Disaster for the country

The lights crackled and shone on the corpse covered by the white canvas, and the stench of corpses seemed to come out of hell, pulling every pore of the person's body vigorously.

Xin Luoyi is interrogating those who are related to the deceased. He has no time to care about King Pingxi's disrespect towards him at this moment. When the case is found out and no one is killed, he has plenty of time to spend with that old guy King Pingxi. He also has the energy to match wits with the old thing.

"There were five victims in total. The method of committing the crime was the same. They were tied to wooden boards with cotton ropes, and then poured with boiling water until all the skin fell off. Then, they were cut behind the ears and the whole skin was torn off. At this time, people are alive and dying."

Several corpses lay on the white desk. The corpses were all rotten and covered with white canvas. Some corpses had maggots rolling over them, and some had rotted into bones. The whole dark mortuary place had an unpleasant stench. When Luoyi first came in, she ran out several times and vomited, but then she vomited so much that it was better. Not only did she smell the smell, but just seeing the corpse was disgusting. The corpse was indeed like this. Skinned, a total of five people skinned together almost every month in the past five months, and the degree of decay of the corpse also showed obvious monthly changes.

He looked at the corpse, suppressed the desire to vomit, and led the person out of the morgue. After breathing for a while, he said: "For the past five months, one will appear every month, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness, these corpses were all found in the mountain stream to the left of Pingcheng, which is quite close to Pingcheng. There is a temple to the west of the mountain stream, and many faithful men and women go to burn incense and worship Buddha."

"So, it doesn't show up this month, does it? Means one more person will be killed this month."

"Yes, Your Highness, so we need to find the murderer before the victim is killed, otherwise, another person will be killed like this."

Xin Luoyi was worried. In the past five months, five people died one after the other. There were men and women, and the skinning techniques were the same. Moreover, these five people had no intersection, and their statuses were very different. This ruled out enemy killings, vendetta killings, etc. In many situations, what kind of person would have such a perverted method to kill a person just like that.

Five people, an oiran, a young lady from Xiaojiabiyu, a scholar, a playboy from a rich family, and a clothes-washing girl.

"According to the descriptions of the family and friends of the deceased, the deceased did not meet each other. Even if they offend someone, it is impossible to offend them together. Therefore, I have no clue at all. Your Highness, all those who had conflicts with these five people have been arrested. Would you like to see it?"

"Go, go and have a look." Xin Luoyi said.

"My lord, I didn't kill anyone...I just..."

As soon as he entered the prison, a man shouted his innocence through the prison door.

"Did the hall say that you killed her? Are you the benefactor of the oiran? It is said that before she died, she had a quarrel with you in the painting boat?"

"Yes, but I didn't kill her, I, I just reprimanded her very angrily at that time."

"Why scold her?"

"She asked too much. When I went to study in the capital, she did give me ten taels of silver as money, but I haven't forgotten her for so many years. Otherwise, I wouldn't be back now, right? But she wanted I redeemed myself to marry her as a concubine, how could I, an innocent family, marry a prostitute as my wife?"

"Without her helping you, how could you have achieved what you are today?"

"My lord, you are wrong. Back then, she was casting a wide net and catching more fish. She gave money to all the scholars who she knew would go to Beijing to study, hoping that in the future there would be a high school student who would not forget her kindness." Yes, I’ve seen a lot of women like this.” Wang Sheng said, he was originally a scholar, and in those days he took ten taels of silver from the prostitute for his studies, and later, every time he passed by a place, as long as he He said that when he entered Beijing to study and take the imperial examination, he would be given silver by prostitutes, hoping to meet someone with a conscience who would take her to be good, and all the way down, he had already accumulated a hundred taels of silver when he arrived in Kyoto. I did a small business, got rich, and then returned to my hometown, became a small employee, bought a few acres of land, and became a rich man in this way, so when I was free, I went to a brothel to take care of that prostitute@ Women's business, of course, when he takes care of the oiran's business, he can take a nap by the way, so he can call it Laozi to repay his favor.

Xin Luoyi became suspicious: "There are so many prostitutes who give you money, why do you only take care of this one?"

"Because she is the most beautiful, she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

The reason for the red fruit.

A reason that all men can't ignore to refuse, it seems to be so reasonable.

