Lin Xiao was shocked, but looked at the pages of writing with a calm expression, shook his head and smiled.

"Is there such a coincidence? It is indeed Li Enyu's style of doing things, but I really don't know about this."

At this point, he met Lou Xuan's eyes and continued.

"I do not deny the fact that I gave Manager Qu 20,000 taels of silver to arrange a vacancy. However, if this matter is used as a crime, I am afraid that all the officials in the outer sect, prefectures, counties, and counties will be arrested.

Secondly, I thought that the master of the business would not condescend to come and question me, a little deacon, just for these small sums of money."

Lou Xuan chuckled when he heard this, and gently put down the writing paper in his hand, and his two cold eyes retracted into the "one word" squeezed out.

"The deacon is right. The deacon's 20,000 taels are just a drop in the bucket in Guanshi Qu's corruption case. It's really not worth mentioning. I just asked him casually."

While speaking, he glanced at the scroll in front of him, raised his head and said.

"Since the deacon doesn't know, let me do something else."

"After the 'Yuanhuang Ceremony' two years ago, the deacon bought a 'Yuanming Pill' in Huiming Pavilion for the price of 110 yuan of low-grade spiritual stones. There were many onlookers present. Regarding this,

Will the deacon stop saying he doesn’t know?"

Lin Xiao smiled hoarsely, shook his head and said: "I never thought that the boss could even find out what happened two years ago. I admire you."

Lou Xuan said: "The deacon is polite for no other reason than his heart and ears."

Lin Xiao added: "What the boss said is indeed true, but buying a pill shouldn't be considered a strange thing, right?"

"Don't worry, deacon, it really doesn't count." Lou Xuan asked: "But I would like to ask, is this elixir still on the deacon's body, or has it been used? If it has been used, who used it?"

Lin Xiao looked surprised and asked: "Who used it? Of course I used it myself, otherwise why would I buy it? Besides, I am injured. The boss has just said this, so why bother asking?"

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"Oh? It turns out that the deacon used it himself." Lou Xuan smiled, took out a piece of writing paper from the handbook, and put it on the case, "As far as I know, the deacon's injury should have been seen by a doctor within the mountain gate.

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"Yes, I have indeed seen it." Lin Xiao replied.

"Okay, then I have here just over three years ago, the disciples of Dieyun Peak have a medical file for diagnosis and treatment. Why don't the deacons take a look at it?"

While speaking, Lou Xuan handed over the note, and Lin Xiao reached out to take it, then listened to him continue.

"It is clearly stated in the note that Lin Xiao, the great disciple of 'Yuan Zi Ke', suffered a very strange injury. Investigating its root cause, it may be the restriction of curses or the hidden strength of true energy. There are many possible reasons. Look at his Dantian.

Although Qi Hai's cultivation has regressed, it still operates as usual, and is no different from ordinary disciples. For such strange and strange things, I'm afraid that the crux of the problem is not Qi Hai, and the good remedy is not in elixir. It can be adjusted slowly for the time being to see the effects..."
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Lou Xuan recited the words. "I wonder if the above medical advice is correct?"

Lin Xiao nodded and put the note back on the case. "What the boss said is correct."

"That's fine, but I would like to ask, why did the deacon spend a lot of money to take this elixir for himself when it is clear that the crux of the problem is not the natal essence in the sea of ​​qi? Isn't it strange?" Lou Xuan asked.

Lin Xiao's face showed a look of astonishment, and then he sighed and said: "Master, I don't know how many times I went to the mountain gate teacher and Fengnei doctor for this strange injury. I really don't know about the fact that alchemy stone is difficult to cure.

And no one elaborated on this matter with me. They just said that they should rest in peace and recover and wait until they see more."

"After going back and forth like this, as an ordinary disciple of the mountain sect, how can I have the face to harass others repeatedly? Besides, there are countless people injured due to the mountain sect mission, and I, Lin Xiao, am not special than others?"

"Now that I think about it, if the doctor back then really said this, why would I have spent so many spiritual stones on taking this useless elixir?"

As Lin Xiao spoke, he let out a long sigh, his words full of helplessness.

When Lou Xuan heard this, his smile became even stronger.

"Oh, it turns out that the deacon took this elixir in the hope of healing his injuries, but he didn't know what was going on?"

Lin Xiao affirmed: "That's exactly it."

Lou Xuan nodded, took the time to put the writing paper back into the scroll, and said as if talking to himself: "It seems that what the deacon said to the housekeeper of the Huang family seemed to have something going on that night when Huang Zhangyou and his son were killed.

The old man yelled, 'How dare a madman do this...', he was also ignorant."

"Is this happening?" Lin Xiao frowned slightly, as if recalling. "I have indeed never encountered this person. It was just because I was in a hurry at the time. As soon as I arrived at the Huang Jia Jingshe, I fought with Huang Zhangyou and his son. Moreover,

My cultivation level is just the same as the two of them, so it is not easy to kill the two beasts smoothly, and I really have no time to distract myself elsewhere."

