Now he hears music like this, sad, shrill, chills, it's not an illusion, he really hears it.

"Who is it?" He yelled.

The music is interrupted.

"Get out!" He looked around, unable to figure out where the music was coming from.

A flute played, the music was cheerful and lively, Chen Er turned around again and again, he didn't know where the music came from, he only felt that there was a flute all around him.

"Get out of here!" His voice changed.

The sound of the flute suddenly became sharper, and it blew a few trills in succession, turning into a flower cavity.

Chen Er suddenly screamed, as if he had been stabbed by something, he hurriedly wanted to hide, but his body was already stiff, he took a few steps with difficulty, and his body was already disobedient, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Two women, two young girls, slowly walked out of the darkness.

"Lan Lan, this spring needle is really easy to use!" One of the girls said.

The little girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, who was called "Lan Lan", did not answer, but her childish face was a sad expression, she carefully turned off the switch on the side of the flute, otherwise it would not be fun for the poisonous needle to shoot at herself, and then, she raised her head and looked into the distance, her mind was not here, but followed a young general named Wei Qing up and down.

Soon after the sun rose, Wei Qing and Zhao Yueru came to Dongcheng Town, they did not spend the night in Changling, but walked overnight, and now, they finally came to another place where there was no Bao County Order, but there was no "Bao County Order" here without the surname Bao, I don't know, the town is not big, it was not affected by the war, and it seems that the Jin Army has not been slaughtered here, which is a fortunate thing for the people of the town.

It was still early, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, they knocked on the door of an inn for a long time, and the door opened a crack, and the shopkeeper looked at the two of them countless times, especially Wei Qing's face more times, and finally opened the door and let them in.

"Two rooms!" As soon as Wei Qing entered the door, he stuffed a piece of silver in the man's hand and ordered.

The guy finally had a smile on his face: "The two of you, please, we have many guest rooms, please pick whatever you want!" ”

The guy was telling the truth, almost the first floor of this inn was empty, and they picked two adjoining rooms so that it was easy to contact.

Zhao Yueru slept until noon before waking up, she simply cleaned up and went to see Wei Qing.

Wei Qing was leaning against the window and looking at the street.

Zhao Yueru looked out the window, the street was deserted, and occasionally one or two people walked by in a hurry.

"What's there to see!" Zhao Yueru was surprised that Wei Qing would be so interested when she looked at this deserted street.

Wei Qing smiled: "I'm looking at pedestrians!" ”

"What a pedestrian!" Zhao Yueru thought that Wei Qing was dazzled, or that his brain was overstimulated by Bao Xianling.

Wei Qing's expression became serious: "It's true that there are no pedestrians, I've been watching almost all the time this morning, and I saw less than thirty pedestrians!" He looked at Zhao Yueru: "Although Dongcheng is not a big county, there are still thousands of households, why are there no pedestrians on the street, this inn is open on the street, and the guest rooms are also very tidy, why there are no guests, why do those who open the inn close the door!" ”

Zhao Yueru was secretly surprised, she didn't expect Wei Qing's mind to be so delicate, she also saw these things, but she never thought about it, and now as soon as Wei Qing reminded her, she couldn't help blurting out: "There is indeed a problem!" ”

Wei Qing nodded: "Yueru, I want to see why this city is so strange!" ”

"What does this have to do with you!" Zhao Yueru asked.

Wei Qing replied slowly: "Because I am a soldier, the affairs of the people have something to do with me!" ”

Zhao Yueru sighed lightly, she didn't know how long it would take to go on like this to get to Lu'an.

Zhao Yueru and Wei Qing groped all the way on the empty streets, and it took a long time to come to the county yamen, there were no pedestrians on the street, and they had no way to inquire about the location of the county ya. Although the innkeeper pointed in one direction, it was still troublesome to walk specifically.

Zhao Yueru stood behind Wei Qing, waiting for Wei Qing to call the door.

Wei Qing didn't move.

Zhao Yueru wanted to ask him why he didn't call the door, but she decided not to ask first, she didn't think she couldn't see anything, but her mind was not on it now.

She looked forward and immediately knew why Wei Qing didn't call the door.

There are white flags at the door.

That's a sign of a funeral in the family.

But the question is, even if the county magistrate has a funeral, he will not paste a white flag on the yamen, after all, he still has to deal with government affairs, and now this white flag is pasted at the yamen, what does it mean? There is only one answer, it is not that there is a funeral in the family of the magistrate, but that the magistrate himself has died.

Therefore, no matter what government affairs, there is no need to deal with it anymore, which is why the white flags are pasted at the entrance of the yamen.

Wei Qing stood there thinking, he didn't know who to ask about the origin of this series of strange things.

Zhao Yueru only said two words: "Inn!" ”

Wei Qing patted his head.

The two of them returned to the inn.

