Every time Yu Qingyao gave out silver taels, Ah Fu frowned heartbrokenly, and calculated what food the money could buy.
You know, all the money was earned by Ah Fu.
She now finally knows where all her hard-earned money has gone.
After treating several patients, one patient said with great expectation after healed up, "Fairy Yu, you can kill demons and ghosts, right?"
Yu Qingyao froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course, I'm a Taoist priest. Slaying demons and ghosts is my duty, and curing diseases is just incidental. What's wrong? Has something happened?"
The patient said: "Yes, there have been some mysterious disappearances in our place recently. We suspect that it is a monster. But the local Taoist didn't find out, so they said it was not. Could you please take a look?"
Yu Qingyao frowned. Generally speaking, few ghosts can escape the detection of local Taoists. If the local Taoist can't find out, it means that things are very troublesome. Even if she makes a move, it may not be able to solve it satisfactorily.
Yu Qingyao is not very interested in killing demons and ghosts, and hates trouble.
If someone goes missing, it's not necessarily the work of ghosts. Kidnapping, robbery and murder, abduction and trafficking, and perverted serial killers may all cause consecutive disappearances.
From Yu Qingyao's point of view, if this was really done by a ghost, it would be easier to handle. If it was done by someone, then she might not be able to solve the case. She has never done such a thing!
But in front of everyone, it is bound to be difficult to shirk. She bit the bullet and said with a smile: "That's it! Can you tell me in detail what's going on?"
She said this very skillfully, she didn't say yes or no.
But when she said this, people subconsciously felt that she had agreed.
Seeing that the kind and famous fairy was willing to help, the patient spoke excitedly.
The onlookers also followed you and supplemented each other.
This has troubled the townspeople for quite some time. Many people worry about this.
Since years ago, people have been missing in the town one after another. He was a fisherman at first, and he lived in a hut by the river. He was not seen selling fish for a few days before people found out that he was missing.
Because the body was not found, but his boat, fishing nets and other things were all there, and the money hidden under the bed was not taken away.
It was assumed that he had been murdered.
A few days later, a young businessman who was home for the New Year went out one night, saying that he had an appointment with a friend. As a result, after going out, he never came back. The next day, his family went to his friend's house, but the friend said he hadn't seen the businessman at all.
On the evening of Chinese New Year, another little girl disappeared.
After the Chinese New Year, a few days later, an old woman went out to visit relatives, and then never came back.
A few days ago, a soldier in the town went home after drinking at night, but he did not return home, and has since disappeared.
There used to be a beggar in the town, but it is gone now.
Others said that it turned out that a small peddler who came here often had not been seen recently.
Doing the math like this, seven or eight people, old and young, men and women, are actually missing.
Yu Qingyao heard it strangely. Generally speaking, ghosts have a fixed diet. Some like to eat children, some like to kill young men, some prefer women, and some like to bully the elderly. There are very few ghosts who are so picky about eating people. See you.
Ghosts who are not picky eaters are usually more courageous and do things more arrogantly, but judging from this case, this monster seems to be very cunning, which is unreasonable.
It doesn't make sense to say it was done by humans. The missing people have nothing to do with each other, not because of love or hatred. They are all ordinary people, and they don't have much money on them, and it doesn't look like killing or robbing. Unless there really is a murderous lunatic in the local area.
But if there is such a lunatic, then this kind of thing should always happen.
Even a lunatic had to be a daring lunatic, because he would destroy the body and make no one notice it.
This kind of person should know not to commit crimes crazily, and the truth that rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests.
Perverted killers also often have specific targets for killing, so they won't be so picky.
Yu Qingyao thought for a while, and found it hard to figure it out, so she smiled and said: "I know the situation, and I will check it out after closing the stall."
Everyone was expecting and asked the fairy to kill the monster and restore peace to the town.
Yu Qingyao had no choice but to nod with a peaceful smile.
After closing the stall, she went to find the Taoist guarding the town.
The Taoist said something about the missing person, but he didn't say as much as the people on the street said.
However, he was still serious and responsible, and drew a map himself, which marked the approximate places where those people disappeared.
Yu Qingyao looked at the map carefully, pointed to the Wenhe River beside the town and said, "It seems that these people are all missing by the river, have you checked the river?"
The Taoist said in embarrassment: "I checked, but I didn't find any evil spirits. You know, the water monsters in the river are the most difficult to find. The river water keeps washing away, and there will be evil spirits beside the river, and they will be washed away by the river water soon."
Yu Qingyao nodded. The truth is indeed that, on land, where monsters have walked, as long as there is no wind and rain, and the monster's aura slowly dissipates, there will be traces to be found. It's different in big rivers and rivers, the river flows continuously, and the evil spirit almost disappears in the blink of an eye.
If it is a water ghost, the ghost and the river water are almost integrated, and it is difficult to detect a ghost in a river.
Yu Qingyao thought for a while and said, "Are you sure the fisherman is the first missing person?"
The Taoist nodded and said, "I checked three times, and no one disappeared before him."
Yu Qingyao said, "Before the fisherman disappeared, was there anything unusual?"
The Taoist scratched his head and said, "That's right. He was a bachelor, but he bought a skirt for women and some rouge and powder for no reason. Some people said that they heard a woman's voice in his room at night. I asked about it afterwards. Come on, there is no woman nearby hooking up with him. Later, someone disappeared, so I didn't investigate further."
Yu Qingyao asked: "Does he have a lot of property?"
"No?"
"Then, is there anything extra that shouldn't be there?"
The Taoist was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "I'm not sure about this, I'll ask Detective Zhang to ask quickly."
Yu Qingyao nodded, the Taoist went out, and after a while called a middle-aged policeman to come in quickly.
Detective Zhang hurriedly saluted Yu Qingyao when he saw Yu Qingyao.
Yu Qingyao said with a smile: "Don't be too polite, let me ask you, are the skirt and rouge bought by the fisherman still available after he disappeared?"
Inspector Zhang thought about it quickly, shook his head and said, "I didn't see it."
Yu Qingyao asked again: "Then, are there more things in his room that shouldn't be there?"
Detective Zhang quickly frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I remembered what the fairy said, and there are a few things that look strange."
After hearing this, the Taoist hurriedly asked, "What is it?"
Catcher Zhang quickly gestured with his hand and said, "There is a big porcelain vase, half the height of a person, with paintings of flowers and birds. I have only seen similar ones at Master Zhou's house."
(end of this chapter)