Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

At this moment, the sound of the hooves of Pegasus galloping sounded on the road ahead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The king and I turned to look, but saw that the big masked man had galloped out of the forest not far in front of him on horseback, and fled in a hurry on the road to the other side of the cloud mountain, and in a short time ran out of the valley. The king and I immediately ran with our swords in the woods on that side. When I entered the forest, I saw a white horse lying in a pool of blood. It turned out that the big thief was afraid that we would chase him on this horse, so he killed the horse.

The king and I walked out of the valley alertly with our swords, and descended to a lowland of Pingchuan where streams crisscrossed and wild flowers abounded. The view was wide enough to see, so we relaxed and inserted our sword into the scabbard hidden in the sheath. If you go further, you will arrive at Yunshan. Yunshan is a mountain range here, and there are pieces of wood, but fortunately, I am still familiar with this place, so we went all the way over the mountains and mountains, and walked very fast.

Out of the cloud mountain, after crossing the glacier, there is a flat slope leading to the palace. Originally, we could rest for a while and have lunch when we passed by Yuntai Yilan's house, but we didn't stop and rushed to Yuntai Mansion. At this time, Beze was cooking, and when he saw me and the king coming, he hurried to add food and food for us. The king waved his hand, or he brought the pen, ink and paper, and quickly wrote a secret order on the paper, and asked me and Beze to rush to the Winter Palace in Taocun to arrest the owner.

So, we didn't care about eating, put on the secret order, and led the horses out of the small courtyard of the council. For the king's safety, we first took the king to the drawbridge of the palace, and watched Uker lower the drawbridge and come to meet the king, and then we galloped towards Peach Village.

At this time, it was already early afternoon, and there was a cool cold wind flowing slightly in the air, so there was a pleasant refreshment when flying against the wind, but there was a feeling of panic due to hunger in the stomach. It is only a dozen miles from the palace to Taocun, but it takes only half an hour to arrive. We rode our horses from the intersection of Taocun towards the bank of the glacier, and soon came to the gate of the small courtyard of the council.

We dismounted, tied our horses to the edge of the woods, and took our swords in our arms, and went to the chamber of the lord. However, the door to the chamber was locked. We stomped open the door and entered, and when we saw that a layer of dust had fallen from the owner's room, and the bedding on the bed seemed to have not been used for a long time, I said to Beze, "I am afraid that the owner lives in the Winter Palace." As soon as he heard this, he said, "Go to the Winter Palace." ”

With that, we left the council house, got on our horses, and headed straight for the Winter Palace. The Hermitage is a place where the royal palace takes refuge in winter. Because it is located on a flat ground in the Rehe River Bay, it is affected by the hot air flow of the Rehe River, so even in the cold winter, it is still mild and humid and the climate is pleasant. Therefore, the former king built a winter palace covering an area of about 20 acres here. Winters in the Kingdom of Heaven are cold and long, so kings and queens generally move to the Winter Palace without waiting for winter to arrive, and do not return to the palace until the following spring when the temperature rises.

With our swords and fast horses, we galloped down a carriageway to the Hermitage. When we came to the gate of the Winter Palace, we stopped our horses, carried our long swords, and stood in front of the door and struck the door with great force. A middle-aged man who was guarding the Winter Palace opened the door, and when he saw us carrying a long sword in a menacing manner, he stopped us and said that we should not bring a sword into the palace without a warrant from the king and the captain, and that the offender would be guilty of a capital offense. I took out the king's secret decree and flashed it before the man, and said, "You see, we are taking criminals by the king's command. When the guard saw the secret order, he said, "Guard, please." ”

When we entered the Winter Palace, the courtyard was empty, and the doors were locked, so we went upstairs, walked to the room where the owner lived, knocked on the door, and no one answered for a long time. Apparently someone has already gotten ahead of us. I asked a girl who lived next door to call the guard for questioning.

After a while, the guard came to the door, and when he saw this scene, his face changed in fright, and he said again and again, "Two guards, what advice do you have?" I pointed my long sword at the yawning guard and said, "Han Shouguan, are you guilty?" The wardener argued and said, "This keeper is only in charge, and he has not murdered for money, so I don't know what crime he is." There is also a point of protection for Lao. As soon as I heard this, I shouted loudly, "The lord of Peach Village has been harmed by people here, and you have constant joint and criminal responsibility." The keeper even said that he was wronged, and said, "The owner of the village has been harmed by others, and the keeper does not know about it." I said, "Why does the owner have a private house here?" You won't be unaware of it. The steward lowered his head, hurriedly knelt down, and said, "This steward is only guarding the Winter Palace on the orders of the royal palace, and has not participated in illegal matters, and as for the owner of the peach tree estate, he is also under the orders of the royal palace to stay in the winter palace." If the guards don't believe it, they can check it. ”

At present, it has not been found out whether there is any evidence of collusion and violation of the law with the owner of Peachtree Village, and he cannot be arrested, so I said to him, "You should quickly send someone to invite Langzhong from the village to inspect the scene in detail." The shopkeeper staggered away.

I'm going to search the house carefully and look outside the courtyard myself. When I returned to the scene of the crime, Beze put the black pants, a mask and a long sword that I had found under the bed for me to see. The black clothes and trousers were so damp that he thought he had wet them when he poured them into the stream. I pulled the sword out of its scabbard again, and I could clearly see the blood remaining on the blade. This must have been the mark he left when he killed the horse with his sword.

It didn't take long for Lang Zhong to be invited. He examined the cause of death of the peach village master, and then told me and Beze that the peach village master had no scars on his body, only obvious signs of poisoning, and that the wine on the table was poisonous. Judging from this, it may be suicide by poisoning.

Could it be that the tall masked killer in the middle of the day is the owner of the village? Judging by his size, he looks like him, but I don't believe he would kill himself. Did he really know that there was no escaping the blame for his crimes, and that he would be absolved with death? This may be plausible, but I still don't believe it, because from my instincts, the tall masked man and the owner in front of me don't look like the same person at all. The man didn't seem to be as fat as the owner, and he wasn't as old as the owner. The owner was nearly forty years old, and the masked man looked like a strong young man. However, if that person is not the owner of this farm, who will it be?

Soon, the prime minister and the governor heard the news and arrived with the royal palace doctor. I briefly told the prime minister and the lieutenant about the case, and asked the imperial doctor to re-examine the owner's body, but the conclusion was the same. Finally, the prime minister wants to discuss the final decision with everyone. The prime minister first asked Du Wei, "In Du Wei's opinion, how can this case be decided?" Du Wei squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, then smiled modestly and said, "According to the on-site inspection, I thought that the owner of the village should have committed suicide because of his crime. The prime minister nodded, and then asked me, "What does Long Hua think?" "I wanted to give my doubts and confessions, but I immediately felt that it was too early to do so, because there was something unpredictable about this case, and if the owner had not committed suicide, the case would have been implicated in someone else, and who this person was, it would have to be secretly investigated. So, I chimed in and said, "Du Wei is right, presumably the owner of Peach Village committed suicide because of the exposure of his crimes." When the prime minister heard this, he asked me to write the case down and report it to the king.

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