Chapter 33: The Headless Horseman (3)
Su Zimo may never forget that day, that day, when Chang Gui went out to patrol the night with a gong on his back, and in the middle of the night, the wind was gusting, and there were more recent murders, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
That day, Di Renjie originally arranged for Qiao Tai and Tao Gan Ma Rong and the knife head Luo Yun to protect Chang Gui on the roof, who expected Luo Yun to suddenly fall from the roof, Luo Yun gritted his teeth, but the expression on his face was extremely painful,
"Ah, damn it, I'm sick at this time!"
"It's not good, it's Luo Daotou's heartache!" An officer said. Luo Yun's face turned pale and fell off the roof, and several officials hurriedly came down and moved Luo Yun to the corner.
"Leave me alone, you keep staring, I'm an old problem, just rest for a while!" Although several officials were still not at ease, they still took Luo Yun to an inn.
Chang Gui dragged his trembling legs, staggering on the road, the gong in his hand clanged on the ground, and this clear sound of horses' hooves came, getting closer and closer, closer and closer!
Chang Gui fell to the ground, the gong in his hand fell to the ground, and the officials heard this sound and came down from the roof, but saw the ghostly man standing in front of them, riding on a tall horse and carrying a wooden barrel in his hand!
"Big brother...... Eldest brother! Headless ghosts! Headless ghosts! One of the officials fell to the ground in fright, and the others were stunned, and the horse's nose spewed a very strong smell.
The headless man poured all the things in the barrel in his hand on Chang Gui's head, at this time, Su Zimo and Qiao Tai flew towards the headless man left and right, and when they saw the scene of the headless corpse, the two of them were also frightened like gold paper, and they fell to the ground one after another, unconscious.
Chang Gui's body appeared with a roaring partner, and after a while, Chang Gui stopped struggling in the flames.
Su Zimo and Qiao Tai fainted on the ground, and several other officials also trembled their legs, and the scene was a mess.
………… A day has passed, but Su Zimo still has palpitations when she thinks about it, she finally regained consciousness, and only then did she know that Zhou Gui, who they desperately protected that night, still did not escape the murderer's poisonous hands.
Late at night, Luo Yun drank alone in the wine shop, until he was the only one left in the entire wine shop.
"Yo, Luo Zhutou, we're almost closed, you see...... Why don't I get you a room upstairs? It's not been a lot of peace here, you see......
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"What is too peaceful, I ...... What am I doing! Luo Yun blushed,
"I'm Luo Yun! I'm still scared...... What are you afraid of, come on, I don't want to live for a long time! ”
"Eh, little second brother, Luo Zhutou is drunk, come, give you silver!" Di Renjie smiled and handed a piece of silver to Xiao Er.
Xiao Er fiddled with the silver,
"Di Gongzi, where can I ask for your money?"
"Okay, I'll buy you wine to drink, I'll go back first!" The little second brother smiled, bowed and said,
"Okay, okay, Di Gongzi, be careful!" Di Renjie smiled, held Luo Yun with his hand, and walked towards the yamen, at this time, after a few steps, they heard a sound of clattering footsteps, Di Renjie and Luo Yun looked back and saw that a headless man was riding a horse towards them.
"Huaiying, we're really going to plant here this time, it's ...... It's him, the murderer is him, you...... You go away, I'm ...... I'm staying here! Luo Yun suddenly woke up.
The horse ran faster and faster, until it passed by Di Renjie, Di Renjie saw the headless man with his own eyes, riding on the horse, straight ahead, the horse was still snorting and panting, Di Renjie's face turned pale with fright, and the hand holding Luo Yun's shoulder slowly fell, he frowned and fainted on the ground............
"Huaiying! Huaiying! Luo Yun shook Di Renjie,
"Huaiying, wake up, wake up!" When Di Renjie opened his eyes, they seemed to be already in the wild.
"Where is this?"
"I don't know, when I woke up, I found that I was already here, and you were lying next to me!"
"Eh, last night...... What we encountered last night was...... The headless ............"
"Let's go, I'll help you up first, it seems that this murderer is not a person, it's a ghost, just imagine, how can a headless person kill someone, only ...... Only ghosts can do it! Di Renjie gritted his teeth and slept all night, and the dew had already wet his clothes.
His legs had already been numb, but fortunately, with Luo Yun's support, Di Renjie pulled Luo Yun's placket, and then slowly got up.
Walking ahead, there is a ruined temple.
"Huaiying, look, there's a temple here!"
"Let's go, let's go to the temple first!" When I walked into the temple, I saw a headless general enshrined in the temple, with a huge axe standing beside him and a human head in his right hand.
