After exchanging a few words at the gate of the city, Pei Rongbai didn't bother to talk to them anymore, they were all magistrates anyway, and he didn't bother to deal with them, so he sent them all back, and the group followed Fu Sheng to the Yangcheng City government office.A group of people will stay here for the time being.

Yangcheng City is similar to many local mansions, except that it is quieter, which probably has something to do with Fu Sheng being alone so far. There are very few servants in the mansion, so it feels relatively quiet.

Fu Sheng led Mrs. Pei Rongbai, Qiao Zeyu and others to the Southwest Courtyard, and asked respectfully: "I wonder if Lord Prime Minister and Yushi need to be guards in the government? After all, Yang City is more dangerous now..."

"No, we have our own guards." Pei Rongbai refused, looked at Qiao Zeyu and Ming Kong again, and asked, "Do you need it?"

Qiao Zeyu shook his head: "Our Qiao family has our own guards..." He glanced at Ming Kong, then turned his head and smiled, "I'm in the same room with the mage, so I shouldn't need to be afraid."

"That's good." Fu Sheng said, looked up at the sky, his complexion was a bit gloomy, and said, "It's getting late, why don't you all go to the flower hall to have dinner together first, and then rest earlier?"

Qiao Songyu also looked at the sky and saw that night was coming. don't know why, but the evening in Yang City seems to be darker than that in Capital City.This treacherous scenery added a bit of unusualness.

He couldn't help but took a step behind Pei Rongbai, getting closer to him.

I only heard Pei Rongbai say: "Alright, during dinner time, Fu Qing will tell us about the case."

"deference is no substitute for obedience, please."

A group of people went to the flower hall together. Not long after they were seated, the food came out. They were not delicacies from mountains and seas, and there were not many dishes, but they were all seasonal vegetables, and they were relatively refreshing. Because they were close to the south of the Yangtze River, they were not too spicy. Qiao Songyu liked it a lot.

Pei Rongbai, who was sitting at the top, helped Qiao Songyu peel the prawns, and said, "Fu Qing tell me about the case."

"En." Fu Sheng began to recount a series of cases that happened not long ago:

"It's like this, a month ago, that is, the sixth day of May, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, our city was very lively, there was no curfew at night, and there was a night market, so there was no curfew on the sixth day of May, the street was quite lively, and it lasted very late. At the end of the second and sooner, when it was almost the third watch, someone near the stone bridge heard a scream, and then people gathered.San died. When the yamen servants rushed there, they saw Li San died on the downhill side of the stone bridge, beside the stone bench. He was strangled to death, but no rope was found nearby, and a few white hairs were found on his body.After comparing the official with Wang Chun, a fur businessman, it can be determined that it should be fox fur. Because it was late at night, there were no witnesses. The official also asked Li San's wife and son, and they all said that Li San hadn't been there recently.Enmity with others, I can't think of anyone who will kill him, and there are no other clues at the scene, so I can't find the murderer for a while..."

"Is this the first time?" Qiao Zeyu asked.

"Yes, this is the first case." Fu Sheng nodded, and then continued, "I thought it was an ordinary murder case, so I focused on the clues on the fox fur, trying to find the murderer through the fox fur.The murderer, after all, the weather in June is scorching hot, no one will use fur, not to mention that June is not a time when foreign merchants concentrate on buying and selling, so the crime must be committed by people from this city, so the lower officials think that this case should be clarified in time, Who knows that this case has not been investigated, eight days later, the second murder happened again."

"The second one is the shopkeeper of the pharmacy?" Qiao Songyu asked curiously.

Fu Sheng nodded: "Yes. Eight days later, that is, on May 14th, at night, because of the curfew, the shop closed very early, and I don't know what the shopkeeper of the drugstore, Sun Song, was doing that night.His inner room, Sun Wang, said that he went out halfway through the hour of Xu and did not come back by the time of Hai, so he sent a young man to look for him, but the young man did not go far, and called out outside, which attracted the people.They all lit up their lamps and came out to check. It just so happened that the arresters Chen Fang and Jiang Bin of our mansion were patrolling at night, and they rushed over as soon as they heard the cry.Lie face down on the road, already dead, but the body is still warm, so it didn't last long."

Hearing this, Pei Rongxuan couldn't help but interrupted: "This boy is so strange, he saw someone lying on the road, what's his name? Shouldn't he go and see if the person is dead first?"

Fu Sheng looked at him and said quietly, "Because he didn't scream because he saw someone lying on the road, but because he saw a white-haired fox with fangs..."

"Wow!" Qiao Songyu was so frightened that her little face turned pale and her whole body was terrified. She quickly grabbed Pei Rongbai's sleeve who was sitting next to her, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, she hurriedly argued, "I, I, am not afraid,I just bit my own tongue!"

Everyone lowered their heads and sniggered.

Pei Rongbai also laughed indulgently, dragged the seat towards him, and coaxed in a low voice: "Song Er, don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Hmph, I'm not afraid!" Qiao Songyu said without confidence, because it was really scary!He felt as if a white fur fox with fangs was peeping at him behind his back... Even though it was very hot, the back of his neck was still chilling.He touched the goose bumps on his arm, and leaned against Pei Rongbai again.

Seeing Qiao Songyu's appearance, Fu Sheng also laughed, his eyes were crooked: "Madam, there is no need to be afraid, but I feel that there are no ghosts in the world, and this human heart is much more terrifying than ghosts."

"I'm not, I'm not afraid!" Qiao Songyu emphasized again, "Just keep talking!"

"Okay, let me continue." Fu Sheng took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued, "In the second case, not only did the boy Zhao Erbao see the fox, but also three foxes appeared on the face of the deceased Sun Song."Scratch marks. Of course, this Sun Song was also strangled to death, and there was fox hair on his neck. Therefore, people spread the word that there was a demon fox killing people in the city, and that the demon fox used its long tail to kill people.Strangling people's necks..."

"Then what about the third one? Did that old yamen servant also die in the middle of the night street?" Qiao Zeyu asked.

"No." Unexpectedly, Fu Sheng shook his head, "This old yamen servant is named Zheng Feng, and he is no longer a yamen servant. After all, he is old, he is already sixty-three years old. He died in his own yard. The time should beIt was early in the morning, at Yin time in the morning, his wife died, and his son died of illness before, so he was alone. He was found dead because a neighbor's child was naughty. He climbed up the wall to pick loquats, and saw him lying on his back.In the yard, with the head facing out and the feet facing in, the neighbors came to report the crime, and Wu Zuo and the police went to see it together, and found that it was strangled again, and there were fox fur, and because it rained that night, there were still foxes in the yard.footprints..."

"Now that the demon fox kills people, it becomes even more real. The people of Yang City are talking about it, and people are panicking. As soon as the sun goes down, every house closes its doors and never comes out again."