After several rounds of interrogation, Xin Luoyi discovered a key.

The prostitute @女美艳, the lady is pure and beautiful, the scholar is gentle and elegant, the son of the rich family is flamboyant and handsome, and the woman in the clothes is a beauty.

All the words, which are very familiar, are just one word-beautiful!

Regardless of whether they are glamorous or gentle, everyone has a description in the common words that describe these people, that is, beauty. The commonality of these people is that they are good-looking and have a good skin.

"Are there any traces of being violated on these corpses?" Xin Luoyi asked Wu Zuo.

"Return to Your Highness, no."

Xin Luoyi really couldn't figure it out, all these people were considered good-looking, but the murderer caught these good-looking people and didn't violate them, just for the sake of skinning. Woolen cloth?what a waste...

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of Li Shanjian, he is number one in the world, that is the number one in the world that is well deserved, and everyone becomes a vulgar fan when they are in front of him.

"In this way, now send people to protect all good-looking people in Pingcheng. The murderer also picks up high-quality skins. Anyone who is good-looking will not be spared."

The servants looked at each other in blank dismay. Thinking about it this way, it seemed to make a little sense.

At night, one person was running for his life, and the sky was full of stars. He struggled to escape with the last sliver of strength, but he had to walk for a long time at a very short distance on weekdays. Running forward as desperately as if seeing the dawn.

When Tao Jin found the government office, he was about to rush in but was stopped outside the door. His body was covered in blood, and he didn't even have the strength to speak. He just went to see Xin Luoyi with his last breath. Who knew the people in the government office Seeing him was like seeing an assassin, picked up the knife and put it on his neck, and pressed him to the ground without saying a word. Wei said: "Your Majesty meets an assassin, go and report... Your Highness..."

"Oh, an assassin? I think you look like an assassin." Ting Wei said, "Do you think His Highness wants to see everyone?"

He knew that King Pingxi intended to make things difficult for these two young emperors, so he relied on the courage given by his master to deliberately poke Tao Jin's wound with the sword in his hand, Tao Jin gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Something happened to the son... Can you afford it?" Tao Jin said with his last breath, "Go quickly..."

Ting Wei looked at Tao Jin at this time and found it funny, after all, he was just a servant, where did he have the qualification to order him to do something?But if something happened to Li Shanjian, he couldn't tell with hundreds of mouths, so he signaled his subordinates to go in and report.

Xin Luoyi rushed out, and when she came out, Tao Jin had already passed out due to exhaustion, he kicked Ting Wei in the abdomen, and Ting Wei's body bounced off like that.

Ting Wei fell to the ground with a thud, and opened his mouth to spit out a big mouthful of blood. Xin Luo said sharply, "Why didn't you report it just now, and now come to report it?"

He looks very calm on the surface, but the attitude of his attack shows that he is anxious inside. He has always been ostentatious and bold. He is a very charming man. He is arrogant and domineering but never bullies others. Xie Mei is approachable, he is the most down-to-earth prince, but all this does not mean that he has no temper, his shots can be regarded as ruthless, ruthless and accurate.

The court lieutenant fell to the ground and didn't get up for a long time. He reported back: "Your official, I thought it was an assassin!"

It's okay if he didn't say this, but when he said this, Xin Luoyi stepped on his back, and he suddenly felt that his internal organs were crushed, and blood came out of his nose and mouth.

"You should be damned."

"You should really be damned. If something happens to Shan Zhi, I will cut off your flesh piece by piece and throw them into the toilet to feed the maggots." After speaking, he kicked up, and Ting Wei's body was kicked by him just like that He was kicked and hit the wall, blood spattered when he fell to the ground.

"Yes, yes, I'm going to find the prince now."

Atong pulled the horse over vigorously, Xin Luoyi immediately galloped over when he heard the sound of the horse, got on the horse, flicked the whip vigorously, and galloped forward.

When he arrived at the location, all four assassins were dead, which meant that Shan Zan must be fine, he thought in his heart that Shan Zan must be fine...

The whole Pingcheng was brightly lit, and officers and soldiers were everywhere, looking for people from house to house. Before dawn, the whole Pingcheng was as bright as day.

***

Li Shanjian woke up on a very rough bed, seeing darkness and severe pain, he was about to reach out to take off the blindfold but was stopped by someone.

