Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Underground Yin Spirit Burns
Su He drove the carriage to Xianyang, the capital of Qin, stood outside the palace gate and waited for the message of the King of Qin, and then walked up the high palace steps, looking at the Qin soldiers on both sides of the country Yong erected a tall Changge, which was so majestic. Walked into King Qin Huiwen, who was standing under the main hall and looking at the top of the main hall.
"Under the main hall is the envoy of the Tho Kingdom," King Qin Huiwen sat on the top of the main hall and looked down at Su He's clan under the main hall.
"Exactly," Su He said as he stood under the main hall and looked at Qin Huiwen above the main hall. At this time, although King Qin Huiwen was already gray with gray temples and was approaching his twilight years, his majestic temperament could be seen from his spiritual outlook, and he was really old and strong! At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao had a poem that also confirmed this, "Lao Ji is in the middle of nowhere, and his ambition is thousands of miles." In the twilight of the strong man, his heart is strong. ”
"The envoy came here for Qin Tho's repair," Qin Xiang Zhang Yi walked out and looked at Su He's family.
"Exactly, the soldiers of the Qin State were strong and strong, and the national strength was full, and when the soldiers sent a letter to Guguan, they were blocked by the two kingdoms of Han and Wei. The Qin army invaded Han and Wei and weakened the country, stabilizing the rear of Qin. After that, the troops went out of the two kingdoms of Bashu, and attacked its Chu in the Rao of Bashu, and entered the Central Plains in the east. I Tho country south near Bashu, southeast by Chu State, can be said to be the throat of the east, here our king is willing to reconcile with the Qin State and marry the princess and his relatives, exchange contacts, this move is beneficial to the Qin State to destroy the Bashu attack Chu State, I Tho State will become the host country of the Qin State, can garrison troops on the border of the Tho State. ”
"I don't know what Qin Xiang thinks of this?" King Qin Huiwen moved his gaze to Qin Xiang Zhang Yi's body and said.
"Great King, do you know that when the Qin army was attacking the Sword Pavilion, there was a woman who was in danger and stabilized the Great Rear to transport materials and food to the Sword Pavilion, so that Gongzi Qi could defeat the Qin army outside the Sword Pavilion City," Qin Xiang Zhang Yi stood up and looked at Qin Huiwen Wang Dao above the main hall.
"No one knows about it."
"This woman is the princess of Tho Kingdom, the prince is young and has not yet married, it is better to make peace with Tho Kingdom and I don't know what the king wants?"
"Okay, the widow is approved, where is Gan Mao and Bai Qi?"
"The minister is here," Gan Mao and Bai Qi then stood up and looked at Qin Huiwen.
"For the sake of the peace mission, accompany the prince to the country of Tho to give a dowry."
"The ministers are ordered," Gan Mao, Bai Qi then stepped back and stood among the civil and military officials.
In the middle of the night, a storm is approaching, lightning and thunder roar, and the rumbling sound is like a chariot rolling from afar. The wind bent the branches in the distance, and the branches broke with a "click", and the tops of these large trees swayed with the force of the wind. The rain poured down like a scoop, and out of the woods came a man, who had no head, was tall and burly, dressed in black armor, and carried a long sword of green steel, with a long hilt, this sharp blade was suitable for chopping, slashing, and stabbing on the battlefield, and it seemed that he was a headless general. The boots stepped on the wooden ladder and walked slowly, and only the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard. The wind was blowing, blowing open the window and hitting the wall to make a "bump" screeching sound, the rain drifted in, and the old man lying on the bed felt a little cold, so that he woke up and got up, got dressed and walked to the window to close it. At this moment, I happened to hear the sound of heavy footsteps going up the stairs, and suddenly the sound was gone. The old man was about to turn around and return to the bed, when he found a general in black armor standing behind him, holding a long-handled green steel sword. The headless general clenched the long-handled green steel sword with both hands, slashed it, and only heard "Ah——! With a scream, blood spurted out.
There was a storm last night, and Gongzi Qi summoned some magistrates to gather in the second hall. Gongzi Qi sat in front of the desk in the second hall, and the second stunned man stood next to Gongzi Qi, holding his head high and full of energy. At this time, Gongzi Qi hurriedly asked these local officials: "Farmland and private houses may be flooded or damaged. ”
"Yesterday, Gongzi foresaw that the storm was coming, so he led us officials and their people to dredge rivers and open large and small ditches, and it was verified that no farmland or houses were affected."
"Okay, that's very good, then I will gather you to discuss how to repair the dam, and I would like to ask you to give your opinion."
