Chapter 3: The Shadow of the Night

When Xu Wenbin returned to Yamen, he began to plan for recruiting and catching fast. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the past, those arresters saw the arrival of the new county commander and secretly observed. They saw the list during the day and knew that Xu Xianling was a good official who served the people, and at night they witnessed the sincerity of Lord Xu inviting Shang Xiucai, and admired it in their hearts.

"Dude, Lord Xu is a good official, we have to protect him well." One of them said.

"It's not clear at this time, maybe he's also pretending." Another said.

"Let's sign up tomorrow and see what he has to say. If it's good, we'll stay, if it's not, we'll walk away. Another said.

"In my opinion, it's better to go now, strike while the iron is hot." Said the previous one.

"Brothers, let's go! Rubbing what? The tall man said, and it seemed that he was the leader.

A few catchers followed him to the county office.

"Master Xu, our brothers have been secretly following you for two days, you are a good official, we are willing to serve you." One of them said.

Xu Wenbin saw that several of them were wearing civilian clothes, and wondered in his heart, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?" Why did you come to this official at this time? ”

"Several of us are the catchers of Meizhou County, I am Xin Liu, this is Jiashan, this is Bingwu, this is Gengshen, and this is my cousin Jiachen." Xin 611 introduced.

Xu Wenbin looked at a few of them and asked in amazement, "How many of you are in the yamen?" Where did the rest go? ”

"They don't know where they're going, and we don't know if they're dead or alive. However, we all witnessed Master Cui's tragic death, I don't know who killed him? Xin Liu said.

"Why do you disguise yourself as paupers? Why not defend the interests of the common people? What do you think Meizhou City is in chaos now? Can you bear to see the common people being bullied? Xu Wenbin asked.

"My lord doesn't know, since the theft of official silver in Meizhou, there have been bloody cases, arson cases and other major tragedies one after another, this is not an ordinary robber's doing, there must be a big conspiracy. The county commander died, the master also suffered a tragedy, several brothers also disappeared, and the dragons in the yamen were leaderless. My brothers and I summed it up, and in order to keep Qingshan here, we decided to hide in the people, so we dressed up as ordinary people and looked forward to the arrival of the new county magistrate every day. We discussed that if the new county magistrate is a good official, we will work for him, and if he is a corrupt official, we will be willing to go home and farm. In the past two days, several of us brothers have been secretly following the adult, and when we saw that the adult was a good official, we came to report automatically. Xin Liu stopped at this point.

When Xu Wenbin heard this, he understood in his heart, it turned out that they had been secretly observing and protecting, no wonder those ruffians didn't dare to trouble him.

"Xin Liu, you dare to come to the official at this time, which shows your righteous heart, and the official is here to thank you in advance. However, according to my analysis, the Meizhou bloody case is extraordinary, and if you want to find out, it will take a lot of effort, and it will take a lot of effort to rely on a few of your brothers, and you must find more people. Brothers, each of you will go to one side tomorrow to look for talents, and if you are a loyal and brave man, bring them to me immediately. This is the first task I have given you. Xu Wenbin said.

"Subordinates obey." Xin Liu and the others said in unison.

In the evening, Xu Wenbin listened to Xin Liu and others talk about the Meizhou bloody case, and only felt suspicious. He made notes one by one, and took Xin Liu and the others to Bai Xianling's room to inspect them again.

Bai Xianling's house has long been wiped out, and only some broken bricks and tiles have survived at the scene.

"It's not too early, let's go and rest first! We'll take a closer look at the situation here tomorrow. I would like to tell you a good news, tomorrow the new master will take office. Xu Wenbin said happily.

"Shang Xiucai is an amazing talent, and we can rest assured that he will help us. It's just that the subordinates have mediocre efforts, and it may be difficult to be competent to take on the role of catching heads, and I also ask the adults to ask for another master. Xin Liu said.

"Xin catcher, just a few days, I have a suitable candidate for the position of head catcher, but I can't show my head for the time being, and when the critical moment comes, he will naturally appear in front of us." Xu Wenbin said.

