After seeing the scene, Gu Cheng and others finally understood why the policeman said that such a scene was definitely not something normal people could do.
Zhao Jingming asked the police officer outside: "Is the widower here? What was the cause of the woman's death?"
This Zhao Jingming is in his thirties, with a fair appearance and a weak body. He does not look like Xuan Jiawei, but looks like a gentle scholar.
Hearing this, the police officer outside quickly said: "Wu Zuo has already arrived, and the woman was... she was strangled to death!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present froze.
Cannibalism and being strangled to death, this kind of death is simply weird.
Zhao Jingming looked at Wang Qi and said, "What do you think?"
Wang Qi is a little older than Zhao Jingming. He looks to be close to forty, and he is a black and thick man.
Hearing this, Wang Qi said: "It is indeed a bit weird, like a ghost is causing trouble. Xiao Yi, it's up to you to see if you can check the trajectory of the Yin Qi."
Xiao Yi nodded and immediately took out an exquisite wooden box from his arms.
Although the Qi Refiner has very few attack methods in the first two levels, he can still master some auxiliary simple spells, spells, and Taoism.
Opening the wooden box, Xiao Yi took out a yellow talisman, made a seal with his hand, bit off his index finger and wiped it on it, and shouted: "Go to the Chonglong Jade Talisman!"
The nose god is called Chonglong Jade. This Chonglong Jade Talisman can amplify the sense of smell and can track various smells, even the Yin Qi of ghosts or the demonic Qi of monsters.
That drop of blood seemed to give the spell power. The yellow spell actually floated in mid-air and flew crookedly toward the outside of the wall. However, before it could fly out, it fell to the ground.
Xiao Yi shook his head and said: "It is true that a ghost came here, but the ghost did not possess it, it just affected the woman's mind, so the remaining Yin Qi was very weak and had dissipated after one night.
There are only some left in the courtyard."
Zhao Jingming pinched his chin and said: "If this is the case, it will be a bit difficult to handle. The county is so big, where can I find a hidden ghost?"
Although Jingyesi specializes in dealing with such monster incidents, basically if there is a problem, he can just go and deal with the monster.
But now that the ghost has escaped after killing people, and the trace of Yin Qi cannot be traced. How can they find it in such a huge county?
Luo County Jingyesi only has such a small number of people, so it is impossible for them to do nothing but search the county seat every day, and besides, they can't search them.
At this time, Zhao Jingming suddenly turned his attention to Gu Cheng and asked: "Gu Cheng, right? What do you think of this matter? What clues have been found?"
These people from Luo County Jingyesi are actually very curious about Gu Cheng.
Their family is very powerful and ranks among the top three among the night watchmen in Heyang Mansion.
But Meng Hantang also had a very bad temper. He never accepted the weak and was too lazy to train new people.
Even with Xiao Yi's pitiful life experience, Mr. Cui Zijie personally asked Meng Hantang to take him with him, and it took him half a year of training in the Jingyesi Division of Luo County before he began to officially perform his mission.
As a result, Gu Cheng, an outsider, was actually able to be placed under the command of Meng Hantang, and he started to carry out the mission only a month ago. They also had some curiosity and appreciation for Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "You are all seniors of Jingyesi and have rich experience. If you can't find any clues, what can I see?"
These words made both Zhao Jingming and Wang Qi feel comfortable.
A humble newcomer who knows how to advance and retreat is much more pleasing to the eye than a guy who talks too much and doesn't know what he means.
However, Gu Cheng paused again at this time and said: "It's just that I have some guesses, I don't know whether they are right or wrong."
Zhao Jingming said: "Nothing, let's talk about it and let's study it together. Since you have given this task to the four of us, it will be good for you and me to solve the case as soon as possible."
Jingyesi's system is that after completing a task, as long as the personnel participating in the task are completed, they will receive certain merit points, which can be exchanged for various things used for cultivation.
Therefore, there may be competition among different Jingyesi strongholds and the state branch, but they have all been assigned to a team to complete the task, so there is no competition. It is in the best interest of everyone to complete the task as soon as possible.
Of course, if you deliberately skip the task and fail to contribute to the task, then few people will be willing to go on the task with you next time.
Gu Cheng said in a deep voice: "Everything in this world has its cause and effect, even if this ghost kills people, this woman must have done something or gone somewhere to attract this ghost.
Investigate his recent whereabouts or what he has been doing, and there may be clues.
