Chapter 175: Blood-spattered plain clothes
Xiao Song put on a robe, but did not go to visit Su Mansion as he said, but rode a horse to the Yuelai Inn.
Thunderstorms, the sound of horses' hooves is not noticeable, only the occasional sound of wading through the water can be heard.
"Xiao Shilang"
As soon as Xiao Song dismounted, County Lieutenant Feng greeted him with a shocked face.
Xiao Song glanced at him, not too surprised, casually threw the hat to the person next to him, took the oil-paper umbrella handed by the officer, and asked while going to the inn, "What happened?" ”
"Yes......" County Lieutenant Feng felt that he couldn't say a word or two clearly, so he simply said, "You will see it at a glance when you enter the courtyard." ”
Xiao Song strode into the lobby of the inn, and a heavy bloody aura suddenly hit his face.
There were more than a dozen lanterns lit in the room, and the scene was unobstructed: the walls of the tables and chairs were stained with blood, and the broken limbs and flesh scattered on the ground were soaked in blood, and it was almost impossible to distinguish which part of the body it was.
This incident did not surprise Xiao Song, he even arranged the surroundings early, just waiting for the murderer to come and kill.
Before Zhuang Yin explained the truth of the matter, he had already made arrangements. The murderer's actions were obviously vindictive, and it would not have been possible to be so insane and ferocious without a deep hatred. In such cases, he never spared the lives of those who deserved to die. Since he has such a deep hatred, he is willing to create an opportunity for the murderer to close the net and arrest him by the way, the best of both worlds. It also saves the criminal department a series of troubles and the executioner's strength.
All this is just out of caution, he didn't think that the murderer was really murderous, and he really dared to break in.
Xiao Song looked around, explained that the person was optimistic about the scene, and then followed the drag marks of blood on the ground through the lobby and strode towards the courtyard.
Walking out of the carved door, the lanterns in the verandah around the courtyard were dimly lit, barely illuminating the huge courtyard, and the porch was full of officials with knives, surrounded by a tall and slender figure in heavy rain, and the corpse under her feet had been chopped off and could not see the human form.
She stood quietly, dressed in plain clothes, her black hair in a ponytail at the back of her head, hanging down from her back to below her hips like a waterfall, holding a board axe for chopping wood, and her shoulders trembled slightly. The white skirt was dyed crimson with blood, and under the rain wash, it formed deep or shallow traces, like enchanting colored ink.
"You killed him desperately, and two people are at large, okay?" Xiao Song held an umbrella and paced to the courtyard.
County Lieutenant Feng just opened his mouth, but was stopped by Xiao Song raising his hand, and he could only helplessly order a few strong martial arts catchers to protect him.
Wearing plain clothes and hearing Xiao Song's words, he moved his steps slightly, and the rain and blood droplets dripped from the edge of the skirt, creating circles and ripples in the stagnant water.
She turned around, and under her messy hair, she revealed a miserable white and slender face, with blood dripping red on her cheeks, her dark eyes as if she could not shine into the light, and her bloodless lips trembled slightly, exhaling a faint mist in the cold night.
"Suzu Niang." Xiao Song's tone was soothing, gently reminding her to answer.
Luo Ling looked at him and smiled miserably, his voice seemed to tremble with his lips, "You are ...... If you don't come to Jushui County early, why don't you come late"
At first, the voice was full of heavy breathing, and he could barely hear the words, but at the end, he suddenly roared, and the frightened catchers immediately drew their knives to block in front of Xiao Song.
If Xiao Song had intervened in this case earlier, maybe she wouldn't have to do her best to kill people as a woman, if he had come later, she would have been able to kill all the damned people.
If you don't come sooner or later, she interrupted her plan at this time, and everyone understood what Luo Ling meant.
As long as Xiao Song doesn't come, she can commit crimes unscrupulously? County Lieutenant Feng's face was a little embarrassed, and he was clearly saying that the officials of their Yamen in Jushui County were all straw bales
County Lieutenant Feng secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Song, and saw that he didn't seem to care, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"There are two left, and I'll help you out." Xiao Song is not lying in vain, although the Tang law stipulates that the death penalty is only for killing three people who are not guilty of capital crimes, but dismembering the body is also a capital crime, and Zhuang Yin said before that they split the body in half.
Luo Ling stared at Xiao Song's resolute face quietly, for a long time, for a long time, a smile quietly bloomed on his face, and with blood, it was like a manzhu sawa blooming in the dark forest.
There was a muffled thud, and the heavy axe fell on the stone slab of the courtyard.
"Take her away." Xiao Song said slowly.
The two catchers pressed the lifeless Luo Ling and walked outside the inn, Xiao Song carefully observed the situation in the courtyard, and waved his hand to order him to come for an autopsy.
Xiao Song held an umbrella to carefully investigate the scene, and after about half a moment, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the old man who was buried in the autopsy, and his heart was stunned, and he couldn't help but shout, "Bai Yi"
After a pause, County Lieutenant Feng trotted and asked, "Xiao Shilang, do you have something to do with the lower officials?" No less words"
Xiao Song frowned, and ordered in a deep voice, "Let people carefully check whether there are clues left by the murderer in the courtyard, guard the lobby, and do not move anything inside." ”
County Lieutenant Feng's old face stiffened, his old bones were about to be tired and scattered, since Xiao Song accepted this case, he was busy all day long, without a moment of idleness, he originally thought that the murderer would be caught, but he didn't expect to check the physical evidence, so many pairs of eyes looked at it
Although there were many discussions, County Lieutenant Feng did not dare to anger this Chang'an ghost, and responded again and again, which made people investigate.
