Chapter 211: A nest full of Gu worms
Chapter 211 Shangguan Qingqing and Shangguan Qingchen, who were full of Gu worms, did not blame Zi'er and Beichenluo, so that the burden in Zi'er's heart was put down, and as soon as they returned to the courtyard where they lived, they saw Bai Mei coming out in a hurry, and when they saw Zi'er, they hurriedly said that the king was looking for her urgently. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info//
Zi'er looked puzzled and went to find Beichen Luo, not understanding what was so anxious at this time, making him so anxious to find himself.
"What's wrong?" When Zi'er saw Beichen Luo, he was writing, and looking at his pen movements, it could be seen that he was writing in a hurry.
I don't know what's going on?
"Hurry up and pack up, let's go back to Yanzhou City immediately." Beichen Luo saw Zi'er, the writing in his hand did not stop, and he hurriedly ordered her, and his attention was all under his pen.
"In such a hurry to go back? What happened? "Zi'er rarely sees Beichen Luo so anxious, in a short period of time, what emergency will happen?
"You go and clean up first, on the way, the king is talking to you slowly, by the way, let's ride back." Beichen Luo stopped his pen, picked up the paper he had just written, gently dried the ink, put it into the letter, and immediately sent it out after sealing it.
"Got it, we'll be able to go in a quarter of an hour." They didn't have much to bring with them when they came, so they didn't have to pack up.
didn't have time to say goodbye to Shangguan Qingchen and them, Beichen Luo and Zi'er only let Shangguan Qingchen say a word to them, and left Ziyuan Mountain Villa in a hurry.
And Zi'er only knew what happened in Yanzhou City after leaving Lingyun City.
It turned out to be a small village less than 100 miles away from Yanzhou City, and some villagers were caught in the Gu, and after investigating, the results were shocking to the entire village.
It turned out that the Gu in the person who was under the Gu was placed by the person who had a quarrel with their family, and the person who was under the Gu was named Liu Changchun, and the Gu worm in his hand was given to him by a stranger, and Liu Changchun just had the attitude of trying it out, and he didn't think that the Gu worm was really planted in the body of Cui Qixiu, the person who had a quarrel with him.
If that's all it takes, it's nothing, after all, there are more Gu people in the world, and even if there are so many in Yanzhou City, it's not surprising.
What makes Beichen Luo anxious is that a couple has just died in the village of the Gu people, and the couple is in excellent health on weekdays, and they are only about fifty years old, and they suddenly died, everyone feels strange, but there is no evidence that they were killed. Later, after Liu Changchun gave Gu to others, the children of the dead couple suspected that their parents were also killed by Gu, so they sued Liu Changchun.
Later, in the process of Yamen's trial, the coffin was opened for an autopsy, but after the coffin was opened, all the corpses in the coffin were eaten by corpse insects, and people who knew a little about Gu magic said that they were all Gu worms.
As a result, when this matter spread, it made people panic, and many families who had just died went to the yamen to complain, suspecting that the death of their relatives was caused by someone to kill them.
Then the yamen could only continue to open the coffin for autopsy, never thinking that there were really a few coffins that were really full of Gu worms.
Now people everywhere in Yanzhou City are panicking, and they are changing color.
A lot of Beichen Luo, as soon as Zi'er heard Beichen Luo say this, she understood that someone must be planning all this behind her back.
And if this matter is not handled well, it will cause turmoil among the people of Yanzhou City.
It's no wonder that Beichen Luo is in such a hurry to rush back, there is a certain prince, even if he can't find out the matter for a while, he can stabilize people's hearts.
After all, Beichenluo is in the minds of the people, it is a god-like existence, and with him, the people can feel at ease!
The two hurried all the way non-stop, and Beichen Luo and Zi'er did not return to Yanzhou City first, but went to several places where the accident occurred.
The place where the Gu worm appeared was Xuanping County, and as soon as he entered the county office, Beichenluo asked people to submit the case file to him, but Zi'er went to the back house to freshen up before going to the study.
In the study, in addition to Beichenluo, the county commander and master of Xuanping County were all there, but at this moment, there was no sound in the study, and the county commander and master were all standing on the side tremblingly.
Beichen Luo was still flipping through the case file, his brows were furrowed urgently, his handsome face was stained with a little dust, and his cold face gave people great pressure, even if he was silent at the moment, he also gave people an extremely powerful momentum.
Zi'er walked to the chair in front of Beichen Luo and sat down, picked up the file he had read and flipped through it, which clearly and meticulously recorded all the things about Gu worms.
