The alternative of crossing

After the official yamen servants carried Ma Sun's body and left.Li Ze followed Hua Ruoxi and stood there thinking for a while.Sure enough, he found a needle the size of a needle thread in the corner of the gambling hall. There was still blood on the needle. He must have used some kind of murder weapon to put on the silver array and shoot at Ma Sun at the corner of the gambling hall. Before he had time to cover the pain in his ears, he created the illusion of suicide that he rolled over and rolled off the table to confuse the people who saw him at the scene.

When the yamen servant carried away Ma Sun's body, he bumped into Wang Erwa, the county magistrate's son.Wang Erwa kicked away the yamen servant who bumped into him and cursed: "You're looking for death, you dare to bump into me, my father is the county magistrate! Bring the body over and see if Masun is right!" How did you die?"

The yamen servant nodded, anyone who dares not to obey this Wang Erwa's order will be caught and tortured to death by him in the prison.The yamen servant carried Ma Sun's body to Wang Erwa.Wang Erwa was a suspicious person. He opened the white cloth and saw that there was no damage on Ma Sun's body. He was afraid that Ma Sun's death was a fake death, so he deliberately said, "Bring me a knife, my lord. I'll take a look at it." Is Ma Sun real dead or fake dead?" The yamen servant next to him immediately drew out the knife and handed it to Wang Erwa.

Wang Erwa took the knife and poked a few holes in Ma Sun's body. After confirming that he was dead, he breathed a sigh of relief.Return the knife to the yamen servant.Li Ze saw that he was about to stop him, but was stopped by the boss of the gambling house and said kindly: "Young master, don't provoke him, he is a scourge of our Lun Kingdom, if you provoke him, you will definitely not be able to eat it." , Young Master, don’t go wading into this muddy water.”

Li Ze clenched his fists and thought: Wang Erwa really thinks your father is Li Gang, it's a pervert to insult the dead body even after death.

When he walked into the casino, he saw Hua Ruoxi looking for something, he stepped forward and asked Hua Ruoxi, "Ruoxi, what are you looking for?"

After thinking about it, Hua Ruoxi said, "The murder weapon should have been left behind at the scene. The murderer wouldn't have brought the murder weapon with him, right?" He thought it was right, and chanting the spell in his mouth opened his eyes to reveal the scene before the incident in mind.

The course of the incident: Ma Sun didn't go home for several days and nights and stayed in the casino to gamble.He rolled the dice in his hand, thinking about his good luck in the past few days, he won several times in a row, touched the silver in the package, shook the dice in his hand, and put all his belongings on the big table without even thinking about it. .When he was shaking the dice, there was a man in black standing in the distance with only a pair of evil eyebrows and mouse eyes. He had already prepared a hardcover version of the crossbow in his hand. Due to the modified crossbow, the mouth of the crossbow was small Can fit a needle.

A cold, sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took out the silver needle and stuck it on the crossbow. When Ma Sun saw the small one opened, he even lost all his belongings on it, and he felt annoyed, black clothes At this time, the man pressed the needle in the crossbow and shot Ma Sun in the right ear.Ma Sun felt pain in his right ear, and when he was about to cover his ears, he staggered and bumped into the table of the gaming table, and rolled off the table carelessly. When he rolled off the table, his head hurt. The ground hit the ground like this, and the blood from the head splashed to the lower corner of the table.

Seeing Ma Sun's body collapsed, the man in black threw the crossbow under a willow tree outside the window of the casino, and fled.Li Ze walked out of the window of the gambling house, the willow trees were very lush, and the crossbow was well hidden, if he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't find the crossbow.He walked to the willow tree, and the murderer dug the crossbow with his hands and buried it before fleeing.

