This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

A spoken word is like water poured out.

When Zhao Zhen thought of the rising housing prices in Bianjing, if the emperor gave him a house, how could he afford it if it was too small.The house needs three entrances, and the garden is not too big, and the additional library is barely fully equipped.

Rao even if he did the calculations, he still felt pain. If he could be that poor scholar who couldn't afford good clothes, he could logically say that etiquette should be light and affection should be more important.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen quickly arranged for Yan Buzhou to perform an autopsy on Qingdeng, and he didn't want to face someone who would make his wallet bleed in the short term.

"Although there is no residual ink to the bone, there is still resentment on the arm of the corpse."

Feng Huang reluctantly left the warm bed.After winter in Bianjing, he wanted to change back to his original shape and have more feathers to keep out the cold, but he had to go out for an autopsy. He really wanted to curse the tattoo artist who was doing trouble and slipped his foot into the pit when he went to the toilet.

Of course, Yan Buzhou saw that there was resentment on Qing Deng's body, so he specially invited Feng Huang to visit, hoping to ask him to find out what kind of monster the resentment came from.

"Ninety-nine percent of the chances are that the blood of a woman's corpse was added to the material used for the tattoo in this lifetime. The lingering resentment on the arm comes from a ghost made of jealousy and resentment."

After more than an hour of calculation, Feng Huang got the answer, picked up a pen and simply sketched out an image, which was a distorted human face.

"Panruo, this kind of ghost is transformed by the wraith after the death of a woman. Most of them will appear in this way. At first glance, it looks like a mask. You know, Banruo likes to eat children very much. If you borrow the power of Wisdom It is not difficult to kill the children around me."

Children's resistance is weaker than that of adults, so how can they resist the resentment that keeps haunting them.This kind of killing is invisible, and most of it is due to frailty and premature death.

Yan Buzhou tightly held the old backs of a stack of blue lanterns.

This lady-in-law of the Guo family entered the palace 13 years ago. Her real name is Deng Zhu. She was originally from Fengdeng Village under the Songjiang Prefecture. Her father died when she was ten years old, and she came to live in Bianjing with her mother.

Half a year later, Deng's mother remarried.After Deng's mother gave birth to a baby boy, Deng Zhu signed up for the maid selection.Later, Deng Zhu was assigned to the queen's bedroom as a maid sweeping the floor.After sweeping the land for two years, he was suddenly promoted by Mrs. Guo as his right-hand man.

Zhao Zhen had already seen the old document and commented on it. In the year when Deng Zhu was promoted as the grand lady by the Guo family, his first daughter was born and died before he could live for half a year.

At that time, Guo Shi was only 14 years old, and Zhao Zhen was only fifteen or sixteen.At that time, he believed that his infant daughter was born weak and sick and died.However, in the next eight years, the successive deaths of children in childhood, is it because they are not in good health that they can't live long?

Bu Zhou couldn't explain what happened. In the official history, Zhao Zhen had no children, and his successor was the son of his clan.

Leaving aside those palace secrets for the time being, it is time to go to the south of the Yangtze River to find out whether there is any connection between Deng Zhu and Bu Zhen.

The identity record left by Bu Zhen at the registration office of housing and land leased houses in Chenqiao County shows that he is from Gusu.Perhaps, Feng Huang measured that the southeast watery place where Bu Zhen is currently located refers to the area around Gusu and Songjiang.

"Brother Zhan asked me when I was going to board the boat yesterday, and said he would see me off when I was free. I have to say, your see-off lineup with the horse on the left and the dog on the right is really ingenious."

At the Bianhe Wharf, Yan Buzhou looked at Zhan Zhao in surprise, not ignoring the bag on Feixiong's back.

Yesterday, Yan Buzhou invited Wuyan, who had just returned to Beijing, to dinner, and asked Wuyan to deal with the sudden incident of demons and ghosts in Bianjing within a few months.After dinner, he went to Kaifeng Mansion to say hello. Zhan Zhao only asked about the time of the passenger ship, but didn't say that he would definitely come to see him off.

Right now, Zhan Zhao is about to come, but this is not to see him off, it is clearly to send himself on board. "Master Bao is willing to let you leave the capital? This will be a stepping stone, why didn't you make it clear yesterday."

