Queen's Detective

After being shut down by the young man, Yan Sanbai rubbed his nose helplessly, and when he turned his head to talk to Guan Qingci, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a corner not far ahead, and there seemed to be a faint gaze looking at them.Yan Sanbai suddenly looked over vigilantly, and that gaze disappeared in an instant, as if it never existed. "What's wrong?" Guan Qing asked. "I feel like someone is watching us over there." "Sure enough." Guan Qing resigned: "I also have this feeling these days, but I haven't really caught anyone."

The strange box, the inexplicable death, the peeping hidden in the dark, all these make this village feel strange.Ling Ding already began to regret coming with Yan Sanbai in his heart. He likes to investigate cases, but he has been afraid of ghosts since he was a child.If he didn't want to weaken the prestige of Luoyang Prince's Mansion in front of Dali Temple, he would have dropped behind Yan Sanbai's ass just like Ah Da Ah Er.

At this time, the sky finally started to rain. The raindrops were very small at first, but in an instant it was as big as a bean, and it fell on the stone slab with a crisp sound.Yan Sanbai and the others hurried back to their residence without an umbrella.Cai Zhijing, the son of County Magistrate Cai, had already prepared hot water inside. When he saw them coming back, he hurried up to greet them and handed them towels.

After a while, I saw that the funeral procession came back in a mess, and everyone was drenched in water.

Yan Sanbai stood alone under the eaves of the straw eaves at the door, meditating, watching these people who were good at keeping out the rain running past in embarrassment.Occasionally, when I got wet in the rain, I wiped my face, looked down and saw the reflection in the puddle, and couldn't help laughing.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, it seems that tonight I can only stay in the house peacefully.

The next morning, it was still raining.

Village Zheng's son knocked on the door of Cai's old house with two villagers. After hearing what they said, the subordinates of Dali Temple immediately turned back and went into the house to find Guan Qingci.

Cai County Magistrate, who didn’t come back in time last night, sent a message back saying that due to the heavy rain last night, the river swelled a lot, and the bridge not far from the village also collapsed. The adults of Dali Temple should hurry over and help. The bridge must be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise no one will be able to enter or exit.

Guan Qingci went without saying a word and took the people along. Wearing a coir raincoat and black boots, he stepped on the muddy path in the countryside. Even though it was difficult to walk, he still walked vigorously.

There were not enough coir raincoats, so Yan Sanbai put on an oil-paper umbrella and followed behind.As for the lone person, he stayed to guard the box.

After a while, they saw about a dozen young and middle-aged men gathered by the river in front of them, all frowning, as if they were arguing about something.As Yan Sanbai approached, he heard that they were arguing about when to build the bridge. One side said to build it immediately, while the other said to wait for the rain to stop. The magistrate Cai in official clothes was in the crowd, followed by two official errand.

Yan Sanbai looked at the collapsed bridge, he had walked over it yesterday, so he was very clear about its original appearance.It was originally just a simple small bridge made of wood, but now it was washed away by the heavy rain and the river, and the bridge body fell apart. Many driftwood had been washed away along the river, and only half of the river was left.

Soon, under the mediation of Cai County Magistrate, the dispute quickly came to a conclusion-it will be repaired now.

After Guan Qing gave an order, the staff of Dali Temple immediately mobilized and began to rush to repair it very efficiently. While Cai County Magistrate thanked him, he sent people to quickly fetch the wood.Yan Sanbai didn't make a move, just stood aside quietly looking at the bridge pier, occasionally a light flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

The construction of the bridge went smoothly, and the rain gradually subsided. The county magistrate Cai and the son of the village chief couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.However, Yan Sanbai knew that things were far from going so smoothly. Sure enough, after a while, the sky suddenly thundered, the sound was loud, and the bean-sized raindrops became a rain curtain and floated down the world.

The young and middle-aged people in the village have already begun to retreat, but Guan Qing said that they still continued, the movements of their hands did not stop at all, even faster and more stable, as if they were silently confronting the sky.The rest were infected and sped up their actions.

There was thunder, Yan Sanbai put down the umbrella in his hand, and saw some people running out of the village from a distance, as if they came to meet him.At this time, the river surged again, and the wood that had just been fixed became loose again. A young man hurriedly reached out to help, but his feet slipped, and he fell into the water uncontrollably. "Be careful!" the person next to him exclaimed. It was too late to stretch out his hand to pull it. Seeing that the person was about to be washed away by the river, a white figure suddenly appeared on the bridge pier. Fishing, hooking the person who fell into the river dangerously and dangerously. "Hold on firmly!" Yan Sanbai said in a condensed voice, clenched one hand tightly, exerted strength on his feet, and jumped back to the shore with people like this.At this time, people from the village also arrived. The more people, the more chaotic, not to mention the time when the rain was so heavy that we couldn't see each other clearly, and we had to speak loudly.

The rain wet Guan Qingci's razor-like eyebrows. He knew that this was not going to work, so he decisively asked Cai County Magistrate to stop repairing the bridge immediately.However, what he didn't expect was that before he could yell out, the half-repaired bridge suddenly collapsed again! "Wow!" The log fell heavily into the river, causing a splash of water, and the crowd suddenly became flustered and noisy. Some people wanted to stop the log from drifting away, and some wanted to turn around and return to the village quickly. As a result, the sound of falling into the water sounded one after another. "Help!" "Ah——" "Someone is falling into the water!"

