The situation of the other four corpses seen in the front room later confirmed this inference.

Although the four corpses were not killed by a knife piercing the heart like Huang Si in the courtyard, they were also killed by a clean move, or their necks were split by knives, or they were strangled alive by ropes and other things, and there was almost no room for struggle and evasion.

That's not all, what is even more shocking is that the four deceased people in the house are all old people, women and children! The murderer actually ignored them at all, and he also treated them so badly, which makes it even more obvious that that guy is a cold-blooded killer with no humanity.

Looking at the miserable appearance in the house, the faces of many of the servants turned pale, even Lu Jin, a person who had seen countless ups and downs, and his eyes were gloomy at this moment. After a long time, he slowly exhaled and said in a deep voice: "This brute, this official must take him down and bring him to justice to comfort these innocent dead!" ”

While saying this, he thought about it in his heart, and the situation in front of him was really a little incongruous. Listening to what the strong men guarding outside said, the Huang family was just the most ordinary people in the city, and logically speaking, it was impossible for them to form a grudge against such a murderous guy. But judging from the situation shown at the scene, it shows that the murderer is indeed a fierce character who kills people without blinking, what is going on?

Moreover, the other party's hands and feet were also quite clean, and after killing someone, he left very calmly, except for the few lines of footprints on the side of Huang Si's corpse, he did not leave any clues for them to trace. So it's a little difficult to find the murderer in today's Ulju City.

As for Xu Wentao, he was even more anxious at the moment, after all, as a governor of a state, he also had the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, especially when Lu Jin, the boss, was not in the city at that time, and his responsibility was even heavier.

Fortunately, he was still a person who was old enough to judge cases in prison, and after the initial panic, he quickly thought of the usual way to deal with such cases: "My lord, now I have to ask the neighbors near the Huang Sijia first, and see what I can ask from them." In the opinion of the following officials, such a case of extermination must have been done with a deep vendetta, maybe the surrounding neighbors have seen the murderer. ”

"Hmm, Xu Tuiguan, you are right, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with." Lu Zhen nodded and gave an order. Now that he is a local official in the seal, of course it is impossible to put all his attention on the case, and he has just come back from outside, since he can't see any clues at once, then let the people below investigate for the time being, and it is not too late to take action after he has eyebrows.

Xu Wentao saw him nodding, and he was relieved. He was really afraid that Lu Zhen would take over the case in its entirety, and then he would not even have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. And now, at least by finding the murderer to atonement the crime, although it doesn't seem so easy.

Lu Zhen glanced around the room again, and after finding that there were no valuable clues in this small room, he walked to the courtyard. Then his gaze fell on the sturdy and spacious stable, which was next to the courtyard wall on his right, and he sighed softly. His attention had just been on examining the corpses, and he hadn't really noticed the stables, which were obviously not so well suited to the shabby courtyard.

Xu Wentao also came out at this time, and when he saw Lu Jin's attention falling on the stable, he looked very indifferent: "My lord, there are many local people in Shanxi who use the forced labor to raise horses for the government, so it is not strange that the Huang family has a stable here." ”

"Really?" Lu Zhen whispered, stepped forward again, looked down at the manger in the stable, but happened to see that there was still some remaining forage left in it. Judging by the freshness of this forage, it should have been put in the past two days, which made him frown: "There is still a surplus of forage, but what about the horses here?" ”

"Horse ...... Maybe it was taken away by the murderer......" Xu Wentao answered with some puzzlement.

"Since the murderer is the Huang family who came to seek revenge, why did he take the horse? Doesn't he think that the target is too ostentatious and easy to be discovered? Also, you have seen the situation in the house, there is hardly any sign of turning, obviously the murderer is not a person who killed for money, how could he take such a horse for no reason? Lu Zhen raised his own questions, and asked Xu Wentao speechlessly.

"So if you investigate the case, you should be able to gain something by digging down this clue." After Lu Zhen put forward his own suggestion, he left the scene of the murder in stride.

Half an hour later, Lu Zhen finally returned to the Yamen of Ulzhou, and at this time, Tian Tao and the others had been waiting at the Yamen for a long time. Seeing Lu Zhen striding towards with a solemn face, everyone hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him for a while.

