after the villain

15.

Counting the corpses one by one, there were as many as seven or eight, transported by three carts, all covered with white cloth

Maybe we can't say cover, but we should say wrap.The four corners of the long white cloth are stuck in the gaps of the cart, and the two pieces that are not long enough are put together, I am afraid that a little face will be revealed, if it is not for the vague shape that can be seen under the white cloth, I am afraid that it is just luck. Cargo, not corpses.

Ji Wuming also noticed that not only the yamen servants who came back together looked terrified, but the person in charge of pushing the cart was always looking ahead, not even daring to touch the white cloth from the corner of his eye, and wiped his hands on his neck from time to time.

It's cold weather here, the weather is cold in the north, and the coolie laborers at the port don't necessarily sweat all day long, but they are sweating like they were cooked in a brick kiln.

Even the careless Lin Yuezhi noticed something was wrong, "The city of Huaiyang is really not peaceful, I'm afraid this case is not easy."

"It can't be simple." Nangong Cheng looked very serious, and pointed to the clothes piled up on a car, which should have been taken from the corpse, "Look, there are a few clothes in there that are the same as those of the government officials. The color of the body is the same, and the exposed lines can match."

The yamen servants wore the official uniforms provided by the county yamen, that is to say, many officials died here.

Although most of them were born with mud legs and were just local hooligans in official uniforms, but as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, even bandits and bandits would not easily kill officials and family members.

Killing so many at one time, you don't need to think about it to know that you are a vicious person.

There was a lot of discussion in the inn, and the people were panic-stricken. The good-sighted and well-informed person said, "These people were transported from the mass grave. A few days ago, there was a murder case at the mass grave, and many people died. The city refused to accept the case, so the case was moved to our county government, and the county magistrate sent several waves of people to investigate, but there has been no clue."

"Hey, no wonder Huaiyang City is under martial law. I went out yesterday, and there are three teams patrolling this street alone!"

"Heaven can see, what should I do?"

"I heard that it's not that I didn't find out the clues, but that the matter is too mysterious, and it's said to be haunted—"

There was an uproar among the crowd, and they were even more panic-stricken all day long.

A sneer broke in.

Recently, he locked himself in his room and hardly ever left the door. The old man, who had been burying his head in eating since he came down the stairs, finally raised his face. He laughed "Jie Jie" twice, and sneered in a ghostly voice, "How can there be such a thing in the world?" What kind of gods and ghosts, but they are all brought out by the scumbags to deceive people."

Someone was not happy, and reasoned with his hips crossed, "That can't be said, my family was not peaceful before, and then I spent a lot of money to find Daoist Li of Tianxuanmen to do a ritual, and now..."

The original discussion turned to those ghost stories made up indiscriminately.

The old man ignored them and put his medicine bottles in a row, babbling in small words that others could not understand.

The old man has always been crazy, I was free-spirited, Ji Wuming didn't notice anything unusual, but Yan Jingyu gave him a sensitive look.

Suddenly, someone came on horseback from outside.

I saw two horses galloping forward and backward, and in front of them was a young man in red with a high ponytail, who was Gu Cong, the head of the Zhenyuan Security Bureau who had entered the city together earlier.

The middle-aged man who was chasing after him with half his face wearing a carved wooden mask and a wooden sword pinned to his waist was naturally rare.

Gu Cong was in such a hurry that he didn't even care about the rules that horses are not allowed in the inner city, so he ran over aggressively all the way, and Shi Buyu behind him couldn't even catch up.

He happened to collide with the corpse transport team at the gate of the county government office, he reined in his horse and stopped abruptly, and under the long neighing of the horse, before it could stand still, he rolled over and got off.

With a cold face, he walked straight to the nearest cart two steps at a time.

"Master Gu!" Deng Butou shouted anxiously, wanting to be stopped, but Gu Congkuai was nowhere to be found.

The boy lifted the white cloth, revealing a row of shriveled and horrific corpses inside.

Facing the impact directly, Deng Butou and the yamen servant pushing the cart felt their knees weaken for a while, fearing that the death situation would cause panic, so they dared not step forward.

Fortunately, Shibuyu arrived on the back foot, and quickly covered the white cloth back before the people looking around could see clearly.

But upstairs on the water side, several people with excellent eyesight saw the death of the mummy clearly, and also saw the loose clothes of Zhenyuan Escort Bureau on the corpse.

When Ji Wuming saw the death, he couldn't help frowning.

The only two who have not changed at all are the old man who lowered his head and played with his own medicine and fell ill, and Yan Jingyu.

Yan Jingyu even remembered to refill Ji Wuming's empty teacup, his ears moved, and he glanced back from the corner of his eye, only to see Luo Qi's back hurriedly going upstairs.

The house slave named Ah Chou slowed him to go upstairs, and turned his head to look at Yan Jingyu's eyes.

Yan Jingyu caught a flash of turbulent pleasure from his dark eyes.

After a closer look, the person has turned around and disappeared at the corner of the corridor.

