Lu Bai inexplicably thought of the chief arrester.
The chief arrester is also a member of the Liu family. Could it be that he was responsible for this?
The reason why Lu Bai suddenly thought of him was because he gave Lu Bai an unforgettable memory - Lu Bai almost died in his hands.
Yes.
The chief catcher is indeed dead.
But maybe his ghost is back to take revenge.
In order to take revenge, the chief catcher even killed his father.
At the beginning, it was he who was thrown into the ruined Sword Immortal Temple by Liu Xiaolian and sacrificed to the statue.
The chief catcher has always held a grudge.
This led to his later behavior of pouring blood on the statue of the Sword Immortal and killing his father.
He didn't let Lu Bai continue to investigate Liu Xiaolian's case in the first place because he was afraid that he would find out something from it.
Therefore, it is not impossible for a person who holds such a grudge to turn into a ghost to seek revenge.
But why use a dog meat stall to spread the plague instead of directly killing him or the important people around him?
Lu Baizheng was puzzled when suddenly an idea flashed——
Bloody statue!
Lu Bai clearly remembered that when he found out that the blood stains on it were not from humans, but were poured on them with premeditation, the purpose was self-evident, to make the statues of gods dirty, so that the magical powers would not be revealed and it would be difficult to scare the evil spirits, so that the evil spirits could have their own power.
Opportunity to kill Liu Xiaolian's entire family, thereby covering up the evidence that he personally killed his father.
The blood poured on the statue was not human blood, but dog blood.
This is related to the dog meat stall.
Although it sounds ridiculous, this might be a clue.
Lu Bai decisively said, "Check, check if the dog meat stall owner has reported to the county government's predecessor, no, the previous predecessor always arrested and sold dogs!"
He told the time by the way.
Lu Bai has a profound memory of this time period, and he was on the panel at that time.
After Yu Shuang and others took the order, Lu Bai asked Ye Ying to find out who would enshrine the statue of the Sword Immortal after Liu Xiaolian's death.
Everyone got busy again.
After Lu Bai issued a series of orders, he sat down on the chair, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead——
Who would punish a dog meat stall for dog blood? It must be the statue of a god who was splashed with dog blood.
This association sounds ridiculous, but if it comes true, it would be quite scary.
The dog meat stall owner has a very good accounting habit.
Yu Shuang and the others quickly found out that during that period, someone ordered a large black dog from the dog meat stall owner and delivered it in the evening of a certain day.
However, the purchase object recorded in the account book was not the chief arrester, but the Liu family.
Lu Bai suddenly realized.
Liu Xiaolian was in a state of panic at that time, fearing that a female ghost would come to his door, so he naturally had to prepare the black dog.
But Liu Xiaolian didn't expect that the black dog blood he prepared would be smeared on the statue by the son he once killed.
Ye Ying soon also received news, "When Liu Xiaolian was still alive, he asked the Liu family to worship the Jianxian Temple as their family temple. Although Liu Xiaolian is dead now, they are still worshiping the Jianxian."
They pray for peace. It doesn't cost much to offer more idols.
But if the offering is cut off and the gods blame it, it cannot be recovered with the little money to buy paper money.
Lu Bai smiled bitterly.
It has to be said that these people probably made the right bet - they escaped this disaster because of their offerings.
After hearing Lu Bai's guess, Gu Qinghuan couldn't help but feel dumbfounded, "So, do you think that the statue of the Sword Immortal was defiled, and that's why this plague came?"
Lu Bai nodded, "This is the only possibility I can guess at the moment."
Although it sounds impossible, after ruling out all possibilities, it sounds incredible and worth a try.
Gu Qinghuan pondered and nodded, "Depending on this guy's nature, it's possible."
Lu Bai raised his eyebrows, "Have you seen him?"
