Neither Zhan Zhao nor the others expected that what was originally just a small task of catching bats would suddenly take a turn for the worse.

Gao Ruiguang, the biggest suspect in this case, died unexpectedly.

Posthouses from various countries were concentrated in one area. The news about the death of a man at Daliguan Posthouse spread quickly, and everyone came out to watch the fun.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were the first to arrive at Guanyi and saw Gao Ruiguang's body.

Gao Ruiguang died on the steps at the door of the study. It looked like he had been attacked by some wild beast. He was torn to pieces. The scene was a bit tragic.

The fifth master frowned when he smelled the strong smell of blood as soon as he entered the door.

"Ouch..." Lin Yehuo stretched his neck and looked into the yard to see the blood on the ground!

Zhan Zhao didn't go in directly and waited for Gongsun to dispose of the body. He first asked a few witnesses.

There were two guards in the courtyard with Gao Ruiguang at that time.

Zhan Zhao quite admired the two sword-carrying guards, and wondered if they had neglected their duties. The master was torn to pieces, but they were intact.

The two guards said that everything happened too fast. They followed Gao Ruiguang into the courtyard. As soon as they entered the door, several fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky and rushed down. They were besieged by a group of flaming bats, and almost at the same time,

A huge creature fell from the sky, attacked Gao Ruiguang, and then flew away with a group of bats.

Zhan Zhao asked other people, but the only witnesses were the two guards who were in the yard with Gao Ruiguang at that time.

Others said they saw no bats or monsters, only a few boys, and said they seemed to see a big black shadow on the roof, but they couldn’t see it clearly and were not sure.

Lin Yehuo felt it was a little weird. He poked Bai Yutang who was standing in front and whispered, "There's no reason. Gao Ruiguang hadn't come back when we left just now. Calculated by time, it means front and back. You went to the palace by walking.

On the ground, when we went to the old house, we went directly from the roof. There wasn’t even a bigger bird in the sky just now. If there was really something huge and a flaming bat flying by, how could we not have seen it?"

The fifth master also felt very strange.

Everyone else in the hotel also suspected the two guards, but Zhan Zhao felt that the two guards did not seem to be lying... Monsters and bats had also appeared in this case.

Bai Yutang winked at Zhan Zhao and signaled him - could he have come up from the well?

Zhan Zhao pretended to go up to the roof to take a look.

Standing on the roof of the study, Zhan Zhao looked towards the yard behind and found that the cover of the well was open.

"Where is that place?" Zhan Zhao asked the post officer.

Surprisingly, none of the officials in Guanyi understood the matter.

Later, someone brought a ladder, and when I climbed up, I found a hidden yard behind the study.

"Eh?!" Everyone was stunned.

Zhan Zhao asked around and found that no one in Guanyi knew that there was a courtyard hidden here.

Lin Yehuo shook his head - the bats there were clearly being raised by someone!

Zhan Zhao observed the people in the hotel. Are the people here lying? Or are those bats raised by Gao Ruiguang? It doesn't feel right. Gao Ruiguang has only been here a few days? And why did the bats he raised attack him?

The spiritual weapon backfired? But now it seems that there are two batches of bats missing. One is raised here, and the other is in the old house. Are the ones who attacked Gao Ruiguang and those who entered the palace to assassinate the same batch?

At this time, Zhao Pu and Gongsun also arrived.

The Ninth Prince was just discussing with Zhao Zhenzheng in the palace how to expose Gao Ruiguang, but the shadow guards said that Gao Ruiguang was really dead.

As soon as Zhao Zhen heard that he was dying, he started pretending to be sick and said he had a headache and wanted to accompany his beloved concubine... and then disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Pu was left to clean up the mess.

"...Why is there so much blood?!" Gongsun was startled when he walked into the yard.

Zhao Pu also looked at Gao Ruiguang who was scattered on the ground in confusion, and asked Bai Yutang and Lin Yehuo with his eyes - Isn't this kid a suspect?

Both Master Wu and Huo Feng were helpless.

After Gongsun conducted a preliminary inspection of the body, he didn't say much and had the body collected and transported back.

Zhao Pu also asked the Imperial City Army to temporarily block the post and move other people in Dali to the empty post for temporary settlement.

When they returned to Kaifeng Mansion, everyone followed Gongsun and ran to the widow's house.

Mr. Bao also heard the news and came over to inquire about it.

Zhan Zhao gave a rough description of the incident, and Master Bao nodded thoughtfully.

"In other words... the losses have been minimized."

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he ran away from the dormitory. When he heard Mr. Bao talking to himself, he stopped and took two steps back. He asked out of curiosity, "Sir? What do you think?"

Master Bao smiled slightly and asked Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "Guard Zhan, do you want to make a bet with me?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned, "Bet?"

"Yes." Mr. Bao said with a smile while stroking his beard, "I guess there are two groups of murderers, one from within Dali and one from our center."

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes wide and looked at Bao Zheng. What does that mean - Sir, do you know something? Please tell me in detail!

