16. Stone Lion (9)

"What's going on?" Mahan subconsciously caught the black thing: "What is it?" What happened? ”

"I ......" the mass in his arms raised a dirty face: "Dead...... Ghost ......"

After speaking, he rolled his eyes directly and fainted to death in Mahan's arms.

"Hey, hey," Mahan carried the mass with one hand with some disgust, and patted its face with the other, "What's wrong with you, ...... wake up"

However, the man did not react and nestled in Mahan's arms, allowing Mahan to pat him on the face. Just as Mahan was about to put it down and go to the courtyard to see what was going on, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Ma Han," Zhan Zhao looked at the familiar back: "What's the matter, have you found the master and servant of the Cui family?" ”

"Lord Zhan," Ma Han turned around with the person who had fainted in his hand, "Why are you here?" ”

"When I walked around here, I heard the shouting, so I came over to take a look," Zhan Zhao looked at Ma Han in surprise and carried a dirty beggar with a look of disgust: "This is ......"

"I don't know," Mahan looked at Zhanzhao innocently, "it suddenly rushed out screaming, pointing at the broken courtyard and shouting dead ghosts or something; I was about to go in and have a look, and you came over......"

Zhan Zhao nodded, looked at Ma Han, who was going to give up the person in his hand to him, and smiled: "Since this is the case, why don't you take it to Mr. Gongsun first, and let Mr. Gongsun diagnose and treat it." I'll go in and see what's going on inside. ”

Looking at Zhanzhao's relaxed back, Ma Han sighed helplessly, and bent over to pick up the beggar in his hand in resignation.

However, the light weight in his hand made Ma Han slightly stunned; I heard Zhanzhao's voice from inside the courtyard: "Mahan, are you still outside?" ”

"Lord Zhan," Mahan hurriedly agreed, "I'm here." What's wrong? ”

Hearing the news that Ma Han was still there, Zhan Zhao turned around and walked out of the courtyard: "Please go back and tell your lordship that a corpse was found in this house." ”

Ma Han nodded hurriedly, directly hugged the person in his arms, and ran in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhan Zhao blinked, turned around and entered the courtyard again.

Looking at the curled up and scarred corpses in the dilapidated room, Zhan Zhao clenched his fists with anger.

After hearing the news brought by Ma Han, Gongsun Ce hesitated: "My lord, it seems that I have to ask Mrs. Zhan to run." ”

"Yes," Master Bao touched his chin and nodded: "Since Wang Yanzuo left the mansion due to family affairs, the post-mortem work in the mansion has been temporarily replaced by the shopkeeper Huang of the Huichun Hall; However, this time in Chenzhou, because we were worried that there would be an epidemic, the shopkeeper Huang was planning to go to Chenzhou, and we didn't want to bother; Therefore, this matter can only trouble Mrs. Zhan for a hard trip. ”

"My lord," Gongsun Ce blinked, "It's better for the student to stay in the mansion and take a look at the girl Mahan brought back; As for Mrs. Zhan, she is not eating at this time, she should be at home......"

Master Bao nodded: "What Mr. Gongsun said is extremely true; Then, Dynasty, you go to Shiweitian and invite Mrs. Zhan, and then you will go to that house together, and you will be with Zhan's guards......"

"Yes!" Several people in the study said in unison.

Wang Chao found Yu Xiaoyu in Shiweitian and explained the situation.

The words of the dynasty made Yu Xiaoyu stunned for a moment, then nodded, and directly followed the dynasty and the catchers of Kaifeng Mansion to the broken house.

"Why are you here?" Zhan Zhao, who had already checked around the house, saw Yu Xiaoyu and couldn't help but be stunned, and then remembered the case in Zhao Hu's mouth, and the amazing scene that he couldn't imagine at all.

Yu Xiaoyu smiled: "Master Bao asked me to come over and take a look at the situation of the deceased; By the way, where is the body? ”

Zhan Zhao also knew that the servant in the house had resigned, so he also guessed the meaning of Yu Xiaoyu coming over: "The deceased is here, come with me!" ”

Yu Xiaoyu followed Zhanzhao to the room where the body was.

