Chapter 177: The Man Behind the Scenes (Part II)
Yang Zhen stood beside the blood-stained table, looking at Yu Changfeng on the corpse table with a playful face, and beside him were the county officials who were full of shock. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Just after hearing the exclamation from the back house, they hurried over, and just as they saw this somewhat tragic scene, Yu Changfeng, who was a suspect, actually died in the room, his eyes were wide open, full of resentment and disbelief, and he didn't blink an eye.
Outside the door, the housekeeper of the Yu family who came in and found the body was even more frightened and couldn't stand steadily, and his crotch was even more wet, obviously frightened by this sudden murder and incontinent. As for the other subordinates, they were also frightened one by one at this time, and they couldn't even speak.
Yang Zhen bent down to take a closer look at Yu Changfeng's corpse, and soon found the wound that killed him, which was at the critical point of his throat, and was cut open by a knife, no wonder a lot of blood would be splashed next to the corpse. After carefully examining the wound for a while, Yang Zhen couldn't help but close his eyes, he always felt that this wound looked a little familiar, as if he had encountered a murder case with the same method before.
"Erlang, do you see any clues?" Shou Laosi saw that he was standing up straight, so he hurriedly asked. He was also visibly surprised and frightened by the murder that had occurred at this time. I couldn't help but think about what was going on, and why there were always big cases in Zhuji County, which has always been calm, for more than half a year.
Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, and then replied: "The perpetrator is a veteran, and he cut off Yu Changfeng's trachea and throat with a single knife, so that he can't even scream. Therefore, it was not until we were about to take someone just now that the next person came in to report that his body was found. ”
"In this case, the clue will be broken...... "The officer next to him said with some frustration. Indeed, they thought that they could force out who had instigated the people before by seizing Yu Changfeng, so as to resolve the current chaos. But now that Yu Changfeng is dead, it will be difficult to trace the matter.
didn't want Yang Zhen to see it that way, he sneered slightly: "His death made me figure out one thing." Originally, I thought that he was a responsible Zhuji businessman who had the courage to do such a thing, but now it seems that his murderer must be using him. ”
"But even if you know that, it won't help...... He's all dead, and who knows who is behind him? Shou Laosi was full of doubts.
Yang Zhen shook his head: "Why are you so careless, didn't we have another clue before?" As he spoke, he walked out of the door and looked at those Yu family members: "Who of you knows the identity of the handsome young man who was with Yu Changfeng a few days ago?" Where is he now? ”
When those subordinates saw him come out, they were all agitated, and it was not until they heard him ask about this matter that they relaxed a little, and quickly someone replied: "If you go back to the master, I really don't know what the identity of that son is, I just heard my master call him Xu Gongzi." We had seen him in the courtyard early this morning, but in the afternoon, we were nowhere to be seen......"
Subsequently, some other subordinates also gave similar answers, which allowed Yang Zhen to believe that this Xu Gongzi had suddenly disappeared today. This result made Yang Zhen even more firm in his judgment: "It seems that the truth of this matter will fall on that Xu Gongzi." ”
"Do you mean...... My lord was murdered by this Xu Gongzi? Several people from the Yu family saw Yang Zhen's thoughts, and couldn't help but exclaim: "My lord has always been very respectful to him, why does he want to harm my lord!" ”
Yang Zhen didn't have time to explain his inference to these people, so he immediately turned his head to the brothers behind him and said, "Let's search carefully and see if we can find other clues." I don't believe that Yu Changfeng colluded with others to do such a thing, and he didn't even show anything. ”
"Good!" Several officials agreed, and then turned to look at the Yu family members: "You take us to the house that Yu Changfeng Xiangri often goes in and out of, and there must be no concealment, otherwise we will ......."
Although the words of this threat are not finished, its power is not small. Those subordinates were also frightened by the death of their master, and since the government wanted them to help, they naturally didn't dare to hide it. At that time, he took the officials to search the study, bedroom, and flower room in the backyard.
Yu Changfeng's three-room wife and concubine didn't know that their man had died until this time, and they all cried so much that they begged the officials who came to check on them to seek justice for their masters.
It wasn't until Yang Zhen made a face and asked someone to take them all to the front yard for placement that everyone was able to completely let go of their hands and feet. However, after searching several bedrooms and study, nothing was found. It was disappointing that they hadn't found any letters, notes, or other things that might have pointed to someone.
