yesterday, he sent his subordinates to force Huang You's treasure, but he didn't want to hear his subordinates say that there was an extremely powerful master who scared them away with just one move and returned in vain.

Things went wrong one after another. Even though his father became the local county magistrate, Lu Chuan couldn't help but feel that the days he had come to Wendeng County were very boring.

"Young Master, the master stayed in the study all day and didn't come out. Except for the first day of reporting to the county government, the master never left the mansion in the next few days. The county government sent people to urge him several times."

The old butler of the Lu Mansion walked to Lu Chuan and couldn't help but say.

He stayed in the Lu family for fifteen years and had been doing his best to the Lu family. This time, Mr. Lu established a relationship and spent a lot of money to be promoted to Wendeng County as the county magistrate.

But for some reason, when he arrived in Wendeng County, Mr. Lu seemed to have become a different person and did not pay attention to the position of county magistrate.

They have been in Wendeng County for nearly half a month, so Mr. Lu has only gone to the yamen once and stayed in the mansion for the rest of the time.

The dragon saw the head but not the tail, and even the maids and servants in the mansion rarely saw their own master.

"Young Master, although the master has become the county magistrate, if this continues, I am afraid that some people in the county government will not be able to bear it. I will not be able to sit as the county magistrate for a long time." The housekeeper reminded.

After taking a sip of tea, Lu Chuan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go see my father now and ask him what problems he has encountered."

Walking out of the pavilion, Lu Chuan immediately walked towards his father's residence.

When he came to his father's house skillfully, Lu Chuan knocked on the door and said, "Dad, are you inside? The child wants to tell you something."

Soon, a rather husky and cold sound came from the room.

"Dad has something to do, let's talk about it next time."

Lu Chuan was anxious: "Dad, no matter how much you have something to do, you can't lock yourself in the house all day long. Our family moved to Wendeng County this time, but because you want to be the county magistrate, you went to the county government once in half a month. How could this work?"

There was no sound in the house.

Lu Chuan pushed open the door directly and walked in with his legs.

It's strange. It's clearly the bright daytime, but Mr. Lu's house is pitch black and very cold.

Lu Chuan looked around and did not see his father. He thought that the other party should be deeper in the house, so he walked over and lighted the candlestick on the table, picked up the candlestick and walked towards the depths inside the house.

"Dad, if you really encounter any difficulties or troubles, you can tell me, what's the point of locking yourself in the house all day long."

Looking at the figure lying on the bed, Lu Chuan walked over directly, stretched out his hand and lifted the bedding hard.

With the light of the candlestick, Lu Chuan instantly saw the person on the bed.

The wrinkled skin on the whole body was tightly pressed against the surface of the bones, and the entire face was torn off, making it bloody red.

A large number of maggots were squirming wildly in their eyes and nostrils and lips, eroding all the edible flesh on the body.

Even though the other party had turned into a terrifying look, Lu Chuan could still tell at a glance that the other party was his father.

"ah!!!!"

The candlestick suddenly fell to the ground, and the last light in the whole house dimmed, and then returned to the original darkness.

Hissing!

In the darkness, a sound of tearing the flesh sounded, and soon fell into silence again.

...
To be continued...