"Man is mortal, and so is the crow."

Shen Xiaojia chased the myna that looked very much like a crow to a ruined temple outside the city. He earnestly persuaded the myna who was resting on the incense burner in front of the temple door, "Come down and die quickly... It's a knife.

Shrinking is just a knife! Come on, come on, gentlemen!"

Starling squinted at Shen Xiaojia with contempt, proudly pecked the bag under his talons with his sharp beak, as if showing off his trophies, and shouted twice at the top of his lungs, "Little trash, little trash."

Two balls of flame instantly lit up in Shen Xiaojia's eyes, his teeth gritted loudly, he kicked off the ground with his right foot, jumped up high and pounced on Bage, yelling angrily, "You are dead, today I want you to see my master's trick..."

The little sparrow catches caterpillars!”

The moment Shen Xiaojia pounced on the incense burner like a vicious dog pouncing on its food, the myna moved its neck a few times, then screamed and fluttered its wings high into the air.

Bang! The tall incense burner was knocked down in an instant, white incense ashes poured all over the ground, and smoke was everywhere.

Shen Xiaojia stood up straight by holding on to the outer wall of the incense burner, fanned the ashes in front of him with his hand, and stepped on the incense burner. He was about to say a few harsh words to myna when the incense burner rolled under his feet.

Put your legs on the ground to form a straight "one".

"Hiss, hiss..." Shen Xiaojia took a few breaths of cold air, as if there was some kind of cracking sound coming from his crotch, and he couldn't help but feel a kind of sadness in his heart.

Starling circled around Shen Xiaojia's head several times, pulled down a piece of yellow and white stuff with a plop, and screamed, "Good work, good work... You should be rewarded! You should be rewarded!"

Shen Xiaojia suppressed the redness in his neck. He retracted his legs with difficulty, rubbed the intersection of his two thighs a few times, picked up a few pebbles from the ground, stared coldly at the myna who kept flapping its wings in the air, and said in a cold voice,

"It seems we have to make up for it today!"

Bago seemed to remember the scene in the backyard of the restaurant earlier, screamed a few times, and quickly ran away towards the ruined temple.

Shen Xiaojia immediately chased after him. With a wave of his right hand, several stones were quickly shot at the myna who had just flown into the temple gate. The angle was so tricky that it actually blocked all the possible dodge paths of the myna.

"Quack!" Myna only had time to let out a scream before his head tilted and he fell straight to the ground.

Shen Xiaojia clapped his hands, stepped into the temple, snorted coldly, picked up his kit from the ground, opened it and checked the several drawings inside, put it back in his arms, grabbed the myna on the ground, and used his fingers to

He poked Myna's head a few times and said, "We are all the same as humans and birds. Don't be too arrogant, otherwise you will easily fall into trouble!"

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a woman wearing a thin white shirt lying under the statue. Taking a closer look at the woman's face, Shen Xiaojia frowned slightly, took out a piece of string from his arms, and tied one end to Bago's feet.

, tied the other end to his belt, slowly came to the woman's side, squatted down, stretched out his index and middle fingers to explore in front of the woman's nose, his brows furrowed deeper, "He is still dead after all..."

Staring at the red moon pattern between the woman's eyebrows, Shen Xiaojia narrowed his eyes slightly, took out the silk gloves from his arms, put them on, and began to examine them carefully.

From front to back, from left to right, turn over and over, inside and out, feel the bones, pinch the skull, press the abdomen, prop up the eyes, open the mouth, lift the legs.

Within a moment, Shen Xiaojia completed the preliminary inspection of the female corpse. The general condition was the same as that of the corpse at the festival. There were no fatal wounds on the body, nor was she poisoned. The moment he stood up, he saw some black stains on the edges of the female corpse's cheeks. He stretched out his index finger and gently

He wiped it lightly, sniffed it with his nose, and a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind. Shen Xiaojia glanced at the arms of the female corpse, couldn't help shaking his head and sighed, took out a bamboo tube from his arms, walked to the door of the temple, and lit it with a fire stick

The lead under the bamboo tube is covered with the left hand, and the bamboo tube is held high in the air with the right hand.

Phew! A bright light flew out from the bamboo tube, splitting through the wind and clouds, and blooming brilliantly in the sky.

After a cup of tea, I saw the sound of horse hooves coming from the woods outside the temple gate, approaching from far away.

Shen Xiaojia looked at Capt. Jiang, who was leading the way, straightened his suit, greeted him respectfully, raised his hands and saluted, "Capt. Jiang, why are you here in person?"

Jiang Captou got off the horse, touched the mustache on his face, looked at Shen Xiaojia sideways, and said calmly, "You've already sent out flares, if I don't come, won't it look like I'm too much of a leader?"

I'm ignorant..." He cleared his throat and put his right hand on the handle of the knife, "But if you fired a flare that can only be used in emergencies when there is nothing urgent, then don't blame me for getting mad!"

"Don't worry," Shen Xiaojia forced out a flattering smile, "I won't let you go home disappointed, let alone give you a chance to get angry."

Jiang Captou coughed lightly and said expressionlessly, "It depends on how serious the problem you encounter is..."

"It's a life-threatening case," Shen Xiaojia made a sideways gesture of invitation, "The body is in the temple, it should be big enough."

"People die every day in this world, there's nothing surprising about it." Captain Jiang pursed his lips, "Whether the case is big or not depends on how and who died. If it's a beggar, he will die.

They are no different from wild cats and dogs. They are not even qualified to be sent to Yizhuang by us..."

"He wasn't a beggar, and he died in a very strange way."

"Isn't it the beggar who died in the ruined temple?"

"Of course not, the ones who die on the roadside are beggars..." Shen Xiaojia walked into the temple in three steps, pointed at the female corpse on the ground, and said unhurriedly, "It doesn't matter where you die, what matters is how you die."

dead."

