Chapter 63 Cowhide Bag
I need help with this matter.
Jiang Zhou didn't know many people, almost all of them were from the Sujing Division and the Tixing Division.
It just so happens that these two places may lack everything, but they definitely have no shortage of death row prisoners.
He couldn't bring himself to kill a living person, and he didn't want to disturb the innocent dead.
He could only target those death row inmates who had committed heinous crimes.
Most of the death row prisoners in the Sujing Division are demons, and their relationship is of great importance, so there is no need to consider them.
So Jiang Zhou approached Yan Xiaowu again.
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In Yanbo Tower.
Yan Xiaowu was looking at the storyteller on the stage and said with a bit of annoyance, "What Old Tan says lately is becoming less and less interesting. It's always the same old stuff."
After Jiang Zhou asked him for help, Yan Xiaowu spat out a mouthful of melon seeds.
Staring with a pair of small eyes: "What do you want from me? Human skin?!"
"Keep your voice down!"
Jiang Zhou slapped him angrily, then looked around guiltily.
Yan Xiaowu was stunned for a moment: "No, this word Gao is added with a hand, what do you want to do?"
“…”
Jiang Zhou's face twitched: "Can you stop saying so many dirty words?"
Yan Xiaowu squinted his eyes: "You are allowed to be a romantic and talented man, but I am not allowed to speak eloquently?"
Jiang Zhou cursed: "Bah! A hanged ghost trying to flirt with you, how shameless!"
Yan Xiaowu was amused: "Ha, you also know this?"
Jiang Zhou smiled and said, "How can I not know what you know?"
"Okay, okay, you are a genius, you are awesome, okay?"
Jiang Zhou said: "Don't talk nonsense, just say one sentence, can you get it?"
Yan Xiaowu hesitated for a moment: "I can get it... What do you want to do?"
Jiang Zhou did not hide it from him: "Draw a talisman."
"You can draw talismans? Drawing talismans on human skin?" Yan Xiaowu looked skeptical: "Where did you learn this weird thing?"
Jiang Zhou corrected him: "Weird stuff? I am an authentic Taoist!"
Yan Xiaowu looked doubtful, but he scratched his head and said, "Okay, I'll go back and ask. The autumn execution is coming soon, and there are quite a few in the death row..."
"But for such an unlucky matter, you don't want to get rid of me with just a meal, do you?"
"What do you want? I'll give you two when the time comes, and then you'll know how powerful I am."
Yan Xiaowu said disdainfully: "Forget it, you are good at reciting poems and writing, but drawing talismans? Don't come up with any weird talismans, and this kind of thing is creepy, keep it for yourself."
You guessed it right, it's ghost painting.
Jiang Zhou curled his lips, just hope it doesn't smell really good.
Yan Xiaowu waved his hand in boredom and said, "By the way, didn't you say you can write a storybook? Just write one for me when the time comes."
"Okay, thank you very much. I have something else to do in the yamen, so I'll leave first."
Jiang Zhou hadn't been on duty at the Sujing Division for several days, and he was only given this treatment because of Li Xuance.
Yan Xiaowu shouted, "Wait, do you want him dead or alive?"
There was a hint of eerie cruelty in these words, which made Jiang Zhou feel like he had committed a sin.
"The cart is pulling the turtle, and it's carrying you."
He waved without looking back and left in a hurry.
"This is new, I learned it."
Yan Xiaowu stood there in a daze for a long time, thinking about the new dirty words he had learned, and suddenly realized: "No! This kid scolded me!"
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"Brother Jiang, you are back."
Jiang Zhou had just returned to Sujingsi when Jin Jiu came to find him.
As soon as she saw him, she handed him a scroll and said, "Where have you been? Captain You has been looking for you."
Jiang Zhou was stunned: "What happened again?"
Jin Jiu said, "You disappeared for several days. How many things have been delayed?"
"Captain You wants you to start working in the grievance room tomorrow. All the cases on this file are yours, and you are required to handle them all within seven days."
