Chapter Seventy-Seven: Heart-to-Heart
After hearing the shouts of the men, the leader of the caravan rushed in with his men. After entering the warehouse, I saw a tragic scene, and saw corpses everywhere, and a strong smell of blood rushed to my head. These people were all killed with sharp weapons, and almost all of them died in a miserable manner.
In addition to the dead people, the goods in the warehouse were also turned into a mess, and it seems that someone moved the mind of these goods and came to kill people.
After a few rounds inside and out, no one was found, and the leader arranged for his men to go into the city to report to the officials, and at the same time sent people to the next warehouse to report the news, so that they could be more vigilant. It's rare for a warehouse to be raided, let alone an unbelievable thing like not even leaving a single living mouth. Being able to build a warehouse in the local area already shows that the Surabaya has eaten both black and white. Now that such a tragic thing has happened, the leader himself feels incredible.
Waiting for the stall where the official came, Wu Mian and the driver who was driving the car walked to the side of the leader and whispered a few words. Then the leader instructed his men to rearrange the spilled goods, and after finding the account books of the store, they found that the goods in them were not lacking.
Originally, I thought it was just that a group of rogues who came to kill people and steal the goods, but now I see that the goods are intact, but someone deliberately makes a false appearance of coming for the goods. After checking the goods, the leader's body was already soaked with cold sweat, since it was not for the sake of money, then this time it was for the signboard of the Surabaya.
At this time, after Ji Jiao looked at the leader, he had already returned to the coachman on the carriage with thick curtains. Then he said to the leader of the caravan: "Master, you have only seen the goods, do you also go to check on these deceased people?" Just check a few, it won't delay the official's autopsy. ”
Hearing that Ji Jiao asked him to check the dead, the leader's brows furrowed even more. Although he also has a few lives on his hands, it is easy to kill, and the autopsy is another matter. These dead people have dealt with him, and they didn't see anyone who looked up and looked down in the past, not to mention that they are now dying in a terrible situation.
Seeing the leader's embarrassed face, Ji Jiao smiled slightly and continued: "If you in charge can trust Ji Gao, how about I check it for you?" ”
This leader is naturally eager, and asks Ji Jian to check these dead bodies on his behalf. Ji Jian inspected the four corpses in different positions, and he looked very carefully, even the internal organs that did not flow out of the dead man's stomach were also picked out together, and they were examined in the same way.
Almost half an hour later, Ji Jiao asked the caravan men to bring water to wash their hands. Ben Xi said to the leader: "Master, you had better be prepared for what I am going to say later." If you think what I'm saying is ridiculous, then I'll listen to the government's explanation later......"
Speaking of this, Ji Jian paused, waiting for the leader to understand and disperse the guys gathered around him. Only then did he continue to whisper: "A total of fifty-one people died, and among the four corpses I checked, everyone's heart was secretly replaced. It looks like it's their own hearts, but in fact, these are just slaughtered pig hearts. These four corpses are like this, and the other forty-seven corpses must be about the same......"
The leader who said one sentence was dumbfounded, and after a long time, he understood what Ji Jiao said. Although I had heard of how this monk came back to life before, Ji Gao's words were so unbelievable that he still didn't believe what the monk said: "How can people's hearts be the same as pigs' hearts, Mr. Ji Gao, you are a monk." I'll listen to what I'll say later. ”
The leader's reaction was expected by Ji Gao, and the former Lord of the Heavenly Tower smiled slightly, and continued: "I also guess that the boss will find this a little too weird, so you will also write what I just said in your letter to the two owners of the Surabaya later. It's just that a monk named Ji Prison said it, and if it's true, let the two proprietors decide for themselves. ”
The leader still felt that what Ji Jiao said was too weird, and he really wrote such a thing in the letter, but he was afraid that he would be scolded by the owner for talking nonsense. Although he nodded, he still waited for the official to make a final sentence in his heart.
After a while, the man who reported to the official arrived at the warehouse with more than a dozen officials. These officials were not as good as the guys of the caravan, and after seeing so many dead people, they didn't even dare to come forward, but just sent them away from a distance.
Don't look at the age of forty or fifty years old, but when you speak, you have the face of an old fritter. Before going to work, the leader asked for the usual money, and then after hastily turning around the pile of dead people, he returned to the caravan, and asked for the consistent money before transcribing the corpse list, and then he was willing to say that he had checked the cause of death: "These people were all killed by quick knives in the abdomen and wounded to their internal organs." This wasn't done by one or two people, it should have been done by a bunch of gangsters somewhere......"
After hearing what he said, the caravan leader hesitated for a moment and said, "Then have the hearts of these people been replaced with pig hearts?" ”
He sneered at the moment, and then said to the leader: "Master, are you confused about eating and drinking tonight?" Do you think it's a rogue's murder that wants people's hearts to make sobering soup? Besides, people's hearts are people's hearts, and I can't see it if I change it to a pig's heart? ”
The leader glanced back at Ji Jiao, who was silent, behind him, and when he heard the mocking tone, he talked endlessly, and gave him the usual money, so he bought the work and closed his mouth. Later, the murder here was taken over by the officials, and after the old man woke up tomorrow morning, he could only return it to these people in Surabaya. However, at that time, most of the goods inside had been used as physical evidence, and I didn't want to come back in this life.
The caravan followed the official back to the city, and after first going to the yamen to make a record, then the door of a large inn in the city was opened, and these people lived in it. Now they don't dare to act rashly, and they have to wait until the other stewards of the Surabaya who have come to take over come, and the caravan can go to Luoyang again after the handover.
With the experience of the last time, this time when Ji Jiao carried Qiu Fang into the inn on his back, the men of the caravan surrounded the two monks in the middle. The guy who answered the door in the middle of the night and the account room were already sleeping in a daze, and when they saw a large group of people coming in, they didn't see a man with a strange illness in the middle.
After the caravan entered the inn, Wu Mian and the four of them walked down from the carriage. After driving the coachman, he glanced at the direction of the warehouse outside the city with a smile, and then said to Wu Mian: "I thought that I would go to the White Horse Temple to watch a play in a few days, but I didn't expect that there would be another gong now." It's really not a smooth road......"
"Old fellow, don't say anything about watching a play or starting a gong. What do you think about the human heart and the pig's heart? Without waiting for Wu Mian to speak, Bai Wuqiu couldn't help but open his mouth and continued: "Lao Tzu has seen people's hearts and eaten pig's hearts. The two of them look about the same, but who is idle and will exchange people's hearts with pig hearts? ”
"There are many reasons to change your heart, some of them are for people with weak hearts, and some are for alchemy." Speaking of this, the expression on his face was a little weird, and after a pause, he continued: "But the pig's heart changes people's hearts, and it's the first time I've seen the old man." At one time, it is the hearts of more than 50 people...... What does that person want to do? ”
While they were talking, the leader of the caravan sent out to invite the four of them in. Then he was invited to the leader's room alone, and after a while, the old man came out of the leader's room and returned to the room of the four of them.
Seeing that he would not return, Xiao Rensan first said: "Old immortal, this is the end of your mouth." Since you broke it for him, you have to take care of it to the end. What do you think? What did that person say to you? ”
"I didn't say anything, I just asked me if the old man's pig heart was reliable." After laughing for a while, he continued: "This master is also a bit responsible, but no one believes it when he says it tonight. It's good that he can do this, although he doesn't believe Ji Jiao's words, he still sends someone to the neighborhood to check on the big pig families......"