In the living room of the eldest princess, Luo Binwang casually looked through the case he brought while tasting tea. All the ghost cases he had lived in the past few years were here, and he had a large box before he was delivered.

Compared to Luo Binwang's calmness, another middle-aged man in the hall seemed a little anxious, especially since they had been here for half an hour, but they had not even seen anyone. This made him walk around impatiently, and the tea brought by the maid was sipped by him, and he could not taste any taste at all.

"You can't sit honestly for a while?" Luo Binwang was finally disturbed by the footsteps of the middle-aged man and could not bear to look down on the Censorate Sect, so he couldn't help but speak.

"I'm just an errand runner, and I had a ghost case yesterday. Everyone was busy looking for clues, but I could only wait here. How could I sit down?" The middle-aged man still walked back and forth. He was about forty years old, with a messy beard, and his eyes were full of blood. It was obvious that he didn't sleep well last night.

"If you want to sit, just sit. This is the eldest princess's mansion, not a place where you and I can be arrogant!" Luo Binwang also glared at this time. Although he, the lord, was a civil servant, had been on the battlefield before, so he was quite majestic when he was angry.

Seeing Luo Binwang getting angry, the middle-aged man had to sit down in disappointment, but he still asked unwillingly: "Master Bo, is the person you are looking for reliable? There are hundreds of brothers in our county government, but they have not found any clues after several years of investigation. Can he solve the case alone?"

"Don't compare your wine bags with Brother Zhang. I just looked at the scene of the case a few times yesterday and inferred that the murderer was a strong man and had accomplices. The most important thing is that they should have a carriage, which greatly narrowed our investigation scope and was much better than yours!" Luo Binwang said with a look at the other party again.

"I..." The middle-aged man was speechless when he heard this, but then he said stubbornly, "Although the scope of investigation has been narrowed down, there are millions of people in the entire Chang'an City, and there are tens of thousands of strong men in the carriage at home. It is impossible to rule out the possibility that the murderer lives outside the city. How can we investigate?"

"That's why we bring all the case sects. You should also introduce the results of the investigation to Brother Zhang later, so that he can find more clues!" Luo Binwang also put down the case sect in his hand. This case has been delayed for too long, and more and more people have died, and the overlords are forced to do so. If he does not solve the case, he may not be able to save his official position as the chief official.

As soon as Luo Binwang finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside the living room. Then Zhang Zong and Xue Shao walked in together. Luo Binwang also hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I came to disturb Brother Zhang early in the morning. I hope Brother Zhang will not blame him!"

"You are polite to tourist brother! I slept too late last night, but when I woke up, it was already noon. I had to wait for a long time!" Zhang Zong also returned the greeting with a smile. Then he saw the middle-aged man with a bad expression in the hall, so he asked curiously, "This is..."

"Let me introduce it. This is Zhou Wu, the bad commander of our county government. He is mainly responsible for the ghost case!" Luo Binwang also hurriedly introduced to Zhang Zong.

In the Tang Dynasty, the officers in charge of detective arrests were called bad people, because these officers were mainly acted as people who had evil deeds before. Because only criminals knew the criminals best, it was equivalent to fighting poison with poison, so these people were called bad people, and their leader was called bad generals, equivalent to the headmaster in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

After Luo Binwang introduced Zhou Wu, he also winked at him fiercely. Although the other party was reluctant, he still stepped forward to salute Zhang Zong and said, "The bad coach Zhou Wu pays homage to Mr. Zhang!"

"You're welcome, let's start now. Is the Case Sect in the box?" Zhang Zong also saw that Zhou Wu didn't believe in his ability, so he didn't say nonsense and went straight to the topic.

"Not bad, but before looking at the case sect, let Zhou Wu introduce the case to you and some clues we have found now." Luo Binwang suggested.

Zhang Zong nodded immediately after hearing this, and then both looked at Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu cleared his throat and said, "The earliest case occurred on the Shangyuan Festival three years ago. Because there was no curfew on the Shangyuan Festival, the whole Chang'an City was completely caring. Until the next morning, someone appeared in Yonghefang, west of the city, a dead body dug out of his heart. Because the west of the city is the jurisdiction of our Chang'an County, we have always sponsored this case..."

