Chapter 233: The Secret in the Rockery

Jiang Xinyi and his entourage returned to the mansion, and after dismounting, they followed Shangguan Hong to the courtyard, and walked to the garden.

"See what's different here?" Shangguan Hong led them around to the back of the rockery and asked.

Jiang Xinyi stepped forward, looked east, looked west, but didn't see anything wrong.

An Pengfei also stretched out his hand and pinched, swaying westward, and found nothing.

Shangguan Hong proudly put his hand into a small hole in the rockery, and couldn't see what he had done, but the rockery in front of him was like shouting sesame seeds to open the door, "exposed" a hole.

"Hey, there's a hole here." Jiang Xinyi said in surprise.

"Shh Shangguan Hong gestured to her, meaning to tell her not to make a sound.

"You've been in?" An Pengfei asked in a low voice.

"Well, as soon as I found out, I went in and looked at it, and then I went to look for you." Shangguan Hong said a little excitedly.

An Pengfei and Shangguan Hong looked around to make sure that there was no one, and then they were ready to go inside.

Shangguan Hong took out the fire fold, found a candle at the entrance of the cave, lit it, and then turned around and pressed on a protruding stone on the wall, and the door to the cave was closed.

Shangguan Hong walked in the front, without waiting for An Pengfei to remind Jiang Xinyi to follow carefully. Jiang Xinyi had already grabbed his arm, An Pengfei held her little hand in the palm of her hand, she didn't refuse, and walked inside next to him.

"Brother Shangguan, how did you find out here? It's amazing. Jiang Xinyi asked admiringly.

"What, didn't you say that this is a murderous mansion, the people in the mansion died overnight, I just think it's strange, what kind of person is the owner of this mansion, and he has suffered such a bad luck. So I secretly went to the yamen to rummage through the archives of that year, and the number of people recorded on it did not match the number of dead people, one less, that is, there was still one person alive back then. And this living person is either the murderer or the only person who knows the truth. I've been wandering around here all day, and I've finally discovered this secret passage. Shangguan Hong explained to Jiang Xinyi as he walked.

"No wonder I can't see you dripping people, I'm busy with this, but I still admire you, so the secret switch can be found for you, I guess you have checked every alley in this yard, right?" Jiang Xinyi asked.

"Yes, I've checked it all, but the first thing I found was not here in the rockery, but another place, and you'll understand later." Shangguan Hong said with a smile.

Oh, Jiang Xinyi understands, but why is this tunnel so long? It's quite spacious, it's estimated that it can accommodate three people, and the height is also appropriate, so you don't have to worry about touching your head.

Jiang Xinyi stretched out her hand and "touched" the wall, it was cool and flat. By the light of the candle in Shangguan's hand in front of him, it could be vaguely seen that this secret passage was made of bluestone, and Jiang Xinyi was not worried that it would suddenly collapse. Moreover, the ventilation in this secret passage is very good, there is no feeling of lack of oxygen at all, and there is no smell of mold.

Jiang Xinyi was wondering, wouldn't there be such a secret passage in the big families in the capital. Just as he was thinking about it, Shangguan Hong suddenly stopped and lit a few torches that were "inserted" in the wall with candles.

As the light became brighter and brighter, Jiang Xinyi and An Pengfei saw clearly that the current location turned out to be a hall, with tables and chairs, and several small iron doors around it.

"Ah, there are dead people." Jiang Xinyi screamed and got into An Pengfei's arms.

After An Pengfei entered the secret passage and held Jiang Xinyi's hand, his mind was on her, and he followed Shangguan Hong with a smile.

Jiang Xinyi screamed, and then he noticed a "person" sitting on the Taishi chair next to him, a "person" who had become a dried corpse.

"Don't be afraid, there's a second brother here." An Pengfei gently patted Jiang Xinyi's shoulder and said.

"And Brother Shangguan." Shangguan Hong saw the two men hugging each other and said jokingly.

Jiang Xinyi came here, it's not that she hasn't seen dead people, and I've seen a lot of dried corpses, zombies, vampires or something on TV before, but I really can't stand it when I look at it so closely in front of me.

The dried corpse looked like a middle-aged man's "sex", and there was nothing but dust on the clothes on his body, and there were no knife wounds in sight. The body is gray, the skin and flesh are dry and close to the bones, and the belly is sunken."

"Xiao An, I have checked, he died of poisoning, but there is no sign of struggle." Shangguan Hong said puzzled.

"Second brother, you see there seems to be something here." Jiang Xinyi avoided seeing the dried corpse, her eyes stared away, but she inadvertently saw an envelope-like thing under the dusty table next to the dried corpse.

An Pengfei stepped forward and wanted to pick it up and take a look.

"Second brother, be careful of poison." Jiang Xinyi stopped worriedly.

"Hehe, you're careful, it's okay." An Pengfei said, letting go of the hand holding Jiang Xinyi, picked up the letter, and shook off the dust on it. Jiang Xinyi clung to him tightly, for fear that the dry corpse would stand up violently.

"Xiao An, what do you say?" Shangguan Hong asked solemnly when he saw An Pengfei's expression.

"Do you remember urging Hades?" An Pengfei asked.

