Chapter 61
With a plan, there is an idea, and if you have an idea, you will not be so afraid, and then there is guts, the guts just came, not much, but it was enough for him to put away the three pieces of gold scattered on the bed, Jiang Liu went to the bed, did not look at the dead ghost who fell to the ground, picked up the three pieces of gold scattered on the bed, and put them back into the cloth bag, and then, tremblingly, turned out dozens of five-baht coins from the bodies of the big ghost and the second ghost, and looked at the bamboo tube in the hand of the big ghost, and thought, this is given to me by the little monk, I still wear it on my body, Because the thing in the small bamboo tube, which was both like a worm and a snake, saved himself this time, so what did he hesitate about, Jiang Liu gritted his teeth and broke the hand of the big ghost, and took the small bamboo tube back again.
Jiang Liu just took the small bamboo tube in his hand, but found that the bamboo tube was empty, the insect was gone, and the lid was gone, he had to look down to find the cover, just lowered his head, he saw the bamboo bucket covered at the feet of the big ghost, just when Jiang Liu reached out to pick up the bamboo tube cover, suddenly a red light flashed, just flew to the back of the firewood wok's head and disappeared The thing that was both like a small green snake and a black insect flew into the bamboo tube, Jiang Liu saw clearly, it turned out that it was not a black worm, but a bright red and bright red thing like a small snake, Strangely enough, it had two small horns on its forehead, but its eyes were large, its body was no longer than its little finger, and it kept spitting a crossed letter back and forth from its mouth.
Originally, after the thing that resembled a small snake flew back, Jiang Liu wanted to close the lid again, but at the moment when he was about to put the lid on the bamboo bucket, he suddenly found that the little snake, which was still red and transparent just now, and its body was round, turned dark blue in the bamboo tube, and its body dried up a little bit, as if he saw it for the first time, it became a small black worm again.
Jiang Liu wanted to take a good look at what was going on with this little worm, but when he looked up and saw the corpse next to him, he was scared again, he couldn't do it, a scholar, there had experienced this bloody and bloody scene, so the frightened Jiang Liu blew up his courage and rushed to the door, coincidentally, the place where he landed was where the firewood wok fell to the ground, the dead woody wok was lying on the ground, curled up on the ground, I wanted to leave the river in this unknown place quickly, and saw the firewood wok curled up on the ground and died, and my heart was angry. Good you are a honey-bellied sword, a devil who kills people without blinking, good you are a hypocrite, this is your retribution, Jiang Liu really wants to give him a kick to relieve his anger, but he doesn't have the guts.
Jiang Liu hesitated next to the corpse of the firewood wok, whether to go or do something, I don't know why, Jiang Liu hesitated again and again, but put his hand into the arms of the wood wok, rummaged for a while, and found a piece of loose silver and a string of five baht coins on him, Jiang Liu felt that he had made it, he put these scattered silver and money strings into the small cloth bag, and then into the coat, put the small bamboo tube and the money bag into his arms, and then walked out of the bloody yard.
Jiang Liu cautiously walked on the road in the courtyard, and suddenly he saw two guys in green clothes and pants coming from the front yard, Jiang Liu was alert at this time, he quietly dodged and hid in the bushes, until the two guys walked over, disappeared into the darkness, he came out again, and walked towards the front yard.
The courtyard was quiet, there was neither a figure nor a sound, where did Jiang Liu have time to take care of these, he took small steps, tried to lower his footsteps, came to the corridor leading to the front yard, and then came to the front hall, fortunately, there was no one in the front hall, and then Jiang Liu put his mind at ease, and soon walked out of the robber's den and came to the street.
The street is very quiet, occasionally there will be the sound of the wind, sometimes there is the sound of the wind blowing the branches, after this bloody wind and the last time was robbed, Jiang Liu has a long heart, if he was not greedy for the night last time, he may not fall into the hands of robbers, if he is not bent on going to the official, he will not fall into the hands of the firewood wok, so it seems that he can't be greedy for the night road, let alone go to the official, and then three people died at once, and he doesn't seem to be able to say clearly when he arrives at the government, and, From the matter reported to Chai Wok by the big ghost, Jiang Liu has already understood that the county order is in a group with them, or a bad official, how can there be a good official who alchemy and mutilates women, just by virtue of this, he will not go to him to report to the official, so what should I do?
Jiang Liu kept thinking about this in his mind, and after walking a street, he came to the light again, so he simply went to a small inn on the edge of the county to stay for a night, and when he arrived at the inn, he begged the store to help him buy clothes, so that who could recognize himself, anyway, those robbers and firewood woks were dead!
Jiang Liu made up his mind, and soon came to the door of the only small inn on the edge of the county, he raised his hand to push the door open, just as the shopkeeper came out, and asked with a smile; "Guest officer, stay in the hotel, it's a coincidence, there is only one room left."
Jiang Liu said busily; "Stay in the hotel, stay in the hotel, but I want to trouble the little second brother to get me a basin of warm water first, and then find me a set of clothes, whether it is new or old, I will give more money."
