When several people left the house, Fang Yi asked, "How did you know about Song Yi's mother?" ”

The street was already very quiet, only the breeze blew the lanterns at the entrance of the alley, and the lights swayed.

Yan Qing was worried in his heart, and was silent for a moment before replying: "I saw a longevity lock on his chest, so I speculated. ”

"Longevity lock?" Fang Yi frowned, "He's a thug, hanging that thing, it's just shocking!" ”

Yan Qing ignored his complaints, and only said: "You find someone to watch him, if he runs away, he will be escorted directly to Yuhang Yamen." ”

"By the way, go check the children who were sold and try to recover them!"

Fang Yi nodded, thinking that the longevity lock was still very puzzled, so he asked, "Then how did you deduce that he had a mother through the longevity lock?" ”

Yan Qing said: "No matter how good the silver is, as long as it is put for a long time, it will turn black, although the chain of the longevity lock is very worn, but the longevity lock is very new, and the color is intact, I think he pays attention to maintenance." ”

"And the longevity lock is generally a gift from the elders of the child to the child at birth, and the chain braiding rope is delicate, it is given by the woman, and it is speculated that it can only be given by the mother according to his age."

Fang Yi frowned: "That could also be a relic left by his mother." ”

"If it were a relic, he wouldn't have stayed in Yuhang, and he fled when Song Qihua had an accident, and there must have been some people or things to worry about."

"I see!" Fang Yi showed admiration on his face, he found that his adult was completely delayed by this beauty's skin.

He smiled and patted his ass: "Why are you so powerful, you can deduce so many things based on a little clue, why can't I?" ”

Yan Qing raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If you can do it, then who should be the director?" ”

Fang Yi coughed and said, "Of course, that is the only one in the heavens and the earth!" ”

Yan Qing sneered: "Okay, don't pat yourself." ”

Fang Yi grinned and said, "This Song Qihua is also involved in the ogre case, and it is really possible that the two children of the Li family were revealed by him in order to avenge his personal revenge." ”

Yan Qing nodded and said, "I underestimated Song Qihua, let's go, go to the Yamen to meet that old guy." ”

In the middle of the moon, the fifteenth day is coming, the moon is very bright, but the moonlight obliquely shines down but it looks a little bleak, and the flute sound comes from nowhere, and it revels around the sky above Yuhang.

Yuhang Yamen, suddenly heard a miserable scream piercing the night sky.

The faces of the three Yan Qing who dared to come just now tightened, and Fan Wu said: "The voice seems to come from the prison!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a servant stumble out of the cell.

Yan Qing grabbed him and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The official was so frightened that his face was completely pale, and he was pulled coldly, and fell directly to the ground, and after seeing a few people clearly, he gasped and said: "Dead, dead!" ”

Yan Qing's brows tightened, and a hint of foreboding surged in his heart, and he hurried towards the prison.

There was a strong smell of blood in the damp and moldy prison, and the silence inside was a little terrifying, and the dim candlelight reflected on the cell, showing a terrible scene!

Yan Qing froze in place, unable to move for a long time.

Fang Mu and the two who followed behind didn't know why, but it was clear that he was blocked at the crossing alone, and he couldn't see the situation inside, and his curiosity tickled him, so he could only ask: "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

"All Dead......

Yan Qing muttered, her expression was stunned, she stepped inside, and saw that the prisoners in the cell were all bowing their heads, kneeling on the ground, their heads covered in blood, and a few big words were written in blood in each cell—

With my soul, atone for my sins!

Fang Yi followed in, and when he saw the scene in front of him, his scalp tingled: "...... them Is this all suicide? What about Song Qihua? ”

Yan Qing shook his head and said, "There is no living mouth, just like last time, not even a soul is left." ”

"How so? That's weird, isn't it? Fang Yi shook his head, "Childe, what the hell is going on?" ”

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Yan glanced at him innocently, and asked the servant again, "Old Fan, maybe check how they died?" ”

He nodded and was about to enter the cell for examination, when he suddenly heard a voice from the door: "What do you mean that they are all dead?" You make it clear! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Shen Laizhang being embraced by a group of people and walking in, without hair or formal clothes, it seemed that he was in a hurry.

When he saw the scene in the prison and the three people who were not moving, Shen Laizhang's expression changed, and he shouted: "Take it!" ”

At the sound of an order, the officials surrounded one after another, and wanted to escort the three of them with their swords, but Fang Mu and the two of them drew their swords out of their sheaths and blocked in front of Yan Qing.

Yan Qing ignored the tense atmosphere at this time, looked directly at Shen Laizhang, and said: "My lord, I only came a moment earlier than you, I don't know anything about this matter, and the officials around you can testify for us." ”

The official who looked at the prison nodded and said, "My lord, they are indeed small ones who just ran out of the prison, but they can't completely rule out suspicion!" ”

Shen Laizhang obviously thought the same way, and he asked: "How could it be such a coincidence, what did the girl come to Yuhang Yamen in the middle of the night to do?" I remember the last time you came, Zhang Congzheng and Qin Jin also died like this. ”

Yan Qing said calmly: "Lord Shen, I made a special trip to Yamen to report the case, but I suddenly heard a miserable scream, so I came in to see the excitement, if I knew that I would be regarded as a suspect by the adults, I wouldn't dare to join in the excitement if I was killed, and I saw such a bloody and hideous scene......