"This Yu Changfeng is really too careful, and he really doesn't even leave us a flaw." The yacha looked at the house that had been rummaged through and was full of loss.
In their minds, not only will they not receive much credit today, but they will have to bear more pressure. Not only was the suspect not caught, but there was such a life lawsuit. Once the prefectural magistrate feels the pressure, it is bound to not make them feel better.
Among them, only Yang Zhen still puts all his energy on finding clues. The more he couldn't find out what the problem was, the more Yang Zhen felt that this matter was unusual. At the same time, he became more and more convinced that as long as he searched carefully, he would always find clues. After all, the other party only killed Yu Changfeng around noon and fled, and it was definitely too late to erase all the clues.
After checking the study and bedroom and finding nothing, Yang Zhen turned his attention to the flower room where he heard that Yu Changfeng would come and go around for a while every day.
This is a house made of pine wood, about five or six zhang square, there are a lot of flowers and trees planted inside, and the outer wall is also covered with vines of various plants, which is very interesting.
In fact, just now, someone had seen it in this house, but except for those flowers and trees, they really couldn't find any valuable clues, so they had to retreat. Yang Zhen came again, and the people who were waiting there had to explain again: "The flowers and trees here are all planted by my lord, and he likes to plant some flowers and plants because of his hobby." ”
"Let me ask you, does your lord need someone to serve and help him with this kind of flower?"
"This is not needed. What he likes most is to do this alone, and he doesn't want people to see him, so every time he comes to the flower room, we have to go elsewhere. ”
"Oh?" Yang Zhen's eyes lit up, this matter is too weird, I'm afraid things won't be so simple. He waved his hand at the man and walked into the flower room.
The situation inside the flower room was indeed the same as the yacha who had come to search before, except for some plants such as moon seasons and orchids, there was hardly anything else to be seen. There was also a thick layer of yellow mud on the ground, and it was obvious that there should still be some flower and tree seeds waiting to germinate. It's a pity that the person who buried them in the soil with his own hands can no longer see the seeds germinate and grow.
Looking down at the yellow mud and flowers on the ground, Yang Zhen's brows suddenly furrowed. Vaguely, he felt that one of the dirt floors was about an inch higher than the others. Although this difference in height is not felt by ordinary people at all, after all, this is a muddy ground, how can it be the same height as in the flat ground? But Yang Zhen still keenly grasped this difference and slowly squatted down.
Although this slightly raised place was also paved with yellow mud, and there was some grass and trees on it, Yang Zhen saw the problem. Compared with the flowers and plants in other places, the flowers and plants here seem to be a little sluggish and seem to be a little lacking in nutrients.
"There's a problem down there!" After having this thought, Yang Zhen no longer hesitated, immediately picked up the hoe on the side, and pulled the yellow mud in front of him with the flowers and plants on it to the side in a few clicks. Once these upper layers of concealment were removed, what was exposed to Yang Zhen's eyes was an iron plate slightly above the ground, with an iron ring that acted as a handle.
"Sure enough, it's here!" A smile appeared on Yang Zhen's lips, and at the same time he turned around and shouted, "Everyone come here!" There's a discovery here! ”
Those yacha who couldn't find any clues in the room were rummaging around the courtyard at the moment, and when they heard Yang Zhen's greeting, they immediately rushed over. Seeing this, the faces of the two yacha who had come to search the flower room immediately turned red, and they were ashamed of their negligence.
But Yang Zhen didn't have time to blame them at this time, so he immediately had someone to help him pull up the iron plate, revealing the hole of a black hole below.
"I'll go down first, and then you guys will come down." After Yang Zhen explained this, he jumped into the cave, and at the same time held a dagger in his right hand, ready to meet the sneak attack that might appear at any time.
But there was no sound at the bottom, and it was not too high, only one person was high. Although the cave was very dim, it couldn't stop Yang Zhen at all, his eyesight was enough to see things as usual in the dark. As soon as he landed, Yang Zhen found that there was a short ladder hidden next to the entrance, and as long as he pulled the attached rope on it, the ladder could be erected at the entrance of the cave.
But as he glanced at the other places in the cave, Yang Zhen's gaze froze, and his expression suddenly became grim, because a familiar scene had appeared in front of him.
On the side against the wall, there is a small Buddha shrine, on which is enshrined a smiling Maitreya Buddha, as well as a tablet of the god, on which are written four big characters - no birth mother!
The identity of the mastermind behind the scenes was finally found out by Yang Zhen at this moment!