Chapter 373: The devil demands his life


    According to the people in the Xingtong Escort Bureau, the old beggar had been in the ruined temple long before them, and he was the first to arrive.


    ?He was still alive at that time, and Shen Zhou gave him a bowl of water and a steamed bun.


    ?He thanked Shen Zhou, but he seemed to be mute and kept babbling. After eating the steamed buns and drinking water, he lay down on the ground and slept again.


    Shen Zhou didn''t bother him when he saw this. When he went out to escort, he was actually not too afraid of bandits and bandits along the way, because these green forest heroes were only looking for money, and they would usually let them go if they paid some tolls.


    In contrast, Shen Zhou was more afraid of meeting an expert who was just playing around with the mortal world, pretending to be a beggar, a coachman, or someone from all walks of life. If he couldn''t cope well with one of them, he would make others unhappy, which might lead to death.


    So when he met these people, he was generally polite to them, and even told those who came after him not to disturb the old beggar.


    But now the old beggar is dead.


    There was a palm mark on his chest. The attacker''s palm was extremely fierce. This palm dented his entire chest, broke his ribs, and pierced his heart.


    He is a master! !


    ??The tall and thin Songxi Sword Sect disciple was shocked when he saw the horrific wounds on the old beggar''s body. He involuntarily loosened his grip and threw the body away.


    Fortunately, Malu on the side had quick eyes and quick hands and caught the body in time.


    ?Gu Qingyi gave Ma Lu an approving look, and then she leaned down and carefully inspected the new corpse.


    ?One murder case has not been solved yet, but another one came unexpectedly. The most important thing is that the old beggar was killed in front of everyone''s eyes.


    ?This made everyone''s mood sink, except for Malu.


    Although it may not be a good idea to say this. But with more corpses, he has another chance to draw card packs. For him who is currently extremely short of cards, this is like dozing off and giving him a pillow.


    This is also the reason why he rushed forward in the first place.


    The name is to protect the site, but in fact, I want to touch it.


    ??Anyway, the person is too cold to be saved, so letting him reuse the waste can be regarded as helping the deceased to accumulate some evil deeds.


    ?Ma Lu thought this way and quickly lit up another word "武".


    The next moment, the sound sounded in his ears again.


    【Ding! Successfully touching the corpse, congratulations on getting the Light as a Yan Gong card pack]


    Eh? Although Malu didn''t miss any opportunity to draw cards, he actually didn''t have high hopes.


    Because judging from the last time he drew a card, the martial arts he drew did not appear out of thin air, but the martial arts of the deceased.


    There is a high probability that a martial arts will be randomly selected and revealed.


    Considering that the person he touched the corpse this time was just a beggar, it was normal for him to pull out an old man with osteoporosis.


    ?However, he didn''t expect that he actually got another martial arts. Moreover, Ma Lu later looked at the card pack and found that it was still a light skill, with a total of 7 cards in it.


    ?Is it possible that this old beggar is actually a martial artist?


    Just at this time, Gu Qingyi also made a new discovery. He found a soft whip, a bag of dark green seeds, and two small porcelain bottles on the old beggar''s waist.


    ?One of them contained ordinary healing medicine, but the other porcelain bottle was not a cultivation elixir, but more like a Mongolian sweat medicine.


    ?Gu Qingyi put it under her nose and sniffed it lightly before she felt dizzy and almost fell asleep.


    I couldn’t help but be secretly surprised.


    ?Who is this old beggar? Why did he appear in the ruined temple, and what does it have to do with He Qisheng''s death? The most important thing is who killed him.


    ?He Qisheng died outside the temple, so no one saw the murderer. And this old beggar is lying in the temple. Even if he is attacked by someone, if the attacker chooses the private mode, the place will still be shrouded in thick fog.


    ??Such an obvious movement, it is impossible for Chen Er who was watching the night not to see it, which puzzled Gu Qingyi.


    She then asked some people who had not gone out to check for footprints with her before, and they all said that no one else had come in during this period.


    ?Two people died one after another, and their deaths were all unbelievable. This made the remaining people in the temple a little uneasy, and some even thought of the evil ghost asking for their lives.


    ??If it hadn''t been raining heavily outside, many people would have wanted to travel all night and not want to stay in this ruined temple for a moment.


    ??Gu Qingyi also didn’t expect that the first case he encountered would be so difficult when he was just starting out.


    ?However, in the face of setbacks, instead of being discouraged, the successive problems before her completely aroused her competitive spirit.


    ??Gu Qingyi then called everyone together and announced her next decision—a body search.


    Everyone in the world has his or her own secrets, and naturally everyone does not want these secrets to be seen.


    So when Gu Qingyi proposed that she would conduct a body search next, most people showed resistance on their faces.


    ?However, Gu Qingyi insisted, "The murderer is probably around us. Even if everyone doesn''t want to take revenge on He Shaoxia, for the sake of our own safety, we should catch the murderer as soon as possible."


    “I wonder what Gu Shen is looking for?” Shen Zhou asked.


    “That two-hundred-year-old ginseng plant.” Gu Qingyi said without thinking, “That was a gift from the Songxi Sword Sect to the new leader of the Beggar Clan. It was worth a lot of money. It was originally carried by He Shaoxia, but now it has disappeared.


    "Obviously the murderer also valued the old ginseng plant. He probably took it with him after he robbed it. If he found the old ginseng plant, he would be able to find the murderer. Now whoever opposes the most fiercely will be the most suspect."


    After hearing the last half of her words, everyone in the temple looked at me, and I looked at you, but in the end no one raised a voice to object.


    ?So Gu Qingyi started a round of searches. She didn''t let anyone go. Even Ma Lu, who was playing Yuan Fang at the moment, was searched twice by her.


    When he saw the chef''s knife, Gu Qingyi glanced twice.


    “Your knife is quite special.”


    “Because this is a knife used to cut vegetables.” Malu replied.


    “Are you the cook?”


    “No.” Malu shook his head.


    ??Gu Qingyi didn''t ask any more questions. Her mind was entirely focused on investigating the case at this time. She returned the chef''s knife to Malu. As a result, after looking around, she didn''t find the old ginseng plant on anyone.


    Could it be that the old ginseng plant was hidden somewhere else by the murderer?


    ?Gu Qingyi fell into deep thought again, and at this moment, someone walked up behind her.


    “Gu Shenqi, can you take a step to speak?”


    The person who spoke was the young scholar who had been frightened by Malu and moved to another place, but now his face no longer looked timid.


    “What’s the matter with you?” Gu Qingyi asked casually.


    Unexpectedly, the young scholar''s next words almost made her jump in shock.


    “Gu Shenqi, I know where that century-old ginseng plant is.”


    (End of this chapter)