14 Jiahe Mystery Case (3)

The old man called himself Uncle Xu and was the gatekeeper of this Jiahe ancestral hall.

And standing beside him, trying to attack Yun Zhi just now was a young man named Xu Youli, the young man's expression and behavior looked a little strange, and his face was weirdly pale. Uncle Xu said that he was sick and burned out his brain when he was young, and he was diagnosed with a strange disease a few days ago, and he couldn't live for a few days.

Yun Zhi took a piece of candy to him, and the young man immediately grinned happily, and said something to Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu waited patiently for him to finish, and then told Yun Zhi that the young man said that he liked her very well.

Although wary of strangers, it can be easily bought by candy, which is indeed very in line with the heart of children. Yun Zhi boldly reached out and touched the young man's head, the young man turned around and smirked at her, and ran to the door to pick up a stone to paint.

Looking at the young man's lively figure, Uncle Xu sighed slowly, and talked to Yun Zhi about the young man's life experience.

It turned out that this young man Xu Youli was actually the only son of the town mayor Xu Hu.

Xu Hu was a businessman in his early years, and he only got married at the age of nearly thirty, but it was difficult to find heirs, and he did not have Xu Youli until he was forty years old. Not long after Xu Youli was born, Xu Hu's wife died. Xu Youli was very intelligent when he was young, but he could recite poems and books at the age of three or four, and he could even export chapters at the age of six.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Xu Youli had a strange illness when he was seven years old, and the high fever did not go away for five days, and his life was worried. Xu Hu hired a lot of doctors but was helpless, and finally Zhao Qi, who was then the commander of the Gyeonggi Division, heard about this when he passed through the town, and sent a military doctor to save Xu Youli's life.

But since then, the Xu family's prodigy has been extinguished, and Xu Youli has become a fool with intelligence only at the level of a child of three or four years old. In the beginning, he often ran out in the middle of the night and yelled, because he disturbed the townspeople and foreign merchants, the mayor Xu Hu locked him in the ancestral hall and asked the gatekeeper Uncle Xu to take care of him.

Xu Youli has been living in the ancestral hall with Uncle Xu, and the mayor Xu Hu also came to visit three times a day, so he lived in peace for eight years, a month ago, Xu Youli suddenly fainted while eating, and the doctor said that it was tuberculosis, there is no cure in the world, and the patient will only live for two months.

After hearing this, when Yun Zhi went to look at the young man at the door again, he inevitably sighed in his heart, since the pride of the sky has fallen to this, who can say that it is not fate that makes people?

Uncle Xu sighed in his ear again: "He doesn't know about the mayor yet, and I don't know how to mention it to him." ”

Speaking of the mayor of the town, Yun Zhi remembered the suspicions mentioned by the young man in the candy shop in the morning, so he asked, "By the way, Uncle Xu, I heard that we have always had a jade cong in our ancestral hall?" ”

"yes." Uncle Xu nodded, seeing that she seemed to be interested in this, he talked about the origin of this jade cong, "This jade cong is said to be the thing of the princess Jiahe of the previous dynasty, at that time, the former dynasty of the Great Cloud Kingdom has not been completely destroyed, when the princess fled north through here, the news of the death of the Great Cloud came over, the princess died of excessive sadness and anxiety not long after, and the entourage settled down here to build a village and town, and named this place Jiahe in honor of the princess." And this jade cong has been here since the day the ancestral hall was built, and it has been about 100 years now. ”

"I wonder if you're lucky enough to see it?" Yun Zhi didn't care about the origin of this jade cong, she wanted to know more about the reason why it was replaced.

When Uncle Xu heard this, his face was embarrassed, "The girl doesn't know, a few days ago, this jade cong was gone, so yesterday to worship the ancestors, the mayor of the town temporarily found someone to replace a copper, but it didn't come to fruition...... That's what happened......"

Yun Zhi frowned slightly, and asked, "How many days ago?" Uncle Xu, do you remember what day it was? ”

Uncle Xu clasped his hands together, recalled for a while, and his fingers suddenly loosened, "I remember, it was the first day of the new year, everyone came to worship during the day, and at night when I added incense to worship, Yucong was still there, and I heard movement at night, and I thought it was polite and making trouble, but no one saw anyone in front of this hall, and the Yucong enshrined in front of the tablet was gone!" ”

First? Yun Zhi's eyelids jumped, "Isn't that the day the first murder happened?" ”

Uncle Xu was stunned, and his face gradually became solemn, "Don't say it, this ...... Doesn't it have anything to do with it? ”

"Have you told the Criminal Prosecutor's Department about this?" Yun Zhi thought about it secretly, and always felt that there seemed to be something in it that could connect these cases together.

Uncle Xu shook his head, "When the Criminal Prosecutor's Department came, I was worried about how to tell Youli his father, and I didn't think about it for a while, this ...... What a good thing that is! ”

Yun Zhi hurriedly comforted him, "It's okay, anyway, I'm going to go to the government office in a while, and I'll talk to them about it then." After a pause, she thought of what Ah Yu had said, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xu, I heard that there are some runes engraved on the jade cong?" ”

Uncle Xu nodded: "Yes, Cong, it is originally a sacrificial thing, and each jade cong will be carved with different runes, through which it is said that you can speak to the gods in the sky and pray for the protection of the gods." ”

"Then do you know what the runes on this jade cong in your Jiahe Town mean?" Yun Zhi faintly felt that by solving the mystery of the rune, everything would be solved.

