Chapter 178: Exhuming the Remains
readx;? Yuan Shuxiang is a poor and lamentable child, his life is oppressed by his father's ideals, he can't do what he really likes, he can't have his own life, and he can't even be with his beloved Ginkgo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
When everything was said and done, he didn't have any scruples in his heart, and when Yang Jing asked him about the corpse, he didn't hide it anymore.
"I asked me to bury the bodies of those two officials. ”
As soon as Yuan Shuxiang said this, the audience was shocked, no one expected that it would be a good thing done by Yuan Shuxiang, a sick man who does not leave the door!
If it is true, as Yuan Shuxiang said, that the official messenger was killed by the mandrill, then why did he bury the corpse? Could it be that the mandrill was raised by him?
Yang Jing pondered for a moment, he believed that Lu Yueniang would not lie, because she had no reason to lie, no matter whether the murderer was a mandrill or not, her skills must be good, and Wang Buliu and Zong Yun were able to prove that the people in this post house did not understand martial arts, let alone the sick Yuan Shuxiang.
So why did Yuan Shuxiang bury the body? Is it really because he raised the mandrill? Or does he recognize the murderer? Or is he an accomplice in the case?
"Since you didn't kill the person, why did you bury the body?" Yang Jing asked directly, because since Yuan Shuxiang was willing to tell the fact of burying the body, he should have been ready to tell the truth frankly.
Sure enough, Yuan Shuxiang didn't hide it anymore, looked at his father Yuan Weidao, and turned his eyes to the little girl Ginkgo, his eyes were full of pity, and then sighed lightly.
"Actually, Ginkgo and I have been planning for more than half a year, to take the opportunity of the study tour to run away and elope together, leave this ghost place, and find a new life for the two of us. ”
"The old mother who accompanied me was actually my father's eyeliner, looking at me deadly, and I was not allowed to touch anything other than reading, so we hid all the coils we had accumulated on weekdays in the wooden house where we were dating, and put our bags in it, always ready to escape from this place."
"After the incident that night, I was worried that the government would send someone to investigate the case, and they would turn out what we were hiding, and if my father found out, we would never be able to leave."
When Yuan Shuxiang said this, he couldn't help glaring at his father angrily, and Ginkgo heard Yuan Shuxiang confide in the truth, and finally stopped pretending to be crazy and stupid, and stabilized from the collapse, and then Yuan Shuxiang said.
"Because the master once warned me that if I was found to have seduced the young master and delayed the young master's study, he would throw me into the servant's room, and let Ding Laosi and them abuse me at will.
"But the young master is still not at ease, this kind of thing is not convincing, I'm afraid there is no convincing power, and the government will not believe it when investigating the case, and in the end it is still to blame on the head of the post house, and all of us will be investigated as suspects, although the master does not know that we are secretly interacting, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents, and it will also delay my plan to elope with the young master, rather than this, it is better to bury the body"
"As long as the body is buried, the people of the government will not see the body, and there will be no way to start the investigation, even if these poor masters of the government are not pampered, they are also worry-free, and it is impossible to stay in this ghost place for a long time for an unsolved case, so that the matter will not be over, and we will be safe"
Yang Jing originally thought that Yuan Shuxiang was just a rebellious teenager, because his blood was strong, and he couldn't hold back his restless youth, so he and Ginkgo stole the forbidden fruit, but now it seems that the two even did not hesitate to bury the corpse in order to elope, which shows that there is indeed loyal affection between them.
"Rebel son! I didn't expect you to think of running away! I have been in this place all my life for my father, and my ancestors have all been here as post servants, and you want to abandon the ancestral land of your ancestors for the sake of a lowly slave and maid, and disgrace your ancestors, what a misfortune for your family!"
Yuan Weidao stomped his feet and scolded, but Yang Jing glared at him fiercely, because Yuan Shuxiang finally spoke, Yang Jing didn't want to interrupt Yuan Shuxiang to confess the truth because Yuan Weidao was in the way!
"Yuan Gongzi, the so-called Qing official is difficult to decide family affairs, the matter between your father and son, the official is indeed not qualified to put a beak, but you and the ginkgo girl are in love, the feelings are sincere, it is really moving, but in order to keep the secret of elopement, bury the body, obstruct the investigation, so that the truth can not be revealed, the two brothers of our county government are not blind, but they are too selfish, although you take the initiative to admit it, but according to the law, this official has to escort you back to the county government for trial. ”
Yuan Shuxiang knew that this would be the result, but he just laughed miserably and said: "As long as I can leave this place and leave such a father, I will go to prison, and I am willing!"
The ginkgo over there also grabbed Yuan Shuxiang's hand, and said with a resolute face: "Young master, when we come out of prison, we can really be together, even if we wait for three or five more years, the slave and maid will be willing, young master, are you willing?"
Yuan Shuxiang was full of emotion, and regardless of everyone's eyes, he hugged Ginkgo biloba into his arms with tenderness and sweetness, and even said he was willing, the two hugged their heads and cried, the scene was touching, and even Song Fengya's eyes couldn't help but moisten.
