I have a book of salvation

The new year is approaching, and there are a lot of big and small things to do in Weishui, but we still have to live day by day.

Whether it was the death of the three brothers of the Ji family or the dismissal of Xiao Zihua, the chief arrester of the Weishui River, it was an excellent source of conversation for many people, but it could not replace tea, rice, oil and salt.

As for Lin Yi, three days have passed since the case in which the three brothers of the Ji family were killed, but there is no news at all about the mysterious man known as the "head-picking ghost".

There are even rumors among the people that it is not a human being at all, but a ghost walking in the darkness, specializing in punishing those heinous criminals who have escaped the punishment of the law.

As for the rest, no one knows.

Today, it is another snowy day.

The corpse mover hummed an unknown tune and pulled the cart up to the Qingfengling Mausoleum.

And the corpse on the cart was burnt black and curled up into a ball. Where could one see the slightest trace of a human being?

After going up the mountain, the corpse mover said hello to Yu Chen who was clearing the snow, and began to dig a hole.

Yu Chen glanced at the corpse behind him and frowned slightly.

Although the body on the cart was burnt black and unrecognizable, judging from the strong bones, it should be a man.

When the corpse mover saw this, he thought it was Yu Chen who was frightened by the tragic scene, and said wickedly: "Grave looker, you can't stand it now? It's a shame you didn't see the corpses of the three brothers of the Ji family a few days ago. Otherwise, why don’t you just spit out the last night’s meal!

You don’t know that the heads of those three corpses were forcibly removed, held in their hands, and they were kneeling in the wind and snow. They looked like... tsk tsk. "

As if remembering something wonderful, the corpse mover praised twice, then realized that his reaction was not quite right, so he muffled it by haha.

Although the three brothers of the Ji family live in Hanqiao, anyone who knows them well knows that one of their relatives is a big shot in the Blackwater Gang in the south of the city, so even if they die, they can spend money to be buried in the Mingyue Tomb. He will not be buried in Qingfeng Mausoleum, which is like a mass grave.

After Yu Chen heard this, he looked happy on the surface, but he was murmuring in his heart.

You mean the bodies of the three brothers of the Ji family?

So am I too familiar?

I did it!

During the chat, the corpse mover complained while digging a hole: "The Weishui River is getting more and more chaotic. Just two days ago, there was a mysterious head picker. Today, such a tragic corpse was found in the south of the city. He's so burned that even his own mother wouldn't be able to recognize him. It's probably the evil gangsters who did this."

It is difficult for the Yamen to control matters in the south of the city.

This is almost universally recognized throughout the Wei River.

Every year, 80% of the murder cases in Weishui occur in the south of the city; and among these 80%, 80% of them are unsolved cases with no murderer found.

Now it seems that it is probably the same.

After all, there are many gangs in the south of the city, and bloody fights happen almost every day. It is not uncommon for people to die.

After the body was buried, the body mover waved his hand and dragged the cart down the mountain.

After Yu Chen left, he waved to the new grave, and a ghost came out of the snow and followed him into the house.

In the wind and snow, the young gravekeeper is in front of him, and the ghost who cannot rest in peace is following closely behind him. This scene is very similar to the legendary messenger from the underworld, leading the souls who cannot rest in peace to the underworld.

After entering the house, the doors and windows were closed as usual.

Yu Chen took out the scroll of the Book of Saviors and captured the pitiful ghost that was burnt black.

During the golden light, a revolving lantern scene flashed before Yu Chen's eyes.

The owner of this revolving lantern, that is, the charred corpse, is named Wang Hai. He is a porter who relies on his own strength to support others and support his family every day.

In his family, there is a wife who cannot do heavy work due to illness, a little girl who is only three years old, and an eighty-year-old mother who can only lie on the kang all day long.

A family of four all ate alone because of him.

Although he could basically live a life like this and support a large family, Wang Hai was very anxious!

Everything about the whole family is on him, and the money he earns is just enough to support daily expenses.

Can't save any money.

This means that if anything happens to him, even if he catches the cold and rests for two days, his wife, children, and mother will be hungry.

Can he not worry?

But fortunately God has eyes, things turned around about half a month ago.

At that time, two major events happened in the Weishui River - when the news that the Wang family offered a huge bounty for man-eating insects was spreading, the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce in the state capital also passed by the Weishui River. On the way, they lost their manpower due to an avalanche, so they had to recruit guards at the Weishui River. and porters.

Both of these things are ways to make quick money.

The former belongs to those practitioners who lick blood from their swords, but the latter belongs to ordinary people like Wang Hai who have no strength.

So, while the Zhengqing Gang and Yu Chen were preparing to hunt the big bug, Wang Hai and a group of porters followed the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce.

Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe it was an opportunity.

In short, while escorting the Chamber of Commerce, the Jinyang caravan encountered a pack of wolves and lost many men.

During the chase with the wolves, Wang Hai relied on his strength, agility and risking his life to save a deacon of the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce.

And he himself was bitten on a calf.

In order to thank him for saving his life, the deacon of the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce gave him two options. One was to follow the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce back to the state capital to work, and the other was to give him a sum of money in cash.

Wang Hai thought of his wife, children and mother at home, and reluctantly chose the latter.

So on the way back, the deacon of the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce gave him a kit, which contained six gold bahts of excellent quality.

This is no small sum of money.

According to Daxia's exchange rate, one gold baht weighs three taels, and six bahts are 18 taels of gold, which is nearly two taels of gold.

If converted into silver, it would be equivalent to twenty taels of snowflake silver!

A full twenty taels of silver!

For a wealthy Weishui businessman like Mr. Wang, this may be a drop in the bucket.

But for Wang Hai at the bottom, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money!

Immediately, Wang Hai returned home with his brocade bag in hand.

But what Wang Hai didn't expect was that wealth moved people's hearts. These six gold bahts were not only riches, but also disasters.

At that time, Mali, who was escorting the Jinyang caravan, besides Wang Hai, there were more than 20 men from Weishui County who also went with him.

There are three religions and nine streams, a mixture of fish and dragons, and everyone is there.

Somehow, the news about the gold baht given to Wang Hai by the deacon of Jinyang Chamber of Commerce spread among these guys.

After returning to Weishui, he naturally didn't hide it.

But although money and silk are attractive to people's hearts, there are also laws like hanging swords that prevent some people with evil intentions from acting rashly.

But there are always some guys who are fearless, licking blood from the edge of a knife, and are desperadoes.

The large and small gangs in the old streets in the south of the city are among them, and among these ruthless people, the Blackwater Gang is the most vicious and evil.

No, before Wang Hai went to the bank to turn the gold baht into silver and copper plates for daily use, the people from the Blackwater Gang came to him.

With half an arm and half a crutch, he took Wang Hai to the south of the city. He said that he admired Wang Hai for sacrificing his life to die, but the actual purpose was that of a drunkard.

——Those six gold bahts.

When they arrived at the south of the city, several big men of all kinds surrounded Wang Hai and forced him to hand over the six gold bahts.

But Wang Hai has an old man and a young man, and he still hopes that these six gold bahts will improve his life!

Who wants to be taken away for no reason?

Those guys didn't find any gold baht on Wang Hai or in his home. They guessed where Wang Hai had hidden the gold baht, so they forced him to tell him.

Wang Hai is also tough-talking and won't say whether he is dead or alive.

Those members of the Blackwater Gang were beaten with sticks and whipped with whips.

Wang Hai still didn't say anything, so they continued to fight.

In the end, the person was beaten to death without any seriousness.