Guanqingzhai

The waiter nodded and said: "Yes, it's too cruel. First, they tortured the children alive, and then they killed them all. Some of them were passed down from generation to generation. This made the whole family cry to death."

Hu Yue inspected the corpse while listening to the waiter talking about the previous cases.

There were actually not many wounds on the corpse, but they were all extremely horrifying, especially the wounds on the face, which felt like they had been torn off alive, while the wounds on the neck were very deep, which was also a fatal wound, and it was indeed cruel and precise of a knife.

Hu Yue recalled the last wooden words that the child said. Could this have something to do with the wooden Buddha that was discarded halfway through the carving?And what did they have to do with that handkerchief, did the handkerchief drop by accident, or was it left on purpose to put blame on Mrs. Lin?

While thinking about it, Hu Yue chatted with the waiter without saying a word. Soon, the sound of people and horses came from a distance.As the lights approached, it was indeed Mr. Fu Yin who came in person, followed by Wu Zuo and a large number of yamen servants.On the contrary, Chu Jue seemed very comfortable walking beside Fu Yin. Fu Yin was a little restrained, and would guide him when he walked.

Fu Yin shook his head and said: "This is the fifth one... If this continues, the Holy Majesty will be alarmed."

Chu Jue walked to Hu Yue's side and said, "I've already heard the general situation from Mr. Li."

Hu Yue paid homage to the governor: "Hu Yue, a grass-roots man, has met Mr. Li, the governor."

But he didn't kneel down, and Fu Yin's face was obviously a little displeased, but Chu Jue was already standing beside Hu Yue, Fu Yin didn't say much, but said to the master: "What do you think, sir? "

The master stood up from the side, and he said: "My lord, this is obviously done by the same person, and the murderer is extremely cruel, killing and destroying the corpses, and every time the crime is committed in the middle of the night, and the crime is committed in the vicinity of Enguo Temple. To the east, within the range to the west of Jinshui Bridge. In the humble opinion of the students, the possibility of this gangster committing the crime is very small, and it is likely that Ding Hu who lives here did it."

Fu Yin let out a sigh of relief, he shook his head and said: "If that's the case, the Holy Majesty will be going to Jinming Pond for the Buddha bathing event seven days later. Order to investigate. We are all guilty of dereliction of duty."

Hu Yue and Chu Jue looked at each other, and Chu Jue cupped his hands and said to Fu Yin: "Master Li, since we have already reported everything we know to him, it is inconvenient for us to stay here so as not to hinder you from handling the case. If there is still need You can also go to my mansion for questioning, Chu will definitely try her best to help."

Fu Yin hurriedly cupped his hands to return the salute, and exchanged some pleasantries, at this time Hu Yue said: "Your Excellency, you should pay attention to those who have particularly good eyesight at night."

Fu Yin was stunned for a moment, but the master next to him understood the meaning of Hu Yue's words, he said: "My lord, what this person said is not wrong, he can lure children out in this dark night and kill them. But he didn’t turn on the lamp. It shows that he can still move freely when he can’t see clearly at night.”

Fu Yin nodded, and then Hu Yue and Chu Jue said goodbye to Fu Yin and left Jinshui Bridge.

When the two returned to Guanqingzhai, it was rare that Hu Yue did not pour the wine, but made Chu Jue a cup of tea. He blew on the tea bowl and said, "Why didn't you tell Fu Yin about the handkerchief?"

Chu Jue looked at the candle and said, "Hehe, Brother Hu asked the question knowingly. The Fu Yin is eager to close the case now. If we tell this matter, the Fu Yin may directly find the second sister-in-law Lin to convict him because he can't find the murderer, so I think this matter It is better to investigate the matter first and find out the details. If it is really related, then handing it over to the government is not over."

Hu Yue said: "Brother Chu, please pay attention to what will happen tomorrow. I will go to investigate the situation first. If I have any clues, I will come back and discuss with Brother Chu."

Chu Jue didn't answer right away, but stared at Hu Yue with her lips pursed. Hu Yue stepped back unnaturally and said, "Brother Chu, why are you looking at me like this?"

Chu Jue reached out and touched Hu Yue's face, rubbed his earlobe and said, "You know what you want me to do, I'm really embarrassed."

Hu Yue looked away and laughed and said, "Now I can only ask you for help, it's rare for me to ask you..."

Chu Jue's eyes deepened, and he said, "Then how do you repay my "difficulty"?"

Hu Yue laughed a few times and grinned in embarrassment, but Chu Jue moved closer and kissed Hu Yue's mouth. Chu Jue didn't close his eyes, but stared at Hu Yue's eyes, hoping that he could close his eyes. He saw emotion and lust in his eyes. When he kissed those lips for the first time, he looked at him coldly, without any disturbance, even in the most emotional part, even in the night when the red candles were dripping with tears. There will be no trace of lust, but Chu Jue still doesn't mind, he doesn't want to impress this person, but because this person never gives others a chance to get close to him, he doesn't care about other people's choices, just like an empty shelf.But Chu Jue revealed a trace of tiredness and loneliness from his calm eyes.Because of that slight flicker, Chu Jue stayed by this person's side all the time. He didn't know why, but he knew that he should be emotional.

