Chapter 9: The Secret Assassin
On the third day after returning to the Lucao County Government, after Liu Ziwen finished handling official business, he sat on the chair of the county magistrate in the Yamen Hall, and he was thinking about Zheng Erhu's family again.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and the more he suspected that Zheng Erhu's visit to the prairie this time was not a simple hunting problem, especially since he was most likely the one who rescued the female bandit leader in the grassland. No, it's not very likely, it must be him! Because others don't have that ability, they don't have the courage to break into the rescue at night and the superhuman kung fu. Damn, he actually ruined the big event of exchanging gold and silver treasures in the house! That's enough treasure for a family to spend inexhaustibly for a lifetime, how can that gang of bandits get it?
He had already made up his mind in his heart that he must get rid of Zheng Erhu as soon as possible to avoid a serious trouble. Then, on the grounds that he suspected that Zheng Erhu had something to do with the rebellious parties in the south, he called the chief of the police station, Shang Tianying, to discuss countermeasures.
After some research, they thought that to deal with Zheng Erhu, they could not openly arrest and execute him in the name of the county government, because after all, they were only suspicious, and they had not yet caught him with real evidence, so they had to find a killer in the rivers and lakes, and according to the principle of killing a thousand by mistake rather than letting one person go, kill him in secret, so that no one knew the ghost and did not leave any trace to kill him secretly!
Without further ado, early the next morning, Shang Tianying, who had his hands and eyes open to the sky and his feet in black and white, secretly found two Jianghu killers, and after some conspiracy in a hotel and paid enough rewards, the two Jianghu killers stepped on two fast horses and walked into the prairie......
Liu Ziwen thought about this matter again and again, and did not tell his eldest brother Liu Zihao. Because he considered that although the eldest brother has a deep foundation in Xiaogushan and covers the sky with one hand, after all, the family has a big business. The security issue is the most important, there can be no sloppiness and carelessness, and he has just been robbed of a lot of treasure by bandits, he has not yet come out of the shadow of extreme sadness and pain, if the assassination fails, it will intensify the contradiction between Zheng Erhu and Liu Fu, and there is an extremely dangerous enemy.
Liu Ziwen didn't let his old family know about it, and there was another reason for this. Because he also knew that Zheng Erhu and his baby niece Liu Hongling were classmates, and their relationship was not ordinary. So, he's worried, too. In case Liu Hongling told Zheng Erhu the truth of the matter after knowing the truth, he would waste his two gold bars and three hundred oceans in vain.
On the first day after deciding to assassinate Zheng Erhu, Liu Ziwen sat on a Taishi chair in the county mansion, like sitting on pins and needles. Distracted. Anxious, eagerly looking forward to the early return of the two killers.
The next day, there was still no news of the killer, and Liu Ziwen was even more uncertain. Shang Tianying came over and saw that County Magistrate Liu was upset, so he cautiously persuaded him: "County Chief, this murderous matter is not urgent, and it is important to pay attention to timing and luck. If they fail, it will be his Zheng Erhu's life. God let him live a few more days, but how much power can he have as a poor boy, is it not easy for the head of your county to kill a person?"
Liu Ziwen nodded: "Director Shang's words are extremely true, but the county is worried that those two killers will not succeed in killing the tiger but will be harmed by them, and when Zheng Erhu's kid asks that it was instructed by us, it will be exposed." ”
Shang Tianying said: "County magistrate, you are too worried, the two people in the rivers and lakes that the villain is looking for are martial arts masters and will not fail, and I contacted them through friends, they don't know who Lu Dao is killing people for, they only know that Lu Dao has to do things for others if he takes the money." ”
"Oh, that's good. Liu Ziwen said a word, and closed his eyes with peace of mind to recuperate.
On the afternoon of the third day, Shang Tianying hurriedly walked into the residence of the county magistrate from the outside, carrying a burden in his hand.
Liu Ziwen hurriedly asked, "How are things going?"
"Go back to the county magistrate, it's done!" Shang Tianying showed a happy face, put the burden in his hand on the ground, and opened it with a "brush" to see that it was an old sheepskin bloody clothes.
Liu Ziwen vaguely recognized that it was the coat that Zheng Erhu often wore when hunting, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and said, "It's done?"
"It's done. Shang Tianying said: "This little thing, my two friends are still handy. ”
"Did both of your friends come back?"
"Only one back. ”
"What's wrong?"
"Ha Luha, don't worry, county magistrate, according to the friend who came back, his companion saw the money and became greedy, and wanted to swallow the two gold bars and three hundred oceans for his own use, and was slaughtered by the friend who came back. ”
Liu Ziwen said happily: "Oh...... Ha Lu Ha
At this time, Liu Ziwen thought to himself: Hmph, Zheng Erhu, what if you are a little grassland hunter? Even if you shoot arrows with a hundred shots, what can you do? Not dead at the hands of Lao Tzu? But he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then suddenly opened a pair of terrifying big eyes, revealing a sinister and vicious gaze, and said in a low voice but with great weight: "No poison, no husband, you go quickly, kill that friend from the rivers and lakes who came back!"
"Okay, the villain obeys!" Shang Tianying agreed, and then retreated.
After a few more days, Liu Ziwen seemed to be uneasy about Zheng Erhu's death, and took people back to Xiaogushan to find Zheng Erhu's body on the grassland under the pretext of hunting. This time, he personally went out on the horse, did not sit in a sedan chair, led Shang Tianying and the land dragon to ride a high-headed horse, and searched for a day on the grassland, only to find that under a sandbag, a corpse that had been gnawed beyond recognition by the steppe wolf, and there was a bow and arrow and a short knife next to it, as well as a cowhide bag for holding water, and a bag of bacon......
Shang Tianying pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "County Chief, you see it right, this big-eyed ball is Zheng Erhu's kid." Oops, it's so miserable, even the head and feet were gnawed by the wolf and lost their shape. ”
Shang Tianying said, flashing a pair of big eyes with long eyelashes, shook his head, and pointed to Zheng Erhu's things and said, "Those things are all things that Zheng Erhu carried with him when he went into the mountains to hunt. ”
"Hmm......" Liu Ziwen looked at it and nodded, convinced that the dead body was Zheng Erhu. At this time, his heart that had always hung on the ground fell.
Immediately, he let out a sigh of relief, rolled over his horse, and whipped his mount under his buttocks, and with a long "clatter" the horse kicked away on all fours, and galloped away on the prairie......
The night is coming, the night of Xiaogu Mountain, revealing the desolate atmosphere of the prairie, under the destruction of autumn frost, the flowers and plants on the grassland have withered and withered. But the stars came out of the dark canopy one by one, and their eyes twinkled unblinkingly in the bright moonlight, as if they were looking at those evil people under the sky......
The night is silent, but it is difficult to say that everywhere is calm. Xiao Gushan dragged his long, tired and sleepy back, which had been trampled on, and stretched out into the distance in a panic in the moonlight......
The shadow of the four tall forts in Liu's Mansion shrouded the entire village in an eerie terror.
At this moment, Erhu Niang and Xinghua have not fallen asleep. There was no man in the house, and the two lonely mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't dare to sleep in their rooms during this long night. In the evening, Xinghua came to her mother-in-law's kang and snuggled up with her mother-in-law, wanting to have a peaceful life and slowly endure this terrifying night.
However, bad luck still came to the poor mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. (To be continued......)