Chapter 172: Slipping Liver Tip (12)
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead as the vague shadow drew closer to him.
He never believed in ghosts, but now, he was really scared.
A few days ago, he was a high-spirited magistrate, but now he was forced by a young child in his sleep to have nowhere to hide.
Yes, it was his dream, and he knew very well that it was his dream.
But there was no way for him to wake up.
He remembered her vividly, her clothes wet and smelling of moss from the old well. Her hair was messy, sticking to her still immature face. Her skin was pale with a hint of cyan. mouth, slightly open. There was some white foam in the mouth, and when you got closer, you could smell a smell similar to bitter almonds. Her eyes are not big, but they are very good-looking Danfeng eyes. When he looked into her eyes, he noticed that those eyes were staring at him as well. In the dark pupils and the whites of his eyes that are blue and blue, he can't smell the breath of meaning.
Also, the eyes of a dead man, even if they are open, are lifeless.
Under the gaze of the villagers, he tried to close her eyes. The palm of his hand brushed over her eyelashes, feeling a little prickly.
Once, twice, three times.
The eyes were always staring, showing no sign of wanting to close.
As the county magistrate, and in full view of everyone, he really can't get off the stage. He held his breath and silently said in his heart, "You can rest assured, I will definitely catch your murderer!" ”
Xu is eyes have been staring for too long and tired, Xu is own silent thoughts have worked, and when he makes the last attempt, those eyes are closed.
The girl's father and mother thanked him a thousand times, and the onlookers praised him as a rare good parental official. When he heard this, his heart rejoiced.
But now, he is entangled by her. Cause...... Probably he never caught the murderer.
Angry?
When he thought of this word, he immediately felt a little aggrieved.
It's not that he doesn't want to solve the case, and it's not that he doesn't want to help her catch the murderer, but the case has no clue for a while, and he has no choice but to put it on hold temporarily.
He looked at the shadow, his mouth wide open, trying to explain, but he found that he couldn't make any sound at all.
By the way, this is in his dream, and the person in the dream may not be able to speak.
He gestured at her, hoping that she would understand his difficulties, or at least let him slow down, and not come to pester him and scare him every time he just fell asleep. He is a man, not a god, and after a few days, he can't stand it anymore.
The shadow stopped, vanished.
He felt himself catch his breath.
A gust of wind blew, and a chill ran on his back, as if something was touching his back.
What is it?
He turned his head slowly, and met a pair of familiar eyes.
"Hah!"
A mouth opened at him, and he saw the bright red tongue rolling in the white foam.
"Ahh He finally screamed.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself sitting on the bed in a daze.
The jacket hung loosely on his body, and his abdomen was a little cold. He closed his eyes at first, then wiped his hand on his forehead, pulled the quilt that had been kicked aside and casually covered his body.
"Hah!"
It was the same voice again, only clearer than it had been in a dream.
He sat up again with a carp slap. There was some pain in the abdomen, like something was coming out of it.
He got out of bed in a hurry, didn't bother to put on his shoes, and hurriedly lit the lamp and candle in the bedroom.
I looked down and found a bulge in my abdomen.
Carefully lifting his clothes, he saw a face, a familiar face.
"Ahh
He screamed as he panicked backwards. His legs hit the bed board, and he fell to the bed.
Nightmare, this is an absolute nightmare.
Sober, he must let himself come to his senses.
The palm of his hand slapped heavily on his face, it hurt so much that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Hah!"
It's still the same voice, but with a little more mockery in it.
Everyone in the government knew that he was sick, but they didn't know what kind of disease he had.
The lady had brought a few concubines to visit him, and was anxious to stay and take care of him, but he threw him out.
He felt like he had become a monster, lest the secret would be known.
One day, two days, three days...... Just as he was about to be tortured and insane, the butler knocked on the bedroom door.
He has a fierce look in his eyes, but finally confesses his secret to the butler.
The housekeeper invited the master of the temple, but the master was frightened away by the strange human face.
After several twists and turns, he met Mr. Qiu and learned the solution from Mr. Qiu.
Method 1: Solve the case and arrest the murderer to comfort the soul of the deceased in heaven, so as to fulfill his promise.
Method 2: Fight poison with poison and feed this parasitic imp with the heart and liver of a good person. After feeding to a certain extent, the imp will naturally be influenced and leave his body.
He is a parent official, so he is naturally reluctant to choose the second option. But after many efforts, the murderer who seemed to be about to come out was still nowhere to be found. In desperation, he had to follow the housekeeper's advice and choose the second option.
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When Wang Huzi saw the man, he knew that he had planted it.
It turned out that those rumors outside were true, he was really doing something for the county magistrate, and his master, the dignified magistrate, actually appeared in the tomb he wanted to steal.
There are all human and physical evidence, and he has no way to defend himself.
He thought that the next moment, the county magistrate would call out the officials and send them to the hall of the government. As a result, the county magistrate just gently threw him a multiple-choice question. If you want to help the county magistrate, whether it is done or not, he can get a sum of silver, and from then on wash his hands in a golden basin and live a clean life. Otherwise, if he was sent to the government prison, whether he can come out or when he can come out depends on the mood of this county magistrate.
If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will perish, and besides, he is not the kind of good person who will sacrifice himself for others.
After only struggling for a moment, he chose to help the county master without hesitation.
The plan is very simple, the butler next to the county magistrate will designate the person who needs to obtain the liver, and then he will dig a thief hole with the help of the night, and the person will take the target away without knowing it.
The county magistrate initially chose a child with a medical condition. The child had an incurable disease and needed to take medicine all year round, which had already brought down the whole family. According to the county magistrate, he took the child away and took the liver, not only for himself, but also for the child, and even for the child's family.
Before leaving, the butler approached him and asked him to dig another hole in the ground, but the destination was the man's house.
That person is the husband of Man Niang, and he is also the one who coaxed Wang Huzi to rob the tomb.
Wang Huzi hated him, and he had no opinion on the butler's proposal. So, according to the instructions of the housekeeper, he found a suitable place and dug an underground passage to Manniang's house. With the help of the usual smoke on the rivers and lakes, he stole the children of the Manniang family.
As soon as the robbers said it, it was also the news that the steward had ordered someone to spread out. The reason is very simple, there are frequent baby theft incidents in the area under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, if there is no reasonable explanation, how can you block the mouth of the people and appease the panicked people.
Wang Huzi followed the instructions of the housekeeper and put Manniang's child in the house that he had agreed before. When that person knew the truth and went to the housekeeper for questioning, he happened to fall into another trap carefully set for him by the housekeeper.
Although he is working for the county master, he is not the master's henchman, and now that he knows the master's secret, the housekeeper naturally can't tolerate him. Wang Huzi was sad, knowing that his fate would not be much better than that of Manniang's husband. The housekeeper kept him because the matter was not finished yet.
Wang Huzi was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of affecting his family, he privately made up a story of the fox fairy, and wanted to transfer his wife and children out with the help of the fox fairy's revenge, but he was still a step too late.
First, his eldest son fell into the hands of the butler, and then the butler threatened his eldest son's life to let him find more livers. Digging holes, stealing babies, killing people, and taking livers, Wang Beard completed the transformation from a tomb robber to a murderer in just a few days.
He did his best, but he still couldn't save his child. He wanted to tell the truth, but found that he simply didn't have the courage to speak. As for revenge, it was something he didn't dare to do, because behind him, there was the entire Wang family. Therefore, when his wife questioned him and accused him repeatedly, he could only clench his fists and defend himself weakly.
The housekeeper calculated everything, but he didn't calculate that this rabbit would bite if he was in a hurry.