Chapter 20: A Strange Prefectural Order
Slightly!
Yi Fan walked out of the house.
The two catchers immediately surrounded them.
They cowered and said, "Head, what's going on inside......?"
"Let's bury old Chen. ”
Yi Fan shook down a sentence and left quietly.
The two knew the relationship between Yi Fan and Lao Chen, and knew that it was not appropriate to disturb him at this time.
It's just that if you want to collect the body, you have to go in, but this place is ...... It's really eerie.
At this time, outside the courtyard gate, an aunt wrapped in a headscarf walked over.
This aunt, whom Yi Fan knows, is Aunt Liu who lives next door to Lao Chen's house.
Aunt Liu was very sure: "Official, I know who killed Lao Chen. ”
Yi Fan couldn't help but frown, feeling surprised.
"But it doesn't hurt for you to say that. ”
At that moment, Aunt Liu directly pulled Yi Fan to a corner where no one was, for fear of being listened to by others.
"Aunt Liu, outsiders here can't hear it, so tell me everything you know. Yi Fan said patiently.
Aunt Liu looked around cautiously, and then whispered: "Head catcher, Lao Chen raised a woman." ”
Yi Fan was stunned and asked, "Woman?"
"Yes, a woman, the two of them have been living together for several days.
I thought Lao Chen had found a new daughter-in-law and didn't ask much, but today Lao Chen died, and the woman was gone.
You say, "If it wasn't the woman who killed him, who else could it be?"
"Well, you go on. Yi Fan said in a deep voice.
Aunt Liu sighed and said, "Lao Chen is an honest person who often helps his neighbors.
It is not uncommon for a warm-hearted person like him to be able to get another daughter-in-law, and the relationship between that woman and Lao Chen seems to be very good.
So good that I don't even want to believe that she hurt Lao Chen.
But yesterday Lao Chen came back from the yamen with wine in his hand, and then there was a strange noise in his house, I didn't pay attention, but this morning Lao Chen died. ”
"Aunt Liu, have you seen that woman?"
"I haven't seen the face, but I know from the figure that he is a beautiful person. ”
Yi Fan's face sank suddenly, thinking back to the strangeness of Lao Chen's body in the past few days, it is possible that he came into contact with the ghost mother at that time.
What kind of means did the ghost mother use to bewitch Lao Chen, he was not interested in knowing.
The top priority is to find this ghost mother first.
His instincts told him that the Ghost Mother must still be in the city, and might even make a move on the others.
subsequently
Wait a few minutes, and the prefectural order arrives.
"Yi Fan, are there any traces left by the murderer found at the scene?" the county magistrate immediately asked.
Yi Fan replied: "Go back to my lord, I haven't found it for the time being." ”
Hearing this, the county commander nodded, his expression indifferent, which was really beyond Yi Fan's expectations.
Lao Chen is also a member of the government, although he is just a servant and has no official rank, but he has extremely high qualifications and prestige, and even the reception banquet where the county order came to take office was also paid for by Lao Chen.
But now, this county order is so calm that it is difficult for Yi Fan to accept.
He really wanted to question the county order, but it was Lao Chen who died, not a homeless person.
Even if you frown!
However, the county commander's expression was still very calm, and there was no sadness in his eyes.
This kind of look, one is accustomed to life and death, and it is already free and easy, and the other is that it has no heart and lungs, or it is hard-hearted.
The prefectural order is clearly biased towards the second type.
For a while, Yi Fan was a little chilled.
Maybe the prefectural magistrate is indeed a good official, but that's about it.
At this time, the county commander ordered: "Yi Zhutou, you take people to disperse the surrounding crowds, and then close the gates of each city."
If someone wants to leave the city, no matter what the reason is, no matter what his status, he will not be allowed to go.
Those who enter the city must be strictly screened for identity. ”
Hearing this, Yi Fan was shocked.
