This patriarch is not as old-fashioned and majestic and rigid as Zhong Wuregret imagined. www.biquge.info He is not short, about forty years old, and he looks capable and shrewd.

After he saw Zhong Wuregret, he kept silent about the death of his concubine, but started a family conversation with Zhong Wuregret, saying that they were from the surname Mi, the Chu people originated from the Yellow Emperor family, and so on.

Because Zhong Wuregret had an appointment, he would not see him for two hours, and he would attack the Jin Mansion, so Zhong Wuregret tactfully interrupted the patriarch's words and asked to find out the real culprit who killed the patriarch's concubine.

Zhong Wuregret said straight to the point: "The patriarch has a lot of wives and concubines, and he may not regard the death of the concubine as a big deal. However, it is a big deal for me, I didn't do it, I did it for me, this is the method of killing people with a knife, and behind this, there must be a major conspiracy. I wonder if the patriarch can take me to the place where the deceased was killed to investigate the scene. ”

The patriarch showed a hesitant expression, Zhong Wuregret looked at it, knowing that the scene must be embarrassing, and the patriarch would be like this.

Zhong Wuregret continued: "Don't tell anyone about this, let's go quietly, in order to let the deceased not leave any resentment, I don't think she should mind other things." ”

Zhong Wuregret said very tactfully, in order to take revenge, don't take some things too seriously. Fortunately, the folk customs were still very open at that time, and it would be strange if he didn't say this after the Song Dynasty.

The patriarch spoke: "I originally wanted to report to the official, but I heard that Si Shi was biased in favor of the adult, so I hesitated to report it, so the room was still the same." ”

The patriarch also expressed it very tactfully, the scene in the room is very ugly, if Zhong Wuregret is allowed to see it, it will damage the prestige of the patriarch.

However, if you don't investigate the scene, how can you find clues and come up with a way to solve the case?

"This won't work," Zhong Wuregret proposed a compromise solution.

Zhong Wuregret understood that this patriarch told him what was the surname Mi, that the Chu clan originated from the Yellow Emperor clan, and so on. It was nothing more than telling him that the Jin Mansion was a famous family and would not allow anything to be discredited.

So, Zhong Wuregret proposed: "I will give fifty taels of silver, and I will say to the outside world that the patriarch's concubine has been sold to me, because she was killed before she could be sent, since she is my person, how to deal with it, it doesn't matter if the patriarch is there, right?" Zhong Wuregret proposed.

At that time, it was normal for wives and concubines to be bought and sold and given away, and wives could be sold, let alone a concubine.

The patriarch saw that this Zhong Wuregret really wanted to find out the real culprit, if according to Zhong Wuregret's statement, this concubine was no longer from the Jin Mansion, and it should be reasonable to let him check it, so he agreed that Zhong Wuregret would go over to check.

Zhong Wuregret picked up the deed of sale written by the patriarch, and quietly came to the scene of the tragic death of the patriarch's concubine with the bearded man.

He first looked around the house of the patriarch's concubine, and then asked the courtyard who guarded the courtyard to ask about some information, and then came to the scene where the concubine was killed.

The scene was indeed unsightly, the patriarch's concubine was lying on her back on the mat, with a wooden stick stuck in her lower body, lying in a pool of blood. Zhong Wuregret carefully observed this little concubine and found that her hands were bound by red ribbons, and one hand was clenched into a fist.

Zhong Wuregret carefully broke her hand and found that the nails on her fist squeezing hands were stained with blood and a small piece of flesh. Zhong Wuregret estimated that she grabbed it from the other party when she was fighting to the death.

Zhong Wuregret didn't say anything after checking the scene. After seeing the patriarch again, he asks the patriarch to keep the scene of his concubine's tragic death as it is, and that no one is allowed to enter, and he will try to catch the murderer.

Zhong Wuregret talked with the patriarch for a while. quietly left the Jin Mansion and returned to the "Orchid Workshop".

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was about to dawn and there was no light, in front of the open space at the mouth of the rice warehouse, there were many hungry people with yellow faces and thin muscles, because they heard that this morning, Lord Zhong from Wangcheng would worship the mountain god here, and begged the mountain god to release grain again to save the poor people of Chu from the disaster year.