Chu Jue said to himself, "Yeah... Maybe it's just too long."

Hu Yue froze for a moment, Chu Jue bit his lip and said, "Aren't you driving me away today?"

Hu Yue pointed out the window mockingly and said, "It's almost dawn, will you still go?"

Chu Jue let out a low laugh, stopped Hu Yue who was still looking at the sky, and kissed for a while, unable to tell whether it was affectionate or heartless, with desire or without desire, Chu Jue pushed Hu Yue to the bed next to him, and spread out. Behind the curtain and the thin mat covering them, the entanglement between the two people slowly came out the sound of gasping, although it was extremely subtle, but it was also full of spring.

Hu Yue looked at Chu Jue. Because he had been kissed for too long, his breathing became very short. He stretched out his hand to look at Chu Jue, obviously deeper than himself. Why can he still be so affectionate?Why can he always be nostalgic for the feelings in this world?As if his feelings would never go away no matter how long it took.Has he ever really loved someone?If one day Hu Yue was gone, would Chu Jue still be so emotional for another person?

Hu Yue raised her head to accept the enthusiasm of the person on her body, but her eyes became more confused. This person looks affectionate, why does it make people feel ruthlessly chilled.Hu Yue was a little bit retreating, he kept a certain distance from Chu Jue all the time, even though they were so skin-to-skin, but intentionally or unintentionally, he still kept Chu Jue from entering his heart.One is to beware, and there is indeed a kind of fear, Hu Yue is afraid that there will be a person who can see himself clearly, but he has to face such a person.In this way, Hu Yue will be in chaos. Although he is in the world of mortals, he is unwilling to join it. He knows that as long as he uses affection, he will leave his thoughts. But in this world of turmoil, where can there be affection?

Chu Jue looked at Hu Yue's eyes a little slack, displeased with his absent-mindedness, raised his chin, and gently kissed the corner of his eyes, the breath he drank was also gentle and warm like water, Hu Yue simply closed his eyes , Don't think about things he doesn't understand or has forgotten.

Birds chirped in the early morning, and the night of love passed away without a trace, but neither of them expected that an unexpected guest would come to Guanqingzhai early the next morning.

Hu Yue looked at the marks left by Chu Jue on his neck and chest with great dissatisfaction, and hurriedly put on his robe. His ruddy lips and black eye circles all declared that he had not slept all night, please help The price can be regarded as asking for it with interest.

Hu Yue glared at Chu Jue, who was still on the bed, and pulled the door latch after getting dressed, and saw a burly man rushing in, knocking Hu Yue away, and Hu Yue turned around Last night, the pain in his waist and posterior acupoints made his movements a little stiff, but he reached out his hand as quickly as possible to stop the big man. Seeing that he was just a scholar, the big man ignored him and wanted to push Hu Yue away. But Hu Yue was not only motionless, but also the hand holding the big man's arm was like iron claws. The big man couldn't break free at all, and the arrogance when he came was also dissipated by three points, but he just yelled into the room: "Call that surnamed Hu!" come out."

Chu Jue was finally fully dressed at this time, and naturally greeted him with an expression of looking for someone, but the big man was not so calm.Seeing that Chu Jue was about to rush over to arrest people when he came out, but was held tightly by Hu Yue and couldn't escape, the big man could only shout: "Sinister villain, it's because we trust you so much. You actually hurt us like this!"

Chu Jue looked at Hu Yue, Hu Yue pointed at himself and said, "Brother, you made a mistake, the next one is Hu Yue, he is my friend..."

The big man saw that the corners of Hu Yue's eyes were red, and although there was no expression on his face, there was an indescribably charming look on his face. He was stunned, and then immediately said: "How is it possible, Xiuzhu said, Hu Yue is A tall, unrestrained and elegant young man, according to the embroidery beads, he must be an extremely heroic man. Hmph, I didn't expect that he would act like a dog while acting like a villain. And you look like a A woman."

Hu Yue let out an unnatural ah, and the strength in his hand unconsciously increased a little, when he heard the big man scream, Chu Jue shook his head while covering his forehead.The big man said: "Do you want to kill Hu Yue, a hypocrite?"

Hu Yue smiled instead of anger, but the big man's back was chilled when he laughed, "What do you want?"

Hu Yue laughed even more happily: "You can speak clearly. If you don't speak clearly, I can't guarantee that I will lose control and remove one of your arms. Maybe I will really silence you in order not to go to jail. gone."

The big man became quiet, and he said: "You let go first! Of course I came here to seek a reason! Of course I will make it clear."

Hu Yue let go of the big man, then pointed to the room and said: "It's really offending, so this brother please come back to the room."

