But soon, her shadow disappeared on the beam? It seemed like everyone's hallucination.
Zhou Shao was stunned, did he read it wrong? Just now Li Chaoge shot an arrow with a bow, but she didn't have a quiver at all. While Zhou Shao was in a daze, another person took the opportunity to run out and killed the girl villager with a knife. Zhou Shao walked out of the pile of firewood slowly, his teammate couldn't help wiping the cold sweat off his brow, and said, "Fortunately, the princess came in time. Is this big guy dead?"
Zhou Shao broke a piece of hay, looked at him from a distance, and said, "He is a dead man. The flesh inside has melted, so he won't turn into a corpse again. Let's go, go and see other people."
How many people are there in each yard? Hide and seek, Li Chaoge is hiding on the roof?, follow the target from a distance, and when the right time is found, they will draw their bows and kill each other. After she killed the cat demon last time, her martial arts realm had broken through, and her strength also leaped to a higher level. Now she can easily condense arrows with her true energy, and she doesn't need a body at all to kill the villagers who have turned into corpses.
In the close combat just now, Li Chaoge recognized that these people had a strong dead breath. They were originally corpses, and they all moved with this breath of dead breath. Some people have a lot of dead energy and move quickly, while some people have less dead energy, just like the village girl just now, clumsy and slow.
And that kind of invulnerable iron corpse is the best tempered, the death energy permeates every inch of their muscles, and their bodies are strengthened by the death energy, making them invulnerable to weapons, water and fire. If you want to kill this kind of person, you can't rely on the methods of mortals, you can only use the methods of immortals.
Reiki and dead energy are mutually nemesis. Li Chaoge hadn't cultivated to the level of aura now, so he couldn't face the iron corpse head-on, so he could only find the right opportunity to use his true energy to transform the arrows to crush the core of the corpse.
Fortunately, these things have strengthened limbs, but their brains are still stupid. Zhou Shao used the ground as a bait, running left and right, deliberately leading an iron corpse into the alley? Iron Corpse's movement speed was no lower than that of a mortal. He felt the breath of a living person, and just as he was about to approach, another person not far away attracted his attention. Slowly, the iron corpse was enraged, it roared, raised its arms high, and was about to beat these annoying ants to death, when a murderous aura suddenly came from behind, and before the iron corpse could turn around, a burst of cold air pierced through its heart. The dead air in the chest cavity was strangled by the chill, and the iron corpse's limbs lost support, quickly collapsed, and slid to the ground, turning into a puddle of pus.
The few people hiding in the alley quickly pinched their noses. Even though they were prepared, they still couldn't bear the choking smell. The smell of rotting corpses was disgusting, Zhou Shao held his breath, and walked away from the rotten meat, not even wanting to take a second look.
Li Chaoge jumped down from the eaves on the opposite side of the alley, and patted his cuffs lightly: "This? Is it the last one?"
"Yes." Zhou Shao approached and said, "There are still a few soft ones, don't worry, Ma Wu took the other three brothers to make up the knife."
Li Chaoge turned his head, looked at the faintly white sky in the east, and said, "Take care of the rest as soon as possible, the sky is about to dawn."
Zhou Shao took the order and brought people to help. Li Chaoge took a long breath, the air in the early morning of winter was dry and clear, as if his mind was also awake. Li Chaoge didn't sleep all night, killing corpses everywhere, even if she was energetic, she still felt a little tired at the moment.
Fortunately, the most difficult ones have been resolved. Next, we only need to investigate the cause of the corpse change.
In the quiet village, the sound of fighting could be faintly heard. Li Chaoge walked calmly on the road, opened a door, and hung his bow and arrow by the wall. In the yard? On the other side, lay the dead body of a man.
This should be a hunter from the village, with agility and incomplete corpse transformation. Compared with other walking corpses with livid skin and lifeless eyes, he looks more like a human corpse. Last night, Li Chaoge dealt with Orion in twos and twos, searched in his house, and picked up the most handy bow.
Now that she's used up, the bow can be returned? It's back. Li Chaoge originally planned to leave, but before she left, she was suddenly attracted by the marks on Orion's body.
Li Chaoge pulled out Qianyuan Sword, cut open his sleeve, and saw two rows of bite marks on Orion's arm. Judging from the shape of the teeth, it should be a human bite.
Why do people bite? Li Chaoge looked at the tooth marks thoughtfully. She looked around and found that there was no trace of the mistress in this yard except for weapons and animal skins. Li Chaoge walked towards the stove, and sure enough, the stove was empty, and it didn't look like it was often used.