Li Ze borrowed a hoe from the owner of the gambling house, and started digging under the willow tree.After digging for about half a stick of incense, he felt that he had dug something made of iron, and when he went down with the hoe, the crossbow really appeared.This crossbow was modified by people, and its accuracy is very accurate. It is still a freshly made crossbow, very brand new.He put the crossbow in the package, which is also considered the murder weapon at the scene, and now the man in black who needs to find evidence to prove it killed it.

What did Mason do?Will be murdered by the men in black.The two thought about this question for a long time, so they decided to visit Ma Sun's house again.When he came to Ma Sun's house, Ma Sun's father was wearing plain white clothes, and the servants around him were all wearing white clothes, and the shop door was covered with inscriptions.After entering the hall, there is a mahogany coffin in the middle of the hall, with a white cloth wrapped around it and a founding letter written on it.A few plates of fruit, as well as pigs and sheep, were placed on the table next to the "Spiritual Tablet of Masun".

The three pillars of incense were burning vigorously, and Ma Sun's father, Ma Tao, was comforted with laughter along with Ma Sun's better friends. They all stood in front of the coffin, and everyone shook their heads helplessly after offering incense to Ma Sun .After Ma Sun left, they couldn't get any benefits from him. On the surface, they were friends, but in fact they just ate, drank and had fun with Ma Sun.Thinking that there was only one son in Ma Tao's family, the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and his only son had already left him.When he thought of it, he wiped away the tears on his face.He had chosen a date, sat up all night tonight, and would carry the coffin to bury his son tomorrow.

"Master. The two who just came said they came to pay homage to the young master, but they are standing outside the door now." The young man beside him ran to report to Ma Tao.

Ma Tao waved his hands and sighed, "Call them in."

hall.After the two had incensed, Li Ze told Ma Tao that Ma Sun did not commit suicide, but homicide. The two came this time to look for clues in Ma Sun's home to see if there were any clues to the case. Progress is linked.Hearing what Li Ze said, Ma Tao also believed that his son could not commit suicide, so Ma Tao led them to Ma Sun's room.

Mason's room.After the two of them looked at his room, they found that he came in letters very frequently in his room. There were piles of letters on his desk, perhaps they were put in boxes on purpose to prevent people from knowing. A few days ago, he ordered that no one should step into his room, and none of the servants dared to disobey his order, and no one had ever stepped into his room.Looking through his letters, he seems to meet this great man often.

When they turned to the twelfth letter, it was also the last letter.The content of the letter has to be surprising.

The content of the letter is: Ma Sun: Tomorrow morning, you and a few people I sent will come to Fenghualou to carry the dog in the sack to the dark river. You must see the dog drowned in the river with your own eyes before you can return. Remember not to let people find out, the reward will definitely not be less.I know that your kid owes a big debt outside, and I can help you pay it off. If someone finds out, you kid will just wait to die.To tell you the truth, we put iron nematodes on the dog. As long as someone gets close to this water source, the iron nematodes will sneak into the human body, and then there will be dead people everywhere in Lunguo.

Ma Sun seemed to deliberately hide the letter until the end. He also made a sandwich envelope, and Hua Ruoxi took out the sandwich envelope.Ma Sun sealed the letter with red paint, and wrote on the letter: suicide note.

Ma Sun already knew that he would be doomed, and he had already written his suicide note.When Ma Tao took over the suicide note written by Ma Sun, he opened the letter to see the date of inscription.It was written four days ago by Ma Sun at home.The letter said that he knew that his life would be in danger, but he had to follow the instructions of the person in the letter. The person in the letter once threatened him that if he did not do so, he would ask the killer to kill all his family members. Kill all.Although he was fond of gambling, he didn't want to hurt his family members, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to the person in the letter.

Signed: unfilial son Masun.Ma Tao himself was old, how could he bear this blow, and fainted after reading the letter.After the two learned the clues, Ma Sun was the instruction of the person in the letter. The person in the letter was afraid of being exposed after the incident, so he asked the man in black to kill people to silence them. It worked out.The person mentioned in the letter seems to have a very rich family, and the surname of the person in the letter is Zhang. The Fenghualou he mentioned in the letter is the only clue.

