Chapter 7: Details Arouse Suspicion "Madam Liu was frightened, which caused her old illness to relapse. Her blood is not flowing back to her menstrual period. She needs to be nursed back to health slowly." Chi Yanzi said after taking Madam Liu's pulse. "But my wife is in a coma now. According to the immortal, ..." Governor Liu rubbed his hands and said with concern. "There has been a change in the family, and it is not necessarily a bad thing for Madam to do this," Chi Yanzi stroked his beard, "Let's first use herbal medicine to treat him and wait for him to wake up on his own, that is the best policy." With that, the two of them left the room. Only when they arrived at the conference room did Governor Liu notice Lingxiang and the other person. "Master, these two are..." "We are the disciples of our master, and we pay our respects to the governor." Lingxiang said as she bowed to the governor. Seeing this, Long Qi looked confused. Lingxiang secretly winked at him, and he followed suit and bowed. Chi Yanzi was stunned when he heard this, but returned to normal after a moment. "You are the immortal's top disciple. I was busy with my family affairs and neglected you two. I hope you can forgive me." "Hey, sir, don't be so polite. Don't bother with these two monkeys."
After the two exchanged greetings, Chi Yanzi asked in detail about what was happening in the city. It turned out that the girls started to disappear after the Qiqiao Festival last year. At first, they thought it was because the human traffickers were too rampant, so they did a lot to suppress them, but girls continued to go missing in the city, and these girls who went missing were either newly engaged or about to get married, which was very strange. Cangzhou City is so small, there aren’t so many bad people. "I heard that your young lady disappeared right after she got engaged, but how could the third young master disappear? Could it be that a man will also bring disaster upon himself because of his marriage?" Lingxiang asked respectfully. "This...ah..." Lord Liu sighed. The eldest and second sons of the Liu family are both married, and they had previously looked for several girls for the youngest son, but he insisted that it was not his turn as his elder sister was not married, and he simply turned them down. The third son was named Liu Xia. He was handsome and well-mannered, but he was obsessed with spiritual practice. Yesterday, she came home and said that her sister's disappearance was not caused by someone. She took her belongings and left the house alone in a hurry. After Lord Liu learned about it, he hurriedly sent his men to look for her, but they only found her personal belongings in the north city. He is devoted to spiritual practice, but he also says that it is not man-made, which is interesting. Lingxiang didn't really want to meddle in other people's business and just wanted to accompany Chi Yanzi to eat and drink, but after hearing what Governor Liu said, she became interested. Several people discussed and planned to go to the North City to investigate first, so Lord Liu sent the yamen runner who found the lost property that day to lead the way. When they arrived at the place, they searched carefully but found nothing. Just when Chi Yanzi was at a loss, Lingxiang noticed that a family was moving out some broken tables, tea bowls and porcelain. Although those items were in tatters, there were some subtle marks on them that she could not ignore. "Brother, what happened in your house?" Lingxiang asked, grabbing a man who was throwing out some broken porcelain tea sets. "Hey! Don't mention it! A rich young man rented my old house before, but a few days ago, the neighbor next door came to me and said that the old house had been robbed. I came here today and saw that the inside was smashed to pieces! Look, I'm cleaning it up now." "Can the neighbor tell me when he was robbed?" "Hmm... it's said to be the second update. I heard the fight is pretty intense. Look, it's scary!" "Can...I go in and take a look?" "What are you, a little girl, doing in someone else's house?" The man looked displeased when he heard that, as if he was extremely reluctant.
"There must be some things belonging to a lady from a rich family in this room. Since they were robbed but no one reported it to the police, they must be worth some money, right?" "Okay, okay, come and see..." The man hurriedly stopped Lingxiang from speaking, looked around, and agreed reluctantly. Judging from the traces in the house, the fight was over in a short while. What caught Lingxiang's attention at first were the traces of magic on the broken tables and chairs. Liu Xia had said before that this was not man-made, so it seemed that he had discovered something, so he went home to get some items to subdue the demon. As for where the third son of the Liu family is now, Yi Lingxiang guessed that he either found the demon's lair and tried to rescue people, or was killed by the poisonous hand. Could it be that Liu Xia has such skills that he can fight against monsters? But this trace doesn't look like a Taoist magic, but rather a demonic magic... She had a general idea in her mind, so she explained the situation to Chi Yanzi. They reported back to Governor Liu, who asked a few more questions and then started to discuss the matter. "Based on the traces at the scene, we can confirm that it was a demon that caused the trouble, but we don't know how powerful this demon is." Lingxiang concluded. "Since this demon has kidnapped the girl, I guess he wants to do something immoral. If so, the demon's power must be quite strong." Chi Yanzi stroked his beard and said. "Does that mean there's nothing you two can do?" Long Qi took a sip of tea and suppressed his hunger. The Liu family is really dishonest. They didn't even have lunch, and they didn't even send us some food when we came back in the evening. "Not entirely. Judging from the scene, the magic this demon used did not have any evil aura. It should be a demon practicing its duty." "A monster is a monster. Is there anyone who has a duty or not?" Ling Xiang glanced at Long Qi and said sarcastically, "People are divided into good and bad, so how can monsters be bad? Although their ways are different, they are all part of the Great Way. Besides, some people are even worse than monsters when they are bad." "My friend, what you said makes sense, but since this demon has no evil power, why would it kidnap people?" "All the missing girls have one thing in common, either they are engaged or about to get married. Could it be that this monster likes to ruin people's marriages?" Long Qi speculated. "In my opinion, it would be better to hold another engagement party." "My friend, what you mean is... to lure the snake out of its hole?" "Puff..." Long Qi spat out a mouthful of tea before he could swallow it. "Luring the snake? Who? Her?" "What's wrong with me." Long Qi circled around Ling Xiang twice, and said with a look of disdain, "Tsk tsk tsk, this little yellow-haired girl has grown up like this. The monster must be regretting kidnapping her." He tugged at Lingxiang's clothes and gestured at her figure: "This outfit, this figure, it's not what it should be, is that demon blind..." Before he could finish his words, Lingxiang chased him and started beating him. She usually either made pills or collected herbs, and seldom took care of herself. She was always dressed in linen, not to mention dressing up in front of a mirror. Moreover, she had not grown up yet, so at first glance, she was not really a beauty. "Could it be that all the missing women were beauties?" Ling Xiangqi said. "Let's not even ask whether they are all beauties. You are clearly a man. No! You are more barbaric and violent than men..." Long Xiang said sarcastically, covering his face that was hit by Ling Xiang. "Begging for a beating!" While the two were fighting, Chi Yanzi was still thinking about Lingxiang's words: This is a good idea, it can lure the monster out, and Lingxiang herself has cultivation and can protect herself, and then he can watch over her in the dark, and she can always be safe. (End of this chapter)