A streamer of light fell outside the city, and not long after, Gu Changan came slowly and walked towards the gate of Fucheng.

At this time, it was already dawn, and it was still morning, with a cold and cold wind, which was a bit biting.

The snow hadn't melted yet, and there were ice cubes on the treetops.

There are soldiers guarding the gate of the city, checking the passing pedestrian caravans, and there are many people lining up outside the city, all wearing cotton clothes and jackets, wrapped tightly, standing in the cold wind and waiting to enter the city.

Seeing Gu Changan coming, dressed in a thin robe with big sleeves, he didn't seem to feel the slightest cold, and they were all dumbfounded.

Gu Changan did not line up, but walked straight to the city gate to enter the city.

The soldiers guarding were shocked for a while when they saw Gu Chang'an's bearing, and at this time, a soldier who seemed to be the leader stepped forward and said respectfully: "This son is a martial artist or a cultivator?"

Gu Changan bowed slightly.

Seeing that he should admit it, the guard immediately became more respectful, and hurriedly said: "Warriors can skip the queue when they enter the city...... Childe, please come in!"

"By the way, if Childe comes to Fucheng for the first time, you can go to the south of the city, there are streets and markets in the city that have been specially opened up for warriors and cultivators to gather, if Childe is interested, you can go and visit. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to let the soldiers get out of the way and greeted Gu Chang'an in.

Hearing this, Gu Changan glanced at him, but didn't say anything, and walked straight in.

Having just wiped out a stronghold of the Huangquan Sect, Gu Chang'an's mood relaxed a little, although there was still a Grandmaster Realm 7 Pavilion Master of the Huangquan Sect stationed here in the county, surrounded by him, but this was not what he could deal with now after all.

Worrying about this is only adding to the fear.

Moreover, in Gu Chang'an's opinion, the most frightened person now should not be him, but the pavilion master, the Huangquan Sect disciple of Chentang County, was almost wiped out by him, this pavilion master is afraid that there are not many people in his hands now, and he should be anxious now.

There are only two paths in front of this pavilion master.

Either they were mad and took the initiative to come to the city in anger and storm thousands of households.

Either go back to the sect and ask the sect to send reinforcements and do something else.

Other than that, there is no other possibility.

And in Gu Chang'an's opinion, since this pavilion master has reached the 7-fold cultivation of the Grandmaster Realm, at least he is not a fool, and he should not dare to come to attack the Thousand Households——

Since the establishment of the Hanging Mirror Division, looking at the thirteen states of Dayan, there has never been a force or sect that dares to brazenly confront the Hanging Mirror Division!

After all, the Hanging Mirror Division is backed by the Great Yan Imperial Court, and if it dares to attack, this is a rebellion!

Although the Huangquan Sect was destroyed by the Hanging Mirror Division and many sects three hundred years ago, it was never branded as a rebel.

It is precisely because of this that they can secretly develop and recruit disciples, otherwise, once they are branded as rebels, even if they develop secretly, who will dare to enter the Huangquan Sect all these years?

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gu Changan smiled slightly and dissipated them.

He immediately walked into the city, and did not immediately return to the Thousand Houses, but walked on the streets.

Since he came here, he has never taken a closer look at the customs and customs under his jurisdiction, and in the past, when he went to the local county, he was also in a hurry to clear the demons and monsters.

That's when you really find some leisure.

Along the way, I looked at the left and right, but at this moment, I suddenly raised my eyebrows, as if I saw something.

Walk quickly forward and walk to a teahouse at an intersection.

This teahouse has a shed on the road, it is winter, the cold wind is blowing, and most of them are reluctant to come out, so there are not many people in the teahouse shed.

There were only two of them sitting at the table, staring somewhere.

"What are you two doing here?"

Gu Changan sat on the chair and asked loudly.

"Oops. ”

Hearing the voice, the two of them subconsciously followed the prestige, and as soon as they saw Gu Changan, they suddenly jumped up, and immediately hurriedly said, "Gu Qianhu (Brother An), why are you here?"

These two people are Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Xiaosi.

"Shopping ......"

