Chapter 14: Wanting to Cover Up
Yang Yulang left Jiepai Mountain, still disguised as a beggar and came to the county seat of Taiping County, the county seat and Taiping Town are connected together, by the mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful.
There is a small beggar gang in the county seat, more than a dozen beggars, and the beggar leader is named One-Eyed Dragon. Don't look at him, he only has one eye, but his eyes are very sharp when he looks at people.
As soon as Yang Yulang appeared in Taiping County, he noticed it. He saw from Yang Yulang's every move that Yang Yulang was an imposter beggar.
That night, Yang Yulang was sheltering in the City God Temple outside the city, and the one-eyed dragon broke in with a few people.
"Who are you, boy? Why are you begging on my turf? Don't inquire about the rules of the beggars in Taiping County? The one-eyed dragon shouted loudly as soon as he entered the temple gate.
Yang Yulang looked at the fierce and vicious appearance of the one-eyed dragon, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I'm a foreigner, and I didn't know the rules here. big
Brother is the boss of Taiping County, and the younger brother will definitely be filial in the future, please bear with me. ”
"Look at your speech, you must be a reader! How did you get into trouble? Why come to Taiping County? The one-eyed dragon asked.
"Alas—that's a long story. The younger brother sold his property, and he wanted to go to the capital to find a background, but he didn't expect to pass through Jiepai Mountain, meet robbers, and all the money on his body was robbed. I had no choice but to beg all the way
When the meal comes here, please make it convenient for the eldest brother. Yang Yulang said nonsense.
When the one-eyed dragon heard this, he believed it and was no longer embarrassed.
"Boy, I will spare you today, and get out of Taiping County early tomorrow morning. If you're here tomorrow night, you're welcome. The one-eyed dragon left the temple with a few of his men.
Yang Yulang knew in his heart that the evil dragon was difficult to fight the ground snake, so he had to swallow his anger.
Early the next morning, Yang Yulang left Taiping County and returned to Xijiang Town. In Xijiang Town, Yang Yulang was still dressed as a beggar, begging while inquiring about the news of the county government.
Besides, Xu Wenbin and his entourage came back from Xijiang and identified Yang Yulang as an important suspect. In order to catch Yang Yulang as soon as possible, Xu Wenbin sent his henchman Xu Fu to disguise himself as a merchant and quietly go to Xijiang East Village and West Village One
With cloth control, wait for the rabbit.
Huang Ying and Chen Chunsheng took the corpses of Tu Hu and Murong Gang back to the county office, and Xu Wenbin instructed Master Tian to find the bitter master of Taiping Town to identify.
Several eyewitnesses looked at the corpses and unanimously determined that the two were Murong Gang and Tu Hu.
After an autopsy, it was determined that the deceased had drunk poisoned wine with arsenic.
"This Yang Yulang is really crazy about money, he is young, and he has exhausted all his efforts for money. My lord, what do we do next? Huang Ying asked.
"This Yang Yulang is a cultural person, thoughtful and scheming. Judging from his various performances, this person is good at disguise. He appears alone, with a very small target, even if he disguises himself as a beggar
The beggar appeared in front of us, and we didn't know it. The only way is for us to turn the light into darkness and send some people to Xijiang Town, Taiping Town, Jiepai Town and other places in disguise to investigate and covertly visit. Yang Yulang
The batch of gold and silver jewelry should still be in Jiepai Mountain, and there is no transfer. Huang Ying, Chunsheng, the two of you are still keeping an eye on Jiepai Mountain, don't let go of everyone who comes and goes, especially young people. Xu Wenbin said
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Huang Ying and Chen Chunsheng were ordered to retreat. Xu Wenbin divided the yamen into several groups and asked them to disguise themselves as ordinary people and go to the surrounding villages and towns to secretly investigate.
The assignment was stopped, and it was getting late. Xu Wenbin came to the study and flipped through the files, he only felt uneasy, stood up and paced back and forth.
I wonder what Yang Yulang will do next? Xu Wenbin speculated, but he couldn't figure out Yang Yulang's psychology. Just when Master Tian came, Xu Wenbin asked, "Master, guess Yang Yulang has money."
What will you do? ”
Master Tian thought for a while and said, "Yang Yulang has a lot of money, will he go home and pay the dowry to marry Li Xiumei?" ”
"It's his decision, and it's impossible to take that risk." Xu Wenbin said.
"Will you flee to the provinces with a large sum of money and find a small mountain village to live in seclusion?" Master Tian guessed.
"It's his best policy, and it's probably going to take that step. But he and Li Xiumei's childhood sweethearts are still emotionally inseparable. Perhaps he died down, disguised himself as a beggar and waited until the wind calmed down
Jing took Li Xiumei away and flew away again, living the kind of life they wanted. According to Yang Yulang's style of doing things, this situation is also very likely. Xu Wenbin said.
"My lord, every situation can happen, we might as well be prepared." Master Tian said.
"This official thinks so too. Therefore, I divided the arresters in the yamen into several groups and took precautions. Xu Wenbin said.
"Your Excellency is wise." Master Tian complimented.
"Okay, master, it's not early, you go back and rest! I still have to write some material. Xu Wenbin issued an eviction order.
Master Tian left, Xu Wenbin was still sitting at the desk writing materials, and he felt that the mandarin duck embroidered handkerchief was a very typical material. A pair of men and women who love each other can't walk together because of the destruction of habitual forces
For money, for true love, a young man with great achievements took risks and chose a path of no return.
Thinking of this, Xu Wenbin couldn't help but sigh, and at this moment, a gust of wind blew out the candle.