Li Chaoge put down the lid of the pot and walked into Orion's room. The room is very simple, there are only two rooms, and you can see the bottom at a glance. In the first room, there are tables, ironware and various sundries. The inner room is directly north of a Kang Kang, and some household tools are placed around it. All traces indicate that this Orion lived alone and did not marry a wife.
Li Chaoge opened Orion's cage and looked through it. Except for some furs and half-worn clothes, there was nothing important inside. Li Chaoge quickly searched all over the house, but got almost no useful information. There was a voice calling for her from outside. Li Chaoge was about to go out. When he opened the door, he suddenly found a rough porcelain bowl on the corner cabinet. The bowl was covered with a white cloth, and there seemed to be some cakes underneath. Given that there was no ash in the Orion stove, these pancakes were obviously not made by him.
It seems that this Orion is a bachelor, usually there will be neighbors to send him food
Li Chaoge was engrossed in his thoughts when the courtyard door was pushed open forcefully. Seeing Li Chaoge in the house, Zhou Shao immediately strode over: "Commander, so you are here? All the villagers who have become corpses have been dealt with, Commander, what should we do next?"
"The next thing is about the governor of Fenzhou." Li Chaoge turned his head and saw the large corpse in the yard. He couldn't help frowning, "Let him send someone to bury these corpses. No matter what What the hell is going on, everyone in a village died in vain, and they have to go to the ground for peace."
Zhou Shao was still thinking about this just now. Exposing corpses to the wilderness is never a problem. They only brought eight people. If they buried them one by one, how long would it take to bury them.
Zhou Shao hesitated a little, and asked, "The governor is greedy for life and afraid of death, these corpses are rotten like this, is he willing?"
"I don't care if he likes it or not." Li Chaoge snorted coldly, "He solved the plague by sealing off the village and we'll settle the score with him later. Now he's just asking him to bury the corpse. How dare he talk?"
Zhou Shao stopped talking. Burying the corpse was hard and tiring, and Zhou Shao was unwilling to do it. The governor is known as a state parent official, so he has to do something practical.
Li Chaoge lifted her clothes and stepped out of the threshold. She pointed behind her and said, "Wrap those biscuits and take them away as evidence."
Zhou Shao was slightly taken aback, cake? Zhou Shao paid attention to Li Chaoge's expression, made sure he had heard correctly, and silently responded, calling for someone to come and collect the evidence.
The sun is gradually rising, and the warm sunlight shines on the country road, adding a little vitality to the surroundings. Li Chaoge went back to the place where he first saw the corpse last night, and according to his memory, he reconstructed the action paths of those villagers bit by bit.
The governor of Fenzhou said that these villagers did not attack anyone or run out after the corpses were lifted up, but only circled the village. Li Chaoge really wanted to know what they were doing.
Li Chaoge walked slowly around the village and found that the sacrificial temple was not far away. In Li Chaoge's mind, he sketched out the floor plan of the village. Judging from this, they seem to have been circling the ancestral hall
Li Chaoge immediately walked to the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall was built in the center of the village. It is tall, dark and cold, with no sunshine all year round. Li Chaoge pushed open the door, fine dust swayed inside, and a damp and rotten smell came over his face.
It was the unique smell of not seeing the sun for many years. Li Chaoge stood at the door and fanned it. After getting used to the damp smell, he walked slowly into the ancestral hall.
After entering the ancestral hall, the coldness climbed up from the ground to the legs little by little, as if the whole world was silent. On the high place, there are many tablets, like pairs of eyes, silently watching the people who come in.
Li Chaoge stopped in front of the sacrificial table and looked around. There are many names written on the tablet, which should be the ancestors of this village. The fruits on the offering plate have been rotten, and it seems that no one has changed them for a long time. Li Chaoge's eyes froze for a moment, picked up the incense pick, and turned the incense burner lightly.
At first the gray on the top was dull, but the bottom was mixed with white new gray. Anyone here? Used the incense burner? Since the incense burner is used, why not exchange it for the tribute fruit
Li Chaoge was meditating, when a mournful cry came from outside: "Commander, are you inside?"
Li Chaoge put down the incense dial and rolled his eyes angrily. This group of waste.
The governor of Fenzhou didn't dare to sleep all night last night. He was afraid that something would happen to Li Chaoge in his own territory, but he really didn't have the guts to approach Guibei Village at night. At dawn today, the governor of Fenzhou hurriedly got up and took all the guards in the government office to protect him and go to Guibei Village.
