Chapter 123: Horizontal eyebrows and angry eyes
Beizhu lowered his head in disappointment, now only the front yard was left to look for, but what could there be. But since she came, if she didn't go, she would be unwilling. "Let's go ahead and have a look!"
Du Zijun doesn't matter, he is here anyway, and it is nothing to delay a little longer. He walked ahead and walked towards the front yard.
As soon as he stepped into the front yard, Du Zijun vaguely smelled the smell of rotting animal corpses, which made people feel a little disgusting. The further he went, the stronger the smell became, and he muttered to himself, how many rats would have to die to have such a big smell.
The front yard was nothing special except for the disgusting smell, the same overgrown weeds were empty. The only thing that's a little different is that the lobby door is open.
As we approached the lobby, the smell of corruption was so strong that I wanted to vomit.
"Brother Zijun, what does this smell like?" Beizhu asked with her hands over her nose, she was almost unable to breathe.
"I don't know, it's probably a dead mouse." Du Zijun also covered his nose with his sleeve, the smell was worse than the night incense he poured.
He walked up the stairs and saw something lying in the middle of the lobby, and thought to himself, "Is the rat a sperm?" So big! When he saw it clearly, he was startled, and quickly turned around and covered Beizhu's eyes, "You turn around, don't peek." ”
Beizhu didn't know what was going on, so Du Zijun turned her body to the courtyard and asked timidly, "Is there anything in there?" ”
"I'll take a look, and you don't look back. As soon as you turn around, I'll die! Du Zijun threatened her.
He endured the strong discomfort and walked towards the lobby, just skimming the figure, really saw it, his stomach turned upside down, and he turned around and vomited.
There was a dead man lying on the ground, dressed in a purple dress, his body had begun to rot, and his eyes and tongue had come out, which was much more terrifying than a demon, and the smell emanated from the corpse.
Du Zijun vomited all the sour water in his stomach, he retched a few more times, tore off his belt, and covered his nose. Rao is nose covered, the smell is still pervasive, Du Zijun feels uncomfortable in his eyes.
He turned again, only to see a deep wound on the corpse's neck, crawling with wriggling maggots. The feeling of vomiting hit his heart again, but this time Du Zijun only retched.
The strong smell of corruption, as well as the rotting corpse, had reached Du Zijun's limit, and he rushed out of it as if he was fleeing.
Before Beizhu could react, he was pulled by Du Zijun and ran, and he didn't stop until he left the mansion.
"Brother Zijun, what's inside?" Beizhu asked worriedly, she was frightened by Du Zijun's appearance.
came out, Du Zijun felt that it didn't matter what he told her, so he spoke, "There is a female corpse lying on the ground, all rotten, and there are maggots on it." I'm disgusting! ”
When Beizhu thought of that scene, he remembered the taste just now, and his stomach began to feel a little uncomfortable. She rubbed her stomach and suppressed the discomfort, "Are we going to report to the police?"
Du Zijun shook his head, the woman was obviously killed, he vaguely felt that Bai Shuqin did it, if the official found Bai Shuqin, the murder would pay for his life.
"Let's go back and tell the three princes, which official can be as big as the three princes!" Du Zijun said.
"Well, let's go back then!" Beizhu nodded, she just wanted to leave this place quickly, thinking that there was a dead person inside, she thought of the ghost stories that Du Zijun told him, and her legs were a little weak.
Zhuo Jinxuan has returned to normal in the past two days, but every night when he goes back, he locks himself in Bai Shuqin's room.
Du Zijun and Beizhu broke into Bai Shuqin's room directly without knocking on the door as usual, and when they saw Zhuo Jinxuan sitting at the window, Du Zijun said badly and offended Zhuo Jinxuan.
Zhuo Jinxuan didn't react much to their recklessness, just turned his head to look at the two of them and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Beizhu raised his head and looked at Du Zijun, Du Zijun hurriedly stepped forward and walked in front of Zhuo Jinxuan, and told Zhuo Jinxuan what he saw in Han Yu's mansion.
The matter of Jiangzhou, Zhuo Jinxuan still remembered it, Bai Shuqin did say that Han Yu was in danger. After hearing what Du Zijun said, Zhuo Jinxuan's first reaction was that Bai Shuqin did it.
"Don't make a noise about this, go back and rest." Zhuo Jinxuan commanded.
Du Zijun wanted to say something, but he felt that Zhuo Jinxuan should be able to understand what he meant. If it was really found out that Bai Shuqin did it, and Zhuo Jinxuan was unwilling to cover it up, Du Zijun decided that he would come to apologize for Bai Shuqin at that time.
Zhuo Jinxuan didn't wait long, so he asked Qingluan to inform Sima Liang, and at the same time asked him to take his work and rush to Han Yu's mansion.
At this time, it was already dark, Zhuo Jinxuan took Qingfeng and came to Han Yu's mansion first. Qingfeng once struggled on the rivers and lakes for a period of time, and he learned to pick locks at that time.
The two came to the lobby that Du Zijun said, and before they arrived, they already smelled a smell of corruption.
Zhuo Jinxuan just covered his nose, when he was on the frontier, he smelled the question a hundred times stronger than this, so his expression was still calm.
Aomine held a torch and lit up the entire lobby. The corpses on the ground are especially horrible at night.
The weather is not hot yet, and judging from the extent of the corpse's decay now, Zhuo Jinxuan speculated that this person had been dead for about ten days, which was almost the day when Bai Shuqin had a miscarriage.
