[Seventy-five] King of Xiangyang is super fierce

To go back to Dongxin Street in the city, you need to pass through an alley behind the old street. The entrance of the alley happens to be a butcher’s shop. As people passed by, they could smell blood and flesh, so they couldn't help but quicken their pace.

However, it was almost midnight at this time, and a woman came to meet her, she didn't know what she was holding in her arms, she was walking in a hurry, her expression was flustered.

King Xiangyang saw that she was struggling to walk, he had good intentions and asked if he could help, but he didn't expect that the woman was out of breath and her words were not true, Pei Xiaohu suddenly became suspicious.

Pei Xiaohu asked the question alone, and the King of Xiangyang noticed with sharp eyes that the woman was holding a bundle in her arms, but the night was too dark to see the color of the cloth of the bundle clearly, but he could faintly see water dripping under the bundle.

Before the King of Xiangyang noticed anything, Pei Xiaohu smelled the bloody smell in the bundle, his face darkened, and he immediately cut open the bundle tightly held by the woman with his sword.

Under the moonlight, there were dimly lit lights in the distance, and inside was a bloody, fluffy woman's head in a bun!

The woman's eyes looked down, and she was immediately frightened out of her wits.

The king of Xiangyang was also terrified, he couldn't say a word for a long time, only Pei Xiaohu remained calm, and brought the woman and the head to the inn without any explanation, to meet Lord Bao.

As soon as they returned to the inn, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce did not rest, they all went out to watch when they heard the noise coming from the hall, Zhan Zhao followed them and also entered the inn.

This was the first time King Xiangyang had seen such a terrifying scene. His stomach was overwhelmed, and he almost vomited out the food he ate at the night market just now.

But the woman knelt down on the ground, but kept begging in her mouth, saying that she was innocent and not a murderer.

Bao Zheng looked at the head that Pei Xiaohu presented to him, his gaze was like a torch, and he shouted with a serious face: "Bold woman, how dare you disregard people's lives, kill people and cut off their heads!"

The woman cried more and more bitterly, and cried bitterly: "My lord, the woman was wronged! The woman just went to Zheng Butcher's shop to buy pork head meat, and she didn't bring anything. Zheng Butcher wrapped it in cloth and handed it to the woman. Afterwards When asked by these two young masters, when I opened it, I realized it was a human head!"

Although this woman had never met Bao Zheng, she didn't have any doubts about Bao Zheng's interrogation of her. She just thought that it was an imperial envoy who was passing by somewhere and happened to catch up with her.

After Bao Zheng saw it, Pei Xiaohu covered the head and handed it to Zhang Long. King Xiangyang couldn't see the disgusting object, and he felt relieved a lot, and secretly looked at the woman.

He also suspected her at first, but now that he calmed down and thought about it, she was just an ordinary-looking woman, and she probably didn't have the guts to kill someone.Even if he killed someone, he would definitely not dare to cut off his head and carry him around like this.

The woman stood in the center of the circle surrounded by everyone, her long silver hair was tied up in a single bun, and a wooden hairpin was inserted obliquely. Although she looked quite young, there were some fine lines at the end of her eyes. The woman's face is weather-free, not at all like the poor and vicissitudes of the people in the country.

But it's wrong to say that there is nothing suspicious about this woman, even the King of Xiangyang can see that, although this woman is crying and shouting with righteousness, she dare not look Master Bao in the eyes from the beginning to the end.

It's alright to say that Mrs. Bao's expression is serious and not angry or arrogant, but she made it clear that she has a guilty conscience, and even Gongsun Ce, who is as warm and infiltrating as spring breeze and rain, dare not look directly at her.

It is not reasonable to say that she dared not look up at them because she was afraid. After all, the King of Xiangyang now felt that she was not the kind of ignorant woman in the poor countryside. She should not be too timid and ignorant.

She is indeed suspicious...

What King Xiangyang analyzed, Bao Zheng naturally understood at a glance. He interrogated the woman a few times, and he knew that she claimed to be her maiden name, Wen, and was married to the Yan family.Since her husband passed away, she has only one son named Yan Chasan, who is only 17 years old.Rent three rooms in Baijiabao.

