"Brother!" Mi Zhen fell into the arms of Mi Zhu, who was rushing over, and cried.

"Little sister, don't be afraid......" Mi Zhu hurriedly wiped Mi Zhen's tears, hugged her and patted her back gently: "Don't be afraid, there is a brother!" There's a brother here, it's okay, don't be afraid ......"

A group of people from the Mi family stepped on the lame beggar's chest, pointed knives at him, and said, "What about the others? Dare to tie up our eldest lady, say!"

The lame beggar spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the arrow on his back was the heaviest, piercing his liver, and he could already feel the passage of life: "I don't know...... It was my idea to tie her up, they were scared, they didn't want to do it, they ran away......"

"Do you think I believe it?" The people of the Mi family angrily reprimanded: "Take us all for fools, say your accomplices, and I will save you!" ”

The credit for saving people is not shared, but it must be a huge credit to be able to catch an accomplice.

The lame beggar was dismissive, and at the last moment, between life and morality, he chose morality. Life was precious, and morality was even more valuable, which was the common principle followed by rangers and righteous warriors since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Yu let the lacquer swallow charcoal, and wanted to leave the broken arm and stab Qingji in order to repay the favor and disregard his life, but he was praised by the world for a hundred years.

"Old fellow, eat the food in your stomach, and ...... today There you go! ”

The lame beggar didn't know where the hard breath came from and closed his eyes and waited for death, but it aroused the anger of the Mi family, and a guard lifted the lame beggar, scaring him with a sword, and shook it uncomfortably: "Do you say it!" Say it or not......"

The lame beggar didn't say a word, but the corners of his mouth slowly oozed blood, and as soon as the guard let go, the beggar fell to the ground softly, and the guard was shocked, and the people on the side reached out and touched it.

"Dead ......"

"I didn't touch him, who knew it would be ......," the guard replied with a blushing face.

"That's it!" Mi Zhu took off his coat and wrapped Mi Zhen and picked her up: "This is the case, it's good to find people, other accomplices, if you can find it, you can find it, forget it......

Everyone agreed one after another, and walked out of the broken temple with Mi Zhu. Liu Wei had already gotten the report on the side and knew the information inside, and he was just waiting for Mi Zhu here.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life!" Mi Zhu made a gesture and knelt down with Mi Zhen again.

Liu Wei hurriedly stopped, and saw the girl with red eyes and still sobbing through her clothes, she glanced at Liu Wei and looked away angrily, sticking to Mi Zhu's chest.

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "Let Sister Ling go to rest." Zizhong is about to leave Luoyang, and I don't know if there is a delay in the trip. ”

"My father has ordered me to leave tomorrow."

"That's good!" Liu Wei got into the carriage, and the team left like this.

Mi Zhu sighed, this time he owes a lot of favors. After dealing with the Luoyang Order to deal with the next thing, Mi Zhu also left here with his sister in his arms, and Mi Cheng was still anxiously waiting for his news at home.

Niu Jin, who went out to inquire about the news, returned sullenly and sat aside without saying a word.

"How's it going?" The old beggar sat aside and asked.

"When the people were gone, a corpse was brought out of it, covered with a white cloth......"

The old beggar stumbled and lost his mind and said: "Dead, dead......"

Niu Jin's eyes were a little red, and he asked the old beggar, "Then what should we do?" The whole city has issued our wanted warrants, and we are trapped here, and sooner or later we will die, but we can't get out. ”

The old beggar thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "This little thing can't stop me." ”

For two days, with the departure of the Mi family, things came to an end with relaxation.

In the evening of this day, the old man who saw Yizhuang came back drunk, he was an old widower, no children and no daughters, and he liked to drink and make trouble, he was getting older but achieved nothing, fortunately the clan was still a big clan in Luoyang City, he was high in seniority, and the clan found him this errand to see Yizhuang, he was born bold and not afraid. When a family with some money comes to claim the body, there will be no shortage of money for people like him, and it can be regarded as a happy and happy life.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt a sullen head smashed over, dizzy, soft and fell when the frightened heart was about to fly out, he thought that the corpse of Yizhuang "deceived the corpse" and attacked him, in the fainting moment, he only had to pray to the gods and Buddhas of the sky, including the gods of the monks who came to the Han Dynasty not long ago, only begged "them" not to eat themselves.

The old beggar threw down his stick, although he was more hungry than ordinary people, but he was hungry for two days and relied on water and grass roots and bark to satisfy his hunger, which also made the old beggar's hands and feet weak.

The old beggar waved his hand: "Close the door, drag it in and tie it up!" ”

A group of beggars laboriously moved the old man into the courtyard, and Niu Jin untied the key on his waistband and opened the door of a side courtyard on the side. There was a nausea smell wafting from inside, which made everyone vomit bitter water.

The corpses of Yizhuang are generally not normal deaths, and in this city with a population of one million, death is naturally a daily occurrence, and the gradual turmoil has led to a surge in accidental deaths. Almost every day, patrolling soldiers could find corpses in moats, dark corners, and ditches.

