The Big Landlord

The smile on his face faded a little, and the crescent-shaped eyes burst out with a frightening light like black gems.

"Even if there were tigers and wolves before, what's the matter with you?" Tang Shi has always been an independent person. He hates other people interfering in any of his decisions. What he wants to do, even if something goes wrong in the future, it is his own business. , has nothing to do with others.

Zhao Jin was taken aback by Tang shi's inviolable expression and his eloquent words, but this happened to be the other side of Tang shi that he really wanted to see.

He looked at Tang Shi's staring eyes, and suddenly thought of a cub he had seen at someone else's place before. Although he tried his best to show his power, his appearance was too harmless, making him look even cuter.Tang Shi was like this now, he was obviously a thin, cute and harmless one, but he wanted to show a ruthless look, and this contrast made him laugh uncontrollably.

"Okay, don't be angry," Zhao Jin reached out and rubbed Tang Shi's hairy head, "I didn't mean to interfere with you."

Although Tang Shi was quite comfortable being rubbed by him, his reason was still there. He took a step back and left the range of Zhao Jin's palm, obviously not believing his words, "Then what do you mean by asking so much? Eat Are you full?"

Seeing that he avoided it, Zhao Jin withdrew his hand, and the soft touch seemed to reach his heart through his palm.

"You're still young, I'm just worried about you."

Tang Shi rolled his eyes at him, "Who are you lying to? Didn't you come to me just to get the ruby ​​back? Since the ruby ​​was returned to you, I won't keep any more."

"Tang Shi," Zhao Jin looked at his leaving back and called to him, "You must be careful."

When Tang Shi looked back, he saw Zhao Jin standing there with a slight smile. The bright sunlight fell behind him, casting a gentle halo on him. Even though he was dressed plainly, he was still very good-looking up.

But no matter how good-looking it is, it doesn't suit me.

Tang Shi nodded at him, and left Zhao's courtyard without hesitation.He thought that they would never meet again in the future, but the world is unpredictable, who can say for sure?

When he returned to the Tang family's courtyard, Yuan Yong happened to reach an agreement with Tang Qing's Liu family and left the house.Both Tang Qing and Liu's faces showed joy, "Mr. Yuan, why don't you stay and have a meal together today?"

Yuan Yong naturally agreed.

The Tang family had such a happy event, and the Liu family was willing to spend money, so Tang Ji went directly to the town to weigh a few catties of meat. It happened that Tang Nian also picked up a few fish with a net, and such a sumptuous meal took shape.

There was still a while before dinner, so Tang Shi led Yuan Yong for a walk in Tangjia Village. Yuan Yong asked Tang Shi while admiring the pastoral scenery in early spring, "Shitou, you should get up early when you go to school in the county. There is still such a long way to go, maybe you can hold on?"

Tang Shi knew that this was also a test, studying hard, studying hard, this was a difficult problem Yuan Yong posed for him.

"Teacher, I will persevere." He can run every day, and he can treat it as exercise, killing two birds with one stone.

"Okay." Yuan Yong suddenly turned serious, "Shitou, I haven't talked to you about my identity as a teacher and your other senior brothers, have I?"

Tang Shi raised his head, waiting for Yuan Yong's next words.

Yuan Yong stared into the distance, "Shitou, as a teacher, he has never been a high-ranking official. The most important thing is to be a prince and junior teacher. The prince back then is also the current sage."

Tang shi thought to himself, the prince's master is already a second grade, which is already very high.

"Your elder brother is currently the second-rank official, and is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Your third senior brother is a fifth-rank Hanlin bachelor. Your fourth senior brother is the fifth-rank Dali Temple Minister."

After Yuan Yong finished speaking, he looked at Tang Shi, "Shitou, several of your senior brothers have become high-ranking officials, but my teacher didn't want you to be an official last night. Can you blame me?"

Tang Shi shook his head, "Teacher, I think it's good to concentrate on learning."

Yuan Yonglang laughed, "I hope you will still think so in the future."

Tang Shi looked serious, "The disciple will not disappoint the teacher."

