After Xi Zhiqian asked clearly, he couldn't help but sit down in a daze, and the rest of the county government was also stunned.

Tens of thousands of people died! How good is that!

Just when everyone was still at a loss, the master took the fan and slapped his palms and said happily: "County Zun, this matter is probably none of our business!" ”

The county commander hurriedly said: "Oh! What does this mean? ”

"You think about it, there is a homicide in the county, and a few people have died, dozens of people, so it must be that you are not well governed. If you rule the people to rebel, there is also a crime of forcing the people to rebel. But this is obviously neither, these tens of millions of deaths must have been caused by the war, and this has nothing to do with your governance. And how many people do you have under your rule? How could there be such a large-scale death without knowing it, so the one who died must not be under your rule, so what does it matter to us? ”

The county order is overjoyed: "This is a great goodness, and it is very much in line with my wishes!" ”

The master smiled and said, "We just need to find out about this matter and then report it, we can't be blamed for this matter anyway!" ”

The master and the county commander looked at each other and smiled, throwing the pot is a necessary skill for every official!

However, the officials below showed a dissatisfied look.

The big men threw off the responsibility to the point of clean, but they still did the fatal thing, tens of thousands of people died as soon as they died, and they were still in the river, how else could they die, they must have died in battle.

Now they have to find out the reason why so many people died, and there is not a single horse, and when the time comes, I am afraid that if the situation is discovered, they will not be able to come back and report! If people dare to kill these tens of millions of people, are they still afraid that they will not be able to kill a few more of them!

……

Soon, a team of more than a dozen people was dressed up, and the leader was the eldest son of the county order-Xi Tianlei.

Originally, Xi Zhiqian didn't want to send his son, after all, he was not stupid, of course he knew that it was extremely dangerous to go, even if those officials died, they would sacrifice their lives for the country. But of course his son is different, he is not a member of the government, and he is not obliged to sacrifice his life for the country.

But I can't stand the mention of those people to investigate, either this one says that the stomach hurts, or the other says that the old lady is seriously ill, or they just shirk each other, in short, no one wants to go. Of course, he can use the majesty of the county order to force them to order them to go, but what if they agree in person, and then go where they go to go and come back for a business trip?

His eldest son, Xi Tianlei, who liked to cause trouble when he had nothing to do that day, heard about this, and he didn't know which fox friend he was picking up, so he said that he would personally lead the team to investigate.

As soon as he heard this, he immediately objected.

But firstly, it really needs a credible person to lead the team to ensure that his subordinates do not cheat and cheat, and secondly, he can't stand his son's hard work. entangled, I had to agree. At the same time, he prepared a fast horse for him, and told him to retreat immediately when he saw that the situation was wrong.

There are a total of 11 people in this team, 8 of them are fast, Xi Tianlei, the son of the county commander, and one of his friends, as well as the villagers of Jiangjia Village who came to report the news.

The group soon came to the front of Jiangjia Village, and the Jiangjia Village villager who led the way suddenly left the team and ran towards the village, shouting as he ran: "The county commander Xi Tianlei and the eldest young master Xi have brought people to check the floating corpses in the river, everyone is welcome!" ”

Although he said words of welcome, looking at his expression and actions, it was clearly like saying, "The wolf is coming, everyone run!" ”

The village suddenly fell silent! Then there was a cry of ghosts and wolves, wolves ran away, and people with daughters hurriedly hid their daughters in the house, even if their daughters were only three years old. And the older women, as long as they were under the age of 60, hurried into the house, closed the door that was never closed, and peeked through the crack in the door.

8 catchers looked at the scene in front of them and suddenly showed a look of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, but I didn't expect the county order to be greedy for a day. The reputation of causing trouble everywhere when there is nothing to do has spread to such a rural place.

Xi Tianlei glared fiercely at the smiling catcher and said, "What are you laughing at, why don't you hurry up and go to the river to see the floating corpses." ”

The catchers should be one after another.

