From this day on, Fu Yuanlong returned to the county government, occupied the inner hall as before, and never left again.

Based on this, Xu Chong guessed that in the half month that Fu Yuanlong disappeared, it was very likely that he was secretly looking for the fragments of the cave.

Now that I'm back, I shouldn't have been able to get any clues in the past half a month, and my patience has been exhausted, and I finally give up.

It's ridiculous.

said that Taiping Road could not be found for more than ten years, and it was impossible for him to find it.

The result?

It's not Baba who went looking for it.

Xu Chong was disdainful in his heart, and he didn't provoke Fu Yuanlong, and waited for the 'abnormal situation' mentioned by the Innocent Daozi to appear.

Let's be honest.

At first, he didn't think there would be anything unusual in the county.

Even if the fragments of the cave are really in the vicissitudes?

There has been no movement for more than 20 years, but the two forces reacted as soon as they focused?

How can there be such a coincidence.

Therefore, Xu Chong did not take this matter to heart.

However, in just three days, the county town has gone wrong.

To be exact, it's the people who have gone wrong.

……

……

"Are you sure?"

Xu Chong closed his eyes, raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows.

"Sure, the brothers have rushed over."

Zhao Liu replied.

An old woman flashed in his mind, and Xu Chong opened his eyes, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

The two of them didn't say anything more, walked out of the yamen, and went straight to Baiyang Lane.

By the time they arrived, the small courtyard at the end of the alley was already full of people.

There are neighborhoods, and there are also servants.

"Lord Xu is here, get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Soon someone spotted Xu Chong and shouted for the crowd to get out of the way.

Xu Chong didn't greet these people, and walked in directly.

Then the pupils constricted.

There was an extremely thin body on the ground.

How thin is it?

The coarse cloth garment, full of patches, was not big in the first place, but it still couldn't be held up much, as if it was much larger, and it was loosely hanging together.

This is Aunt Ma, Aunt Ma who has shrunk a lot.

Yes, shrinkage.

Aunt Ma was curled up, only her face, neck, hands and feet were exposed.

Without exception, all that remains of these parts is a dry skin, clinging to the bone.

"Your Excellency."

He stood up and bowed to Xu Chong.

"Say."

Xu Chong spat out a word.

"Yes."

He nodded and looked at the corpse with horror: "The little autopsy has never encountered such a strange situation in the past ten years. ”

"There were no wounds on the surface of the corpse, except for the human skin and skeleton, all the internal organs and muscles were dried and withered, and there was not a drop of blood, as if it had been dried by the air, so that it was impossible to judge the time of death."

"And the deceased's whole body curled up abnormally, and his fists clenched, must have been caused by the great pain he suffered before death, indicating that it was not an instant death."

Sure enough, it was a dry corpse......

Xu Chong nodded, "What do you think?" ”

"The little one can conclude that this is definitely not his killing."

He pretended to be calm, but his voice still trembled obviously, "I have not heard of any kind of murder that can cause such a death. ”

It wasn't killed, how did it die?

The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

In the whispers, various rumored ghosts were brought out.

"Who found out?"

Xu Chong asked.

"Yes, it's me!"

An old woman squeezed out of the crowd, with a shocked face: "Lord Xu, I can't live in Baiyang Lane, but I often go out with Sister Ma in the vegetable market, I didn't see her yesterday, and I didn't see her today, so I came to take a look, who ......knows."

"I know, you go back to the yamen first."

Xu Chong said a word to Qi Zuo, turned to face everyone, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone doesn't need to panic, you should work hard, you should eat, drink and drink." ”

"I will find out the cause of Aunt Ma's death as soon as possible and give you an explanation."

"In addition, if there are any new clues, report them to the yamen immediately."

Xu Chong's words seemed to have an amazing magic, which made the neighbors who were still uneasy just now and considered whether to move out instantly feel a lot more relieved.

"Okay, we believe in you."

"Don't be too tired, adults."

"Gone...... gone"

After everyone dispersed, Xu Chong took one last look at the small tiled house and turned to leave.

"Take the corpse with you and follow me back to the yamen."

"Yes."

Zhao Liu suppressed the fear in his heart, wrapped Aunt Ma in a linen cloth, and followed behind.

Xu Chong thought as he walked.

Mummy...... Is it the fragment of the cave?

No, it could also be artificial.

Ordinary people don't have this means, it doesn't mean that martial artists don't either.

Don't forget, Canglong County has more than 100 warriors all of a sudden.

"Let's test ...... first"

Xu Chong had a thought, turned his feet, and changed directions.

Two hundred paces away in this direction, there was a bloody guard Xiaoqi, walking aimlessly.

Xu Chong approached with Zhao Liu, and when there were about ten steps left, he pretended to suddenly see Xiaoqi, and trotted forward.

"Xiaguan Xu Chong, I've seen adults."

Xu Chong clasped his fists and saluted.

The small flag is from the seventh grade, and it is not abrupt to call himself a lower official.

"Uh... Are you, Lord Xu? ”

Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, and then the scene at the gate of the county government rang out, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "Lord Xu, where did you come from?" ”

Hundreds of adults are close to this classic history, and it is always right to be polite on the surface.

So it was in Xu Chong's arms.

"Hey, someone's dead."

Xu Chong sighed, as if dissatisfied and helpless, and said: "I don't know who did it, I made people into dried corpses, and I can't even find out how long they have been dead...... Hey, I have a headache, and I don't know how to explain it to Master Fu. ”

It turned out to be worried about this.

Xiaoqi understood in seconds, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Baihu has a good eye for you, how can he blame you for this kind of thing?" ”

"Oh? Don't fool me. ”

Xu Chong showed a look of surprise.

"Believe me, just find a place to bury the body, and the case file will say that he died of illness."

Xiaoqi looked at Xu Chong's words meaningfully.

"It's... Xiaguan Xie raised the point. ”

Xu Chong thought for a while, and then thanked him again and again.

"Little things."

Xiaoqi patted Xu Chong's shoulder and staggered over.

Xu Chong maintained a posture of arching his hands, and the smile on his face disappeared little by little.

The formation of dried corpses is not so simple.

At least he himself, there is absolutely no way to make a living person into a dry corpse.

And a blood-clothed guard Xiaoqi, when he heard the word dry corpse, whether it was his eyes, expression, or tone, he didn't have the slightest surprise.

This made him have to suspect that Aunt Ma's death was related to the Bloody Guard.

Xu Chong slowly straightened up and glanced back at the back of the little flag.

There was a question he couldn't figure out.

The Bloody Guards have been here for more than half a month, if they have to use human lives to accomplish something, why wait until now?

Or rather...... Aunt Ma wasn't the first to die like this, just the first to be discovered?

"My lord, do you want to bring it back to the yamen?"

Zhao Liu asked in a low voice in his ear.

"Bury Liu Er, there are many open spaces in the forest."

Xu Chong's right hand stretched out from the sleeve of his robe and handed Zhao Liuyi an ingot of five taels of silver, "You take the rest, don't use it in the yamen these days, go check the old and weak who live alone in the county, and see if there are any such bizarre deaths among them." ”

"It's... Mr. Xie. ”

Zhao Liu hesitated for a moment but took it.

He has been with Xu Chong for so long, although his treatment and status have increased, but he does not earn as much as before, and if he buries one person, he can still have a lot of savings, and he has no way to refuse.