Of course, this is not absolute. There may be a ghost that is bored and kills someone casually when passing by, but I think this possibility is very small.
Also, why was this incident reported to Jingyesi? It was because the woman killed and cannibalized people, and the situation was too weird, so the Yamen reported it to Jingyesi.
I just looked at the kitchen. It seems that the woman's family was not wealthy and had limited food reserves. After the woman ate everything, she killed her husband and devoured it, causing herself to be strangled to death.
What if she has enough food left at home? If she eats too much and is stuffed to death, will the Yamen report to Jingyesi?"
Xiao Yi suddenly understood: "Brother Gu, what you are saying is that maybe this ghost has not killed people in one attack, but the previous people were all strangled to death, so the Yamen did not report it?"
Gu Cheng nodded: "It's possible."
If someone was pushed to death in a previous life, it would probably be known to everyone within a day.
But what about here? There may be some people who don’t even know how to apply for official positions.
You go to report it to the police after eating too much at home? This is simply a joke.
Moreover, in Gu Cheng's opinion, these policemen in Luo County are very amateurs, and they probably can only catch some petty thefts.
No one reported it to the authorities, and they didn't care if someone died.
Zhao Jingming and Wang Qi looked at Gu Cheng with slight changes in their eyes.
Let's not talk about the strength of this newcomer, but his observation ability is careful enough, which they really didn't expect.
Wang Qi stretched out his hand to greet a police officer and asked, "Has anyone been strangled to death in the recent past?"
The detective made a grimace: "We don't know this either."
Wang Qi said with a dark face: "If you don't know, go check it out! If a dead person is dead, why don't you find a corpse? Why don't you ask a doctor to come over and take a look? Isn't there a record with the household registration officer?"
"Sir, please calm down, I'll go check it out now!"
With that said, the few detectives hurried out to investigate.
Other people may not know the existence of Jingyesi, but these police officers have had many interactions with Jingyesi and know that they are all legendary practitioners.
Moreover, Jingyesi is independent of the various systems of Daqian and is different from the system of civil and military officials in Daqian. However, all local departments have the obligation to cooperate when facing Jingyesi.
Wang Qi snorted softly: "These guys are very lazy. It takes them a long time to check some information. Let's go back to Jingyesi to take a shower and eat something before checking again.
It seems that Lao Zhang in the kitchen made shredded mutton today, but those guys robbed it all when I got there late."
When Xiao Yi heard Wang Qi talking about shredded mutton, he immediately thought of the torn and chewed pieces of flesh and blood in the kitchen, and he retched again.
Gu Cheng patted Xiao Yi on the back and asked, "You have never encountered a dead person during your previous missions?"
Xiao Yi said with a grimace: "I've encountered it before, but never such a disgusting one."
Wang Qi shook his head and said: "Young people just lack training. When you stay in Jingyesi for a long time, you will have seen everything. I have experienced standing in a pile of zombies and grilling meat."
Instructing the Yamen's police officers to seal off the scene, Gu Cheng and others also returned to Jingyesi to wait for the news from there.
After Zhao Jingming washed up, he knocked on Meng Hantang's house and told Meng Hantang what happened.
Meng Hantang nodded expressionlessly and suddenly asked, "How do you feel about Gu Cheng?"
Zhao Jingming thought for a while and said honestly: "I don't know what my strength is, but I have rules and know how to advance and retreat. Although I am not much older than Xiao Yi, I am much more mature than Xiao Yi.
In addition, his observation skills are very careful and he has a lot of thoughts. He dug up the clues for this mission.
The quality of the newcomers this time is quite good, sir, where did you get them from?"
Zhao Jingming and Gu Cheng had no grievances, and of course they would not deliberately speak ill of him at this time. He would just say how Gu Cheng behaved.
The most important thing is that Meng Hantang cannot rub dirt into his eyes. If he dares to say nonsense and Meng Hantang finds out, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Capital."
Meng Hantang spat out these two words and said calmly: "The task will continue to be left to you. Be more cautious. If you feel that you are outmatched after discovering the ghost, send a message to me immediately.
Xiao Yi is just a Qi practitioner who has just entered the ninth level, and is physically weak, and Gu Cheng has just entered the ninth level, so don’t force yourself and play it safe."
"Yes, sir, I know."
Zhao Jingming nodded in agreement, stood up and exited the room.