Lin Xiao said, and then said: "It is still unclear whether it was the housekeeper of the Huang family who heard the voice of Huang Zhangyou himself..."

"That's it? That's it." Lou Xuan said subconsciously, and stopped looking at the scroll on the case. He just looked at Lin Xiao with a smile on his face, as if he was observing quietly.

After a moment, as if he remembered something, he said.

"By the way, you know, deacon, I have only recognized one truth since I have been in the Department of Crimes and Orders."

Lin Xiao seemed to be quite interested in this and said, "May I ask the boss, what's the reason?"

"But it's simple." Lou declared: "There is nothing in the world that cannot be traced from beginning to end. If there is, it can only be that this incident never happened at all. Do you think this is right, deacon?"

Lin Xiao laughed and said, "It does make some sense!"

Lou Xuan also laughed and said casually: "Since the deacon doesn't know anything about it, why don't I ask a different question?"

Lin Xiao nodded. "Master, please tell me."

"Okay." Lou Xuan leaned on the back of his chair, tapping on the long case, as if chatting.

"It is said that there was a person who left the mountain gate less than two months ago. Related to him, one of his disciples was missing and his immediate superior was missing."

"In the county I visited, a vassal family was convicted of colluding with bandits. Two members of the family died, one person was missing, and several of their guards died. The other family was even more strange. Not long after they exited the outer gate, the whole family was full of people.

More than forty people were all killed, and the suspected perpetrator disappeared without a trace."

"This man was promoted to deacon a year later and received many awards."

When Lou Xuan said this, he smiled and looked at Lin Xiao and said slowly.

"I said that all the above things have nothing to do with this person. Would you believe it if it were you?"

Lin Xiao smiled slightly and changed his position on the chair, but did not answer the question, he just said.

"Since the boss has this question today, I might as well tell the boss a story and talk about a person."

Lou Xuan became interested immediately after hearing this, nodded and said: "Okay, please tell me, deacon."

Lin Xiao pondered for a moment and looked at the scenery outside the window in a daze, as if he was remembering something.

"It is said that there is a mountain in Qingyan County, Weizhou, Dufeng Kingdom, called 'Qingyan Mountain'. Therefore, it is located at the strategic point of four places and is close to the state capital. Therefore, merchants from all over the country and students from the state and county have constant exchanges all year round."
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"But because there are wild beasts in the mountains from time to time, one or two people always enter the mountains every year, and there is no news about them."

"After going back and forth like this, Qingyan Mountain has an unwritten rule. Anyone who passes this mountain must go together and never go alone to prevent accidents."

"If things come to this point, it is not very strange. If we say that students are traveling around to study and merchants are selling goods in all directions, there is no way it is safe and appropriate. It would be strange if we don't send a few on the road after a year."

"But on this day, in Zhangjia Village at the foot of Qingyan Mountain, as soon as dawn broke, a county official came to pick up someone. The person they picked up was a household in the east of the village. The owner's surname was Zhang Mingsan."

"You must know that this village has been established as a clan and lives with the same surname. How can everyone see their children being taken away and let them go."

"For a time, the village was at peace, and the elders of the clan came forward one after another. Zhang San's mother, who had a wife and a young son in the house, was crying and howling, not to mention other people of the same generation."

"But this yamen officer doesn't care much about people. He puts a chain around his neck and drags him away."

"In this way, the two groups were frozen for a long time. Finally, the 200 to 300 old and young people from Zhangjia Village, supporting the government servant Zhang San and others, went to the county hall to ask questions, vowing to get to the bottom of everything."<

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"When we got to the hall, it turned out that the sufferer was a scholar from another county. When he said he was passing by Qingyan Mountain, he was lied to by Zhang San and told him to lead the way. As a result, he was taken to a secluded place and pushed off the cliff. Fortunately, he hung on a dead branch.

, he was not yet dead in the catastrophe, so he ran to the county government to beg for help."

"Hearing this, the people in Zhangjia Village refused to listen and spoke out one after another, saying that Zhang had been working as a woodcutter for more than thirty years and was a very filial person. In the village, from the eighty-year-old woman to the young boy who was learning how to speak, everyone in the village didn't know who he was.

, how can we allow this scholar with a red mouth and white teeth to bite randomly."

"A group of people outside the hall were all talking, but the scholar couldn't argue. He was so angry that he said that we should go to the cliff of Qingyan Mountain together. It would be obvious at a glance, why bother to argue here."

"As a result, the county guard came forward and led three squads of government servants, tortured scholars, and ordered Zhang San, together with two to three hundred people from Zhangjia Village, to go to Qingyan Mountain in a mighty manner."

"But you won't know until you go there. But when you go there, you will see bones among the rocks and ghosts among the trees and grass. It's like purgatory on earth. Underworld in the daytime, how can it be so miserable."