Suddenly, a gong sounded, and a roaring bonfire lit in the clearing. Immediately, the drum sound of "dong dong" sounded, and a group of young men with **** upper bodies wore mountain ghost masks with fierce faces and fangs, dancing around the fire, shouting and dancing.

Surrounded by a group of female ghosts, Zhong Wuregret wore a plain linen dress and rode over on a bamboo horse, which had no legs and hung on Zhong Wuregret's waist. I saw him holding a sharp sword in his hand and shouting to the sky.

After the bamboo horse was released, the drum beat became more intense, and I saw Zhong Wuregret holding a sharp sword in his hand, slowly stabbing it from his mouth until only one hilt was exposed. Then he drew his sword from his mouth, and then he spewed a mouthful of blood out of his mouth to the fire in front of him, and the flames of the fire burst into flames.

Everyone was stunned.

Zhong Wuregret suddenly shouted: "Animal! ”

A young man brought a fat pig, Zhong Wuregret raised his sword and cut off the head of the fat pig with a sword. At this time, drums and gongs sounded together, and male and female ghosts danced around the fire, roaring rhythmically.

I saw Zhong Wuregret's sword move, and all the voices stopped.

Zhong Wuregret raised his sword high, and recited the words: "I am the vanguard Taibai general, one dozen eastern wood spirits, two dozen southern fires, three western golden ghosts, four northern floods, five dozen central earth spirits, please have the mountain gods to save the people." ”

At this time, the east began to turn white, and the ghosts slowly retreated and fled, just as it was dawn.

Zhong Wuregret walked to the mouth of the rice warehouse and knelt down, and the hungry people were nervous. Can Lord Zhong's sacrifice please move the mountain gods, it is related to their lives!

Zhong Wuregret slowly stood up, and the hungry people saw Zhong Wuregret's shoulders swaying, as if crying. After a while, Zhong Wuregret turned around, grabbed the food in his hand and shouted, "There it is!" ”

The hungry people burst into cheers.

At this time, Zhong Wuregret spoke: "The mountain god gives us food, don't be too greedy, otherwise, the mountain god will be angry and will take back the food. Although Qu Shi is the prince of Li, I have temporarily appointed him as a 'special envoy for disaster relief', and in the future, the major affairs of disaster relief and grain distribution here will be in charge of the special envoy Qu Ping. The envoy has the power of life and death over those who sabotage disaster relief. ”

At this time, the hungry people consciously lined up to receive food. Zhong Wuregret also said: "Whoever receives the food can only receive it once a day, and cannot receive it a second time, and you will supervise each other, and if you find that you have received the food for the second time, you will be punished with hard labor for life." Because Heaven has eyes, and finds the greedy, and no longer gives food, the people present will starve again.

Tell each other that you are not greedy! Although this food will not feed you, you will have something to eat every day, and at least you will be able to survive this year of famine. ”

Looking at Ligong again, he does have a set of governance capabilities.

He first set up a forbidden area around the mouth of the rice warehouse to prevent disturbing the mountain god.

Qu Ping first temporarily organized the victims according to li, 80 households per li, elected a ligong to receive grain, boiled porridge in a cauldron, and distributed everyone.

The first time the recipient of grain first reported the name, and then received a bamboo slip from the subordinate of Li Gong, the bamboo slip was written with the number of Li, and the person who received the grain would be engraved on the bamboo slip.

At this time, soldiers in leather armor also arrived to assist Li Gong in maintaining order.

When everything was normal, Zhong returned to the "Orchid Workshop" without regrets.

As soon as he returned to his room in the "Orchid Workshop", he laughed and said, "It's a success!" Immediately hugged the room and kissed and gnawed, and washed her stinky saliva face.

It turned out that Zhong Wuregret went out this time, involving a lot of issues related to the laws of the Chu State, and he originally wanted to find out about it himself, but before he could tell him much, his head was big. He thought that if he didn't need a ready-made secretary, why bother learning it from scratch. There is something to do for the secretary, and there is nothing to do for the secretary. What a beautiful thing!

