Chapter 12: The Story of the Year
Yun Qi's heart jumped violently, and his eyes widened suddenly, he was puzzled that the things he had been doing all these years were going to have an answer today, is this true?
Yun Qi only felt that the world was spinning, a misty thing flashed in front of him, his brain became blank, and a sour feeling rushed up from his nasal cavity to his forehead, stimulating his eyes, and tears almost remained.
He quickly lowered his head and took a sip of wine, pretended to cough a few times, and said, "This wine is really spicy." Then he stared at Guo Zhutou with two eyes, and asked anxiously, "How did they run?" ”
"What about these widows, they must have already found the internal response, and then made quite full preparations, they sneaked in quietly in advance, stayed until the evening, rushed into Shannan Village, and killed the whole village cleanly, after that, they looted the property in the village, first transported it to a small forest, and then they sent some of the property with obvious goals and not easy to transport to Shuanghe Mountain, intending to let the government's attention shift to Shuanghe Mountain, I have to say, they did this trick very effectively, We initially focused all our attention on Shuanghe Mountain, and it wasn't until a long time later that we finally found evidence that they didn't do it. Except for this clue, we didn't find any other clues, and it wasn't until more than ten days later that the matter of the gambler Wang Xi in our county was revealed, and things took a major turn. Guo Zhutou was drinking and telling stories, Qiao Zhong and Yun Qi stared at two pairs of eyes, and they looked at Guo Zhutou's mouth without turning their eyes, completely attracted.
"Wang Xi? Why is it Wang Xi again, I have heard this name several times, his experience is indeed very peculiar, he came back from the dead, he was born and died, what does he have to do with this case? Yun Qi thought, but didn't interject.
"Wang Xi, is he also a widow?" Qiao Zhong interjected.
Guo Zhutou continued: "This Wang Xi, of course he is not a wolf, he is a big gambler, but there is an advantage, that is, he is very filial, which is well-known in the township, two days before the accident in Shannan Village, Wang Xi first made a trick of resurrection, saying that what is the Lord of Yama to see his filial piety to his mother, specially given him to return to Yang, to him to increase the longevity of three years, after three years, after the death of his mother, this thing made our Zhang County Ling very surprised, said that this is a good example, can make people good, It can achieve the purpose of educating the people, so I want to vigorously publicize it, however, this kid died in a blink of an eye, and then when we were chasing the Japanese Kou, we happened to meet their funeral procession, and I didn't care about it at the time, everyone thought, isn't this a funeral, there should be nothing suspicious, so I let them go, I don't want to go a few days, suddenly someone reported to the official, saying that Wang Xi's coffin was empty, and it was thrown in the woods, we found a big secret through a serious search. ”
"What's the secret?" Qiao Zhong hurriedly poured wine on Guo Zhutou's cup and asked curiously.
"This Wang Xi's resurrection from the dead to the final funeral is to cover up a ruse, and this ruse is a key link in the entire plan to slaughter the village." Guo Zhutou drew a small circle on the table with his hand dipped in wine, and drew a large circle on the outside.
"This Wang Xi is particularly fond of gambling, gambling has been good, such people generally can't hide money in their hands, one day this kid somehow suddenly has two spare money in his hands, he went to gamble with another guy at that time, I didn't expect to lose a fine light, this kid walked back dejectedly, suddenly met a stranger on the road, saw his lost soul appearance, he stepped forward to ask, after knowing the reason for the matter, he gave him an idea, let him go to the guy who won his money to hang himself, Wang Xi was naturally unwilling, although he lost money, he was still unwilling to die. ”
As a result, the stranger told him, you are just pretending, he has a medicine here, after taking it, people will be like dead, others can't see it, after two hours will naturally wake up, then you will make up a nonsense, saying that the Lord of Yama was moved by your filial piety, let you return the yang or something, anyway, after three years, you will not die, people can't do anything to you, in this way, you can not only get the money back, but also leave a good reputation in the local area. Wang Xi was suspicious, and then he didn't know how, so he was moved, and sure enough, he took the medicine and went to the door of the house to hang himself, in fact, he didn't really hang himself, but just put a belt on the side of his neck, making the appearance of being untied after hanging, and then lay on the ground. This is the time before and after Wang Xi came back from the dead. Guo Zhutou said.
"How do you know about such a secret thing?" Yun Qi asked in surprise.
"This king was happy to get five taels of silver from the government, and he was happy, but he didn't expect to make a fortune, and at night, his mother asked him what was going on in this underworld, after people died, would there really be a bridge of helplessness, Meng Po soup? Wang Xi didn't dare to hide it from his mother, so he told all the things in 1510, and told his mother that this matter must not be said, because now the whole county has caused a sensation, and the county orders have been alarmed, and it is said that he also wrote a memora to report to the emperor. ”
When his mother heard this, she was frightened, and reprimanded this Wang Xi, saying that he really shouldn't have done this, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, what can I do. As a result, at night, Wang Xi was sitting in the courtyard and bragging to the villagers, saying how he was in the underworld, but he fell to the ground, and the villagers stepped forward to touch it but lost his breath, this time he was really dead. ”
"Wang Xi's mother is a person who believes in Buddhism, thinking that this is the gods and Buddhas punishing his son's disrespect, so he is not too sad, according to local customs, ready to bury Wang Xi, and when he was anxiously preparing to find someone, two people who claimed to be Wang Xi's friends came, saying that they had a relationship with Wang Xi, and naturally they should send Wang Xi on the last journey, and they were all responsible for all the funeral matters, and Mrs. Wang was naturally very happy."