With Zhou Wu's account, Zhang Zong also had a clear understanding of the Ghost Case. Since the first murder case was born on the Shangyuan Festival three years ago, nine people died in just one year. Moreover, these nine people were all male, and their hearts were taken away by the murderer. Because this murder method resembles the legend Ghost Case, the case is called the Ghost Case.

However, after the murderer killed nine people, he suddenly became silent and did not commit another crime until the end of the year. The county government originally thought that this case would be dealt with as a unsolved case, but unexpectedly, the ghost case reappeared the next year, and this time nine women died, which also lacked the heart.

"This year is the third year. The deceased has become a man again. Since the Chinese New Year, eight have died. In other words, as long as the murderer kills another one, he should stop. It will be difficult to find clues. Maybe he can only wait until the next year to commit the crime again!" Zhou Wu said with some pain in the end. He has been pursuing the case for three years, but he has not even caught a single Mao of the murderer.

Zhang Zong frowned after hearing this. As far as he knew, serial killers had specific targets of murder and generally would not be changed. However, the murderer of this ghost case was a bit unusual. He actually killed nine men first and then nine women, and now he has become a man. The only thing that has not changed is the number "nine". Doesn't it mean that nine has a special meaning to him?

Next, Zhou Wu introduced their investigation results in the past few years, but it is obvious that although they have been inquiring for three years, there are very few useful clues. They have not even confirmed whether the murderer has accomplices before, or Zhang Zong's reasoning yesterday determined the incident of accomplices.

After Zhou Wu finished speaking, Zhang Zong picked up the file in the box and read it. He started from the first case, because generally speaking, the first case of serial murder case is very special, and the murderer committed the first case, which is easier to leave clues.

The case sect in the Tang Dynasty was not as detailed as later generations. It only recorded some information about the victims, including the results of coroner autopsy, as well as the situation at the scene of the murder case, etc., but there was nothing valuable in these records.

"Huh? This is..." But at this moment, Zhang Zong suddenly screamed in surprise because he saw a record in the case sect and also attached a figure.

This is a talisman. Zhang Zong did not study much about Taoism, so he naturally could not see what this talisman is for, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand it. The function of this talisman was recorded in the case sect.

"The talisman can transform the soul of a dead person from resentment and escape from the suffering of hell!" Zhang Zong whispered the function of the talisman and said.

"Yes, this talisman is also a very important clue. This talisman is pasted on the forehead of each victim. We have also checked the various Taoist temples in the capital, hoping to find the person who painted the talisman, but found nothing. It is estimated that this talisman was drawn by the murderer himself." Luo Binwang immediately explained when he heard Zhang Zong's words.

"So that's it. When I saw the corpse yesterday, I found something on his forehead. But I didn't have time to look at it carefully. I thought it should be this so-called talisman." Zhang Zong nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and then he looked at other cases. Sure enough, every deceased had a talisman on his head.

"Then do you find out the reason for the murder and why he took the heart of the deceased?" Zhang Zong suddenly asked Zhou Wu.

"At first we suspected that it was a vendetta. After all, even if ordinary people kill people, they would not use the method of digging their hearts. But later we found that there was no connection between the dead, and there was no common enemy. So we suspected that the murderer killed people randomly. The reason why the heart was taken away was that we suspected that this was related to some evil techniques, such as refining medicine with human hearts." Zhou Wu replied again.

After hearing this, Zhang Zong nodded. This was similar to what he thought. Of course, the other party was not ruled out that he was psychopathic, so he took away the victim's heart. However, this possibility is very small because the qualifier is very problematic.

"Actually, in my opinion, the murderer's original intention may not want to kill someone!" Zhang Zong thought for a moment and suddenly said this.

"What? He has killed so many people, you actually said he doesn't want to kill people?" Zhou Wu said furiously when he heard Zhang Zong's words. He thought Zhang Zong was unreliable, but he didn't expect that the other party would say such a ridiculous thing.
Chapter completed!