The continuous sound mixed with the sound of rain and thunder made the situation extremely bad.County magistrate Cai hurriedly yelled for everyone to save people quickly and avoid pushing and crowding, but Guan Qingci was one step ahead of him. He tore off the coir raincoat and threw it away, and went directly into the water to save people. The rest of Dali Temple followed suit without any timidity.

Yan Sanbai looked a bit unhappy, but a person was being washed away right in front of his eyes, and he couldn't ignore it no matter what, so he gritted his teeth, jumped into the water and tried his best to hold the person back. In the mud on the bank, let yourself stabilize your figure in the turbulent river. "The fox demon is angry! It's the fox demon who is angry!" "It's retribution!"

In the chaos, Yan Sanbai vaguely heard someone shouting, but at this moment he couldn't control that much.

The rain flooded his throat, and Yan Sanbai began to pant heavily.Those eyebrows like distant mountains gradually condensed into heavier peaks. He couldn't exert much strength in the water, so he took a sharp breath, dragged the man to the shore, and let him climb on his shoulders. ashore.After doing this, he grabbed his Yanling Saber and coughed a few times, his face turned slightly pale.

He didn't eat anything in the morning, and now he was soaking in the icy river again, his stomach started to protest against him again.

At this time, a hand suddenly appeared in his lowered sight, and Guan Qingci didn't know whether sweat or rain was dripping on his face, and he stretched out his hand to Yan Sanbai with a resolute expression, "Grab it!"

Clenching his hands tightly, Yan Sanbai was pulled up by Guan Qingci.At this time, all the people who fell into the water have been rescued, Guan Qingci glanced at everyone present with cold eyes, and rested his right hand on the handle of the knife, "Everyone, go back to the village immediately!"

At this time, no one dared to say another word, and hurried back in the rain.

After everyone had withdrawn, Guan Qing resigned and turned back, "Is it all right?"

Yan Sanbai shook his head silently, and looked back at the broken bridge, seemingly thinking about it.

Half an hour later, Cai's old house.

Cai Zhijing hurriedly asked someone to prepare hot water and ginger soup, Yan Sanbai changed into clean clothes and came out, his complexion much better than before.At this moment, Guan Qingci also just came out of the room, and the two nodded at each other.

In the lobby, County Magistrate Cai sneezed loudly while holding a bowl of ginger soup.Seeing the two people coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and confessed, "Damn it, I surprised the two adults. Hey, this bridge was originally fine, it must have been a long time, and it happened that something happened today. Fortunately, the two adults were here Otherwise, people will die." "Magistrate Cai, don't you really notice?" Yan Sanbai finally handed over Jiangtang alone, staring straight at him, "This bridge was deliberately built It collapsed." "What?!" Magistrate Cai's eyes widened and he was very surprised, "How could this happen? I rushed back from the county seat early this morning, and the bridge was still fine at that time." "But you just left After passing, the bridge collapsed, right?" Yan Sanbai asked. "Yes, yes!" One of the officials who came back with Cai County Magistrate couldn't help interjecting: "My lord, you didn't see it. I didn't know how dangerous it was just now. If we were a step late, we would have fallen into the river and been washed away by the water." Gone, no one heard the cry for help!" "This..." Ling Ding thought of a possibility in an instant, and looked at the magistrate Cai, "This is murder! Someone wants to kill you!" "But Cai asked himself Who did you offend, who has such a big grudge against Cai?" Magistrate Cai frowned, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a lot. "Who?" Guan Qingci folded his arms, leaning his back against the door, his eyes condensed, "You have offended the whole village by reporting this incident to the officials. Besides, the person who destroyed the bridge not only wanted to kill you, but I just saved you." Wanren wanted to climb ashore, but someone in the water held me back." "My lord!" Zhang Yan and the others didn't know it before, but when they heard it, their eyes immediately turned red.

County Magistrate Cai and the others also immediately became nervous. It doesn't matter if a small county magistrate is murdered, but Guan Qingci is the majestic young minister of Dali Temple!And the one next to him is Yan Sanbai, I heard that he has a good relationship with the King of Luoyang...

Thinking of this, County Magistrate Cai couldn't help wiping off his sweat, Guan Qingci stretched out his hand to suppress Zhang Yan's anger, and said: "The situation was urgent, so I just kicked him away and didn't see his face clearly. . But one thing is certain, he was among those people at the time."

County magistrate Cai was about to summon all the people from just now to confront him in court, but Yan Sanbai suddenly spoke out and stopped him. "No hurry, just wait a moment."

Who is the hidden murderer is still uncertain, but Yan Sanbai knows that they have trouble, and it will come soon.

After about a stick of incense, the rain finally stopped.The clear sky in the distance was as blue as washing, but the top of Daqing Township still seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dark clouds, which did not disperse for a long time.

Village Zheng's son, Li Mao, knocked on the door of Cai's old house again, and this time, many villagers from Daqing Township came with him.They all looked at the people in the room with stern expressions. Whether it was the county magistrate Cai, who was the local parent official, or the people in Dali Temple, the unkindness and anger in their eyes could no longer be suppressed. "Let them leave immediately!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting in the crowd, and suddenly, shouts one after another wanted to drown the old house. "Leave Daqing Township immediately! Give our Daqing Township peace!" "Those who offend the fox demon must leave, we don't need your help!" "Yes! Go now!"