Chapter 33: The Case of the Zhao Family's Annihilation (1)
Now that the conclusion has been reached, the few people have no interest in staying in the morgue anymore. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ Info and the group walked back to the study with a gloomy face.
Maybe it was the sadness and anger of Miss Zhao's death, maybe it was the resentment of the murderer, there was no one in the study quietly, everyone was standing or sitting or leaning on thinking about the problem, and a low pressure spread in the room.
Untilβ
"Lord Qiqi County, Sun Zhutou is back, and he has brought back seven people. A messenger walked to the door and bowed to Zhou Wenci, breaking the silence of the room.
"Oh," Zhou Wenci nodded lightly and looked at the other party, "Where is he?"
"Sun Zhutou is in the lobby, and so are the seven people. After saying that, the yacha retreated, turned around and walked away without stripping or water.
What kind of officials have what kind of people under them. The style of these officials is sometimes the same as that of the officials above. Nian Jiang thought about it, but his mind recalled the appearance of the wounds on those corpses.
"Let's go, several. Zhou Wenci walked around from behind the case and walked out of the study first.
The three of them looked at each other, then followed.
On the way, Nian Jiang thought about it and secretly pulled Yang Che's sleeve, and naturally approached him, Bai Jike saw this, and intentionally or unintentionally took a few steps forward to block it.
"......" Yang Che tilted his ears, estimating that it was Nian Jiang who found something that was difficult to say.
"......" Nian Jiang most likely lowered his voice, "I think there is something wrong with that knife wound, but I don't know the specifics, it's very vague." β
After a pause, he continued, "I'll try to figure this out. β
"Good. Yang Che bowed slightly.
Previously, they concluded that the murder weapon was a large knife about five inches wide, and the blade was slightly blunt, so that the wound was not smooth. Now Nian Jiang noticed that something was wrong, and subconsciously didn't tell this discovery. Maybe it's to avoid oolongs and surprises, or maybe it's to get more hole cards.
When the group came to the lobby, they saw seven people in ordinary clothes standing on the lobby, two columns of officials standing on both sides, and Sun Zhutou sat on a high place with an expressionless face, closing his eyes and recuperating.
Sensing the arrival of several people, he opened his eyes and glanced around, and then said to Zhou Wenci and the three of them: "These seven guys are what I want back from the bandits, Old Zhou, you ask." β
"Good, good. Zhou Wenci smiled and walked up quickly to sit down in the lower seat, then picked up the brush that had been prepared and glued to ink, and made a gesture on the paper.
"......" Sun Ke told what he saw with a flat face, without exaggeration, nor too much rhetoric, all of them were plain, but they had the power to make people believe.
During this period, Nian Jiang and the others had to wonder how could there be a head catcher sitting on the top seat and the county commander doing the master's work in the local yamen? And there was nothing unpleasant about Zhou Wenci's appearance.
This suspicion was deeply buried, and the eyes of several people looking at Sun Ke were wrong.
At this time, someone suddenly approached them, and a cold breath appeared all around them, and the three of them were all martial arts masters, how could they not feel it. turned their heads to the side, but found that it was the familiar and unfamiliar little brother who showed them the way.
"Master Sun is from the capital. The little brother said lightly, and his eyebrows didn't move a few times.
Sun Ke above naturally noticed it, but he didn't react at all, as if he acquiesced.
Come to the capital...... Could it be Qincha? The three of them shrank their pupils.
Nian Jiang secretly said that this place is really not simple, the head catcher in the yamen and the county order have an abnormal mode of getting along, and there is a small village that can also allow Qin to dispatch. Even though it is a village rich in tailfish, it is not a place where trade is developed and extremely rich.
What is the Qin Cha? The emperor directly appoints the people below. Except for important places or places where major events occurred, Nian Jiang couldn't think of where the Qin mission could be sent casually. Unless, there are secrets in this little village.
Thoughts are circulating, and there is no movement on the face. The corner of his eye didn't let go of Yang Che and Bai Jike's reactions, and Nian Jiang didn't know what the other party was thinking.
Sun Ke's narration entered his ears without leakage, and Nian Jiang also looked at the seven people in the process of listening.