So, Zhong Wuregret brought a woman dressed as a man to his side. Neng Yan is also used to wearing men's clothes, no one notices that she is a daughter, besides, Zhong Wuregret has always taken her with him, and it is even less likely that her daughter will be discovered.

This disaster relief, in the final analysis, is also the credit of Neng, when Zhong Wuregret is at a loss, can he make "Zhou Li? Magistrate? The "Twelve Articles of Wasteland" summarized by Da Situ told Zhong Wuregret and asked him to find a way from it. These include the distribution of relief materials, light levies, probation, opening up the mountains, stopping the collection of commercial taxes, reducing ceremonial activities, worshipping ghosts and gods, eliminating thieves, and so on.

I am also very happy to be able to do it, after all, this is a big thing to do with my husband.

Only Zhong Wuregret knew in his heart that he knew that the Chu State respected the heavens and the ancestors and feared the ghosts and gods, so he fooled the people by pretending to be a god and a ghost. Without him secretly transporting food, where would there be food at the mouth of the rice warehouse, but Zhong Wuregret's move temporarily stabilized the hearts of the people in the disaster area.

The state of Chu was in awe of ghosts, and they called the dead "ghosts" and "ghosts", that is, people who returned home. Zhong Wuregret still wants to take advantage of this to make a big fuss.

He forced Nengji to learn the zombies he had watched on TV and jump on both feet, until he was very proficient in jumping, and then he came to the Jin Mansion with Nengji and a few followers.

In front of the room of the patriarch's concubine, Zhong Wuregret first erected a spirit flag. Then the front and back of the house were covered with strips of yellow silk with charms written on them.

Previously, Zhong Wuregret had already taught the people of the Jin Mansion to spread the word everywhere, saying that the patriarch's concubine had scratched the villain who killed her, and that there was that person's flesh and blood on her hands, and Zhong Wuregret would use the witchcraft of the royal city, ask the god to possess him, use that person's flesh and blood, and let the patriarch's concubine go to track down the soul and take revenge.

Moreover, the patriarch must repeatedly warn the clansmen that when the concubine has just been resurrected and gets up and jumps, she must not be disturbed, otherwise the previous achievements will be wasted, and it will be difficult to catch the murderer.

Zhong Wuregret took the concubine's puppet, made a few laps around the house, and muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, Taishang Laojun shows the gods......"

Zhong Wuregret lit several fires in front of the house, he deliberately suppressed the fire, and as a result, a cloud of smoke filled the air, and people and houses appeared and disappeared in the smoke, when the night had just fallen. In the concubine's house, the sound of "creaking" began to be heard from time to time. Everyone knew that the room was empty except for the dead concubine and maid, and when they heard the sound in the house, everyone felt creepy.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the room, and it went out immediately. A woman's moans rang out a few times, and soon fell silent again.

At this time, the evening wind blew, rustling the leaves, and in the silence, a gloomy woman's voice began to sound again: "You still have the scars I scratched on your body, if you want to run, I will find you tonight to ask for your life." ”

A faint light began to appear in the room.

"Xi'er, help me up!" A shrill voice came from inside the room. Xi'er is the maid of the little concubine. Somehow, half of the walls of the house seemed to become somewhat transparent, and movement in the room could be seen from a distance. In the dim light, I saw a woman helping a woman up. The woman who was helped up stood for a while, and then began to jump back and forth in the room with her feet like a zombie.

"Where to run!" At this moment, Zhong Wuregret's angry shout suddenly sounded, and the two guards immediately rushed to the back of the patriarch's concubine's house.

"I didn't kill me!" With the screams, Zhong Wuregret had already returned with two people in his hands. At this time, two guards quickly tied up the person.

The lights went out and everyone heard the sound of someone falling to the ground.

After a while, Zhong Wuregret said to the people of the Jin Mansion: "Now that the great revenge has been avenged, you can go and collect the corpse." ”

Hearing this, the maid of the Jin Mansion hurriedly entered the house, and saw that the patriarch's concubine and maid were still lying in place, but they were already wearing a thin light shirt. The slaves and maidservants hurriedly dressed the two dead and buried them.

Zhong Wuregret took the two people he caught and came to the public hall of the clan with the patriarch. (To be continued.) )