A few days before Fang Shijun was killed, on the way to Yanxianglou, he met a man with a mask on his face, and the two clashed with each other. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the end, the masked man gave in, Fang Shijun scolded and left, and said cruelly - don't let the county see you again, otherwise you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!

Yu Shi asked, "And then?" ”

Ke Lao said, "It's gone." ”

Luo Gong replied suspiciously: "Gone?" ”

Ke Lao thought that Luo Gong didn't believe it, and repeatedly emphasized that it was really gone, and he had to shout urgently.

Yu Shi blocked Ke Lao, who was in a hurry to discern the guarantee: "Ke Lao, don't be in a hurry!" It's not that the commander doesn't believe you, but he just thinks it's a bit strange. ”

Ke Lao was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

Yu Shi said: "Before this conflict between Fang Zhixian and the masked son, did Ke Lao inquire about what it was for?" ”

Ke Lao thought about it: "It seems to say that the masked boy somehow ran to Fang Zhi County, and I don't know what he said, which made Lord Fang Zhi County angry. ”

Luo Gong asked, "What words?" ”

Ke Lao shook his head: "Although the term of office of Lord Fang Zhi County is not long, the reputation in Zhusha County is not good, except for the little guy brought by Lord Fang Zhi County, which of us ordinary people dares to approach easily?" No one would have heard what the masked boy had said to Lord Fang Zhixian. ”

Yu Shi asked, "Do you know who the Mask Master is?" ”

Ke Lao still shook his head: "I don't know, but I can be sure that I am not from this county." ”

Since it was the task of automatically asking for help after receiving favors, Ke Lao was not unwilling, in order to find out the identity of this masked man, he could be said to have launched all his relationships, and almost ran the entire Zhusha County.

Of course, this relationship is not a great relationship, but a relationship between the poor and the poor.

Zhusha County is located in the northern border of the hammer, although it is now a peaceful and prosperous era, there are no wars and disputes between countries, but the problems left over from the previous wars have not disappeared.

This is how many beggars in Zhusha County came.

Beggars also have a world of beggars, some of them have their own faction, some walk alone, but those who walk alone often end up merging with the gang, and all the scattered beggars are actually very few.

It's not that there isn't, it's just an individual.

And to be able to become a beggar who can compete with the gang, his ability will definitely not be bad, at least his courage is leveraged.

The individual beggar that Ke Lao asked for help was such a beggar.

The beggar is called Hulu, Ke Lao and Ke Da helped Hulu avoid prison by chance.

The people don't fight with the officials, not to mention that Hulu is just a little beggar, he understands that as soon as he enters the yamen, Chen Huiyao, the magistrate at that time, is a bastard who only recognizes money and doesn't care about human life, and his fate must be death.

And the rich businessman who wanted to catch the gourd and go to the yamen to punish the crime had money, and if he threw a lot of it, he had a few lives that were not enough for Chen Huiyao to cut down.

In the end, Ke Lao and Ke Da hurriedly went to inform the leader of the No. 1 beggar gang in Zhusha County, and Fang Rang, who had a good relationship with Hulu, took hundreds of beggars in time to surround the rich businessman who refused to give up easily.

It also takes advantage of the many powerful individuals, after all, no matter how inconspicuous the beggar is, he will kill if he doesn't get up.

The rich businessman is different, he has money, his life is very expensive, and he is not willing to risk this precious life.

So in the end, the rich merchant did not insist on taking the gourd to the yamen to punish the crime, and the beggar gang leader also ordered the encirclement to be withdrawn, making way for the rich merchant to get out safely.

This time, because the masked man begged for a gourd, the gourd promised to help find someone, so he found a beggar gang leader who had a close relationship with him.

There are thousands of beggars under the beggars, men and women, old and young, squatting outside the various industries in the entire Zhusha County, walking through the streets and alleys, and no one is more familiar with every street and alley in Zhusha County than these beggars.

Ke Lao had seen the masked man, and under his description, there were several beggars in the beggar gang who also witnessed the brief skirmish between Fang Shijun and the masked man that day.

Ke Lao and Ke Da don't know how to paint, let alone have talent.

It's not that I haven't tried, but the portrait of the masked man painted doesn't look like it at all.

It's okay not to look for it, but if you look for it, it means that the masked man walks past the beggars, and probably no beggars can recognize it.

Fortunately, not only Ke Lao and Ke Da have met, but also several beggars.

So it was divided into multiple roads, Ke Lao and Ke Da each took one road, and several other beggars took a few more roads.