Although these seven people were wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes, their hands were full of calluses, and their faces were tanned and blackened, the breath on their bodies could not be hidden. It was a breath that had wandered between death. However, this aura is extremely faint, and it has been well hidden, if people who don't understand these things just think that these people are very fierce, they will not think of killers.
Yes, Nian Jiang's first reaction when he saw these people was to be killers, and nine times out of ten, these seven people were engaged in murder and other things.
But the situation of these people doesn't seem right?
According to Sun Ke's words, this gang of people set off early this morning with a cartload of fish, and when they passed by the bandits, they were stopped to ask for money, they never expected that these seven people would be good at martial arts, and they seriously injured the bandit boss. The bandits here are very righteous, and the eldest brother has to find a place when he is beaten, and the bandits have about 50 people, and they go up to beat these seven.
So the seven were quickly arrested.
When Sun Ke looked for it, the thieves were grabbing them to 'pay off their debts', and they beat the eldest brother back as much as they wanted. After some argument, Sun Ke brought the people back, but all their net worth was detained by the bandits.
The corners of Nian Jiang's mouth twitched after hearing this, no wonder it didn't feel right, it turned out that the place where the bandits hit was all on his body. No wonder they were breathing messily and unsteadily, and two of them were still unsteady, and now they were just holding on.
"Since Your Excellency is a person from the rivers and lakes, why did you come to our small village?" Sun Ke leaned back in his chair, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, and asked in a cold voice.
"Huh. One of the seven people stood up and sneered, "Even if we are Jianghu people, a penny can stump a hero." How many of us have gone to great lengths to get fish to sell at fault?"
"You have not been recognized by the yamen. Zhou Wenci added.
Hearing this, several people invariably had a look of disdain on their faces, and even snorted lightly, although they didn't speak, the people in the lobby could feel their disdain.
"Uncle Guan, can you let us go?" was still the man just now, with a nonchalan face.
"I'm sorry, but something big has happened in the village, and no one is allowed to leave the village until it is clarified. Zhou Wenci pinched the brush, raised his head to look at them and said with a smile, "This official naturally hopes that there will be no major incidents, but please also take responsibility." β
"Hmph. The leader snorted coldly, "Your official uncle is troublesome, is it easy for us ordinary people to make some money?"
"I don't know if the seven of you ever knew about the Zhao family?" Ignoring his words, Zhou Wenci asked.
"What, do you think we did it?" As if he had expected it a long time ago, the man looked disdainful, "We know that we know, isn't it because the dead people here are unlucky?"
"But Your Excellency has martial arts and a knife on your body, I don't know if there is any evidence?" Zhou Wenci was very patient, and was not provoked by his tone and demeanor, and still carried out his own questions.
"If you have martial arts, the three young heroes here are too, why do you doubt us?" The leader looked at Nian Jiang and them dissatisfied, and continued when Nian Jiang felt lying down, "Our martial arts are not good, do you think that if you know martial arts, you will be rich?" Everyone has to eat, and the seven of us brothers just want to come here to do some small business. As for the knife, my lord, don't you bring something to defend yourself when you walk so far in the mountains?"
"Okay," Zhou Wenci nodded, "Wang Xunyi, you take these seven knights down to treat their injuries and arrange a place for people to stay." β
"Yes. "There is a young man among the officials, and it is the little brother. He hugged his fists at Zhou Wenci Sun Ke, and led the seven people with a reluctant face to go down.
Seeing people walk away, Zhou Wenci suddenly laughed. He looked at the three of them and said, "What have you found out about the three little friends?"
"Naturally. It was Yang Che who spoke, his eyes were open, and he met Sun Ke's inquiring eyes, "Otherwise, the county magistrate wouldn't have left them behind, wouldn't he?"
After a few more rounds of confrontation in the lobby, Sun Ke and Zhou Wenci obviously had something to do, and the three of them were not blind, so after resigning, they left the yamen.
"San'er, Xiaojiang, where are we going now?" After leaving the yamen, Bai Jike couldn't help it and chattered.
"Go to the bandits. Nian Jiang said.
"Go to Jiangyuan. Yang Che said.
"Huh?" Bai Jike let out a breathy sound.