"Your eyes have been corroded by limestone, and you still have old diseases, so you can't see light yet. Eyes are a good thing, and you should take good care of them." The voice was immature, and it sounded like a teenager.

"Who are you?" Li Shanjian asked, the bloody clothes on his body had already been changed, and he had put on coarse linen clothes, he touched the wound on his shoulder like this, and the pain made him gasp.

"Me, my name is Wei Yi, a countryman. I met you at the gate of the city when I came home last night. You were still angry, so I brought you to my house. Your eyes were seriously injured. , I won’t be able to see the light for these three days. If you need anything, just call me.”

Wei Yi spoke in an extremely open-minded way, just listening to the voice is beyond the reach of ordinary countrymen.

This house is very simple, ordinary wooden house, with a fire in the center of the house, usually a rich family burns a charcoal stove, but what he burns is firewood, just to heat up the house. Occupying the only bed made of wood, he could only hug the haystack in the corner for the night.There are many tanks outside the house, all of which are filled with clear springs. This house is at the foot of the mountain outside the city, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

"Thank you." Li Shanjian said, "Can you send me back to the translation hall?"

"Your eyes cannot see light or wind within three days, so after three days, I will send you back."

"You are a doctor." Hearing the tone of Li Shanjian, he was a little suspicious that he was a doctor, because Li Shanjian could feel that his eyes had been treated very carefully, which even the court doctor could not do, but a doctor can He can cure his old illness well, why can't he deal with his shoulder injury, he can feel the shoulder injury almost casually bandaged, this is not justified by emotion and reason.

"No." The answer is reasonable.

"Then how did you heal my eyes?"

"Why do you ask so many questions? I only treat your eyes. Don't worry, I won't harm you. After you apply the medicine like this for a month, your eye diseases will definitely be cured, and you won't be sore from overusing your eyes. You won't feel stinging when facing strong light, as long as your eyes are not substantially damaged, your eyes will be fine!"

Li Shanjian didn't speak anymore, he was indeed a little cautious, he couldn't see now, and there was no close person in front of him, he could only be familiar with the surrounding environment clearly.

"You're okay, you met me, so you are a bit lucky, most people are not as lucky as you."

Li Shanjian heard these words with deep helplessness, and he didn't speak anymore, because he was originally a deserted person, except for things that were beneficial to him, he would not ask about things that were meaningless to him, let alone Interfering in other people's private affairs.But if the other party wants to speak, he can act as a loyal listener.

"If you lose your eyes, you will lose all the rights to see beauty. You seem to be a rich man, and you have used a lot of expensive medicines since you were young, so your eye disease is not too serious, unlike some people... ?”

Wei Yi didn't go any further when he said this, maybe this is his sad thing, he can't say it, but Li Shanjian seems to have guessed a little bit, non-professional doctors usually become doctors after a long illness, because they have eye diseases, He was born in a bad family, so he studied medicine.

As for the reason, he didn't want to ask. His face was a little pale, but surrounded by coarse linen clothes, he looked even colder and colder. Everything about him was covered, and he was a little erratic. He knew that Xin Luoyi must be looking for him like crazy at this time.

"Are you worried that your family can't find you?" Wei Yi said, "Don't worry, what token do you have, I'll take your family with you."

Hearing this sentence, Li Shanjian touched the blood jade hanging around his neck. After thinking about it, he smiled bitterly, and suddenly he was a little bit reluctant, so he said to Wei Yi: "Are my clothes still there?"

"It's still there, it's covered with blood, and there's a glowing bead." Wei Yi said.

He picked up the teapot next to him and poured a cup of water for Li Shanjian, and put the beads on his hand, the beads were shiny and smooth, with dried blood on them.

"Is your bead worth a lot of money? It's so beautiful." Wei Yi said: "When you were unconscious yesterday, you held this bead tightly in your hand."

"You help me bring this bead to the translation hall in Pingcheng City, someone will follow you to find me."

"Don't you bring it to your family?"

"My family is there."

"Well, do you have any money on you? I don't have money to send you a doctor."

"When you go to the translation office, someone will come to you. Just tell him whatever you want. Of course, you can ask him for a fee. He just made a fortune. If you have anything to ask, just ask."

