Zhao Guanren finally saw the fighting power of the Dashun Dynasty. When he knocked on the gong, hundreds of folk masters jumped out and chopped up Li Dianshi, who had turned into a corpse. It's easy for Minai to take the head.
"If the people on Earth have such awesome fighting power, the dead will be able to rush back to their hometown..."
Zhao Guanren was sitting at a wonton stand on the side of the street smoking a cigarette. Kerosene street lamps were already lit on both sides of the road. Hearing the sound of clappers, it should be seven or eight o'clock in the evening. It seemed that the curfew would be at nine o'clock, but both sides of the road were surrounded by people eating melons. the masses.
"Go, go! Don't watch the excitement..."
Song Chizhu and Hu Xiancheng came out of the alley, drove away the owner of the wonton stall, and sat next to Zhao Guanren, both of them lit a special cigarette, and took a few puffs with frowning faces.
"Master Zhang! This is a disaster..."
Song Chizhu mourned and said: "One night, a master bookkeeper, a canonist, nine servants and a small dog died, and a few old bustards and turtle slaves were arrested to confess their crimes. I'm afraid I can't be fooled, my official If we don't give an explanation, our black hats will be hard to protect!"
"You can't escape the crime of oversight..."
Zhao Guanren nodded and said: "Such a big event may alarm the emperor, and whoever is involved will die, I will not dare to protect you, I am afraid the best result is exile!"
"We are grasshoppers on the same rope..."
Hu Xiancheng said anxiously: "Mr. Zhang! The corpse was found in your old house. You can't explain this kind of thing at all, but we know that there is an expert behind you. You should quickly ask him to think of a way, otherwise the emperor will take it." Let’s kill the chickens to make an example to the monkeys, even if everyone’s head is not guaranteed!”
"You two! As long as you grasp the opportunity, a crisis can also turn into a good opportunity..."
Zhao Guanren said: "What is corpse poison? Plague. Once this kind of corpse plague spreads, it will end in the destruction of the country. It is obvious that spies colluded with foreign enemies and wanted to cut off the lifeline of my Dashun Dynasty. Fortunately, the three of us discovered it in time. , strangled the treachery in the cradle!"
"Yes! Why didn't I think of it..."
Song Chizhu slapped his head suddenly, and said: "I see, that old bustard must be harboring spies from the enemy country, trying to harm our land of fish and rice and trap us in the hinterland of Dashun, but... this matter needs to be dug deep, otherwise we will pay a few Little shrimps are no big deal!"
"I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with Lantai's sophistication..."
Zhao Guanren waved his hands and said: "The corpse plague must not be sloppy. I am responsible for finding the source of the corpse plague. As for the secret agents lurking in my court, dead people can't speak. The two of you will hand over a few first to stand up and wait for the evidence to be ready." After that... whoever is taller will bear the thunder!"
"Well! It makes sense, it makes sense..."
Song Chizhu nodded with a deep expression, and Hu Xiancheng immediately said decisively: "Li Dianshi! He has been in the frontier for many years and knows the situation of both the enemy and us well. He must have been bought by Xiaojiguo with a lot of money, otherwise why would you lure us?" Come to this place of death!"
"That's him! Go and steal his house now..."
Song Chizhu jumped up aggressively, completely ignoring the feelings of his former colleagues, and Hu Xiancheng even drew out his knife as if he was about to kill.
"My lords, don't worry..."
Zhao Guanren pressed his hands and said: "The above will definitely send imperial envoys to investigate this matter. I don't think the Banyue Gate may be the source. You can arrange a reasonable identity for me. I will check it out tomorrow morning, otherwise it will be bad if I make mistakes in my busy schedule." !"
"Don't worry about tomorrow morning, the state capital will have to come tomorrow morning..."
Song Chizhu took out a waist card and handed it to him, and said, "Mr. Zhang! Let me wrong you for a while, and you will temporarily take the post of Dian Shi. After you are a hero and a good general, I can tell the higher-ups that you will take someone to investigate now. Now, we must find out the source before dawn!"
"Tsk tsk~ Dian Shi! This official name is really unlucky..."
Zhao Guanren took the badge with disgust on his face, got up and said: "Please tell the people in the city, after the well water is brought up, you must let the chickens and ducks taste it first, and boil it before drinking it if it is not poisonous. empty, idlers
Can't wait to get close! "
"Young Master Zhang is really thoughtful, I'll leave it to you here, we have to catch the spies..."
Song and Hu ran away in a hurry, not to catch some spies, they must be looking for the blame man.
"Hey~"
Zhao Guanren put on his waist badge and smiled heartily, walked into the Banyue Gate swaggeringly, called the team leaders to announce their identities, and walked into the backyard proudly.
"Don't move the corpse for now, sprinkle quicklime around it, and the old bustard will bring it over..."
Zhao Guanren brought an oil lamp to the well and found a lot of rubbish floating at the bottom of the well, but the well water was only one foot deep, and it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, but there was only one horizontal well passage, which should lead directly to Zhang's ghost house .
