Chapter 037 I just said it casually
In the city of Bianjing, it was quite normal for someone to die occasionally.
After all, it is a city with a population of more than two million. Death from old age, illness, or conflicts happens from time to time.
It is more normal for things to happen in brothels. After all, there are many young people who come in for fun. It is not surprising that they get into a quarrel and accidentally kill someone without knowing the severity of the situation.
But this time, something was weird.
The deceased was a prostitute. She was quite pretty. Even though her face was pale, it couldn't hide her beauty when she was alive.
But her throat was covered with erosion.
It was as if his throat had been torn apart by something, and he had died from massive blood loss.
The most bizarre thing is that there was no blood on the body of the deceased, but his hands were covered in blood, and there was a lot of meat and human skin stuck in the gaps between his fingernails.
The deceased was found in the early morning, and the person who discovered him was Cao You, Cao Xiaolang, who was standing next to him.
He was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly and everyone on the street heard it.
Lu Sen looked at the dead woman in the crowd for a while, then stepped out, walked to Cao You, and asked, "She died next to you, and you didn't know anything about it?"
His face turned pale and he shook his head vigorously.
Cao You has little ability to think now .
Last night he drank wine and asked the deceased to keep him company all night. After satisfying his physical desires, he hugged the woman to sleep. But when he woke up, he found that he had hugged a dead person.
"There is no blood on you." Lu Sen looked Cao You up and down. "If I were you, I would go to Kaifeng Mansion to seek shelter right now. There is no need to wait for the constable to come. With Captain Zhan here, ordinary evildoers can't enter Kaifeng Mansion."
"What do you mean?" Cao You suddenly looked up at Lu Sen.
"Don't you understand yet?" Lu Sen laughed: "Someone wants to harm you, although I don't know who it is or how he managed to kill the deceased like this."
Cao You took a step forward, put his hands on Lu Sen's shoulders, and asked in surprise: "She didn't die from evil spirits? Wasn't she killed by witchcraft?"
The onlookers around, seeing the strange way the deceased died and her expression, thought that she was possessed by evil spirits or killed by ghosts.
Otherwise he wouldn't have died so strangely.
At this time, the people watching the show started chatting, and their stories became more and more exaggerated, saying things like a fierce ghost killing people, and the first person who saw the dead person would be the ghost's next target. This scared Cao You.
The people of the Song Dynasty all respected ghosts and gods to some extent, and were also afraid of getting involved with these things.
So Cao You was terribly frightened, fearing that he would die like this at night.
But now Lu Sen said that someone wanted to harm him, and he immediately felt a ray of sunlight shining down in the endless darkness.
After all, Lu Sen is also a "supernatural" person, and what he says is highly credible.
"I understand. Thank you for your advice, Brother Lu." Cao You calmed down a lot. He called his three guards and asked one to go back and inform the adults at home. The other two guards went to Kaifeng Mansion with him. Then he clasped his fists to Lu Sen and said, "After this matter is settled, I will hold a banquet to thank you."
Lu Sen nodded, turned and left.
Cao You and his guards went straight to Kaifeng Prefecture.
Lu Sen quickly put this matter behind him.
After all, he thought, with Bao Zheng's ability to investigate cases, this seemingly strange case should be easy to solve.
But something unexpected happened. Three days later, Cao Ping, the eldest son of the Cao family, came to the door in person. He brought several strong guards and shouted outside the fence: "Brother Lu, please save my little brother."
The tone of the words was extremely urgent.
Lu Sen walked out of the yard and asked, "What happened?"
"My brother was possessed by an evil spirit and went mad. He even wanted to commit suicide." Cao Ping said with a sullen face, "Fortunately, Guard Zhan controlled him in time, but his mind has gone crazy. He doesn't recognize his relatives and barks at everyone he sees."
Lu Sen opened his eyes wide: "Is it so serious?"
"Please, Mr. Lu, save my little brother." Cao Ping's eyes were bloodshot and he clasped his fists again and begged.
Although he likes to bully his younger brothers, most of the time, he just wants to tease them because he loves them too much.
Seeing his younger brother's miserable condition, he felt heartbroken.
"Let's go take a look together." Lu Sen made a gesture of invitation: "Let's leave as soon as possible."
Cao Ping came here in a carriage. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the two of them got into the carriage. A group of guards stood by the carriage and walked briskly, actually running along with the carriage all the way without even seeming to be out of breath.
The carriage stopped in front of Kaifeng Mansion, and Cao Ping took Lu Sen directly to the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion.
From afar, a roar like that of a wild beast could be heard.
Following the sound, they came to a large house, and then Cao Ping hurriedly walked in.
There were a few people standing in the room, including several constables protecting Cao You, Zhan Zhao and two old men.
A man with a pale and slightly plump face, his expression was as calm as water.
The other man was wearing green clothes and looked very similar to Cao Ping. He stood beside the bed and looked at Cao You with heartache as he struggled and yelled wildly on the bed.