After the governor of Fenzhou came, he heard from the soldiers in the camp that Princess Sheng Yuan went out in the middle of the night last night and never came back. Fenzhou Inspector's heart skipped a beat. He bravely moved to the outside of the stone wall, and found that it was quiet inside, as if there was no living person. He was so frightened that his legs went limp.
Oh my god, that's the Queen of Heaven's own daughter, she shouldn't have died in it, right? Just thinking about it, the governor of Fenzhou felt that life was bleak. His eyes were sore at the moment, worse than the death of his own mother? Grief: "Commander, are you in there? Commander..."
"Shut up." Li Chaoge walked out of the ancestral hall and looked at him coldly, "Push the stone away and come in to work."
When the governor of Fenzhou saw that Li Chaoge was still alive, he was almost moved to tears. He wiped his eyes and suddenly realized something was wrong: "Huh?"
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The governor of Fenzhou walked into the village trembling. He was tall and strong, so big that he insisted on shrinking behind others. Every time he saw a dead body, he would scream.
"Why are there so many dead people? What happened to this?"
Li Chaoge was tall and slender, walking quickly between the corpses. And the officials in the back are all tall and powerful, and the governor of Fenzhou alone is as wide as two Li Chaoge, but this? Go forward. Li Chaoge walked quickly through the alley, and found that the group of people were still crowded at the entrance of the alley. He couldn't help but scolded: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you do anything?"
The governor of Fenzhou was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Do... do it? Commander, I am just an old? Honest and responsible person, I dare not do it."
Li Chaoge looked at this group of trash like a fool: "I asked you to pull the corpse out and bury it."
The governor of Fenzhou was taken aback. So it was just burying the corpse? It scared him to death, and he still thought that the princess wanted him to do something with the corpse. The governor of Fenzhou breathed a sigh of relief, but accidentally saw the red, white and white corpses. He quickly covered his eyes, and angrily scolded: "Didn't you hear what the commander said? Hurry up and move the corpses."
The yamen servants were very reluctant, but they dared not disobey the governor's words. The governor of Fenzhou was afraid of death, so he brought all the people in the government office, and now it is convenient to bury the body. The yamen servants walked back and forth, and the governor of Fenzhou covered his eyes in the corner. After all the corpses inside were cleaned up, he walked up to Li Chaoge tremblingly and asked, "Commander, what should we do next?"
The governor of Fenzhou is now convinced by Li Chaoge. In his eyes, Li Chaoge is not a human being at all, but a god. Tianhou is so powerful, the daughter she gave birth to is indeed not a normal person.
Li Chaoge was walking around in the village chief's yard, looking for useful information. It's a pity that everyone in Guibei Village is dead, so I can't find someone to ask questions, and it's very slow to find someone by myself. Li Chaoge asked the governor of Fenzhou: "Do you have the household registration information of Guibei Village?"
"Yes." The governor of Fenzhou replied graciously, "It's in the government office. Do you want to see the commander? I'll let someone go back and pick it up, and bring it to you immediately."
"No need." Li Chaoge said, "Household registration is important information, don't worry about it. In the government office? Let it go, wait until night? I'll go and look."
The governor of Fenzhou responded instinctively, and then he realized: "Commander, are you going back to live in Fenzhou tonight?"
Li Chaoge turned his head, didn't speak, just looked at him quietly. The governor of Fenzhou was sweating profusely, and couldn't help but bowed his back and apologized: "Yes, the commander has a rich body, how can he live in a village where people have died? The commander asked you to wait a moment, and I will arrange for you tonight place of lodging."
Guibei village was full of corpses, and Fenzhou dispatched a large number of people, and it took half a month to bury them all. These days, Li Chaoge lived in the government office of Fenzhou at night, went to Guibei Village to look for evidence during the day, and sometimes went to other villages for inspection. Li Chaoge's concern about Guibei Village is not accidental, and maybe other villages also have hidden dangers. But no one survived in Guibei Village, and they couldn't even find someone to question, making it even more difficult to find the cause of the accident.
Li Chaoge was extremely busy these days, and even the people in the Fenzhou government office were instructed by her to go around. Li Chaoge had a special aura about her. When she sat down in the government office, the overlord's aura on her body swept away thousands of troops. No one dared to say anything below. In contrast, the real chief, the governor of Fenzhou, lived like a little daughter-in-law, extremely humble.
Li Chaoge was so busy that she forgot the date, and it was Zhou Shao who reminded her later: "Commander, it's twenty-four today, and it's time to worship the stove."
