At that moment, Xie Yixiang cleaned up the aftermath with Lord Fang, and counted all the food that Yizi sent to the city. Sure enough, as De Yizi said, excluding the loss in it, there were a total of more than 3,600 catties of dried yuba, 472 cattle, more than 46,000 catties of wheat and more than 25,000 catties of rice, which was enough for the soldiers and people of the city to eat for half a month.

And the two hundred people who first pretended to be the people and mixed into the city, plus the five hundred people who later entered the city from the north gate, a total of 700 people, who were the green forest bandits who occupied the mountains in Jiangsu and Zhejiang"Fan Shentong.

Lord Fang hurriedly saluted one by one, and thanked the four masters one after another, and his words were extremely respectful. Then the third Taibao Lin of the "flower wave head" instantly ordered his thieves to send all the rebel spies killed in the city tonight, there were about 30 corpses, and there were six live mouths, which were handed over to Lord Fang for interrogation on the spot. Xie Yixiang took the time to ask the four masters for the reason, and asked why they heard the order of the first son to come to Ningyi City, but the four of them were divided, just saying empty words such as "for the country and the people, the great man of chivalry" and "the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible", and refused to confide in the details.

By the time everything was arranged, the night had passed and the sky was gradually getting brighter. Lord Fang couldn't rest assured, and he and Xie Yixiang went up to the third floor of the "Tianyun Residence" in the city to look at the movements of the Hengwang rebels outside the city. You must know that after last night's battle, the rebels outside the city also suffered a lot of losses, roughly calculated, with the gunpowder hanging under the "Kong Ming lantern" in the east, the "fire bull array" attacking the camp in the south, and the 500 people who broke through the pass in the north, the other side also suffered 3,000 or 4,000 casualties, which can be said to be 10% out of 10. Coupled with the food and manpower sent into the city, this "altar opening method" of getting a son was undoubtedly a complete victory and reversed the crisis of the entire Ningyi City.

At this time, looking at the rebel camps on all sides outside the city, the rebels were counting the casualties and busy repairing the damaged camp tents, and there was no movement to attack the city and take revenge for the time being. Lord Fang once again saw the appearance and momentum of the rebels outside the city, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, feeling worried in his heart. Just as De Yizi said, if it weren't for the fact that the Hengwang rebels had always followed the tenet of "no blood and no one was killed", with this little strength in Ningyi City, how could it support it until now? Even if someone has food now, once the other party changes its strategy and leads the crowd to attack, the entire Ningyi City will still be in danger.

When the adults left the "Tianyunju", they invited a few masters to return to the yamen for a temporary rest. Xie Yixiang also accompanied her all the way, she had been in a coma for a long time before, so although she hadn't slept all night, she didn't feel very tired. When everyone returned to the yamen, Lord Fang immediately ordered the officials to arrest the girl who was cooking human flesh in the room, but the officials searched carefully before and after the yamen, but they did not find any trace of the girl. Among them, a servant told Xie Yixiang that since this girl came to the yamen's room, she often sneaked out at night, and she was out of nowhere, and because the war in Ningyi City was tight, everyone didn't have the heart to pay attention to her whereabouts. Then Lord Fang sent an order, telling all the officials and the soldiers defending the city to search the whole city, and be sure to arrest the girl back to the yamen.

Xie Yixiang had to wait for news in the hall of the yamen, and asked Lord Fang about the girl's origin. Unexpectedly, Lord Fang didn't know who the girl's surname was, but said that it was about ten days ago, when the grain and grass in Ningyi City ran out, and everyone in the yamen was so hungry that they had to find a corpse to cook human flesh. As a result, everyone was frightened, and they didn't know how to cook human flesh, and a large pot of human flesh was hard to swallow.

After resisting like this for two or three days, the girl came uninvited with a food box and brought out a bowl of steaming braised pork from it, which was made of pork belly from human buttocks, and asked Lord Fang and the officials to taste it. After everyone tasted it, they only felt that their lips and teeth were fragrant, and they were full of praise, and the girl explained her intentions, and she just wanted to stay in the yamen room to cook human flesh for everyone. Although Lord Fang was shocked to see that such a five or six-year-old girl had the skill of cooking human flesh, he was shocked in his heart, but at that time, Ningyi City was almost in a desperate situation, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to such trivial matters, so he agreed to the girl's request on the spot and left her in the yamen's room.

Xie Yixiang only then figured out what happened, no wonder the girl hid in the yamen of Ningyi City. She couldn't help but think in her heart, she had traveled from Jinling to Zhenjiang and from Shaoxing to Ningyi, and to this day, she has basically been able to determine that the murderer of this "human kitchen case" is the six-year-old girl, but there are still many doubts. It is reasonable to say that the Li butcher family in Yinshan Village, the eastern suburb of Shaoxing, the man and his wife surnamed Zhuji Chen, and the middle-aged couple he met in Ningyi City were all killed by the girl, but what about the two murders in Haozhou, Fengyang Prefecture six years ago and Zhenjiang two years ago?

You must know that according to the girl's age, six years ago, the girl was afraid that she was just born, so could she kill and eat people as a baby? Moreover, what she saw and heard on the night of the girl's murder can be described as both illusory and real, and it is still impossible to distinguish which ones are real and which are illusory. Later, after a confrontation in the yamen's room, his chaotic departure was even more out of control for no reason, and he refused to say anything to the girl, which was an unprecedented strange thing. It seems that the mystery of all this is still looking for the girl.

Just as Xie Yixiang was thinking about it, Lord Fang had been chatting casually with the four Green Forest masters, and then a servant cooked a large pot of gruel with the rice that had just been sent to the city, and sent it to the hall for everyone to eat. Xie Yixiang was already hungry, and after drinking a large bowl of gruel, she felt a lot more comfortable. Looking at the rice grains in the bowl again, I couldn't help but think back to the cellar in the backyard, when Master Du from the Governor's Mansion took him to check it before, the cellar was obviously rice with shells, but how could it suddenly turn into a corpse? She asked Lord Fang about it again, and Lord Fang did not hide it, and sighed: "The cellar in the backyard is extremely secret, Miss Xie San was able to find the cellar, naturally that Master Du had taken you to see it." It's just that the corpses of the dead have always been stored in the cellar, and Ning Yicheng has been out of food for nearly half a month, where is there any rice? Could it be that Miss Xie San is mistaken?"

Xie Yixiang naturally refused to believe the answer given by Master Fang, at that time, it was obvious that she had seen it with her own eyes, and Master Du also packed a small bag of rice for herself, all of this was clearly in her mind, how could she remember it wrongly? She asked Master Fang to call Master Du to confront her, but who knew that Master Fang was embarrassed and stammered: "This...... 'M afraid...... I'm afraid it's not very convenient. Xie Yixiang asked in a deep voice, "Why is it inconvenient?" Master Fang finally sighed and said, "Okay, since Miss Xie San insists on seeing this Master Du, then bring him here." ”

Then there was an official who was ordered to go, but after a while, two officials had already stepped into the hall with the help of Master Du, one left and one right. Xie Yixiang couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she saw that Master Du was naked, smiling, but his eyes were dull, and then he looked at Master Du's right arm, but it was completely covered with a black cloth, and couldn't help asking, "What's going on?"

Lord Fang sighed again, and the official next to him uncovered the black cloth covering Master Du's right arm, only to see that under the black cloth, Master Du's entire right arm was only covered with bloody white bones, and there was a lot of minced meat sticking to it, emitting a large stench, which was clearly cut off by someone with a sharp blade on the arm, and the appearance was extremely terrifying.