The accountant quickly found the original IOU. It seemed that the local official's accountant was very careful in his work. The relevant documents over the years were well organized, and it was precisely because of this good habit that these evidences were preserved.

After finding more than ten IOUs, Qiu Wuhen extracted the results and immediately compared them. The fingerprints extracted from the IOUs were identified as the fingerprints on the silver chopsticks. In other words, the bloody fingerprints on the silver chopsticks were left by the deceased himself.

, thus proving that Balu did not lie. The deceased should have stabbed his own head with the silver chopsticks.

But this requires a lot of strength, because the front end of the chopsticks is convex, not pointed. Once it hits the head, the severe pain will make him stop, unless the force is very, very strong, or he is completely out of control.

Status, wait, what happened? Qiu Wuhen really can't figure it out.

Balu took Qiu Wuhen to the grave of the cook who had boiled him alive before, and also conducted an autopsy on the grave. Of course, after so many years, the bones had also turned into white bones. In this case,

Qiu Wuhen found nothing on the bones.

Balu said: "Sir, would you like to ask our wizard? He may know something, and his spells are quite effective."

"OK."

Qiu Wuhen agreed, since there are no clues now anyway, it is always good to look for more clues.

Soon the wizard was invited. When Qiu Wuhen took a look, he recognized the wizened old lady who had eaten at Balu's house earlier. It turned out that she was the wizard, but she was not introduced to her identity at that time. She only said that she was from the village.

However, Qiu Wuhen soon understood that this wizard was not a full-time dancing master, but just a good part-time hobby. There was no professional wizard in the village.

After sitting down, before Qiu Wuhen could speak, the wizard spoke first and said to Qiu Wuhen: "Master Qiu, are you in trouble?"

Qiu Wuhen was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the trouble?"

"When you went to various villages this time, did you see anything strange in the past few days?"

"What I have seen in the past few days is very strange. For example, the cook who was skinned, the official who stabbed himself to death with chopsticks, the patrol inspector who fell into the manure pit and drowned, etc."

"I'm not referring to this, I'm referring to other things. Have you encountered anything weird?"

Qiu Wuhen thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I don't understand what weird thing you are talking about?"

"Red rope, have you ever touched a red rope? It's the kind of red rope used to tie the legs of dead bodies in our village."

Qiu Wuhen was stunned for a moment, then recalled carefully for a moment, shook his head and said: "I haven't touched it in my memory, and I don't even think I have seen it directly. I just heard from you, including my two students, that they seemed to have seen each other.

Pass."

"That's right, sir. The red rope should have arrived at your inspection department, and it is in your room. There is a ghost attached to the play rope. This ghost is now on your body. You must be careful.

There may be bad things happening in the near future, and there may even be bloody disasters, so be careful."

Balu quickly said: "Wizard, are you telling the truth?"

"When have I ever joked about something like this?"

"Then can you do a ritual? Take this ghost away and don't let anything happen to the inspector. There have been too many accidents in our local inspection."

Qiu Wuhen felt like he had been slapped in the head. Could it be that because too many patrol inspectors died here and no one came, this position was given to him?

Qiu Wuhen said: "Did several inspections die before me?"

"Don't say that, that's the only one who really died. Don't you think this old inspector is fine?"

Unexpectedly, the witch said: "This old patrol inspector will die within half a year after returning, just like the previous patrol inspectors."

"Did all previous inspections die quickly?"

"That's not true. Some worked for three to five years, and some worked for seven or eight years. Anyway, they all worked for a long time. But their health was not good, so they were all transferred in the end. But I heard that they were transferred.

After we lurked in the mountain, it would take at least half a year or at most a year before we all died of some kind of terrible curse. I told them not to ask questions after we came over, because there were strange things and dirty things in the depths of the mountain.

If you ask random questions, you may get infected, but they just won't listen."

Qiu Wuhen nodded and said: "I will definitely follow the master's instructions and not talk nonsense. But I am still a little scared. Can the master do something for me? Help me exorcise ghosts, just like Lord Balu said just now,

This way I feel more at ease.”

The wizard shook his head and said: "No, I told you, as long as you obey the rules and don't talk nonsense and ask questions, everything will be fine. Didn't the old inspector work here for five years? Nothing happened.

That's it! It's just that he's not in good health. Although he didn't continue to work, I told him when he came here not to talk nonsense, especially don't ask questions about things you don't know, and don't ask about weird things.

If you touch it randomly, you won't get dirty things."

Speaking of this, the wizard suddenly coughed a few times. She wanted to control it, but the cough became more and more severe, and she couldn't help but bend down.

Balu quickly said: "How about you drink some water to relieve your anger."

