"There's more than one person." Lei Bao looked a little ugly. He was silent for a moment and then said, "Since Brother Lin has caught up, why don't we go and see it together?"
"Let's go." Of course Lin Ji wanted to find out.
The two of them left the small courtyard together. Lin Ji followed Lei Bao and asked, "Who is Wei Shangshu?"
He was not too familiar with officials in the DPRK.
"Wei Yuansheng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"A second-grade officer."
"That's right." Lei Bao nodded, "Since the last time you exposed Mrs. Luo Xiang's affairs, Supervisor Tiansi conducted an investigation in the city and found that Mrs. Luo was not the only victim."
Lei Bao said in a deep voice: "The family members of more than a dozen officials have been murdered, and the method is to refine the living people into the living dead, which is the so-called transformed woman."
"This incident has also made officials at all levels in the capital panic and worry them all day long."
Lin Ji puzzled: "The capital is a land of dragon veins, and it is the time when the new emperor ascends the throne. The dragon's energy is churning and evil spirits cannot invade. How could it..."
"That's what's so weird about this! Those who were murdered had their own reasons for leaving. No matter how ridiculous their words were, no one would have noticed unless the incident happened."
Lei Bao's eyes became strange and he looked at Lin Ji.
"Brother Lin, do you remember what Mrs. Luo said when she left Beijing?"
Lin Ji thought for a moment and said, "I remember that Mrs. Luo went out of town to visit relatives."
"Luo Xiang and his wife are both from the capital and have no relatives outside the country."
When this matter was mentioned, Lin Ji suddenly remembered it.
After the incident with the Ghost King in Liangcheng was over, You Tianguan Yunshan also said this.
"Did someone do something wrong?"
"That's right." Lei Bao continued with a gloomy face: "So after that, we have issued strict orders not to allow officials' families to leave the city."
"It's about one's own life. Naturally, no one dares to disobey this order. But...after all, there is no way to guard against thieves, or someone has taken advantage of it."
"Is this Mrs. Wei?" Lin Ji suddenly wondered.
"Yes." Lei Bao nodded, "A few days ago, Mrs. Wei left the city saying she wanted to pay homage to her parents. The people below did not dare to stop her. When I heard the news, she had already left the city."
"I went after it again, but I only found the sedan chair of the Wei family. All the maids who carried the sedan chair were dead, but Mrs. Wei was nowhere to be seen."
Hearing this, Lin Ji sighed.
If he didn't run away, he was probably killed.
While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the Wei Mansion.
Following Lei Bao into the mansion, there were already many demon hunters present.
In the lobby, a door panel was placed on the ground, and a lady in luxurious clothing was tied to the door panel, twisting and struggling.
Sitting on the main seat next to him, an old man with gray hair had red eyes and said nothing.
Lei Bao led Lin Ji into the lobby and first bowed slightly to the old man.
"Master Wei, I would like to express my condolences and accept the change."
Wei Yuansheng clenched his hands tightly into fists and said coldly: "When Madam left a few days ago, I didn't believe what you said, but at this moment... ugh!"
Lei Bao saluted again and said: "I want to check Mrs. Wei's situation. I am rude."
"Please do so." Wei Yuansheng shook his head.
Lei Bao responded and looked at Lin Ji again.
"Brother Lin, come and see if there is any difference from Mrs. Luo Xiang's situation back then."
Lin Ji was also very curious about this matter, so naturally he would not shirk it.
After some inspections, Lin Ji breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Lei Bao.
"There are corpse spots on the body, the mouth cannot speak, and the anger is stagnant in the body. It is exactly the same as Mrs. Luo's condition that day."
At this moment, Wei Yuansheng looked at Lin Ji and asked Lei Bao: "Captain Lei, who is this?"
"Liangzhou Chief Lin Ji was arrested. He was the one who discovered what happened at the Luo Prime Minister's house."
Wei Yuansheng understood and nodded to Lin Ji as a greeting.
After confirming that Mrs. Wei was hopeless, Lei Bao directly ordered people to take Mrs. Wei away.
In this regard, Wei Yuansheng didn't say a word, and Lei Bao didn't explain.
Apparently he has become accustomed to it.
After leaving the Wei Mansion, Lin Ji finally couldn't help it and asked: "Master Lei, have you not been able to find a clue to this case for several months?"
"No, the other party's perpetrators are not in the city at all, and I don't know how they lured the families of these officials into leaving the city."
Speaking of this matter, Lei Bao's face turned ugly.
"To attack the official's family is to destroy the foundation of the Qin Dynasty! But he does not dare to deal with the official himself, which means that the other party is still afraid, or it is just an appetizer at this time."
Lei Bao looked at Lin Ji with a glint in his eyes.
"The appetizers are so rich, what should we do if the main meal is served?"
Lin Ji was silent, but his heart was already extremely vigilant.
He once again thought of the conversation with Fang Yunshan.
Fang Yunshan said that the plot against Luo Xiang was to shake the national destiny of Qin.
The Luo phase has high authority and is protected by the luck of the country. It is immune to evil spirits and is naturally difficult to deal with.
But that may not be the case for his family.
If his family members were disturbed and Luo Xiang himself was implicated, it would naturally also affect the fate of the Qin Dynasty.
"Perhaps Luo Xiang alone will not ruin the fate of the Qin Dynasty, but now it seems that Luo Xiang is not the only one who will suffer. The other party is well prepared." Lin Ji thought to himself.
After this incident, Lei Bao had no intention of helping Lin Ji.
After exchanging a few polite words, Lei Bao left in a hurry.
Lin Ji returned to the small house and rested for a while before talking.
…
In the evening, it was almost dark.
When Lin Ji was half asleep in bed, there was a knock on the door.
"Who?"
No one answered.
Lin Ji reluctantly walked out of the room and opened the door, only to find a middle-aged man standing outside.
Wearing a decent gown, with a little smile on his face.
After seeing Lin Ji, the man bowed and saluted.
"But Mr. Lin from Liangzhou?"
"it's me."
"My master invites Mr. Lin to come to our house for a banquet."
As he spoke, the man handed over another invitation.
Lin Ji took the invitation and opened it, but found that there was a line of beautiful small words on the invitation, which just said that Lin Ji was invited to come to the door to talk about it, without even a signature.
"Who is your master?"
"Surname Lu."
Lin Ji was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
"The Duke of Zhenguo?"
The middle-aged man chuckled and nodded.
Lin Ji laughed in surprise and accepted the invitation.
No need to think about it, those beautiful little characters must have been written by Lu Zhaoer.
This girl was well-informed. He only arrived in the capital during the day and came to treat guests to dinner in the evening.
"Wait while I change my clothes."
As he spoke, Lin Ji glanced outside the door again.
The sedan chair is all ready.
Lin Ji quickly changed into a decent Chinese gown, and got on the Lu family's sedan chair.
The ride was bumpy, but after a while, the sedan stopped.
"Mr. Lin, we're here."
"So fast?" Lin Ji stepped out of the sedan, stood with his feet on the ground, and looked back.
At the end of his vision, he could even faintly see the big peach tree in the small yard of his original residence.
"With such a small distance, do you still need to take a sedan chair?" Lin Ji was speechless.