It is not difficult to see that the county order of Xuanping County is still a good parent official.
However, the officials under Beichen Luo's rule do not have those corrupt officials and mediocre officials who are ordinary people, and Beichen Luo has spent a lot of thought on Yanzhou City.
After reading the file and asking some questions, Beichen Luo had to take someone to check on the villages where the accident occurred.
However, the coffins where Gu worms were found had already been burned by a fire, burning those Gu worms that had not yet been cultivated inside, otherwise if these Gu worms were allowed to grow up, who knows what would happen.
Regarding the practice of burning Gu worms to death on the spot, Beichen Luo affirmed it, seeing that the prince was not angry, let alone punished them, the county order and the master of the master and others were all relieved.
"Regarding the matter of Gu worms, have there been people who have come to hand over a letter recently to ask for a strict investigation?"
Taking a sip of tea, Beichen Luo asked lightly, just now he wanted to go to the village to have a look at it immediately, but Zi'er asked him to eat something before going.
Although he hasn't slept for two days and two nights, Zi'er hopes that he can rest, but presumably at this time, Beichen Luo can't sleep, so he has him, let him go to the village today. However, Zi'er asked him to drink some hot soup and eat something before going, and Zi'er also asked to accompany him.
Knowing that Zi'er was going to follow, even if Beichen Luo couldn't eat, he had to accompany Zi'er to eat something first. In the past two days, the two of them not only did not sleep, but also did not eat well, and they all ate dry food on the way.
"Back to the prince, since the coffin was found Gu worms, burned on the spot, very few people came to ask for the coffin to be opened, the deceased is the greatest, if it is not for the fear that his family will be killed, afraid that the deceased will not be blind, the general people do not agree to open the coffin after the deceased is buried. If it is just to open the coffin, please close it and recite the sutra several times in the future, and do it, which is not unacceptable. But if after the coffin is opened, the deceased must be burned together because of Gu worms, there will be many people who resist, and it is precisely because of this that no one has asked the government to open the coffin for autopsy recently, although some people suspect that the dead in their own house are also killed by Gu. But in order to keep the body from being burned, they would rather choose not to know. ”
Beichen Luo nodded understandingly: "That one named Liu Changchun is still in prison now?" ”
"It's still there, he has been interrogated several times, and he has been tortured, but he can only say that it was a bearded man who gave him Gu worms, and he also taught him to put Gu worms in wine and let his enemies drink them, and his enemies will be succumbed to Gu. As for the other information about that big man, Liu Changchun couldn't say anything.
I only knew that the person he met halfway, and when he heard him scolding, he talked to him, Liu Changchun told him about him and Cui Qixiu at that time, and then the man gave him a small bottle, saying that the bottle contained a Gu worm, as long as the Gu worm was put into the wine and let Cui Qixiu drink it, the Gu worm could survive in Cui Qixiu's body for three months, but this Gu worm would not kill Cui Qixiu, but it would make him hurt from time to time after three months. If it weren't for Cui Qixiu's unbearable pain, he would not have known that he had fallen into Gu, and Tulangzhong in their village had lived in a village close to Miao Jiang for a few years, and he also knew a little about Gu techniques. ”
After reading the case file, Zi'er and Beichen Luo both believed that Liu Changchun was not lying, after all, judging from the case file, there was nothing missing. However, Beichen Luo and Zi'er also planned to go to see Liu Changchun, although they didn't have much hope, but he was also a key clue in the end.
After coming out of prison, Beichen Luo asked the county order that there was no need to torture Liu Changchun in the future, and he had already said what he could say, even if he was tortured, he couldn't ask anything.
After walking several villages in a row, all of them had dug up Gu worms at the beginning, and several villages were panicked, and after learning that it was the prince who came in person, the villagers all knelt on the ground and asked the prince to find out the truth of the matter.
With the assurance of the king of Ding, the panic on the faces of the villagers was reduced a lot after Beichen Luo and Zi'er left, after all, everyone felt that as long as the king was there, no matter if it was a trick or a demon, they would never be able to harm people again.
"Zi'er, what do you think?"
The two returned to the county office, took a bath, and after eating a full meal, Beichen Luo looked at Zi'er, who had a much better look on his face, and his frowning brows relaxed a lot.