Xin Liu and the others were reassured when they heard this, and they went back to rest, only Xu Wenbin was still pondering the case under the oil lamp.

It was already the third watch, Xu Wenbin was still sorting out the case, and it was quiet in the yamen.

"Isn't it said that the yamen is often haunted? Why didn't I see the haunting at night after I came to the Yamen? Could it be that someone did it on purpose? Xu Wenbin was suspicious of the haunting of the Yamen, and he didn't believe that there were really ghosts and gods in this world.

Just as he had this thought, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and a terrible wail came from outside the door, and the closed door suddenly opened. Xu Wenbin was curious, only to see the lights flickering a few times and going out. The wind was miserable, the room was pitch black, and a cry of grief and grievances was faintly heard, and Xu Wenbin listened to it.

"Is it a human or a ghost? Stand out! Xu Wenbin shouted.

The shouting of grievances stopped abruptly, and I saw a white shadow drifting through the window, and lightning fell into the room. His whole body was plain white, his hair was disheveled, and his blue eyes were bleeding.

Xu Wenbin was stunned when he saw it.

"Lord Bai, is that you? If you have any grievances, just tell me, and I will avenge you and punish the murderer. Xu Wenbin said.

"Lord Xu, I am Baicang Mountain, I died unjustly, and I died a nest. I ended up like this because I wanted to be a clean official. You are still young and don't know the darkness of officialdom, I advise you to leave early, and don't die an unknown death like me. I know that you are a good person and a good official, but in this world, bad people enjoy all the glory and wealth, but good people have no good reward. Lord Xu, my soul is still pressed in the ruins, and I can't enter the underworld for a while, please do me a favor and save me from the ruins. Bai Cangshan knelt down and pleaded.

Xu Wenbin looked at Bai Cangshan who was kneeling on the ground, and when he saw his pale face, his heart hurt like a knife.

"Lord Bai, you are the Meizhou County Commander, do you know how the official silver was stolen? Who did it? Who set the fire in the yamen? What is the purpose? More than 100 people in the suburban villages were killed overnight and the villages were destroyed. Who was that big official we met on the way to Meizhou? Why did he come to Meizhou? And he was carrying two heavy truckloads of supplies, what kind of goods were they? All of this is a mystery, please give me a hint in the dark. Xu Wenbin asked several questions in a row, and Bai Cangshan didn't know where to start.

"Lord Xu, the Meizhou bloody case is not clear in a few words. The most urgent task at the moment is to find definite evidence and find the murderer, and I can give you a reminder: This case is very widely implicated, and if you don't get it right, you will be ruined and will not end well, so you must be mentally prepared. Bai Cangshan reminded.

"For the sake of the society and the people of Meizhou, I must investigate the Meizhou bloody case. Lord Bai, I won't let you be wronged, in order to solve the case as soon as possible, please give me some tips. Xu Wenbin said.

Bai Cangshan listened, pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Xu, don't worry! As long as you are determined to solve the case, I will definitely help you. So be it! Tomorrow you send someone to clean up the rubble and rescue me, and I will repay you well when the time comes. ”

There was a sound of beating the watch outside, it was almost five watches, Bai Cangshan knew that it was not early, stood up and said, "Lord Xu, it's not too early, I should go." I'll give you a hint for you. With that, he threw a strip of white cloth on the table.

Xu Wenbin was about to get the white cloth, but he saw the white shadow drift away, and the yin wind followed. The lights in the room were inexplicably turned on again, Xu Wenbin looked at the desk, and sure enough, he left a strip of cloth with five elements of gossip and twelve phases written on it, and several court officials wearing flower feathers on their heads were drawn. Judging from their dress and position of wearing flowers, they should be from the first grade to the seventh grade and the eighth grade, from the killer to the common people.

Xu Wenbin looked at the cloth strip and remembered the scene when the ghost blew out the lamp, and his heart palpitated. He was determined to do what Bai Xian Ling said, and maybe there was a real windfall.

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