Soon, someone brought Hardy food and drink, and Hardy became very irritated and asked what they wanted to do, but they did not answer, and Hardy was angry and scolded. Hardy became more and more confused, and gradually became tired of scolding, thinking that there must be something wrong here. Hardy didn't sleep much last night, and he left early today, his body was a little tired, and after sleeping for a while, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then there was a scolding voice, which suddenly woke him up, and after listening to it for a long time, the voice seemed familiar, and gradually heard that it was the three fathers-in-law of the East Factory.

At first, the three fathers-in-law were very angry, and they regarded themselves as eunuchs in the East Factory. The gang sneered at them, and even beat them, and the three fathers-in-law began to plead, and then the woman's voice came out, interrogating Mu Shigu's whereabouts, the three fathers-in-law didn't dare to hide it at all, and told everything about it, and the woman hated and said: "We must catch Zhang Ying, the Jinyi guard, and avenge the brother of the Mu family!" "Someone reminded that Hardy is also a Jinyiwei, and he must be my subordinate, so it is better to use this to blackmail Jinyiwei. But the woman did not agree, saying that there was a debtor and a debtor, and that Hardy was just a petty commodity and did not need to be considered. Later, I thought of the night pearl, so I asked the three fathers-in-law for the night pearl, but I didn't want the three fathers-in-law to have a hard mouth this time, and they all said no. Someone came over and did something to them, and it can be said that the screams continued, but the three of them still didn't say anything. A man came and said that if he didn't say anything more, he stripped the three of them naked, poured cold water on them, and froze them to death.

The three of them still didn't say anything, and the gang was angry, so they really stripped off their clothes and got cold water. It's cold, but you can think of the tribulations suffered by the three of them, whether it's ghosts crying wolves, or scolding, in short, after tossing for a long time, it gradually lost its voice. After about half an hour, another person came, presumably a big man, these people quieted down, and spoke very quietly, as if they had found something, and the people rejoiced, and Hardy faintly heard a sentence to go to Dragon Town, and there was a burst of people shouting, and soon there was no movement.

Hardy had been in the hut for a long time, and no one came, so he tried to bang on the door, but it was opened, and the courtyard was full of footprints and horseshoe prints, and there was no one. Even more strange is that his horses are still there. Hardy didn't care to see the three fathers-in-law, so he hurriedly got on his horse and ran out of the village, and finally discerned the direction and went to Juyongguan to find me. When he met Ning Boyang halfway, he didn't want me and Lin Sheng to leave, so he turned his horse's head again and came back to me.

Hardy said, I listened, and the more I listened, the more surprised I became, and I kept wondering who these guys were. What exactly do you want to do? If what Hardy said is true, then this is a big deal, the life and death of the three elders of Dongchang are unknown, and the order to find the culprit sooner or later will be given to Jinyiwei. This is the area between Jingshi and Juyong Pass, and Jinyiwei has a lot of eyeliner, so it is expected that this group of people will not go too far. It's just that I, the general banner of Jinyiwei, can't give orders to the surrounding areas, so it's imperative to hurry back to Beijing, meet Liao Jianzhong, and ask him to order an investigation.

And I decided to go to that village to have a look, so I said to Hardy: "Third brother, I have to work hard for you, hurry back to Beijing, find Commander Liao, explain the matter clearly, and ask him to decide." I went to the village to look for some clues. ”

Hardy said: "Second brother, it's not difficult for me to go back to Beijing, it's just that you go there alone, it's too dangerous!" I said, "Well, without further ado, you go back to Beijing quickly, I'll go back as soon as I go, don't worry!" Hardy told me to be careful, showed me the way, and we parted.

The afternoon sun shines quietly on the field, and the white snow is even more dazzling. There was no sound all around, only the sound of my horse's hooves. The road was not too far, and in half an hour I came to the head of a small mountain village, which leaned on a small hill and was scattered with a few households. The occasional dog bark may be the only living sound here.

Hardy said they went to a large courtyard at the head of the village, far from the village's residents. I glanced for a moment, and sure enough, I saw a house at the head of the village, which seemed to be a grain field in the past. The crooked fence, the collapsed barn, and the snow in the yard were covered with horseshoe prints, which should be here, I tightened my belt, urged the horse forward, and went straight in.