Solve a case? It is impossible to solve the case, and it is still nearly a thousand years away from the world's first systematic forensic science work "Clearing Grievances" written by Song Ci, a forensic doctor in the Song Dynasty!

Usually such corpses are transported to Yizhuang in four directions, east, west, north and south, and after a few days no one comes to claim it, they let the people of Yizhuang roll up the straw mat and throw it into the mass grave.

There are also some corpses that died violently due to disease, and their families dare not take them in, and they are also placed in Yizhuang. It has the same function as the crematorium now.

The old beggar tore off his sleeves and asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses, and the crowd touched here in the middle of the night, which was also a little infiltrating. The dog who was walking in front of him was walking, and suddenly touched a cold thing, and the child turned his head in fright, and a corpse that did not know when it fell from the straw mat had a big mouth with difficulty, and he was frightened and didn't know what to shout. His arm was broken off and he was too stiff to return to his position, so he was touched by a dog.

The dog egg happened to look at the corpse, and suddenly the seven souls ran and the six souls were scared to scream, but fortunately, Niu Jinyan was quick, covered his mouth and reprimanded sternly: "Don't bark!" Don't scream no matter what happens, you call us dead! ”

Goudan nodded whining, withdrew his tears, and Niu Jin slowly let go of Goudan.

The old beggar's target is the coffin inside. In Yizhuang, people are also hierarchical after death, and they still carry some floating wealth and valuable coffins that can sleep in thin skins, and those who have nothing on their bodies can only sleep on straw mats.

The old beggar opened several coffins, and several people endured the discomfort to carry the corpses inside.

The old beggar instructed Niu Jin again: "Find some better clothes and take them off, and go and change them!" ”

"Huh? Want to wear the clothes of the dead? Niu Jin was a little unhappy, after all, this kind of thing is a bit taboo.

"Stupid! After we get out of Luoyang City, I don't know what is going on outside, if we still want to arrest us outside, we can dress up in these clothes! Hand on! "The skinny old beggar can't move a coffin by himself.

Several people carried the coffin to a cart outside, and the old beggar walked to the unconscious old man of Yizhuang, reached out and picked off his clothes.

Of course, he didn't want to molest people, Yizhuang had a fixed task to throw the body to a mass grave outside the city, and the old beggar was ready to imitate this old man and sneak out of the city to escape.

The old beggar carefully examined the old man's appearance, and imitated some of the old man's features with his simple tools.

Niu Jin pulled out a few sets of clothes and was about to change them with everyone, but the old beggar saw it and hurriedly stopped: "Take it and boil it!" Go to the bad luck, and you mud monkeys, wash the front clean! ”

Niu Jin scratched his head, and everyone still obeyed the order.

The old beggar also got it right, put on a somewhat shabby straw hat on his head, how to look like it, he sat on the ground, counted the time, watched a group of children play quietly in the hot water, the old beggar smiled slightly, silently read the "Tao Te Ching" in his heart and prayed that everything would go well this time, quietly waiting for the dawn to come.

"Swinging ......" The sound of the watchman woke up the old beggar, and he listened to the current situation of the watchman and counted. It's the time of the fifth watch in ancient times (from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock).

In another hour is the hour of dawn, when the city gates should be opened. The old beggar woke up the beggars one by one.

The clothes were dried overnight, and they were basically dry, and the old beggar let everyone get into the coffin, although it was a little crowded, but they were all children who could still endure it, and they took out a few small holes yesterday, although they were suffocating, but not so that they could not breathe.

The old beggar tightened his straw hat, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and pulled the cart out of the gate.

It's a matter of success or failure!

The old beggar pinched his steps and walked forward, walking early, for fear that the soldiers would have to inspect it, and walking slowly, for fear that it would be bad if there were too many people to freeze there and be recognized. The old beggar went to the wanted notice posted outside the alley, which contained his portrait. He lowered his head and pulled forward even deeper.

The old beggar finally came to the vicinity of the city gate, and there were not many people at the gate, and with a bang, the heavy gate was just about to open! The old beggar rejoiced in his heart and hastened his steps to the front.

When it was the turn of the old beggar, the soldier stopped: "Stop, what's pulling behind?" ”

The old beggar nodded and handed over a Yizhuang's waist card and said, "I am from Yizhuang in the south of the city, these are all corpses." ”

"How did Chengnan Yizhuang come out of the east of our city? If you don't say something, hehe! ”

The old beggar stepped forward and secretly stuffed some money into the soldier's hand, which he found from the old man's room, and the old beggar smiled and said: "Some of the family members who died of plague said that they would be buried in the cemetery of the clan in the east of the city, and the uncle also asked for convenience. ”

"What? Pestilence? The soldier was so frightened that he was about to throw the money back, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose and hid to the side: "Go, go, get out!" It's unlucky! ”

The old beggar bent down slightly, dragging the coffin to look at the brighter and brighter doorway, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, he was about to escape!

(End of chapter)