Chapter 023: [The Truth] (I)

I'm Liu Bei.

"Hugh hurts!"

Behind me, I don't know who roared, and a sharp arrow swept past my ear and shot at Gao Ran. Gao Ran turned around and dodged. Immediately, a Quhou wearer jumped in with a sword, launched an offensive again and again, and Gao Ran defused them one by one. The two were entangled, but it could be discerned that Gao Ran was gradually gaining the upper hand.

"Xuande suffered." One will untie me and say at the same time.

"Your Excellency?"

"In Xia Sun Jing, my brother is Changsha Taishou Sun Jian."

"There is work, there is work!" I was grateful. After that, Sun Jing swung his sword and joined the battle. I immediately ran to Wang Batian, picked him up and asked softly, "Senior brother, I already know that you are pretending to be dumb." Why? ”

Blood overflowed from the corners of Wang Batian's mouth, and he trembled and didn't speak.

"What kind of forces are threatening you and making you willing to die for them?" I asked out loud.

Wang Batian squeezed out two words slightly: "Hurry up!" Then his eyes rolled and his soul returned to the underworld.

Seeing Wang Batian's death, my heart was touched, if it weren't for my appearance, he wouldn't have died.

The past is vivid, and the question in my heart is suddenly answered. Who created the bloody case of Zhang Yuan, and who manipulated it behind the scenes, is clear in his heart at this moment. All doubts are solved. The next thing I have to do is to find evidence to prove my judgment.

Looking up, Gao Ran fought with one enemy and two enemies, and it was difficult to solve. The surrounding errand soldiers have been subdued by the Han soldiers, and the general trend of the county defense has gone.

"One enemy and two are not done by heroes!" Gao Ran snorted softly, raised the soul knife and forced the two to retreat, and fled. The two of them didn't chase after them, and turned back to me. Sun Jing introduced to the Han general on the right: "This is Sima Zhuzhi under the command of my brother. ”

"Liu Bei thanked the two for saving their lives." I bowed my hand and thanked me faintly. In his heart, he was eager to cut them with a thousand knives.

Jian Yong ran over and said happily: "Xuande, it's okay if you're fine." ”

I smiled faintly, noncommittal. Suddenly, a bad thought flashed into my head. "There is a bloody case in the county office."

Zhu Zhi, Sun Jing, and Jian Yong all showed different colors. Jian Yong hesitated: "What kind of bloody case can happen to the county office, I'm afraid that now the county guard is packing up and preparing to escape." ”

Sun Jing hurriedly said: "Liu County is too worried. I know you've been hungry for a long time, so let's go get something to eat before we go to the county office. Now the four city gates are under our control, and he can't run away. ”

Zhu Zhi said: "Eat first, and then it's not too late to act." ”

Looking at the eyes of the three of them, I suddenly understood one thing: the three of them were deliberately delaying time. So he stopped pestering them, turned around and went straight to the county office.

When I saw the gate of the county government from afar, two guards had already fallen. A smell of blood came. "It's not good, it's always a step too late. I hope there is a living mouth. ”

It's a pity that I was still a step late, and the whole county office was full of meteor darts, and the corpses fell in a pool of blood. In the study, Liang Jidong and the county guard were lying on their backs side by side, their necks were dripping with blood, and their bodies were still warm.

Jian Yong, Zhu Zhi, and Sun Jing stood on the left and right, with a look of surprise on their faces.

"It's Tangmen again!" Jian Yong said angrily.

I immediately said, "Sima Zhu, please ask your subordinates to search the county government and see if they can find a living mouth." ”

"Liu County, please rest assured, I will go and order immediately." Zhu Zhi turned around and walked out of the study.

Sun Jing said angrily: "Tangmen is really ruthless. I don't know why they are so crazy and bold to assassinate the court officials. ”

"The Tang Gate and the county guard must be in the same group. Now that things have failed, they kill people and kill people. Jian Yong said.

I couldn't help but ask, "What went wrong?" ”

Jian Yong replied: "The Tang Sect hates Xuande to the core, so they join forces to persecute him. Now that Zhu Sima has arrived with his army, as long as we capture the county guard, it is equivalent to getting evidence of the Tang Sect's conspiracy. When the time comes, the court will send a large army to exterminate the Tang Gate. For this reason, they took the lead and slaughtered all the county officials and destroyed the evidence. ”

I asked again: "The county government is full of meteor darts dedicated to the Tang Sect, isn't this the three hundred taels of silver here?" ”

"Maybe the Tang Sect saw you arrive and didn't have time to clean up, or maybe it was deliberately staying, making us think that someone else was blaming the Tang Sect and just clearing their name."

Zhu Zhi came in and said, "The prison servants and prisoners are all alive and have not been slaughtered. ”

"Zhu Sima is moving so fast. We only said a few words, and you have checked the huge county office, and the efficiency is really high. I said lightly.

A look of confusion flashed on Zhu Sima's face, and he immediately put on a humble smile: "Liu County has spoken." ”

A Han soldier stopped outside the door and said, "Qi Zhu Sima, the brothers have found a large number of torches and tung oil in the firewood room. ”

"This must be used by the Tang Sect to burn down the county government and destroy the corpses." Sun Jing said affirmatively.

