Listening to that voice, it was like he had just woken up, and he seemed to be a little surprised by Xiao Wu's existence

"Why aren't you leaving?"

"I want to hear you talk about Uncle Gen."

Xiao Wu still had a gentle attitude, as if the person he had been waiting for for a long time was not him.

Maybe it was this attitude that moved the man, he really told Xiao Wu the story

"Uncle Gen is a widower, childless, and has lived alone in this alley for many years."

Xiao Wu thought of seeing the deserted scene in Uncle Gen's courtyard just now, and he could feel a little desolate.

"Because he has been managing the burial of the corpse for the yamen, no one wants to associate with him. In addition, there has been a disappearance of the corpse (qg) in the past two years, everyone thinks he is unlucky, and they hide farther away when they see him. ”

The Dead Man is missing?

Xiao Wu caught the key words in his words,

Could it be that something similar has happened before in addition to the recent case (qg)?

"What does it mean that there are corpses missing all the time?"

Xiao Wu deliberately pretended to be afraid, and he trembled when he spoke.

"Ouch, nothing big (qg). It's just an ordinary disappearance, probably because those people met a blind bear in the mountains. ”

The man under the broken wreckage disagreed, "Actually, it's normal for someone to go missing in a mass grave, after all, the place is haunted." ”

"But there are so many missing people, haven't you thought of reporting the crime?"

Xiao Wu was a little puzzled, why none of these things were mentioned by the rest of the Yuan.

"The time of their disappearance is too spread." The man under the broken curtain seemed to yawn, and paused for a while before continuing, "Every time I go to report the crime and can't find evidence, there are ghosts haunting that place, and everyone can only think that they are unlucky." ”

"Scattered? What is the meaning? ”

Xiao Wu couldn't understand the man's words, and the man's repeated mention of ghosts also made him eager to get to the bottom of it immediately.

"It's just that it disappears every once in a while."

The man yawned again, and said to himself in some confusion, "It's strange that the length of time is similar." Haunted, I guess. ”

Haunted Haunted!

How can ghosts haunt them on a regular basis?

The more Xiao Wu listened, the more he felt that it was wrong.

These people are too foolish.

It is also unknown how many people have disappeared in the past, and whether there is a record.

Xiao Wu thought of the case file of the official court, and he didn't even say hello to the man, so he hurriedly stood up and wanted to rush back.

If he could walk a little slower for a second, he would have heard the man talking to himself

"If it weren't for the haunting, why would Uncle Gen be fine all the time after he pasted the talisman paper?"

Xiao Wu returned to the Guanyuan as quickly as possible.

At this time, it was just dark, and a crescent moon in the distance loomed in the layers of clouds and mist.

The crescent moon was only lightly touched, extremely faint, and even a little gray.

The people who came to report the crime in Bai (ri) have all returned to their homes, and only the guards on duty are still doing their duty and patrolling in shifts.

The entire government was silent, and occasionally a patrol team passed by with torches, and only their neat footsteps could be heard.

Xiao Wu walked into the inner courtyard of the official court, only to find that the file room was still lit.

Why is there still someone in the dossier room at such a late hour?

Xiao Wu deliberately lightened his steps, lowered his (shēn) and walked to the door of the management room.

"Bang-"

The door was suddenly kicked open, and the shadow (shēn) sitting at the table in the center of the room froze there, not daring to move.

When you get closer, you can see that the figure is shaking, and her shoulders are shaking.

"Who? Come out! ”

Xiao Wu urged sharply at the back.

The back figure heard Xiao Wu's voice, but quickly turned his head and looked at Xiao Wu with a stunned face, "Little Wu guard?!" ”

"Wait! Who are you? ”

Xiao Wu was still dressed up in disguise in the afternoon, and his back could only hear his voice, and he couldn't recognize his appearance.

"Master Di?!"

Xiao Wu was also shocked, "Why are you here?" ”

The person sitting at the table was none other than the overseer Di Yangze.

Xiao Wu had already raised his hand to wipe all the disguises on his face as he spoke, and Di Yangze was sure of Xiao Wu's true (shēn) share.

was asked by Xiao Wu like this, Di Yangze was still a little embarrassed, he pinched the case file in his hand a little crampedly, "Alas, there are too many people who have disappeared in the past two days, so I thought about taking a look at the case file again to see if I could find some clues." ”

Xiao Wu silently walked to Di Zeyang (shēn) and sat down, and also picked up today's case file and looked at it.

Di Zeyang seemed to think of something, put down the case file and looked at Xiao Wu

"Did the little five guards come to investigate this case on the orders of King Jing (diàn)?"

Xiao Wu was still reading the confessions of those people today, and it was inevitable that he would be a little absent-minded

"Hmm."

"What's your clue?" Di Yangze looked at Xiao Wu with some shame.

Xiao Wu also knew that there were too many people missing this time, and the whole management house was very nervous. And this Master Di is still working hard at this time, and he is not perfunctory, which is indeed a little admirable.

He also happened to want to know the specific (qg) situation of the previous disappearances, and he was determined to have a good chat with Master Di.

"Master Di, did anyone from the Government come to report the missing person case in previous years?"

Di Yangze was a little strange, and asked Xiao Wu hesitantly, "Little Wu guard, is there any connection between the two?" ”

"It's not clear yet."