Yang Jing looked at all this, was silent for a moment, and said to Yuan Shuxiang: "Yuan Gongzi doesn't have to worry too much, knowing his mistakes can improve Mo Dayan, it's not too late to restrain the horse from the precipice, as long as you tell the place where the body is buried, assist the official to solve the case, and after catching the murderer, the official can give you the credit, and in less than three years and five years, you will be able to tie the knot with Ginkgo biloba and stay and fly brightly." ”
"Is this true?!" Yuan Shuxiang seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and confirmed to Yang Jing excitedly, seeing that Yang Jing nodded, he was overjoyed: "Next, take the adult to dig up the body!"
Although it was still raining outside, and it was still night, it was hard to find new clues, if you don't dig it up to see what is going on, no one will be able to sleep well, after all, Yang Jing and Wang Dou and others are still concerned about the life and death of Li Mu and Cao Sheng to this day.
Yuan Shuxiang took Yang Jing and the others to a small forest behind the post house, checked the surrounding environment by the light of the torches, and finally determined the burial site.
Because it has been raining for the past few days, the ground is damp and soft, and it is effortless to dig up, and it will not take long to dig to a half-human depth, but nothing can be found, Yuan Shuxiang's face began to become a little pale, and he coughed one after another.
"Dig again!" Wang Dou gave an order, and the catchers were like rats burrowing, three times and five divided by two, and continued to dig down, but what they dug out was only a rotten straw mat and half a fast shoe, as well as some cloth for clothes, and there was no corpse at all!
"This can't be! I'm obviously buried here, how can I not see it!" Yuan Shuxiang jumped into the pit in disbelief, his eyes searched everywhere, and he dodged the pickaxe and slashed hard.
Yang Jing squatted down to check the fast shoes and the remaining clothes and fabrics, and said to Yuan Shuxiang: "No need to dig anymore, the body should have been stolen."
Yang Jing pointed to the shoes on the ground and said: "This is the shoes of the county government to catch fast, you can take a look at the shoes of all the fast catching brothers, it should be the same." ”
As soon as everyone heard this, Wang Dou immediately asked a catcher to take off a shoe, just a simple comparison, and sure enough, it was the standard fast shoes of the county government to catch fast!
Yang Jing picked up the piece of fabric again, washed it in the puddle next to it, picked it up and said, "This fabric is the same, this kind of black cloth can only be used by Brother Kuai and the servants."
Cao Sheng and Li Mu are the representatives of the catchers and archers, many of them have the feeling of being sad and sad about the dead rabbit and the fox, seeing that the clues are about to be broken, one or two are also depressed, Wang Dou pointed at Yuan Shuxiang, and said loudly to Yang Jing: "My lord, it must be this poor sour deceit! Who would be stupid enough to steal the corpse!"
Yang Jing looked at Yuan Shuxiang, and saw that Yuan Shuxiang was also at a loss, so he shook his head and said: "No, this official believes that Yuan Gongzi is a person who knows how to judge the situation, he has already confessed, and it doesn't make much sense to deceive us again, I'm afraid that the body will really be stolen."
"But who would steal the corpse, I can't avoid it!" Wang Dou was also anxious, complaining angrily, and he didn't know who to hate, so he had to set his eyes on Yuan Shuxiang again.
Yuan Shuxiang didn't expect Yang Jing to be willing to believe him, and immediately explained to Yang Jing: "My lord, the student is sure, the body is buried here, and the little pine tree next to it was planted by me three years ago, and I will never admit it!"
As soon as he finished saying this, Yuan Shuxiang seemed to think of something again, and said to Yang Jing: "My lord, the students did see the short mandrill entering the house and killing people that night, and everyone said that the mandrill likes to eat human brains, could it be that the mandrill dug up the corpse?"
Yang Jing shook his head and said: "If the mandrill is smart enough to know how to dig up the corpse, then it should also know that it just needs to dig out the brain and eat it, there is no need to take the whole corpse away, it is too laborious, and besides, if it is a mandrill, it will dig up the corpse and leave, and it will not bury the tomb from scratch." ”
"Then what should I do" The clue was interrupted, Song Fengya also felt very discouraged, now Yang Jing is the backbone, although her voice is very small, but Yang Jing still hears it.
Yang Jing had no better way in his heart, so he had to let Zong Yun, Wang Buliu and others look around for clues.
But this grove is full of pine needles and dead branches and rotten leaves, and it has been raining continuously in the past few days, and any traces left by the robbers have already been washed away, and everyone has no choice but to return to the post house.
Although his son proved his innocence, Yuan Weidao had a conflict with his son, and after knowing his son's true intentions, the whole person seemed to grow old overnight, and he couldn't do anything.
Yang Jing and the others were tired for most of the night, and they were also hungry, but Yuan Weidao retracted into the room early, and all the strong men in the post house were beaten to half death, and Yang Jing and the others had to take care of their own diet.
Wang Dou is also an old catcher who understands the rules, and hurriedly ordered the catchers to borrow the kitchen to cook.
But when he went to the kitchen, he suddenly had a headache, because there was nothing in the kitchen except for rice grain and a jar of pickles, and there were strips of smoked bacon hanging on the beams, but they were smoked so black that they didn't have much appetite.
They are used to eating and sleeping in the open, and they are used to enduring hardships, so it doesn't matter if they make do with a meal, but Yang Jing, Zong Yun, Song Fengya and others need to be entertained.
When Wang Dou was hurting his head because of this, he heard the sound of a wild boar humming from the beast pen under the stilted building!