Fenghualou.Fenghualou is the first restaurant in Lunguo. Since the establishment of Lunguo, Fenghualou has existed until today.As soon as the two stepped into Fenghualou, they heard the people at the table in front of the door chatting.Passerby A: "Have you heard that Ma Sun fell off the table in the casino and died!"

Passerby B: "The kind of person who knows how to gamble all day long should die. I heard that he will be buried tomorrow. It's a pity that his father will be left alone!"

Passer-by Ding shook his head and said helplessly: "I said, you better stop talking! Everyone has already gone, and you are still talking behind your back!"

When Xiaoer brought the tea up, he said, "What do you two guests want to eat?"

After ordering a few dishes, Li Ze asked Xiao Er and said, "Xiao Er, did you find a few people dressed like farmers carrying a sack in front of your store the day before yesterday?"

Xiao Er shook his head and said that there were so many people coming and going in Fenghualou, how could he remember it as a Xiao Er.

Hua Ruoxi took out the money, put it on the table and said, "Xiaoer, do you remember? Remember, this money is yours."

Turning his head, he saw the silver in his hand, the sackcloth on his shoulders wiped the table on the table, stopped and said: "A few days ago, some people were in a hurry in Fenghualou early in the morning. Before, I woke up early on weekdays, thinking it was a thief trying to come in and steal something in front of Fenghualou, I leaned in front of the door and listened to them discussing how to carry the sack away, and there was a very dressed The luxurious young man also said that if this matter doesn’t work out, they will all have to move their heads. I still remember that young man spoke very rudely and looked like Zhang Erwa, the county magistrate’s son. He is really a bully and often does evil in Lunguo.[ Notification: Please tell each other the only new address is.] Relying on the fact that his father was in Lun, he robbed the women of the people, and often bullied the poor people and collected protection money on the street! Could it be that Zhang Erwa threatened Ma Sun in the letter The person? After eating, the two decided to go to the county magistrate's mansion to catch Zhang Erwa and question him.

Chapter 11 Chapter 4 The Psychic Inn

In the city of Lun.Several murders occurred successively.Chu Qin, the eldest son of the Chu family.In the morning, he was still alive and well at home, helping to take care of the family affairs. When he went to Chunhua Building in the afternoon, there were not many people on Lun Guoben's desolate street, so he was stabbed to death on the spot.After he was stabbed to death, his body was dragged to a small alley. When passers-by found him, he had been dead for several hours.

Zhao Hun of the Zhao family.Zhao Hun's family is not very rich. Every morning he has to go up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it to those in need on the street. He goes door to door and asks how much he can sell.Zhao Hun was saying that more than half of the firewood was sold today, and when he went back, he would buy a chicken for his wife to kill, so that the whole family would have a good meal.His family lives in the mountains, the road is very remote.Before reaching home, he was killed in the woods.

Seeing that he hadn't come back for a long time, Zhao Hun's family came out to look for him. When they found Zhao Hun, it was a cold body.Zhao Hun's body was chopped into five halves by someone. The murderer was extremely cruel. He saw Zhao Hun walking in the woods, and he sneaked up behind him holding a seedling knife in his hand and stabbed Zhao Hun to death first.Then cruelly cut Zhao Hun's body into five halves with a seedling knife.

Lin Sheng from the Lin family.Lin Sheng is a poor scholar, who spends his days relying on pens and inks for writing letters to others.At noon that day, Lin Sheng was writing a letter to someone.When he was about to close the stall after writing, several people from the government office came to collect the protection fee. How could Lin Sheng pay it?He was so beaten that he couldn't stand up, and suddenly a hand stretched out, he thought someone was going to pull him, but who knew that the person just pulled him up, and stabbed him in the stomach.