By the time they entered the village, the chaos had already settled, and a large group of people were waiting in the village to greet Young Master Xi, but at a cursory glance, this large group of people turned out to be all men, and not a single woman could be seen.

Xi Tianlei looked completely unaware on the surface, but he was roaring in his heart: "You buns of soil buns, even if Lao Tzu is hungry, he will not choose you rural village girls who eat in the soil all day long!" ”

The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, and walked quickly towards the river with the team.

"Ahh

When they arrived at the river, Xi Tianlei and his friends couldn't help but let out an exclamation in unison.

After this back and forth, several hours have passed, and the floating corpses in the river have been greatly reduced, but they still shocked the group of people who came to check, those catches are not bad, after all, they have seen too many corpses. The villagers have seen it all. Only these two people saw so many corpses for the first time, and these corpses had been soaked in the river for an unknown amount of time, they were as swollen as pigs, and their eyes were even more protruding, and the swollen bodies made people suspect that they would explode as long as they poked lightly!

Xi Tianlei endured his nausea and asked, "What is the cause of their death, have any of you salvaged it to take a look?" ”

Villagers, you look at me, I look at you......

"Okay, needless to say!" Xi Tianlei knew the answer as soon as he saw their appearance, "Quickly find someone to scoop up a corpse and check the cause of death!" ”

The catchers naturally pushed this work to the villagers, and they didn't want to do it, you pushed me, I pushed yours.

Xi Tianlei was annoyed, his eyes glared and he let out a "hmm~~!" The villagers immediately succumbed to his obscenity.

The villagers scooped up the bodies and stripped off their tattered clothes so they could get a closer look.

After looking at the corpse several times, they shouted in surprise, "This ...... This corpse ...... It's deadly! ”

"Didn't you die from an injury? What about the other causes of death" Xi Tianlei disappetically asked the catchers to check, there were no injuries on the surface, then it could be poisoning, hanging, drowning and other reasons, of course, these can't be expected to be checked out by farmers who only farm.

"Son...... after the arresters checked it, they stopped talking, and finally gritted their teeth and said: "After inspection, their throats are not black, they are not poisoned to death; The neck bone is good, not hanged; There are no foreign objects such as mud, sand, aquatic plants and other foreign objects in the nose and mouth, so it is not drowning. Conclusion...... They may be...... Be...... It's a natural death! ”

"Huh?" Xi Tianlei heard that he was about to fight, this is playing him as a monkey, so many people died of natural causes together?

His friend hurriedly stopped and said: "They are also speaking according to the facts, I just watched the process of their inspection, it is indeed as they said, it is not poisoning, hanging, drowning, not to mention injury to death, it doesn't look like it is sick and dead, it is indeed very weird, but this is also the reason why we came to investigate, isn't it?" ”

Xi Tianlei snorted coldly and put down his hand: "Then give Lan Mengyu a face!" ”

He had to give his friend a face, firstly, their relationship was indeed very good, and secondly, the identity of the other party was not simple, the other party was the son of the master bookkeeper.

Although the main book is not as good as the county order in terms of position, the county order is a three-year term, but the main book is rooted in the county for life, which can be described as the difference between the head snake and the dragon crossing the river.

The catchers cast grateful eyes at Lan Mengyu one after another, and Lan Gongzi was really as rumored, polite, modest and cautious, with a wide range of contacts, never angry with others, and worthy of being recognized as the most popular person in the county.

Xi Tianlei looked at the Qingshui River: "What is the upper reaches of the Qingshui River?" ”

The villager replied, "Upstream is Linshui Village, and further up there is a large forest that no one has ever walked through." ”

Lan Mengyu asked thoughtfully, "Have you seen anyone from Linshui Village come out to report the case today?" ”

"Nope!" The villagers looked at each other, and only when they heard others ask, they felt weird, there are so many floating corpses on this river, there is no reason why the upstream Linshui Village does not know! But......

"Linshui Village?" Xi Tianlei pointed upstream and said excitedly: "Let's go, Linshui Village!" I think there's definitely something wrong there! ”