Chapter Twenty-Eight: "The Real Murderer"

Haunted again? Originally, Zhang Zhen thought that it was just a vicious dog hurting people, what he saw and heard in the village, and Zhao Lei's current appearance, he really didn't expect that the haunted thing would have such a big impact. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Zhen looked at Zhao Lei and said, "Zhao Gongzi has seen that thing?" What does it look like?"

Zhao Lei originally lowered his head, but when he heard Zhang Zhen's question, he raised his head, but he didn't look at Zhang Zhen, but looked out of the door with some distraction, as if there was really something strange there: "I, I...... I saw it, it had two heads, black and yellow fur, it was very large, it looked fierce and ugly, and its cry was also very scary. ”

"Two heads?" Zhang Zhen was stunned when he heard this.

Zhao Lei said again: "The saint is silent, I used to believe in this truth, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I knew that there are really ghosts in the world." ”

Zhang Zhen secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, so far, he has heard three different versions of the description of the ghosts in Beixinzhuang, and the fact that the injured person is bloody is in front of him, and the whole thing is becoming more and more bizarre.

Zhang Zhen saw that Zhao Lei didn't belong to his thoughts, and couldn't bear to ask him any more questions, so he turned to Steward Zhao and said, "Where was the person in your mansion injured?" Is it in the dirt mountain? ”

Steward Zhao shook his head and said, "I don't know very well, it was someone else who found him and sent him back." ”

Zhang Zhen said: "That thing just hurt someone, it shouldn't go far, let's go to Tushan first." ”

The sun had sunk into the horizon, and the sky was getting darker, with only a small red glow remaining in the west. Standing at the foot of the dirt mountain and looking up, the raised rocks and plants on the mountain form a strange silhouette.

Three men and three fires entered the earth mountain in the night.

Zhang Zhen didn't expect Zhao Lei to insist on following, it looked like he had been tortured by ghosts, and he should be very scared, but he just followed.

The light of the torch was not very bright, and only a small area under their feet could be seen, and the three of them walked one foot deep and one foot shallow. Zhang Zhen walked in the front, Zhao Lei followed closely behind Zhang Zhen, Yang Bantou was frightened, regardless of the birds or insects, as long as he heard a little sound, he had to look left and right, so he was left behind.

Zhang Zhen was walking, and suddenly heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that Yang Bantou followed quickly, he probably saw that he was left behind, a little panicked, and his steps were very hurried.

Seeing Zhang Zhen looking at him, Yang Bantou's pale face was a little sneering.

Zhang Zhen looked at Zhao Lei who was walking with his head bored, and saw that his face was also a little ugly, so he had the intention to ease the tense atmosphere, so he said: "Zhao Gongzi, you don't live in Tongyu City, why did you move to Beixinzhuang?" ”

Zhao Lei hesitated for a moment and said, "You don't have to call me Zhao Gongzi all the time, just call me Zhao Lei." You also know my father, who led a group of hooligans to do nonsense, and made the entire Tongyu City into a miasma. I don't agree with his approach, and he doesn't like me, and a friend said that there is a very chic courtyard here, so I moved here, who would have thought that after just two days of living there would be a haunted thing. ”

Zhang Zhen said: "Seeing that Gongzi is not a timid person, how can he be ...... Annoyed and so depressed? Zhang Zhen originally wanted to say that he was frightened, thinking that saying so might hurt Zhao Lei's face, so he used the word "annoying".

Zhao Lei said: "Alas, it's a long story, a while ago at night, I felt an abnormal noise around the small courtyard, and I asked Uncle Cai to go out to check, but I couldn't find anything." Uncle Cai said that I was suspicious, so he asked Lang Zhong to prescribe a medicine that calmed the nerves, but after drinking it for a few days, it had no effect. Later, when I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn't sleep anymore. I won't tell you, I really can't stay in Beixinzhuang any longer, I have already written to my father and asked him to send someone to pick me up, and I am ready to go back to Tongyu City. ”

While speaking, Zhao Lei suddenly looked up and said, "This is the place where the village is rumored to be haunted." ”

It turned out that the three of them had unknowingly walked into the Tushan Mountain Col.

Zhang Zhen raised the torch and looked at it, the sky was already dark, the only remaining glow in the west was blocked by the mountain peaks and trees, and the col was as dark as midnight.