The shopkeeper listened to Jiang Liu's words, looked at him carefully, and saw that although he was dusty and his clothes were dirty, he looked like a scholar, so he said; "Guest officer, I'll fetch water for you, but I don't have clothes here, and if you want to change clothes, you have to buy a set tomorrow after the ready-to-wear store opens during the day."
Jiang Liu was anxious to change his clothes, because he was afraid that someone would come to the yamen to find the murderer after a while or after dawn, after all, there was a girl in the inn who had seen him, if they interrogated the girl, and the girl said that there was still him, and there was no him in the three corpses, the people in the yamen would definitely think that he was the murderer, or that he was a suspect, so he hurriedly said to the shopkeeper; "Little second brother, you see that I accidentally fell into the pond while walking at night just now, my body is dirty and smelly, and I can't wear this clothes, if you can go home and help me find an old clothes that you worn, I will give you the price of new clothes." What do you think? ”
The man in the shop listened to Jiang Liu's plea, and suddenly felt that his good luck had come, and if he went home and found an old dress that he usually wore, and then sold it to him for the price of silk clothes, wouldn't he have made a lot of money, so he said; "Seeing that you, the guest officer, must be a scholar, and you are not used to wearing shabby and buried clothes, in this case, I will fulfill you, while the guests in the store are asleep, you go to the well in the backyard to get water to wash, I will go home and get you clothes, my house is a street away from the inn, I can come back without a glass of water."
After speaking, the guy in the shop happily ran to get clothes for Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu came to the well in the backyard, first looked back at the inn, he saw that there was only a dim oil lamp on the counter in front of the inn, and the other rooms were pitch black, so he put his mind at ease, put a bucket of water, and took a cold bath on the edge of the well, and before he finished bathing, the guy ran out of breath and came back, and when he got to Jiang Liu, who was still bathing, he whispered; "I brought you the clothes you wanted, but these are the only clothes I have, and I bought them for fifteen plants."
Jiang Liu looked at the man and was busy answering; "Please put that garment on the clean stone next to me, and when I'm done, I'll get you money when I get back to the room."
The guy immediately said with a smile; "Okay, I'll get you a towel to wipe your body."
The guy hurriedly ran to the front desk, brought a new towel, and handed it to Jiang Liu, who had already taken a bath, Jiang Liu wiped his body clean, and put on the old clothes that the guy brought, and he didn't see what color it was in the dark, and when the guy led him to the guest room, he saw that it was a half-worn green linen shirt and pants, although it was slightly wider on him, but it was also quite fit, however, this dress was worth three dollars when it was new, but in order to hide his true thoughts and identity, he didn't say anything, quickly took out fifteen plants and handed them to the little second brother.
The second brother took the money and was expressing his gratitude, when Jiang Liu said again; "Little second brother, is there any food in the store?"
When the man heard this, he immediately replied; "The inn never prepares meals for guests, but I have two steamed buns here, which are prepared for me to eat when I am hungry at night, I see that the guest officer is from afar, he must be hungry, if the guest officer does not dislike it, I will give it to the guest officer to eat."
Jiang Liu had already reached the point of hunger, and as soon as the fellow finished speaking, he said; "Thank you, second brother, it's the best, I won't eat those two steamed buns in vain, please put them into my accommodation fee tomorrow morning."
The fellow spoke; "Yes, I've been hungry all night."
Jiang Liu ate up two steamed buns with a few mouthfuls of boiled water, although he was not full, he would not sleep hungry, Jiang Liu was lying on the bed of the inn, his head had just touched the pillow, and he fell asleep, asleep, asleep, he suddenly found that the wood wok was holding a knife dripping with blood, stabbing at him, he wanted to run but couldn't move his legs, he wanted to shout for help, but he couldn't open his mouth, in a hurry, Jiang Liu raised his hand to grab the blood-dripping knife, just when he was about to grab the knife, there was a knock on the door behind him, oh, boom, someone saved himself, Hurry up and open the door, Jiang Liu immediately jumped off the ground to open the door, and when he stood on the ground, he really heard a violent knock on the door, wasn't he dreaming just now!
Bang, bang, Jiang Liu heard the sound of violent kicking outside the gate again, and at this time, he forgot whether he was dreaming or not, and after a while, he heard the guy ask in a loud voice; "Who, kicking the door like that?"
An even more savage voice came from outside the door; "Grandma, look for death, don't open the door and set fire to your thief shop!"
Bang, there was another violent bang, and the door must have opened, I don't know if it was kicked open by the person outside or the guy who opened it, followed by shouting and scolding; "Why are you looking for death, why did you open the door?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know if the officials arrived, I missed the distance, and I still look at Haihan, and I look at Haihan."
Obviously, it was another voice that was not a loss, and after this voice, Jiang Liu could not hear anything, and after a while, Jiang Liu heard another voice; "Or the boss understands things, do you think, is it easy for us to get up early and crawl in the middle of the night, last night Chai Ye and his two subordinates were suddenly poisoned and died, and still haven't figured it out, we are assigned by the county master to strictly check the inns and all the places where the foreign population gathers at dawn, no, we will go to your inn to see, there are any suspicious people."
Then, another man's voice spoke; "Look at what you said, sir, our inn is the most law-abiding, what suspicious people can be hidden there, don't believe it, ask our buddy, he was in the inn last night."