[Comprehensive] Pang Yu's Classic of Getting Rich in the Northern Song Dynasty

After rescuing Butou Li, the group went back to the muddy puddle. There was no change in the muddy puddle, and it seemed that it wasn't the small tripod's problem.

Gongsun Ce saw that Catcher Li was frightened, so he asked him to go back to rest for two days, but Catcher Li didn't refuse, because what happened today scared him so much that he almost died.

Lin Yu talked about the tripod for a while, and Gongsun Ce pondered for a while, and didn't say to look at the tripod or bring it over, but just make sure it's not related to this case. After all, it involves mystery It is not something that ordinary people can touch. Gongsun Ce is still very vigilant, and just hopes that Lin Yu will let them know if he finds out something that will hinder his family and country.

So Lin Yu accepted the tripod, and planned to show it to Bai Suzhen for questioning.

The identities of the dozens of dead people were easily found out. It turned out that they were villagers from a nearby village called Yanzi Village. , The corpse cried and cried.

Ma Han took the guards and asked them one by one if they had any contact with anyone before going out, or if there was anything unusual.

A woman with a basket was crying, "It's not the same as usual, I took the hoe and went out...Now, how can we orphans and widows live like this now? Sir, you must catch that murderer! .”

"That's right, I met someone there, just said to go get the hoe that fell on the ground, and I didn't come back all night..."

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These people said one sentence after another, and they all said that they didn’t see anything unusual, but Ma Han, don’t look at his rough hands and feet, sometimes he is very careful. Hearing this, he felt It's all weird, why did these people go to the field before they disappeared, thinking about it, he asked two guards to ask where their land was, so that they could search it.

Over there, Wu Zuo also checked briefly. These people were all bled to death at midnight last night. There were no signs of struggle. The clothes I'm wearing now are what I wore when I disappeared.

It seems that this or this group of people may have some hatred towards these people, so what is the reason for this bloodletting ceremony?If this thing is wrong, then where is the real purpose?

Lin Yu watched them busy, and didn't make any judgments or stop them. Firstly, he didn't have an official position, and secondly, he wasn't a professional case investigator. It's ok, he doesn't know anything else.

Speaking of Fengshui, this place is not very evil. There are mountains and waters, and Fengshui is also good. I heard from those people that there used to be a pool of clear water here, but now it has turned into muddy water, and no one dares to approach it.

Bao Zheng rushed over as soon as he came. On the way, he heard the guards talk about the strange things here. Bao Zheng already had some success in his heart, but he was even more astonished when he didn't expect to come here.

"It seems that this place was definitely not done by human beings. I wonder what insights Pang Yu had just now?" Bao Zheng asked Gongsun Ce. At this time, Lin Yu had already gone around with the searchers.

Gongsun Ce said, "Yu'er said the same thing. It's not a matter of opinion. He just said that the backflow of the river is a phenomenon of heaven and earth, and this murder case and the phenomenon are two different things."

Bao Zheng nodded, "This is someone who is taking advantage of this to make trouble." He said and looked at the direction of the road outside, "The road outside is far away from here, and those who want to know what happened here must be like The person who reported the crime is usually a vendor on the road, or someone from Yanzi Village."

Gongsun Ce said: "I think it is more likely that they are people from Yanzi Village, because these dead people are all from Yanzi Village. They all said they were going to the field and then disappeared. Presumably that person must be familiar with the terrain of Yanzi Village and these people. They may even keep an eye on them all day long.”

Bao Zheng: "Then do you think it's one person or a group?"

Gongsun Ce shook his head, "I prefer to be alone, and a man with great strength."

"how do I say this?"

"Although these people all died at Zishi, the knife was cut with the same strength and direction, and they all used the same knife. It would take a very strong man to cut the throat with one knife and have the ability to restrain these men. , and being able to bleed them coldly, and torture them, I am afraid there is some hatred, the hatred that can be directed at so many people may have happened in the past? How many families are involved? "

"It is necessary to ask clearly." Bao Zheng said, he called Ma Han.

"What's the matter Master Bao?" Ma Han asked.

"Mahan, go and ask these villagers if any major events have happened in their village recently, or have they heard any rumors."

Ma Han thought for a while, "I asked earlier, it's just a trivial matter, but what is it? You lost a chicken and I lost a dog. There are rumors... well, but there seem to be some rumors,"

The two looked at each other, and both looked at Ma Han.

Ma Han murmured, "I heard that their village is haunted."