Yuan Yong smiled and walked forward on the path, intending to go back to Tang's house to fill his stomach, but at this moment, a horrified cry suddenly came from the back mountain not far away, "Dead! Dead! "

Tang Shi stopped in his tracks. He thought that those people in the back mountain had already been dealt with by Zhao Jin. Could it be that he guessed wrong?When his mental power expanded to the back mountain, he found that those corpses were indeed still there, except for the one who was hunted down.

It's just that the villagers didn't go to the back mountain because of the busy spring. Now that there is a problem with the land, they have nothing to do. In order to make some money, they went to the back mountain to find something to sell.

No, the body was found.

After all, Yuan Yong had seen a lot of things. Although he was shocked in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. Seeing Tang Shi standing there in a daze, he thought Tang Shi was frightened, so he reached out and touched Tang Shi's head, saying softly. Said: "Stone, don't be afraid."

Tang shi nodded and retreated behind him.

The villager's shout attracted other villagers, and the big furniture surrounded them. Some curious people wanted to go to the place where the incident happened. The old village chief also came over. He had seen many storms and waves. Long, he definitely needs to preside over the overall situation.

The villager who found the corpse led the crowd to the place where the corpse was located in Houshan. The Tang family also came over when they heard the news. When they saw Tang Shi and Yuan Yong, they all leaned over and greeted Yuan Yong politely and respectfully.

Tang Song went out to play with Tang Feng in the morning. He didn't know that Tang Shi was back. Now that he saw Tang Shi, he was as happy as something, and leaned towards Tang Shi with a "swish", "Uncle !"

Tang Shi patted his head, "I'll talk about it when I go home, but why are you and Xiaofeng here?"

The two children are still young, and seeing dead people is still too harsh.

Mrs. Liu and her two daughters-in-law didn't come over because they were cooking at home. Only Tang Qing and his children and grandchildren came. Seeing Tang Shi's disapproval, Tang Nian had to explain: "Shitou, it's these two children who want to come with us. no way."

The three men in the Tang family are all kind-hearted, but the younger boys are more stubborn, such as Tang Shi and Tang Feng.

Tang Feng glanced at Tang Shi's small body who was not much taller than himself, with a small face arrogantly, "Didn't you come too?"

Tang Shi smiled and ignored Tang Feng's resistance, and rubbed his stubborn little head, "I'm your uncle."

Tang Feng held his head full of chicken nests, and Gao Shi's delicate eyes glared at Tang Shi like fire.

Although Yuan Yong liked to watch children play, but after all, dead people are more serious, "Stone, don't play around."

Tang shi immediately became obedient and his face was serious.

Soon, they came to a few corpses, and the villagers trampled around randomly. The traces of the scene must have been completely destroyed, but Tang Shi didn't want to remind him.

Although it is early spring and the weather is still a bit cold, after all, the corpse has been placed for such a long time, rotting is inevitable, and it still exudes a foul smell.

Tang Feng and Tang Song couldn't help but took several steps back.Tang Shi didn't think it was a big deal. Those zombies in the last days were much more disgusting than this. He had endured it for ten years and was already used to it.

The old village chief gasped when he saw these horrific corpses. He held back his fear and said to the tall and strong peasants beside him, "Quick! Report to the authorities!"

Tang Shi looked up at Yuan Yong, "Teacher, it seems that the second senior brother has to work day and night again."

In the eyes of the villagers, this might just be a murder case, because it happened on the back hill of their village, so they were so panicked, but Tang Shi knew that if Chen Jiangui really took care of this case, I'm afraid the things involved behind it not too small.He glanced at the crowd and found that Hong Zhong was indeed hiding behind them.

Could it be that Zhao Jin wanted to make things big?But it depends on how the second senior brother can solve it. After all, the clothes on these people are not unusual. With the second senior brother's knowledge, he can definitely tell.

Yuan Yong naturally also smelled the unusual smell in it, but he couldn't control it now, so he said to Tang Shi: "Since it's your second senior brother's job, then we can't control it, let's go back to eat first. "

The Tang family had always respected Yuan Yong, so when he spoke, they naturally followed him back.

At the dinner table, Tang Shi still ate very happily. The four of Tang Nian, Tang Ji and Tang Feng and Tang Song who had seen the corpses couldn't eat at all. Tang Qing was a little better. positive image.

