Sixteen corpses died differently, some were killed by sharp weapons, some were burned into coke by fire, and several were not injured in their bodies, but they were killed. The hall was sitting in the hall, Jiang He, the secretary of Daming Mansion. At this time, the coroner stood in the hall, holding the corpse grid in his hand, reporting to Lord Jiang’s cause of death: “The National People’s Congress, there were 16 people who died at the scene, including Hong Chong’s parents, three wives and concubines, two sons, four daughters, and the remaining five were all servants of the Hong family. The subordinates only took a rough look at the cause of death of everyone, including two people who burned the fire, five people who cut their heads, five people who died of sharp weapons, two people who hanged them, and three people who died of heartbroken. The other five people had to be examined before they could know the cause of death…”

Then the third squad in the yamen said about his experience of checking the scene: "I have checked the scene of the murder. Except for these sixteen people, there are no signs of any movement of the property in the family. Among them, Hong Chong's wives and concubines and children are all wearing jewelry. No one has ever touched the silver and 13 stakes of copper coins in the box at home. The subordinates suspected that the case was a revenge, so please see it clearly."

After seeing the sixteen corpses under the hall, the Scholar Lord was tingling with a scalp. He had just taken office for a few months before such a major case occurred. After reporting to the court, he was unscrupulous and could not escape the charge of rampant thieves. He might even get dismissed from office. He originally thought that he would come to Daming Mansion to manage his business for the future and raise some capital for the future of his career. Now it seems that there is no chance.

At that moment, Jiang He waved his hand and asked someone to remove the bodies. Then he said to his yamen runners: "Recalling all three yamen runners, the thieves must not be far away from the city. There will be no one or two people who have done such a major case, nor will it be the work of the locals in the Daming Mansion. You must investigate the outsiders in the city and find the murderers in it. The Daming Mansion will be allowed to enter and leave tomorrow morning. I will give you five days to catch these murderers. Do you understand?"

Hearing that the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had to solve the case within five days, Dutou hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "Sir, there are only more than 200 yamen runners in three groups, and 200,000 people in the city. It is really difficult to catch the murderer within five days. Please ask for a few days to approve him."

Jiang He snorted coldly and said, "The various yamen in Daming Mansion will remove 100 yamen runners for you and will be under your command. The five-day deadline remains unchanged. If the deadline exceeds one day, you will be punished by 20 pieces. The sentence will be 50 more than the time limit! No need to waste time, quickly investigate the criminals."

Dutou was helpless and retreated first and divided his troops into checkpoints with his subordinates. Some of them went to the near Hong family to check clues. Others searched out people from Daming Mansion one by one. All outsiders were detained in the cells and let them expose each other. If the case was not solved for a day, these people would not be able to leave the cell of Daming Mansion in one day. By dawn, the cells were already crowded. Dutou borrowed a thousand soldiers from four city gates to guard these outsiders.

After seeing Du Tou retreat, Jiang He interrogated Hong Chong again and said, "Doctor, your family is in trouble, and you must have your connection. You will list all the people who have had a feud with you one by one, and perhaps the murderer is among these people."

Originally, Hong Chong was also suspected, but Lord Jiang really couldn't imagine that someone would kill the family and the young. It was impossible for him to have such a person, but Hong Chong also had a great relationship. Perhaps it was the one he had formed with when he was doing business outside that he was destroying himself.

When he was speaking, a clerk had already placed paper and pen in front of Hong Chong and asked him to write a list of people who had enemies with him. At this time, Hong Chong no longer insisted that he had no enemies. While crying, he wrote all the enemies he could remember from childhood to adulthood. From the naughty boy who fought when he was a child to the business, he had scolded his peers because of bargaining, he wrote them one by one on paper.

At this time, Master Zhongshu Ling was also very troubled. He called his master to see if there were any loopholes there. Master whispered: "The student thinks this case is weird. If it is really a person seeking revenge, just use a knife to kill people. Why is it so troublesome? It is a knife kill and a fire. There may be a demon in the martial arts world. Lord, if this matter involves the demon, you have to make plans early. Wu and Feng are not opponents of the demons..."

After being reminded by the master, Jiang He also got enlightened. He hurriedly said to Hong Chong, who was still writing the name below: "Doctor, think carefully, have you offended any warlocks in the world recently? To think clearly, your murder case may be related to them."

After being reminded by Jiang He, Hong Chong immediately said, "There is one thing. Last month when I was selling grain in Shaohua County, a sloppy Taoist used a bunch of dead mice to exchange for a hundred stones of food. At that time, I thought he was a lunatic, so I asked the guys to chase the Taoist priest away. When the Taoist priest ran away, he cursed me and said that my family and young were not allowed to die well... I wouldn't have killed my whole family for such a thing, right?"

At this time, the master whispered a few words in Jiang He's ear. Lord Zhongshu Ling immediately said to Hong Chong: "Doctor, think carefully about the dead rat given to you by the crazy Taoist man. You must think carefully about it and don't have any mistakes..."

"Those bunch of dead rats?" Hong Chong lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly burst into tears. He cried and said, "It's that crazy Taoist... Some of the rats were burned to death, some had their heads cut off, and some had their hearts... It was exactly the same as my miserable family members who died... The old man made the decision for Xiaomin..."

"What is the surname of the crazy Taoist? Do you still remember what you saw in the Taoist temple?" After hearing Hong Chong's words, Lord Jiang's eyes began to shine.

"I can't remember the little one...my parents...the child is unfilial, and I have harmed you..." At this time, Hong Chong understood that it was the mad Taoist priest who did it. He fell to the ground crying and stood up with the help of the yamen runners. He frowned and called the clerk to the point of crying. He immediately called the clerk and said, "Go and find the painter to tell the appearance of the murderer. After painting, he sent it to both of them and let them take people with the portrait."

Seeing Hong Chong crying, Jiang He also sighed. He waved his hands to the yamen runners and said, "You bring the victim to your room to rest. After the painter arrives, let him find the victim's portrait."

Seeing Hong Chong being helped out, Lord Jiang ordered to withdraw. When he was about to return to the back hall to rest, he was suddenly stopped by his master: "Sir, this matter has been implicated in the demons of the Jianghu Lake. Once this person is disturbed by the yamen, it will be a little bad to come to the yamen to find the bad luck of the yamen. Please prepare early..."

As soon as the master reminded him, Lord Jiang realized that killing sixteen people was like playing tricks. If he wanted to come to the yamen to assassinate himself, those yamen runners were really not his opponents. Thinking about the sixteen corpses he had just seen, Jiang He's cold sweat also fell. He said to the master: "What should I do? I will go out to hide first, and come back after the demon Tao is brought to justice?"

"No need." The master leaned close to Master Jiang and said in his ear: "Since it was done by the demon, just find a famous monk to deal with it. When you were the prefect, the old immortal you made friends with was in Daming Mansion at this time. Don't you have to wait any longer at this time?"

"I was also anxious for a moment and actually forgot about Tang Xianchang." Jiang He patted his forehead gently and said to the master: "You go to Qing Xianchang personally and tell him the murder case. If Tang Xianchang is in a dilemma, please be sure to recommend other immortals. You must capture this crazy Taoist and bring it to justice."

After the master agreed, he said goodbye to the Lord Shuling, and then took a sedan to the gym outside the city to ask for the help of Tang Xianchang, whom he had just mentioned. After watching the master leave, Jiang He felt a little confident.

When it was lightly dawn, the painter had already painted a portrait of the crazy Taoist man. At this time, the master also invited Tang Xianchang to the yamen.
Chapter completed!