Politics and Non-Politics - Desire

The sky was slightly bright, the sun was rising, and the dew was not yet shining. A carriage with a simple appearance hurried past the official road and headed west.Han Fei was sitting in the carriage, with one leg bent, and his arm resting casually by the car window. The pear trees on both sides of the road were lush and lush, and their snow-white petals were flying freely in the air. The morning breeze brought the unique fragrance of flowers and trees, bringing a cool The dewy air brushed across his face, bringing a little coolness. Han Fei closed his eyes, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and greedily took a breath of the light fragrance.

"On a moonlit night, there is a dream, and the spring breeze is full of tenderness. I think today will be a good day in full bloom!" Han Feilang said.

Tan Lu was sitting outside the carriage driving the carriage, and when he heard the sighs from inside, Tan Lu said solemnly: "It's windy outside, the young master is in good health, it's better to put down the curtains and let the wind blow less."

Han Fei frowned uncomfortably, and retorted: "How can I be so weak? You need to breathe more of the awe-inspiring righteousness in this world to live a long and healthy life. You are always nagging, just like Aunt An Ruo. "

After hearing this, Tan Lu couldn't help shaking his head and laughingly said: "Young master has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, but this servant can't say it."

Han Fei reached out to pick up a piece of fallen flowers, and his clear voice was obviously a little lower, "It's better to cherish the beauty of spring at this moment. When we arrive in Yixuan City, it may be a scene of panic."

Tan Lu also nodded in agreement, "I didn't expect a series of murders to occur in Yixuan City, which has always been peaceful and peaceful. The murderer's style is rampant, and the crimes have been committed for three years!"

Yixuan City has always been tepid, neither a capital of frequent trade nor a place of poor mountains and bad waters.The people are content with peace, but no matter how peaceful a place is, there is darkness that cannot be touched, and the source of this darkness is the murderer of this serial murder.Every few days, they commit crimes on dark and stormy nights, and they only pick women to start with. The methods are extremely cruel. It is said that every corpse is covered with bruises, and almost every victim is tortured to death.And this murderer is extremely cunning, strong in martial arts, brave and resourceful, escaped from the government again and again, playing tricks on everyone who came to arrest him, and committed crimes rampantly for three years without interruption. There are hundreds of people!

Several arrests planned by the government failed to deal with such vicious and vicious people.The government order was afraid that this matter would spread and damage his personal political achievements, and he was afraid that His Majesty would be angry and punish him for the crime of incompetence, so he used his power to force it down and deceive his superiors and subordinates.

After all, paper can't contain the fire. Recently, the governor found out the clues and traced it all the way, which led to the homicide case that lasted for three years.Naturally, the emperor was alarmed by this incident, and immediately ordered Yixuan city magistrates, county magistrates and other officials to be dismissed to investigate the case, and assigned special personnel to investigate the case thoroughly, but the case was full of doubts, and after a few months, there was still no clue.

His Majesty was furious when he heard the news that the case had made no progress. The officials who investigated the case changed batches after batches, but they still failed to catch the real culprit.He also published the imperial list throughout the country, arrested the real murderer, offered a reward of a thousand gold, and made him a Marquis of Righteousness.This temptation is not insignificant, it can be called reaching the sky in one step.

So, after a few months, people with a little talent flocked to him one after another, boasting that they would surely catch the murderer.But the frightening thing is that all the people who took the list were killed one by one by the real murderer in Yixuan City, and died before they were born.Since then, no one has dared to reveal this imperial list, for fear that if they fail to catch the fox, they will cause trouble. If they accidentally lose their lives, the murderer's goal will be achieved. Li Wei in the city.The majestic list also fell to the point where "no one cared about it", until Han Qin sent someone to secretly take over the list for Han Fei.

Han Fei felt that the announcement of the imperial list was really ridiculous, and it actually attracted a group of greedy and profiteers to rush to catch the real culprit. Most of these people were people from the Jianghu. fierce.Blindly commanding a group of officials to circle around behind them, forced by the emperor's list, the officials can only dare to be angry and dare not speak out.

You don't count on officials to investigate the case, but on some quacks!As the saying goes, "There is a specialization in the art industry", and they actually put their hopes on a group of people who talk about war on paper. It is inevitable that they will be wiped out by sophisticated murderers.On second thought, it was precisely because of the emperor's confused imperial list that he could reach the sky in one step.

Han Fei is closing his eyes and resting his mind. There is a tough battle to fight next!

However, it’s not difficult and it’s boring!

Han Fei and Tan Lu disguised themselves as passing merchants and domestic servants. Tan Lu drove the carriage on the road for nearly two hours, and finally arrived at Yixuan City in the evening.Han Fei stared at Yixuan City submerged in the sunset, egrets flying in front of Xisai Mountain, empty streets, oppressive atmosphere, even the air contained people's panic.The corners of Han Fei's mouth suddenly curled up. It's a pity that there is no peaceful scene of peach blossoms flowing with mandarin fish.

