Chapter 66

"If you can destroy the corpse like that, the murderer must be extremely cruel, and now you have a better choice than the Xinguan Mansion to bring people to justice?" Xiao Qinglang's eyes were cold, and he looked at the dagger that was three inches deep after cutting off the saber of the official and directly inserted into the wooden stake behind him, and said solemnly, "Who dares to say that after we leave, the murderer will not become a disaster?" ”

The cold wind suddenly rose, rolling up a cold light, and the people's anger, which was still on the verge of eruption, suddenly fell silent.

Just now, everyone just came with fear and resentment in their hearts, but now that they saw the guards who were eyeing each other, and the courage of the noble son to break the sword, they didn't dare to fight hard. What's more, his words were methodical and loud, but the old man who took the lead in making trouble couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, but subconsciously looked at Li Zheng's side. It wasn't until he saw that Li Zheng had no words or said anything that he gritted his teeth and said: "Joke, what murderer, that's a ghost committing a crime, otherwise how could it be silent and there is no trace at all?" ”

As soon as this remark came out, it woke up many people, and the discussion started again for a while, and now there is another incident.

"The murder case of the Five Elements Evil Ghost in Yunzhou City was solved by the maid beside my son. Then the ghost village Furong white bone case was also solved by her. All goblins have been subdued. Do you think that the matter of the small Hejia Village can stump her? ”

Since Xu Chu became famous in the Five Elements Case, he had already sent someone to hide his whereabouts and origins. Especially after deciding to let her intervene in the matter of Jinzhou, he paid more and more attention to covering up Xu Chu's whereabouts. Now, probably everyone in the market only knows that she has left King Jing'an, and she is missing after the Furong Inn.

After the people left temporarily, Huang Xian Ling hesitated and asked, "Childe, that puppet with a ghostly fire and can judge the Yin Division, is really this girl next to you?" ”

"Naturally, because it is inconvenient to go out, I pretend to be my personal maidservant." Xiao Qinglang nodded when he heard this, and said, "I have always been interested in strange cases, so when I got the opportunity, I invited her to go with her." ”

Huang Xianling looked Xu Chu up and down, his expression was strange, his eyes were full of light, and he said again and again: "This official understands, understands......"

It's just that the tone and expression, as ambiguous/ambiguous as possible, Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu's faces sank.

In this vacancy, everyone intends to return to the house. Just as he turned around, Xiao Qinglang walked to Xu Chu's side slightly, and whispered: "Huang Dashan, this person, you can use it as much as you want." Although he is mediocre and opportunistic, he has never had a case of cunning or injustice under his rule, which shows that he has some ability and is not a corrupt official who has committed a heinous crime. ”

Xu Chu heard this, although he didn't know why he had this advice, but he didn't have any doubts about his judgment. Xiao Qinglang, the king of Jing'an, is not a fiery eye, but he has also read all the suspicious case files of the Three Law Divisions and the Inner Court, and he must have seen more cases than he has encountered in his two lives. Therefore, since he said that Huang Dashan is credible, he probably can't be wrong.

Several people stood up, led by Xu Chu, and slowly unfolded the local map in their hands.

This is Huang County's order last night to make people rush to get it from the county government, and it is said that it was painted by a walker who can be called Xu Xiake. The geology of the mountains and rivers on it, the grass and trees are all vivid, and it is not as simple as the general map.

Therefore, as soon as he opened it, Xu Chu was surprised. This is really comparable to a three-dimensional version, and that person must have great talent.

Huang Xian Ling obviously saw Xu Chu's thoughts, and hurriedly said proudly: "This is one of the treasures of this county, many people have come to participate in the film before, and there are many people outside the city who want to buy it with a lot of money." However, the official is not stupid, with the accumulation of a small amount, the money contributed by those who want to see the legendary drawings has created countless profits and benefits for the county government, and it must not be short-sighted and lose it for the sake of immediate interests. ”

He may be confused in his daily questioning behavior, and he speaks with a somewhat muddy attitude, but he is extremely shrewd in the face of things related to money.

One is that his father-in-law's family is a businessman who is proficient in business, and the other is that the county is really poor and has not many ways to make a living, so he will definitely not give up easily if he catches one.

Yesterday, that is, he wanted to curry favor with the nobleman who came from the capital and befriended the playboy, so he gritted his teeth and ruthlessly asked people to take this map. If it were someone else, even if he had more silver, he would be reluctant to take the drawing paper out of the yamen.

Xu Chu, who saw through Huang County's thoughts, instantly understood what Xiao Qinglang had just said. Sure enough, he may not be a good county official, but he is a good person.

However, those have nothing to do with Xu Chu, and the most important thing for her at the moment is to use this rare map to find out what secrets are hidden in the local mountains. They had to make the next effort for a small village, and even threaten the village with great fanfare, without paying any attention to the government.

Xu Chu frowned and pondered, standing side by side with Xiao Qinglang, and after a long time, the two of them stretched out their hands together and pointed to a few places that were more in line with her previous judgment during the autopsy.