After only two seconds of observation after entering, Lu Sen quickly understood the identities of these two people.
He clasped his fists and said, "I am Lu Sen, meeting the governor Bao and meeting Uncle Cao."
Then he clasped his fists towards Zhan Zhao as a gesture of greeting.
Bao Zheng nodded, then looked at Lu Sen.
Cao Yi came over, took Lu Sen's hand, led him to the bed, and pleaded, "Lu Xiaolang, you and my son are acquainted, please save his life. I will reward you handsomely in the future."
"Let me see."
Lu Sen turned his head and looked at Cao You lying on the bed.
At this moment, Cao You no longer looked the same as before. Not only were his clothes in disarray, but the veins on his forehead and temples were exposed.
His eyes were bloodshot and red.
Moreover, there were deep scratches on Cao You's throat, with blood streaks crisscrossing. The heaviest ones looked like they almost tore his throat apart.
Lu Sen frowned: "Why does he look so similar to the dead man in the brothel?"
Bao Zheng suddenly said, "Oh, this Lu Xiaolang also knows about the mysterious case in the brothel?"
"It happened three days ago." Lu Sen put his hands in his sleeves. "At that time, I was having a drink at Captain Zhan's house. When I passed by the brothel, I saw the tragic scene of the dead body. It was also my idea that Cao Xiaolang came directly to Kaifeng Prefecture to seek asylum."
Bao Zheng looked at Zhan Zhao, who nodded slightly.
"Thank you, Lu Xiaolang." Cao Yi said with lingering fear: "According to Guard Zhan, You'er's illness was very rapid. He suddenly went crazy and bit everyone he saw. He dug his throat with his hands. If Guard Zhan had not been a skilled martial artist and stopped You'er in time, You'er might have already..."
Zhan Zhao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, uncle. Cao You's throat injury looks serious, but it's just a superficial wound. It's not serious. The real problem is that he looks like he's been possessed by a demon."
As Zhan Zhao spoke, everyone focused their attention on Lu Sen. Right now, he was the only "professional" on the field.
Lu Sen shook his head and said, "It's not a ghost."
"Why do you think so?" Bao Zheng asked, stroking his beard.
"There are not so many ghosts and gods in this world." Lu Sen smiled happily.
Bao Zheng's eyebrows twitched: "I heard from Captain Zhan that Lu Xiaolang is also a cultivator, but he doesn't seem to respect gods and ghosts very much."
Lu Sen looked into Bao Zheng's eyes and said, "If you are afraid of gods and ghosts, you cannot practice."
Bao Zheng looked slightly stunned.
Cao Yi asked anxiously, "Why is my child like this?"
Lu Sen looked at Cao You, who was lying on the bed and barking at everyone he saw, and said, "It looks to me like he's been poisoned."
At this time, a gray-haired old man stood up and said, "Young man, you are wrong! The blood of the Cao family boy is surging, and his pulse is like the overflowing water of the Yellow River. This is not a sign of poisoning. And we can't detect poison by pricking his blood with a silver needle."
Lu Sen looked at the old man: "Is this old man a doctor?"
"I'm the imperial physician in the palace. I asked my sister to invite him here." Uncle Cao bowed to Lu Sen, bowed slightly and said, "You are acquainted with my boy. I have the audacity to call you my nephew...Nephew Lu, if you have a way to save him, please do it."
Lu Sen nodded, then looked at Zhan Zhao: "Captain Zhan, please hold down Brother Cao's head and pinch his mouth open."
Zhan Zhao naturally agreed. He walked to the bedside, easily fixed Cao You's head, and then pinched it with his ruthless iron hand, and Cao You's mouth opened.
At this moment, everyone around gathered together subconsciously.
Lu Sen stretched his hands out from his sleeves, and there was a bottle in his right hand.
Everyone was stunned. Everyone present was considered to be of status and had seen many glass bottles.
But this is the first time I have seen such a transparent crystal glass bottle.
At the same time… they had some hope in their hearts.
It would be reasonable to infer that the medicine contained in such a precious glass bottle must be quite valuable.
Lu Sen opened the bottle, and the air was immediately filled with a sweet smell.
Everyone was stunned again.
Honey scent?
Lu Sen ignored their frightened faces, held up the bottle, and poured the honey into Cao You's mouth through the air.
As the golden honey dripped into Cao You's throat bit by bit, the blue veins on the latter's face quickly faded away, and the red in his eyes also faded quickly.
Not only that, the scratches on Cao You's throat were also healing rapidly.
By the time about half of the honey had been poured into his throat, the strange vision on Cao You's body had completely disappeared.
Scars heal.
Even his expression became normal.
Everyone was stunned, even Bao Zheng was frightened. He touched his beard and subconsciously pulled out a few strands of it.
Miracle medicine!
This is definitely a miracle drug.
Except for Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao, almost everyone else looked at the glass bottle in Lu Sen's hand with a hot expression.