Lin Sheng's body was then raised by the murderer. A big fire was raised by the river, and after Lin Sheng's body was roasted, he threw his charred body into the river.When his body was found, Lin Sheng's appearance had already changed beyond recognition. The body was burnt and smoke was coming out. When the yamen servants came to carry the body from the river, they were vomiting.

Zhang Mansion.Zhang Erwa was talking with the man in black in the wing room. "How is the matter going? Are those people killed?" Zhang Erwa said while sitting on a chair, took a few mouthfuls of food from the table and put it down.

The man in black lowered his head and said, "All of them have been killed and wiped out, now we are waiting for your order, and we will throw more iron nematodes into places in the city that are close to water sources. Once the nematode enters the human body, it spreads rapidly."

Zhang Erwa smiled and said: "Well done. When people are almost dead, spread the medicine. At that time, many people will come to us to buy medicine. Then we will increase the medicine several times. We earn a lot of money." What are the prices?"

After the man in black went down.Zhang Erwa took out the powdered medicine in the box, shook out the powdered medicine and pinched it in his hand, thinking: He specially taught people to develop the medicine for the plague, so he found a few people from the city to pretend to be farmers, He conducted an experiment on the wild dog he caught in advance. First, he ordered people to put iron nematodes in the bucket, and then put the dog in the bucket. in the dog's body.

Zhang Erwa first caught the handle of several people. He mentioned in the letter that he threatened Ma Sun's family and forced him to do things.The few remaining people first put their family members in prison and imprisoned them, saying that if this matter is not handled well, your whole family will be buried with them.No one in Lunguo knew Zhang Erwa's style, he could do what he said, and they were also afraid of the pain of losing their family members, so they agreed to Zhang Erwa against their own conscience.

He ordered someone to pick up the dog and observe it for a few days.In the first few days, the wild dog looked for food like crazy, until its belly was about to burst, and the wild dog began to drink water vigorously. As long as there was water, the dog would rush to drink.When Zhang Erwa went to see the dog again, the dog's eyes were bloodshot, and its body was shrunken and thin.Zhang Erwa thought it was time to put the dog in the river.

Zhang Erwa found a few people in Fenghualou early in the morning, and threw the dog into the river without anyone noticing.He was suspicious, even though he secretly sent the men in black to kill these people at that time, he still felt uneasy.When he received the signal that the man in black had killed Ma Sun, he rushed from the Zhang residence to the casino to see with his own eyes whether Ma Sun was dead.Just as he was about to enter the casino, he saw Ma Sun's body being carried out. He was still not sure that Ma Sun was really dead, so he took the knife from the yamen servant next to him and stabbed Ma Sun's body several times.

He thought that his plan was perfectly designed, and who else would doubt him.He was holding the powdered medicine, and when he was about to turn around, a cold sword was already resting on his neck. "Who are you? You want to kill me, you're getting impatient!" Zhang Erwa said in a terrified voice when she saw that the sword was on his neck. If he touched it, he would definitely be dead.

"Zhang Erwa. You are responsible for the iron nematode plague! You have killed so many people, damn it!" Li Ze said angrily.Standing behind Zhang Erwa were Li Ze and Hua Ruoxi. The two sneaked into Zhang's mansion under the cover of night, captured a little maid who was doing odd jobs, and finally revealed the Erwa's room under repeated pressure.

"Don't kill me. I listen to people's instigation to let wireworms harm people only for money!" Zhang Erwa stepped back and glanced back, as if hinting at something.

"Who instigated you! Tell me!" He pushed the sword towards the sword, and the sword was one foot close to Zhang Erwa, and blood was smeared on his neck.

Zhang Erwa was in a hurry. Although he loves money like his life, he is also afraid of death. He was about to say that the man in black outside the window had been in ambush for a long time. He drew his sword and shot at Zhang Erwa. Zhang Erwa couldn't wait. Suddenly, a sharp sword pierced his heart.What Zhang Erwa didn't expect was that the man in black he had always trusted had actually been secretly monitoring his every move, and he was just a pawn.

