This news naturally made Zhou You's heart sink slightly.
But he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it. There was no such thing as a freezer in this era. The body would naturally need to be disposed of if it had been stored for a long time, otherwise it would easily lead to plague.
"Are you in charge of the investigation these days?" Zhou You asked.
Pang Captou said solemnly: "After County Magistrate Zeng hanged himself, I was indeed responsible for the investigation. Unfortunately, my ability is limited. I don't even have any clues. I have no clue. Please forgive me."
His attitude is quite correct.
"Show me the case files you've been investigating and sorting out these days." Zhou You didn't blame him.
These matters are indeed not something that an ordinary county police chief can handle.
Mr. Pang didn't waste any time and quickly went to get a case file and handed it to Zhou You.
"Master Zhou, please sit down." Magistrate Ma, who was sitting in the main seat, quickly vacated his seat.
Now this uncle has a hope that he can continue to serve as the county magistrate in Huai County, so naturally he cannot ignore it.
Zhou You was not polite and sat down directly to check the case file.
Before coming, he also asked around on the street. Zeng Feng's reputation among the people was pretty good, and he was a diligent and good official.
It is because of this that his death will cause panic among everyone in the county.
If a corrupt official dies, I'm afraid the people will just applaud and cheer him, and they won't care how he died.
There is very little information in the case file because there are no clues to write it down.
Most of the space is devoted to Zeng Feng’s death.
The death was miserable, with his eyes tightly open and his face distorted, as if he had seen something extremely frightening.
All the internal organs disappeared, leaving only an empty skin...
That night, the government official on duty at the county government office also said that he did not hear any movement or noise in the backyard.
No signs of climbing or the like were found in the backyard of the county government office, and no property was lost during the subsequent inventory...
All in all, there is something weird about this case.
"Did County Magistrate Zeng offend anyone or do anything unusual in the days before his death?" Zhou You asked in a deep voice.
"No, everything is as usual." Pang Captou shook his head.
"Let's go then." Zhou You put down the case file and walked out of the courtroom.
Magistrate Ma asked in confusion: "Master Zhou, where are you going?"
"The place where Zeng Feng hanged himself." Zhou You said without looking back.
Upon hearing this, Pang Captou quickly led the way for the demon slayer.
Magistrate Ma and Master Tang looked at each other and followed curiously.
They also want to see what the slayer can do.
The backyard of the county government office.
"According to the analysis of the footprints in the ground at that time, Magistrate Zeng should have been to the latrine, and then came to this old tree to hang himself."
Pang Captou introduced the situation.
"This tree is probably a locust tree..." Zhou You said calmly.
This locust tree is a shady tree, used to make coffins. This kind of tree can only be said to be bold in the backyard.
"Yes... this old locust tree has a history of more than a hundred years... This county government office was built after Magistrate Zeng took office. It used to be an open space. He felt that it was a pity to cut down the old locust tree.
So I kept it here on purpose." Pang Captou knew the origin of this old locust tree very clearly.
Zhou You touched this old locust tree.
The bark is rough but very moist.
However, Zhou You frowned.
He felt a lingering gloomy atmosphere in this locust tree.
This ray of yin has some evil meaning, and it doesn't look like it comes naturally from the old locust tree.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and carefully sensed the source of this ray of yin energy.
The Yin Qi hidden in the old locust tree seemed to sense something, and it rushed directly into the roots of the tree and disappeared without a trace.
"Get a few people to come over and dig up this tree." Zhou You opened his eyes and ordered directly.
He wanted to see what was hidden underneath.
"Okay!" Pang Captou did not hesitate, and quickly called three or four government officials to come over with shovels.
Several young government officials were all powerful people, and with the newly appointed Magistrate Ma watching from the side, they naturally worked extra hard. In a short while, they dug a deep pit around the old locust tree, exposing the dense roots.
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"One, two, three...get up!"
This old locust tree is not very tall, and its diameter is only about the size of a person hugging it.
The three government officials hugged the locust tree at the same time and wanted to pull it out directly.
But something strange happened. No matter how hard they tried, the locust tree would not move at all, not even shaking its leaves.
"Didn't you eat? Come again!"
Seeing this scene, Pang Captou felt that these guys were cheating and he roared angrily.
When the yamen servant heard that his boss was angry, he even used all his strength to suck milk, his face turned red from holding back, but the locust tree didn't move at all.
"Boss...No way. This locust tree seems to be made of iron, it's too heavy."
The yamen servant was so tired that he collapsed on the ground, panting.
Seeing this scene, any fool would know that there is definitely something weird about this locust tree.
Now, Zhou You can only take action personally.
He came to the locust tree and hugged it tightly with both hands.
"rise!"
The muscles all over his body were instantly filled with blood and swelled, bursting out with unparalleled strength.
Rumble~
Like an earthquake, the entire county government office's backyard shook violently.
The locust tree was pulled up by Zhou You and thrown aside casually.
Under the locust tree, a strange statue appeared.
The statue was very small, about the size of an adult man's hand. It was completely black but stained with red blood.
It looks like a ferocious evil ghost, as if it has climbed up from the Nine Nether Hells, exuding a strong aura of death.
The most bizarre thing is that the evil ghost's stomach is empty, without anything, but its hands are holding something similar to internal organs, as if it was eaten by itself.
Weird...
gloomy...
Infiltrate...
When everyone saw this statue for the first time, they felt a chill on their backs and goosebumps all over their bodies.
"Dear me, this statue looks too scary." Magistrate Ma didn't dare to look at it after taking one look, and quickly looked away.
If you watch this thing too much, you will definitely have nightmares at night.
The same goes for other people, who don't dare to take a second look at it.
The only one who can look into the eyes of this evil statue is Zhou You.
He exhaled slightly and reached out to pick up the statue from underneath.
The moment his palm came into contact with the evil statue.
A ferocious evil ghost instantly appeared in Zhou You's eyes. It looked exactly like the statue. It had a terrifying face, its belly was hollowed out, and it was biting towards him viciously.
At this time~
An astonishing evil energy suddenly erupted from Zhou You's body, and a twisted red demonic figure suddenly appeared. Looking at the ferocious evil spirit that was coming towards him, he let out a weird laugh.
Click!
The next second, the red demonic figure opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the ferocious evil spirit alive in one bite.