However, Lu Zhen was not in the same good mood as before because of the relationship between this door destruction case, and after entering the second hall, he only dealt with them for a few words, and then asked about the situation in the city in the past half month.

Tian Tao was also prepared, and hurriedly handed over some documents related to official affairs in the yamen to Chen. Although Lu Zhen handed over all the big and small affairs in the yamen to this fellow acquaintance before leaving, he didn't dare to specialize in it, and the relevant books and texts of everything were preserved, and he handed them over at this moment.

Lu Zhen was used to Tian Tao's practice of respecting himself and discarding his own relationship, so he casually took out a copy and read it at a glance, and nodded after a while: "Lord Tian, you have done a good job, you have really worked hard in the past half a month." ”

"My lord praised it falsely, this is all a matter of the lower officials. It's just that I didn't expect that something would happen in the city after all, and a murder occurred in the west of the city early this morning. Tian Tao hurriedly said modestly. It is said that since Lu Zhen successfully negotiated with the Wang family and got the hundreds of stones of grain, Tian Tao has been quite obedient to this young boss, and he does not dare to treat him as an ordinary young official at all.

Lu Zhen smiled and said comfortingly: "This is actually no wonder Lord Tian and everyone here. After all, there is only so much our government can do, and if someone really wants to kill people in a frenzy, we can't stop it. The only thing that can be done is to find out the real culprit and seek justice for the deceased. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what your lord said." When the officials heard him say this, they nodded their heads in agreement, and many people breathed a sigh of relief, obviously because they were afraid that Lu Zhen would make things difficult for themselves.

After briefly mentioning the situation in Rizhou City in advance, Lu Zhen led the topic to his harvest of going to Datong: "This official went to Datong this time, not only to complete the task assigned by the imperial court, but also to ask the prefect for a sum of money to repair the city wall of our state and dredge the moat......"

Before he finished speaking, the subordinates below changed from the nervousness just now to joy, and it could even be said that they were surprised: "Is this true?" But how much silver is there? ”

"How could this official joke about such a serious matter? Of course it's true. As for the amount of this silver, it is difficult to say now, and we will have to wait until the government sends someone to check before we can give a specific figure. However, the official promised in front of the prefect that this money could only be used for the repair of the city wall and moat, and it must not be moved elsewhere, otherwise the crime would be great. You have to understand that. Lu Zhen said, glancing at everyone with a serious expression.

His eyes were as sharp as a knife, and all his subordinates were tight, and they hurriedly agreed to say yes, and at the same time temporarily suppressed the abacus in their hearts. They could see that this person was not just joking, if he really had the idea of going to fight that amount of money, Lord Lu would definitely not spare it.

But even if they don't get a windfall, the officials are quite happy. Because of Shanxi's own wealth limitations, cities like Ulzhou have indeed not been repaired for many years. If it can be repaired this time, it will be a great credit to everyone.

And after saying the good thing, Lu Zhen began to talk about the thing that everyone didn't want to hear so much: "Did the thieves who were ordered by the official to be taken in prison all put in prison?" ”

"Back to my lord, everyone has been put in prison and guarded. Just, who are they? Judge Hao Guang hurriedly replied, and at the same time asked with some doubts.

"These people are all horse thieves hiding in various parts of my Shanxi, and they were attacked on the way to Datong on the way to Datong this time. Fortunately, the official was prepared, so he defeated them and took down these live mouths. Lu Jin's answer was an understatement, but the faces of the officials below all changed, and a few of them even showed fear.

If it weren't for Lord Lu's insistence on personally escorting the grain and grass to Datong this time, I am afraid that he might be the one who was attacked in the middle of the road. And with his own ability, I am afraid that most of the things encountered will have to be explained to the horse thief, even if he escapes his life, the grain will definitely not be guaranteed, and when the time comes, he will not have to be the official.

Everyone who wanted to understand this looked at Lu Jin's eyes with a little more awe, his own adults were really extraordinary, no wonder he was able to break into a great reputation at a young age.

But what really scares them is yet to come. After a slight pause and a glance around the people below, Lu Zhen spoke again: "In addition, the reason why this official brought them back to Ulzhou alive was only because he asked an extremely serious question from their mouths. As far as those thieves explained, the reason why they happened to appear on the way I had to go to Datong was because someone had already reported to them. And this thief is the Wang family! The last five words, he uttered word by word......