Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Night Detective Part I
"What do you mean?" said Bai Jike as he raised his head, leaned against the edge of the barrel, and said sullenly. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Who knows......" Yang Che tilted his head and replied lightly, feeling that he didn't want to participate in the discussion.
After listening to what Yang Che said, Bai Jike sat up and twisted his body, looked at Nian Jiang with the bucket and said, "Xiao Jiang, tell me what you know, I've been holding back in a panic." ”
Nian Jiang was in a daze, and suddenly the topic was pulled to him, and he stayed for two seconds before coming back to his senses. He was thinking about things in his heart, his face was impassive, and he said to Bai Jike: "I know that I said it in the afternoon, that is, they were killed after being stunned, and they were also drugged to stop the bleeding. ”
However, he was somewhat accustomed to Bai Jike's noisy temperament, and knew that the other party would not meet this condition.
Sure enough, Bai Jike's face was depressed in the next second, and he almost skied: "Eh, that's all there is to ......"
Nian Jiang squinted and said: "I am just a healer, and I can only act as an ordinary servant in this regard." If I could infer the past and future from the traces on the corpse alone, I would have been famous a long time ago, so why worry about being famous all over the world. ”
"That's right, it's just ...... It's a little unwilling. Bai Jike grabbed his hair, and the whole person slid down, and soon the water was a little under his nose.
Nian Jiang also showed a helpless look on his face, he looked sideways, and it happened that Yang Che also looked over. The two glanced at each other, and the helplessness in each other's eyes was like looking in a mirror.
"Who's to say it's not......" Nian Jiang shook his head and continued to soak in the bucket.
The three of them are in the shower right now.
Master Zhou arranged a bathhouse for them to take a bath. This bathhouse was inside the yamen, and it was usually the place where the officials took a quick bath, and of course, they had to leave after washing. One person was assigned a bath bucket, and when there was no one in the bathhouse, the three of them pounced on the bath bucket like a tiger out of the cage, and the smell of mud and sweat was really unbearable.
Nian Jiang has always maintained the habits of his previous life, and he can't stand being too dirty to take a bath. But this era is not like before, the heroes of the rivers and lakes are not informal, the fresh taste of a body is not as good as the smell of sweat can reflect the manhood more, he can sometimes go down the mountain will also meet some people in the rivers and lakes, there are few like him who love cleanliness and tidiness. In the eyes of most people in the rivers and lakes, those who always pay attention to the trivial details on their bodies are either mothers or scholars.
Nian Jiang was also quite speechless about this, and forgave him for living for 19 years and never experiencing the life of the rivers and lakes.
From the regular drop of things on his head at the beginning, to the murder that was confirmed later, Nian Jiang had a hunch that this would be a big deal. He, like Yang Che and them, thought that they had found the corpses at them, and they could at least do a big job in this matter, but after waiting for Sun Zhutou to come back with confidence in the tea room, Sun Zhutou sent them away with a word, saying that they should live in the village first and wait for the dispatch, but looking at Sun Zhutou's appearance, he knew that this matter was mostly yellow.
"It's up to Sun Zhutou to see if he still remembers us. Yang Che said helplessly.
Nian Jiang thought for a moment and comforted: "Let's take a look at the situation first." ”
According to Nian Jiang's idea, it is not possible to mix everything in the rivers and lakes, it depends on what it is. At first, he was also angry at Sun Zhutou's ignorance, but when he was washing just now, he thought about it by the way, and he was relieved. In case this matter is not something they can get involved in, or if it will cause trouble, then Sun Zhutou is protecting them, and on the contrary, if there is no big problem, they can also find an opportunity to get involved.
After the three of them took a bath, they said hello to Master Zhou and left the yamen, and before leaving, Master Zhou also blew a few words with them, which basically means that he hopes that they can cooperate with the case, and young people will always have opportunities. The three of them responded with a smile and talked to each other for a few words before leaving.
"Where do we live?" Along the way, Yang Che and Bai Jike didn't speak, Nian Jiang thought for a long time, and observed that the village didn't look like an inn for a long time, and he didn't know if he could borrow it to live in the villagers' houses, so he couldn't help asking.
"Well, I was negligent. Yang Che was obviously thinking about things, his eyes flashed back to his senses, and he smiled apologetically at Nian Jiang, "We can live in the Double Eagle Chamber of Commerce." ”
"Double Eagle Chamber of Commerce?" Nian Jiang looked puzzled.
"Of course, there are no inns here, where do you think those merchants can live?" Yang Che explained slowly, "All the chambers of commerce in these source areas can provide accommodation for outsiders, but they need to pay a certain amount of money. It's much better to stay in the Chamber of Commerce than in an inn. ”
Listening to Yang Che finish with a smile, Nian Jiang said that he had been taught.
"Then if you go out and find a place to live in the future, you can also live in the Chamber of Commerce?" asked Nian Jiang.
"It's not exactly, it depends on what chamber of commerce it is. Yang Che shook his head, and suddenly said seriously, "To be honest, Xiao Jiang, you must be careful when you go out in the future...... I'll talk about it later. ”
Nian Jiang vaguely knew what he wanted to say, but this was really not a place to talk, and there were many people. He silently accepted the kindness. Nian Jiang likes to keep everything in his heart, and he prefers to keep the kindness of others in his heart, and return it a hundred times in the future.
Nian Jiang took a breath, and when he looked up again, he found that there was a gate in front of him, and the word Double Eagle was written on the door.
I followed them here before I knew it. Nian Jiang suddenly didn't pay attention to it just now, so he kept following.