Xiao Wu had already finished reading the case file of today, and he still had no clue, he frowned and said, "But I still hope that Master Di can tell me in detail about the missing persons cases in previous years." ”

Di Yangze is not an eventful person, only when Xiao Wu needs to keep it secret, it is inconvenient to leak it to him.

He got up (shēn) and rummaged through the shelves in the back rows for a long time before he picked up the thick pile of cases.

Some of the papers in the case file had turned yellow and discolored, and some of them had unknown stains.

When Di Yangze put them on the table, he raised a lot of dust, choking both of them and coughing.

"These are past cases related to missing persons."

Di Yangze was busy for a long time, and he was afraid that he would miss any of them, so tired that he would sweat on his forehead.

"So much?"

Xiao Wu was actually a little mentally prepared after listening to the strange man's words in the afternoon, but at this time, he was still shocked to see the content that Di Yangze had sorted out.

"Yes. All of these. ”

Di Yangze sat down, and he didn't even bother to lift his robe again, "I really don't know if I don't tidy it up, there are so many cases that are finally closed." ”

Xiao Wu also has a headache now, and he has to go to Uncle Gen to report when he is a child.

There are so many cases in this case, I will definitely not be able to read them all in a while. Seeing Di Yangze sitting next to him (shēn), Xiao Wu's mind turned and he came from his heart

"Master Di, can you do me a favor?"

Di Yangze didn't want this case to end earlier, in case it became more and more ferocious and made trouble to the emperor, no one would be happy at that time.

"Although the little five guards commanded, as long as they can help this case, I will definitely help."

Xiao Wu was waiting for him to say this. If he refused, he really didn't know who he could ask for help for a while.

"Actually, it's not difficult, it's just a little cumbersome."

Xiao Wu discussed with Di Yangze with bad intentions, "I'm tired of Lord Di, and today (ri) help me find out all the human cases that disappeared in the mass grave in the past." ”

“……”

Di Yangze has a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet, isn't it good to stay at home and read books and drink tea?

There are so many cases, when should you choose?

Why can't I resist coming to investigate the case?

It's a pity that he can't say anything about his suffering now, after all, he just promised Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu saw the embarrassment on Di Yangze's face, and continued to fool him with a serious smile

"Don't worry, Master Di, I will accompany you to sort it out."

Di Yangze felt a little relieved when he heard this, "Since the little five guards have said so, let's start now." ”

Xiao Wu stopped talking nonsense, quickly divided the pile of cases into two piles, and chopped one of them in front of him to quickly browse.

Di Yangze looked at the one that belonged to him on the table, this case file was obviously higher than Xiao Wu's, he smiled bitterly and accepted his fate, and soon read it carefully.

Both of them are very fast and efficient.

So many cases have been picked and chosen, and there are finally very few of them that haven't been read.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles." There was another sound of the husband beating outside, and Xiao Wu knew that it would be too late if he didn't go over, so he had to explain to Di Yangze that he wanted to take the first step

"Master Di, I will come here early in the morning to pick up this case. Do you think so? ”

Xiao Wu didn't forget to say hello to Di Yangze before leaving, his eyes would narrow into two crooked crescents when he smiled, and the two laughing vortices on his childish round face were more like a half-grown boy in the countryside.

Di Yangze looked at Xiao Wu's smiling face and thought of the bastard boy in his own house, he really had a headache, and he sighed even more when he went to see the case file.

Xiao Wu's feet were very fast, and when he arrived at Uncle Gen's house, he was still a moment away.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late.

Xiao Wu tidied up his clothes, and then carefully pasted the human skin mask, and then knocked on the iron knocker of the wooden door.

This time, Uncle Gen didn't let him wait for a long time, but quickly opened the door.

"Coming? (tg) Okay, not late. ”

Uncle Gen was the same as in the afternoon, and asked Xiao Wu to enter the courtyard with his side (shēn) sub, "Wait, I haven't come yet." ”

Xiao Wu walked in and found that the courtyard was much more noisy than the daytime (rè), and there were already three or four men standing inside, all of whom were strong men with strong physiques.

Several men didn't know what they were discussing, and they spat and stard.

When Xiao Wu passed, they were quiet for a moment, and resumed their original heated discussion.

Xiao Wu did not participate in their conversation, but listened silently on the sidelines.

It seems that these were the Corpse Hunters before, as he had heard the words "ghost" and "missing" in their conversation.

And Uncle Gen didn't chat with them, just squatted on the ground in another part of the yard and smoked dry tobacco, making 'ba-da' and 'ba-da' sounds from time to time.

Xiao Wu inhaled the smell of tobacco in the air along the wind, but he couldn't say anything special.

Soon the courtyard door opened a few more times, and several more people came in one after another.

Some of these people have foreign accents, and some are locals.

But they were all middle-aged men, and they all looked very large, and at first glance they were the kind that could work hard.

Uncle Gen knocked his dry tobacco pouch to the ground and poured out the remaining cigarette residue inside before standing up.

Seeing that he was not in a hurry, Xiao Wu took out a small bag from his arms that could not see the original color, took something from it and put it in the mouth of the cigarette pouch.

Xiao Wu seemed to smell that peculiar smell again, like traditional Chinese medicine, there was a bitter and astringent taste, and there was a hint of fragrance.

Uncle Gen snorted his cigarette holder and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.