"temple……"

Da Congming had just spoken out, but Li Mu waited for a look and quickly stopped him and changed his words: "Sir, I think there is something wrong with this shopkeeper. Otherwise, I will always gain something if I arrest him first and torture him!"

"How can I torture you casually without evidence? Go up there." Li Mu cursed and rescued the shopkeeper who was on the verge of heart attack. He helped the shopkeeper who was crying and thanked him, and said, "Shopkeeper, if such a thing happened, I have to deal with the future generations. Who else in Chef Jin's family should inform them to come and collect the bodies."

The shopkeeper sighed: "Chef Jin and I are fellow villagers. His family members died in the late Sui Dynasty. Since then, he has become withdrawn and often says that he is worse than to die. Now that he is really dead, I am willing to pay for him to bury him, but..." He said: "It is still inconvenient to stay in my inn, so I should send it to the charity house first. I am willing to spend as much as possible."

"So that's how it is." Li Mu suddenly realized, no wonder the shopkeeper said that Chef Jin was short of his life. It seemed that he often talked about it.

Li Mu glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "Just do it like this."

After saying that, he stood up, Li Chunfeng wanted to speak but stopped, but was pulled by Yuan Tiangang, sighed, and said nothing.

Li Mu spoke, and Fang Yiai naturally obeyed the order. The case was closed by accident. The body was carried to the charity house. After the cleaning on the spot, there was no trace of blood, as if nothing had happened.

After coming out of the inn, Li Chunfeng could no longer help and said, "That Chef Jin was not an accident at all!"

"I can see it." Li Mu said calmly: "The corpse that just died was not so stiff. All signs indicate that he had been dead for at least five hours. The blood in the abdominal wound had scabbed and reddish, which means he was poisoned. The shopkeeper and the friend, at least one person was lying."

Li Chunfeng was puzzled: "Then why did you let them go?"

"Because I want to fish for big fish with a long line." Li Mu stretched out his waist and said, "Tonight, I see you with more talisman paper in the charity village. I'm afraid of ghosts."

After saying that, the person had already flashed a hundred meters. Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang looked at each other and sighed. If you don’t ask or try, the case will be solved like this?

...

Chang'an County Government.

When the county magistrate Shi Dayi heard that the prince was coming, he was so scared that he had urinated back and rolled out of the back yamen to serve him.

"Haven, Your Highness..."

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "It's so easy to believe it. Isn't it fake to be alone?"

"You passed away that day. I have seen you from afar and recognized Your Highness." Shi Dayi smiled dryly. Li Mu's tone was not as angry as he let his heart go back to his stomach.

"I'm here today, I want to ask you something." Li Mu looked at Shi Dayi and said, "If someone dies under his jurisdiction, how do you deal with it?"

"Ah?" Shi Dayi was stunned when asked, but the old man in the officialdom for many years still made him quickly give a rigorous answer: "Is Your Highness referring to normal death, accidental death, or murder?"

"Those who are dead are counted."

"If it is a murder, it is naturally necessary to investigate it clearly. If the case is not involved, it is usually just a matter of registration, eliminate the household registration, and there is no other way to deal with it."

"Eliminate household registration?" Li Mu pondered for a moment and asked again: "Does ordinary people come to eliminate household registration?"

"Where are ordinary people who dare to come to the county government? All the villagers in each ward are responsible for this matter. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he strictly controlled his household registration and did not dare to conceal it easily."

The question was almost done, and Li Mu ordered: "Get the death list for the last three months, I want to see it."

"No." Shi Dayi went to order the master immediately without asking why.

At the same time, Wannian County's booklet was also brought by Fang Yiai and was sent over quickly.

...

At night, ten miles outside the city.

Ten miles east of Chang'an City, there is a charity village, which is also the largest charity village near Chang'an City. Not far from the charity village, it is a chasm. Dead without relatives will be buried here by the people of the charity village. According to legend, there are also burials of soldiers who died in battle. There are thousands of them, and there are often ghost fires at night. Those who are timid can be scared to death if they look at them.

Of course, normal people are unwilling to stay in such an environment. However, some widows who have no relatives and no reason are not afraid of this. There are still a few people in the huge Chang'an City. They can get some money from the government and rewards from people who send corpses like the shopkeeper, and their lives are very free.

Life doesn’t last long, they don’t care. When they are alive, they just need to eat and drink well.

A clear light flashed, Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang, Fang Yiai and Li Mu appeared outside the charity village.

The cold wind yelled, and Fang Yiai subconsciously leaned towards Li Mu and pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife.

Li Mu glanced at him and asked, "Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid!" Fang Yiai's voice trembled and changed: "I've killed more than a dozen people on the battlefield, but are you still afraid of ghosts?"

"That little hope!" Li Mu took a piece of talisman paper from Yuan Tiangang and lined it up on Fang Yiai. A warm current flowed around him. In an instant, the cold wind seemed to disappear.

Li Mu also posted a picture, and Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were not needed. They were so angry that they had already been able to defeat the gods and ghosts.

"What are we doing here?" Li Chunfeng asked, "The evil here is quite heavy, and it's not good to stay for a long time."

"Wait for someone." Li Mu signaled everyone to squat down and lowered his voice: "I checked the death tolls in the Wannian County of Chang'an in the past three months, and found that the number of people has increased significantly compared with three months ago. Especially in the past month, 1,600 people died in Chang'an County alone. In addition, Wannian County, this Chang'an City, 3,000 people died in one month!"

"Three thousand?!" Li Chunfeng said in horror: "So many people have died, but the government did not notice the abnormality?"

"It's hard to detect." Li Mu explained: "Most of the people who die are sick or elderly. Young and middle-aged people, without exception, die from accidents."

Li Chunfeng understood and said, "Your Highness means that someone specifically chooses someone who has a reason to die?"

"Um."

"Why do they do this?" Fang Yiai stared at her ignorant big eyes and said blankly: "Help them get rid of it?"

"Shut up!" Li Mu cursed angrily.

"Oh." Fang Yiai closed her mouth.

"No wonder I can't find the trace of the Tiansha Alliance. So that's it." Li Chunfeng's hand appeared in his hand. He pushed it casually, and the formation plate flew out against the ground, circled around the charity village and returned to his hand: "Your Highness, I have set up a formation. No one can escape my control when approaching the charity village."

Li Mu looked at Yuan Tiangang and said, "I haven't seen Taoist Master Yuan take action yet, show his skills?"

Yuan Tiangang smiled and said, "I don't have any ability to show off, but I won't be able to hold back. I can protect myself, and there is no problem with protecting myself."

"Don't worry, the old Taoist priest, I'm here!" Fang Yiai patted his chest and said, "I'm very good at fighting!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bone spear broke through the air with a "swoosh". Li Mu pulled Fang Yiai's arm, and the bone spear rubbed against his clothes and pierced straight into the big tree behind him!
Chapter completed!