"Unexpectedly, these people carried Wang Xi's coffin out with great fanfare early in the morning, and finally threw the coffin in the woods in the wild, neither buried, but even Wang Xi's body was gone, heard someone report, we mobilized everyone, searched around, and finally found Wang Xi's body under a mound, the body has been rotten and smelly, but the work still found a problem on the corpse, that is, Wang Xi's armpit three inches there is a steel needle as thin as a cow's hair, the tip of the needle is black, After examination, this was a poisonous needle, which shows that Wang Xi's death was a murder, and the murderer must have been related to those who carried the coffin for burial. ”
"This Wang Xi has no money and no power, although he loves to gamble, but there is really no opponent of life and death, and why did people kill him? Why do you have to give him a funeral after he is killed, but secretly abandon the body? ”
"With this question, we opened Wang Xi's coffin abandoned in the field again, carefully examined, and through inspection, we found that there were many traces of hard weapon impact in this coffin, and those traces were very similar to those left by the collision of swords, and through our very careful search, there was still a little faint blood stain in some places in the coffin wall, so we deduced that this coffin was used by those widows to hide weapons."
"So we went back to interrogate Wang Xiniang, and learned that these people actually came out of thin air, and through interrogation, we also knew the reason why Wang Xi came back from the dead, so this matter, it is easy to understand if it is connected before and after." Guo Zhutou paused and sorted out his thoughts.
"The development of things should be like this, these Japanese robbers in order to attack Shannan Village, made full preparations, they first stepped on the point, mastered the information of Shannan Village, and then designed a trap, let Wang Xi get in, and then calculate a good day, the night before Wang Xi's funeral, slaughtered Shannan Village, and then they put all the weapons that were difficult to carry into Wang Xi's coffin and secretly carried them out, I can even guess that they quietly brought weapons in, maybe they also used this method. Therefore, when they meet officers and soldiers, they can calmly leave, and as soon as the officers and soldiers leave, they will disperse and leave, which is really a good calculation. Guo Zhutou said so much in one breath, couldn't help but stop and take a breath, looked at the two stunned young people, and smiled lightly.
"No, no, didn't they rob a lot of money? You're just saying that they hid their weapons and so much possessions, and they buried them in the ground? Yun Qi wondered.
"Well, you're smart kid and see the problem." Guo Zhutou drank a glass of wine and continued: "After finding the clues of the coffin, everyone was more excited, and felt that there was no longer darkness in front of them, and a little light was revealed in front of them, however, where were the belongings, where did these people go later, who were they, everyone was still at a loss, at this time, the rich businessman Xu Tai I mentioned earlier came, and he said to the county magistrate that the murderer was the widow." ”
"The county order naturally didn't believe it, and asked him what evidence he had, this Xu Taidao, their merchant ship accidentally hit a sand ship at the mouth of the sea a few days ago, the sand ship was heavy, the draft was deep, and their merchant ship was empty, and the draft was shallow, so under the collision, the merchant ship broke a hole, and the water entered the water in a loud noise, although the crew jumped ship to escape when they saw the bad opportunity, and there were no casualties, but the ship gradually sank, fortunately, there were many other merchant ships nearby, so the loss was not too big."
"Everyone dragged the wreck to the shore, and at the same time, also detained the sand transport ship that caused the accident, there were only a few sailors on the ship, and they wanted to escape secretly several times, but they were discovered by Xu Tai's people, and they did not succeed, and later when they negotiated compensation, they found that among these sailors, a few people seemed to be dumb, but they could hear others talking, everyone was secretly suspicious, and it was later confirmed that these people were all widows, and everyone unloaded the sand boat, and found that the ship had a shallow layer of sand on the surface, After interrogation, it was learned that this was the widow who killed the whole village of Shannan Village, and the cargo was also the stolen goods from Shannan Village, so far, the truth of the matter was revealed. Guo Yu slapped the table lightly, as if adding an end to what he had just said.
"Did these would-be robbers confess later? Why did they go and kill the people of Shannan Village? Yun Qi said with red eyes.
"Hey, this matter, a little regrettable, according to Xu Tai, his subordinates, when they heard about the brutal crimes of these Japanese robbers, they were all angry, they didn't tell them, they privately took the criminal law of sailing on the water, and directly sank these Japanese criminals into the river, so we didn't see any of these Japanese robbers, but those Shannan Village's property, saw some, the government sold part of it, converted it into silver taels, and distributed it to those who volunteered to go to Shannan Village, oh, no, now it's called the people of the lost village, So that they can live directly after they go, and I heard that the village is now full of life again. Guo Zhutou sighed.
It turned out that it was really a widow.
Those few captured would-be robbers were actually killed by Xu Taiquan.
Is that fat man in there?
What about the rest?
Yun Qi was very bitter in his heart, when the mystery was revealed, he didn't feel the feeling of keeping the sky clear and seeing the moon, he only felt that there was still darkness ahead, so that he couldn't see the future.