Gu Qinghuan sneered, "Of course I have seen him before. This person is like a cold iron sword. He has a strong desire to win. He will see blood when he uses the sword, and the victory will be determined by every move. He is also headstrong and will not be able to handle important tasks——"
Lu Bai could tell that Gu Qinghuan had no grudge against the Lu family swordsman.
There is a grudge.
Bring the topic back.
Gu Qing happily drank a cup of tea and looked at Lu Bai, ""
But this is all speculation.
An unproven guess.
"No!"
Lu Bai shook his head.
This guess can be proven.
"What the statue wants is nothing more than worship, faith and repentance. We let a terminally ill person go to the statue of Sword Immortal to repent -"
If the patient's withered wood springs back to life, it proves that the plague is related to the Sword Immortal Temple.
Gu Qinghuan took a sip of tea, his thoughts turning rapidly.
After about a while, she put down the tea cup and sighed leisurely, "It's indeed worth a try."
They acted quickly.
There are so many terminally ill people in Deer Park right now.
As long as they are given a glimmer of hope, they will hold on tightly like a drowned man holding on to straw.
After Gu Qinghuan selected a few people, he gave them a rumor: I heard that few people in the Liu family died, which may have something to do with enshrining the statue of the Sword Immortal.
These people believed it.
They took almost half their life savings and climbed over the wall into the Liujia Jianxian Temple. They burned incense and prayed in the temple from day to night, and from night to night.
Two days have passed.
Yu Shuang handed the news to Lu Bai, "Two seriously ill people have died, and the remaining two have worsened."
Lu Bai selected two more groups of people to go in. These two people were very ill.
Two more days have passed.
"One of the two people who were seriously ill died, and the other one was still lingering - according to past experience, he should have died. As for the two people who were mildly ill, one person's condition worsened, and the remaining one's condition remained the same," Yu Shuang said.
After another day, things took a turn for the better.
The seriously ill person survived, and now his fever is gone and he can actually eat.
This is not a throwback.
Another day passed.
People whose illness worsened also got better.
Lu Bai stood up, "It seems my guess is right!"
But so what.
Gu Qinghuan asked: "What should we do now? Release the news and ask everyone to go to Jianxian Temple to pray?"
Naturally she didn't want to see this scene.
However, Lu Bai smiled bitterly, "We have no better way than this."
Wang'er felt something was wrong.
This is equivalent to a doctor secretly poisoning a well, waiting for the poison to spread to the people, and then stepping forward to cure the disease, thus gaining people's money, praise and praise, which is equally unreasonable.
She was unwilling to do so, "Can't we catch the epidemic ghost?"
Just as Lu Baima was about to shake his head, he suddenly thought thoughtfully and said, "There is a way, but I don't think it's appropriate."
It’s not that the method of catching epidemic ghosts is inappropriate.
Lu Bai felt that what was inappropriate was that if the epidemic ghost was related to the improvement of people's condition, if he caught and killed the epidemic ghost, wouldn't he be harming the lives of the people?
Gu Qing laughed happily, "You forgot, you said that once people leave Yancheng, the plague will naturally disappear. Doesn't this mean -"
The disappearance of the plague from humans has nothing to do with the plague ghost, as long as certain conditions are triggered.
Lu Bai stood up, "Then I can give it a try!"
The top priority now is to find the plague ghost.
Lu Bai guessed that the plague ghost was most likely in the Sword Immortal Temple.
When he first chased the plague ghost, the plague ghost also ran towards the Sword Immortal Temple.
Since he can use so many tall houses to get rid of Lu Bai, it shows that he is very familiar with that area.
Lu Bai believes that when a person flees in a hurry, he will definitely choose a place that he is familiar with or feels safe.
Therefore, the plague ghost is in the Sword Immortal Temple.
Lu Bai turned over the panel and exchanged it from the props for a bundle of Ecstasy Incense that he had obtained a long time ago but had no use for.
The difference between success and failure lies in the incense.
If the panel notes: Confused, fascinated, and can charm the soul, then it is also possible to charm the ghost.