The wizard nodded, picked up the bowl of tea that was placed in front of her, took a sip of the tea while coughing, and then put the tea down. Because he coughed too much, the tea was only placed on the edge of the table. Qiu Wu

Hen then reached over and put the tea bowl in the middle of the table to prevent it from being knocked off.

Balu said to Qiu Wuhen: "Your current cook is dead, and you must find a new one. Do you think you should find it yourself from the county town, or should I send someone to fetch one for you? You Han people eat it."

Our locals don’t know how to cook meals. They basically don’t eat like this, they only eat dried meat. By the way, they don’t know how to cook your meals.”

Qiu Wuhen said: "I won't bother you. I'll send two detectives back to the county office to invite one right away. But before that, we may not have anything to eat. We should follow the local customs. We can eat whatever you want."

Balu smiled and said: "That's not necessary. You can eat at my place before your cooks come, or I can ask them to bring the cooked food to you. I have two of your Han chefs here.

The cooking is okay, but it can only be temporary."

"If that's the case, thank you very much. As long as it can solve the problem at hand."

After Qiu Wuhen finished handling these matters, he returned to the Inspection Department. He came to the yard of the Inspection Department. Qian Jinzhi then whispered to him: "Did you find anything during the previous post-mortem examination?"

Qiu Wuhen shook his head and said: "There is no major discovery."

Qian Jinzhi said: "Then what should we do now?"

"What should I do? Take more precautions."

"That's a ghost. How to guard against ghosts?"

"When soldiers come, they will be blocked. When water comes, earth will cover them up. When ghosts come, recite the Buddha's mantra. I will teach you how to recite it, pineapple and jackfruit."

Qian Jinzhi couldn't help but laugh, "Forget it, that's all. Let's make peace with it now that we're here."

"What you said is good. Once you come, let it be. Don't worry, people are 30% afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are 70% afraid of people. Ghosts will not approach people easily."

As he spoke, Qiu Wuhen returned to the house. He looked around, and suddenly his eyes fell on the pillow. Someone had moved the pillow. Qiu Wuhen had a very strong memory. Although the position of the pillow had basically not moved, its shape had changed.

There had been a change, and such a small gap was recognized in his mind. He immediately looked around again, and found nothing strange. After passing by, he carefully lifted the pillow, and there was a pillow under the pillow.

Cut off the red rope. The rope is very old and the color has faded a lot. It looks like it was from many years ago.

Qiu Wuhen stood up and looked around again, and his eyes fell on the back window. He put down his pillow and walked to the back window to check the windows one by one. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he found that the latch of a window was not completely locked.

, and there was a gap. He felt confident and opened the window carefully. There was a slope outside, and below the slope was a trickling stream. He placed his hands everywhere outside the window and immediately picked up a few fingerprints.

When he got these fingerprints, his heart suddenly became brighter.

At this time, several people walked in from outside the house, but they were Fei Wutong and the others. They had food in their hands and were chewing it with gusto. Fei Wudan frowned, as if he didn't dare to eat. Chuncan and Linghu Zhi smiled.

Yingying came over, gathered around Qiu Wuhen, and said, "Sir, how are you back? Did you find out what happened to that skinned ghost?"

Qiu Wuhen didn't answer. He looked at Fei Wutong who was chewing with relish and said, "What did you eat?"

"Bamboo rat meat is a local rat that is as long as a cat. The skin is peeled off, and the meat is cut into strips and air-dried. The air-dried meat is delicious. I didn't think so at first, but then I heard them say

It’s delicious, so I’ll eat it.”

"Who did you hear said it was delicious?" Qiu Wuhen frowned slightly and looked at the things in Fei Wutong's hands.

"Bo Tou Ke and the others, they are each holding a handful and eating them! They said that they are going to the countryside with you this time to go to various villages. On the way, Mr. Balu's attendants brought some pieces and ate them. They thought they tasted very fragrant, and the more they chewed,

The more flavorful it is. So he told me when he came back, and a few of us tried to eat a piece, and it tasted really good."

Chuncan gave him a stern look and said, "That's you. We didn't eat the meat of mice. It's disgusting to think about it. You actually treat it like a baby. It's true."

Qiu Wuhen stretched out his hand and said, "Give me a piece to try."

Fei Wutong handed a piece of dried meat to Qiu Wuhen. Qiu Wuhen held it in his hand and pondered for a moment, then said: "I'll leave it for now. I'll eat it later if I want to. By the way, the homework I assigned you is

Woolen cloth?"

"We were writing, and Mr. Linghu was explaining it to us just now. I heard you were coming, so we came over to take a look."

Qiu Wuhen nodded and said to Fei Wutong, "Don't you like your cousin Chuncan?"

Fei Wutong didn't know why Qiu Wuhen suddenly asked this question? He looked at Chuncan and nodded happily. However, Chuncan gave him a fierce look and said, "I don't like him."
Chapter completed!