Just when the two Zhao brothers had their own thoughts, Linshan County had changed.

After all, there was such a strange and important case as "the destruction of the Zheng Mansion," and no one could sit still! The day after the case occurred, the Linshan County Government Government handed over the case to Xiling County.

Within three days, an army called the "Black Scale Army" came down from the county seat and entered Linshan County to investigate the case.

After this "black scale army" entered the city, the defensive strength at the four city gates of Linshan County increased a lot, and everyone entering and leaving the city had to be strictly checked.

Although it is a little troublesome to check it layer by layer, the people of Linshan City are indeed a lot more relieved because of the arrival of this army.

Zhao Mansion.

"Master, I heard that those "Black Scale Army" searched the city all night last night and arrested many outsiders, saying that these outsiders were the murderers of the Zheng Mansion massacre. Zhao Si handed the peeled apple in his hand to Zhao Ting, who was lying on the sunken wooden rocking chair.

"At noon today, these murderers will be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market for public display, do you want to go and see?"

Zhao Ting took a big bite of the apple and said, "Don't go, what's so good about 'losing your head'?"

"Moreover, do you really believe that these outsiders are the murderers who wiped out the Zheng Mansion?"

After being silent for a moment, Zhao Si glanced left and right twice before he said in a low voice: "Master, to be honest, the villain doesn't believe it." Those outsiders and villains have seen and talked to them, they are all refugees who fled from Cangzhou, it is said that Cangzhou flooded the crops and could not pay taxes, so they left their hometowns and fled to us. ”

"These people are all yellow-skinned and thin, and they can't even eat, how can they be the opponents of those powerful and powerful family members raised by the Zheng Mansion?

Zhao Ting smiled meaningfully and said, "Look, even you can't fool you, how can you fool the people in the city?"

Zhao Si was a little unconvinced by what he said, and retorted: "Master, this is really underestimating the villain, no matter how you say it, the villain is also a person who has read a few books and knows the truth of the sages, how can you compare the villain with those mud-legged people in the city?"

"If you can't fool the villain, it doesn't mean you can't fool these people!"

"Haha......" Zhao Ting laughed heartily, "That's the same." ”

While the two were chatting, the doorman of the house had already led a man in a black shirt and a small servant into the south courtyard.

"Eldest Prince, this person said that he is a servant of the Jiang family, and he came to inform you of an important matter on the order of Jiang Gongzi. ”

Zhao Ting raised his eyes when he heard this.

Well, he recognized this person, and it was indeed a servant beside Jiang Ruhai.

"Call him over. ”

"Yes. ”

The black-clothed guy walked over in three or two steps, with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "I've seen Zhao Gongzi." ”

"Excuse me," Zhao Ting waved his hand and looked at him, "Say, what important thing does Jiang Ruhai want to tell me?"

The black-clothed guy said respectfully: "The young master said that what Zhao Gongzi entrusted him to do, he has eyebrows." ”

Saying that, the little guy took out an envelope embroidered with white edges from his sleeve, handed it to Zhao Ting, and said, "This is a letter from the young master to you." ”

"Letter?" Zhao Ting frowned, "What about Jiang Ruhai and the others?"

"The young master went to Jiangzhou with the master to visit friends two days ago, and now he has not returned. ”

"Oh," Zhao Ting nodded, "I know, you can go." ”

"Yes. ”

After sending the black-clothed guy away, Zhao Ting opened the envelope and read it word by word.

After a while, he raised his head, with a hint of surprise on his face, and muttered, "It's interesting to have such a thing......

Seeing his expression, Zhao Si, who had been standing next to him, couldn't help but ask, "Master, what did Young Master Jiang say in the letter? Is there any news about the "strange and mysterious" thing you are looking for?"

Zhao Ting shook his head and said, "No, there is no news about the "strange and mysterious" object for the time being, but he told me something strange. ”

Here's the thing, Jiang Ruhai's subordinates, when they went to Niushou Village, a village under the jurisdiction of Linshan County, to collect rare items, encountered a strange thing, so they mentioned a few words to Jiang Ruhai by the way.

Jiang Ruhai felt that Zhao Ting might be interested in this matter, so he wrote this matter into a letter and sent it to him.

......

The letter said that a middle-aged man surnamed Niu in Niushou Village suddenly went crazy not long ago, and when he met people, he said that his family was a ghost, and even said that he wanted to run to the county town to report to the official, but fortunately he was stopped by the villagers.

If that's all there is to it, there's nothing strange about it.

But later, when Jiang Ruhai's subordinates passed by Niushou Village for the second time, they found that the village leader of Niushou Village, Lao Li Tou, seemed to be a different person.

The last time he went to Niushou Village, this old Li Tou received him very warmly, and he didn't charge him a penny for food, clothing, housing and food, and his personality was very bold.

But when they met again this time, Lao Li Tou actually had a wrinkled old face, his face was very stiff, and the whole person looked gloomy and sympathetic in both speech and tone.

Moreover, this "old Li Tou", who looks a little gloomy and feels very weird, doesn't even know him!

You know, the last time he came here was only two weeks ago, how could Lao Li Tou completely forget about him in such a short period of time?

So Jiang Ruhai's subordinate secretly said a few words to test him, but the "old Li Tou" seemed to find out that Jiang Ruhai's subordinates were testing themselves, and instantly changed their faces, and they actually grabbed him with a smile and invited him to stay in the village.

When the old and thin chicken paw of "Old Li Tou" with corpse spots on the back of his hand was placed on the wrist of Jiang Ruhai's subordinates, Jiang Ruhai's subordinates suddenly felt like falling into an ice cellar.

That hand is too cold, and the ice is not as warm as a living person should have.

Jiang Ruhai's subordinates were immediately frightened.

Just when the two were entangled, the middle-aged man surnamed Niu, who had been judged to be "crazy" by the people of Niushou Village, rushed out of nowhere, his robe was tattered, his hair was messy, and the whole person smelled very sour.

After the middle-aged man surnamed Niu dragged him indiscriminately for a while, the zombie-like old face of "Old Li Tou" obviously showed disgust.

Then the matter of "inviting Jiang Ruhai's subordinates to stay overnight" seemed to be forgotten by "Lao Li Tou".

After cursing viciously, he turned and walked away, his pace faster than that of a strong young man, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the weird "old Li Tou" was gone, Jiang Ruhai's subordinates and the crazy man surnamed Niu were all relieved, and the crazy man surnamed Niu even wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Jiang Ruhai's subordinates also reacted at this time, and then carefully observed the crazy man surnamed Niu, only to see that his eyes were clear and his steps were steady, where could he still find a trace of madness?

Before he had time to think about it, the madman surnamed Niu had already pushed him towards the outside of the village, carefully observing his surroundings as he went, as if he was alert to something terrible.

The two finally arrived at the entrance of the village, but after the crazy man surnamed Niu left a sentence in a low voice, he walked into the village with a sad expression and death.

The phrase was, "Run, don't come again!"