"After this person testified that the evidence was there, Zhang San couldn't stand it anymore, so he immediately took action. His wife burst into tears on the spot, and the old man in the same village beat the ground with his stick, calling out for evil."

"Seeing that the property was scattered all over the place, seemingly untouched, the county guard asked Zhang San, why did you do this unconscionable thing if you were not interested in wealth and sex?"

"Unexpectedly, Zhang San grinned and said, I only like the joy of killing people."

"After hearing this, everyone was in an uproar."

"After inspection, Zhang San killed more than 80 people in the past ten years. According to rumors, the real number may be even more, and the theory that the ferocious beasts in the mountains bite people is nothing more than fiction."

"The case went from the county magistrate's office to the prefecture, and then to the third division. Finally, it was personally approved by the emperor of Dufeng Kingdom, Yubi, who sentenced him to death with a thousand knives and the punishment of Ling Chi before it came to an end."

Lin Xiao finished speaking in one breath, looked at Lou Xuan and said: "Such a case, does the boss think it is strange or not?"

General Lou Xuan nodded and agreed: "What the deacon said is really a strange case. If I remember correctly, this case should be the 'Qingyan Mountain Cliff Bone Case' in Weizhou. It must have been nearly ten years ago. I don't know what the deacon has done."

How did you learn that you can remember it so clearly?"

Lin Xiao laughed. "I admire the boss's erudition and strong memory. The reason why I remember it clearly is because I was there on the first day of Lingchi three days ago. I was in the first row in front, and my head squeezed through the cracks.

Just joining in the fun."

As he spoke, the general shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I didn't dare to go there for the next two days, and I had nightmares for more than a month because of this..."

"Hahaha..." Lou Xuan laughed when he heard this. His eyes were squeezed together, as if they were gone. He nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah, you really can't be curious about everything. The deacon has had this experience.

What was your experience when you were living in the world?"

"That's right, I happened to be following a theater troupe in Qingyan County, and that's when I encountered this incident."

As Lin Xiao spoke, he suddenly changed the topic and asked Lou Xuan. "Speaking of such a strange case, if there was no scholar who was lucky enough to survive, I would point to Zhang San and tell the boss that this person is Qing

Does the Secretary believe in the real murderer of the beast that bites people in the rock mountain?"

Lou Xuan smiled and shook his head. "I don't believe it without real evidence."

"Master, I have made a clear decision." Lin Xiao praised and stood up to salute. "Master, if I have nothing else to do, I will take my leave first. Ginkgo Mountain in the northwest of Yanling is where I am cultivating. If I have anything to ask, I will definitely come to visit you."

Waiting on the couch, walking backwards to greet each other."

Lou Xuan immediately stood up and returned the salute. "It's easy to talk, but you're welcome, deacon. If anything happens to me, I will look for you."

"That's the best, please." Lin Xiao clasped his fists, raised his feet and walked towards the door.

But while going through a long case, Lou Xuan suddenly asked: "By the way, does the deacon know the level of my cultivation?"

Lin Xiao stopped for a moment and looked back. He was about to say that the master had perfected his Qi refining, how about it? But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly became alert in his heart and stopped.

Just because my own cultivation on paper is only at the third level of Qi refining, how can I find out that the other person has perfected Qi refining?

He secretly cursed in his heart that this person is really cunning, but he pretended to be stunned on his face, shaking his head and saying: "Sorry, I only know that the level of Master Si is unfathomable, far higher than me, how high is it exactly? I'm sorry for my lack of strength, I can't

Nonsense."

Lou Xuan snorted and said directly: "I'm not afraid to let the deacon know that my cultivation has reached the perfection of Qi refining, and as long as I want to break through, I can immediately reach the foundation building. Even at this moment, it is the same. I don't know what the deacon can do.

Have you guessed that I am suppressing my realm, and what do I want?"

Lin Xiao was stunned when he heard this. Speaking of Qi refining monks, who doesn't want to succeed in building a foundation? Have you ever heard of someone deliberately suppressing their cultivation and not wanting to build a foundation?

So he shook his head and said: "I don't know, why don't you, the boss, tell me directly?"

"But it's also simple," Lou Xuan chuckled, staring at Lin Xiao with those "one-word eyes" and said: "Just because my cultivation has reached the foundation level, I can only transfer from the Sin Ming Department to other departments in the Law Hall, but this department

But it’s my favorite part, do you know why?”

This time he didn't wait for Lin Xiao to answer and continued on his own.

"Because under Foundation Establishment, the Qi Refining Monk's case is the most bizarre, the most tortuous, and the most humane. It is the most interesting when it is completed... This is my joy here."

After saying this, he clasped his fists and said, "Deacon, please go slowly. Can you and I talk again when we have time to do this?"

Lin Xiao smiled silently, nodded, and went straight out of the quiet room.

When the door opened and closed, only Lou Xuan was left.
Chapter completed!