"The matter of Gu worms must be man-made, but I don't know if this matter is aimed at our entire Yanzhou City, or against you and me, or because the geographical location of Yanzhou City is suitable for them, so these Gu worms will be raised here. Yanzhou City is not small, let's plan for the future, we must first find out how to figure out, there are a few places where it is possible to raise Gu worms, judging from the few villages we visited today, there is no connection between the deceased, but the deceased are quite young, and they also died too suddenly, let's make sure now, where else are the deceased like this? Then find a way to open the coffin and look at it.
Let's secretly investigate some of the foreign population in Yanzhou City, focusing on whether there are Miao Jiang people in it, after all, in the whole world, Miao Jiang people are the best at Gu arts. So these things that have happened recently, I always feel that they should be inseparable from the Miaojiang people. ”
Zi'er put down the teacup, her expression was a little cold, if it was really done by the people of Miaojiang, she was calculating the king behind her back, she didn't mind taking the army to destroy the little Miaojiang.
The people of several villages lived a relatively hard life, and the families that died were afraid that the future would be even more miserable because the family had lost their prime-aged labor. Looking at those hard-working and poor people, looking at their pain of losing their loved ones, and the fear of their future lives, Zi'er will never let go of the people behind her.
"I will arrange this matter of population screening, but now many people are unwilling to agree to open the coffin for autopsy, if we take coercive measures in this matter, it may make those people who have just lost their relatives dissatisfied, causing their rebellion."
For those poor people, unless they are forced to do so, Beichen Luo will not take tough measures, but just like Zi'er said, the coffins that have just been buried must be opened for autopsy, and no one knows what those Gu worms will become, and they must all be burned to death before they grow up.
"The family of the deceased is reluctant to open the coffin, but the people in their village want to open the coffin, and if there are Gu worms in the coffin, it may endanger the whole village and the whole town. It is believed that those family members who are reluctant to open the coffin must be under pressure from many people from the village. We can do this, open the coffin for an autopsy, let's give them money and let them ask someone to do things after the coffin is opened, and a family will give twenty taels of silver. ”
"Okay, you're doing a good job, so do it."
Twenty taels of silver is not a small amount, there are twenty taels of silver, in addition to using it to do things, the people in the family can still have at least ten taels left, and they can also slow down their own lives, after all, ten taels of silver can also buy a lot of food.
"There are also those who have opened the coffin before, and let people make up for the silver, twenty taels of silver is not much, so that the people below must not leak a single family. The most important thing is to absolutely put the twenty taels of silver into the hands of the people, and there must be no such thing as corruption. ”
Although he knew that Beichen Luo was here, and he personally ordered this matter to be done, Zi'er felt that it was good to remind him, there are all kinds of people in the world, who knows if there will be one or two bold people underneath?
Beichen Luo nodded, "Don't worry, this king will let people follow up on this matter, and twenty taels of silver will definitely not be less." Whoever dares to covet even a penny will have his head plucked. ”
What Beichen Luo hates the most is those corrupt officials who drink the blood of the people and gnaw the people, Yanzhou City has not appeared before, after being rectified by him, over the years, officials everywhere have been conscientious and law-abiding.
"Well, these are the things that need to be done urgently, after you tell you to go down, come back and rest quickly, I'm waiting for you, but don't be busy and forget, you haven't slept for a while. After the population is investigated, or the people are willing to open the coffin, we still have to be busy, don't think about holding on. ”
Beichen Luo can be said to be a workaholic, if Zi'er doesn't strictly ask him to rest quickly, it is estimated that he will continue to be busy.
There are a lot of things, and they are also very urgent, but they must be done immediately, and they have already discussed it, and they can let the people below do it.
Beichen Luo pinched Zi'er's face funny, how could he not understand her thoughts? I was also heartbroken by her concern.
"You go to sleep for a while, and when I'm done, promise to go and rest immediately."
"No, who knows if there will be any important things that you need to do personally after you finish telling things?"
This is a lesson from the past, there was a time before, this girl didn't sleep for a few days and nights, and finally Zi'er went back to sleep after he finished telling things, who knew that this guy was busy for another day.
Zi'er almost didn't kick the man at that time.
Beichen Luo heard that Zi'er disagreed, but let her: "That's okay, you wait for this king for a quarter of an hour, and this king will come back in a quarter of an hour." Well, I'll stay in your house later. In this way, you will be able to watch the king, and then the king will definitely sleep enough for the rest time you are asking for. ”
"You think beautifully, go back to your own room and sleep, and you can get up when I have someone wake you up." Although only the two of them live in this courtyard now, this is his fiefdom after all, and people outside know that the two of them are not married and live in the same room, he is not afraid of being said, but Zi'er is unwilling.