"Nowadays, there are not enough people to check all of them, but if the murderer discovers his whereabouts, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to pursue them."

If it is said that hesitation, this is the key to Xu Chu's hesitation, unless they can determine which one it is.

"Aside from the water source and moss, there must be a cave in this place." As Xu Chu spoke, he took out from the toolbox what he had collected from the cracks between the fingernails of the second deceased, which were similar to sand and gravel but not identical. "This is what I got from the deceased, but it's too little to tell what it is?"

The light yellow particles glowed with bright stars under the bright light, Xiao Qinglang's fingers rubbed, and he said coldly after a while: "It's a copper mine!" ”

Xu Chu's eyes were cold, his face changed and he looked at him, and when he saw that his eyes had not changed, he raised his hand and rubbed his somewhat sore forehead. Sure enough, she knew it wouldn't be that simple.

Brass produced in copper mines, also known as copper-zinc alloy in previous lives, is a well-known fake gold. Because it is easy to fill, has good thermal conductivity, and is not easy to oxidize, it is often minted as coins in the imperial court.

It is precisely because the smelted brass can be minted that the imperial court has more jurisdiction over it than gold mines. You must know that whether it is coins or gold and silver, once they are mined privately, it will disrupt the economy of the Great Zhou Dynasty at least, and shake the national capital and hinder the national ancestry.

The two murders involved the copper mine, which Xu Chu did not expect.

She clenched her fingers on the map, frowning and thinking that if copper ore was mined on a large scale without reporting it to the imperial court, it would be nothing more than two situations. First, there are illegal speculative businessmen or unscrupulous people who want to empty their gloves and white wolves, secretly mine copper ore, and then make copper products and sell them at high prices. The second is...... mint counterfeit money, make a profit in turn, or rebel.

But in fact, in addition to the copper mine, this case also involved two or even several lives! It would never be as simple as a businessman making a profit.

Obviously, what she can think of, Xiao Qinglang will naturally think of. He waved his hand and ordered Wei Guang in a deep voice: "Send people back to Yunzhou City quickly and mobilize people to come!" ”

Xu Chu straightened his back and pursed his lips silently. It's just that in my heart, I repeatedly said that I have thought about several cases recently, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were in the case of the murder of the five elements evil ghosts, and in the end, only a few boxes were recovered. Then there is the case of the Furong Inn, the benefits of the women in the ghost village who were imprisoned are just to control some officials?

Not only does it involve countless wealth, but it also almost treats some officials as puppets, and dares to attack the officials of the imperial court. For a moment, she suddenly felt that the road ahead was ethereal, could they really go smoothly to Jinzhou City?

At this time, in addition to Li Zheng, He Laohan stumbled to a few people, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Lord help, live Bodhisattva help...... The village is strange, and my two sons didn't come back because they didn't find anything to make a living. ”

He wiped a handful of snot and tears, looking excited, "If there is a missing person in the village, there must be a child missing." The second daughter-in-law of my family eloped with someone because she couldn't keep it, but the only seedling son of the second family was kidnapped in the middle of the night by something I don't know if it was a person or a ghost, and she ran away when she was crazy in a hurry......"

Xu Chu had never believed that there were ghosts and gods committing crimes, but seeing that He Laohan's expression did not seem to be lying, he was afraid that he had really seen some terrible scene. Of course, that scene may not be a ghost, but he can't explain it and has never seen it, so he will be a ghost.

After returning to her senses, she didn't have time to worry about the worries in her heart. only glanced up at Xiao Qinglang, and saw that Xiao Qinglang did not have the intention of stopping himself from coming forward to ask, so he considered and said: "Don't panic, uncle, since the officials are here, we will definitely find out at this time, even if there are really ghosts, they will never be missed." ”

At this time, He Laohan was helped up by the guards, and several people returned to the house and sat down.

After entering the house, after He Laohan was smooth, a few people opened their mouths to ask.

"Uncle, I don't know that they kidnapped the child that day, can you see it with your own eyes? What does it look like, and how do you dress up? Xu Chu asked slowly in an unhurried tone, slowly reassuring He Laohan a little.

He Laohan said hoarsely: "Those are a few black-clothed and black-faced people, soaring through the clouds and fog, just like the little ghosts outside the Land Temple. I can't see the appearance clearly, I feel elusive......" After a pause, he trembled again, "Those people not only kill people, but also drink blood and eat raw meat......"

At this, he shook his head as if he was frightened by something, and he didn't dare to describe it again.

"Female bodhisattvas don't complain about the people in the village, it's really not peaceful in the village in recent years, and some people are scared crazy. This situation is not much better when it is simply a disaster. He Laohan glanced at Xu Chu.

On the other hand, Li Zheng saw that there was nothing to hide now, so he took over and said, "Today's matter was done after I discussed it with a few elders, and the purpose was to not alarm those things and drive you away. ”