Gu Changan didn't dwell on this topic too much, but asked, "What did you look at when you came here just now?"

As soon as they heard this, a mysterious look suddenly appeared on their faces, and they couldn't help but glance at each other and said, "Watch the play...... What a play!"

"Oh?"

Gu Changan was also interested.

Sitting at the table, he called the boss for a new pot of tea, and immediately set his eyes in the direction where the two were staring.

But I saw that there was an alley, the entrance of the alley was facing the street, there was a table, and behind the table sat an old Taoist priest dressed in a Taoist robe, who seemed to be a fairy wind and bones, and there was a signboard hanging next to it: Touch the bones and look at the face, and the iron mouth is calculated.

Gu Changan could see that this old Taoist priest was not a martial artist, let alone a monk, and he had no qi, blood, and mana.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is on a young man standing in front of the stall.

looks like he is in his twenties, with a delicate appearance and an elegant temperament, like a scholar.

In fact, he is indeed a reader, and Gu Changan feels a trace of righteousness in him - this is a pure reading seed.

At this time, the reading seed stood in front of the fortune teller's stall and walked over with a hesitant look on his face.

With his appearance, a discerning person knows that he wants to tell fortunes and ask for hexagrams, but he is suspicious - the fortune teller has been sitting in danger for a long time at this time, just waiting for this young man to take the bait.

Just waited and waited, Gu Changan drank half of the tea, and the fortune teller was sitting on his back and had a headache, and he didn't see this young man make up his mind.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and turned his head away.

"This ......"

The fortune teller was immediately stunned, looking messy in the wind.

And Gu Changan couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh - he could see that this young man did have some uncertainties in his heart, but he ......

If it's just that simple, why do Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Xiaosi get together and watch a play here?

Although these two people usually mix well, they are never lazy when they should cultivate, and now that these two people have put aside their cultivation and run here, it is obvious that there is a follow-up to this matter.

It's definitely a big show.

Sure enough, under Gu Changan's gaze, the young man left here and walked into the street, about two hundred steps, and walked to a house.

And just as he was about to open the door, two catchers with waist knives also walked over.

"You are Yu Chunxi?"

One of the older graders asked out loud.

"I, I'm Yu Chunxi. ”

As the saying goes, the county order of the broken family is the king of the house.

Although the county monarch and the government monarch have the power of life and death, they are all great people in Shengdou, and they can't touch them.

But those petty officials with humble positions but no small authority have a great deterrent to them.

A mere warden can ruin an ordinary family.

Not to mention the fast arrest official who has to arrest and do his best?

This young man is just a scholar from an ordinary family, and when he saw the two catchers coming over, he was suddenly nervous, and he stammered when he spoke, and said with some trepidation: "Two, two poor masters, I don't know what to do with me?"

"Yu Chunxi, right?"

The elder Zhu Kuai took the lead and said: "A certain family surnamed Liu, is the head of the patrol department of this city, don't be nervous, I came to you this time to ask you something." ”

Hearing this, a young man named Yu Chunxi hurriedly saluted.

Then he stumbled and said: "Liu, Liu Bantou, and this poor master, it's cold outside, why don't you come to the cold house and sit, let's go into the house and say?"

"You don't have to go into the house!"

Liu Bantou waved his hand and said, "Actually, this time, I just want to find something ......."

Before he could finish his sentence, the wooden door of the courtyard suddenly creaked open, and a beautiful young woman walked out.

Although it faces the sky, it can't hide the beauty of the beauty.

At this time, with a smile on his face, one hand was dragging his belly - his belly was round, and it was obvious that she was pregnant, and the time was not short.

"Madame, why did you get out...... Hurry up and get inside, it's so cold outside, what if it's freezing!"

Seeing this woman, Yu Chunxi immediately panicked, and hurriedly asked with concern.

"The slave family is fine, I was just resting inside, and I heard a voice outside, and I thought it was my husband, you came back...... How can these two poor masters ......?"

There was an inquiring look in her eyes, and there were some of the apprehension and nervousness of the little people who saw the official errand.