Yuan Yong watched from the side, and felt that his little disciple was really a bit strange, and his heart must be too generous.

After dinner, Yuan Yong didn't intend to go back to the county right away, after all, Chen Jiangui would come over to investigate the case after a while.

Chen Jiangui soon found out about such a big event in Tangjia Village, and he immediately brought people to Tangjia Village himself.The villagers of Tangjia Village surrounded the people in the yamen not too far away, watching the situation at the scene.

When Chen Jiangui saw Yuan Yong, he saluted respectfully and didn't say much nonsense. He directly dispatched the yamen servants to investigate the identities of the deceased and collect testimony from witnesses.

The clothes on these people are basically black, which seems ordinary, but judging from the texture of the fabric, it is not simple.What's even more strange is that, judging from the fatal injuries, how many people died from sword wounds, but two people died from a stick-shaped blunt weapon. Could it be that two people were the ones who killed them?Moreover, being able to use a sword shows that the identity of the murderer is not simple.

Chen Jiangui frowned. This case should not be an ordinary murder case. He had a feeling in his heart that there was something deeper hidden behind it.

"My lord," Wu Zuo stood up, shook his head and said helplessly, "The deceased has been dead for more than half a month, and the facial decay is so good that he can no longer distinguish clearly."

Chen Jiangui had expected it a long time ago, and was not disappointed, "Then you might be able to see what this stick-shaped weapon is?"

Wu Zuo took a closer look at the wound, and said: "Looking at the shape of the wound, the stick-shaped weapon is uneven, and has some strange bends, like, like..." His eyes fell on the trees beside him. , and murmured, "Twigs..."

But when he said it, he didn't believe it himself.How much strength does it take to hurt someone so far with a branch?If it is said that the branch is inserted on the ground and the person falls from a height, it is very possible to cause such an injury.However, it is not so difficult to pierce a branch through a human skull only by manpower.The one whose heart was punctured was understandable, but the wound that went through the forehead was something very human could do.

Chen Jiangui felt that there was such a possibility. After all, strange people and strange things still existed in this world.

"Go and see if there are similar-shaped branches around." Chen Jiangui ordered.

The yamen servants complained in their hearts, there are so many around, where can they find them?This is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"My lord, what if the murder weapon is taken away by the murderer?" A yamen servant couldn't help asking.

Chen Jiangui's expression turned cold, "What if he wasn't taken away?" This cannot be taken for granted. Finding it is another matter, but you can't do nothing.

When the yamen servant saw him like this, he felt a wave of fear in his heart, and after quickly admitting his mistake, he went to look for the branches.

"My lord, this is the first witness." A yamen servant brought the villager who found the dead over.

The villager is an old man in his fifties. He has no wife and no children, and his life is very poor. When he is old, he can't plant much land. Sometimes he will go up the mountain to find some wild vegetables and game, as long as he can fill his stomach. up.

"The little one greets the adults." Chen Jiangui saw his emaciated and trembling appearance, and helped him up before he knelt down.

"Just tell me when you discovered it? How did you discover it? What was the situation at that time?"

The old man replied respectfully: "The villain went to the mountain this morning. He didn't come to this place at first, but he came here after walking. The little one just smelled the bad smell and thought it was an animal that died in the mountain. But when I took a closer look, no, I didn't expect..." He still has lingering fears when he thinks about it now.

"What's next?"

"Then, the little one called for someone."

Chen Jiangui saw that he couldn't find any clues, so he asked him to retreat.

"My lord, I haven't found any clues." A yamen servant came to report.

Chen Jiangui frowned, "What can you tell from their clothes?"

"My lord, although the quality of the clothes is better, they are not special, so..."

Chen Jiangui waved him to continue searching, while he fell into deep thought.

These corpses should all be people with good martial arts skills. It can be seen from their physical characteristics and the weapons next to their corpses. Moreover, they are wearing the same clothes, and they should be under the same order. If this is the case, then The articles here are huge.

So, what are these people doing in this small mountain village?How did they die again, especially those two who were killed by branches, no matter how you look at it, something is wrong.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Jiangui called the yamen servants to transport these corpses back. The yamen servants were about to resign themselves to moving the corpses, when someone shouted not far away: "Wait!"