Xiao Song put on a hat, turned over and got on his horse, intending to return to the county office to try the case overnight.
A black horse dressed in purple cut through the rain curtain like lightning in the dark night, swept past the gate of the small courtyard where Ran Yan temporarily lived, and went straight to the county office.
But in the blink of an eye, one man rode back again, raised his hat, looked at the light in the small courtyard, jumped off his horse, and stretched out his hand to knock on the door.
"Who?" A faint voice came from inside the door.
"Xiao Song." When Xiao Song heard the sound, it was Sang Chen, and he lived in the house near the gatehouse.
Sang Chen let out a low snort, and instead of opening the door, he ran away.
Xiao Song listened to the footsteps in the distance, judged Sang Chen's movements, and couldn't help frowning, this Sang Chen is still such a small belly Xiao Song stepped back, looked at the courtyard wall that was not high, stepped on the horse's back and jumped lightly, and neatly turned over and entered the hospital.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard the noise in Ran Yan's house, and Xiao Song did not take the verandah, but strode straight through the courtyard.
"Ran Yan, I take the guilt, please forgive me," Liu Qingsong's voice came from inside the house.
Xiao Song put his mind at ease, it seemed that Liu Qingsong had been a shrinking turtle for several days, and finally he couldn't solve any problems by hiding like this, so he picked a good apology.
And this "good" is when he is not there.
Xiao Song took off his hat and stepped into the house with a body full of moisture.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Liu Qingsong, who was naked and had a thorn tied to his back. Xiao Song's face suddenly turned cold.
"Sang said, know that you are almost brave, you just look at the guilt of Jing and pleading, forgive me this time, that the explosive is a little more powerful, think about me Xiaolang, I can get it out with a little impression of memory, it is not in va......in" Liu Qingsong said as he spoke, suddenly felt a cold chill behind him, his scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but turn his head little by little, and swallowed his saliva dryly at Xiao Song's cold winter Layue, "...... Lang, you."
"Liu Qingsong" Xiao Song popped out three words from between his teeth, staring at him with knife-like eyes, "You said that Sang Chen taught you to bear the guilt of Jing Pleading?" ”
Liu Qingsong nodded hurriedly, "Sang is a celebrity ...... Confucian."
He was interrupted by Xiao Song in the middle of his words, "He also taught you to run naked to an unmarried lady's room in the middle of the night?" I'm going to play a hooligan, get out of here."
In the inner room, Wan Lu opened the curtain and walked out, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Langjun, my lady just fell asleep......"
This sentence is like a stuffy stick smashed on Liu Qingsong's head, more striking than Xiao Song's yelling, dare to love him, and he has repented for a long time in vain?
Xiao Song's mood was a little better, he glared at Liu Qingsong, and said in a low voice, "Don't put on your clothes yet."
Liu Qingsong pulled off the thorn strip and scratched a bloody mark on his back, and he grinned in pain, wanting to cry without tears.
Since Ran Yan woke up, he either slept or was with Xiao Song, and he took advantage of this repeated thinking to clean up the mess.
As a person who grew up in the same environment as Ran Yan, Liu Qingsong did not think of such an ancient method as "taking the guilt of Jing and petitioning", originally Liu Qingsong just wanted to talk to Ran Yan in private, talk earnestly, and express his deep apologies, but he has not been serious in his eight lives, and he has practiced privately for many days, which makes him feel insincere.
It happened that at noon today, Sang Chen was frightened by Ran Yan's words of "receiving the corpse", nesting in the quilt for a long time, the sky was getting dark, and the thunder sounded, he really didn't dare to stay alone, thinking that Ran Yunsheng had been in a bad mood recently, so he mustered up the courage to knock on Liu Qingsong's door.
Liu Qingsong opened the door with two panda eyes, unkempt wrapped in a quilt, and when he saw that it was Sangchen, he let him into the house.
After chatting between the two, Liu Qingsong slapped his thigh, and suddenly felt that it was difficult to be a brother. hugged his head and cried for a long time, and under the instigation of Sang Chen's righteous words, Liu Qingsong made an apology plan.
So there was a scene just now.
Evening Green glanced at Xiao Song tremblingly, he was still dripping with water, a few strands of ink hair were scattered on the side of his face, and the water droplets on the tips of his hair refracted a dazzling light under the light, making his handsome face more and more beautiful.
Xiao Song stood by the bamboo curtain and did not walk in, his slender fingers picked up the fine curtain, stood in place and looked at it for a while, his cold and hard expression gradually eased like ice melting, and when he put down the curtain, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his lips.
"In the future, Liu Qingsong and Sang Chen are not allowed to come in," Xiao Song turned back to the evening green road.
If there was no Ran Yan's approval, she wouldn't dare to let Liu Qingsong into the house at night
"Yes" Evening Green was a little wronged. And obviously not her master, she didn't dare not agree.
Xiao Song bowed slightly and walked out.
Wanlu bowed his head and sent him off, and after the people left, he couldn't help but walk the aisle where Xiao Song was standing, and learned him to open the curtain, and couldn't help muttering, "Isn't it just the back of the head......?"
Isn't it to see * the light of day, is there such a joy to be felt?
Ge Lan could also see every move outside indoors, and glanced at Ran Yan, who was obviously not in water but pretended to be a corpse, and bent the corners of her lips.
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