Chapter 2: Murder
After Nie and Pu broke up from the inn, they began to prepare their luggage separately and set off from Chang'an the next day. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info they traveled during the day and stayed at night, and on this day they came to Huayin County in Huazhou. Huayin, Qin was placed in Ningqin County, and Huayin County was changed by the Han Dynasty, and it was named because it was located at the northern foot of Huashan Mountain. It has a history of more than 900 years. Huayin has produced many talents in the past dynasties, and Yang Jiong, one of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty", is a native of Huayin. "The beacon fire shines on Xijing, the heart is uneven, the tooth is resigned, the iron ride surrounds the dragon city, the snow is dark and the flag is painted, the wind is mixed with the sound of drums, rather than a centurion, and is better than a scholar. Nie Sanjiang looked at the word "Huayin" on the city wall and chanted loudly. When Pu Luochen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Nie Sanye, your old man is not a scholar!" Nie Sanjiang said solemnly: Although I, Nie, am just a martial artist, I also admire Yang Yingchuan's ambition to serve the country very much, so I can recite this poem "From the Army". I only hate that I can't serve the country and kill the enemy in my life, but I hope that I can eradicate the traitors around the saint and rectify the dynasty!" Yang Jiong once served as the county commander of Yingzhou, so he was called Yang Yingchuan. When Pu Luochen heard this, he was taken aback, and said hurriedly: My Third Master Nie, you are not the head catcher of Mr. Nie now, if your words are heard by the head catchers in the city, we will be in trouble!
Nie Sanjiang sighed and said, "I'm just touching the scene, Pu Shaoxia doesn't need to worry." Pu Luochen was still a little uneasy, and frowned: Third Master Nie, you are currently only the eldest master of the rich family, and I am just the dart master next to your old man, you and I are just ordinary people, so don't say anything like "rectifying the dynasty". As soon as Pu Luochen's words fell, someone suddenly said: Brother Tai's words are wrong, ordinary people can't talk about state affairs at will, so as not to get into trouble, and you are a dignified dart master, are you also afraid of offending the government? Pu Luochen followed the prestige, and saw a young man who looked like a scholar looking at him with a pair of disdainful eyes, and he was angry in his heart, and immediately shouted: "You poor scholar, you can't eat enough, you can't dress warmly, you just have to take care of other people's affairs, isn't this begging for a beating?" After speaking, he raised his fist and hit the scholar's door. Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang shouted loudly: "Stop!" Pu Luochen had no choice but to retract his fist stiffly. Nie Sanjiang glanced at Pu Luochen, and then apologized to the scholar: This son, I, Nie, have made amends to you on his behalf, and I hope that the son will not be surprised. The scholar hurriedly said: This master doesn't have to be polite, it's the fault of this dart master, and it has nothing to do with you!
Nie Sanjiang took out two ingots of silver from his arms, weighing ten taels each, handed them to the scholar, and immediately said: "This son, you can accept this little money first, and then the matter will be stopped, I don't know what the prince thinks? When has that scholar seen such a generous old man? After taking the silver, he was dumbfounded for a moment and forgot to thank him. Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang smiled slightly, and then said to Pu Luochen: "Master Pu Dart, let's go!" Pu Luochen listened, turned around and left. After the two entered the city, Nie Sanjiang suddenly asked: Pu Shaoxia, that scholar is indeed a little disrespectful, and he won't start beating people, right? Pu Luochen smiled and said: Nie Sanye, do you think I will really beat that scholar? It's just a show! Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but laugh and said: Okay, you Pu Luochen, even I have been deceived! After speaking, both of them laughed.
There is a tea shed outside Huayin City, which is full of guests at this moment. A young man who looked like a scholar, after entering the tea shed, first looked around, and then walked to a black-robed man and stopped. The black-robed man didn't even look at him, still bowing his head and drinking tea.
"The little ones you asked the little ones to do, the little ones have already been done!" said the scholar with a smile on his face.
The black-robed man didn't raise his head, but just asked, "Do you see clearly the person on the portrait?" The scholar replied repeatedly: Yes, it is the person on the portrait, but there is also a dart master by his side. "It seems that the black-robed man has already let this scholar see the portrait in advance.
"Oh, a dart master?" the black-robed man seemed to be a little surprised, and said to himself, who could this dart master be?
