Although Ruyifang has a good name, it is actually located on the edge of Twelve Squares in the East Region, close to the city wall, and is inhabited by poor people, small businessmen and hawkers, as well as some low-level outsiders.
Following Gu Cheng to Ruyifang, Yang Naigong fell some distance away and sent a message to Liu Yuanping: "Old Liu, it doesn't matter that you are fawning over Gu Cheng, but now you are asking me to fawn over Gu Cheng, what have you been doing recently?"
Already?"
Liu Yuanping said with a mysterious look on his face: "I didn't ask you to curry favor with Master Gu. You wouldn't be able to do such a thing. Otherwise, you and I would enter Jingyesi in the capital at the same time, and you would even be stronger than me.
First, why was I promoted to night watchman first?
You only need to remember one thing. Lord Gu is the commander-in-chief, and you and I are both night watchmen. Isn't it normal for night watchmen to obey the commander-in-chief's orders?
Just do whatever Master Gu asks you to do, just don't go against him like Chen Jingnan did.
There are people behind you who can afford it, but we can't afford it. Mr. Gu was able to be transferred to the position of commander at a young age. Do you think it was luck?
Listen to my advice, as long as you keep your attitude correct, nothing will happen to you, and maybe there will be benefits in the future."
Yang Naigong looked at Liu Yuanping with some suspicion. Although he was confused, he didn't refute anything.
The two of them have known each other for more than ten years. Although Liu Yuanping has a lot of thoughts, he will not harm himself.
At this time, Gu Cheng said from the front: "Master Yang, are there any outsiders in Ruyifang recently?"
Yang Naigong thought of what Liu Yuanping had said before, and when he heard the words, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, you are offending me by calling me like this. If you don't mind, just call me Lao Yang."
This Ruyifang is close to the city wall and is the most remote location in the capital. However, because of this, the prices of some low-class inns and private houses are very cheap. The lower-class people in the world like this kind of place the most, so there are a lot of people there every day.
The number of outsiders coming here cannot be counted at all.
The several night watchmen before me, including me, all followed the same rule, that is, fighting was not prohibited in Ruyi Square, but hands were not allowed on the street, and weapons were not allowed to be seen.
If you want to find a remote and uninhabited alley to solve the problem yourself, if you die, the police will naturally collect your body.
But if you dare to take action on the street, then Jingyesi will immediately start to track down the person, no matter what the reason is or who is right or wrong, both will be killed!"
Gu Cheng nodded. Although Yang Naigong looked a little lazy and didn't seem to be taking care of things, in fact he was quite qualified as a night watchman.
Although this is a one-size-fits-all approach and I am too lazy to investigate so many things, it is indeed very effective. It can deter the gangsters with the minimum force and prevent them from messing around.
As they spoke, a group of people had already arrived at the place where the crime occurred. It was a deserted and remote residential area. Many of the houses had collapsed due to age and disrepair. Most of the people in them had moved away long ago, because this place was close to the city wall.
The sewage in the capital is discharged out of the city from here, so there is a bad smell in winter, and in summer it is impossible to live in. The only people who often stay here are beggars.
The place where the incident occurred was a charity village where corpses were collected. This charity village was actually prepared for those Jianghu people who caused trouble in Ruyifang and were beaten to death.
But as time went by, these low-level Jianghu people also knew the rules of Ruyifang, so few people dared to make trouble in the street, and the Yizhuang became deserted.
At this time, there were still several detectives guarding the gate of Yizhuang. When they saw Gu Cheng coming, the detectives quickly said: "See you, sir."
Gu Cheng nodded and said, "How is the situation?"
The leading catcher said: "The person who discovered the situation in Yizhuang was a beggar. The guy was almost frightened to death on the spot. After the incident, we had people seal the place off and have been waiting for the adults to come."
The quality of these catchers in the capital is pretty good. Perhaps they have dealt with Jingyesi a lot, or they have seen the world. Although some of their faces are pale at this time, they are still calm.
Gu Cheng nodded while pushing open the door of Yizhuang.
The paint on the old red-lacquered wooden door was mottled and peeling off, as if it was stained with blood. As Gu Cheng pushed it, it made a tooth-piercing creaking sound.
Inside the Yi Zhuang, what caught Gu Cheng's eyes were dozens of corpses hanging from the beams.
These corpses were all covered in flesh, and most of them had been disemboweled. A strong fishy smell hit their faces directly.
Moreover, for unknown reasons, these corpses secreted a large amount of yellowish oil all over their bodies.
At this moment, a very inappropriate metaphor appeared in Gu Cheng's mind. These corpses were hanging here, as if someone was making sausages and drying them.
