Chapter 23: The Scene of the Crime
That scream sounded, and Fang Yue, Li Zhutou and the others who were left behind were all taken aback.
Fang Yue and Li Zhutou have both experienced the strange haunting incident in the Wang family's compound yesterday, and they are extremely sensitive, especially at this murder scene.
Li Zhutou wanted to step forward, but he was afraid of the unknown horror for a moment and hesitated.
Fang Yue reacted quickly, stepped forward a few steps, pulled open the old shopkeeper, and opened the door with one foot.
The blood stains and stumps on the ground that had not yet dried up, and it was almost impossible to get off the feet, especially on the middle bed, where a woman's head was placed.
This woman, judging from her countenance, was quite beautiful, her eyes were half-closed and half-closed, her mouth was slightly open, and her face had the afterglow of pleasure.
If it is a normal scene, this should be an extremely attractive picture, like a begonia sleeping in spring and a pear blossom confiding.
But with only one head left, then there is only terror.
In the southeast and northeast corners of the house, there were two other women's heads, and the expressions on their faces were also happy, and there was no dying pain.
There were also a few strange symbols on the ground made of minced flesh and limbs, and the blood stains all over the ground, which did not seem to be sprinkled and flowed at random, but according to certain laws.
It looked weird and scary, but it was no different from when you jumped in front of you to check it out.
Fang Yue immediately understood, daring to feel that this county lord was frightened.
"Fang Xiucai, what did you find?" Li Zhutou asked in the back.
"It's not dangerous." Fang Yue turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xiancheng, who was sitting on the ground, he was a little speechless in his heart, thinking of Zhang Xiancheng's majestic appearance before, he only felt absurd and weird.
Li Zhutou immediately stepped forward, took out the long knife at his waist, blocked it in front of Zhang Xiancheng, and said loudly: "The bold murderer actually injured Lord Zhang." Come on, quickly protect Lord Zhang to go down to rest, and drive out all the idle people in the inn for me, don't let the murderers blend into the crowd. ”
A few guests downstairs, when they heard this, some understood, some didn't, but they all hurriedly ran out of the inn with their luggage.
Only the two guys in the inn, Ah Gui and Ah Hu, looked at each other, not knowing if they were idlers or not, and they didn't stay or stay.
Li Zhutou shouted, then ignored the people downstairs, and saw that a few of his subordinates had not yet reacted, glared at them fiercely, and he went over to pick up Zhang Xiancheng, who was trembling all over, and whispered: "Are you okay, adult?" ”
Zhang Xiancheng suddenly pushed Li Zhutou away, ran to the corner of the wall and vomited.
Li Zhutou whispered to the old shopkeeper: "Arrange a room downstairs in the inn for Master Zhang to rest, go quickly." ”
When Zhang Xiancheng was helped downstairs to rest, only Fang Yue and Li Zhutou were left upstairs, as well as three catchers.
Fang Yue said: "Zhang Xiancheng is this?" ”
Li Zhutou shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master Zhang, he was born in the imperial examination, and he has always been in the county government to deal with clerical work such as paperwork, warehouses, and taxes. ”
Fang Yue didn't say anything more, and several people walked towards the room where the crime occurred.
Li Zhutou probably saw a lot of bloody scenes of the murder, and he was not frightened by the scene in the Chen Zi room, although his face was a little ugly.
The three of his men were fast, but they were just a little close, and one of them also ran out and vomited.
Fang Yue said: "This room was rented by four foot merchants before, but they are said to be foot traders, but one of them is tall and strong, I suspect that it is their fake identity." ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the heads of the three women on the bed and on the ground, "These three women, I heard from the guys in the store, are the fireworks women that the four foot merchants found from the green building." ”
Fang Yue told everything he knew, as well as some of the movements he heard last night, hoping to give Li Zhutou some more useful judgment information.
Li Zhutou said: "There is no doubt that those four foot merchants are murderers. ”
Fang Yue said: "Their suspicion is the greatest, after all, there are only a few of them in this room." Soon after they left the inn, if the city gate was closed and the whole city was closed, they would have no way to hide, and they should be able to arrest them soon. ”
Li Zhutou shook his head and said: "Close the city gate, the whole city, the movement is too big, this is a very moment, it is not suitable." ”
Fang Yue frowned and said: "It is an extraordinary moment, it is not time to arrest the murderer as soon as possible, to justify the punishment, to show the determination of the yamen, to appease people's hearts, and also to make those illegal people who want to take advantage of the chaos to rob not dare to act rashly." ”
Li Zhutou said: "Fang Xiucai, what you think is too simple, the yamen is now understaffed, yesterday in the Wang family's compound, my subordinates caught several deaths, and today a bunch of fast arresters said that they were sick and hid at home, and refused to come to the yamen, no one can do anything with these hob meat." ”
Fang Yue said: "If the quick arrest is not enough, there should still be some soldiers and horses under the county lieutenant, as well as a large number of militiamen, which can be mobilized at this moment." ”
Li Zhutou was a little impatient, and said, "The soldiers and horses under Lord Zhao have other uses. Fang Xiucai, you don't have to worry about these things, the magistrate of the county has given an order, now all things in the county should be based on 'stability', and it is not appropriate to live in vain, everything will wait for the above to send people over to calm down the chaos of demons and ghosts. ”
Fang Yue was silent, he could also predict the mentality of these officials, and he probably didn't expect them to really count on them.
The scene of this murder is so strange and bloody, it is obviously related to the demon cultists, and the murderers have been identified, and it is time to try their best to hunt down and find out the purpose and mastermind behind them.
But the county government was so slow to move, which made Fang Yue a little disappointed.
Fang Yue had a hunch that if he didn't stop the further actions of these demon cultists as soon as possible, the harm they caused would not be worse than that of demons, after all, it involved the demon gods of the demon sect, which was weird and inexplicable.
At this time, Cao Yanzuo also took his apprentice to the scene of the crime and began the autopsy.
The space in the house was limited, Fang Yue and Li Zhutou exited the room and stood at the door of the room, watching Cao Yanzuo busy in the house.
……
As twilight fell, the wind was blowing outside.
In the lobby of the inn, a dim kerosene lamp.
Fang Yue sat at the table, holding a rice bowl, with several plates of dishes on the table, as well as several empty plates.
Compared with Fang Yue, who was eating happily, the shopkeeper Ah Gui, who was sitting opposite Fang Yue, was also holding a rice bowl, but he looked sad and bitter, and it was difficult to swallow.
"Fang Xiucai, you said that there would be no ghosts in this world, right?"
Fang Yue's composure did not infect him at all, and the shopkeeper Agui was scared to death, especially when he thought of the scene he saw during the day, he was still disgusted to death, where could he still eat, and the food on the table basically fell into Fang Yue's stomach.
"Yes." Fang Yue replied affirmatively, picking up a piece of pork ribs and eating it with relish.
The shopkeeper was forced by the old shopkeeper to stay and guard the inn, and at this moment, there was no one else in the huge inn except for the two of them, and all the other guests left.