Chapter 17: Zhang Huan
In the past three days, Huangyang Town has made a lot of waves. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At the foot of the two gorges, 228 people died in one village in Xiejia Village overnight, and none of them survived, and the deceased was swollen and died in a miserable state, as if soaked in water for several days, but his clothes were extremely dry.
The brutality of the murderer's methods has reached the point of sensationalism.
This case alarmed the city lord's mansion of Huayang City, and mobilized thousands of people to investigate the surroundings, and the two gorges of the mountain were almost turned over, and now there are two hundred people from the official mansion in Huangyang Town who are investigating door to door.
Wang Po went out and happened to meet someone sent by the government, and said that Rong Tieyi had been to Liangxia Mountain that day, and he might know something, so he immediately rushed to the courtyard of Lao Xu's house.
Rong Tie's body was inexplicably sick, half of his life was gone, and he felt that the yard was a little cold, and he was going to go back to the house to rest again, but as soon as he was about to get up, he heard a chaotic footsteps outside the house.
When I looked sideways, I saw a group of about ten officers and soldiers entering the courtyard one after another.
Rong Tieyi was not surprised, but was stunned for a moment, and it seemed that his brain had become a little wooden.
The officers and men did not wear official uniforms, but wore gray and white robes that were no different from ordinary people, and their appearance was young, about twenty-four or five, holding a plain fan, and they walked slowly and without hurrying, while the officers and soldiers behind them did not dare to take a step faster than him, and followed closely behind.
The man first looked around the small courtyard, and then moved his gaze to Rong Tieyi's body, and when he saw that it was a young man, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "You are Rong Tieyi?"
Rong Tieyi nodded, got up slowly, and saluted weakly with his fists, "I've seen Master Guan." ”
Who knew that the man said with a straight face, "I'm not an official, but I'm just an investigator, so I don't need to be polite." ”
Rong Tieyi was stunned again, then looked at the officers and soldiers who were already standing in a row behind him, smiled dumbly, and said, "Yes, my lord." ”
The man nodded, "Well, I just entered the City Lord's Mansion, and I haven't officially integrated into the office, so I can't be considered an official, okay, I'm not talking nonsense when I'm looking for you, my name is Zhang Huan, you want to call me Lord Zhang or Brother Zhang in the future, then you just have to answer my question." ”
Rong Tieyi froze, then turned sideways, let go of the bamboo chair he was sitting on before, and said respectfully, "Lord Zhang, please take a seat." ”
Zhang Huan waved his hand, "When I came, I heard that you have been asleep in bed for three days, so you can sit down first." ”
Rong Tieyi was not polite after hearing this, and went down directly, and simply leaned on the chair, first, he had such a temper, and secondly, he really felt that his head was dizzy and unbearable after he couldn't stand for long.
And when some officers and soldiers saw this person's move, they all frowned, thinking that this kid really didn't know how to lift.
Zhang Huan smiled dumbly, then coughed dryly twice and said in a straight voice, "You have already heard about the matter of Xiejia Village." ”
Rong Tieyi nodded.
"Did you go to Liangxia Mountain three days ago?"
"Yes, I was there, and it rained twice. ”
Zhang Huan looked down and recalled, "There were two rains that morning and another in the evening, so you went in the morning?"
Rong Tieyi nodded again.
"Have you ever seen anyone from Xiejia Village, or have you seen any suspicious people or things?"
Rong Tieyi did not hesitate, "Yes, I have seen Lao Xie who was rushing down the mountain at that time, and some other people." ”
Zhang Huan frowned and said, "The people in Xiejia Village are all surnamed Xie, which one is the old Xie you are talking about?"
Rong Tieyi thought about it carefully, "Well, it seems that there is only one person who goes up the mountain to chop wood, but that day he went up to the broken temple on the mountain to gamble on silver, hehe, he should also be dead." ”
Zhang Huan frowned again, and looked at the young man in front of him with a little more strange eyes, and he asked again.
"What did he tell you?"
Rong Tieyi's face was a little distracted, and Rong Tieyi still remembered clearly what Lao Xie said when he stopped him in the rain.
"If you still want to live, follow me back!"