Zhan Zhao stuffed Xiao Heitan into Yan Buzhou's arms, and he led Fei Xiong to help him board the boat.Of course Bao Zheng didn't want him to travel far south of the Yangtze River, but it was hard to refuse even if the mission was assigned by Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen spoke so nicely to Bao Zheng, and Zhan Zhao is familiar with the Jiangnan area, so having him assist in the investigation of the tattoo case can get twice the result with half the effort.What's more, Bao Zheng also works in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, so he just took this opportunity to ask Zhan Zhao to check some other files along the way.

In addition, Zhan Zhao's hometown is in Changzhou.It was a rare occasion, and it was also possible for him to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors for the New Year. This is something a good boss should consider.

After hearing one, two or three reasons, Bao Zheng was quickly convinced, and by the way, gave Xiao Heitan to Zhan Zhao.Since this dog has some relationship with the tattoo artist, it might be useful to bring it along.

The most important thing is that although Xiao Heitan is only one month old, Zhang Long took him back to Kaifeng Mansion to raise him for ten days, and his tail actually split like the legendary Fudou.Since then, Xiao Heitan has left his dog status, and he can't be more energetic. He is no longer dying when he was found in the corpse pit, so he can rest assured that he will go out with him on business.

As for Nian Fei, who really wanted to go out for a while, Bao Zheng ruthlessly rejected the petition for traveling at public expense.

Nian Beast usually eats too much and has long exceeded his budget, and he dares to travel at public expense, which is simply a daydream.

"Yesterday, I wasn't sure if I could hand over the matter in hand. If you can't come after talking, wouldn't it make you happy for nothing."

Zhan Zhao didn't wait to question who would be happy, he asked first, "Going south alone, more than 20 days is boring enough. Can't I go with you? I won't take advantage of you, I will pay for the boat, board and lodging Mr. Bao has already paid the travel expenses in advance, and if you refund more or make up less, I will calculate that it will be enough for you.”

Yan Buzhou hugged Xiao Heitan who fell asleep in the cloth bag, Zhan Zhao said everything he could say, and how could she refute.It can't be said that Zhao Zhen also paid her travel expenses in advance, so it's not uncommon for people to rush to pay the bill. "Master Bao is really generous this time, completely different from his previous style."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said nothing, as to how Bao Zheng was deceived by Zhao Zhen to voluntarily distribute his money, he would not ask more questions to poke Bao Zheng's painful feet.

What needs to be asked is whether the identities of Bu Zhen and Deng Zhu are true or false.

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, the passenger ship docked in Gusu City.

The two went straight to the government office to inquire about Bu Zhen's situation.Maybe it's good news, there is someone who found out that Bu Zhen was adopted by the prison guards in his infancy, and there are people in the government office who watched him grow up.

Team leader Ma has retired for almost ten years, and he still clearly remembers Bu Zhen and his adoptive father, Lu Ze.

"Old Lu's hometown is on the border between Song and Xia. In the early years, he specialized in stabbing recruits in the army. Later, when he got older, he came to Jiangnan to settle down. He was mainly responsible for guarding the cells of death row prisoners. He has a really bad temper. It's better for the brothers in the yamen, but for the puppet..."

Mr. Ma sighed and said that ten years ago, Bu Zhen would be beaten by Lu Ze from time to time. The reason for the beating was that Lu Ze changed his face after drinking a few sips of wine.

Lu Ze lives in a remote place, in the back street of the Gusu Prison.

Sometimes, the guards would knock on the door to persuade Lu Ze to persuade him when he heard Lu Ze beating the child.But Bu Zhen was always very quiet, and he didn't cry when he was beaten up. What's more, everyone saw the wound on Bu Zhen's face the next day, and then they realized that Lu Ze had lost control after drinking again.

"I teach my son a lesson, but if the son doesn't complain of pain, how can outsiders persuade him?"

Ma Bantou said that Bu Zhen knew very well that he was not Lu Ze's biological child, or that he was very well-behaved in fear that Lu Ze would abandon him.

"Bu Zhen has been learning tattoos since he was a child. Lao Lu said that when Bu Zhen grows older and can open a carving shop at the age of fourteen or fifteen, he will stop working hard as a jailer. In fact, when Lao Lu is not drunk, he will I will regret that I hit Bu Zhen too hard."

