After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 39: From Outside

Of course, Xu Yingying did not forget to untie the camellia before going to the yamen. After all, her help was still needed in the case.

As soon as Xu Yingying entered the yamen, she saw a male corpse lying on the ground. His death was extremely tragic. His face was so bloody that it was impossible to recognize its original appearance. There was not a single piece of healthy skin on his body. His eyes were still wide open, as if he had died with his eyes open.

Xu Yingying didn't feel anything when she saw this scene. After all, she had been doing this all her life, so she was used to it.

But this time, the usually aloof Camellia behaved strangely.

Camellia didn't react at first when she saw the male corpse, until she saw the token hanging around the man's waist. She instantly squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, letting out a shrill and painful scream.

"what--"

"My head hurts so much."

At the same time, some images flashed through her mind, as if they were some memories of her life, but they were just fragments and so short that Camellia couldn't remember anything specific for a moment.

When Xu Yingying saw that Camellia was acting abnormally, she quickly came closer to comfort her.

After Camellia was in better condition, she slowly asked, "What happened to you?"

Camellia shook her head and said in confusion: "I don't know either. I just suddenly saw the token on the body of the man and suddenly some images appeared in my mind. I felt a headache after seeing them."

"Have you two met in your previous lives?" Xu Yingying asked curiously.

Camellia shook her head. “I don’t know.”

Xu Yingying wanted to call upon the spirit of the deceased to ask, but unfortunately, after she called for a long time, the spirit of the deceased did not appear.

"He must have lost his soul." Camellia said helplessly.

"Then what should I do now? I don't know where to start!" Xu Yingying seemed to realize this and said helplessly after listening.

Xu Yingying thought about it for a while and finally called the bailiff.

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

Xu Yingying nodded and said, "Yes, where did you find the body?"

"Your Excellency, I found it on my way back to the government office after an evening inspection."

On the road?

Xu Yingying smelled something wrong.

Something strange happened. Xu Yingying suspected that there must be a bigger conspiracy. Maybe it was a vendetta like the above case!

"Where is the exact location? I want to go take a look."

Xu Yingying quickly asked the yamen runner.

"Reporting to the Lord, I found it at the entrance of the third alley after turning right on the east side of Wangsan Street."

After the bailiff finished speaking, Xu Yingying took Camellia and rushed there quickly without wasting a moment, fearing that she would miss any clues.

It didn't take long before they arrived at the crime scene.

Xu Yingying looked around, only to find a group of wandering ghosts.

"Camellia, bring them to me." Xu Yingying said decisively.

At Xu Yingying's command, these wandering ghosts were immediately caught red-handed by Camellia.

A group of wild ghosts were trembling in fear under the shock of the camellia.

"Sir! You have no grudge against us, why did you arrest me?"

"That's right. Normally, I haven't done anything bad. I just wander around doing nothing. If this is wrong... wouldn't that be too unfair?"

"Yes, yes! Sir, please let us go!"

……

Seeing this, Xu Yingying coughed lightly, and Camellia gave them a look, and the noisy wild ghosts instantly quieted down.

"I called you here today because I have something important to ask you. Someone just died here today. Do you know who it was? Or do you have any relevant clues?"

"If you speak well, I will let you go. If you speak badly and I find out that you are lying to me, you will end up in a miserable situation."

After Xu Yingying finished speaking, Camellia on the side raised her fist towards the ghosts as if in protest.

The wild ghosts were trembling with fear, and they quickly assured him: "Sir, we have all heard of your name, how dare we lie to you!"

"That's it."

Xu Yingying nodded with satisfaction when she heard that. "Then hurry up and tell me. Don't waste my time."

"Yes, my lord."

"I remember that this person seemed to be from another place, and it seemed that he just came into the city two days ago." A male ghost in linen clothes answered thoughtfully.

As soon as this was said, the female ghost beside him quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, he seems to be here to look for someone. He has been wandering around since he entered the city, and he has no fixed place to stay."

"Looking for someone?" Xu Yingying's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this the key to breaking the case?

She then quickly asked, "Do you know what kind of person he is looking for?"

The wild ghosts smiled awkwardly, then shook their heads and said, "My lord, this... I don't know!"

After getting this answer, Xu Yingying was a little disappointed.

"Okay! If you see anyone suspicious in the future, tell me. You have nothing to do here now, so leave now!"

Xu Yingying waved her hand.

As soon as these words were spoken, a group of wild ghosts fled in all directions.

Xu Yingying looked at the stars that were already twinkling in the sky and couldn't help yawning. She said to Camellia very tiredly, "Let's go! It's getting late today. Let's check tomorrow!"

"Yes, my lord."

It was already early morning when Xu Yingying and the others returned to the Xu Mansion.

Xu Yingying was not the only one who didn't rest at this time. Li Siqi also didn't fall asleep.

He couldn't fall asleep because Xu Yingying broke in when he was taking a shower. He wanted to ask Xu Yingying what was going on, but when he got to her room, he found that she was not there. So Li Siqi could only wander around the courtyard in his coat to relax.

As a result, he found Xu Yingying after walking a few steps, so he pretended to be very surprised and looked at Xu Yingying, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be sleeping at this time?"

The latter was also very surprised.

Xu Yingying smiled bitterly and explained, "Me! There's a case, I'm going to handle it!"

"Then why are you here? Shouldn't you be sleeping at this time?" Xu Yingying asked back.

"I...can't sleep...at night, so I took a walk!" Li Siqi stammered.

"Oh, by the way, what happened? Why did they call you out to handle a case in the middle of the night?" Li Siqi asked curiously.

Seeing that Li Siqi was very concerned about the affairs of the government office, Xu Yingying nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'll tell you tomorrow! I can take you to the government office tomorrow to deal with this matter together, so that you can learn from it. But I'm a little tired now, so I plan to have a good sleep first."

Li Siqi saw that Xu Yingying couldn't open her eyes, so he could only nod and agree: "Okay."

After arriving at the room, Xu Yingying hurriedly took off her clothes and fell down as soon as she touched the bed.

Her sleep was a bit scary, and she didn't wake up until noon the next day.