"My lord, you want to be the master for me, and I'm going to die so badly!" Suddenly, a terrible voice came.
"Who are you? Why sneak around outside the window? Xu Wenbin shouted.
"I—not a man, I'm—a lonely ghost—a wild ghost, I—I don't dare to see—an adult, I—I'm afraid of an adult—I'm afraid to see it." Shadows shook outside the window, and they whimpered.
"Lonely ghosts? Where did the lonely ghost come from? Can you let me meet? Xu Wenbin was undaunted.
"My lord—since I want to see it, I—just stand at the window." The shadow stood at the window, but saw that the cloak was scattered, revealing a bloody face.
Xu Wenbin was taken aback, he didn't expect that there was really a ghost in this world, and he was a wronged ghost who complained.
"What's your name? Where do you live? Why sue? Who is being sued? Xu Wenbin asked one by one.
"Grass people - Yang Yulang, living in this county - Xijiang Town - West Village, at home - and - old father and mother." The ghost cried word by word.
Not long ago, grass people left their hometown to earn money for their sweetheart Li Xiumei. When I came to Jiepai Mountain that day, I met two robbers, one of whom was called Tu Hu and the other was Murong Gang.
About half a month ago, that person named Murong Gang found me in Jiepai Town, gave me food, and took me to Yihong Courtyard to have fun. I can't be sorry for Li Xiumei, I didn't touch the girl in Yihong Courtyard.
That night, they asked me to go to Yihong Courtyard, but I didn't want to go, and they didn't force me, so they told me to wait outside.
That night, they took me up the mountain, and said that they would recruit troops to expand the ranks, and I did not want to do it with them, so they discussed killing me.
I heard their plot, and early the next morning I left Jiepai Mountain and fled to Jiepai Town. Due to the hurry, the mandarin duck embroidered papa stayed in the grass house.
Murong Gang and Tu Hu were afraid that I would denounce them, so they secretly stalked at me. In order to get rid of them, I had to pretend to promise them and poison them both to death.
I packed the gold, silver and jewelry they robbed, and I originally wanted to hand them over to the adults and surrender to them, but I didn't expect that the praying mantis was catching cicadas and yellow finches, and there was a robber named Grass Flying with a few people in order to rob the wealth
thing, chase me all the way. I was chased by them to the cliff on the side of the west mountain, and there was no way to escape, so in a panic, I fell off the cliff.
It doesn't matter if I'm dead, poor Li Xiumei is looking at the autumn water at home. My lord, all the gold, silver and jewels are under the cliff, and I beg you to bury me, and give me the letter I wrote to Mei'er. Please!
The ghost said it was gone.
The candle was rekindled, and Xu Wenbin looked outside, but there was nothing.
"It's really strange that Yang Yulang, who the official ******** wanted to arrest, has now become a lonely ghost. Is this true? Didn't Yang Yulang say that he fell off the cliff of Xishan, and those gold, silver and jewels were scattered under the cliff? Tomorrow I'm going to go to Jiepai Mountain to see if all this is true? ”
In the second half of the night, Xu Wenbin lay on the bed and turned to his side, he felt that it was a little unexpected that the case of the bloody Yihong Courtyard was ended like this.
Early the next morning, Xu Wenbin got up, didn't care about washing, instructed the master to prepare a horse, and took Huang Ying and Chen Chunsheng to Jiepai Mountain.
The three of them came to the west side of Jiepai Mountain, where there was indeed a cliff. There was a corpse at the bottom of the cliff, flesh and blood were blurred, but the skin color and hairstyle showed that the man was at most in his twenties. corpse
The surrounding grass is indeed full of gold, silver and jewelry. Xu Wenbin looked at the deceased's clothes, there were blood stains everywhere, he felt in the pocket of his clothes, and found a letter, signed by Li Xiumei himself.
Xu Wenbin saw this scene, which was basically the same as what Yang Yulang's soul said at night, and he believed it a little, but he vaguely felt that Yang Yulang died a little strangely. To confirm all this, Xu
Wen Bin decided to take the clothes and letters left at the scene to find Li Xiumei in Xicun Village, Xijiang Town, to confirm all this.
In Xicun, Xijiang Town, Xu Wenbin was still dressed in cloth and handed over Yang Yulang's relics to Yang Yulang's parents.
Yang's mother fainted suddenly.
When Xu Wenbin saw this scene, he didn't know what to do? Huang Ying rushed over, pinched the acupoint of Yang's mother, and pushed the palace to transport blood to wake up the old man.
Li Xiumei got the news and rushed over, Xu Wenbin handed Yang Yulang's letter to Li Xiumei, and Li Xiumei cried like a tearful person.
"What the hell happened to Yulang?" Li Xiumei asked.
"Something happened to Gyokuro, he fell off the cliff and broke his bones." Huang Ying said.
Li Xiumei cried even more sadly, she wanted to see Yulang for the last time.
Xu Wenbin listened to it, Li Xiumei and Yang Yulang were childhood sweethearts, and he should know Yang Yulang's physical characteristics well. If she confirms whether the deceased is Yang Yulang, it should be the most convincing.
"Girl, we have already collected Yang Yulang's body, we haven't confirmed whether it is Yang Yulang or not, why don't you go with us in person." Xu Wenbin said.
Li Xiumei didn't know that Yang Yulang had committed a heinous crime outside, in order to prove the identity of the deceased, she didn't say a word, and followed Xu Wenbin and Huang Ying on the road together, and Daddy Yang also went with them.