"This Gao Ruiguang, would it be better to die in Guanyi or on the streets of Kaifeng?" Lord Bao reminded Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao said, "Of course it would be better to die in Guanyi. Guanyi is considered the Dali people's own territory... If he died on the streets of the Song Dynasty, it would be the fault of the Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Well, is it better to be killed by a person or by a monster? Especially when the monster seems to have been raised by himself?" Master Bao then asked.

Zhan Zhao thought about it, "Someone wants to get rid of Gao Ruiguang, but doesn't want to cause too much trouble?"

Master Bao nodded, "Then who wants to get rid of Gao Ruiguang?"

"Hmm... the Gao family?" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "So is it a collusion between the inside and the outside? Is there someone in the court who teamed up with the Gao family to kill Gao Ruiguang?"

"It is also possible that the Gao family was used by them." Mr. Bao said, "There may be someone in the court who was involved in Gao Ruiyuan's case. It has been so many years, and what we have to do now is to calm down the matter.

Try not to open up the old accounts of Gao Ruiyuan's case."

"Is the previous murder case of the official department also because of this incident? Someone wants to hide something?" Zhan Zhao asked Mr. Bao, "Do you have anyone to suspect?"

"First, this person had contact with Gao Ruiyuan back then, and second, he had a relationship with the official department." The master gave Zhan Zhao some clues, "And...that big bat!"

Zhan Zhao also nodded, "My lord, I suspect that the 'monster' that killed Gao Ruiguang was the giant mandrill that appeared in the ghost car case?"

"At least it sounds similar, doesn't it?" Master Bao smiled, "Today's assassination case in the palace looks more like a cover for the murder of Gao Ruiguang. Dali should be held accountable for his death. But this

If the case also involves assassination, then Dali will definitely not dare to pursue the case and just want the matter to settle as soon as possible. If the other party on our side does not pursue the case, they will also want to turn over this article quickly..."

"Both parties want Gao Ruiguang to die silently?" Zhan Zhao felt that something was about to come out, and couldn't help but ask, "Was Gao Ruiyuan not the only murderer in the Oiran case back then? Is there an accomplice in our court?"

Master Bao patted Zhan Zhao, which means - this is what you need to check later.

After Mr. Bao’s explanation, Zhan Zhao really had some ideas.

When we arrived at the widow's house, Gao Ruiguang's body had already been placed.

Gongsun was explaining to Zhao Pu and others how the deceased's injuries were caused.

"It's not a monster tearing it apart?" Zhao Pu was quite surprised.

Gongsun shook his head, "Although it looks similar, in fact, the injury was caused by internal force."

"Internal power?!" Everyone was surprised, "The monster still has internal power?"

Gongsun waved his hand, "Maybe it's not a monster!"

Gongsun brought a small plate over and said, "There are many small pieces of wood like this on the deceased."

Everyone looked closer and found some splinters of wood.

"Is it Mo Xinteng?" Zhan Zhao felt a little familiar.

"It's the Moxin Vine, and it's been soaked in potion." Gongsun said, "I analyzed the Moxin Vine. In addition to being able to dye, this tree vine is also poisonous."

Zhan Zhao nodded - yes, that's why the proprietress of Bufang warned her not to eat it.

"If the juice of this vine is extracted and used sparingly, it can be used as medicine, but it can only be used externally and not internally." Gongsun said, "After people take it, it will produce a kind of drowsiness and uncoordinated hands and feet.

You may die if you overdose. But if applied externally, the vine can relieve pain! And... it can reduce swelling."

"Reducing swelling?"

Everyone looked at each other - why are they talking about the efficacy of medicine?

Gongsun explained his thoughts in detail, "I suspect that the so-called giant flying mandrill is not a flying mandrill, but a person who becomes obsessed with practicing martial arts!"

Everyone looked at each other, and Master Wu frowned - so don't practice randomly, it's disgusting.

Lin Yehuo also asked, "Is it because you went crazy during the practice that you swelled like that?"

"Yeah! Then, because I needed treatment, I applied Moxinteng and other herbs on my body to reduce swelling and relieve pain. But..."

Gongsun had quite a twist. He pointed to his head as he spoke, "Because Moxin Vine is poisonous, the poison will be absorbed by the body when applied. As a result... I will have hallucinations and feel like I am a big bat."

Both Zhan Zhao and Lin Yehuo look at Bai Yutang - is it reliable?

Mr. Wu just wants to end this topic quickly... The more he thinks about it, the more disgusting he becomes.

Zhao Pu asked, "Did someone make a man who was obsessed with martial arts and turned into a mandrill? Does that thing have wings?"

"The problem is that what Che Kuai saw back then may have been a real mandrill, but the man who came to kill Gao Ruiyuan tonight may not be one!" Gongsun said, "No matter how big the mandrill is, it is still a bat and its lifespan will not be that long.

Maybe there was indeed a giant mandrill back then, so the purpose of forging a mandrill today is to shift the blame for the murder to the real mandrill back then. Anyway, if my guess is correct, then the next step..."
To be continued...