The three of them stopped, and the sound of their footsteps disappeared, and only the faint chirping of insects sounded from time to time in the col, which made the col even more deadly silent.

At this moment, a long howl like a wild wolf howling moon suddenly sounded not far away from the fire.

Yang Bantou panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly leaned over to Zhang Zhen's side, and at the same time shook the torch in his hand around, illuminating the nearby mountain col from time to time.

"Ahh Yang Bantou suddenly let out an exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Zhen hurriedly asked.

"Headcatcher, you...... You see! Yang Bantou said in a trembling voice.

Zhang Zhen looked down the position of his torch and saw several huge beast paw prints on the soft mud ground.

Judging by such paw prints, the beast must be at least the size of a cow or a horse.

Zhang Zhen frowned: "What the hell is this?" ”

At that moment, a long howl suddenly sounded again, and the three of them were closer to the place where the sound came from.

Yang Bantou was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground, Zhao Lei gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound, his body trembled violently, and he reached out and grabbed Zhang Zhen's arm tightly.

Zhang Zhen was on guard, raised his torch to the sound of howling, and then heard a low roar coming from the hillside not far ahead.

Zhang Zhen stared at the location where the roar came from, and threw the torch in his hand directly there.

The torch struck in an arc and landed on the hillside, and as the firelight illuminated, a dark shadow flashed by, and soon disappeared into the darkness deep in the woods.

"Oh my God! God! Oh my God! Yang Bantou shouted repeatedly.

"Do you see? Do you see it! Zhao Lei also shouted at Zhang Zhen in horror.

Zhang Zhen's expression was solemn, and he suddenly shook off Zhao Lei's hand that was holding his arm, and ran towards the place where the black shadow disappeared, and the person ran out and shouted at Yang and Zhao: "I'll go see what it is!" You two go back to the village and wait for me first! ”

By the time Yang Bantou was terrified and wanted to call Zhang Zhen back, Zhang Zhen had already disappeared.

Yang Bantou and Zhao Lei supported each other and returned to the fence courtyard in the bamboo forest.

"Do you see that? You see it didn't ......" Zhao Lei kept saying to Yang Bantou, and he had repeated this sentence all the way.

Yang Bantou's face turned pale, and he only nodded vigorously.

The two entered the bamboo house, but they didn't see Steward Zhao, and Xin San, who had a broken arm and was dying, was gone.

"There are ghosts! There really are ghosts! We've all seen it! There are really ghosts......" Zhao Lei entered the house, still chattering.

Seeing that his subordinates were seriously injured and their flesh and blood were blurred, Zhao Lei felt sad and gambled, so he dared to go into the mountain with Zhang Zhen and wanted to find out the real murderer. But when he really saw the things that made him sleep, although he didn't fully see the true face, he was still frightened to vent the anger in his heart, and the cowardly temper of the scholar on his body was exposed again, and he almost collapsed at this time.

After all, Yang Bantou is older, and he has been a servant for many years, and he has seen a lot of strange things. So except that he was scared a lot at the time of the incident, once he was out of danger, he quickly calmed down.

Yang Bantou helped Zhao Lei to the chair and sat down, and comforted him gently: "Don't be afraid, didn't Zhang Zhutou go to chase that thing." ”

Zhao Lei said: "Zhang Zhutou is too reckless, that's the old man!" It's a god in the sky! He's dead! He...... It's terrible......"

Yang Bantou was also a little worried in his heart, but he remembered Zhang Zhen's confident appearance, and he had a little confidence for no reason, and said: "Let's wait with peace of mind, Zhao Gongzi, don't be too anxious, and relax." By the way, do you still have that soothing medicine? Seeing that Steward Zhao is not here, why don't I help you stay up a little, you can sleep well first, and you will be fine when you wake up tomorrow. ”

Zhao Lei suddenly laughed very weirdly and said, "This is a good thing, this ...... It's a good thing, I'm not crazy, Zhuang Shang is indeed haunted, there are really ghosts! Uncle Cai also said that I was dazzled, did he coax children! Can I still be dazzled by an adult? Now that we've all seen it, there really are ghosts! He kept nodding his head nervously when he spoke, and smirked twice, but then closed his eyes again, looking miserable.

Yang Bantou looked at Zhao Lei's appearance, worried, lest he couldn't think about it anymore, and had the heart to help him boil some soothing medicine, but he didn't find where the medicine was put after two turns. asked Zhao Lei, but Zhao Lei didn't speak.