Yan Wenshi does some needlework on weekdays and teaches his son to read.The son is studying in the east, and the mother is working in the west. The mother and son are just living by themselves, and there are no servants.

After understanding the basic situation, Bao Zheng ordered Zhan Zhao to bring Zheng Butcher over, while Zhang Long and Zhao Hu went to search Baijiabao and brought Wen's son Yan Chasan over.

When the king of Xiangyang heard that the woman's son was actually Yan Chasan, he understood in his heart that Yan Chasan and her could not be murderers. Yan Chasan's character is trustworthy to the King of Xiangyang, after all, it is written like that in the book .

Yan Chasan borrowed the book and went home, shouted a few times but did not hear his mother's response, searched everywhere but found nothing, was a little anxious for a while, happened to be Zhang Long and Zhao Hu came, and briefly explained the purpose of his visit to him, Yan Chasan immediately put down the book and followed to the inn in fear.

Bao Zheng sat on a black wooden armchair that his attendants had brought for him, and all the attendants stood behind him like dummies, with no expression on their faces.The prince's mansion has a group of people who eat nothing, but the guards under Bao Zheng in Kaifeng mansion are not.

Kaifeng Mansion is at the foot of the Son of Heaven. Although there are countless dignitaries and government offices in the city, Kaifeng Mansion strictly abides by the laws of the Song Dynasty. No matter who breaks the law, Bao Zheng will not show mercy.

After Yan Chasan was brought into the inn, he saw Bao Zheng, who was upright and majestic, kneeled down respectfully, kowtowed and said, "Caomin Yan Chasan, I have met your lord!"

"Yan Chasan, is this woman your mother Wen?"

"My lord, it's my mother."

"it is good!"

"Since she is your mother, do you know who is the head in her arms? What is the relationship between your family and the owner of the head?"

How could Yan Chasan know, the Kaifeng Mansion guard next to him glanced at him, Bao Zheng waved, the guard immediately lifted the cloth covering the head, and handed it to him, Yan Chasan was suddenly frightened by the bloody head Eyes twitched, sweat dripping, said: "My lord, Cao Min and my mother never knew the owner of this head!"

"Bold! How dare you lie in front of the government! This head was found in your mother's arms, but you said it had nothing to do with you?"

"My lord! My mother and I have never had any trouble with anyone in Sanxing Town, and the residents in the town know how we behave. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone in Sanxing Town to ask you!"

"Our mother and son depend on each other for life, so why would we kill someone, my lord!"

Bao Zheng listened to his explanation, turned around and asked the trembling Wen Shi: "Wen Shi, I am asking you now, why did you go to the butcher's shop to buy pork head meat alone in the middle of the night?"

Yan Chasan also didn't know that his mother secretly went out to buy pork head meat because he only went out to borrow a book. You must know that his mother would not be so willing to give up money even during the Chinese New Year, so he was a little puzzled for a while: "Mom, You went to butcher Zheng to buy pork head meat?"

"I...I..." Wen Shi looked at his son's suspicious eyes, panicked with guilt, and stammered for a long time. Bao Zheng took out his gavel and knocked on the round wooden table in the inn, immediately knocking Wen Shi away. Knocking until three souls disappeared and seven souls disappeared, and finally said: "My lord, the woman dare not hide it from you. In fact, when my son went out to borrow books, the woman was working under the lamp. Suddenly she saw the curtain at the door move, and suspected that someone had entered. Xijian hurriedly went in to check, but found nothing, the woman thought she was delusional."

"But this kind of thing didn't happen just once. When my son was not at home these few days, the women could see someone's shadow walking in. The women were worried that someone might be doing something wrong, and they were afraid that it would affect my son's study, so she took advantage of his absence When I was at home, I quietly went into the house to search to see if I had lost anything. I used a lamp to poke under the bed, and found that the soil under the bed was much higher, and when I planed it with my hand, it turned out to be floating dirt.”

"The woman slowly moved the bed away and took a closer look. As soon as the floating dirt was pulled away, a box was exposed inside. The woman found an iron tool and opened the lid of the box. She didn't want to look at it, but when she looked, she saw that it was full of silver!"