At this time, Su Wu hurriedly walked into the second hall, looked at the childe in front of the desk and said: "Childe, it's not good, when the last general led the officers and soldiers in the city to inspect the disaster, he found that there was a murder in Zhang Ji's grocery store on Chunyang Street, which was unbearable!" ”
Gongzi Qi stood up and walked out between them and said, "Let's go, go to the scene of the crime." Gongzi Qi and some other people walked out to the scene of the crime, and when they walked in, they found that the corpse was torn apart, and there were still some blood stains on the closed window, sprayed blood, and there were a lot of sprinkled flesh and blood on the ground. The old man's head fell in front of the window, Gongzi Qi squatted down to carefully observe the fragmented corpses, and pieced together the separated corpses, and then stood up and opened the window to look out of the window and closed the window, there were traces of wetting when the rain drifted in in front of the windowsill, and looked around to see if there were any missing clues, and returned to the patchwork corpse, the blood from the tragic torn wound was jet black, and the flesh and blood scattered next to the corpse were also jet black, Only the blood from the old man's falling head was bright red. Gongzi Qi stood up suddenly, startled, hurriedly took a few steps back, and the second stunned man stepped forward to help Gongzi Qi and said, "Childe, what's wrong?" ”
"Let me think about it for a while, you all go out and close the door," the second stunned man and his Su Wu and the others exited the door and waited. Gongzi Qi walked to the bed and closed his eyes, and after a long time, his eyes suddenly opened, looking at the corpse on the ground, with a slight smile on his face, but he made a very serious expression and said, "You can come in," these people walked in and stood next to Gongzi Qi, and Gongzi Qi looked at Su Wudao in front of him: "Who is the informant?" ”
Su Wu walked out and brought in the person who reported the crime, Gongzi Qi walked in front of the person who reported the crime, and said very seriously: "When did you find the old man's body lying in this house?" ”
The person who reported the case looked at Gongzi Qi with a serious expression, and took a few steps back in fear: "Today's hour." ”
"Did you hear anything last night? For example, screams. ”
"No," the person who reported the case shook his head, lowered his head in contemplation and suddenly raised his head and stared at Gongzi Qi with wide eyes, as if the person who reported the case thought of something again, and said: "I heard, I heard, last night the grass people heard the screams of the old man upstairs, and thought that something happened to the old man's house, I wanted to go over to see what happened, but the rain was too heavy, and I only knocked on the old man's door today, and there was no response from the old man inside, thinking that something must have happened to the old man's house, so I knocked the door open, The old man's body was found lying on the ground. ”
"When?"
"Last night at noon."
"Did you say the door was locked? Whether it's locked on the inside or locked on the outside. Gongzi Qi walked to the front door and looked at the person behind him who reported the crime.
"Inside," Gongzi Qi walked to the window again and looked at the person who reported the crime, "So was this window originally closed?" ”
"It's closed."
After Gongzi Qi asked this, he hesitated for a while and said, "Then how did you hear the screams in the old man's house." ”
"My lord, because the grass people live across the street from Zhang Ji's grocery store."
"Well, you can go down."
After the person who reported the case withdrew, Gongzi Qi turned around and stood in the middle of them and said: "From this, we can know the origin of this murder case, according to the oral statement of the person who reported the case, this case happened at noon last night, last night at noon was a stormy night, lightning and thunder, the old man was lying on the bed and fell asleep, the quality of sleep is naturally a little bad as people get older, and they are easy to be woken up by any sound. The storm blew on the window and hit the wall with a "bump", so the old man was awakened in his dream by the harsh sound, and got up and came forward to see the rain drifting in, and there were traces of rain wetting on the windowsill or in the window. The old man closed the window and was about to turn around and go back to the bed, but when he turned around, a mysterious figure slashed off the old man's head with a sword, and then brutally tore the corpse apart, we can tell from the location of the remaining corpse and all the blood stains on the window. ”
Su Wu stepped forward and stood in front of Gongzi Qi and said, "Then who is the murderer?" ”
Gongzi Qi stared at Su Wu's eyes and said, "Do you think it will be done by man?" There would be such a force to brutally tear the corpse apart, and it was a living person, as evidenced by the blood and flesh spilled on the ground. ”
"It's a dead body," the second stunned man stepped forward and looked at Su Wudao.
"Dead corpse, childe, is what the second stunned man said true?" Su Wu was very surprised when he stood in front of Gongzi Qi, and he couldn't even believe that he had heard it with his own ears.
Is there any more plausible explanation for this? Let's look at these torn corpses, the blood and their skin are all black, obviously poisoned, what kind of poison can be so powerful? Instantly spread all over the body, obviously corpse poison. Only the blood that came out of the severed head was bright red, suggesting that the head was cut off first and then the living person was torn apart. ”
"Well, that makes sense," Su Wu nodded continuously after listening.
"Then the question arises, where did the murderer enter to commit the murder? And then how did you get out? ”
Gongzi Qi looked around and found that there was a passage to the first floor next to the bed on the ground, and the wooden plank next to it had been moved by someone. Gongzi Qi walked up to the front and walked down the wooden ladder, and the back door on the next floor was opened, and the latch above the back gate was smashed in half by some huge force, Su Wu stepped forward and said in surprise: "The murderer entered from here and walked out from here in a grand manner." ”
After Gongzi Qi walked out, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the woods behind him, Su Wu, Erzhuzi and some of their magistrates stood in front of Gongzi Qi and said, "What should we do next?" ”
"Su Wu and Erzi each led some men and horses to hide and ambush in the shops on both sides of the street, waiting for the rabbits. If there is anything abnormal, you can order the soldiers on both sides to set fire on three sides, the yin is afraid of the fire, and when the fire rises, it will naturally flee the same way, and we only need to follow and there will be an amazing discovery. ”
When the sun sets, Gongzi Qi begins to quiet the street, there is not a single idler walking around or stalls on the streets, all shops, and restaurants are closed, and the whole street is so quiet, it is so dead and silent. The sky gradually darkened, night fell, until late at night the street was dark, at this time from a distance heard the sound of horses' hooves, a tall horse slowly walked out of the darkness, on the tall horse rode a headless general in black armor, holding a long-handled green steel sword. The second stunned man poked his head out and looked down at the headless general on the street downstairs and said, "The target has appeared, release the rocket." Su Wu, who was on the opposite street, saw the rocket and ordered the soldiers around him to shoot the rocket, shooting it on the dry wood set up on three sides, and the fire on three sides rose and burned with a crackling sound and a long neighing sound. The headless general slowly turned his horse's head and left, and Su Wu led some soldiers to follow him.