"......" Nian Jiang didn't expect Yang Che to have other plans, so he looked sideways at him and asked, "Why is this? Could it be that Jiang Yuan still has something we haven't noticed?"
"No," Yang Che looked a little worried, "I guess I'm thinking too much, let's go to the bandits." β
"......" Under the questioning of Bai Jike and Nian Jiang's eyes, Yang Che still didn't resist, so he had to say his guess, "I just think that the light is good during the day and you can go and see, but since Sun Zhutou has already brought people there, I'm afraid we won't find anything if we go again." Xiao Jiang, why do you want to go to the bandits?"
Regarding Yang Che's behavior of changing the topic, Nian Jiang didn't want to delve into it, so he replied honestly: "I just want to go and see the things of these seven people, doesn't it mean that they have been detained?"
"Okay, let's go. Yang Che said.
On the way, Nian Jiang thought about it, but still couldn't hold back, and asked the two: "Do you think those seven people are a little weird?"
"Strange?" Yang Che thought about it seriously, and Bai Jike also made a contemplative look.
β...... Not really. After a long time, Yang Che said, and at the same time, he also looked over and wanted to hear what Nian Jiang said.
As soon as he saw these seven people, Yang Che knew that they had human lives on their hands, and they were definitely not ordinary people. But he can also understand their behavior, and the lives of the people at the bottom of the rivers and lakes are not much better than ordinary people, and some are not even as good as beggars. It is not unreasonable for this group of people to see that the tail fish in the gorge is gaining momentum to fish, at least after walking around the village, you can also find a few people who know martial arts mixed in with all kinds of fishermen. Now the Zhao family was wiped out, and the body was brought back from the source of the Xiajiang River, and the fishermen said that it should be fake. It is also reasonable for this group of people to leave with the fish to find other ways of living, and whoever goes to do a business will not have weapons hidden in them, and the imperial court has not taken into account this poor southwest place in these years, where bandits and bandits are rampant, and they are sorry for themselves without weapons. As for the bad attitude of these people towards Zhou Wenci and Sun Ke, this is normal, just like ordinary people are afraid of people in the rivers and lakes, and people in the rivers and lakes do not look down on these court officials or scribes.
Moreover, most of the people at the bottom of the rivers and lakes are market people, don't expect them to be very good.
Thinking of this, Yang Che had to feel that Nian Jiang was really thinking too much, and he could associate everything with everything.
But he is not an unfrank person, he looked at Nian Jiang who was frowning and thinking about something, opened his mouth and said: "Xiao Jiang, don't think too much, sometimes it will stop you and can't catch the murderer." β
"......" Nian Jiang smiled bitterly, "I know." β
It turns out that he has given others the feeling that they are thinking too much. It's no wonder that the first time he encountered this kind of thing, he was also suspicious. Although he was a little annoyed when he heard Yang Che's words, he immediately calmed down.
He had been on guard against them since he joined them, and had never really accepted them. But this is also human nature, Nian Jiang has been tortured by poison doctors for many years, and he has long since changed from a boy who is not afraid of heaven and earth to a person who is afraid of cowering and always looking forward and backward, if he is not cautious, he will be killed by the poison doctor unhappily, and naturally there will be no Nian Jiang today.
Even if he wants to be an ordinary person since he left that place, he is also a man who yearns for the rivers and lakes, and he also has blood in his heart.
Ming Xuan was robbed, he was knocked unconscious without any resistance, and even the poison was solved by others, but the villagers thought that he solved it, and the glory was all gathered on him at once. But he is also a dignified person, even if he is full of desire for the rivers and lakes and the world, but Nianjiang rejects this kind of unearned gain.
There has always been a mountain called the Semi-Poisonous Man on his body, and in the midst of the pressure, the whole person has become anxious unconsciously. He doesn't like denial, he is suspicious of everything around him, and he can't really accept others.
On the road with the two, even if he felt that Yang Chebai Jike had been trying his best to be good friends with him, he also wanted to be true friends with them, but he still distrusted and dissatisfied with them in his mind.
Maybe they are all men, he has always had the idea of fighting for a high and low between the two, maybe he wants to show that he is strong and not useless...... All kinds of things, all kinds of things, have become the current Nianjiang.