Lu Sen calmly replaced the lid on the glass bottle, then reached into his sleeves again to hold it together.
At the same time, put the bottle back into the system backpack.
At this time, Cao You on the bed suddenly spoke: "Guard Zhan, why are you pinching my head? Let go! You're hurting me."
Cao You's words drew everyone's attention back to him.
Zhan Zhao subconsciously let go of Cao You.
Cao Yi was overjoyed: "Your, are you okay?"
Cao Ping was relieved to see that his brother looked normal.
Cao You looked puzzled at this moment: "Dad, big brother, why do you look so weird... and why did you tie me to the bed?"
"You went crazy just now." After Cao Ping's palpitations, he became angry. He slapped his brother's stomach hard and said angrily, "You scared us to death."
Cao You let out a light cry. It wasn't actually that painful. He was just hit suddenly and was startled.
Cao Yi's expression was gentle: "You'er, do you still remember what you did?"
"What did you do?" Cao You looked confused. "I just had a very long dream. In the dream, I turned into a green wolf from the north. There were many big-headed evil apes who wanted to eat me. I was furious and vowed to bite them all to death."
Everyone had a strange expression and looked at Lu Sen.
"It is indeed poisoning, probably a rare phantom poison." Lu Sen nodded and said, "My medicine has no effect of exorcising evil spirits."
Cao Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He had been seeking immortals for many years and believed in the gods and ghosts. Hearing that it had nothing to do with him, he felt relieved and asked, "What does nephew Lu think about this? You asked You'er to come directly to Kaifeng Mansion before, but what did you estimate?"
"It can be seen from the brothel case that they killed someone in a spooky and terrifying way, and they were talking nonsense. It was obvious that they were targeting your Cao family and had some ulterior motive." Lu Sen narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Wait, I seem to remember reading about something similar in a book, and it is very similar to this. A certain scholar wanted to join a famous master but failed, so he came up with a plan to secretly poison his master and then bring medicine to cure it, and then he gained his favor."
Everyone's expression was thoughtful.
Lu Sen continued, "Of course, I am just talking casually. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with ghosts and gods. The specific case must be handled by Kaifeng Prefecture. I don't know how to investigate the case, so I can't help."
"Then I have to thank my nephew Lu..."
Before Cao Yi finished speaking, a constable reported: "My Lord, there is a man outside who wants to see you. He says he is your family's manager, Mr. Jin."
"What is he doing here?" Cao Yi complained unhappily, then said, "Let him in."
Soon, a slightly plump man in a blue cloth robe walked in quickly. When he saw Cao Yi, he bowed happily and said, "My dear, this is great news. I saw a strange man in the market. He has a strange face, one hand makes flowers bloom, and the other hand makes life wither. He has great supernatural powers. I begged him for a long time and finally got a magic pill from him. As long as you give it to the young master, the disease will be cured and he will never suffer from illness for the rest of his life."
Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to Lu Sen, surprised.
Lu Sen himself was a little confused. He had just said something inspired by this before, so how could it come true?
He could only shrug his shoulders, smile helplessly , and then clasp his fists and say, "In that case, I won't bother Uncle Cao from doing his housework. Goodbye!"
Lu Sen walked out first.
Bao Zheng said calmly: "I won't bother Uncle Cao from handling his household affairs, but you have to keep this person for me. The brothel case has not been resolved yet."
Then Bao Zheng took Zhan Zhao and the other detectives out.
The imperial physician in the palace did not leave...he was actually a member of the Cao family.
There were still three guards in the room, and no outsiders. Then Cao Yi gave Manager Jin a smile as warm as the spring breeze.
Lu Sen left Kaifeng Prefecture, strolled around the city, bought some meat, and then returned to Aishan.
At this time, Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao were checking the details of the case in the case file room of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Bao Zheng held the case file in one hand and said, "Captain Zhan, this Lu Xiaolang seems to be different from ordinary Taoist monks."
Zhan Zhao also nodded and said, "Yes, Lu Xiaolang is very arrogant."
"It's not a question of arrogance." Bao Zheng stroked his beard and thought for a while before saying, "He is a practitioner of magic, but he despises ghosts and gods. This is not reasonable. He even said, 'You can't practice if you are afraid of ghosts and gods.' Such words are incredible."
Zhan Zhao put down the case file in his hand and smiled, "But Lu Xiaolang is really good at magic. He is not like those Taoists in the palace who only talk about gods and ghosts as their own lackeys, but there is no magic at all."
Bao Zheng nodded, then sighed: "Captain Zhan, are you really unwilling to persuade Lu Xiaolang to leave Bianjing City?"
Zhan Zhao smiled bitterly: "Prefect Bao, I really can't say anything about this matter."
"Well, Captain Zhan, you are a man of honor. This is indeed difficult for you." Bao Zheng put the case file back on the bookshelf. "When I have free time in the future, I will talk to him in person."