"Haunted? What's going on?" Bao Zheng frowned.

Ma Han scratched his head and said, "There hasn't been anything serious recently, but ten years ago, a widow had an affair with someone else and was imprisoned. These women all fearfully said that the ghost of the widow came back to seek revenge."

It just so happened that Lin Yu came back at this time, and when he heard what he said, he shook his head, "It shouldn't be a ghost taking his life, the feng shui here is good, although there are death, people, and yin energy, but there is no ghost resentment, if it's just a little ghost, there is nothing you can do about it do such a thing.”

"Is there any solution to those runes?" Bao Zheng asked.

"This person probably learned something from a charlatan, but he's a half-baked guy, and he can't draw lines well, and he's even more worried about bringing him back to life." Lin Yu said.

After Bao Zheng heard this, his breath stagnated, and he understood, "This person should be from Yanzi Village as Mr. Gongsun said, and he is very familiar with the surrounding terrain and road conditions. It would be impossible if dozens of people could hide for a few days. Yes, and this person must be Kong Wu powerful, and he may have been out and in contact with some charlatans from time to time, Ma Han, take someone to visit Swallow Village to see if there is such a person in Swallow Village."

When he said this, Mahan suddenly made a bitter face, but he nodded in agreement.

Ma Han took people there, because such a major event happened in the village, so the village chief did not cooperate with Lizheng here, let alone those villagers, who trembled knowing that there might be a murderer hiding here, and did not stop at night. Dare to come out and cooperate extremely well, I hope Master Bao and the others can catch the murderer as soon as possible.

In the patchwork of these words, Ma Han gradually caught some clues.

Today Liu Da said that he saw a ghost floating in the field that night, and tomorrow Li Er said that he also saw a ghost, just behind the village.

There are people living in this village at the beginning and end of the village. The back of the village is relatively deserted, but there is a pond. At that time, it was said that the pond of Shenma Widow was there, but nothing happened, so there is nothing to be afraid of. of.

At the end of the village lives a Xiang Po, who is old and doesn’t know what her name is. Everyone calls her Xiang Po. On weekdays, she helps everyone to pray to various gods and offer incense during New Years and festivals. If you use modern words It should be called a sacrificial priest, and the people in the village respect her. Whenever there are any important matters, the village head and elders will go to discuss with her.

It's just that she was sick recently and couldn't get out of bed very much, so Ma Han still went to her house and knocked on the door. A tall girl opened the door. The girl was called Lian Er. She was timid, dumb and couldn't speak. It was adopted by Xiang Po.

Before entering the yard, I smelled a strong smell of medicine, and heard Xiang Po's cough, "Ahem, who are the adults? Lian'er quickly bring them in, ahem."

This girl named Lian'er let them in just now, her eyebrows were lowered.

Entering the inner room, he felt a bit shady and cool inside, and Ma Han still felt terrified because there was a half-human-sized paper doll in it, which made him panic. The village chief who came behind him was used to it, "Xiang Mother-in-law, this is the Master Ma I mentioned earlier."

Xiang Po nodded, and looked at Ma Han with cloudy eyes, "Master Ma, I don't know what you want to ask, cough cough."

"I don't know if you have noticed any strange things in the village recently?" Ma Han asked softly.

Xiang Po's eyes were a little blank, but she came back to her senses all of a sudden, "No, no."

Ma Han didn't notice either, "If you see something, tell the village chief."

After this round of visits, nothing was found. Ma Han looked around carefully with his hips on his hips, pointed to the pond and asked the village head, "How did I hear that a widow of a horse committed adultery decades ago, and then she was sunk here?"

The village chief wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with some trepidation, "Yes, yes, it's just a scandal, nothing, nothing to mention."

"Then if you want to hide dozens of people for ten days, do you think there is a Tibetan earth near here?"

The village chief shook his head, "There are no mountains here, they are all low mountains without caves, and people often go to the forest, so they can't hide people."

Ma Han pondered for a while, "Is the cellar or some broken house farther away?"

The village chief shook his head, "This, this..."

Ma Han walked back and forth a little annoyed, and suddenly thought of the weird paper figure in Xiang Po's room, "Does this Xiang Po know some spells or something? I think her room is as big as a paper figure."

The village chief nodded, "Xiangpo burns incense for us every year and festival, and makes a paper doll for anyone who has funeral affairs at home. I have never seen the spell, and we have seen that paper doll for many years. I'm in a panic, it's nothing right now, but if you want to ask an adult, you have to ask some old people in the village to find out."