Looking at the place full of cobwebs, Yu Xiaoyu pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "This kind of broken place, it is estimated that no one will come in a year or two, but it is really an excellent place to kill people and hide corpses!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hearing Yu Xiaoyu's words, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but let out a low voice.

Yu Xiaoyu didn't speak, just looked at Zhanzhao and smiled; Looking at the smile on Yu Xiaoyu's face, Zhan Zhao shook his head helplessly: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of the trouble coming out of your mouth." ”

"Oh," Zhanzhao pointed to a hidden corner, "the body is there." ”

Yu Xiaoyu restrained the smile on his face, nodded and walked over gently.

Yu Xiaoyu squatted next to the deceased, stretched out his hand and gently brushed away the hair on the deceased's face, and saw a face that had been bothering him, and suddenly spit out two words: "It's her!" ”

"You know her?" Zhan Zhao, who was standing very close to Yu Xiaoyu, heard Yu Xiaoyu's whisper, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Who is she?" ”

Yu Xiaoyu turned his head, looked at Zhanzhao, and lowered his voice: "It's too chaotic here, I'll tell you when I get to the house!" ”

Zhan Zhao nodded lightly, which was regarded as a promise to Yu Xiaoyu's words.

Yu Xiaoyu turned his head again and briefly checked the situation of the female corpse: "The deceased female, according to the decomposition of the corpse, the time of death should be more than three days, and it is preliminarily concluded that the cause of death was severely beaten and died. ”

Yu Xiaoyu stood up and wiped his hands: "There is only so much that can be tested now." As for the rest, we can only wait until I go back and do a detailed examination. ”

Zhan Zhao nodded, and directly ordered Yu Yu, who came with Wang Chao and Yu Xiaoyu, to carry the body back quickly.

When Zhanzhao accompanied Yu Xiaoyu to finish the examination of the corpse, walked out of Yizhuang with a white face and endured a churning stomach, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, and a feeling of "coming to life" arose, and finally understood why so many people in the house found excuses to hide, leaving himself alone by Xiaoyu's side.

Yu Xiaoyu packed up and walked out of Yizhuang, and saw Zhan Zhaozheng standing at the door of Yizhuang with a pale face.

"Hey," Yu Xiaoyu waved his hand in front of Zhanzhao's eyes: "Lord Zhan, are you okay?" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at Yu Xiaoyu's face in front of him, but felt as if he had never known Xiaoyu before.

"Zhanzhao," looking at Zhanzhao's blank look, Yu Xiaoyu pinched Zhanzhao's arm anxiously: "Zhanzhao, what's wrong with you, you squeak, don't scare me?" ”

"I ......" For a while, Zhanzhao didn't know what to say to Yu Xiaoyu.

"That's right," Seeing that Zhan Zhao finally came back to his senses, Yu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly while walking side by side with Zhan Zhao: "There were a lot of people just now, so it's inconvenient for me to say." Didn't I tell you before that there is one thing that I have never been able to be sure of; Now, I can already be sure. ”

"What's the matter?" Hearing Yu Xiaoyu mention the matter, Zhan Zhao finally returned to normal: "By the way, you seem to have said just now that you know the female deceased; Who was the deceased woman? ”

"Well, I did see her before." Yu Xiaoyu nodded: "The female deceased today is the servant of the Cui family, well, to be specific, it should be said that it is Yahuan." ”

"Are you sure?" Zhan Zhao clenched Yu Xiaoyu's arm: "Won't you be mistaken?" ”

"No," Yu Xiaoyu shook his head: "It's definitely her; Although the corpse has begun to decompose, it is not too hot these days, and you can still see its original appearance. I had always suspected that the pair of master and servant of the Cui family were not men at all, but women dressed as men; It's just that there has been no evidence......"

Zhan Zhao talked with Yu Xiaoyu all the way, and then went to Lord Bao's study, reported the autopsy to Lord Bao, and told the identity of the female deceased.