"I like to manage this king so much, this king really wants to hurry up and prepare to marry you, in the future, you and this king will get married, how do you want to manage this king, this king will definitely not have an opinion." Quickly kissed Zi'er on the face, Beichen Luo raised a happy smile on his face, looking at the girl's teeth and claws, he only felt that the heaviness on his heart had dissipated a lot.
After Zi'er glared at the successful theft of incense, Beichen Luo, who was smiling proudly on the side, glanced at him, and said angrily: "If you don't hurry up, you will know the flamboyant tongue, and look where you have the demeanor of the god of war." ”
"In front of the lady, this king never needs any princely demeanor, and you can't eat the lady's tofu with the princely demeanor." After speaking, without waiting for Zi'er to get mad, Beichen Luo hurriedly went out, and did not forget to laugh a few times proudly.
There's been too much going on lately.,It's been a long time since I've been able to talk to this girl about what to say between couples.,It's not okay to go on like this.,It's not possible to go on like this.。
After the notice of the county government was posted, and each household could get 20 taels of compensation for the coffin for the autopsy, as Zi'er expected, someone soon came to the county government to sign the document and agree to open the coffin for the autopsy.
And the investigation of the foreign population in Yanzhou City, Beichen Luo was also divided into two investigations, light and dark, obviously the government vigorously investigated, and then the people around him secretly investigated.
The matter of investigating the population cannot be concluded for a while, but the matter of opening the coffin and conducting an autopsy can be arranged immediately.
When Zi'er woke up the next day, Beichen Luo had already prepared everything, and after breakfast, he could go to the countryside.
The first stop is Xikeng Village in Qingshui Town, Xikeng Village Beichenluo and Zi'er also went to Xikeng Village yesterday, and they have opened the coffins of two families, and there are Gu worms in the coffins of the two families, and a family surnamed Qian who has just died less than half a month ago is because of the compensation of twenty taels of silver, and the two families who have opened the coffin before have also received twenty taels of silver, so the people surnamed Qian will agree to open the coffin.
Most of the cemeteries in Xikeng Village are buried on the Daqing Mountain at the back of their village, which is not very high, and the first two families who opened the coffin have been reburied.
Zi'er followed Beichenluo and the people in the village to a new grave, the soil of the new grave was still very new, and it was not difficult to see that it had just been buried.
Ask those who do things to read the burning texts that Zi'er doesn't understand first, and then dig up the cemetery, although Zi'er is not afraid of these, but thinking of what he has crossed over, when he burns paper for the deceased, he is still a lot more pious.
When digging up the cemetery, many villagers who had seen it before were scared far away, and the fire oil had been prepared on the side, if after digging up, there were Gu worms in it, then immediately call for fire oil and burn the Gu worms to death.
Zi'er didn't say that she was afraid, not to mention that those Gu worms had not been cultivated, even if they were cultivated, there would be no wounds on the body, and the Gu worms would not be able to enter the human body.
After the cemetery was dug up, it was really crawling with thin white insects, and the person who had just died not long ago had long since disappeared from the R on his body, only a skeleton remained, and those skeletons were also crawling with insects, which looked really a little full of skin pimples.
Before preparing to pour the fire oil down, Zi'er took out the prepared porcelain bottle and filled it with several Gu worms. She wants people to study it, what kind of Gu worms are these? What kind of effect will it have on people when they grow up?
I dug up several coffins in a row, and when I returned to the county office, it was almost dark.
Zi'er handed over the Gu worms in a few porcelain bottles to Beichen Luo, and asked him to hand them over to the people below who knew Gu art to study.
In the evening, both of them ate very lightly, although they were used to seeing all kinds of things, but after watching a few litters of bugs in a row, they still had no appetite for dinner.
"The ancestors of this Miao Jiang don't know what's going on? It's okay to study these bugs and use them on people, what do you think they think? ”
After taking a comfortable hot bath, Zi'er felt relaxed all over, and after staying in the cemetery all day, she really felt a Y Qi in her body.
Beichen Luo squeezed Zi'er's hand, "Don't think about it so much, hurry up and go to sleep, I'll go and see what they are doing to check the population." ”
The population investigation has been checked for three days in a row, and there have been no clues, but fortunately, Beichen Luo has divided the light and dark two investigations, after the first initial investigation, and then let his subordinates carefully investigate, and at night three days later, there are finally clues back.