Shen Laizhang looked at the disgust and disgust on her face, and he didn't know how true or how false it was, after a while, he waved his hand, motioned his subordinates to retreat, and only commanded to the side: "Chen Sheng, you go and see if there is any life." ”

Chen Sheng was the big catcher of the Yuhang Yamen, and he took the yamen to open the prison door for inspection.

After speaking, Shen Laizhang ignored his words, and said to the official who was watching the prison: "You will go through the matter one by one." ”

The man who watched the prison bowed his head and said, "My lord, the little one doesn't know what happened, but the little one will squint for a while, and all the people in the prison will be like this." ”

Shen Laizhang glanced at him and said, "Go and get twenty boards." ”

Chen Sheng did things very neatly, quickly checked around, and came back to report: "My lord, there is no living mouth, and there is that sentence written in blood on the walls of every cell." ”

Shen Laizhang frowned and said, "Spread the word." ”

Yan Qing looked at the busy work of the people, spoke out at the right time, and said, "Lord Shen, I brought this person who is also familiar with the art of autopsy, and can share the worries for the adults!" ”

Shen Laizhang glanced at him and said, "Miss Yan's suspicion has not been cleared now, so it's better to avoid suspicion at this moment." ”

Yan Qing shrugged his shoulders, thought about it, and said, "Lord Shen, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"No, my lord, it's very strange that this person is here!" Chen Sheng looked at Yan Qing with a vigilant face and admonished.

Shen Laizhang stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then paced out of the prison, looked at Yan Qing, who was like a peach blossom and followed behind him, and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Yan Qing looked at his face, it seemed that he was going to take him down on the spot if he didn't say why, he frowned, and said with a bitter face: "Lord Shen, the conscience of heaven and earth, I really came to report the case this time, and my sister is missing." ”

Shen Laizhang asked, "Your little sister?" Chen Xuejin? ”

Yan Qing shook his head and said, "No, it's me...... My righteous sister, the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve disappeared, and no one has been found until now. ”

"Chinese New Year's Eve?" Shen Laizhang was shocked, so angry that his beard turned up, "Nonsense! It's been almost half a month, and you just came to report the case, are you playing with an old man? ”

Yan Qing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare you, I can't hide it, I've been investigating my little sister's whereabouts by myself these days." ”

Hearing this, Shen Laizhang's face became more and more unsightly: "If you can investigate the case yourself, why does the imperial court set up our official mansion for you?" Do you know the consequences of not reporting the case in time? ”

Yan Qing looked at him angrily and blew his beard and glared, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already found some clues, but this matter has to start with the ogre case in Huzhou." ”

"Ogre?" Shen Laizhang nodded, he had also heard about it, but Yan Qing mentioned it at this moment...... With his instinct to judge cases in prison for many years, it must not be that simple.

Yan Qing handed him a scroll in his sleeve and said, "Lord Shen, please take a look at this, the corpse and bone market has happened more than once, since last year, people have found corpses in the downtown one after another, counting this year, a total of five cases have occurred." ”

"It's just that the places where the corpses were dumped are in Huzhou and Yuhang, and the geographical distribution is relatively wide, which makes people not think of one place."

"What do you find in common with these corpses?"

Shen Laizhang looked at the words on the corpse sheet, and his hands trembled slightly: "Boy, bones, strangled to death......"

Yan Qing nodded: "That's right, this is a serial murder case, I don't know if you have heard of it decades ago, when the demons were in chaos, it was an evil method to improve your skills." ”

"This evil method requires taking seventy-seven and forty-nine boys, strangling them, using their flesh and blood as a guide, refining them to return to the sun, and they can ascend to the immortal path."

Shen Laizhang's face turned pale, and he asked, "Are you serious?" ”

Yan Qing raised his eyebrows and said: "There is no lie, my little sister just broke the ogre and was taken away by him. ”

"Who is it?"

"Former prefect Song Qihua, he entrusted his cousin Song Yi to help him run a tooth merchant, but he was actually doing human trafficking, and Song Yi has also been looking for boys for ogres."

"What lawlessness!" Shen Laizhang scolded angrily, "The Son of Heaven dares to do whatever he wants." ”

Yan Qing sighed and said, "It's just that now, I haven't been able to find out the identity of the ogre, I wanted to ask Song Qihua about everything, but I didn't expect to find out that such a tragedy had happened in the prison......"

"Lord Shen, this collective suicide case is very strange and by no means simple."

Shen Laizhang nodded and said, "I understand, thank you for informing me about this, you have compiled a file of the ogre case and submitted it, my people will accept this case, and they will definitely find your little sister for you." ”

"As for the suicide case, there are many suspicious points in this case, I will report it to Dali Temple and clarify the situation."

Yan Qing nodded and said, "Then thank you, sir." ”

"Lord Shen," Chen Sheng walked out at this time, "The autopsy results are out." ”

Shen Laizhang of the Qing Dynasty said, "In this way, I will leave." ”

She called Fang Mu and the others, and left in great stride.

Shen Laizhang looked at Yan Qing's back, stroked his beard that was blown by the wind, his eyes sank, and he instructed Chen Sheng: "Go and check Yan Qing." ”

"Yes!"