Behind Gu Cheng, Tie Tianying and others also walked in and carefully observed the corpses hanging in the Yi Village.
Although the corpse sausage in front of me is terrifying, it can only be trivial to Jingyesi's group.
Even Liu Yuanping, who adapts to the situation and flatters others, is at an extremely high level.
Although he is good at flattering people, you must know that he was selected into Jingyesi in the capital when he was young. He must have strong abilities in other counties or prefectures, and then he is qualified to enter the capital.
Gu Cheng closed his eyes and sensed it, but found no ghost energy.
He has a black jade dimension and has practiced the Xuanyin Spirit Flying Scripture. He is very sensitive to ghost energy, so he can be sure that it is not a ghost.
"Have these bodies been identified?"
The catcher who followed in looked a little pale, but he was still very calm.
"Sir, I haven't confirmed all of them, but my subordinates can confirm that most of them are low-level people, beggars and poor people, and there are even some low-level Jianghu people. Of course, they are of very low strength."
Gu Cheng nodded. If this is the case, then it can basically be ruled out as a specific revenge killing.
At this time, Yang Naigong suddenly said: "Sir, I feel that it must have been done by a monster."
Gu Cheng said: "Oh? Do you feel that the evil spirit remains?"
Yang Naigong shook his head and said: "No, demonic aura is different from ghostly aura. There are different kinds of demonic aura. Some monsters' demonic aura evaporates very quickly, and some monsters are born with very weak demonic aura.
But my lord, look at the disembowelment marks on these corpses. Although the wounds are extremely glorious, they do not look like they were cut by swords, but marks left by the sharp teeth of alien species. They are different from those of wild beasts and are definitely the same.
A rare monster remains.
And these corpse oils are also very strange. A normal corpse would never secrete so much oil. It seems that something combines with the corpse, causing the corpse to secrete a large amount of corpse oil."
Gu Cheng was slightly curious and asked, "You seem to be very familiar with monsters?"
Yang Naigong said with some pride: "My subordinate used to be a Xuanjia Guard from Leping County in the southern nine counties. Monsters were rampant in that place, so you can encounter all kinds of weird things."
Liu Yuanping on the side also said: "Yes, my subordinate is also from Leping County. Old Yang still has these skills, and sir, please come and see this corpse."
As he spoke, Liu Yuanping pointed to the corpse in the corner to Gu Cheng and said: "This corpse was not disemboweled, but it left a strange smell on its body and began to secrete corpse oil, but it was not like those
The disemboweled corpse was so serious.
Although some monsters eat people, they are very picky and often come up with all kinds of tricks."
At this time, Tie Tianying said from the side: "But I feel that it was done by humans, and this kind of thing is more like the work of those evil cultivators.
Monsters are divided into those with spiritual intelligence and those without spiritual intelligence.
If a smart monster was born and wanted to eat blood and eat people, why would it take such a big risk to do it in the capital? Aren't the villages and counties outside the capital safer?
If monsters are not born with intelligence, they are actually the same as beasts, even more ferocious beasts, with only an instinctive desire for blood.
So do you think they would specifically select some low-level people who would not be noticed when they usually go missing, and hide them in this kind of righteous village that is deserted all year round?
So I think this is more like the work of some evil cultivators, maybe they want to use these corpses to refine something weird."
Tie Tianying was born in Donglin County. Donglin County rarely dealt with monsters. Most of the time they were ghosts or some evil cultivators, so Tie Tianying was more experienced in this aspect.
Originally, Liu Yuanping and Yang Naigong only wanted to show off to Gu Cheng so they worked so hard, but now Tie Tianying actually questioned their professional abilities, which made them a little dissatisfied.
They are all from Jingyesi, who are you looking down on?
Even though you, Tie Tianying, are younger, they were still experts at catching ghosts and subduing demons in their respective state capitals back then.
So the two people immediately started a verbal debate with Tie Tianying.
At this time, Gu Cheng suddenly said: "Stop arguing, you and I believe in the professional level of this kind of thing."
When it comes to experience in this area, in fact both Tie Tianying and Liu Yuanping are better than him.
Gu Cheng's time as a Xuanjia guard at the bottom was too short, barely a few months, so most of the time he was fighting people and monsters, and he was better at using violence to solve problems.
Tie Tianying and Liu Yuanping both looked at Gu Cheng and believed him? Are they evil cultivators or ghosts?
Gu Cheng smiled and said: "How about changing your thinking? Since there are traces of man-made things and traces of monsters, why can't it be done by evil cultivators controlling monsters?
There’s no need to argue, since we don’t have any clues at the moment, so just follow this idea.”