But unfortunately, Uncle Xu didn't know what it meant, Yun Zhi chatted with him a few more words, and then left.

Out of the gate of the ancestral hall, the young man Xu Youli was squatting in the open space between the door and the shadow wall to paint, Yun Zhi thought about it, and slowly stepped forward to say goodbye to him, the young man was completely immersed in his own world, he couldn't understand what she was saying at all, and he didn't even raise his head, Yun Zhi shook his head helplessly, but he accidentally caught a glimpse of the content of the young man's painting on the ground, and immediately felt that his hair stood on end.

There were several people on the ground crookedly, one standing, as if he was holding something in his hand, and the others were lying on the ground, as if they had been knocked down, and next to these people, the boy also drew a strange symbol.

And this symbol is exactly the same as the one that appeared on the deceased at the scene of these heavenly murder crimes!

Yun Zhi was about to take a closer look, when a few people suddenly came out from behind the shadow wall, it was Ah Yu and Pei Shun, followed by Xiao Yi and Lu Shenjun behind them.

"Zhizhi, you're here!" Ah Yu's steps were brisk, and in a blink of an eye, he stood beside Yun Zhi, "I can't say it, why did I come here secretly!" ”

"Shhhhh

Seeing that Yun Zhi had been staring at the ground, several people stopped at her side with light steps, and when they saw the painting on the ground, everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.

Obviously, everyone recognized the painting.

Yun Zhi squatted down and asked the young man who was painting softly, "Youli, what are you painting?" ”

The boy didn't say a word, and continued to paint, Yun Zhi thought about it, took out a piece of candy from his pocket and shook it in front of his eyes, the boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately threw down the stone, and reached out to grab the candy, Yun Zhi changed the candy to his other hand, and looked at the boy with a smile, "If you want to eat candy, you have to tell my sister, what are you drawing, okay?" ”

The young man's eyes were fixed on the sugar, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, nodded, and his language was slurred, "Woo, Daddy, draw Daddy......"

Yun Zhi frowned, and hurriedly asked, "You mean, you're painting Daddy, right?" Which is your daddy? ”

The young man nodded, replied heavily, pointed his finger to the ground, couldn't help it anymore, reached out and snatched the candy from Yun Zhi's hand, and fled into the ancestral hall.

Yun Zhi and the others looked at the direction of the young man's finger, and they all looked solemn.

After being silent for a long time, Ah Yu sighed as if he had suddenly realized: "No wonder Zhao Gaoshan said that it was retribution, but it turned out to be what it meant?" The mayor is ......"

"Let's go back first." Lu Shenjun spoke in time to cut off her words.

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Several people followed Lu Shenjun back to Jiahe Mansion, where the young man named Zhao Gaoshan was still being held.

Previously, Lu Shenjun felt that since this person insisted that the death of the mayor was retribution, even if he was not a suspect, he must know something, so in order to prevent accidents, he never let the person go.

Arraigned again, Zhao Gaoshan still tossed over and only said "It's retribution", Lu Shenjun coaxed and deceived, and finally came out of his mouth: "It's retribution!" On the night of Yu Er's death, I saw him come out of Yu Er's house with my own eyes! ”

But when Lu Shenjun asked again, he didn't admit it, and finally simply remained silent and didn't say anything.

But with his words, coupled with Xu Youli's paintings, everyone probably guessed the truth.

But the mayor of the town has always been humble and has a lot of prestige among the townspeople, so why did he commit a crime?

What was his motive? A person with a good image in the eyes of others must have committed so many horrific murders with a motive that was so strong that he lost himself.

Yun Zhi thought about it for a while, and suddenly had a bold guess-

"You say, will it have something to do with Xu Youli?"

Several people looked at her in unison, and Xiao Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Xu Youli, is that kid just now?" ”

Yun Zhi nodded, and told everyone the story of the Xu family's father and son that he heard from Uncle Xu in the ancestral hall, and finally guessed: "There are many businessmen in Jiahe Town, who go south and north, maybe this Xu Hu heard from where that there is a side door that can cure his son, so he took the risk and made a big mistake." ”

"I remember what you said!" Ah Yu took her words, "There is a legend in our Yanguo ......"

"Wait! Are you from Yanguo? Yun Zhi subconsciously grabbed her arm.

Her expression was obviously excited, Ah Yu would be mistaken, and whispered, "Yes...... Although, although the relationship between our two countries is not very good now, don't count it on my head, I left Yanguo and came to Yuanguo since I was a child, so I should be considered half of Yuanguo......"

Yun Zhi hurriedly let go of her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. ”

After a pause, she brought the topic back again, "You just said that there is a legend in Yanguo?" ”

As he spoke, he quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Shenjun, and saw that he didn't seem to notice his gaffe just now, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.