"Huh? What are you afraid of?" Lin Ji's expression suddenly became serious.
Old Man Li hesitated for a long time, looked around cautiously, and then whispered: "That Granny Hua...may be a monster!"
"You know?" Lin Ji stood up from the chair, "You know this, why don't you report it to the official?"
Old Man Li smiled bitterly and looked at the four corpses in the hall.
Lin Ji understood, sighed softly, waved his hand and said, "That's it, tell me everything you know."
Old Man Li quickly agreed and said: "It was about three years ago... I took Granny Hua to cure my wife's heart disease. At that time, Granny Hua did not ask for remuneration, but said that she would have something important to do in the future, so I would ask the gentleman to
make arrangements for."
"Liu Yuanwai directly agreed? How dare he, a landowner in the county, boast about Haikou like this?" Lin Ji raised his eyebrows.
"Of course not. The master was evasive at the time. He only said that it was within the scope of his ability and he did not dare to agree to anything that would be harmful to nature. But Granny Hua said that her matter would never embarrass the master and she could not spend a few dollars.
That’s why the master agreed.”
Having said this, Old Man Li was obviously a little nervous.
"In the next three years, Madam's illness did not recur. Therefore, Madam often said that if Granny Hua comes in the future, she should do things well for her."
"Then what?" Lin Ji asked.
"Then...it was a month ago!" Old Man Li suppressed his fear and said, "A month ago, Granny Hua came. What she asked me to do, I didn't reveal to me."
"But that night, the master and his wife did not stay at home overnight. They came back early the next morning."
"You are the housekeeper, and you don't even know where they have gone?"
"When the master talked about Granny Hua, he kept it secret. I'm just a servant, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions." Old Man Li explained.
Lin Ji motioned to Old Man Li to continue.
Old Man Li nodded and continued: "Then half a month ago, Granny Hua came again! This time, I didn't see her directly and asked me to drive her out."
"At that time, Granny Hua asked me to send a message to ask if the Liu family did not accept the account."
At this point, Old Man Li started to tremble all over.
"The master said... then said..."
"say what?"
"Say...this damn monster, I've already paid what I owe you, and you're not allowed to come to Liu's house again! Otherwise, you'll report it to the official and let the monster catch you."
Old Man Li subconsciously looked at the four corpses in the hall.
"Then after that, it's what happened last night."
After finishing speaking, Old Man Li looked at Lin Ji again.
"Captain Lin, that's all I know. Look..."
"I have a bit of a headache." Lin Ji did not answer Old Man Li's words, and frowned, feeling helpless.
There was no doubt that what happened to the Liu family was most likely caused by the monster named Granny Hua, but there was no clue at all to find Granny Hua, and besides, he didn't know if he could deal with it.
"Lu Cong, ask Song Er to go to the county to inquire and see if you can find out where Liu Yuanwai and his wife went at night a month ago."
Before Lu Cong could answer, Old Man Li suddenly said: "Captain Lin, I suddenly remembered something."
"What's up?"
"I remember that my master has a habit of jotting down some of the things that happened that day when doing business or looking at the ledgers... There may be clues in the ledgers."
Lin Ji could still sit still and ordered: "Lu Cong, you'd better go and inquire about it. Old man Li, come with me to check the account books."
"Captain Lin, I have resigned now. Isn't it convenient for me to go to the accounting office again?" Old Man Li obviously wanted to run away.
Lin Ji glanced at the sad old man Li, then looked at Liu Lingling beside him, and said: "Then get out of here, Miss Liu, take me there."
"Then take your leave, little old man." Old Man Li left quickly, looking like he was really frightened.
After Old Man Li and Lu Cong left, Lin Ji, led by Liu Lingling, came to the Liu family's accounting room.
I found the nearest account book and opened it. Sure enough, in the blank spaces of the account, there were some trivial events that happened that day.
Soon, Lin Ji found the accounts from a month ago.
"Grandma Hua asked for the Yinmu Muren to marry her daughter."
'I went to the outskirts of the city with my wife and saw a fox demon carrying a sedan chair.'
'The fox demon and the wooden man got married and turned into human form directly. It's really frightening.'
The records of relevant events are very trivial, perhaps because there is limited space in the accounts, so most of them describe what Liu Yuanwai experienced in one sentence.
Just as Lin Ji was thinking about it, Miss Liu on the side suddenly asked: "Lin Baotou, what does it mean to use the Yin wood man for marriage?"
Lin Ji glanced at Liu Lingling.
I didn't want to explain it at first, but I thought that the deceased were Liu Lingling's parents, so I said smoothly: "The most difficult thing in the cultivation of monsters is the transformation. Humans are the primates of all things, and being able to transform into human form is of great significance to the cultivation of monsters."
The benefits of.”
"Therefore, in order to transform into a human body, apart from those monsters with extraordinary talents and domineering bloodlines, ordinary monsters like fox monsters need to experience the human realm."
“Experiencing humanity?”
"It's pretty much just talking about people and doing things like that." Lin Ji explained casually.
"It is not uncommon to use Yin wood for marriage. The Yin wood here is not Yin wood, but the wood on the coffin of the deceased."
Lin Ji continued: "The coffins of the dead are tainted with popularity and are used to make wooden figures with fish eyes mixed with pearls."
"Then the monster that wants to transform can marry the wooden figure under the witness of the matchmaker, and then it can overcome the most difficult hurdle in monster training and transform."
Speaking of this, Lin Ji suddenly reacted.
After working for a long time, it turned out that the Liu family owed a favor to the monster and was deceived by the monster into becoming a 'matchmaker'!
No wonder Liu Yuanwai is asked to be a Yinmu wooden figure. Isn't it just an introduction by a matchmaker?
Then, Liu Yuanwai and his wife were invited to attend the wedding, and the matchmaker witnessed the matter and it was completed naturally.
"It seems that there is another transformed monster near Qingyang County, plus Granny Hua...it's really troublesome."
Lin Ji looked at Miss Liu and said, "Miss Liu, this matter is almost clear. It seems that your father rejected Granny Hua's request half a month ago, so Granny Hua became angry and this case came about."
"After I go back, I will give Liang Cheng a file, and there will be a wanted order for Granny Hua. The Supervisor Tiansi will not let go of such a harmful monster, please don't worry, Miss Liu."
After saying these words, Lin Ji was ready to leave.
It's useless to know the real murderer. Granny Hua is not in Qingyang County, so she can't be found even if she tries to find her, so she can only rely on the wanted warrant.
If Grandma Hua dares to cause trouble in Liangzhou in the future, as long as she is discovered, the local demon hunters will naturally take action.
But just when Lin Ji was about to leave, Miss Liu suddenly grabbed Lin Ji's arm.
"Miss Liu?" Lin Ji didn't know why.
"Captain Lin, Granny Hua saved my mother's life, but my father treated her so rudely...Do you think this is karma?"
"Karma?" Lin Ji frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.
"Grandma Hua saved Mrs. Liu, and Mr. Liu helped her daughter transform. We should not owe each other anything."