"This ...... Isn't this the guy we saw last night? ”
"It's indeed the headless general we saw last night, but since ghosts are ghosts who kill people with spiritual power, why ...... Why go to the trouble of having each deceased die differently? There was dust everywhere on the shrine, but Di Renjie stared at the shrine and began to be in a daze, at this time, Luo Yun shouted over there,
"I know...... I know who this general is, it's Liu Heimin, the general of the former dynasty! Luo Yun pointed to a stone tablet and said,
"It turned out that Liu Heimin was pursued by the first emperor to this point, exhausted and captured, refused to descend to the Tang Dynasty, the first emperor killed him in the woods outside the temple, and later it was rumored that there were often evil ghosts rampant in the woods, and they went down the mountain to loot everywhere, and the common people in order to suppress the evil ghosts, so the headless statue of Liu Heimin stood here to suppress the evil ghosts!"
"Let's go, let's go home!" Di Renjie glanced at the stele and said lightly. As soon as he walked into the house, Dickson stretched and came out of the room.
"Oh, Huaiying, where have you two gone, Miss Su has woken up, and Miss Jing Shu is taking care of her!"
"Oh, we got drunk last night, and somehow slept all night in the middle of nowhere, and woke up to find dew!"
"Well, you two are really bold, the murderer is so rampant, you dare to stay out for the night!"
"Dad, I'...... I'll go see Miss Su first! ”
"Miss Su was frightened this time, you are so hairy that you have to speak quietly!"
"Yes, I know Dad!" ————
"Come on, drink the medicine, it's better now!" Jing Shu carefully helped Su Zimo up, let her lean on herself, and then fed her medicine spoonful by spoonful.
"I ...... I've been asleep for a long time! Su Zimo asked.
"You're frightened, don't think about it, take the medicine first!" At this time, someone outside was knocking on the door,
"Who, come in!"
"Oh, Miss Jing, Miss Su, she ............"
"It's Di Gongzi, although Miss Su is awake, her body is still very weak, and she just drank a bowl of medicine!" Su Zimo said with a wry smile,
Di Renjie ...... When I'm all right, I'm going to kill you? ”
"Kill me? Why is that? Di Renjie asked suspiciously.
"Because...... You've seen it all because I'm so embarrassed, of course I'm going to kill you! ”
"Then there are a lot of people you want to kill, my father, Brother Luo, and the entire Yamen have seen you look so embarrassed, can you kill you?" Hearing this, Su Zimo actually laughed all of a sudden,
"By the way, where have you been, getting dewy!"
"Oh, I slept in the countryside last night and woke up to find ............ What did you just say? ”
"You're covered in dew, you're going to the suburbs? Look your clothes are wet! ”
"Outskirts...... The clothes are all wet, but why ............?"
"What's wrong with you?" Su Zimo asked,
"I'm just talking, you don't have to be so scared!"
"Oh, it's okay, I just thought of something." Di Renjie then walked out of Su Zimo's room slowly, wandering thoughtfully in the corridor.
"Hurry up and inform Zhang Cambodia that a headless corpse has been found in the Beishan General Temple!" Dickinson made urgent arrangements in the hall,
"I really don't know which gods have been offended by this state, and waves of unevenness have risen again and again!"
"Dad, what's so in a hurry?"
"Huaiying, hurry up, go to the Beishan General Temple with Zhang Cambodia, there is another headless corpse found, Luo Yun has already taken someone there, oh, I'm in a hurry!"
"Dad, don't worry. I'll go! Coming to the Beishan General Temple, Di Renjie took a long breath, this is the place where he and Luo Yun came to check in the morning.
Di Renjie walked into the house, and a strong smell of blood poured into his nose,
"Look at the outfit, it's a bum!"
"The cause of death was a one-knife death, and the wound was very neat, one-size-fits-all!" Zhang Cambodia said.
"Can you see the hour of death?"
"The time of death was at least three hours ago!"
"Let's take the corpse to the yamen first, Brother Luo, when we came in the morning, we didn't see the corpse yet!"
"It seems that the corpse was moved here after someone killed someone, you see, there is no blood in the temple, it can be seen that when the deceased was moved here, the blood on his body had coagulated!"
"Strange, isn't it...... Could it be that a headless ghost kills again? Di Renjie touched the deceased's clothes, but the clothes were a little damp, and the body should be removed soon.
"By the way, why didn't you see Qiao Tai?" Luo Yun asked.
"Oh, Jotta...... I asked him to send a little bit of local products to Cheng Chitose in the capital, the last time General Su did it, thanks to Lao Chitose's righteous words, okay, let's go back first! Di Renjie said.
"Now things are getting trickier, murderers...... It's not clear if it's a human or a ghost! Di Renjie smiled and patted Luo Yun's shoulder,
"The truth will always come out!"
"The body had been examined all over its body, and there were no other wounds, except for a bloody patch on each foot." Zhang Cambodia lifted the rags from his ankles, and sure enough, there were two wounds.
"How did you get there?" Di Renjie asked.
"I don't know, it stands to reason that when it comes to ankle injuries, unless you have shackles on your feet, but the wounds you have worn with shackles are more than just blood bruising."
"Alright, Mr. Zhang, let's go back and rest early!"