The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

Niu Jingui and the others crawled out of the tunnel, covered in dust and dirt.

They saw Zhou Heng standing not far away, holding a knife, and they immediately swarmed him.

"Officer, where is the demon?"

They gripped their knives, looking around nervously, their hands trembling.

Zhou Heng glanced at them, but didn't look down on them.

It's normal for ordinary people to be afraid when facing demons.

"They must have escaped from here."

Zhou Heng pointed to the river in front of him and began to speak.

The danger countdown worked this time; there was indeed no danger inside the tunnel.

When Zhou Heng finally arrived here, he only found some slime by the river and did not see the demon that had attacked Shen Chong.

"Let's go back to the city."

Zhou Heng sheathed his sword and said.

"Back to town? We're not going to chase them anymore?"

Niu Jingui and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

However, it's a good thing that we're not chasing them anymore. What if we catch up with the demons and can't defeat them?

Even though Officer Shen was seriously injured, they were definitely no match for him.

Relying on his junior brother, Officer Shen?

Stop joking. Didn't I already say that this acting constable, like Han Zhuangzhuang, is just born with superhuman strength?

He wasn't even a ninth-rank strongman.

Officer Shen was simply grasping at straws in his desperation.

It seems the other party is aware of their own limitations and is preparing to give up.

The constables understood and followed.

…………

Back in Ningyang County.

Shen Chong has been sent to a clinic for treatment. Although his life is not in danger, he will have to stay in bed and recuperate for several months.

Zhou Heng sent people to investigate the identity and interpersonal relationships of the postman at Ningyang Post Station, while he himself went through the case files in the county government office.

"The postmen at Ningyang Post Station were all dog demons disguised as humans, but the one who attacked my senior brother was not a dog demon."

Zhou Heng carefully flipped through the files related to demons and monsters in Ningyang County.

There have been several cases of demons harming people in Ningyang County, but they were all eventually proven to be just people pretending to be gods.

The dog demons in Ningyangyi are very well hidden; they only attack passersby and never harm the locals.

When passersby go missing, no one reports it to the police. Even if their families find out later, they don't know where they went missing.

Therefore, Ningyang Post Station remained undetected.

If those dog demons hadn't wanted revenge on Zhou Heng, he wouldn't have discovered them.

Even if Zhou Heng had died that night, the matter would still not have been exposed.

That evening, Zhou Heng bid farewell to Shen Chong and prepared to return to the capital to take up his post.

If he were to disappear, Shen Chong would simply assume that he had returned to the capital.

"The Guardian Division should have a way to sense the aura of demons, but unfortunately I don't know how."

Zhou Heng sighed inwardly.

Without extraordinary power, he could only resort to this clumsy method to piece together the clues.

Although the dog demons at Ningyang Post Station disguised themselves as humans, they were not human after all, and would try to minimize contact with humans in order to avoid being exposed.

Therefore, those who associate too closely with them are most likely demons.

In his previous life, Zhou Heng was at least an auxiliary police officer, and he had a lot of close contact with cases.

If you can read three hundred Tang poems by heart, you can recite them even if you can't compose them.

He used the methods he learned in his previous life to sort through the clues one by one.

"The woodcutter has gone missing..."

Suddenly, Zhou Heng's gaze fell on a scroll.

Two months ago, a woodcutter's family reported to the police that he had gone up the mountain to chop firewood and had not returned for several days.

The county government sent people to search the mountains where the woodcutter frequented, but they couldn't find him. In the end, they had no choice but to offer a reward for clues.

However, two months have passed and there are still no clues, which has made it a cold case.

This case was originally quite ordinary, but Zhou Heng flipped through the files he had just looked at and found another file.

"As expected, it's the same person."

Zhou Heng muttered to himself, "This woodcutter named Zhang Wu reported that he encountered a python in the mountains, and then he disappeared not long after..."

Zhou Heng recalled the scene when Shen Chong was attacked at Ningyang Post Station.

The opponent was moving too fast, and Shen Chong's body blocked his view, so he didn't see clearly what the monster that attacked Shen Chong was.

However, upon reflection, he realized that it seemed to be a tail.

The snake's tail!