"It's okay, it's just the little things. ”

Yu Chunxi hugged his own woman, then looked at Liu Bantou and the two, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said: "Two poor masters, if you have anything to say, my wife has been weak since she was a child, and now she is about to ......give birth."

"The matter can be said soon, and Yu Gongzi doesn't need to be in a hurry. ”

Liu Bantou waved his hand, signaling Yu Chunxi to be calm and calm, and then said: "Actually, this time, we mainly have some questions that we want to ask the honored woman to answer. ”

"The matter...... It's a homicide!"

Liu Bantou is the husband's door, he has always been straightforward, and he is straight to the point at the moment.

"Murder?!"

When Yu Chunxi heard this, his face suddenly changed.

In fact, for ordinary people, there is nothing to be afraid of hearing about a murder.

immediately shouted: "Liu Bantou, my wife is pregnant, how can it be related to the murder...... Don't be a fool!"

Although he was very scared in the face of the arrest, he thought that his wife was actually involved in the 'murder', and some courage also emerged in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter, this matter is absolutely impossible!"

"Yu Gongzi misunderstood......"

Liu Bantou said: "Liu didn't say that Mrs. Zun killed him. ”

Yu Chunxi was a little relieved, but then he had questions: "In this case, why did Liu Bantou come to my wife?"

Liu Bantou did not answer Yu Chunxi's words this time, but instead looked at the woman's face, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, the real murderer was caught by us the day before yesterday!"

"Huh?"

Yu Chunxi suddenly looked suspicious, as if he wanted to ask.

Not to mention Yu Chunxi, even Gu Changan, who was listening to it at this time, was also a little puzzled - although he was more than two hundred meters apart, he could still hear clearly with his ear.

At this time, I was naturally quite curious.

At this moment, Liu Bantou waved his hand to interrupt Yu Chunxi, who wanted to ask, and said, "Don't worry, Yu Gongzi, listen to me tell you about this matter slowly." ”

"After the murderer was caught by us, I thought he was just a ruffian, and when he brought it back to the Yamen, he planned to teach a lesson after a routine interrogation, but who knew that this interrogation inadvertently revealed a big murder case!"

"That was six months ago......"

......

Early summer in May.

It was already night, but suddenly thunder exploded, and wind and rain poured down.

In a village and town more than ten miles away from the city of Chentang County, a ruffian hooligan encountered heavy rain on the way back to the city, and in order to avoid the rain, he inadvertently walked near a deserted hill temple, but saw a woman hiding from the rain in the temple.

This ruffian entered the temple to hide from the rain, and there were no other thieves, and even if they did, they didn't have the courage to do so.

But who knew that sitting in the temple to hide from the rain, listening to the wind, rain and thunder outside, a bold idea gradually grew in the heart of this ruffian.

He couldn't remember the specific details, but he only knew that when he was in a trance, he saw that the woman was resisting death, constantly struggling and begging for mercy.

"Please, let me go...... I have a child, and a child...... Don't, don't ......"

The ruffian was still in charge of this at that time, and he was already in a trance, and he could see that the woman was constantly struggling, and he did not know whether it was a mistake or panic, but he accidentally touched a sharp object and stabbed it indiscriminately towards a certain place on the woman's body.

The woman screamed, blood flowing, and staggered outside.

I don't know if it was because I saw the smell of blood or was afraid that the woman would report to the official, but the ruffian was so angry that he was angry, and he actually held the sharp weapon in his hand and stabbed the woman a few times.

Where the thorn is, the ruffian can't tell where it is.

That night he was somehow in a trance, and in addition to the fact that it was stormy and dark outside, he only saw the woman fall to the ground, and by the occasional lightning he could see that blood was soon soaking a large area of the ground.

He was finally scared!

Running outside in despair, even ignoring the wind and rain.

To tell the truth, although he is a ruffian, he is nothing more than stealing a chicken and touching a dog on weekdays, and it is great to knock on the widow's door at night - such a big thing as killing someone, he will not dare to dare to give him a hundred dares!

After running out, the ruffian ran back to his house.