Li Chaoge was taken aback for a moment, she was just about to say that she should sacrifice the stove, but she suddenly realized that today is the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it will be the New Year soon. The others looked at Li Chaoge eagerly, and Li Chaoge finally came to his senses and said, "Forget it, the matter in Fenzhou cannot be settled for a while, first? Go back to Beijing and return to your order, and come back to investigate after the annual leave is over."
Li Chaoge said this on the lips, but in his heart he felt very sorry. But she herself is only a few years old and has nothing to do, while others have families and houses. She can't drag others and delay their reunion with their families.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Chaoge's words, everyone in Zhenyaosi felt relieved, and even the people in the Fenzhou government office heaved a long sigh of relief. Li Chaoge was always quick to do things. After she spoke, she ordered everyone to sort out the evidence on the same day, and the next day, she took a cart full of evidence and hurried back to the Eastern Capital.
Everyone was eager to go home for the New Year, and they rushed faster than when they came. Li Chaoge rushed back to Dongdu in the afternoon of the 26th. As soon as she entered the city gate, without saying a word, she walked directly to the demon town.
At this moment, the demon town is already a peaceful holiday atmosphere. Bai Qianhe was lying on the tree, basking in the sun while leisurely waiting to get off work. Today is the last day of going to the Yamen, and if you come to the office tomorrow morning, you can have a complete holiday.
Life is wonderful. Bai Qianhe hummed a little tune happily. He was lying high and could see far away. He suddenly paused, as if he saw Li Chaoge.
Bai Qianhe sat up from the branch and rubbed his eyes vigorously. This time he saw clearly, it was really Li Chaoge!
Bai Qianhe jumped down from the tree in a jerk, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Get ready, the commander is back!"
Li Chaoge entered the Demon Town Division, and found that the Town Demon Division was in order, and everyone was sticking to their posts? He didn't slack off because of the upcoming holiday. Li Chaoge was secretly satisfied, and she told Zhou Shao and the others: "Label the evidence and move it to the warehouse. You have worked hard all the way. After tidying up the warehouse, you can go home."
When Zhou Shao heard this, without waiting for Li Chaoge to finish speaking, he walked towards the warehouse with a lot of boxes in one hand. Li Chaoge had never seen Zhou Shao so active before, it seems that he should have an appointment with someone for Chinese New Year this year.
It was late when Li Chaoge came back, she sent Zhou Shao and others to store the evidence, while she went to the East Hall to check the work progress of Bai Qianhe and the others. Bai Qianhe was seriously reading the dossier in the East Hall. When he saw Li Chaoge coming back, he widened his eyes in surprise: "Commander, you're back? I was so engrossed in reading it that I didn't even notice it."
Mo Linlang pouted secretly. Li Chaoge did not suspect him, and said: "The matter in Fenzhou is a big case, and it will not be finished in a while, so I will bring people back first. After the Chinese New Year, Tianhou and I will apply to bring more people to Fenzhou. "
Li Chaoge had had enough of those trash in Fenzhou, it took half a month to bury the corpse. Asking for others is better than asking for oneself, Li Chaoge decided to wait until after the New Year, and directly transfer a team of forbidden troops to go there, so that both mental and physical work can be solved internally, so as not to be angry with those trash.
Bai Qianhe hummed, and said, "The commander reassured you that you are not here at the Demon Suppressing Division? For two months, the east capital was calm and the palace gates were all normal, and no monsters were found."
Li Chaoge nodded and asked, "Anything else?"
Li Chaoge's question was vague, as if he was simply asking about the task. Bai Qianhe paused, and said: "There's nothing else, everything remains the same. It's just that this year's grand ceremony has been cancelled. The saint is sympathetic to the veterans, and he couldn't bear the trouble of many ministers waking up early in the morning, so he canceled the first day celebration."
Li Chaoge responded, his eyebrows slightly raised. The Yuan Ri Festival Held is held every year, and both the monarch and his ministers have to wear the most solemn clothes, worship three times and kowtow nine times, often from dawn to noon. Standing without water or rice in the cold wind for a whole morning is too much for young people, let alone old officials in their fifties and sixties. The emperor's cancellation of this year's congratulations seems to be really sympathetic to his courtiers.
However, in the past, Asahi was also a toss, why was it never cancelled? Is it because the emperor's health is too weak to support Zhao He, or is it because the prince is dying
Li Chaoge didn't say anything after listening to it, and asked about some daily affairs of the town demon division, and said: "It's time to go to the office, you guys write a summary of what you have done in these two months, hand it to the main hall, and then you can go home gone."