Considering the crawling marks in the secret passage, Zhou Heng felt that all of this might not be a coincidence.

"Could there be a snake demon hiding in the mountains, an accomplice of those dog demons?"

Zhou Heng frowned slightly.

It's not surprising that such a vast mountain like Mount Tai might harbor some monsters.

If the snake demon hides in the mountains, it won't be so easy for him to find it.

However, it is rather strange that the snake demon and the dog demon colluded together.

I was just thinking about it.

Suddenly, Niu Jingui rushed in.

"Officer, something terrible has happened! That Prefect Chen has been captured by demons!"

Niu Jingui's face was pale, and he was panting heavily.

"What happened?"

Zhou Heng walked with his sword in hand, asking questions as he went.

The newly appointed Prefect of Taishan, Chen Yongcheng, moved into the city early in the morning and lived not far from the county government office.

He also hired a bodyguard at great expense.

Zhou Heng was deeply impressed by the guard named Han Zhuangzhuang.

Although the opponent's strength was not as great as Zhou Heng's, it was much stronger than that of an ordinary person, and not much weaker than that of a typical ninth-rank strongman.

Logically speaking, ordinary demons should be unable to harm him.

"I don't know either."

Niu Jingui said, "The innkeeper came to report that someone had died."

Zhuangzhuang was beaten to death, and Magistrate Chen has disappeared without a trace.

The magistrate and the county constable were furious and ordered us to bring Lord Chen back as soon as possible.

This was originally supposed to be Shen Chong's task, but Shen Chong was still recovering from serious injuries, so the task fell to Zhou Heng, the acting head constable.

For Ningyang County, this matter is even more important than the case at Ningyangyi.

The case at Ningyangyi occurred outside the city, so its impact was limited.

But now a murder has occurred in the city, and a newly appointed Prefect of Mount Tai has gone missing. If things go wrong, both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant will lose their jobs.

Zhou Heng led Niu Jingui and the others to the inn.

Han Zhuangzhuang's body was still lying on the ground, and a coroner was examining the body.

With just one glance, Zhou Heng was already certain that Han Zhuangzhuang's cause of death was the same as that of the constable at Ningyang Post Station.

He had some doubts before, but now he knows that he was strangled by a python.

Han Zhuangzhuang's bones were all crushed, and his body looked somewhat distorted, smaller than when he was alive.

Zhou Heng looked around.

There were signs of a fight in the courtyard, indicating that Han Zhuangzhuang had been entangled with the snake demon for a while.

Unfortunately, although Han Zhuangzhuang was born with superhuman strength, he was still inferior to the snake demon. In addition, Han Zhuangzhuang's large size made his speed a weakness, so he ultimately died tragically at the hands of the snake demon.

"Is this simply revenge?"

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.

When demons kill, they usually treat people as food, just like the dog demon in Ningyang Post Station.

But now, the snake demon kills people without eating them, clearly out of revenge.

"Acting head constable".

Niu Jingui approached Zhou Heng and carefully handed him a note.

"The coroner discovered it on Zhuangzhuang's body."

Niu Jingui looked sad. Han Zhuangzhuang used to be a constable in Ningyang County, and he had a good relationship with him.

Who would have thought that Han Zhuangzhuang, who had just climbed to a high position, would lose his life so soon?

Zhou Heng took the note and glanced at it.

"If you want Chen Yongcheng dead, come to Jiguanling alone."

The hasty handwriting is highly targeted.

"Were they watching me?"

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Heng's eyes.

Although the note did not mention a name, Zhou Heng knew it was aimed at him.

The snake demon and the dog demon were in cahoots, and those dog demons died at his hands. The snake demon wanted revenge, so naturally she would come after him.

"Niu Jingui, where is Jiguanling?"

Zhou Heng asked.

"Officer, don't be impulsive! Zhuangzhuang is dead. If you go, you'll just be throwing your life away."

Niu Jingui glanced around furtively and whispered, "You're just a deputy constable, you don't even get a salary, it's not worth risking your life."

"Yes, I don't even get a salary."

Zhou Heng murmured, "But Han Zhuangzhuang is dead."

I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.

I won't be satisfied until I kill it.

In this life, he does not seek immortality, but only clarity of mind.