Hua Ruoxi lightly chased the man in black who fled from the window, and the man in black fled to the city of Lunguo, but Hua Ruoxi followed closely behind him. She swiftly kicked the man in black horizontally, her calf was quickly kicked forward and left, and after hitting the target, she quickly relaxed and retracted her calf.The man in black who was hit was kneeling on the ground with numb legs.

The man in black saw that the situation was over, his eyes were full of despair, he took out a dagger and threw it at his chest, then fell to the ground and died.When Li Ze caught up, the man in black had fallen to the ground and died. He went forward and found the token on the man in black, which looked like the word "御" written on it.Could this man in black be a dead soldier in the palace?He put the token he found into the package, which may be one of the clues to find the man behind the scenes.

When he first came out, he also took out the brocade box that Wang Erwa put on the table. When Wang Erwa was about to die, she pointed at the brocade box on the table. Li Ze wanted to ask who the person who instigated him was. , Wang Erwa fell to the ground dying.

child time.The two of them had been busy all day, and they were going to find an inn to settle down first.The two searched for a long time on the street, and the inns were all closed. The plague in Lun Kingdom was not peaceful, and the owners of the inns closed their doors early, for fear that someone infected with the plague would come in and ruin their business. He also infected himself with the plague. No one dares to do this kind of business that loses money and loses life.

In a trance.There was an inn with the words "Psychic Inn" on the street, and the door was still wide open. There were a few oil lamps in the inn, and the light seemed tiny. There was an old woman standing in the inn, holding a walking stick in her hand, Coughing twice, she turned over the ledger under the light of the oil lamp.The two had nowhere to go, so they had to walk towards this "psychic inn" to see if they could stay overnight.

Walking into the inn, there was no one there.Only one old woman was reading the account book, and she felt someone walking into the inn.She said: "Are you two here to stay at the small shop?"

"Old man, we just came here to stay. Who would have thought that all the inns in Lunguo are closed, and only your inn is open, so we walked in and wanted to stay here." Li Ze observed the inn The surrounding situation is the same as that of an ordinary inn. The downstairs is a place for guests to eat and drink. There are about a dozen mahogany tables and chairs. The lettering of the wing.

The old lady noticed Li Ze's cautious eyes, she coughed twice and said, "Young man, don't worry, I'm running a serious inn, but it's a little different from ordinary inns. Every month when the full moon comes, it's the time when the underworld opens. At that time, at that time, the little ghosts will come to the human world, and through the way of our inn, many ghost messengers will come up to catch the little ghosts."

"Thank you, old man. Is this inn connected to the underworld? How can ghost agents go up to catch little ghosts through this inn?" Li Ze asked curiously.

When the moon is full.Hua Ruoxi thought, isn't tomorrow the full moon?The old woman coughed lightly and said: "This psychic inn has been run by the old man for ten years, and I have some friendship with ghost messengers from the underworld. During the full moon, guests staying in this inn must fall asleep before midnight, and remember to cover them with quilts. Over your head, don't move or talk when you hear anything while sleeping."

The two asked for a room, saying that if something happened, it would be good for each other to take care of each other. Li Ze asked the old woman for a pot of Zhuyeqing, saying that he would drink some tea to relieve boredom. [Notice: Please tell each other that the only new address is. . 】Since the two came in, the old man's eyes have been on Hua Ruoxi who is beside him. What exactly is the old man looking at Ruoxi?After paying the money, Li Ze went up the stairs and returned to the Wild Goose House.The old lady was calculating, she already knew that the girl just now must have an extraordinary background, when she first stepped into the inn, she felt that she was very special, not to mention courage, the two of them listened to what she said about the little ghost meeting. In the world, the two of them had no fear at all, and they listened with gusto. This was the first time she met a guest who was so calm and calm. If she was a mortal, she would have checked out with her own package on her back.