There was almost no time, and as soon as the self-search operation began, all the beggars of the Beggar Gang went out to search for the masked man day and night, and the final result was that there was no man with a mask in Zhusha County at all!

Luo Gong asked, "What is the difference between the masks worn by the noodle county princes?" ”

Not to ask what it is, but to ask what is different.

Yu Shi felt that she should explain it so that Ke Lao could understand it more clearly, so while Ke Lao was still trying to think about it in a daze, she added and asked:

"Ke Lao just said that the mask of the mask boy is silver?"

Ke Lao's dizzy mind was clear, he understood this very well, and quickly nodded and said:

"Yes! The silver mask is very delicate and small, and there are intaglio patterns on it, Xiao Min doesn't know what the pattern is, but he just thinks it looks like a kind of flower branches, but it's very strange, there are no flowers on the branches! ”

Very good, under her guidance, Mr. Ke finally answered the answer that Luo Gong wanted completely.

Yu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Gong asked again, "Did the silver mask cover the entire face of that child?" ”

With the lessons of the past, Luo Gong already understood that when he talked to Ke Lao, he had to go straight to Huanglong.

One question is right and one answer, one pit and one turnip, Ke Lao will definitely not draw inferences from him on these questions about the case, just like Wang Peng and Zhang Gengli.

Yu Shi listened to Luo Gong's straightforward question, pursed his lips and smiled.

Ke Lao quickly replied: "The mask covers half of that child's left face, his entire forehead, and a pair of eyes!" ”

Yu Shi said: "In other words, the face of the masked boy only shows a small cheek under the eyelid of the right cheek, what are the characteristics on that cheek, such as whether there are moles or something?" ”

Ke Lao shook his head: "No!" ”

The masked man had very good skin, as white as a woman raised in a deep boudoir.

At that time, he still thought that if this masked man took off the mask, he should look good.

Regarding this possibility that Ke Lao secretly pondered, Luo Gong and Yu Shi had some different opinions.

There are good and bad things, and there are two ends of people.

The reason why the masked man wears a mask may be as Ke Lao guessed, he has a good face, and wearing a mask is just to hide his identity, if this is the case, then why hide his identity?

The other possibility is simpler and much more brutal, perhaps the masked man's face is mutilated, and he has to wear a mask to hide his ugliness.

Or both?

Ke Lao asked the gourd to start the friendship of the leader of the beggar gang, and found out that the masked man was not from Zhusha County at all, so where is he from?

Will appear in Zhusha County, what is it for?

Will this matter have anything to do with the Tongqian Zhixian case?

After Ke Lao finished talking about some things about Fang Shijun's tenure in Zhusha County, especially some things that had conflicts that led to the motive for killing, he said some things about Lin Chang.

Lin Chang's matter is much simpler, and there is almost nothing to say.

Because Lin Chang has never left the Zhusha County Yamen since he arrived, he died on the way back to the Yamen as soon as he went out for the first time a month later.

The information that Ke Lao found out was almost blank.

After Ke Lao reported the news that Luo Gong and Yu Shi had confessed to inquire, he left the yamen with the pastries that the officials had specially packed for him, not only the three small porcelain plate pastries that he was reluctant to eat, but also the extra packets of pastries that Yu Shi ordered the kitchen to make later.

When they are all packed, there are eight big bags!

This coke broke Ke Lao.

Along the way, he hummed an out-of-tune opera home, and the upturned corners of his mouth never fell.

After Ke Lao left, Luo Gong and Yu Shi returned to the county magistrate's house.

As soon as he sat down, Yu Shi said:

"This masked boy has a motive to kill, but I think this motive for killing is really ridiculous!"

Luo Gong said: "Not really, who knows what he said to Fang Zhixian." ”

Yu Shi nodded: "That's right, that sentence is the top priority, and it shouldn't be a good word, otherwise Fang Zhixian wouldn't be annoyed immediately, what is this most important sentence?" ”

Luo Gong said: "You have to check." ”

Yes, it has to be checked.

How can I check it?

One of the two parties is dead, and the other is missing.

Yu Shi's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's right! Fangzhi County's portable guy! ”

Luo Gong said: "Well, just now I have asked people to go to Wang Peng and ask Wang Peng to bring this little guy into the yamen." ”

Or did he think quickly and thoughtfully, she was always so slow in front of him.

But it's fine.

Anyway, if you get used to it, it will become natural.