Entering the grain field, I jumped off the horse, carrying the embroidered spring knife, carefully walked in, everywhere was empty, but I could see the traces of the fire, and even the residual temperature, and I went along the high wall to find the three fathers-in-law, walked a big circle, the front suddenly opened, but found that the ground was black and pressing, and when I walked over, a large group of crows flew up, I subconsciously retreated, and when I looked again, in the snow, the bodies of three people fell there, naked, and hideous. The group of crows is pecking at the corpse, it is even more miserable, I carefully identified, it is indeed the three fathers-in-law of Dongchang, all have died here, among them, the finger of the high father-in-law is still stuck in the snow, the day before yesterday these three father-in-law is still proud, and now they are dead here, it is inevitable to sigh, I am also an acquaintance with them, I really can't bear to see them so miserable, so I looked around to find their clothes, but found that the three mink fur are not missing, I think this group of people is not for money, I blindfolded them one by one, But on the snow where Gao Gonggong's finger was, he saw a word, and it was a word "wood".

"Did the people of the Mu family do it?" With a flash in my mind, I quickly took out the notebook and drew the situation of the corpses of the three people, and carefully looked at the injuries of the three people, except for the skin wounds, there were no other fatal injuries, and they were indeed frozen to death. Next to it was a tall barn with a small ventilation window, which was supposed to be the house Hardy was talking about. The ground is full of footprints, and there should be many people here.

I put away the notebook and looked around, and it was so quiet that the wind blew loudly. The night pearl should be what these people want, and the three of them would rather die than say it, so the pearl must not have been taken away by those people, where can it be placed?

The hoarse cry of a crow woke me up in deep thought. I turned my head slightly, and I found several figures coming towards me, I subconsciously went to draw my knife, and someone said: "My own people!" ”

Everyone who came was dressed up, only one person was wearing the flying fish suit of Jinyiwei, he was in his thirties, and he looked good, but he was very thin, and one person had already stepped forward and said: "Xia Yuchun, deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division of Xiashun Tianfu, may I ask your lordship?" ”

The Terracotta Division of the Five Cities of Suncheonfu is responsible for many matters such as public security in Gyeonggi, but the rank is pitifully small, and the commander of the Terracotta Division is no more than the official of the seventh grade, which is the same as the county order. On weekdays, when I saw our brocade guards, they all walked around the road. I didn't look down on these people, so I hurriedly replied: "It was originally the commander of Xia, Zhang Ying, the chief banner of the Fusi in Xiabei Town!" ”

"It was Lord Zhang, disrespectful, disrespectful!" Xia Yuchun hurriedly smiled and said, the Jinyi Wei also came over and said to me: "Zhang Zongqi, I am Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi Lu Song, I am away all the year round, Zhang Zongqi may not know me, this time I was ordered to escort a batch of property from Anlu Prefecture to the capital and present it to the emperor; Because I am friends with Lord Xia, I drank with him in private, and I didn't want to report that someone had died here, so the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division asked Lord Xia to come here, and I was fine, so I came over! ”

Of course, I didn't know this Lu Song, but I still arched my hand very politely: "We all came out of the same door, Brother Lu doesn't have to be polite; I was ordered to go to Juyongguan, and on the way back to Beijing, someone called the police and said that there was a murder here, so I came to take a look. Let's take a look at the two adults! ”

Lu Song was also serious, and walked around the corpses of the three people for a long time, and the rest of the catchers looked around, and Xia Yuchun followed me, wherever I went, he went, I didn't understand what he meant, but I didn't say anything. Lu Song watched it for a long time, coughed a few times, and said, "The murderer can be described as ruthless and vicious, and he froze to death three fathers-in-law. It can be seen how deep the hatred they have with the three fathers-in-law, and we should start with the people around the three fathers-in-law. I nodded and said, "The three fathers-in-law are from the East Factory, and now the East Factory is in charge of Fan Ting's father-in-law, and he has a lot of talents, so it is estimated that he will send a capable cadre to investigate this in the future!" Lord Xia, you do a good job of making some notes, and once you want to use them, don't forget to draw them and hand them over when the time comes. ”

Xia Yuchun nodded and smiled: "With the Lord General Banner here, how dare the villain sign and draw a pledge?" Just sign it! I smiled and said, "Lord Xia, you are the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and you are responsible for the security here, Brother Lu and I are just passing by, and we can't sign it." ”

Lu Song also said: "What Zhang Zongqi said is that we Jinyiwei can't directly meddle in local cases without an order, Shi Chun, you don't have to worry too much, just make a record and sign it!" ”

Xia Yuchun smiled and said: "Two adults, the villain has heard that Jinyiwei is a top person, vigorous and resolute, with broad experience, the villain has always wanted to learn, but there is no opportunity, today I just met two adults, please give me more advice." If it can be under the jurisdiction of the two adults in the future, it will be the glory of the villain's ancestors. ”