Ever since entering the city, Tan Lu has been alerted to 12 points. It was just dusk, but the whole city was silent, the streets were empty, and even the shops on the street were closed in all likelihood. It was so quiet. weird.Even a profit-seeking businessman chose to abandon money to save his life in front of this life-swallowing city. It is not difficult to imagine how rampant the murderer has reached!

Tan Lu lowered his voice, and said to Han Fei inside: "My lord, we will be at the post house soon."

When they arrived at the post house, Han Fei walked into the house first. As soon as the post chief saw the heavenly young master Pian Pian, he immediately saddled up and took Han Fei and Tan Lu to the third floor with enthusiasm.When he came to the room, Han Fei sat down at the table first, and the clever Xiaoer immediately poured Han Fei a cup of hot tea.

"Why are you so quiet here?"

There was a faint look of panic on the postmaster's face, and he whispered: "Young Master, you don't know something. In our place, there is a murder case every three to five times. The murderer only chooses to attack women at night. Therefore, in the afternoon, people They went home early, women and children did not dare to go out, and the men also stayed at home to look after the nursing home."

"So that's the case, thank you for telling me." Han Feichao slightly cupped his hands at the postmaster.

Han Fei propped his arms on the table, propped his chin up, and observed the silent Yixuan City through the window.

Tan Lu was taking care of the luggage of the two of them. Looking at the thoughtful Han Fei, he said, "Young master, don't worry, this servant will protect you if you risk your life."

Han Fei came back to his senses and smiled at Tan Lu: "I'm not worried about myself." Glancing at the tea stem standing upright in the teacup, he said: "The real murderer is extremely rampant, I really want to know what kind of person this is .”

The next morning, after Han Fei washed up, he took Tan Lu to the government.He came here to look at the corpses. Although he had made full mental preparations, seeing the horrible corpses parked in front of him, Han Fei couldn't help but feel a turmoil in his heart.

What kind of hatred is it that makes the murderer torture these women so much.The corpse was covered with knife wounds and purple-black welts. All the joints of the limbs were broken and the tongue was cut off.What's more, even the skin was peeled off, the belly was ripped open, and the internal organs flowed out...

"Alas," Han Fei sighed softly, his eyes pitying, "I will never die with peace in my eyes."

Standing beside Han Fei, Tan Lu couldn't help feeling guilty. He had been in the palace for many years, and he had never seen any punishment in that cannibalistic palace, but the corpse in front of him was completely different. It is not an exaggeration to go through all the eight hells.

Turning to ask Han Fei beside him, "My lord, what should we do now?"

"It seems that the murderer's martial arts are indeed not weak, and it will take a lot of effort to catch him." Han Fei strode out of the place where the corpse was parked, and said, "Now that the enemy is clear and we are dark, we still need to think long-term."

"Do you need a servant to send a message to the people in the government office?"

"Just pass on the arrester and everyone who has had direct contact with the murderer. After all, they are the closest people to the murderer." Han Fei walked to a small pavilion in the Fuya Garden, and Shi Shiran sat down. down.

After a while, three people dressed as policemen came over.

"Are there only three people?" Han Fei asked with a slight frown.

Tan Lu replied: "My lord, there are only three of them who have come into contact with the murderer and survived."

Han Fei nodded, smiled at them, and said, "I think you all know your intentions, so please be open and honest."

The head catcher clasped his fists and said, "Young master speaks seriously, Zhong Wei must know everything."

"I've read the file, and I already know the details of the case. So please tell me the details of your confrontation with him." Han Fei suppressed his smile and became serious and serious.

Zhong Wei's already dark face became even darker, his eyes darkened, and he said, "Three years ago, when the murderer committed the crime for the first time, we fought against him once. It was the Double Ninth Festival, and the night was dark. We were patrolling Street, a young policeman under me found the female body first. Not far from the body, we saw the murderer. He was dressed in night clothes and covered his face. He was not tall, about six feet, and had a light build. , as light as a swallow."

Having said that, Zhong Wei paused for a while, and looked at the two police officers beside him.

That policeman immediately followed Zhong Wei's words, pointed to another policeman, and said, "Then we both bumped into the murderer, but we let him run away."

"How did he escape?"

"He didn't bother us too much. He kicked each of us and then ran away." Another policeman said, "That kick was really serious. It took half a month for the injury to heal."

Han Fei lowered his eyes and raised them for half a month?It seems that this person is really a master.

"What happened then?" Han Fei asked again.

"Afterwards, we never had contact with it again, and those who had contact with it were already dead." Speaking of this, the eyes of the three people were a little dark.

"When I looked through the file, I found that the murderer usually commits a crime every seven days at most. However, why didn't he show up once for three whole months from August to the twelfth lunar month last year?"

"This... the villain doesn't know."

"During that time, what special things happened in the city?"

"As far as the villain knows, nothing special happened."

Han Fei nodded. It seemed that there were only so many clues the police could give him.He got up and thanked them, then left the government office.