At this time, Gongsun Ce quietly walked in: "My lord, the girl that Mahan brought back has woken up." Do you want to call her in and ask what happened? ”

Master Bao nodded: "Then trouble Mr. Gongsun and invite her in." ”

Gongsun Ce nodded, turned around and went out, but brought the girl in with Ma Han, who had never shown up.

Gongsun Ce stood aside with a smile on his face; The girl hid behind Mahan, poked her head out, and carefully surveyed the people in the study.

When she saw Yu Xiaoyu standing next to Zhanzhao, the girl's eyes widened at first, and then she smiled at Yu Xiaoyu friendly.

Ma Han took advantage of her staring at Yu Xiaoyu and quickly flashed to the side.

"Are you Master Bao?" Under the reminder of Gongsun Ce, the girl knelt down in front of Master Bao, and raised her head curiously to look at Lord Bao: "Sure enough, it is as black as rumored!" ”

"Don't be rude!" Mahan snorted in displeasure.

The girl glanced at Mahan and stuck out her tongue innocently.

"Mahan, it's okay." Master Bao smiled kindly at the girl: "Girl, please get up first." I ask you, was you the first to find the body? ”

"yes!" The girl nodded, and then looked at Mahan: "But it frightened me!" ”

"So, who are you?" Master Bao asked, "How did it appear in that long-abandoned mansion?" How did you find the body? ”

"Oh!" The girl shrunk her neck: "I, I was originally a beggar on the street, my name is Xiao Ke." As for why I'm thereβ€”that's my home. ”

Gongsun Ce nodded: "Little Miss Ke ......"

"My lord, you can just call me Xiao Ke," Xiao Ke waved his hand, and a shy smile appeared on his face: "No one has ever called me a girl, I don't like it." ”

"Since you said that the abandoned mansion is your home," Gongsun Ce smiled, and then said, "How did you not find the body until today?" ”

"They all said," the girl swallowed, "that the original mistress of the house was killed and buried in the ground of the house; So at night, the female ghost would run out of the ground. However, even though I have lived there since I was a child, I have never met her......"

"Mr. Gongsun is asking you," Ma Han sighed, "How did you only find that female corpse today?" ”

"Oh, don't worry, I'll get it right away." Xiao Ke smiled: "Two days ago, I heard that Liu Dacai from Zhongmu County was mainly marrying the tenth aunt's wife, so I went there to plan to rub some delicious food; But who thought about it, he didn't get the food, but was beaten out by the rich man Liu. I had no choice but to beg for food all the way back. As soon as I returned to that home, I smelled a smell. Later, I followed the smell and saw the female ghost. Master Ma, is she the original mistress of the house? ”

Master Bao nodded: "I see, the girl will go down and rest first!" ”

Xiao Ke nodded, looking at Ma Han expectantly; Mahan's eyes drifted around, looking like "I just didn't see it".

Yu Xiaoyu saw it on the side, and secretly scolded Ma Han's incomprehensible style in his heart.

Zhan Zhao, Wang Dynasty, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Gongsun Ce and others covered their mouths and laughed quietly beside them; In the end, it was Gongsun Ce who called Yahuan and took Xiao Ke down.

"Since today's female deceased is the servant of the Cui family," and finally, Master Bao made a final summary: "Then we must do our best to find the master of the Cui family; In addition, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, the two of you will go to Dengzhou Mansion and go to Shitou Town to invite the Cui family to Kaifeng. Whether Liu Ying lied or not, it will be clear then. ”

"My lord," Mahan suddenly interjected, "why don't you go down!" ”

Master Bao shook his head: "Ma Han should stay in Kaifeng and look for another Cui family!" ”

After Mr. Bao explained the task to everyone, he got up and left the study; And Yu Xiaoyu and the others also looked at Ma Han, smiled ambiguously, and then left the study; Only Mahan had a wrinkled face, full of displeasure......

"Alas," as soon as he got out of the door of the study, Yu Xiaoyu sighed softly, with an emotional expression: "Spring is coming!" ”

Hearing Yu Xiaoyu's words, Ma Han's face suddenly turned red: "I suddenly remembered that I still have something to do, so I will leave first." ”

Looking at Ma Han's hurried back, Zhan Zhao and the others suddenly burst into laughter.