Chapter 71: Seeing the Demon and Cutting the Blood
"But other than that, there are no other clues. It will be very difficult to find the knife sharpening boy."
"I have seen that you have been conducting trials in court these past few days in an orderly manner and are quite knowledgeable about how to conduct interrogations, so I have asked you to come here to review this case. Do you have any advice for me?"
"I don't dare."
Jiang Zhou quickly asked, "May I ask, Captain, that knife sharpening boy has appeared so many times, but didn't he leave any traces?"
"Evil spirits are invisible and intangible. If they don't reveal themselves to the public, ordinary people won't even be able to see them."
"For my Sujing Division, we can usually find traces of ghosts wherever they pass by, but there are also many that can evade my Sujing Division's pursuit."
"This knife sharpening kid must have a way to cover his whereabouts. He has appeared several times without leaving any trace."
You Xu shook his head.
"that……"
Liu Shusheng, who was standing by, suddenly stammered, "Sir, if it was something left behind by that kid, maybe there is something..."
You Xu's expression changed: "Huh? Why didn't you say it before?"
"no……"
Liu Shusheng bowed repeatedly and said, "That... since you didn't ask, I didn't tell you either, because that thing... is really hard to talk about..."
As he spoke, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.
You Xu angrily said, "Asshole! What did you leave behind? Bring it with you!"
Liu Shusheng was shocked: "No, no, but my servant is outside, you can ask him to get it right away!"
You Xu didn't say anything more. He asked a demon-patrol guard to go and get it himself with the servant.
Not long after, he brought back a box and presented it to You Xu.
As soon as You Xu and several captains opened the box, Jiang Zhou twitched his face when he noticed them moving.
"cough!"
"How dare you, Mr. Liu! How dare you tease this lieutenant!"
You Xu slammed the box shut and pointed at Liu Shusheng and shouted.
"Your Excellency, please understand!"
Liu Shusheng cried out, "This is indeed what the kid left behind. You've seen it, and I didn't mean to lie. It's just that this thing is hard to talk about."
"That day, the kid came at me with a knife. Fortunately, I had a handwritten letter from a friend, which scared the kid away. However, when the kid fled, he left the knife in his hand. I asked someone to collect it, intending to use it as evidence. Who would have thought that it would become like this not long after."
"oh?"
You Xu frowned, and suddenly saw Jiang Zhou craning his neck to look around, so he said, "Take a look."
Jiang Zhou walked over, took the box, opened it, and his face twitched as well.
A certain part of my body subconsciously felt cold.
“…”
Any man could recognize what was in the box.
It is that thing between the legs that can bring both good fortune and evil...
It's rotten, black and smelly.
"Well? What do you think?"
You Xu asked.
"cough……"
Jiang Zhou coughed dryly and said, "Captain, I have no opinion, but..."
"If you can let me take this thing back temporarily, maybe I can find the place where the kid is hiding, but the chances are not very high."
You Xu was delighted: "Oh? You have this ability?"
The other captains in the hall also showed surprised expressions.
I have heard that Jiang Zhou seems to have a rather mysterious master, and even General Li looks at him differently because of this.
However, even the art of tracking is not unavailable in the Sujing Division.
But they had already tried several times, but all failed.
Even if he also has magical powers, how can he be an exception?
You Xu didn't care about all this. His attitude towards Jiang Zhou now changed in a way that was a bit polarized.
Because he was afraid of his "backers" and because he had cheated him before, he tried to please him.
Moreover, after the case of the Painted Skin Ghost in the Chen Mansion, You Xu had more confidence in him, knowing that he would not do anything without a purpose.
So unlike other people, he did not take Jiang Zhou's magical skills seriously.
In fact, Su Jingsi was not really helpless, but You Xu wanted to do Jiang Zhou a favor, so he said happily: "Whether it works or not, it's not your fault."
"There is no time to lose. You can take this pickled food away first. What do you want to do? Do you need my help?"
"No need to trouble you, Captain. It's just..."
Jiang Zhou asked again: "But we still need the help of an experienced person who knows the way."
"That's easy!"
You Xu stood up and said, "Jin Jiu, you will be temporarily under the command of the Jiang Patrol Guard."
"yes!"
Jin Jiu responded.
You Xu smiled at Jiang Zhou and said, " Patrol Guard Jiang, you don't know yet, do you? Jin Jiu is the living map of my Sujing Division. I'm afraid no one knows the hundreds of miles of this county city better than Jin Jiu."
"Is one person enough? That knife-sharpening kid should be just an ordinary evil spirit, but there must be other ghosts behind him. Why don't you take a few more people with you? How about this captain personally go with you?"
Jiang Zhou said quickly: "I dare not trouble you, sir. I just want to investigate. If we have too many people, we might alert the enemy."
He didn't want You Xu to follow him.
Although he didn't need to hide the fact that he had supernatural powers, there was no need to make it known to everyone.
What's more, there is no guarantee that any accidents will happen when tracking down monsters.
He was not afraid of accidents as he had Wuyanluo protecting him, but with You Xuruo by his side, it was difficult for him to use his power.
If it wasn't for the sake of precaution, he didn't even want to bring Jin Jiu with him.
He has such a good relationship with Jin Jiu, how could he not know that he is very familiar with the terrain of Wu County?
You Xu didn't know why, but inexplicably felt a little regretful: "Well, if that's the case, then you can go now."
"Sir Captain, I will take my leave first."
After leaving Baiyintang, Jiang Zhou did not take any immediate action.
It was not until dark that he took the box containing the dirty things and went to the outside of the county town with Jin Jiu.
After finding a secluded place, Jiang Zhou took out a dagger, suppressed his nausea, picked out some rotten meat from the thing, put it on the ground and lit it with a fire starter.
He took out another piece of yellow paper and collected the ashes from the burning on the yellow paper.
He slashed his palm with a backhand, squeezing out a trickle of blood that flowed onto the yellow paper.
What he was going to use was naturally the blood curse of slaying demons that he had obtained not long ago.
The reason why they wait until nightfall to act is because the breath of demons is usually easier to sense at night.
I had used this method several times when I was frantically hunting down demons some time ago, and I was already very familiar with it.
Everything you need is always at hand.
Fortunately, he had dragon grass planted in his heart, so the minor injuries were almost healed instantly.
Otherwise, even if his blood and qi were intact, his two hands would have been bruised beyond recognition by the scratches he had done.
Jiang Zhou watched the blood and ashes gradually merge together, and he began to mutter a spell:
"The five spirits are separated, the light is combined to fan the void, sometimes they ride on the six clouds, and they harmonize with my body..."
Jin Jiu stretched his neck and watched curiously.
I saw the bloodstain on the yellow paper gradually disappear, and soon it was hidden in the yellow paper, leaving it clean.
"Mysterious light, Taiyin, shines in all directions, command!"
A gust of cold wind suddenly blew up, carrying the yellow paper. It hung in the air and swayed for a few times before floating away in one direction.
