Mei Xiaoren was stunned, like a thunderbolt exploding in her ears on a sunny day.

Thirty-four lives

This is a big deal, it is clear that the sky is about to fall.

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly changed into his official uniform and rushed to Yunxian County with all the officials in the county office. Her heart seemed to be burned to ashes by the fire.

This is called the house leak coincided with the overnight rain, the prefect is approaching, at this time there is a life case on her territory, or an unprecedented big case, just like wetting the bed near dawn "The evening is not guaranteed", how can she explain to the prefect.

The place of the crime is on the outskirts of Yun County, not far from Qiushui County. When Mei Xiaoren arrived nearby, he saw that there was a barren grassland in front of him, and the trees were sparse, and at a glance, he could vaguely see that there were many figures shaking in front of him, and it was the officials of Yunxian County who were surrounding the scene.

Someone from Yunxian County reported that thirty or forty people, all of whom died in front.

Mei Xiaoren continued to move forward, only to feel that the oncoming wind seemed to be carrying a smell of blood.

An official heard the sound of horses' hooves, looked back, and guessed that the person who came on horseback in an official uniform was Lord Lingmei of Qiushui County, and now he is also the county master of their place.

The official hurriedly turned around to greet him, and arched his hand: "I've seen Master Mei." ”

Mei Xiaoren, the person who saluted in front of the horse, looked at his eyes and asked, "Are you?"

"The small one is Xue Changqing, the head catcher of the Yunxian County Government."

Mei Xiaoren nodded in understanding, then dismounted and walked with Xue Zhutou, asking as he went, "How is the situation?"

"Lord Hui, thirty-four people, none of them are alive," Xue Zhutou's tone was extremely solemn.

"Who Discovered First"

"It's a woodcutter who lives in the mountains, he went down the mountain to sell firewood this morning, and he saw a place" Xue Zhutou paused, lowered his eyes and sighed, "There are dead bodies all over the ground, the scene is really miserable." ”

They got closer and closer, the strong smell of blood rushed into the nostrils, Mei Xiaoren was a little nauseous, and a handsome hand suddenly appeared in front of her, holding a folded handkerchief, as if sending charcoal in the snow.

She took a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose slightly, and thanked Ye Zhi.

Xue Zhutou sighed again: "My lord, such a murder has never been encountered in Yun County for more than ten years."

"What is the identity of the deceased"

"The little one has never seen this group of people, and I don't know where they came from." Xue Zhu led Mei Xiaoren to the outside of the surrounding crowd, beckoned to drive away the two officials, and made way for him, "Your Excellency, please see." ”

Mei Xiaoren stopped, and waited for the surrounding officials to retreat to both sides, her vision spread, and she could see everything in front of her clearly, and her eyes gradually gave birth to an unprecedented look of horror.

Previously, Zhou Hu only said that it was a murder, and more than 30 people died, she had imagined the situation at the scene, and guessed that the scene would not be attractive, but she never thought that it would be so terrifying.

Thirty-four people, lying on half an acre of barren grassland, all of them suffered fatal wounds, and the blood flowing from their bodies even stained the shallow grass beneath them red, soaking the soil

Mei Xiaoren had never seen such a tragic picture, but just a glance made her eyes widen in shock.

But she had to endure the horror and force herself to keep her composure, because all the officials standing here were officials, and she was the only one who could sit in charge of the overall situation.

They had shed too much blood, and the smell of blood was pungent and pungent. Ye Zhi couldn't help but raise his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, but he couldn't hide the panic in his eyes, he was stunned: "Who is so cruel?"

"The little one looked around, but found nothing but these corpses

Other traces of crime. Xue Zhutou shook his head helplessly.

Mei Xiaoren was silent, plucking up the courage to take a few steps forward. She went deep into the scene to check the details of the killings of these people, but when she didn't look at each corpse closely, she was already terrified, and when she looked so closely, she was almost suffocated with fright, and her brain was dizzy.

What a terrible death these people had

Some of them had their throats cut raw, and the wounds were so deep that if they tried harder, they would have their heads cut off; Some were pierced through the heart with sharp weapons, and there were bright red holes in the front and back of the chest; Some of them were cut in half of their heads with extremely sharp knives, and the milky white brains were mixed with the red blood

Mei Xiaoren's stomach swelled, and he almost vomited on the spot. She quickly turned her back and avoided looking at the most horrific corpse.

But here it is thirty-four lives, and even if she turns around, she is still dead in front of her, at best, the death is not as ugly as the one just now.

Mei Xiaoren restrained her nausea and continued to look at the corpses around her, her gaze suddenly froze, and for a moment she seemed to abandon all fear, looking straight at the fat dead person in front of her, and gradually frowned.

She saw it for a long time because it was familiar.

Not only is the line familiar, but the face is also familiar.

This wasn't the bandit she caught last time

Mei Xiaoren approached to check and made sure that the fat deceased in front of him was undoubtedly the second leader of the bandits. She turned her head again, looked at it with disgust, and recognized that the half-cut head was indeed the leader of the bandits.

She had interrogated these two people, and she would never be mistaken.

For a while, Mei Xiaoren's mind was so confused, and the case became more and more confusing.

She couldn't make the connection between the fact that she had captured the bandits and that they were all dead here.

As early as after the arraignment of the two bandit leaders, she handed them over to the official sent by the state government according to the rules. The bandits should be locked up in the prison of Xuanzhou Mansion at this time, how could they come out and come to Yunxian County, and now they are dying here

"My lord, they seem to be," Ye Zhi was stunned.

"I can see it."

"But aren't these people already escorted into Xuanzhou?"

"It's here." Mei Xiaoren frowned, his expression was full of deep worry.

"Could it be that they escaped from prison," Ye Zhi guessed.

Mei Xiaoren shook his head. She wasn't sure anything else, but an escape from prison was never going to happen. This group of bandits couldn't even escape from the cell of her county government, and they were able to escape from the prison of Xuanzhou Mansion

What is the state capital, the cells there are not only spacious, but also as solid as the city, and ordinary prisoners are afraid that even if they have wings, they will not escape.

What's more, if someone escapes from prison, she will definitely receive a wanted letter here, how can she be silent.

Mei Xiaoren circled around the scene of the crime a few times, carefully searching for clues, but there was nothing here except trees, grass, and corpses, or the murderer left nothing.

It was getting late, and it was inconvenient to search at night, so she ordered: "Carry them all back, and find a work to perform an autopsy." ”

Although it was a group of bandits who died, these bandits had never been convicted of a capital crime, and now that they were dead, it was a real murder, and she had to investigate.

The investigation is not only to reveal the truth about their deaths, but Mei Xiaoren also wants to know why they were able to leave the prison of the prefect's yamen unscathed.

Maybe it's really the reason:

They have the support of the imperial court officials behind them.