"The subordinates understand. ”
Immediately, Yi Fan called a cadre of officials and two arrests to evacuate the surrounding people.
The county magistrate walked into the courtyard, and the accompanying servant picked up the tools, bowed and said, "My lord, can I go in for an autopsy now?"
The county magistrate shook his head: "You go back first, and wait for the official's order." ”
He was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to disobey the order of the county order, so he had to leave obediently.
Then, the county magistrate sighed secretly, flicked his sleeves, and walked into the house alone.
...
Soon after, the news of Lao Chen's death soon spread throughout Wuyang City.
In just half a day, multiple versions appeared.
The most widely spread is to be taken on by the fox spirit, sucking up yang energy or something.
However, this can only be said secretly, if it is known by the government, it will be punished at least by the board, and at worst it will be imprisoned.
At night, the moon and stars are scarce.
Yi Fan returned to his small dilapidated house in a depressed mood.
Lao Chen's death hit him very hard.
At this moment, there was a knock at the door.
"Xiao Fan, have you seen Xiao Ai?" the voice came from the lame mother-in-law, who was very anxious.
Yi Fan immediately stood up, he forgot to tell the lame mother-in-law about Xiao Ai's departure.
Pushing open the door, Yi Fan explained to the lame mother-in-law.
The lame mother-in-law was unusually happy when she heard that Xiao Ai's eyes could be cured.
"Okay, good! I've been looking forward to Xiao Ai's eyes, and when I can see things, I'm relieved. The lame mother-in-law wept with joy.
Seeing that the lame mother-in-law was so excited, Yi Fan was also relieved in his heart.
He was afraid that his lame mother-in-law would be reluctant to let Xiao Ai leave.
It seems that he is overly worried.
...
The other side.
Outside the city of Wuyang, about ten miles to the west, there are large groups of mountains, heavy mountains and mountains.
Deep in the mountains, there was a gust of wind from a certain cave.
At this moment, a figure flashed by.
Deep inside the cave, a humanoid monster with fleshy wings on its back was sitting cross-legged on the ground, spitting out the gloomy aura around it.
This monster is the ghost mother.
After the battle with Gongsun Bai Yu that day, don't look at it as normal, but in fact, its vitality is greatly damaged.
It didn't take long for all the injuries in its body to erupt and nearly die.
In order to save his life, he had to venture into the city.
At this time, there was a different movement in the cave.
The ghost mother suddenly opened her eyes and said sharply, "Who?"
It was now so badly wounded that even the lowest-level White Belt Hunter could have killed it.
In addition, he killed people in the city, so he had to hide in the mountains to avoid the search of those ghost hunters in Si Tianjian.
Da-da-da-da!
Suddenly, an afterimage appeared.
"Oops!" the ghost mother felt cold in her heart and tried to escape.
But apparently a beat slower.
I saw an iron folding fan against the back of its neck.
"I advise you, my hands are much faster than that boy from the Gongsun family. ”
The speaker's voice was cold, and it was a man.
The folding fan has a blade embedded in it, and the ghost mother has no doubt about what the man said, as long as she makes a slight move, her head will be easily cut off.
The ghost mother was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, and said in a trembling voice: "You, who are you? What do you want to do?"
The man continued: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to see how many pounds and taels you have, so I'm afraid you're not far from death, so let's do it for myself." ”
After speaking, the man withdrew the folding fan, his body was like a breeze, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if he had never appeared.
The ghost mother froze in place, secretly relieved.
"Such a terrible person, this sense of oppression, I'm afraid it's the top Red Belt Ghost Hunter, and his strength is estimated to be no less than those giants.
I didn't think he would let me go, it's really strange.
But he said that I was not far from death, and I was afraid that someone else would kill me.
Could it be the ghost hunter that night, or the young catcher?"
At the thought of catching fast, the ghost mother's eyes instantly lit up.
"Yi Fan, I remember your name. I'm sure we'll see each other again soon. ”