Jiang Captou looked along Shen Xiaojia's fingers and was suddenly startled. His pupils shrank suddenly and he said in shock, "The Moon God killed someone again? Was the Moon God so busy last night?"

The few detectives following Mr. Jiang were also shocked. They looked at each other and did not dare to take a breath, for fear of alarming the gods who had not gone far.

Shen Xiaojia sneered, "The moon god kills people, it's just someone pretending to be a ghost...Ghosts and gods never exist in the human world, but in the human heart!" Pointing to the statue holding a judge's pen in the ruined temple, "Sir, do you believe in gods and Buddhas?"

Jiang Captou glanced at the statue covered with cobwebs and dust, touched his nose and said, "I believe it even when I feel guilty... but most of the time I don't believe it. After all, they are all made of mud. They can't come over and chop me down.

You can’t even send me some money or food, what do you think it is?”

"I don't believe it either..." Shen Xiaojia smiled, glanced at Jiang Captou meaningfully, and sighed, "But the people of Yuecheng are very superstitious about gods and Buddhas. They used to believe in this man who holds the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen.

Yin Lusi, I believe in the bright moon in the sky now. That’s why there was last night’s Moon God Festival, and that’s why there was the female corpse on the wooden platform and the female corpse in this ruined temple.”

Jiang Baotou circled around the female body and said doubtfully, "It makes sense that one person dies at the ceremony. Let the moon god appear in front of everyone. Then no one in Yue City will not believe in the bright moon, but death here

What’s the point of one?”

"Same reason," Shen Xiaojia walked to the judge's pen, raised his head and looked at the glaring statue of the god, and said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, "Killing a woman who escaped death at the feet of Yin Lusi, who is in charge of mortal life and death, is so powerful.

Boundless!”

Jiang Captou stared at Shen Xiaojia's back, and tightened his right hand on the handle of the knife. He hesitated for a moment, but did not pull out the hungry sword. He glanced at the clothes of the female corpse on the ground and asked in a calm tone, "Escaped from death? Is it possible that she was also one of the sacrifices at the Moon God Festival last night?"

"No one, she is the real sacrifice..." Shen Xiaojia turned around, walked to the female corpse, raised the left hand of the female corpse, and explained, "Sir, please see, is her left arm smooth and traceless?"

Jiang Dao nodded, still looking at Shen Xiaojia with a puzzled look on his face, frowning and saying, "What does this mean?"

Shen Xiaojia raised the right hand of the female corpse again and pointed to a faint mark on the arm of the female corpse. He did not directly return to the question of Jiang Captou, "But there was a mark on her right hand. This was from being tied to a wooden flower stand. It was left behind because the strong man who tied her left hand accidentally stepped on a stone, so her left hand was not tied, and then she had a chance to escape, and then there was a flash of white light..."

Jiang Baotou's eyes lit up and he praised, "Li Daitao is so stiff, what a good plan!"

Detective Mazi, who was in charge of recording the scene, turned to look at Shen Xiaojia and suddenly interjected, "Then who was tied to the flower stand on the wooden platform last night?"

"She was a poor person, with scars all over her body. She must have suffered a lot..." Shen Xiaojia sighed deeply, "She had already passed away before the ceremony started. After death, not only cannot she be buried in peace, but she must also be buried again. Being used as a tool and tied to a flower stand, I can't rest in peace even under the Nine Springs."

Captain Jiang gently raised his right hand and pulled out a third of the blade, with a cold smile on his lips, "How do you know she died before the festival? Could it be that you are the murderer? It seems I have to shed tears. Kill your subordinates and give an explanation to the people of Yuecheng!"

"Don't be excited!" Shen Xiaojia's eyes twitched and he said urgently, "Sir, please don't be impatient. Just listen to what I have to say... I know that it is normal for the woman on the wooden platform to die before the festival. There is a little need for an autopsy. Everyone understands that it takes a period of time after death for the scars on the body to slowly appear. Judging from the color of the scars on the woman at that time, she must have been dead for at least 20 hours."

Jiang Captou narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Is that so?"

Detective Pocket among the several detectives suddenly stepped forward and interjected, "Sir, this is indeed the case. I have examined many corpses with Xiao Jia, and I probably know a little bit about it. Generally, injuries will appear within 72 hours. It will come out, but it will not all appear immediately after death, but it will take a certain amount of time."

Captain Jiang softly said "Oh", slowly retracted a third of the exposed blade, took a deep look at Detective Mazi, and said to Shen Xiaojia from the side, "Last night you said there was a life and death crisis to pass. Now that I can still stand here and talk, I think it’s over, so..." Pointing to the female corpse on the ground, "No matter what, you have to go back to the Yamen with me today to examine the body, find out the truth, and bring the murderer to justice... ...The murder case cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the more people will die. Do you know that I am under a lot of pressure? If your body is not there, or if you are just pretending to be an embroidered pillow, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Shen Xiaojia calmly smiled at Capt. Jiang, "Don't worry, I won't let you help with a chop..." He walked up to Capt. Mazi and said seriously, "Ma Zhi, do me a favor."

Ma Zhi, whose face was full of pockmarks, immediately held his head high and said vigorously, "Xiao Jia, you don't have to be polite. Just tell me what you want me to do, and you will go through fire and water, no matter what!"

"Good brother!" Shen Xiaojia took a deep breath, "It's not necessary to go to Tangda University, but you really have to do it... Do you know where there is a shop that sells fireworks in Yuecheng?"

"I know!" Ma Zhi replied angrily, "In the entire Moon City, only Old Man Xie from the west of the city can make fireworks, and only he makes the most beautiful fireworks."
Chapter completed!