The ruffian was drenched in rain that day, caught a cold, and was sick in bed for two or three days, during which time he was always in fear, for fear that someone would report to the authorities to arrest him, so he returned to the temple after he was well and planned to destroy the corpse.

But when he went back, he didn't see the body at all, only a pool of blood.

The ruffian thought that the corpse had been discovered, so he was so frightened that he fled to the mountains and hid for five months, and for these days he dreamed every day that he had been asked for his life by the unjust soul of the woman of that day, and that he could not sleep or eat well, but in a few months, he was already skinny, and in the wild, like a wild man.

Occasionally, one day, he was seen by a hunter nearby, and thought it was a mountain spirit, so he was so frightened that he immediately came to report to the official, and the yamen dispatched and brought it back.

......

Speaking of this, Liu Bantou paused.

"And then?"

Yu Chunxi gritted his teeth and said, "What does this matter have to do with us?"

It's just that others didn't find it, but Gu Changan saw it clearly.

When Liu Bantou told this story, when he talked about this day six months ago, his expression was a little wrong, and when he mentioned the Land Temple, his face changed greatly.

And when he opened his mouth to ask, he even strengthened his body to prevent himself from falling.

And the young woman behind him turned even pale.

Bloodless!

The body was trembling uncontrollably, and the whole person shrank behind Yu Chunxi, looking extremely frightened and afraid.

Of course, this is also normal.

After all, these things that Liu Bantou talked about are really unbearable for an ordinary person, especially a weak woman.

Liu Bantou ignored Yu Chunxi's questioning, and said to himself: "It's just that what makes me quite curious is...... The ruffian told us about such a murder, but in the past six months, we have not received any reports of such a murder, and there is no record in the file of a young woman who has disappeared during this time......"

"But that's weird!"

Liu Bantou shook his head and said: "The first did not report to the official, and the second did not disappear, but the ruffian insisted that it was more than ten miles outside the city...... Since this is the case, and since the woman said that she doubted it, it was naturally impossible and incapable of going far away, so it was very likely that it was a woman in our county. ”

"In order to find out this doubt, I have been visiting everywhere for the past two days, and finally found a clue......

Speaking of this, he set his eyes on the pregnant woman, and said in a deep voice: "Before and after the incident, there were thirteen women in the whole city visiting relatives, and only one person came back as soon as the city gate was opened at dawn. ”

The woman was a little pregnant, but her face was pale, and it was quite inconvenient for her to walk, and the soldiers who were stationed at the city gate that day tried to help her walk, but she was refused, so she was deeply impressed. ”

"Seeing the woman entering the city alone, the soldier couldn't let go of it, so he was concerned all the way behind on the pretext of patrolling the streets, and finally saw her come here, opened the door and entered......"

Speaking of this, Liu Ban took a step forward, and the momentum on his body also changed suddenly, holding the handle of the waist knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Yu Gongzi, Yu woman, but I don't know what the two of you have to say about this matter?"

Yu Chunxi immediately changed color.

At this moment, the young woman subconsciously took a step back and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately there was a wooden door to support her.

But even so, her face suddenly turned pale and blue, and then from blue to white, which looked extremely scary.

"Ma'am, ma'am, are you alright......"

At this time, Yu Chunxi was shocked, and he couldn't take care of anything else, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help, and at the same time comforted him softly.

This scene suddenly made Liu Bantou and the other catcher look embarrassed on their faces - after all, they only came to inquire this time, and there was no conclusive evidence, but this woman was so frightened that she didn't know that they thought they were threatening and intimidating with words.

It's not standing there for a while, and it's not going to retreat.

Yu Chunxi comforted, and when he felt that his wife had eased up, he couldn't help but turn cold when he saw the two catchers still standing here: "Liu Bantou, I don't know what you came here for, but I can tell you clearly, this matter ...... Nothing to do with my wife!"

"Let's go, although I am a white-clothed person, I am also a scholar, and I have a reputation for merit! If I come to bother again, don't blame me for going to beat the drum in front of the prince and voice my grievances!"

"Sending off!"

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