Rong Tieyi gathered his thoughts, smiled bitterly, and said to Zhang Huan, "He said that the mountain is haunted. ”
Zhang Huan's eyes shot a fine light, in the past three days, he has been constantly investigating and questioning the surroundings and found nothing, and he has not found any clues in the overnight search on the Liangxia Mountain, but now he has a chance to break through!
Zhang Huan said eagerly, "Be specific." ”
Rong Tieyi told Zhang Huan all the circumstances of seeing Lao Xie hurriedly going down the mountain that day, and then went up the mountain to see the old Taoist, and saw the strange man, and even saw the county lord hiding from the rain.
Zhang Huan was overjoyed after hearing this, everything Rong Tieyi said was very valuable, there were few people on the Liangxia Mountain, and Xie Jia Village itself was located in a remote area, and there was no survivor, so it naturally became an extremely difficult case to investigate.
If it is according to the past nature of the government, such a big case will not be announced to the public first, but send someone to secretly check and block the news, once it becomes an unsolved case, then find another way to cover up the past, but Xie Jia Village is not far from an official road with many caravans, and some people pass by and find a tragedy, and the result has not yet reached the official mansion It has spread all over Huayang City.
In this way, if the city lord's mansion does not vigorously investigate, it will lose the support of the people.
And this ring has been assisting in the investigation and handling of cases in the city lord's mansion since three years ago, although the ability is outstanding, but because the poor were born and did not get the attention of officials, they were repeatedly bullied by their colleagues, and even stole the pillars to steal the credit, so they have been unknown for three years, until the end of last year, Jiang Yang's thieves flew into the city, and was captured by one of them, and then his name reached the ears of Zhao Heng, the king of Qiyang, and was reused.
He also took the lead in this case of Xiejia Village, and specially approved 900 officers and soldiers and several officials of the City Lord's Mansion, preparing to make a thorough understanding of Xiejia Village within a radius of ten miles.
After listening to Rong Tieyi's words, Zhang Huan immediately sent an order, "The old Taoist priest in the blue and gray white robe and the strange man with a puffy face, when they find out, they will immediately report to me, and they must not act rashly, and send someone back to the city quickly, and ask the city lord to mobilize ten military masters to come." ”
As soon as the words fell, the ten officers and soldiers immediately withdrew from the courtyard and gave orders.
Zhang Huan did not leave, but turned to look at Rong Tieyi, and he said, "But why did you get such a serious anemia for no reason?"
Rong Tieyi was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly, "I want to know too." ”
Zhang Huan smiled and nodded slightly, "You kid had better not go out and walk around at will during this time, you are the only one who has seen the real murderer, if they are still nearby, then most of them will come to you, I will arrange some people around here, but you can save your life." ”
Rong Tieyi still smiled bitterly, "People can kill more than 200 people silently, are you sure that just your little people can save my life?" Hehe, besides, I think it's actually in vain, if they really want to kill me, they can kill me first in the mountains at that time." ”
Zhang Huan nodded thoughtfully, slowly turned around and didn't want to say more, ready to leave here.
And just as Zhang Huan was about to step out of the courtyard, Rong Tieyi sat up and called out to him, "Lord Zhang, I also remind you, that murderer may have other purposes." ”
Zhang Huan turned his head, but his face was not surprised, he asked with interest, "What purpose?"
Rong Tieyi shook his head, "I don't know." ”
Zhang Huan smiled and turned to leave.
The yard became quiet again, and the princess who had made the duck came over from her yard with a pot of duck meat.
Rong Tieyi heard Zhang Huan's excuse outside.
"Lord Zhang, this freshly made duck, why don't you eat here before leaving. ”
"No, I still have business to do, so it's not convenient. ”
Rong Tieyi was dazed and never understood the relationship between the old Taoist priest and the strange man, if it was said that it was a puppet manipulated by the old Taoist priest, it seemed reasonable, but if it was said that the old Taoist priest of the mountains and rivers killed more than 200 people under the mountain, Rong Tieyi would never believe it.
But what is the coincidence in this, I'm afraid I can only let this ring go to check.
Rong Tieyi smelled the smell of meat, but he couldn't raise his appetite at all, so he lay down dizzily, and muttered in his mouth, "Wang Po's craftsmanship is good, otherwise, send it to Wei Shen." ”