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Early the next morning, everyone set off again. Because of the conversation last night, everyone speeded up significantly today. On the third, fourth, and fifth days, everyone arrived at Laiyang County at noon.
Looking at it at a glance, it is true that the prosperity of Laiyang County is much better than that of Qinghua County. However, when it comes to public security, it is inevitably a little worse, but compared to Jinhua City, it is not much better.
After walking through the streets, not long after, everyone arrived in front of the county government office. When the official guarding the gate saw Uncle Song Yu coming back, he quickly shouted in surprise: "Master County Magistrate, you are back!"
"Yes." Uncle Song Yu nodded, and then asked back: "It's Li San. Did any cases happen in the county government while I was away?"
"This..." When the official heard this, he couldn't help but trembled. He hesitated for a while, and then responded with a bit of horror: "My lord, there is a case, and it is a murder case. It has already been..." Five people died, two were servants in the lord's house, and two were maids beside the wife. The last one was a brother from our county government. He also died in the garden while investigating the case. "
"Ah?" Uncle Song Yu couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked again: "How could this be so? Tell me everything you know quickly."
Li San responded: "Returning to your lord, these three murders all occurred in the back garden of the county government compound. The circumstances of the cases are exactly the same as when your sister died. At the scene of the crime, except for a little red water stain, there was nothing else." There are no clues, and there are no wounds on the body..."
This time, it was Uncle Song Yu's turn to tremble. When he asked, he couldn't help but have a hint of fear in his words: "Then... the bodies of the five deceased Has anything changed?"
"That's not true." Li San responded, and quickly added: "But this is because the master and his wife made a decision after discussing it. Because the condition of the deceased was strange, there would be a corpse transformation, so the autopsy was conducted on the day after , we burned the body of the deceased with peach wood..." His voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke, probably because he was afraid that the magistrate would be angry because of their arbitrary opinions, but he never thought -
"Huh-" Uncle Song Yu let out a long breath, then raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said repeatedly: "Just burn it, just burn it... . ”
If in normal times, his wife and master burned the body of the deceased on their own initiative, he would definitely be furious. However, after experiencing the transformation of his sister Song Yuniang, the situation was naturally different. After all, he did not want to himself He and his wife, children, relatives and friends faced death threats.
After he calmed down a little, he came back to his senses and said apologetically to Yan Chixia and Jiang Chen: "Master Yan, Taoist Zhiqiu, I'm really sorry for neglecting you. Come with me to the county." Let’s have tea in the Yamen and wait for the two of you to take a short rest before we start solving the case..."
"No need!" Before she could finish her words, Yan Chixia interrupted her on the spot, "You can drink tea anytime, and you can put aside your rest for now. We'd better hurry to the crime scene in the back garden to investigate. , lest any more innocent people lose their lives for no reason."
Jiang Chen also said: "Master Yan is right, the body has been burned, and the remaining clues are only at the crime scene. The sooner we get there, the better."
"This..." After all, he was not a faint official. After a moment of hesitation, Uncle Song Yu immediately responded resolutely: "In that case, I will take you two to the back garden."
"My lord, no!" Li San was shocked when he heard this, and quickly stopped him: "That place is very strange. My lord is a noble official of the imperial court, and he went there rashly. If there is any damage, how should I explain to the court? ?”
"Explain?" Song Yushu said coldly: "Nowadays, there are murder cases one after another in the county. The source of the problem is in the back garden of the county government compound. If we don't investigate clearly, I am afraid that I don't know how to explain to the court. ." As he spoke, he immediately led the way, leading Yan Chixia and Jiang Chen to the back garden.
Along the way, I met many county government officials. When I arrived at the backyard, many servants and maids, led by Mrs. Song Yushu, came to welcome Uncle Song Yushu back home. However, inside and outside the county government office, no matter men, women, old or young, almost everyone Everyone looked frightened and frightened.
Yes, they all depend on this county government for their livelihood, but now there are frequent cases of strange deaths in this county government, and it is suspected that evildoers are at work. How can they not be frightened by this
The county government office was indeed very large. After passing through several corridors and two courtyards, everyone arrived at the back garden. Standing at the door, they looked around and saw that the huge garden was empty, with not a single person in sight. In the garden, although no one was cleaning and practicing, the flowers and plants in the garden were not messy, and the clusters in the east and west were blooming very beautifully.
"The heaven and earth of the Dharma Realm open up the Yin and Yang!"
Instead of rushing in rashly, Jiang Chen cast a spell and focused his magic power on his eyes. In an instant, his eyes opened, and two sharp eyes invisible to the naked eye saw through the boundary between yin and yang, scanning the entire garden vertically and horizontally, and taking in everything inside. Things are all brought into view in detail:
Red, red light, dazzling red light, enveloped the entire garden. Wherever Jiang Chen looked, he saw a huge garden. Everything was glowing with a dazzling red light, especially the middle of the garden, where There is also a thick red beam of light that rises from the ground and penetrates into the sky. In the red light, you can vaguely see a shadow inside that is rotating and moving back and forth in the morning.
"Little brother, how are you?" Yan Chixia saw a hint of surprise and horror on Jiang Chen's face, and couldn't help but asked quickly: "Did you find anything?"
"Red light!" Jiang Chen responded in a deep voice: "The entire back garden is enveloped in a layer of red light. It looks very gorgeous, and even more... weird."
When Yan Chixia heard this, she couldn't help but frown. At that moment, without saying a word, she cursed and opened her eyes to the garden. The next second, he was shocked by the vision in front of him. There was a hint of shock on his face unconsciously: "This... How is this possible?"
Next to him, Uncle Song Yu was a mortal after all. However, although he could not see the strange phenomena in the garden, he also learned a lot of information from the shocked faces of Jiang Chen and Yan Chixia. At that moment, he hurriedly came out. He asked in a voice: "Master Yan, Taoist Master Zhiqiu, I wonder if you have discovered anything?"
Yan Chixia was horrified, and at this moment, she was counting on her fingers, and then Jiang Chen replied in a deep voice: "We have indeed discovered something, but now we are not sure what terrible things are hidden in this garden." Therefore, for the sake of safety, Mr. Song, please notify us and let the county government and nearby people move out first to avoid unnecessary deaths and injuries. It will not be too late to come back after we find out the problems in the garden."
"This..." After hesitating for a while, Uncle Song Yu finally made a decision, and immediately called Li San and said: "Go and inform Master and Madam immediately, saying that it is my order, and let them immediately Organize the county government officials and surrounding people to relocate temporarily."
"Yes, sir!" Although he had doubts in his heart, Li San still answered and left. Obviously, Uncle Song Yu, the county magistrate, is still very prestigious.
After a while, Yan Chixia finally came to her senses. He frowned and said, "It seems that things are more troublesome than we thought. If my calculation is correct, there should have been a well in the back garden in the early years."
"Water well?" Uncle Song Yu frowned and thought for a moment. Suddenly, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind. He nodded and said, "Master Yan's calculation is indeed good. Due to the death of my sister Yuniang, I once read the articles about this county government. There are documents, but there are records that there used to be a well in the back garden, but later, for some unknown reason, it was buried. If you think about it carefully, it was at least twenty or thirty years ago."
"Sure enough!" Yan Chixia's eyes lit up when she heard this.
On the side, Jiang Chen couldn't help but asked: "What? Could it be that the matter is related to the well that has been buried for decades?"
"That's right!" Yan Chixia responded in a deep voice: "And it's not just related. It can even be said that everything here originated from that well... "