Bai Qianhe's face collapsed all of a sudden, he couldn't help but look at the hourglass, and he would be off work in a quarter of an hour. At this time, Li Chaoge asked them to write a work summary
Bai Qianhe tried to bargain with Li Chaoge? On the other side, Mo Linlang had already pushed away the ink and began to write quickly. The princess will not be merciful, why not? It is better to behave well and die early.
Mo Linlang has been taught by Xun Siyu for more than a year, and his writing skills have greatly improved. Bai Qianhe was scolded by Li Chaoge, and came back to write the report listlessly. He scratched his head and wrote two lines when he suddenly noticed that Mo Linlang put down his pen and began to pack his things.
Bai Qianhe was shocked, and asked in disbelief, "Have you finished writing?"
Mo Linlang nodded, dried the paper, and walked out briskly: "Yes."
Bai Qianhe's eyes were wide open, every hair was shocked. He immediately waved to Mo Linlang, smiled and said: "Sister, the time is not up yet, what are you doing in a hurry. You go first? Give me the booklet, and I will return it to you after I have a look."
"No." Mo Linlang immediately put away her report, and said with experience, "If I give it to you, you will definitely make an exact copy, and then I will have to rewrite it. I'm not stupid!"
After Mo Linlang finished speaking, she hugged the paper tightly in her arms and ran out in a hurry. Bai Qianhe stretched out his hand from behind, and screamed miserably several times, Mo Linlang didn't even look back.
Bai Qianhe bit his lip sadly, he looked around and found that he seemed to be the only one left.
Bai Qianhe looked at the white paper in front of him, feeling an unprecedented loneliness.
Officials from various government offices left one after another, and the imperial city gradually became quiet. Li Chaoge sat in the main hall, looking through the mansion newspaper and the work log of the town demon secretary during this period of time.
Li Chaoge suppressed his irritability and watched it, the more he watched it, the more he wanted to curse. When she wasn't in the demon town, was this group of people fooling around like this? It's a pity that those people have already run away, and even Bai Qianhe, who was the last to leave, went to the Yamen a quarter of an hour ago.
Fortunately, their diary was a mess, and there was no trouble during this period of time. God bless, they saved a life.
After Li Chaoge checked the news of the demon town and the court during this period of time, he couldn't help but start thinking about Fenzhou again. I was called back after halfway through the investigation of the case, which really hurt my throat.
Li Chaoge couldn't stay idle, so he simply went to the warehouse to check the evidence. Zhou Shao was busy going home, but he did a good job. The evidence was labeled and placed in the warehouse by category. Li Chaoge turned over a few samples, but still didn't have a clue.
She didn't know how many times she checked Turtle Back Village these days, but she still couldn't find out where the source was. Maybe she got stuck in her own mindset, and it would be better to change her mind
Li Chaoge's eyes inadvertently flicked to the next door.
Gu Mingke is sorting out files in the archives room. Another year has passed, and Dali Temple has handled all criminal cases at home and abroad. For the convenience of searching in the future, it must be sorted out in chronological order at the end of each year. Gu Mingke was checking for the last time. He pushed the grid of Jiannan Road, and said softly among the empty bookshelves: "What's wrong?"
No one answered, Gu Mingke brushed off the fine dust on the scroll, and said, "If the princess is fine, please stand in another place, you've already dumped dirt on the scroll."
Li Chaoge sighed, landed lightly on the ground, and asked, "Are you free now?"
"No."
Li Chaoge choked for a moment, didn't care, and continued, "Can people come back from the dead?"
Gu Mingke paused, turned around, and looked at Li Chaoge indistinctly: "Why do you ask this?"
Li Chaoge felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Gu Mingke's eyes, but his expression was calm and his face was as usual, as if it was just Li Chaoge who had misread it just now. Li Chaoge didn't delve into it, and continued: "I met dead people in Fenzhou, and some of them were invulnerable. I've heard of driving corpses before, but none of them can withstand beatings like them? So I want to ask, is there any way to resurrect the dead?"
"Birth and old age? Sickness and death are the norms of heaven. People cannot be resurrected after death." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he paused slightly and said, "However, there are some secret methods that can reshape corpses and summon undead."
Li Chaoge immediately became interested, turned around and walked towards Zhenyaosi: "I brought back a lot of suspicious items, let's see which one has a problem."
Li Chaoge took two steps and found that Gu Mingke was not moving. She turned her head and saw Gu Mingke holding the scroll in her hand, and said, "I haven't finished sorting it out here yet."
Li Chaoge gritted his teeth, and went straight up? Holding him by the hand: "First? Come with me. I'll clean it up for you later."