"Of course I remember, that guy specializes in killing people and stealing goods on the rivers and lakes, but when a few of our brothers joined hands to clean him up, he suddenly disappeared, and I am depressed until now. Good guy, what do you mention him for? Don't? Shangguan Hong asked in surprise, pointing to the dried corpse.

An Pengfei didn't answer, but nodded vigorously.

"I don't believe it, how could it be him?" Shangguan Hong stepped forward and looked at his right hand carefully.

Jiang Xinyi heard Shangguan Hongyi's words, her curiosity suddenly rose, and she bit her lip and looked there.

"Haha, I just said it's impossible, that guy is said to have three fingers less on his right hand, but if you take a look, this guy has a lot of fingers, and there is an extra one, and he has six fingers." Shangguan Hong said with certainty.

An Pengfei stood next to the dried corpse, stretched out his hand and took out a dagger, cut the sleeve of the right arm of the dried corpse, and said to Shangguan Hong; "Come and see."

"Huh, took it?" Shangguan Hong said in surprise again.

Jiang Xinyi had the courage to treat the dried corpse as a dried fish, and in this way, the fear in her heart was alleviated a lot. I saw the dry and bony arm, and it was obvious from the elbow joint, the proportion of thickness and the color of the dry skin were obviously different.

An Pengfei cut the sleeve on the other arm of the dried corpse for comparison, which was even more obvious.

Wow, Jiang Xinyi has seen it, it turns out that the ancient medical technology is so advanced, and the limbs can be transferred so well! Forgetting her fear, she leaned her head forward and looked at it carefully.

"How do you kid know?" Shangguan Hong asked admiringly.

An Pengfei smiled and raised the piece of paper in his hand.

"What is written above?" Shangguan Hong asked.

Jiang Xinyi stretched out her hand and gently "touched" and "touched" the piece of paper in An Pengfei's hand, which was very sturdy.

"Second brother, what's the matter, could it be that this person murdered all the people in this mansion?" Jiang Xinyi asked curiously.

"It is very clear that he is the famous Yan Zhi, the famous king of Hades in the rivers and lakes back then, at that time I had just debuted, and I joined forces with Shangguan to eradicate him and eliminate harm for the people. But I didn't expect him to get the news, and suddenly he disappeared, and we searched for several years without finding it. Unexpectedly, he changed his name and surname, retired to a small village, married and had children. After a few years, seeing that the wind and waves were calm, the family moved to the capital and purchased a house. In order not to be discovered, not only did he change his appearance, but he also changed his defective hand. An Pengfei said to Jiang Xinyi.

"Then why did he die here? What's going on with his family, his descendants? Jiang Xinyi asked anxiously.

Yan Zhi said above that after retiring to marry a wife and have children, he began to regret the previous killings and wanted to be a good person, but he didn't expect an enemy to come to the door and poison the well water when he was not in the house, so none of the dozens of people in the house were spared. When he came back and found out, he endured his grief and closed the door of the mansion to search in the capital, only to find the person who was wandering in front of his mansion a few days ago, as if he had opened a grocery store on a street in the south of the city. So, he went and solved the problem of several shop owners. ”

"Wait, that street south of the city? +Passion Jiang Xinyi interrupted An Pengfei's words and asked.

"Yes, he wrote it very clearly, and that is there." An Pengfei said.

"That's right, the street in the south of the city, because of the inexplicable death of a few shops back then, made people panic, and the streets there are still very deserted. Even the rent is cheap. Jiang Xinyi said to An Pengfei, she suddenly remembered that on the street she had been to before, Lao He, who was driving the car, said that to herself.

I really didn't expect that behind those few lives, there was such a tragic secret!

"However, since he took revenge, how did this Yan Zhi die? He wouldn't be able to detect the poison in the water, would he? Shangguan Hong was confused and hurriedly asked.

Alas, when Yan Zhi retired, he was nearly half a hundred years old, stopped the life of killing, married a wife and had children, and enjoyed the joy of family, but none of the five children born to his wife and concubine were spared.

Because of his own killing, his wife and children were innocently retributed, so he had no face to face them, so he entered this secret room alone and ended himself guiltily. An Pengfei said the meaning of the suicide note.

"So that's the case, this is really good and evil are rewarded, but so many innocents are affected." Jiang Xinyi said regretfully, she didn't feel sorry for Yan Zhi and his wife and concubine, as if she saw five lovely children innocently laughing and playing in this courtyard.

"This is called self-inflicted iniquity, and you cannot live. But this time it stopped, Xiao An was still worried that things in this house had not ended well, and there would be some trouble, so he gave me a death order, let me check, huh, now, I can rest. Shangguan Hong said with relief.

It turned out that this Brother An was so thoughtful that he was afraid that he would be afraid, so he asked Shangguan to check secretly, Jiang Xinyi looked at An Pengfei gratefully.

Yan Zhi's suicide note said that the gold, silver and jewelry he plundered back then, as well as the family property he obtained from business later, were all in this courtyard and were not sent to the money bank at all. He said that those who were destined to obtain this property had the right to dispose of them, but he asked those who had attained enlightenment to divide one-third of their property to do some good deeds for him and atone for his sins, so that the souls of his wives and children in the underworld could be relieved of the torture and reincarnated as soon as possible. An Pengfei added.

"And gold and silver jewelry?" Jiang Xinyi and Shangguan Hong asked in surprise.