"Fifth Young Master Xu, Second Miss Chen." A group of people approached, and they all waved their hands to the two of them with apologetic expressions, "There have been a lot of things recently, and I have only come here until now, and I ask Xu Wugongzi and Miss Chen Er to forgive me." ”

Xu Zan grinned and smiled very cheerfully: "I don't know what all the adults are busy with?" ”

The adults looked at each other, as if they didn't expect him to ask such a question.

There was silence for a long time.

Chai Shiming, the county magistrate of Yixing County, said with an idea: "In the past month or two, there have been continuous hijackings in the canal, and we are all busy with this matter. I really didn't expect that such an inconspicuous inn would be involved in so many murders. I didn't pay attention for a while, and it was too late. Please also forgive Xu Wugongzi and Miss Chen Er. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand at the two of them very respectfully.

Hearing him say this, the rest quietly relieved at the same time, they also waved their hands at the two and said, "Please also ask Xu Wugongzi and Miss Chen Er to forgive me." ”

"Forgive me, of course I have to forgive me." Xu Zhan's smile did not decrease, "I just don't know if you adults have been busy for so long, but what are you busy with?" ”

The adults began to look at each other again.

Xu Zan quietly winked at Chen Anning, and then said: "Please forgive me, it's not that I want to embarrass you, it's really Ah Xun who specially explained to me before going to Yuhang County, if you adults are late because of the investigation of the ship robbery case, let me not blame you, as long as you can find out the clues." ”

"This ......"

After Chai Shiming glanced at the rest of the people, he asked tentatively: "Those robbers of the ship are very cunning, and it is extremely difficult to find any useful clues for a while. Lord Xie shouldn't be upset by this, right? ”

"It's not easy, it's just that all the adults are so busy, it won't be that there are no clues at all, right?" Xu Zan asked.

Chai Shiming laughed twice, "When Master Xie comes back, I will ask Xu Wugongzi to say a few more kind words for us." ”

"I can't do that." Xu Zan waved his hand exaggeratedly and stepped back, "Ah Xun has always acted in an undisciplined manner, although I follow him to investigate the case from time to time, I can't be sure of his temperament." Moreover, he was extremely angry that the official ship was robbed, and on the way to investigate, he found that such a shocking murder case was hidden here...... Although he didn't say anything, he must have been angry in his heart. ”

"When he was angry, even the emperor was not afraid, I didn't want to go forward and die in a daze."

Your faces changed again and again.

Finally, Zhu Cen, the Taishou of Jinling, who had been holding the shelf, couldn't stand anymore, quickly glanced around, and asked quite respectfully: "I don't know what the situation is here, and I ask Xu Wugongzi for advice." ”

"Is the situation here, I'm afraid I can't tell you clearly, you adults might as well come with me to take a look," Xu Zan asked Chen Anning to wait, and then led them to the thatched house, "I know everything at a glance." ”

There were a total of twenty-nine adults who came, the Taishou of Jinling County, the county commanders of the four counties under the jurisdiction of Jinling County and their respective adjutants, and the Taishou of Wuxing County, the county commanders of Changcheng County under the jurisdiction of Wuxing County and their respective adjutants. Twenty-nine people were still some distance away from the thatched house, and when they saw the big wooden basin in front of the thatched house, Zhu Cen glanced at the sheep in the sheepfold very casually, and asked, "Are those wooden basins filled with freshly slaughtered sheep?" ”

Xu Zan grinned, "No." ”

Zhu Cen: "What's that?" ”

Xu Zhan: "When the adults get closer, they will know." ”

Zhu Cen didn't ask again.

After getting closer, looking at the several corpses and several individual human heads placed behind the wooden basin, his eyes flickered slightly for a few moments, and then blurted out: "What is contained in this wooden basin will not be the ...... of these human heads."

"Your Excellency is really wise." Xu Zan waved his hand in admiration.

Zhu Cen was so frightened that he took several steps back before he stabilized himself. Looking at the bones and flesh in the basin, and then at the heads, he rushed to the side almost uncontrollably and vomited.

The rest of you are no better.

Xu Zan had expected this result, and when Zhu Cen ran out and vomited, he quickly hid to the side.

After they all vomited, and asked a few secret guards to bury their vomit in disgust, they walked back and said, "A few adults, please." ”

Zhu Cen timidly glanced at the thatched house, "Is there still in it?" ”

"Nope." Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Zan continued, "But these wooden basins were all lifted out of the pit in this house. Originally, I planned to wait for a few adults to come over and clean up together, but who knew that there were many adults and nobles, and it was too late for Miss Chen Er and I to clean up these corpses, human heads, human bones, and human flesh. We've already done it, so it's not too much for you to go and see the scene, right? ”

Zhu Cen reluctantly said: "It's not an exaggeration, it's not an exaggeration." ”

After taking a few deep breaths and doing some psychological construction, Zhu Cen followed him into the thatched house.

Because there is no one to clean up.

After an overnight fermentation.

The maggots, which used to breed only in the ravines, have taken over the entire pit.

There were no torches in the pit.

It's so dark that I can't see anything clearly.

After Chai Shiming, Zhu Cen and the others went down, they stepped on the maggots, and they only heard a crackling sound, but they didn't know what it was.

Xu Zan deliberately fell last, went down a few steps of the escalator, blocked the road up, and then asked the secret guard to hand the torch.

Under the light of the torches, piles of tumbling maggots frightened Zhu Cen and the others to scream again and again, and even more, they didn't care about their identities, so they turned around and climbed the escalator. Xu Zan stood at the entrance of the buttress, came up and kicked the other, "I can't stand it?" Miss Chen Er and I cleaned up here all night! ”

"Fifth Master Xu, we know it's wrong, you let us go up, we have something to say." Someone jumped to his feet and begged for mercy.

Xu Zan snorted coldly: "Ah Xun will come back tomorrow at most, if you have anything to say, keep it with him!" What am I, how dare I command a noble person like you! ”

"Fifth Master Xu, we really know it's wrong." Seeing that it was useless for everyone to ask for mercy, Zhu Cen had no choice but to press his face and say, "You let us go out, if there is anything you want us to do, you and Miss Chen Er will just command." ”

"You can go out if you want." Xu Zan shone the torch deep into the pit, "This is the place where the old couple who opened the inn held the diners, and it was also the place where they killed people. Since we want to find out why they killed, this place must be searched carefully, and you will search room by room, and when the search is over, I will let you out. ”

"There's no need for this," Zhu Cen complimented, "I'm sure you and Miss Chen Er have searched very clearly, so there's no need for us to waste time on the road." ”

"Miss Chen Er and I are just laymen, and what we can do is very limited." Xu Zan didn't let go, "Adults are different, as a parent official, if there is such a big case, you will definitely not be able to escape responsibility." You adults don't want Ah Xun to come back and ask you three if you don't know, right? ”

After a pause, he said again: "How Lord Song and Lord Lu ended up in prison, I think all of you adults know it. You don't want to follow in their footsteps, do you? ”

"Okay."

"I have no official or position."

"I don't have the right to send my lords."

"If you want to come up, please do it."

Xu Zan said, and walked out of the pit.

Then he raised the torch above the pit and said below: "I'll shine it on for all my lords, all of you come up quickly, be careful when you come up, don't fall and end up on me." ”