The innkeeper seemed to have been waiting for two people, and he saw Zhao Yueru and Wei Qing walking towards him, raising his head and calculating: "One, two, three,,! ”

"The shopkeeper is still settling accounts!" Wei Qing asked.

The shopkeeper smiled: "Now I still have some accounts to calculate, the guests are not coming to the door, I am counting the first few of you to ask me!" ”

"Whatever the first, please say it again!" Wei Qing is not interested in settling accounts.

"You may be seated!" The shopkeeper is already familiar with this set, and the first three all say so. Although in the end they all became dead people.

He picked up the teacup and smiled at Wei Qing again: "The two big names, I have written down the names of the first three, and I have helped them collect the corpses!" ”

"Zhao Yueru, Wei Qing!"

The shopkeeper nodded: "Good names, all good names, contempt surname Zhou!" ”

"Shopkeeper Zhou, we don't want you to appreciate our name!" Wei Qing put the sword on the table.

Shopkeeper Zhou took a sip of tea: "I'll change some good tea for the two of you, I'll say it slowly, and the two of you will taste my tea slowly!" He got up and went to the back hall to make a pot of tea, and then returned to the table and sat down.

Shopkeeper Zhou spoke slowly.

Dongcheng, originally a small bustling county town, until fifteen days ago.

On that day, Boss Niu's daughter was raped, not only raped, but killed, not only killed, but also opened her chest and disemboweled.

Dongcheng had not seen such a cruel crime for twelve years, and the magistrate was furious, and ordered a search of the whole city, and all suspicious people were kept in custody, and they were checked one by one, and only after confirming that there were no problems could they be sent home.

Three days later, another woman was raped, not only raped, but killed, not only killed, but also open-hearted.

The whole city was put into action, the women all carried short knives with them, and the men were organized together as long as they could move and hold swords, and they were all organized in the streets and alleys, day and night.

Three days later, seven men were killed in the alley, this time raped and disemboweled.

After the big catcher confirmed that it was his wife, he committed suicide behind closed doors.

The magistrate personally went into battle and patrolled the whole city with his errands.

Three days later, the whole family of the magistrate was killed, and the magistrate died in his bed.

This terrifying three-day killing was finally solved by Li Chenglong, the city's richest man.

He piled up 100,000 taels of silver at the door, and put a letter on the silver, and there was only one sentence in the letter: "If you don't kill, you will be rewarded with 100,000 taels a year, and then you will be killed, and a million taels will be your head. ”

After Li Chenglong put the pile of silver and letters, he took refuge with his family to a neighboring county.

And so the horrific three-day killing ended.

But the quiet and peaceful peace in Dongcheng is also over, no one is willing to come here to take over the magistrate, who knows if Li Chenglong's annual reward of 100,000 taels can be cashed, if not, when this terrible three-day killing reappears, who will solve it, even if it can be cashed, how many times can it be cashed, even if it can be cashed all the time, who dares to guarantee that this perverted murderer will always be satisfied with receiving 100,000 taels of silver a year.

Therefore, Dongcheng has become a county seat without county officials, and without county officials, no one will issue silver to the officers, and without the silver, the officers will naturally not be on duty again, what will happen to a county town without officers? It can well be imagined.

During the day, people do not go out easily unless it is particularly necessary, and at night, everyone nervously slams the door tightly, with a sword in hand, and immediately gets up at the slightest movement, sweating all over his body, staring at the door.

It can't be said that the prefect is not in a hurry, the prefect has a meeting almost every three days to discuss the issue of Dongcheng, but now there have only been five meetings, and even Dongcheng is not in the jurisdiction of the prefect has not yet been discussed. After this problem is solved, it is necessary to discuss who is responsible for organizing and solving the problem in Dongcheng County, and then how to determine the title of the organizer, how much money the organizer should receive, and so on.

Therefore, Dongcheng will have to fend for itself for at least three years.

Shopkeeper Zhou finished speaking.

Wei Qing blushed angrily, he stood up violently, and shouted angrily: "Such a dog official ----" He didn't finish speaking, he fell to the ground, Zhao Yueru was taken aback, leaned over to help, and didn't expect that he would never be able to lift up again as soon as he lowered his head, and he also fell down.

Shopkeeper Zhou slowly raised his hand and slapped himself twice.

He bowed deeply to the two people on the ground, tears streaming down his eyes: "Both, I'm really sorry, I didn't want to murder you, but someone paid 100,000 taels to buy General Wei's head, if I have this 100,000 taels, I can leave this terrible place far away and find a safe place to live, I have no way, who made me an incompetent little shopkeeper?" ”

He shivered and took out a dagger from behind the counter, gritted his teeth and rubbed towards Wei Qing step by step, his face was covered with sweat, and there was no fierce light in his eyes, but full of fear.

Less than a zhang away, he walked for a long time without finishing a pillar of incense.

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