However, Lu Ze couldn't quit drinking, and would still beat Bu Zhen when he was drunk every two days.

Year after year, until one day 14 years ago, Lu Ze got drunk and fell into the water and drowned. The 13-year-old Bu Zhen did not continue to stay in Gusu, and disappeared after burying Lu Ze.

"My lords, Lu Ze's house was originally on this street. As you can see, the Gusu Prison has been changed, and all the old houses in this area have been demolished. A few years ago, a new bungalow was rebuilt.

When the government was remodeling, the government issued a notice to notify the old residents here, and they all rushed to the government to register and collect the demolition fee, but Bu Zhen did not show up.In the past 14 years, I have never heard anyone say that I will see Bu Zhen again. "

Hearing this, Yan Buzhou doubted Lu Ze's identity.

The Song Dynasty stipulated that in order to prevent soldiers from escaping, all soldiers from poor backgrounds could be tattooed uniformly in the barracks.

Lu Ze specialized in facial tattooing in his early years, and also taught Bu Zhen the art of tattooing.Judging from his age, he can match the Chenqiao corpse pit dug 20 years ago.What was the reason that made Lu Ze come from the north to settle in Gusu?

Mr. Ma didn't know much about this, "It seems to be because of a defeat. Lao Lu was originally a logistics soldier, and the team he was in suffered heavy casualties. His friends were all dead, so he came to the south of the Yangtze River to escape from the world.

There should be a file in the yamen, recording when Lao Lu left the barracks.I heard him mention that he spent several years in the rivers and lakes, visited many places, and finally decided to come to Jiangnan, where the climate is better. "

Saying goodbye to the head of the horse team, the two rushed to Songjiang Fengdeng Village.

As early as the year Deng's father died, the land of Deng Zhu's family was sold to neighbors in the same village, and there is no trace of Deng Zhu's life here.

However, many people in the village still remember Deng Zhu.To be exact, it was the little girl who was abused by her drunken father every now and then.

Happiness is mostly similar, and misfortune is not necessarily different.

The families next door to Deng's family were all sympathetic when they talked about Deng Zhu.

"Little Zhuer, it's so miserable. Deng Wei works in the bodyguard bureau. He doesn't walk the bodyguard, he is in charge of guarding the gate. He usually likes to drink a few sips, but his alcohol capacity is very light, and he beats people when he comes home drunk."

"Our neighbors took turns fighting each other almost once every three days. Before little Pearl was born, Deng Wei beat his family. Because of this incident, Erniang Wang had a miscarriage and lost a baby boy.

Wang Erniang's family had a big quarrel from Jinling, but it stopped for two or three years. Old Deng said he would stop drinking and beat others. "

"That's right, we thought that the prodigal son would not be exchanged for money when he returned, but who knew that it was a dog who would not eat it. After little Zhu'er was born, Deng Wei despised being a girl, and his attitude towards Wang Erniang became bad again.

It is also unclear when Deng Wei started drinking and beating people again.In short, from the time when little Pearl was four or five years old, it was not uncommon to see bruises on her face. "At that time, Wang Erniang's parents passed away, and her younger brother went to work in Bianjing. Without the help of her natal family, she was unable to protect herself, nor could she protect Deng Zhu from being beaten by Deng Wei.

The Deng family's farce continued for several years until 14 years ago, when Deng Wei got drunk and fell into a pond and drowned.

When Zhan Zhao heard about the cause of Deng Wei's death, this was exactly the same as that of another Lu Ze who was used to beating children violently.

"Have you ever heard of the name Bu Zhen? At that time, he was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he might have a Gusu accent. village."

"Yes, I have seen it."

The aunt who worked in the rouge shop in the town said, "Does Bu Zhen know how to get tattoos? The rouge shop was next to the Escort Bureau, and the Diaoqing shop was diagonally opposite. Xiaobu worked odd jobs in the Diaoqing shop. Snug and gentle, exactly as the adults said.

Xiao Bu is quiet and doesn't talk much, and works seriously and practically.Back then, some people joked in private, asking Xiao Bu to marry little Zhuer, so that if little Zhuer gets married earlier, she will suffer less.Little Zhu'er sometimes goes to the Escort to deliver meals to Deng Wei, she and Xiao Bu should know each other more or less. "

Did Bu Zhen and Deng Zhu just know each other?