Fortunately, Steward Zhao came back soon, saying that not long after Zhang Zhen and the three of them left, Xin San lost his breath. So he found a few people to send Xin San's body to the ancestral hall in the village, and paid some silver to Xin San's family, so he comforted him, and he was busy until now.

Yang Bantou told Steward Zhao about what happened to the three of them in Tushan Mountain Col, and asked Steward Zhao to take care of Zhao Lei. Steward Zhao was surprised at first, and then when he saw his young master's depressed appearance, he suddenly became anxious, and ran up to bring water and boil medicine.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do here, Yang Bantou comforted Zhao Lei a few more words, then got up to say goodbye and went back to the hotel.

Yang Bantou walked all the way to the hotel in fright, and the road was really a bit of a soldier, and he was trembling for a long time when he saw everything. It was easy to get to the hotel, and outside the hotel, I saw that the door was closed, but the windows were shining, and there were voices inside.

Yang Bantou pushed the door in, and just saw the people inside, first "Ah! "Yes.

I saw that in the lobby, Zhang Zhen, who had gone to chase the mysterious beast before, stood opposite, the hotel shopkeeper was making an apology, and the shopkeeper was followed by a very big dog at his feet.

Yang Bantou grabbed Zhang Zhen's side and said urgently: "Zhang Zhutou, did you catch that thing, what kind of thing is it?" Is it really the manifestation of the old man? ”

Zhang Zhen raised his chin and gestured to the big dog next to the hotel shopkeeper. Yang Bantou's eyes fell on the big dog, and he saw that it was very large, as high as a human waist, and its coat was pitch black with some strange red markings. The big dog stared at Zhang Zhen and the others fiercely, baring his teeth, and let out a few low growls from time to time, the sound was very similar to the roar they had heard in the col before.

Yang Bantou also came back to his senses, stretched out his hand and pointed at the dog, and said suddenly: "Could it be that the Pan Gu manifestation that has been rumored to be actually a ghost made by it?" ”

Zhang Zhen didn't affirm or deny, but just said to the hotel shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you should tell me what happened." I advise you not to hide it, or if you don't tell the truth, I will take you back to the yamen, it is a matter of two lives, enough for you to lose your head. ”

The hotel shopkeeper was so energetic that he almost cried when he saw his expression, and said busily: "Two tolerance masters, the villain is really wronged, the haunting of Tushan really has nothing to do with the villain's dog." ”

The haunted incident of Tushan has always frightened Yang Bantou, and now that he finally got a glimpse of the truth, Yang Bantou vomited the depression in his chest, his courage was shocked, and he said sharply: "We personally chased all the way from Tushan to here, and you dare to excuse yourself!" I thought you were an honest man before, but I didn't expect to dare to pretend to be a ghost and harm people's lives, I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, go! Come with me to the Yamen, and you will be honest if you have some means! After that, he pulled out his waist knife and wanted to step forward to arrest someone.

The vicious dog suggested that Yang Bantou should do something to his master, "Wow! A sound rushed directly towards Yang Bantou.

The vicious dog looked like it weighed 100 pounds, and it was fierce under the pounce, but Yang Bantou just had a big heart, and the whole person relaxed, and he was defenseless at all.

The hotel shopkeeper saw that his dog was hurting people, and it was too late to stop it, and the haunting had not been explained clearly.

Seeing that the vicious dog's sharp white teeth were about to touch Yang Bantou's face, he suddenly stretched out an arm from the oblique thorn and directly strangled the vicious dog's neck.

Yang Bantou turned his head to see that it was Zhang Zhen who made his hand, he stood still in place, and with only one arm, he stopped a hundred-pound fierce dog that pounced forward in the air.

Yang Bantou broke out in a cold sweat, and he was especially afraid, and the hotel shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and was dumbfounded.

Zhang Zhen threw the vicious dog to the ground, and after the vicious dog landed on all fours, he became ferocious and wanted to pounce on Zhang Zhen again. Zhang Zhen glared at it coldly, and the beast suddenly let out a whining cry, and suddenly lost its fierce spirit, grabbed its tail and drooped its head, and kept retreating behind the hotel shopkeeper.