"My lord! The women are also obsessed with ghosts for a while. They can't bear my son's studies and exams to get fame and no money. That's why she thought of making such a windfall! But the money came from unclear, and the women were worried that something would happen, so they ran to Zhengzhou overnight. Butcher, I want to buy some sacrifices for three animals, thank the gods!"

"My lord, the women really don't know where the head came from. I haven't opened it since Butcher Zheng gave it to me. Otherwise, how dare the women run around with the head in their arms!"

King Xiangyang listened carefully without missing a word, and the cloud of doubt in his heart suddenly cleared up.

It turned out that the family hid ill-gotten wealth... No wonder he always felt that Wen's complexion was ghostly, as if he was hiding something. Now this reason makes sense.

After hearing this, Bao Zheng sent Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to Baijiabao, where Wen's mother and son lived, and asked them to carry the box over.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu's trip was terrible. Not only did they find that the gold and silver in the crate under the bed of Yan Chasan's house were all gold and silver ingots, but they searched further and found a dead body without a head!

When Zhang Long and Zhao Hu carried all the dead bodies and Mingzhi paper ingots to the inn, Wen Shi saw that he was in a state of confusion, and panickedly recognized the Mingzhi as gold and silver.

Yan Chasan couldn't blame his mother either, thinking that if he hadn't wanted to study and pass the exam, his mother wouldn't be desperate to get this money of unknown origin.

Yan Chasan was about to speak a few words of comfort to his mother, but Zhan Zhao went out for a while, and finally brought Butcher Zheng here.

Butcher Zheng recognized the county magistrate of his own town. Seeing that Zhan Zhao was not wearing an official uniform, he forced him to take him away, so he yelled and made noises in front of his shop, causing all the neighbors to quarrel.

On the other hand, he is kind and kind on weekdays. He sells meat cheaper to his neighbors if he can afford it. When he is in a good mood, he will send some worthless things like pigs to the aunt next door.

Zhan Zhao was entangled by these vexatious women, and he really couldn't get away for a while.

Seeing that it would be futile to keep making trouble like this, some people in that group were clamoring to go to the county magistrate to sue him. Zhan Zhao had no choice but to reveal his identity from the Kaifeng mansion, so he could only say with a livid face that he was from the Prince of Xiangyang's mansion. Guard, the prince has something to ask Butcher Zheng, so he wants to take him away.

The fact that King Xiangyang was sent to Chenzhou to investigate the case and provide disaster relief has long been known to everyone, and the group of people also knew about it.

Although they are warm-hearted, they are also afraid of things. Who wants to offend the notorious treacherous king for the sake of a mediocre neighbor?

In addition, Zhan Zhao was originally a member of the quack, even though he had been included in the imperial court, the bloody aura that had been carried on his body for many years was still there. At this time, he had lost his usual gentle and friendly appearance, and his expression was indifferent, repulsive, and he actually made people This group of civilians believed in his words!

They even thought in their hearts, since they are the guards of King Xiangyang, do they need a reason to arrest people and kill people?

To blame can only be blamed on Zheng Tuhu's own bad luck, maybe what made Xiangyang King unhappy!

As a result, the people who watched the excitement for a while ran away in an instant, and even the people who came out to pour Yexiang were so scared that they forgot to take the toilet back.

Zhan Zhao, holding Butcher Zheng in one hand and a sword in the other, stood at the door of the shop, silent.

King Xiangyang is more annoying than he imagined.

King Xiangyang, who was standing behind the guard watching the excitement, had an itchy nose and sneezed loudly.

Who is scolding him again? ? ?

After Zhan Zhao brought Zheng Butcher over, Gongsun Ce also finished examining the body found from Yan Chasan's house.

Everyone waited with bated breath, quietly preparing to hear the result of Gongsun Ce, but unexpectedly...

"Report to my lord, this corpse is a male corpse!"

Everyone's expression changed upon hearing the words.

Only King Xiangyang reacted after a while.

male corpse........

No, isn't Wen's holding a woman's head? !