Chapter 9 Steamer

Lawfully kill on sight!

I repeated these four words in my heart, and I actually said it out of Gu Liancheng's mouth, my grandfather is a highly respected master of Xiangjiang metaphysics, and he is as admired as his father Xiao Lianshan, although he has not liked me since he was a child, but at most he is unwilling to look at me, but in terms of ethics and character, Gu Liancheng has always taught me and Gu Xiaoxiao to be kind to others.

I slowly realized that there were so many people and things I didn't understand, I never thought about what Xiao Lianshan did before, but he had something to do with the Ming Fourteenth Tombs, looking at the situation, Gu Anqi should also be involved, the Ming Fourteenth Tombs is such a coveted treasure, I think many people must be eager to get it, people die for money, birds die for food, in order to have the wealth of the world, they can even do anything, what is it to kill a few people.

I can't imagine and speculate how Xiao Lianshan and Gu Anqi got the Ming Fourteenth Tombs, but at least I believe that it will definitely not be an ordinary and simple experience, and Gu Liancheng can actually let Xiao Lianshan kill if he is blocked, he said it so easily, it only shows ......

Xiao Lianshan has done such a thing before!

Thinking of this, my palms slowly soaked in cold sweat, I have always believed that Xiao Lianshan will not kill people, because I think I know him very well, but in fact, I am completely blank about his past, if Gu Anqi is right, after all, it is a treasure that cannot even be compared with the Fourteenth Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, and there are few people in the world who can resist such temptation.

I asked Gu Xiaoxiao to go back to take care of Xiao Lianshan and Gu Anqi first, and the rest of the matter had no clue It seems that we have to think about it in the long run, and the next day we rushed to Yongning Village, where the murder case occurred, along the way, I silently thought in my heart, Xiao Lianshan's only explanation for appearing in Yongning Village, this must be related to that treasure, and to find out the beginning and end of the case, we must first find out what Yongning Village has that attracts the attention of Xiao Lianshan and Fusang people.

Yongning Village is a remote mountain village, we arrived at noon, standing on the top of the hill and watching the village smoke everywhere, peaceful and peaceful, Liang Xiaocheng took us to the scene of the crime, which has been cleaned up, but in the soil can still clearly see the traces of three wooden stakes inserted.

I visually measured the thickness of the stake, and if it were used as a murder weapon, the heart would be fatally damaged if it was inserted from the back of the person and through the chest, and the footprints of the battle could be seen in the dirt next to it, and I could vaguely distinguish what had happened from the footprints.

Xiao Lianshan is now in his fifties, although he was healthy when he was young, but when he saw him this time, he was obviously old and twilight, and the three victims were all about thirty years old, if there was a dispute and a fight, Xiao Lianshan would be obviously at a disadvantage if he had one enemy and three enemies, but judging from the footprints, it was Xiao Lianshan who was chasing the other three, and the victims' footprints were very messy and of different shades, and they should have been exhausted and fleeing at that time.

"I remember the butcher said that he and your father were comrades-in-arms, and the victim was mostly a weak man engaged in archaeological research, and your father said it in the past if he wanted to attack these three Fuso." Han Yu walked up to me, probably seeing the confusion on my face, and said in a low voice.

"He is about the same age as the butcher, and his physical condition does not have to be much better than the butcher, when it comes to Wen Qiao, it is estimated that he is about the same as me, don't say three, do you think the butcher and I are more likely to live in a one-on-one life-and-death fight?" I shook my head and asked Han Yu.

"But the footprints clearly show that the three Fusang are not resisting at all, but fleeing for their lives, as if they are afraid of something." Yun Duruo squatted beside us and said in surprise. "Seriously, even if Uncle Xiao is holding a stake in his hand, if the three of them work together, I'm afraid it should be Uncle Xiao who will fall."

"Yes, I have seen the information of the three Fusang people, judging from their height and weight, they are not weak, and the ** of people to survive is very strong, not to mention that they are still three people, don't you think it is strange, the three of them did not know how to resist in the face of death but fled in a hurry." Nangong Yi also walked over and said thoughtfully.

I haven't heard the prince's voice for a long time, I looked up and saw him standing on the ridge of the field silently looking into the distance, I stood up and asked him what he thought, the prince held the rosary and said calmly.

"Why here? If your dad is a murderer, why is he killing here? ”

"It's not like we all discussed this when we came, maybe it's because Yongning Village has something to do with treasures." Nangong Yi said.

The prince raised his hand to let us see, and from where we stood, this small mountain village was full of cooking smoke, and these places with cooking smoke meant that there were villagers' homes, and the homes of the residents in the mountain village would be far apart.

I suddenly understood what the prince meant, if Xiao Lianshan came to Yongning Village for the treasure, then he would definitely go to the place related to the treasure, and the murder here may mean that this is the closest place to the treasure.

I followed the direction of the prince's finger and saw that it was noon in the middle of the day, but there was no smoke rising from the chimney on the roof, which was the closest villager to the scene of the murder.

"Look here!" Yun Duruo said loudly in a bush on the ridge of the field.

We walked over to a dense grass, revealing a pair of footprints under the grass that Yun Duruo had opened, and this footprint was exactly the same as the one left by Xiao Lianshan at the murder scene, judging from the depth and blurring of the footprints, this footprint was found much earlier than the murder scene, that is, Xiao Lianshan had been here more than once.

I crouched down next to the footprints and looked out through the grass, and my eyes fell on the tiled house with no smoke.