Before he could think about it, he heard the scholar follow and say: "Yes, that dart master is very fierce!" The black-robed man nodded and said with a smile: "You have done a good job, I will not treat you badly!" The scholar said happily: "The little one has thanked the uncle first!" As soon as the words fell, the scholar suddenly snorted, and he fell to the ground. Such a person suddenly fell in the tea shed, which attracted the attention of many tea customers. Xiao Er, who was serving the tea guests around, saw this scene and hurriedly stepped forward to check. I saw that the scholar's eyes were wide open and his mouth was slightly open, not like he was sleeping, nor like an ordinary fainting. In this way, Xiao Er was a little puzzled in his heart, so he asked the black-robed man, "This guest officer, why did this brother of yours suddenly fall to the ground?" The black-robed man drank a bowl of tea, and immediately replied loudly: "This brother has already gone to see the king of Yama!" The black-robed man's words undoubtedly completely broke the harmonious atmosphere in the tea shed. When the tea guests heard this, they were like frightened birds, and they got up and left the tea shed one after another, and no one dared to pay attention to the fallen scholar.
"Stop, where are you going?" shouted the black-robed man.
At this time, all the tea guests were only concerned about fleeing for their lives, and no one answered the black-robed man at all.
Suddenly, a scream of "ah" was heard, and a tea customer who was fleeing suddenly fell to the ground. Then, screaming repeatedly, and in less than a moment, all the tea customers in the tea shed fell to the ground. At this time, Xiao Er and the shopkeeper were already frightened, and they hurriedly knelt down in front of the black-robed man and kowtowed and begged for mercy. I saw the black-robed man strolling and taking a sip of tea, and then, without seeing how hard he tried, the tea bowl in his hand shattered into several pieces, and immediately shot out. The shopkeeper and Xiao Er didn't even hum, and the splinter hit the throat and killed them instantly.
"Hehehehe・・・・・・・" The black-robed man looked at the corpses all over the ground, laughed a few times, and left the tea shed in the company of laughter.
Nie and Pu stayed at the inn for a night, and in the early morning of the second day, after breakfast, the two continued to hurry. They walked along the street to the city gate, and were about to leave the city, when the officers and soldiers defending the city quickly blocked the way of the two. One of the officers and soldiers shouted loudly: "There is a case of life outside the city, the county magistrate has an order, no one is allowed to leave the city without authorization, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Nie and Pu were both stunned, and Nie Sanjiang suddenly raised his voice and said: Bold! We are the famous arrest invited by the county magistrate, and you dare to be so rude, do you want the county magistrate to dismiss you one by one and investigate and deal with them? After hearing this, the officers and men guarding the city were suspicious, and it was not until Nie Sanjiang took out the token of the general arrest that they knelt down in fright and begged for mercy. I could only hear Nie Sanjiang shouting sharply: "Why are you still kneeling? Why don't you take me out of the city to investigate the case?" Several officers and soldiers hurriedly responded, one officer and soldier led the way in front, and several other officers and soldiers escorted them in the rear, accompanying Nie and Pu to the place where the murder case occurred.
As Pu Luochen walked, he asked quietly: "Mr. Nie, do you really plan to investigate the murder?" Nie Sanjiang replied in a low voice: This is just an expedient measure, and when the time comes, we will act on the opportunity. Pu Luochen nodded. It didn't take long for them to come to a tea shed, and the officer and soldier who led the way bowed respectfully to Nie Sanjiang and said: Lord Arrest, this tea shed is the place where the murder occurred, and the magistrate is in the tea shed. Nie Sanjiang let out a "hmm". Looking around, I saw that the tea shed had been surrounded by dozens of servants armed with swords, and in addition, there were two catchers guarding the door of the tea shed. The officer and soldier continued: "Master Arrest, the little ones have just offended you, and I hope that you have a large number of old people, don't tell the county magistrate!" Nie Sanjiang frowned and said: You just need to take me in and wait to investigate the case, don't worry about the rest! The officer and soldier nodded yes. The two catchers guarding the door saw that someone was coming, and immediately stepped forward and asked loudly, "Who is coming?" Nie Sanjiang held the token high and said loudly: "This seat was ordered to arrest the Jiangyang thief, and now I heard that there was a murder case here, and this seat suspected that the Jiangyang thief did it, so I came to check!" The two catchers saw that the token did not look fake, so they immediately took Nie and Pu to see the county lord.