Yan Jingyu withdrew his gaze, and subconsciously rubbed the phalanx of his index finger with the pad of his left thumb, but he didn't feel the cold and rough touch.He paused, looked down at the empty fingers, and quickly calmed down the emotions that were revealed in an instant.

All attention is on the outside.

Gu Cong's face was very ugly, and the words almost came out from between his teeth, "Who is it?"

Deng Butou still saw the horrible corpse in front of him. He felt dizzy and weak, and he replied smoothly, "I don't know. We were already dead when we went. There was no trace of fighting at the scene, and the cause of death is unclear. The preliminary judgment may be Some kind of poison—”

He suddenly remembered that he was still on the street, so he quickly stopped talking.

Gu Cong laughed angrily, "The person died so inexplicably, but there is not even a suspected murderer. Preliminary judgment? What do you use for judgment? The thing on the neck?!"

Deng Butou didn't dare to say anything.

Gu Cong breathed a sigh of relief, then said again, "Find Wu Zuo for an autopsy!"

Deng Butou replied with a trembling voice, "Wu Zuo went with him, and he has already..."

Gu Cong's eyes were gloomy, "Then find another assistant!"

Deng Butou hesitated to speak.

The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty stipulated that one to three clerks should be set up in the county government. Huaiyang City is a small state city, but it is located in a remote place and mixed with fish and dragons.

It's just that one left his job and returned to his hometown due to his old age. He passed away last year. The original successor left Huaiyang City because of his marriage.

"I have sent someone to the nearby Sishui county government office to invite, and I will arrive early tomorrow morning by boat..."

"Tomorrow? The corpse will be completely cold tomorrow!" Gu Cong was furious.

In fact, when they realized something was wrong and found the person, the body was already completely cold, but Deng Butou did not dare to refute.

Gu Cong gritted his teeth, turned around twice in place, and accidentally noticed what Shi Buyu was looking at, followed his gaze, and caught a glimpse of the people on the side of the water.

"Yes! Little San'er has always loved making friends, so there must be a way!" Gu Cong clapped his hands, and plunged into the water without saying a word.

When everyone saw him coming, they thought it was something important. After listening, Nangong Cheng couldn't help but said, "You are in a hurry to go to the doctor! No matter how much I like to socialize, I am just a passer-by in Huaiyang City. How can there be any locals here?" Do you know it clearly? I know what to do, but it takes a few days to communicate in a place farther than Surabaya!"

Gu Cong was about to go crazy, he slapped the table angrily, his eyes were red, "Could it be that there is no autopsy?!"

Some of the evidence on the corpse is delayed, and it will take a while to appear, but there is also some evidence that is instant, and it may not be found after a day's delay.

They don't understand these things, so naturally they don't know when to destroy the evidence.The people under him died for no apparent reason, and the murderer didn't even have a trace, so he got angry.

Nangong Cheng paused, then suddenly said, "Perhaps there is someone who can perform an autopsy..."

"Who?!"

Nangong Cheng glanced back and landed on the old man, and everyone followed suit. The old man was playing with his favorite medicine bottle when he suddenly felt a strange sight. He paused and raised his head.

"Why are you looking at me?" He had a grim face and a bad tone.

Nangong Sheng was not very sure, "Senior is very skilled in medicine and poison. If you say it is poison, he may be able to see something."

Before he finished speaking, the old man twisted his face and smiled strangely, "They are not poisoned!"

Gu Cong heard that he seemed to know something, and rushed over with bright eyes, "Senior!"

The old man pouted, "No."

Gu Cong hurriedly said, "Senior, help me once, whether it's gold, silver or other treasures, as long as I, Gu Cong, can do it, just order it!"

"Oh——I don't care about the old man." The old man shook his head and got up, and he wanted to leave.

Nangong Cheng thought for a while, then said, "Maybe it's gold, silver or jewellery, if senior wants any precious medicinal materials, just order it."

"That's right! It's the snow mountain lotus, Bise Youtan, I will help you find it!" Gu Cong saw the old man stopped and seemed to be weighing it, and immediately cupped his hands and said respectfully, "Senior, help me once, Gu will never forget it!" , I will repay it a hundred thousand times."

The old man's "hoo hoo" laugh was creepy for no reason. He just said "no time" and limped up the stairs with his hands behind his back.

"Senior—" Yan Guitian finally couldn't help but open his mouth, but was pulled back by Nangong Cheng.

The latter frowned, looking a little unwilling, but shook his head.

Yan Guitian didn't know, so he heard a cold voice say, "Come with me, I promise you one request."

The voice was low, cold and emotionless, elegant and peaceful like a cold spring in a secluded mountain, very recognizable.

Yan Guitian inexplicably felt familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, a figure inexplicably flashed in his mind, he couldn't remember who it was at the moment, but he instinctively knew it was a man.

He looked at the person who spoke, with a fox-fur cloak embracing that exquisite face, and instantly felt that he had heard wrong.

The old man suddenly looked back at Ji Wuming, his attitude was different now, although his face was still ferocious, but the eerie aura suddenly disappeared a lot.

"What are you doing?" The old man looked at him in surprise.

Ji Wuming had already stood up and said, "Check for the murderer."