Over there, Qingluan also rushed over with Sima Liang and his servants, and when he came in, Sima Liang pinched his nose, he once swore never to smell this smell again. Now, however, he could only endure the feeling of nausea.
He was an old man of about the age of sixtieth, his face was dark, his figure was rickety, and his eyes were unusually bright in the night. Without saying a word, he came in and crouched down next to the corpse and examined it with a special tool.
The wound on his neck attracted the attention of the servant, and he used a knife to set aside the maggots crawling on it, checked the depth and length of the wound, and had a rough inference about the cause of the woman's death, and then wiped the things into the box.
"How?" Zhuo Jinxuan asked.
"The time of death is about ten days, and according to what the old man sees, it should be eleven days to be exact." He continued his reasoning, "There was only a visible wound on the neck, about one centimeter deep and seven centimeters long, which was enough to cause death. As for the murder weapon, it is not like a dagger or anything like that, but more like a hairpin or something sharp. ”
Zhuo Jinxuan had an answer in his heart for a long time, there was no hairpin in Bai Shuqin's hair that day, and the blood on his face must have been splashed by this person. It's just why did Bai Shuqin kill her?
Bai Shuqin will not kill people casually, even if it is in Jiangzhou, unless it is absolutely necessary, she will spare someone else's life, at most, she will abolish the force.
can make Bai Shuqin angry to the point of murder, this person must have said something to anger her. Thinking of what Bai Shuqin said in the Bai Mansion, Zhuo Jinxuan had already guessed a rough idea, he turned to Qingfeng and ordered: "You and the same person find a place to bury the body, and then quickly go to investigate whether Han Yu has had contact with the Bai Mansion." ”
Aomine nodded and replied, "Yes!" ”
Now that he knew what he wanted, Sima Liang didn't want to stay here longer, so he didn't wait for Zhuo Jinxuan to say anything more, so he pulled him outside.
At sunset, Bai Shuqin and his party finally stepped into the border of the Zhou State, and it had been nearly a month since they left the capital.
Surrounded by the wilderness of the Gobi, the ground is still hot even though it is dusk.
As soon as Bai Shuqin wiped the sweat off his forehead, new sweat came out again, as if he could never wipe it off. She used her hand as a fan, and kept fanning the wind, but the wind was just as hot.
In such a hot environment, even the horses slowed down and ran out of energy.
Bai Shuqin looked at Nangong Che with his eyes closed and calm, as if the air around him was cold, and there was not even a drop of sweat on his forehead.
This can make Bai Shuqin open his eyes, even if it is a monk with six pure roots, he may not be able to calm his mind as much as water in this temperature, let alone a person like Nangong Che who has a city government in his heart?
She approached Nangong Che's side and didn't feel any coolness in his position.
"Aren't you hot?" Bai Shuqin finally couldn't help but ask.
Nangong Che opened one eye, closed it quietly, and threw her a sentence lightly, "The heart is calm and naturally cool." ”
In this case, Bai Shuqin would definitely not believe it, but she didn't bother to ask any more, when the sun set, the temperature here should drop.
The last shadow of the sun sank into the horizon, and the surroundings finally began to cool down, and Bai Shuqin's hands were finally freed.
After crossing the border, we walked about twenty miles west and came to a village. It is said that it is a village, and there are dozens of families scattered around, and there is an inn in the distance for pedestrians to rest.
The inn has two floors, a wooden structure, and a yellow flag is planted on the outside, on which is the word "welcome".
I don't know why Bai Shuqin feels that this place is like the Dragon Gate Inn seen in the movie, maybe there is also a charming proprietress in it, thinking about it like this, she actually has a little expectation.
The proprietress did have one, but it was not gold-inlaid jade, but an old woman in gray-blue cotton clothes, and the rest were young men, all of whom looked like they were fierce and vicious.
Bai Shuqin noticed that the person who ran the hall had thick calluses on his thumb and index knuckles, which were obviously caused by the use of knives for many years.
The eyes of a large number of the girls were full of malice, and Bai Shuqin instinctively felt disgusted.
"Boss, how much does it cost?" The leading guard asked a man dressed like a shopkeeper.
The man sat on the table and only raised his head, "Five hundred taels!" ”
"Five hundred taels? Are you mistaken? I think it's enough to buy your store for five hundred taels! The guard apparently didn't believe the price, thinking he was playing tricks on him.
The shopkeeper didn't look like a joke, and said impatiently: "Five hundred taels, you can't hold it!" ”
The temperature difference between day and night in the Gobi is extremely large, and it is colder outside at night than in winter. There is only this inn nearby, and if you don't live there, you can only go outside to be frozen.
The guards couldn't make up their minds, so they came back to ask Nangong Che. Nangong Che didn't take the money to heart, nodded to the guard, and the guard went over to pay.
Five hundred taels, Bai Shuqin thought to himself that this Nangong Che was really generous, if it was her, how could she bargain. But this money is not from her, she has no opinion on how much he spends.
After paying, the shopkeeper led them upstairs. A room of five hundred taels is not as good as one or two outside.
Bai Shuqin, as before, lived in one room alone. When she entered, she habitually closed the door, but when she saw another small hole in the door, she reached out and touched it, and it was scalded out with a fire fold.
Although she has not mixed in the ancient rivers and lakes, she has also watched a lot of ancient movies and television, which is likely to be used for sweat medicine.
Bai Shuqin quietly threw the salute on the bed and went out to walk around on the second floor. As she expected, there was such a round hole in the door of each room, and in the corner, it was impossible to see it if she didn't pay attention.