If Xin Luoyi was here, he would definitely feel that Li Shanzan deliberately punished him. He is now extorting money everywhere in Pingcheng, and Li Shanzan squandered it like this when he changed hands. This prodigal...

"Okay, okay." Wei Yi ran away holding the bead, of course he knew that people from rich and noble families had extraordinary skills.

***

The moment Xin Luoyi received the Ye Mingzhu, she seemed to feel that the pearl weighed tens of millions of catties, and it gave off a faint light, but it was filled with a strong smell of blood.

He held it in the palm of his hand, his eyes were almost red, and he held Wei Yi by the collar and asked, "Where is the person who gave you the beads? Where is it?"

Wei Yi's face was flushed because of lack of oxygen. His hands and feet were covered in black cloth, leaving only his eyes, mouth, and nose outside. The whole body was covered by black cloth. He looked weird, but he spoke When he was young, his voice always carried the immatureness of a teenager.

"That young man was seriously injured. At my house, he, he said..."

"say what?"

"Say you'll give me money."

"How much do you want?"

"You can pay as much as you want, but you have to find a doctor for him to see a doctor first. He is seriously injured and I have no money." Wei Yi said, his face under the black cloth couldn't see the expression clearly, he could only hear him The voice is very immature.

Xin Luoyi looked at his whole body wrapped in tattered coarse linen and black cloth, coupled with such an immature voice, he seemed to be unable to imagine what kind of youthful face was underneath the coarse linen, or what kind of youth was it? As immature as ever.

"You take me there, don't worry about other things." Xin Luoyi said, beckoning, the county magistrate came, and he ordered: "Go, get the best doctor here, if you dare to perfunctory me, This hall has a way to make you feel how painful it is to live."

Ever since he came to Pingcheng, I don't know if King Pingxi told them that everyone was perfunctory to them. On the surface, he was submissive, but in reality he was making trouble everywhere, but Xin Luoyi didn't expect them to do anything practical.

"Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely do it. But, just, there is an old imperial doctor who lives here in seclusion and has a bad temper. I'm afraid I can't invite you..." The official was completely shocked by Xin Luoyi's eyes. The prince looked far from being as ridiculous and dandy as the rumors said, at least when he came to Pingcheng, he didn't even look at the beauties presented to him.

"If you don't come, please tie him up and bring him here. If he is too stubborn, you can give him a little pain, as long as you can save your breath and heal your injuries."

"That's the teacher of the director of the imperial medical department, I'm afraid...temper..."

"If you can't invite him, I'll invite Black and White Wuchang for you. You can decide whether you want to invite him or let Wuchang ghost invite you." Xin Luoyi turned around and asked Wei Yi, "What else do you want?"

"No, I can take his family to see him."

"Let's go, chattering, this hall is getting bored."

"Are you his family?"

"Of course." After saying this, Xin Luoyi jumped on the horse and threw the other rein to Wei Yi: "Lead the way, hurry up."

The outside of the house is sunny, but the inside of the house is very dark. There is a candlestick on the table emitting a faint light. When approaching the thatched cottage, Xin Luoyi hears the sound of the bamboo flute. It floated over melodiously, and it was filled with coldness and silence.

Xin Luoyi couldn't wait to open the door, looked at the people inside, before Wei Yi entered, he closed the wooden door with a bang, Wei Yi's nose under the black cloth was still hurting from the bump , Nosebleeds flowed out soundlessly, the wooden door almost died a heroic sacrifice, and it was reluctantly closed.

The surroundings of the room are covered with black gauze, impermeable to the light, the pear cedar tree is in the faint candlelight, but the coarse linen clothes can hardly conceal a trace of dusty temperament, the eyebrows are picturesque, even in the dark Among them, it is still like walking out of a painting, without a trace of human fireworks.

Seeing this, Xin Luoyi walked over without making a sound, Li Shanjian put down the bamboo flute, and said in the direction Xin Luoyi was walking: "You dare to play tricks on me, you are dead."

As soon as this sentence was finished, Xin Luoyi immediately rushed over and hugged Li Shanjian from behind: "I don't want to play tricks on you, I just want to hug you."

At this time, even in the dark, it is warm.

The moment Xin Luoyi saw Li Shanjian, he suddenly felt what he really wanted and what he was waiting for...

Isn't it just a hut, with him, with him...