Mission introduction: A strange thing happened in the Zhao Mansion in Songbai County today. Mr. Zhao’s concubine committed suicide by throwing herself into a well in the middle of the night. The death of her body was horrifying. And the next day after the incident, the concubine’s body was found, and Mr. Zhao called seven or eight strong men.
Even Han could not salvage this female corpse...
Mission difficulty: three stars
Mission reward: fifty contribution points.
Songbai County.....
Zhou You knows its location.
It is farther than the distance to Qingniu Village, but not far.
"I'll take this mission." Zhou You thought for a while and accepted it.
The area of this world is much larger than that of Blue Star. The area of Qingzhou alone is equivalent to the country in his previous life.
According to my travel memories, in Qingzhou alone, there are almost thousands of county towns, dozens of large cities, and Qingzhou City with a population of tens of millions.
One can imagine what kind of pressure the Demon Slayer will face.
The training camp recruits batch after batch of students and never stops.
Basically, hundreds of people become trainee demon slayers every year, but only one in ten can actually be promoted to official demon slayers.
Basically, the Demon Slayer Department is operating at overload and there is simply not enough manpower.
Zhou You remembered that his master Xu Ling once mentioned that at his peak, he even took on three demon-killing missions at once.
Because the locations of these three missions are similar, after completing one demon-killing mission, you can immediately rush to the next mission location, which can save a lot of time.
"Okay." After registering the information, the pretty woman handed the case file to Zhou You.
After leaving Tianxing Palace, he traveled around without stopping and went directly to the stable to ask for a horse, then set off directly towards Songbai County.
When he was resting on the road, he had time to take out the mission files and check them.
"My concubine's name is Li Yan. I spent hundreds of taels of silver to marry her. She behaves as she should and doesn't do anything out of line."
"She is usually kind to her servants and gets along well with her wife. I have never heard of her offending anyone."
"Yes... the body was discovered on the morning of September 1st. It is a habit in my house to have breakfast together every day. But Li Yan didn't come, so I sent someone to look for her."
"Her body was found in the well..."
"When I heard the news, I was confused. How could Li Yan, who was so good, commit suicide?"
"But when I saw Li Yan's body under the well, I was shocked."
"She had been dead for less than a day... Her body looked as if it had been soaked in water for several days, and it was so white that it was oozing."
"Especially those eyes, which were wide open with an evil energy, as if they were still alive, staring at me, which scared me to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat."
"Then I went to the county government office to report to the police. After several police officers arrived, I led people to explore the room and the scene. I felt that Li Yan should have committed suicide and was not murdered. So we asked us to salvage and collect the body."
"I didn't think much about it, so I asked a few young, strong and powerful servants to pick up Li Yan's body!"
"Guess what? Five or six strong men broke three or four hemp ropes, but they didn't pull up the body!"
"At this moment, I was completely panicked. This Li Yan can weigh up to 100 kilograms. After soaking in water, it only weighs 200 kilograms at most. How is it possible that even a few strong men can't lift it?"
"Next, something even weirder happened. At night, someone faintly heard a woman crying in Li Yan's yard..."
The content of the case file ends here.
Zhou You was also slightly lost in thought.
Li Yan's death was very strange. According to Mr. Zhao, there was no reason for her to commit suicide.
And after death, so many strange things happened... What kind of secrets are hidden behind this?
"This task is a bit tricky..."
Zhou You shook his head and continued on his way, hoping to reach Songbai County tonight.
...
Bang bang bang~
Songbai County.
Today is the Fireworks Festival, and the streets are endlessly lively and crowded, like a brilliant golden river.
On both sides there were vendors shouting loudly, children running around holding lanterns, playing children, handsome young men from rich families, girls who kept chirping...everyone's face was filled with joy.
With holiday joy.
However, as one of the major Songbai families, the Zhao family was in an atmosphere of panic at this moment.
The servant girl looked frightened and restless, with thick dark circles on her face, as if she hadn't rested for a long time.
The brightly lit hall was also gloomy and gloomy at the moment.
"Sir, can this Taoist Priest Qingyun really eliminate Li Yan's resentment?" A woman couldn't help but ask.
She is Mr. Zhao’s first wife, Mrs. Zheng.
"I don't know, Taoist Master Qingyun is already the best Taoist priest we can invite here." Zhao Wan, the master of the Zhao family, was also very uneasy and paced back and forth in the hall.
At this time, his eldest son, Zhao Xin, who looked very talented, intervened: "Didn't the county government say that this matter will be reported to Qingzhou City, and someone from the Demon Slayer Department will come to deal with it soon?"
"Who knows when the people from the Demon Slayer Department will come. Priest Qingyun also said that today is the Fireworks Festival. We can use this auspicious aura to eliminate the resentment in Li Yan's mouth." Zhao Wan sighed.
Six days had passed since Li Yan committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. He went to the county government every day to urge him.
The county magistrate has also made it clear that it is beyond his control to deal with the arrangements for the Demon Slayer. It is useless for you to come here and bother me. Just wait for the news at home.
With no choice but to see the corpse of the woman in the well, the Zhao family was in panic. Even most of the servants and maids were gone. Zhao Wan could only spend a lot of money to invite Taoist Priest Qingyun, who was said to be very efficacious in Songbai County, to come and do the work. I hope
Li Yan's body can be retrieved.
Xin Zhao shook his head: "I always feel that this Taoist priest is unreliable. If not, it will be self-defeating and we will be in big trouble!"
"Taoist Priest Qingyun has been here for so long, and you just said such depressing words. Why didn't you say it at the time?" Zhao Wan snorted coldly.
Xin Zhao looked a little ugly, but he did not dare to refute his father, so he could only sit on the chair and remain silent.
"Okay, sir. Isn't Xin'er also worried about causing trouble again?" Ms. Zheng came out to smooth things over.
Zhao Wan was also depressed these days and stopped talking.
For a moment, the hall fell into an eerie silence.
There was fear on everyone's face, but mixed with a hint of expectation.
I hope that Taoist Master Qingyun is not a charlatan and can really eliminate the resentment of the female corpse.
"Ahh!!!"
Suddenly, a frightened scream broke the dead silence.