Gao Lixing was surprised and said: "Is Taoist Master Lin Xiaodong who eradicated the Qianli Sect?"
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "It's me."
Gao Lixing hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I have heard of Daoist Lin's name a long time ago, and I am finally able to meet him today. How lucky I am!"
Lin Xiaodong waved his hand: "Master Gao, you don't have to be like this."
Wen Songcheng said: "Master Gao, please tell Taoist Master Lin the whole story."
Gao Lixing nodded and said: "Half a month ago, Huang Haiping and Jin Zhengyang got married. On the morning of the next day, Huang Haiping was missing."
"Kim Zhengyang came to the government to report the case. At first, he thought he was escaping from marriage. He sent people to search everywhere, but there were no clues."
"Seven days ago, Zhao Qingxia and Zhang Yangwen were overjoyed. Zhao Qingxia also disappeared that night. Zhang Yangwen came to report to the authorities the next day."
"The latest incident happened three days ago. Shen Xunfang and Jia Xuemin got married. Shen Xunfang also mysteriously disappeared at night."
Guo Zhize said: "When Zhao Qingxia disappeared, we noticed something unusual, but we searched everywhere and found no clues."
"When Shen Xunfang also disappeared, we realized that these three disappearances were probably a series of crimes, so we reported it to Mr. Wen."
Lin Xiaodong asked: "No doubts were found at the scene?"
Gao Lixing and Guo Zhize both shook their heads. Gao Lixing said: "There are no signs of anyone breaking in or out of the room. There were many guests at the wedding, and no one saw the bride leaving."
Wen Songcheng said: "We have investigated all three bridal chambers, and everyone at the scene has also checked them one by one. No doubts have been found. Maybe Lin Taoist can find out if he goes there."
Lin Xiaodong nodded and stood up: "Okay, then please take me to the scene to have a look."
Gao Lixing said to Guo Zhize, "Please also ask Mr. Guo County Cheng to follow Taoist Lin."
Wen Yunmei stood up and said, "I will go with Taoist Lin."
Guo Zhize led the way and took Lin Xiaodong and Wen Yunmei to Jia Xuemin's house where the crime occurred the shortest time.
Jia Xuemin's family runs a grain and oil business. They buy grain from outside the city, process it and sell it to the people in the city. There is no shortage of grain in the Four Heavenly Kings and they only make a hard-earned money.
His wife, Shen Xunfang, ran a grocery business at home, and the two families were well matched. They thought they were a happy couple, but they never imagined that such a thing would happen.
After Shen Xunfang disappeared, Jia Xuemin didn't think about food or tea, his mother Shen Jingzhen cried all day long, and his father Jia Yuxuan smoked dry cigarettes outside the door all day long.
When the three of them came to Jia's house, they saw Jia Yuxuan in a daze outside the door. Guo Zhize said: "This is the Taoist priest from Yao Di Dao and the daughter of the supervising censor Wen. They want to ask you some questions."
Jia Yuxuan stood up and saluted Lin Xiaodong and Wen Yunmei: "The common people have seen these two adults."
Lin Xiaodong said: "We are here because of your daughter-in-law's affairs, and we want to inspect the bridal chamber."
Jia Yuxuan nodded, led the three people into the house, and said: "The adults in the county government have checked and found nothing unusual."
Guo Zhize said: "Taoist Master Lin knows magic, so he will be able to find some clues."
When Jia Xuemin heard the noise, he followed him with red eyes and asked Lin Xiaodong: "Is it true?
Can you get my wife back?"
Lin Xiaodong replied: "I will try my best."
Jia Xuemin took people to the bridal chamber on the day of the wedding. In order to investigate, he also kept the wedding decorations and the red makeup had not been taken off.
Lin Xiaodong and Wen Yunmei walked around the house, checked the floor and windows in turn, looked at each other, and shook their heads.
Jia Xuemin asked expectantly: "Have you discovered anything, sir?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "Don't worry, if there are clues, I will inform you first."
After hearing this, Jia Xuemin went out disappointed.
Lin Xiaodong and Wen Yunmei sat down at the table in the room. Wen Yunmei asked, "Did you find anything?"
Lin Xiaodong shook his head: "There are no signs of fighting, no footprints on the ground, the dust on the windows is well preserved, and there are no witnesses."
Wen Yunmei nodded and sighed softly: "Yes, it is so secretive, even for us cultivators, it is not easy to do it."
Guo Zhize asked: "Does Taoist Lin want to visit the other two places?"
Lin Xiaodong nodded, and he and Guo Zhize went to Zhang Yangwen's and Jin Zhengyang's homes successively to check, but found nothing.
The three of them returned to the county government office. Wen Songcheng and Gao Lixing interrogated them, but there was no progress.
At noon, Gao Lixing hosted a banquet for Wen Songcheng and Lin Xiaodong at the Ding Tai Zhen Restaurant in the city. Guo Zhize accompanied them, and they chatted while eating.
Wen Songcheng asked Lin Xiaodong: "The Taoist priest didn't find anything suspicious?"
Lin Xiaodong shook his head: "There was no trace of any fighting at the scene, the doors and windows were closed, and there were no witnesses."
Guo Zhize wondered: "How could a living person be taken away without anyone noticing?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "If this matter was done by evil spirits, it would not be difficult to use some magic to arrest the person. But it is not easy to commit three crimes in a row, all at weddings, and still be able to do it without anyone noticing. This is not easy.
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Gao Lixing said: "Three weddings, from the guests' families to the flower girls and waiters, there are almost three hundred people in total."
"The people from the county government have been interrogating for three days. They just finished the interrogation this morning and found no suspicious persons."
Wen Songcheng pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache and said, "Are we just waiting for him to commit another crime?"
Everyone fell into silence and lost their mood to eat.
Lin Xiaodong thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Why are the three of them missing?"
Gao Lixing glanced at Guo Zhize and said, "Didn't the Taoist Master say that the evil way was trying to refine the red devil?"
Lin Xiaodong asked: "How many happy events have there been in the city in the past half month?"
Guo Zhize said: "Taoist Priest, I have actually checked this matter. From Huang Haiping to Shen Jingzhen, there were six marriages in the city during the twelve days."
Lin Xiaodong turned to look at Wen Songcheng: "There were six marriages. Why were the brides from three of their families arrested, but the other three families were fine?"
Wen Songcheng asked: "What does the Taoist priest mean?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "There are different evil spirits, big and small. The three missing brides are probably more evil than their eight-character characters."
Gao Lixing said to the people accompanying him: "Hurry up and ask someone to check."
Lin Xiaodong said: "Whoever the murderer is, he must have investigated the birth date of the victim before committing the crime, and the most important thing is that he must know which family in the city has had a happy event recently."
Gao Lixing suddenly realized: "The murderer must be very familiar with the red and white affairs in the city."
Guo Zhize said: "When it comes to the red and white affairs in the city, the restaurant knows best."
Lin Xiaodong shook his head: "If you are working in a restaurant, you won't know the birthday of the bride."
Wen Yunmei suddenly pointed her finger: "Ah! Fortune teller!"
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Gao Lixing nodded and said, "Yes, when planning a wedding, you always have to check for a good time. The couple also needs to check the horoscopes for marriage."
Wen Songcheng put down his chopsticks and asked, "Have you finished eating?
Go back to the county office."
They didn't eat anything they hadn't finished yet. The group of people quickly returned to the county government office, and just in time someone arrived to report to Gao Lixing: "Sir, these are the birth dates of the three missing people."