Zhang Zhen said: "This is a grassland mastiff, right?" It's not small, but as far as I know, the steppe mastiff doesn't have the color of his coat. Also, why did it run to the dirt mountain at night? Tell me, what's going on? If you don't tell the truth, I'm going to arrest someone. ”

The hotel shopkeeper hung his head and sighed, "Now that it's happened, there's nothing to hide." Two tolerance adults, have you ever heard of harsh government than a tiger? ”

Zhang Zhen said: "How do you say it? ”

The hotel shopkeeper said, "What do you think of the location of my store?" ”

Zhang Zhen didn't know what he wanted to say, so he talked about the matter: "Beixinzhuang is adjacent to a north-south avenue, and it is not far from Hanyang City, so pedestrians have to rest on the village. Opening a hotel here is going to be a good business. ”

The hotel shopkeeper smiled miserably and said, "Don't hide it, my little shop is already so poor that I can't even afford to hire a shopkeeper, and it will close soon." ”

When Yang Bantou heard this, he said curiously: "Why? Is your food not delicious, or are there too many rats and cockroaches in the guest room? ”

The hotel shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It's because of the Black Tiger Gang...... Since the Black Tiger Gang gained power, there have been people who have gone to the villain's store to collect protection money in three days. Those people didn't have an accurate amount of money to collect, and the lion opened his mouth at every turn, and the villain didn't dare not give it. The two bad masters, even if they make money again, can't afford to be exploited like this...... Seeing that the business can't go on, a while ago someone suddenly rumored that the village was haunted, saying that it was the manifestation of the old man Pang, and the rumors were boiling, and the people of the Black Tiger Gang hadn't come much in those days, so that the villain breathed a sigh of relief, so that he would not tear down the signboard. But then the rumors gradually disappeared, and the villain went out to ask, and no one had seen what the ghost looked like, only that it looked like a dog. It happened that one of the villain's relatives had a mighty dog at home, so he borrowed the dog to dye it in this color, and drove it to Tushan at night, wanting to make the haunting thing real, so as to scare the people of the Black Tiger Gang. The two bad masters, the villain has no bad intentions, he really just wants to do business in peace and stability......"

Zhang Zhen was silent, and Yang Bantou was also a little angry when he heard the Black Tiger Gang, but he felt a little sympathy for the shopkeeper, hesitated, and said: "Even if you have a hard time, you shouldn't let the vicious dog hurt people's lives." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand and shouted, "Wronged, Lord Tolerance! It's really not my dog who hurts people, this dog looks fierce, but in fact, he is very timid when he goes out, and he hides people when he meets them outside, let alone hurting people. ”

Yang Bantou was about to speak, but Zhang Zhen suddenly spoke: "Those huge paw prints in the Tushan mountain col, did you print them yourself?" ”

The hotel shopkeeper nodded curtly: "Lord Tolerance is really discerning, those paw prints are the hands of the villain...... Pressed on. ”

Zhang Zhen said "um", and then said: "Don't play this kind of shady trick in the future, although it scared the Black Tiger Gang, it also made the people in the village panic, and it is not a long-term solution." You send the dog back, you will still do your business honestly in the future, believe me, the Black Tiger Gang will not be arrogant in Tongyu for long. ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhen didn't seem to pursue it anymore, the hotel shopkeeper was overjoyed, nodded his head again and again, and led the dog to the backyard.

Yang Bantou said with some doubts: "Zhang Zhutou, maybe it's this dog that hurts people, don't believe his words." ”

Zhang Zhen shook his head and said, "No, the grassland mastiff's teeth are at most an inch long, and when they attack people, they will only bite the flesh and tear back and forth, and it is impossible to bite off a person's entire arm." It wasn't the dog, and I suspect it wasn't the dog, but something else. ”

Yang Ban's heart rose again, and said, "Catch the head, you mean to say, really...... Ghosts? ”

Zhang Zhen was slightly distracted, did not answer, and suddenly said after a while: "Shame." It's a shame to force an honest businessman to the point that he has to use this kind of indiscriminate and indiscriminate means to do business! Although I just put on this head-hunting official uniform, I feel ashamed! ”

Yang Bantou opened his mouth, his face red and his ears red.

After a long time, Yang Bantou said sneeringly: "Catch the head, you ...... Next...... What are you going to do? ”

Zhang Zhen said: "Tonight I will go to explore Jingyu Villa. ”