Chapter 22: Zhang Xiancheng
"Where is the scene of the crime? Take the official over to have a look. ”
As he spoke, a middle-aged official walked into the inn, with a dignified appearance and a burly figure, not who Zhang Xiancheng of this county was.
Behind Zhang Xiancheng, followed by Li Zhutou, and three or four quick officials, the group walked into the inn.
The old shopkeeper immediately stopped sighing, and barely squeezed out a smile on his old face, and leaned in front of Zhang Xiancheng, "My lord, you are finally here, but you must bring those beasts to justice." ”
Zhang Xiancheng's face is full of spirit, as if he has a second spring, as the saying goes, "power is a man's aphrodisiac", and now Hu Zhixian is overly frightened, and is recuperating in the county government, as the county's "second in command", it is not ushering in the peak of power.
With a straight face, he said to the old shopkeeper: "You are the shopkeeper of this inn?" You tell the official in detail about the incident. ”
The old shopkeeper here was telling Zhang County Cheng Chen about the case, and Li Zhutou saw Fang Yue over there, and he was very impressed by this young showman.
walked over and said, "Fang Xiucai, you live in this inn?" ”
Fang Yue smiled bitterly: "It's also unlucky, I just experienced a haunted thing in the Wang family's compound yesterday, and today I encountered a homicide again, and the room where the crime occurred is not far from the room where I live." ”
Li Zhutou said: "Then you should have seen the scene, the innkeeper who reported the crime before spoke incoherently, saying that the room was full of broken corpses and flesh, and blood was flowing all over the ground." This kind of cruelty and gore will not be another ......"
Obviously, he still has lingering feelings about what happened to the Wang family compound yesterday, after all, several of his subordinates died at that time, if it weren't for the chaos in the county government and the serious shortage of manpower, he would like to learn from Hu Zhixian to hide at home to recuperate.
However, Hu Zhixian is a county official appointed by the imperial court, and he can "recuperate" as much as he wants.
Now is the critical moment, Shangguan Yan can tolerate him to retreat, if he really goes to "recuperate", it is estimated that he will not have to come back, and even if he comes back, he will have to remove the word "head catcher".
Fang Yue shook his head and said, "It's not the demons and ghosts, the murderer is a human." However, this kind of cruelty is not something ordinary people can do, and I suspect that those four foot traders are deeply believers in the Demon Cult. There's ...... In short, when you go in and check the scene of the crime, you have to be mentally prepared. ”
When Li Zhutou heard that the murderer was a human, his expression relaxed, and he said viciously: "As long as it's not a ghost." These miscellaneous people dare to commit crimes at this time, and they are caught and see that Lao Tzu does not peel their skin! ”
Fang Yue asked: "By the way, the female ghost in the Wang family's compound asks for her life, and the monster of Guangyuan Temple eats people, can the county government have a countermeasure to these two things?" ”
This is what Fang Yue is most concerned about, the monster in Guangyuan Temple has not been seen yet, so he can ignore it for now, but the red-clothed female ghost in the ancient well in the back house of the Wang family's compound, because he used his previous merit and divine powers to spy on it, has already entangled him at this moment, God knows when it will attack.
Seeing Fang Yue ask about this, Li Zhutou had a strange expression on his face, and said, "What can the county government do?" However, the magistrate of the county actually mentioned that when he first took over the official position of the county commander, the envoy from above said that if an abnormal incident occurred in the jurisdiction, he could report it to the prefecture, and he didn't pay much attention to it at that time. ”
Fang Yue's heart moved, this meant that the imperial court had already planned for these demons and supernatural phenomena, and there were ways to deal with them.
Fang Yue asked, "Then the county has already reported the matter of demons and ghosts to the prefecture?" ”
Li Zhutou said: "This is natural, the magistrate of the county has reassured us, and he has sent people to rush to the capital city, and there will be news in a few days." ”
Fang Yue was interested, when the imperial court came, he wanted to see what kind of extraordinary power existed in this world.
The old shopkeeper over there had already finished telling Zhang Xiancheng about the case, and Zhang Xiancheng said with an awe-inspiring expression: "There are such murderers in the world, and this official will definitely bring them to justice to comfort my fathers and villagers in Ping'an County!" ”
The old shopkeeper looked like he was in tears, knelt on the ground, and said: "My lord is really a good official who works diligently for the people, and he is the reborn parent of the people of our Ping'an County, and everything depends on the adult." ”
Zhang Xiancheng stretched out his hand to support the old shopkeeper who knelt down, and said, "You don't have to be so polite, quickly take this official to check the scene of the crime." ”
The old shopkeeper stood up, hesitated for a moment, and said, "My lord, the scene of the crime above is extremely bloody, so you have to be a little mentally prepared." ”
Zhang Xiancheng was a little displeased, and said with a straight face: "At the scene of the murder, how can there be anything that is not bloody, as an official of the people's parents, he should do his best and not avoid hardships and dangers, can a little blood scare the official?" ”
"Yes, yes...... Ah, no, these naturally don't frighten adults. The old shopkeeper nodded, hurriedly led the way in front, and took Zhang Xiancheng and his party to the second floor of the Chenzi room.
The old shopkeeper is now trying his best to curry favor with Zhang Xiancheng and survive this catastrophe, how dare he make Zhang Xiancheng a little unhappy, otherwise he will be accused of colluding with the murderer and the like, and he will suffer hardship, who let such a murder happen in his inn.
Fang Yue thought about it, and followed Li Zhutou and the others upstairs.
This murder case is bloody and weird, and it is likely to involve demon cultists.
In this world where demons are rampant, the alien gods and demon gods sacrificed and worshiped by demon cultists seem to have real possibilities.
Fang Yue didn't know much about the Demon Sect in this world, although he found a lot of suspicious points and strange symbols composed of flesh and blood in that murder room, he couldn't tell what it was at all, so naturally he couldn't get any effective information.
Li Zhutou and the others are all veterans of solving cases for many years, and they have been dealing with all kinds of cases all year round, so Fang Yue wanted to go up and hear what they thought about it.
Looking up at Zhang Xiancheng who was walking in front, his steps were firm, with an awe-inspiring righteousness, as if he wanted to fight the most resolute fight against the most vicious gangsters in the world.
Walking all the way, even those innkeepers who packed their luggage and hurriedly wanted to leave, when they saw Zhang Xiancheng's resolute face and firm steps, they were stunned, and a trace of confidence arose out of thin air in their hearts, and their panicked mentality stabilized, and they all thought:
"With such a parent official in charge of us, what else do we have to fear!"
So these people also stopped leaving for a while, and stopped to watch.
Even Fang Yue thought in his heart that although this Zhang Xiancheng was suspected of being a showman, he still looked like a very courageous official.
The group went up to the second floor and went straight to the corner of the Chenzi room.
The old shopkeeper led the way, walked to the door of the Chenzi room, and said, "My lord, this is it." ”
Zhang Xiancheng stood in front of the door, looked at the closed door, and said loudly: "You go and push the door open, this official wants to see what bloody crimes these murderers have committed!" ”
The old shopkeeper gritted his teeth, "babbled", pushed open the door, and a strange smell came to his face, he hurriedly closed his eyes, not daring to look inside.
A scream suddenly sounded from behind the old shopkeeper, making the old shopkeeper's hands and feet tremble, and his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.
The old shopkeeper mustered up the courage to turn his head, but was stunned to find that Zhang Xiancheng, who was full of confidence before, was sitting on the ground with a frightened face, and the sharp scream came from his mouth.