"Let's go. Yang Che turned around and asked him to follow.
Nian Jiang hurriedly followed, and did not forget to look at the Double Eagle Chamber of Commerce. Most of the houses in this small village are made of wood, except for the Double Eagle Chamber of Commerce, which is made of stone, surrounded by a fence on the outside, and stone walls and red tiled roofs on the inside, which stands out in the thatched roofs of a large number of wooden houses.
However, the appearance of the inside is very monotonous, one house after another is located in the courtyard, there are merchants hurrying by, and there are also people carrying burdens to come in to put goods, coming and going, noisy. After Yang Che went to talk to the person in charge, he asked for a room.
Although Nian Jiang had doubts, he did not say it. How can the three of them live in one room?
When the person in charge brought them into the house, Nian Jiang suddenly realized: it turned out to be a shop, but this shop was only enough for four people to sleep.
The person in charge smiled: "No way, we have people coming and going here, otherwise it is not enough to live, you three...... Looks like that's enough. ”
"Well, thank you. Yang Che thanked him and stuffed some silver over, "If there is anything to tell us, please tell us." ”
"Well said, well said. The other party accepted the silver with a smile, looking reliable, "Don't worry." ”
After sending the person in charge away, Nian Jiang turned around and saw that Bai Jike was already lying on the bed.
"I'm so tired, I want to sleep. Bai Jike grabbed the quilt and wailed.
"If you want to say that you are tired, it should be Xiao Jiang and me, you are watching us from the side, but we have been moving corpses for a long time. Yang Che closed the door and walked over with disdain.
Nian Jiang also sat on the bed, as a semi-poisonous person, he was out of the range of normal people, and his perception of cold, heat and fatigue was much weaker than that of normal people, but he also knew that not feeling it didn't mean that it didn't happen, and when his body endured extreme danger, he would still die, so he would generally pay attention to one or two, and if the people around him were tired, he would also look tired. As for sweating and shivering, it was a reflection of the body, and he himself could not feel it.
He really, really envied those normal people.
"Okay, big guys, rest and talk about it in the evening. Yang Che slapped his face and raised his eyebrows.
"Big deal?" Bai Jike had closed his eyes, but when he heard the word, he bounced.
"Hehe," Yang Che smiled, "Sun Zhutou doesn't care about us, we don't do anything?" ”
"That's right," Nian Jiang immediately responded, "I can still check the river water or something, and I have some ideas about climbing the stone wall before, so I'll go and check it tonight." ”
Bai Jike naturally agreed with both hands and feet, he hugged the quilt excitedly and fell down again, and kept muttering about nourishing spirits and the like, which made Yang Che want to laugh.
Nian Jiang lay down, hugged the quilt and closed his eyes. He could feel a piece of it collapse next to him, and it was Yang Che lying down.
As soon as I woke up, it was already a little starry, and there was no light in the house, but the windows were wide open, and the cool breeze rolled in to make people feel intuitive.
Nian Jiang looked to both sides, Bai Jike was sleeping in the innermost, his body was up and down with his breathing, obviously sleeping soundly, and Yang Che next to him opened his eyes and looked at him sideways when he saw him looking over.
"Gone?" Nian Jiang lip-shaped at him.
"......" Yang Che shook his head and whispered, "I just heard a sound outside, wait until it's silent before leaving." ”
"Good. Nian Jiang nodded, then pointed at Bai Jike, "Do you want to wake him up?"
"......" Yang Che nodded heavily, seeing that Nian Jiang raised half of his eyebrows.
Nian Jiang hesitated and turned around and kicked this guy's ass. This thing sleeps too far to reach.
Bai Jike was like a corpse, lying down well, and suddenly bounced up, so frightened that Nian Jiang flashed back.
Nian Jiang was startled, and turned his head to glare at Yang Che, who was snickering.
"Who...... Who called me......" Bai Jike's confused voice came from behind him.
"Let's go!" Yang Che sat up, putting on his coat.
"It's coming!" Bai Jike's eyes lit up, and the whole person was in a lot of energy.
Nian Jiang was speechless on the side, and got dressed without saying a word. He hesitated, but still took the medicine box and carried it on his back.
Only the stars twinkled in the sky, the moon was nowhere to be seen, and there were always clouds drifting by, blocking the starlight on the horizon. The mountain was pitch black, and no matter how much Nian Jiang stared at it, he couldn't tell whether he was stepping on the ground or stones in the next second.
The officials who reported this afternoon did not have any lighting tools when they came out, and the only lighting tool was Nianjiang's fire fold, but they fell into the river water on the way to carry the corpse.
The three of them managed to escape the night patrol in the dark, but they stopped on the way up the mountain.
There is no light, what to check.
Yang Che said helplessly: "Why did you forget that you can't see it at night." ”
"Do you want to go back?" Bai Jike said tentatively.
Nian Jiang thought for a moment and proposed: "Why don't we go to the village to have a look, there are always people who are still sleepy at this point." ”
"Go to Zhao's house?" heard what Nian Jiang meant, Yang Che said.
"Hmm. Nian Jiang nodded.
"But we ...... Do you know where the Zhao family is?" Bai Jike wondered, "It's easy to find out if you look for it one by one. ”
“...... Didn't Master Zhou say that only the Zhao family in the village had left, looking for an empty house yard. Yang Che explained that he was mentally retarded, and was kicked by Bai Jike in the next second.
The three of them ran back to the village again, and this time Nian Jiang suggested that they observe one first. Thereupon. The three of them squatted on the big tree outside the village, observed the layout of the village, and the route of the officials, and then made a move.