When Huayin Zhixian was worried about his brows, he suddenly heard that the chief arrester of the six doors was coming, and he was surprised and happy in his heart, and after seeing Nie Sanjiang, he waved at Nie Sanjiang again and again, and said: The chief arrester is coming to this county, and the county has lost sight of the welcome, and I hope to forgive the guilt! Nie Sanjiang smiled and said: The magistrate of the county does not have to be polite, this seat is already abrupt, how can I come to the crime of losing welcome? Let me discuss the case quickly! Huayin Zhixian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: This county is worried about solving the case, and now with the assistance of you, the chief arrester of the six doors, there is no reason for this case to be solved? Suddenly, Nie Sanjiang asked: "Lord Zhixian, there is something unknown in this seat, since this murder happened outside the city, it should have nothing to do with the people in the city, why did the county magistrate order not to leave the city?" The one who does the murderer will be a cruel and murderous man. If the county allowed those people to go out again, wouldn't it be that more people would die? At that time, a large number of murder cases will be placed in front of the county, and the county will not be able to solve the cases, so it is afraid that it will ...... Wu Sha is not guaranteed!" Nie Sanjiang nodded and said, "I see!" After a pause, Nie Sanjiang said again: "Lord Zhixian, this seat has been solving cases for many years, and there are very few murder cases in this world that can stump this seat, and now that this seat is here, isn't the county magistrate still worried that the murder case will be difficult to solve?" Huayin Zhixian hurriedly shook his head and said: "Lord Chief Arrester is serious, even if this county has the courage to do so, I don't dare to doubt Lord Chief Arrest's ability to handle cases!" Nie Sanjiang nodded and said: " That's good, since the magistrate trusts this seat so much, I don't know, is the magistrate willing to act according to the meaning of this seat?" Huayin magistrate immediately replied: "This county should strictly follow the will of the chief arrester, and the county will do whatever the chief arrest lord teaches, and the county will do whatever the lord teaches!" Nie Sanjiang said: "The magistrate is really happy! That is the case, then please ask the magistrate to give an order, open the city gate, and let the people enter and exit the city gate freely!" Huayin magistrate listened, although he had some doubts in his heart, but he also did it very quickly. After Nie Sanjiang finished talking about the city gate, he immediately asked: "Lord Zhixian, I don't know when the body in this tea shed was discovered?" Huayin Zhixian replied: "It was discovered by a passer-by this morning." Nie Sanjiang took a closer look in the tea shed, and suddenly found that one of the deceased was very familiar, and after a little contemplation, he realized that it was the scholar he met when he entered the city yesterday. The magistrate of Huayin couldn't help but ask: Lord Chief Arrester, have you seen anything after watching it for a long time? Nie Sanjiang sighed and asked rhetorically: Do you know Lord Magistrate, why has this seat come here? The magistrate of Huayin was stunned for a moment, and then said: This is also true, this county has been concerned about the case, but has not consulted Lord Chief's intentions.
Nie Sanjiang Zhengse said: Lord Zhixian, I can't hide it, this seat is ordered to arrest a Jiangyang thief, this thief kills people like hemp, and does all kinds of evil, according to this seat, this tea shed bloody case is very likely to be committed by this thief! Huayin Zhixian exclaimed: It turns out that the chief arrest is to handle the case by order, if there is a need for the county's service, the chief arrest will be ordered. Nie Sanjiang pretended to be mysterious, and said: Lord Zhixian, this thief has committed a serious crime, and the saint has confessed, don't make a noise, if it leaks out, I am afraid that this seat will not be protected, so I also ask the county lord to be able to keep his mouth shut about this matter, and when the time comes, this seat will definitely say a few more words for the lord in front of the saint! Huayin Zhixian was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him: This is very good, and the county will thank the chief arrester first! Nie Sanjiang smiled and said: Where is it, it's just a gesture! Nie Sanjiang said with a smile: When the report was submitted, he said that it was a group of thieves who washed the tea shed in blood, and this group of thieves was wiped out by the arrest led by the magistrate of the county, so as to close the case.......
After coming out of the tea shed, Nie Sanjiang whispered to Pu Luochen: Pu Shaoxia, please take a step to speak. So the two of them found a relatively hidden corner, and Pu Luochen saw that there was no one around, and then said slowly: "Mr. Nie, if there is anything, please come along!" Nie Sanjiang's face was pale, he thought for a long time, and finally said calmly: Pu Shaoxia, I'm afraid that I have already been targeted! Pu Luochen said "um", and then said: What Mr. Nie is referring to is the corpse of that scholar, right? Nie Sanjiang nodded. Pu Luochen said with a smile: "That murderer thought that if he killed all the people in the tea shed, he would make it impossible for us to track it down, but he never expected that it was precisely because of this bloody case that we had new clues! Nie Sanjiang suddenly said: Pu Shaoxia means that we should rush to Lingbao County as soon as possible to track down the so-called legend, right? Pu Luochen said: Now that we have learned that our whereabouts have been revealed, we don't need to hide it anymore, Mr. Nie is head-catching, in order to make it easier to act, Pu is willing to become a catcher under you for the time being, I don't know what Mr. Nie wants to do for the time being? Nie Sanjiang was overjoyed and said: Actually, Nie had already had this intention, but he was worried that in this case, Pu Shaoxia would think that Nie was deliberately taking you in, so he did not mention this matter. Pu Luochen said with a smile: How could Pu be such a small person?