"My dad used to squat here and observe the tiled house." I frowned and turned to the others in confusion.

We walked around the ridge to the house, there was an old iron lock hanging at the door, presumably the owner went out, this was a house similar to other houses in the mountain village, there was nothing special about it, Han Yu joked that maybe some treasure was buried under this house, otherwise Xiao Lianshan would not have squatted for so long.

"It shouldn't be possible, the letter she saw in the novel is at least 500 years ago in the early Yuan Dynasty, and the archaeological research that the Fusang people have been engaged in is limited to the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, especially the rise and expansion of the Yuan Dynasty, and the geographical location of Yongning Village does not fit this category at all." Nangong Yi was very knowledgeable and quickly dismissed Han Yu's words.

"Since this house and the treasure are not closed, why is Uncle Xiao squatting and observing here?" The prince looked around and said thoughtfully.

"People! The owner of the house! Yun Duruo's eyes lit up and he said to us excitedly. The little novel Uncle Xiao bought was just a letter, I think there can't be a direct record of the treasure on the letter, otherwise why would the person who holds the letter sell it, it should be Uncle Xiao found some clue in the letter, and this clue is related to the owner of this house, so Uncle Xiao will appear here. ”

Yun Duruo should be right, I turned around and asked the owner of the house in Liang Xiaocheng, Liang Xiaocheng flipped through the archives and told us that the master's name is Xie Tong, he is not a farmer in the mountain village, he is a cook, and he will be invited to hold a banquet when he encounters weddings and funerals in the village, Xie Tong is unmarried at Chinese New Year's Eve the age of seven today, and his father Xie Guodong is also a cook when he comes to die, and Xie Tong's skills are taught by his father.

It is recorded in the archives that Xie Tong's ancestors have always lived here, but there is nothing special about his innocence, we proposed to meet Xie Tong, and Liang Xiaocheng took us to another house, although Xie Tong's neighbor, we walked along the rugged mountain road for half an hour to arrive.

The neighbor told us that there was a happy event in the village today, Xie Tong was invited to a banquet, and under the leadership of the neighbor, we found the family of the wedding banquet, and the simple people in the village greeted us warmly for dinner.

The wedding scene of this family is very lively, the host is too hospitable and we are inconvenient to shirk, after the banquet we looked around, the neighbor who brought us said that he did not see Xie Tong, I guess he should cook in the back yard, because I don't know Xie Tong and asked the neighbor to take me to meet him.

When I went to the back hall, I saw a young man busy by the stove, and the neighbor didn't find Xie Tong after looking around, and pointed to the young man and told me that it was Xie Tong's apprentice, I asked the apprentice if I could see Xie Tong, and the apprentice was busy and thought I was in the way and threw away a sentence.

I knew that there was a banquet today, but I didn't see anyone early in the morning, most of them were drunk last night, and I guess I haven't woken up until now, so how can I be busy with so many things.

I frowned and suddenly had an ominous premonition, according to the apprentice's words, the last time he saw Xie Tong was last night, they were preparing the steaming bowls for today's banquet together, and the village invited guests to open the banquet to set up nine large bowls, all of which were steamed in steamers, because there were many people invited to the banquet, and these steaming bowls should be prepared in advance.

Last night Xie Tong asked the apprentice to go back first, he took care of the fire and let the apprentice go over early this morning to pull the steamer here, the apprentice said that when he left, he saw Xie Tong holding wine in his hand, who knew that the apprentice went to Xie Tong's house early this morning but didn't see his people, so he dragged the steamer to this side for a banquet first.

The neighbor also nodded next to me and said, Xie Tong likes to drink without any hobbies, and he often makes mistakes when he drinks all day long, and it is estimated that Xie Tong will come when he wakes up, so let me wait.

I nodded worriedly, Xiao Lianshan can squat outside Xie Tong's house can only mean that this person is very important, but Xie Tong actually disappeared for a day I was a little worried in my heart, and when I returned to the banquet, I heard the deafening sound of firecrackers, this is the opening ceremony, Yun Duruo said Let me not be suspicious, I should be happy when I encounter a happy event, not to mention that the farmer's food has a unique flavor.

On the table was the steaming bowl mentioned by the apprentice, and I saw a large steamer in front of the feast, which was usually rare, with nine floors high, and each layer steamed different dishes.

The dishes were served one after another, all of them were ordinary farm dishes, and the button meat, four happiness meatballs, small crispy meat, etc. were placed on the table, and the fragrance was mouth-watering.

Yes!

As soon as we picked up the chopsticks, we heard a frightened cry accompanied by the sound of the dishes falling to the ground and shattering from the front, and we stood up vigilantly and saw a villager in charge of serving food falling to the ground, supporting his body with his hands and shrinking back in fear, his eyes full of fear and fear.

On the other side is the apprentice who was busy in the back hall just now, next to him is the sliding steamer, under the panicked and frightened eyes are the corners of the mouth that are constantly squirming and twitching, the apprentice's gaze has been falling on the steamer that means for a long time, we walked over quickly, and only glanced at the stiffness that we were all stunned and stiffened in place.

There was no steaming bowl in the uncovered steamer, but a person curled up inside, and the person was covered in blood and flesh under the high temperature steaming, and he looked terrifying.

He ...... He is...... Thank...... Xie Tong. After the neighbor finished speaking in a trembling voice, he covered his mouth and rushed to the side to vomit.