Not many people knew about what he had done with Li Xuance on the top of the mountain.
Within seven days?
Jiang Zhou opened the document and took a look. This number made him guess that it was most likely arranged by Li Xuance, the obsessive-compulsive person.
You Xu, the old guy is being very polite to him now and it is unlikely that he would deliberately cause trouble for him.
"I didn't expect you to be able to sit in court so soon."
Jin Jiu was a little envious.
Ordinary demon patrol guards only need to follow orders.
But there are so many demons in the world, and the Sujing Division has so many people, it is impossible to rely on a few captains to take charge.
Therefore, some outstanding and capable people will be selected from the Demon Patrol Guards to sit in court and try some complicated and ordinary cases.
The Demon Patrol Guard who can sit in the hall must be the best among them. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a great possibility that he will be promoted to captain in the future.
Jin Jiu has been working as a demon patrol guard in the Sujing Division for nearly ten years, and has never received such treatment. It is no wonder that he would be envious.
Jin Jiu advised again: "But you still have to be careful. Although you are not the same as before, Captain You is your superior after all. Don't let him get hold of you."
Jiang Zhou knew that he meant well and it was difficult to explain, so he could only nod.
In fact, with You Xu's character, he would not dare to cheat himself again unless his boasting was exposed, Li Xuance personally ordered to arrest him, Li Dongyang publicly stated that he had nothing to do with him, or these two people suddenly died.
Jin Jiu patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much. I have seen these cases. They are all minor cases. You are well-educated and smart, unlike us rough people. It won't be difficult to judge them. Even if you have to deal with demons, with your current ability, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with it with a few more knifemen. If that doesn't work, there are still brothers . If you need anything, just call them."
Jiang Zhou nodded: "Don't worry, I'll save it, thank you very much."
After Jin Jiu left, he carefully looked through the case files in his hands.
There are more than a dozen cases, and they are indeed not major cases.
Many of them were ordinary people who encountered strange things and thought they had encountered monsters and demons. They were scared and came to the Sujingsi to report.
It is not even certain whether demons are involved.
It's not very dangerous, but it's very complicated. It will definitely be time-consuming and laborious to sort it out one by one.
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The next day, Jiang Zhou arrived at Baijietang early .
There are more than a dozen side rooms in the Baijie Hall, which are the rooms where the Demon-Patrol Guards sit and resolve grievances.
He specializes in resolving grievances and untying knots. He resolves lawsuits involving humans and ghosts, and untying grievances caused by demons and monsters.
Jiang Zhou was sitting behind the desk, with four men holding knives standing by him.
According to the order he had sorted out, he asked them to bring the parties involved in those cases.
Soon, more than a dozen victims were brought in and waited outside to be summoned.
Jiang Zhou first asked someone to summon the victim of the first case to court.
“Are you Yu Deshui?”
A middle-aged man in silk clothes stood in the hall. Hearing this, he said repeatedly, "It's me! It's me! Sir, you must catch that demon!"
Jiang Zhou did not comment while flipping through the case file in his hand.
Yu Deshui is a traveling merchant.
A few days ago, the cargo was transported along the Huai River into Wu County.
When unloading cargo at a ferry not far from the county town, a worker found a bulging cowhide bag half a person's height in the water.
Yu Deshui asked someone to salvage the cowhide bag. When he opened it, he was immediately terrified.
It was because the bag was filled with teeth, fingers, toes and other things that looked like they came from human bodies and were covered in blood.
Frightened, Yu Deshui immediately asked his men to go into the city to report to the police.
He was afraid that the bag contained the person's fingers, toes and other things, and he would not be able to explain himself and get into trouble.
He only gave a small portion to the servants to take away, and kept the rest on the boat for safekeeping.
But not long after, the guy who went to report to the police came back with injuries.
According to the guy, he was stopped by an old woman on the way and she tried to snatch the bag of fingers and toes without saying a word.
