After hesitating for a long time, Qi Zheng finally said something straight.
"That demon...I don't know what that demon is, or is it a ghost? Is it some other evil spirit?"
This was so confusing that Lin Ji frowned.
"Don't care what it is, just tell me what happened."
"Dream."
"Dream?"
Qi Zheng nodded, his eyes a little bloodshot.
"That was a few years ago... I can't remember exactly which year. I just remember that one night, I dreamed about a demon hunter under my command."
"What kind of dream?"
"I dreamed that he was playing cards in a casino and lost everything, including his wife. When he left the casino, it was already daytime. He looked up at the sky and the sun was very dazzling."
"Then what?"
Qi Zheng trembled all over, with a hint of frightened despair.
"Then he died."
"Did you die in your dream?" Lin Ji quickly asked.
"Yes...yes!" Qi Zheng was trembling, and his whole body began to sway, as if what he was talking about at this moment brought back memories that he least wanted to recall.
"He died in his dream. He hanged himself because he lost all his family's money and his wife! He was obviously a monster hunter in the county. No matter how brave the gang of casino operators were, they didn't dare to really go after him.
His wife! But he still hanged himself..."
"Then I woke up and it was bright." Qi Zheng continued, "I was on duty and went to the yamen to order. Everyone was there, but he was the only one who didn't arrive."
"I asked other subordinates, and they all said that he went gambling at night."
Hearing this, Lin Ji already had some guesses.
"So you followed the memory in the dream to find the demon hunter, and then saw that he actually hanged himself at home?"
Qi Zheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Ji with wide eyes.
"How do you know?! How do you know?!"
Lin Ji shook his head helplessly. Your words have already laid the foundation for this. Isn't it easy to predict the next development?
But Qi Zheng didn't realize what was wrong with him. He stood up and grabbed Lin Ji's collar.
"Is it you! Is it you!"
Lin Ji became impatient, raised his hand and touched Qi Zheng's eyebrows, and a burst of spiritual energy finally cleared up most of his hazy mind.
He froze in place for a long time and finally came to his senses.
"Commander Lin...I...I just..."
"Keep talking." Lin Ji waved his hand carelessly.
Qi Zheng nodded and said: "When I saw the dead demon hunter, I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep for several days, and I didn't dare to mention the things in my dream to anyone... Until a few days later, everything was calm, and I
I thought that dream was just a coincidence."
"Yes." Lin Ji agreed.
The demon hunter under his command spends all his time gambling, so it’s not surprising that he was forced to die for being contaminated by this thing.
Therefore, it is not incomprehensible to dream about it at night.
"But when I went to sleep for the first time after that, I dreamed again! I dreamed of my sister-in-law next door. She fell down on the road and hit the back of her head on the ground. She died on the spot."
Lin Ji understood.
"Then when you woke up, the sister-in-law in the dream was really dead like this?"
"yes!"
Lin Ji turned his hand and the file appeared in his hand.
He opened the file and saw that the murder cases recorded in it were all so bizarre, but there was no record of Qi Zheng's dream.
"The two cases you just mentioned are detailed in this file, but why didn't you mention your dream?"
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that I will dream about innocent people again, so I dare not tell anyone about it. I just want to rot in my stomach and die with me."
Lin Ji snorted softly.
"How do you know that if you die, others will not have such murderous dreams?"
Qi Zheng smiled bitterly and put his head into his knees, huddled in the darkness of the corner.
"Coward." Lin Ji reprimanded without hesitation, "If Supervisor Tiansi were all cowards like you, then Supervisor Tiansi would not have the prestige it has today! Qi Zheng, as the chief arrester of Jingzhou, you
,How can you be so indecisive?"
"me.."
Lin Ji simply said with a bit of majesty in his tone: "I have also climbed up from the demon hunter! Anything that cannot be handled will be reported to the police as it is! Tell me, what are you afraid of?"
"Are you afraid that the great eunuch Tiansi, a strong man from the Riyou Realm and the Dao Realm, will not be able to solve this little weird thing, or are you afraid that this matter will affect your future?"
"I..."
Lin Ji sneered, as expected.
Supervisor Tiansi never makes things difficult for the people below him. If he can't handle it, he will report it to the superiors, and then he will just try to survive and not be killed.
Qi Zheng clearly realized that something was wrong, but he did not dare to report it.
Obviously, because this strange incident was related to him, he was afraid that if he reported it to the higher-ups, it would be noticed and his path to promotion would be blocked.
After all, there is only one chief catcher in a state, and the position of chief catcher is the one who rises to the top, and countless other catchers who want to climb up are watching.
No matter how good you are, you will never be the only one.
Then he got involved with evil spirits.
Naturally, this position is not his.
After asking about the matter, Lin Ji continued: "Will you still have that dream?"
"I won't do it." Qi Zheng shook his head.
"When did you stop doing it?" Lin Ji asked again.
"After leaving Surabaya County."
Lin Ji nodded, and now the clues became clear.
"Just stay in jail and stay there. I will go to Sishui County to investigate this matter in person. If it is true as you said, I will restore your innocence."
Upon hearing this, Qi Zheng's eyes suddenly filled with hope.
But Lin Ji added: "But because of your indecision, hundreds of lives were wasted. This matter is no longer a simple dereliction of duty, so you can't even think about the position of chief arrester."
"As long as I can kill that evil spirit, I am willing to die." Qi Zheng shouted quickly.
Lin Ji ignored him and walked out of the cell.
As soon as the jailer in the distance heard the movement here, he hurriedly came forward to greet him.
"My lord, have you finished speaking?"
"Lock the door, thank you for your hard work." Lin Ji said hello and prepared to leave.
If what Qi Zheng said was true, then this matter would be somewhat troublesome. He would first report it to Fang Yunshan, and then go to Sishui County to find out in person.
Although Qi Zheng said it was scary, when he was a head catcher, he was only in the third level.
What was terrifying in the eyes of the Kailing Realm monks may not be that terrifying in the eyes of Lin Ji today.
But just after taking two steps, Lin Ji suddenly stopped in front of a passing cell.
There was a woman in this cell. She was disheveled and a little weak, but she had no injuries on her body.
"Huang Cui?"
Lin Ji never expected to see Huang Cui in Jingzhou Jiantiansi's prison.
The woman in the cell looked up at Lin Ji, her eyes glowing with light.