"It must be so." Jian Yong agreed.

I found a case desk and knelt down and said, "Okay, Xianhe." Don't pretend anymore. Isn't it tiring to go out of your way to deceive others? ”

Jian Yong was stunned in surprise and looked at it. "Why did Xuande say this?"

"You, Jian Yong. It is my friend of Liu Bei's general horn, and the relationship is extraordinary. Of course I have to trust what you say. However, it was precisely this psychology of mine that made me fall into the trap carefully set by you and your comrades step by step. ”

Jian Yong said suspiciously: "Xuande, are you hungry and dizzy?" To say this would inevitably hurt our brotherly feelings. I am sincere to you, how can you say that I am planning to harm you? ”

I sighed and continued, "If not, invite Hua Tuo over." Check the bodies of the county guard and Liang Jidong. The truth will come out. ”

"Since Xuande said so, I can't help it. I'll go and ask Hua Tuo to come over immediately. Jian Yong said.

"No, I don't. Bother Zhu Sima to take a trip. We're waiting here. ”

"Okay." Zhu Zhi replied.

After Zhu Zhi left, there was silence in the study. Jian Yong stood there, looking calm, but from time to time he peeked at the two corpses lying on the floor. Sun Jing asked someone to prepare wine and food.

The air seemed to be condensed, and it was suffocating. And I, on the other hand, pretended to be B, closing my eyes and recuperating.

A moment later, Hua Tuo arrived.

I got up and asked, "Doctor Hua, please check the cause of death of these two corpses." ”

Hua Tuo said: "I am a desifu, and I am not a servant (ancient coroner), how to test?" ”

"Desv does his best." I said respectfully.

Hua Tuo's enthusiasm was difficult, so he had to conduct an autopsy. After the inspection, Hua Tuo said: "The county guard and the thief Lord Cao are both killed with one knife, and according to the size and depth of the wound, it should be caused by a steel knife." Judging from the height of the two and the inertia of the wounds, the two were killed by standing side by side. ”

"There is labor! I have one more question. Is your clinic busy? I asked.

"Always busy." Hua Tuo replied.

"So would you hire some handymen to do the day jobs?"

"Not really. Working in a medical hall is not as good as working elsewhere, and you need to have a certain understanding of herbal medicine. That's why I never hire handymen in my clinic. ”

"Thank you Dr. Hua for your help. Lao Zhu Sima sent someone to send Dr. Hua. ”

"No need. Liu Bei, I made it very clear to you last time. Don't bother me again. Hua Tuo said very unhappily and left alone.

"Xianhe, that day in Zhang Hospital, you said that you had done miscellaneous work for Dr. Hua's medical center. But Hua Tuo said no. How can this be explained? I asked lightly.

"I didn't sleep that night, I remembered it wrong." Jian Yong said busily.

"So you're lying when you say you can distinguish the sex of the burned body? If not, please ask Xianhe to tell us about the medical theory. ”

"Did I say that? I don't remember. ”

"You don't remember, do you? So will you discern now? ”

"No, it won't." Jian Yong replied.

"Okay." I snapped. "I clearly remember that day you said that the people who killed and destroyed the bodies of Zhang Yuan were all men. Since you can't tell the sex of the corpse, how do you know that there are no women in it? ”

Jian Yong didn't answer.

Sun Jing said: "Maybe there are no women living in Zhangyuan. ”

"Nope. There happened to be a woman living there. I shouted. In fact, I'm not sure if Gan Sansan left before that. At this moment, it is necessary to deceive the truth. "I guess it doesn't need to be explained. Except for the murderer, it's impossible for you, Jian Yong, to know that there are no women in the corpse. ”

Jian Yong was stunned.

"Tell me, where were the Gan sisters and brothers caught by you and your comrades?"

"Xuande, whether you believe it or not. We really didn't find any women that night. Jian Yong replied.

"Oh! That night......" I sighed.

Only then did Jian Yong realize that he had lost his mouth.

Sun Jing roared: "Someone! ”

"Wait!" I stopped. "You don't want to know who is the real culprit behind the murder and arson of Zhang Yuan?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Youtai, listen to what Jian Yong has to say first." ”

Presumably Youtai is Sun Jing's word.

"Tell us what happened that night, and it's best not to make any mistakes." I said lightly.

Jian Yong looked up at the roof, took a deep breath and said, "A month ago, I went to the city with my mother and returned home. On the way, he encountered a gang of robbers. They kidnapped us. It turned out that they were not robbers, but people from the Tang Sect. They heard that I had a good relationship with you, so they waited on the road early. They imprisoned my mother and asked me to do something great with them. For the sake of my mother's safety, I have to cooperate. ”

"Because you have slain their men, they seek revenge on you. On the night you returned to Zhangcun, they spotted your trail and followed you along the road. In the end, when they saw that you turned around and went to the moat, they temporarily decided not to kill you, but to make you ruined and take revenge on you. So we rushed into the courtyard, killed more than 200 people inside, and set fire to cover the meteor darts they were using. ”

"I didn't expect it to be discovered by you in the end."

I sneered sarcastically: "Xianhe, your ability to make up stories is really better than that of Shangning God of Wealth." If you become a screenwriter, you will definitely make a fortune! ”