The two have very similar family backgrounds, and both have a father who likes to drink. Whether it is the adoptive father or the biological father, he will abuse the child after drinking.In addition, the cause of death of the fathers of the two is exactly the same. Hasn't there been more fateful entanglement between the two because of the same illness?

The twelfth lunar month is already thirty.

Zhan Zhao prepared a basket of sacrificial supplies after breakfast, and saw Yan Buzhou in a daze in the yard. "Ayan, you are still thinking about Deng Zhu and Bu Zhen."

According to the memories of the villagers of Fengdeng Village, shortly after Deng Wei's death, Deng Zhu followed Wang Erniang to Bianjing to join his uncle.After more than a month, Bu Zhen also resigned from the tattoo shop and disappeared. No one knew where he went.

At this point, I am afraid that only the parties concerned know what happened to the two of them.Because before leaving Bianjing, Wang Erniang, who had remarried, had been checked a long time ago. She had died three years ago.

"Now I have no way of knowing whether Lu Ze can use spiritual techniques, or where Bu Zhen learned the tricks of the hungry tiger. Assuming that Lu Ze taught Bu Zhen, whether Bu Zhen used this technique to murder him Adoptive father?

After coming to Fengdeng Village, Bu Zhen met Deng Zhu who had a similar life experience. Did he teach her this method and also murdered Deng Wei? "

Yan Buzhou can only deduce these things at present, if he wants to know the specific cause and effect, he must patiently catch Bu Zhen and let him speak.

"In the past ten years or so, there may have been some other changes that made Deng Zhu a maid of honor and made Bu Zhen wander in the rivers and lakes. Why did Bu Zhen go to Chenqiao two years ago? He stayed for a year and a half. Human? Counting the time when Deng Zhu entered the palace, she was old enough to be released two years ago, but the one who came out was a corpse."

Now that Empress Guo didn't say a word, Zhao Zhen was going to be abolished, and of course she wouldn't recognize what she had done.

Whether it is Bu Zhen or Deng Zhu, how many people still care about the fate of these little people?

Yan Buzhou can only rely on speculation, guessing that they met when they were young and in the most difficult time, guessing that they made an agreement to stay together, and then hurried for more than ten years, in exchange for only the separation of yin and yang.

Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, it was already cloudy, and it might snow heavily soon.It would not be appropriate to stand in the courtyard and grieve someone.

"Tonight, New Year's Eve, don't think about those things for the time being. I'm going to go out of the city to pay homage to Master and parents. Ah Yan might as well go to the streets. There are many interesting shops in Changzhou, and they are still open today. Or, you Would you like to walk up the mountain with me?"

Yan Buzhou only thinks about it when he has nothing to do after having a full breakfast.At first, I was thinking that Da Song's alcohol content is really not high, men, women and children have the habit of drinking, such as Lu Ze and Deng Wei, who are so drunk that they don't know how to restrain themselves.

"Let's go up the mountain with you." Yan Buzhou made a choice in an instant, she has no hobby of shopping.What's more, when you come to Zhan Zhao's house to celebrate the New Year, you should pay respects to the elders as far as the etiquette is concerned. Even if the person is already in the cemetery, she should go to offer three sticks of incense.

When Zhan Zhao heard this answer, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he immediately stopped the incoherent talker who said he was about to leave, "Wait a minute, I'll go get another thing."

Is there anything else missing?Aren't the incense sticks, paper money, offerings for sacrifices, etc. all in the basket?

Yan Buzhou didn't talk much if he didn't understand the current priest, but he waited for a cloak and put it on her directly.

For a while, before she could react, Zhan Zhao had already stood still in front of her, and lifted her cloak and hood to cover her up.It was done in one go, without asking her if she wanted it.

"It's going to snow heavily later, and it's even colder on the mountain. If you come as a guest, I can't let you get sick from the cold. The winter in Jiangnan is very cold this year, so you can wear this cloak all the time."

Zhan Zhao kept fingers on, and quickly tied the thin cloak strap for Yan Buzhou, and tied a bowknot on her neckline. "Ayan, why are you looking at me so stupidly? Don't you want to say you don't like it?"