Hu Yue didn't say hello to Chu Jue, but walked straight into the house. Chu Jue coughed proudly and followed into the house.Hu Yue turned around and asked, "Brother Chu, don't forget something important."

Chu Jue said: "It doesn't matter, I'll listen for a while, it's still early."

Hu Yue didn't say anything, the visitor was a guest, so Hu Yue still made tea and water for the big man.Then he sat down and said: "Brother, what's the matter? Why do you say that I harmed you? What happened to Xiuzhu?"

The big man said: "Xiuzhu is my mother-in-law. She has been taken away by the government. She is said to have something to do with the murderer who killed children near the Jinshui Bridge. I know Xiuzhu very well. She doesn't even dare to kill a chicken." , how could it be possible to kill someone? But Xiuzhu told me a few days ago that she gave you the bloody handkerchief that she picked up that day, saying that you were very interested in this matter and might be able to find out, but I didn't expect you to go to Report to the officials and frame my mother-in-law!"

The more the man talked, the more excited he became. Hu Yue understood, and he said, "Why did people from the government find the embroidered beads? What's the reason?"

The big man replied: "They said that someone saw that Xiuzhu stayed at the place where the child died for a long time at night. Because Xiuzhu has a skill, he can see clearly at night, and he never likes to turn on the lights. So the government said that Xiuzhu A murderer."

Hu Yue said: "Don't worry, we can go to the government to ask. If there is any misunderstanding, I will testify for Xiuzhu."

Chu Jue, who had been silent all this time, said, "What's your name, brother?"

The big man said, "It's Wang Er who bought tofu."

Chu Jue said, "Second brother Wang, do you know why Xiuzhu is staying there?"

Wang Er wanted to speak, but he hesitated to speak, hesitantly scratching his hair.

Chu Jue didn't continue to ask this question, but asked another question: "Can you tell me about the origin of that handkerchief?"

Wang Erdao: "Actually, when I picked up the handkerchief that day, and Xiuzhu said that he saw the monster that killed the child."

Chu Jue and Hu Yue cried out at the same time, and Wang Er said, "She said that the one who killed the child is not a human being!"

When Wang Er said this, he was obviously very scared. He drank a sip of tea and continued, "Xiuzhu said that the monster looked like a monkey, but it was bigger than a monkey. It was so dark that it couldn't be seen clearly." , but it looks a bit like that mandrill."

Hu Yue's eyes flashed, and he said flatly: "At the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the capital, how can there be a mandrill that only appears in the mountains with few people? It is impossible for the popularity here to have such monsters."

Wang Er said: "Then I don't understand, but Xiuzhu said that the monster is very flexible."

Hu Yue interjected, "Is there anything else following?"

Wang Er shook his head, he said: "Xiuzhu is just a female stream. Seeing such a scene, I was so frightened that I thought we had encountered a ghost, and then we ran away. As we were leaving, Xiuzhu picked up the handkerchief. After a few days, Xiuzhu became very weird, as if she was talking to herself all the time. I was really scared..."

Hu Yue said, "Talk to yourself?"

Wang Er nodded and said: "When you ask her something, he just shakes his head, and he just said that you can't talk nonsense, or you will kill someone."

Hu Yue looked at Chu Jue and said, "It seems that brother Chu must help with this, if it really works as I expected..."

Wang Er couldn't understand what he said, so he just looked up at the two of them, Chu Jue sighed and said, "I see, it's getting late, I'll leave first." After speaking, he took out a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Hu Yue, saying : "If you get into trouble, you can hand this to the people in charge. They won't make things difficult for you."

Hu Yue got up to see them off, but was politely declined by Chu Jue. After the two said goodbye, Hu Yue sat back and said to Wang Er: "Now I have to ask Mrs. Lin Er first."

Wang Er stood up, quickly pulled Hu Yue's arm and said, "I'm going too!"

Hu Yue glanced at Wang Er: "Since Brother Wang said that, let's go for a while, but as for the situation, it depends on the next development. I only hope that Brother Wang will not act impulsively, otherwise not only It hurt you and me, and also hurt the embroidery beads in the prison."

Wang Er nodded like a pounding garlic, and Hu Yue could only pack up his luggage, and took Wang Er to the residence of Lin Ersao. On the way, Hu Yue asked Wang Er: "Have you seen that Lin Ersister?"

Wang Er replied: "Of course I have. She is my mother-in-law's good sister, and she often works as a female worker together. Lin Er's sister-in-law is better than embroidering beads. She has always followed her to learn embroidering beads. In recent years, she has learned very well. Occasionally I can help big families fight and earn some money."

Seeing him pondering, Wang Er hesitated and said: "But Mr. Hu, if the murderer is really a ghost, then how can we be its opponent? And how can the government believe our words?"

Hu Yue shook his fan, and said: "If it is really a ghost, then maybe I can find a more reliable helper than the government, it depends on Chu Jue's ability. But... If you still refuse to put everything together Tell me, then...it might be a mistake."

Wang Er frowned and said, "This... hey, Xiuzhu really only told me this."