Yu Shi calmly began to ponder the side of it: "The three cases of Tongqian Zhixian must have one thing in common, which is that the murderer has to kill them quickly, but this common denominator, so far, we haven't even touched a corner." ”

Luo Gong said: "Don't worry, when Liancheng comes back from Yangjia Village, this corner should be able to show a little bit." ”

Yu Shi said: "It's not that there are no corners at all, at least whether it is Chen Huiyao, Fang Shijun, or Lin Chang who avoided the door in the end, these three people are not good officials who ask for the people's lives, this is the same." ”

Luo Gong suddenly looked at Yu Shi, straight and undisguised.

Yu Shi was inexplicably looked at by Luo Gong, and saw that Luo Gong's eyes were looking at her, but there were other shadows in those eyes.

From what she knew about him, this phenomenon should be thinking about things.

The cause of his sudden deep thought about what happened should be what she said or did unintentionally.

But she said so much, but she didn't do anything, she was just bored, and she just played with the peach and jade pendant that the jade branch gave her.

The peach jade pendant is not a clue, that is what she said.

What did she say?

Yu Shi thought about it carefully, and finally made her think of something after a while:

"Aren't the three of them good officials who ask for the people's lives?"

She looked at Luo Gong.

Unexpectedly, I guessed correctly.

Because Yu Shi saw that Luo Gong had figured it out, he was smiling at her:

"You mean, the murderer will kill three Zhusha Zhixian in a row because he is not a good official for three consecutive terms?"

Luo Gong said: "The premise is that before Chen Huiyao became the first magistrate to be cut out of his throat and released copper coins, what unforgivable things did Chen Huiyao do to the murderer, which led to the ruthlessness in the murderer's blood, and then set off the bloody storm of this serial murder case." ”

That's right, corrupt officials abound everywhere.

Whether it is Yan State, or the other two major countries that stand with Yan State, this corrupt official is an inevitable and inexhaustible weed scum in the officialdom.

Not only Zhusha County, but also all the prefectures and counties of Yanguo, and even Yanjing, the capital at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are also officialdom scum who are corrupt and corrupt and disregard the people, and even worse, most of them are royal magnates.

If the murderer had become a messenger of justice and killed in order to kill all the corrupt officials, then the current Tongqian Zhixian case would not only be a bad case that happened in Zhusha County.

The case of the prefect of the copper coin, the case of the governor of the copper coin, the case of the powerful of the copper coin, or even worse, the case of the emperor of the copper coin can be had.

But since none of this happened, it only shows one thing - the reason why the Zhusha County Tongqian Zhixian case happened was because it had a fuse invisibly, and this fuse was about the murderer!

Yu Shi figured out the key to it, and couldn't help but think of what Luo Gong said about Yangjia Village:

"Yangjia Village is Mrs. Yu Keqiang's maiden home, and because of the plague, no one survived, can it be said...... Will the murderer be the villagers of Yangjia Village who survived the plague? ”

Luo Gong does not rule out this possibility, but this still needs to be verified.

Bingwei and Liancheng were not there, and Yushi didn't want the officials to run around, so she decided to go to Zhengguangtang to ask Wang Peng and Zhang Gengli in person.

If there are still other questions, it is better to ask them together.

Luo Gong has no objection: "You go, just when the little guy from Fangzhi County comes, you ask them together, and I will go to Lin Chang's previous appointment first, check Lin Chang, and also check Meng Liangcai, how are you and Bingwei and Liancheng here, and what progress is there, you must inform me in time, and I will also send someone to inform you of the matter over there." ”

As for the rest of the matter, it will be improvised at that time.

Yushi agreed.

This matter had already been agreed upon by the two, but she didn't expect Luo Gong to leave in such a hurry.

Luo Gong said: "There is a masked man, I have to investigate first." ”

Yu Shi asked: "Do you suspect that the masked boy is in Nanli Province?" ”

Luo Gong smiled: "I don't know, try your luck!" ”

Yu Shi was choked by Luo Gong's casual words, and almost couldn't ease her breath, obviously she was the kind of person who wouldn't do useless work, but she always said that she was angry like luck, she didn't have a good air:

"That masked man is indeed suspected of being a murderer, but I don't think it's too suspicious, I'll look here to see if there are any suspects around."

After thinking about it, he added viciously: "If you are sure, quickly inform me, save me effort!" ”

Luo Gong pursed his lips and was silent, his eyes were full of laughter, but he shouldn't make a sound, like Yushi's intentions. (To be continued.) )