"My lord! I really didn't do it..."
The old bustard knelt down crying and put on the heavy wooden shackles.
"How many girls did you throw down, when did you throw it..."
Zhao Guanren put down the kerosene lamp and squatted in front of her. The bustard sobbed, "There are three or three in total. In fact, if I don't beat them, they will die. They are already very sick. I'm helping them end their pain!"
"Fart your mother..."
Zhao Guanren slapped her with a big mouth angrily, and said angrily: "I will break your legs to see if you are in pain. If you dare to talk nonsense, I will throw you down too. Answer my question honestly. How many times were the corpses thrown?"
"twice!"
The old bustard mourned, "The first girl was about half a year ago. Later, two girls fell ill and tried to escape by stealing my money. I broke their legs in a fit of anger, and they died that night. About Four days ago!"
"Three days? Isn't that the first two days before I came..."
Zhao Guanren scratched his chin, and asked, "How long have you been here, do you know anyone nearby who is like yours, the well is dry, and you haven't thrown any other corpses before?"
"No! I've said all three, and I'll admit it together..."
The old bustard shook his head and said: "I have been working here for more than a year, and I have to pay the regular money every month. When I bought this yard, the well dried up. There are only a few households on this line going east, and there is only a little water in the well. , it is possible that they poisoned and drifted into our courtyard!"
"Boss!"
Zhao Guanren got up and asked, "Is there any girl around here who can wear silk? If it's a corpse thrown into a well, how long will it take for the silk on her body to rot into strips?"
"It depends on whether there is water or not. Wells are very humid, and they will be rotten in ten days and a half months. If the wells are dry, they may not rot in a few years..."
The team leader replied: "However, there are no wealthy households around here. Small merchants and peddlers dare not wear silk if they have money. There should be only two houses nearby if they can afford silk. Advocating excellence, these two places are not good people!"
"The bustard is in jail, awaiting interrogation..."
Zhao Guanren picked up the oil lamp and went out. If the madam didn't lie, the two girls who were autopsyed tonight belonged to her, but there were two other female corpses that he melted away. more than half a month.
"It should have happened in the past half a month, but why did you crawl to Zhang's house..."
Zhao Guanren walked out of the small courtyard thoughtfully, called a few yamen servants to search the dry well along the line, the old bustard should be right, there was corpse poison in the well of other people's house, and the corpse of the girl she threw down had changed. The same is true of the two girls.
"Open the door, open the door! The official business..."
Yamen servants knocked on the door from door to door. The people living in this street are ordinary people. After watching the bustle, they knew what happened. They cooperated very well and asked them to check the dry wells, but most of them turned into garbage wells, and the wells were not straight.
"My lord! There is nothing dirty in the well in this house..."
The yamen servant called Zhao Guanren into a house, and Zhao Guanren took out a piece of silver, threw it to the host and said, "Catch any chicken, duck, goose, and a small bowl!"
"My house has not been poisoned, my stinking well has been useless for several years..."
The host went to the backyard full of complaints, and Zhao Guanren ordered someone to bring up some sewage. After the host caught a duck, he asked someone to feed the duck with a bowl of water.
"Look out! If the corpse turns into a dead body, shoot it quickly..."
Zhao Guanren stared at the duck with piercing eyes, but the duck fell to the ground without saying a word, foaming at the mouth and twitching non-stop, but in the end it didn't turn into a dead body, but kicked its legs and died directly.
"died?"
Zhao Guanren was surprised and said: "Could it be that this corpse plague can't infect poultry? Check to see if there are any wild cats or mice nearby, catch two and come over to test the poison!"
"I have a kitten at home, fifty dollars..."
The male owner hurriedly brought another kitten. In fact, Zhao Guanren liked kittens very much, but in order to investigate the case, he could only be cruel. After throwing a bunch of money to the other party, he walked out of the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
"Meow~"
A ferocious meow suddenly sounded, from the sound one could tell that the kitten's corpse had changed, but the team leader quickly ran out and said, "Master! The little yellow cat's corpse has changed, but two dead mice floated in the well again, It seems that corpse plague is only transmitted to humans and livestock, and birds are poisonous if eaten!"
"Rats are not birds. Hurry up and deal with them. The blood on the ground will also be scooped up..."
Zhao Guanren put his hands behind his back and his face was serious. It seems that this corpse poison is relatively mentally retarded. Small things will directly poison them to death, while large things will make them lose their minds. I can't stand it.
"Walk!"
Zhao Guanren tossed a few more taels of silver and bought a cage of ducks from the male host's house. He continued to search along the dry water river, and finally came to Guanyue Pavilion, the largest brothel in Lantai County.
"Tell the old bustard to come out and scan the yellow..."
Zhao Guanren walked up to the gate in a serious manner, but more than a dozen yamen servants were confused, he coughed lightly and said: "Rectify the morals, anyone who dares to trade in flesh and blood, I will arrest them all, I hate those who force people into prostitution the most." bitch!"
"My lord! This is Xie's business..."
The head of the class whispered: "Master Xie has a concubine, Mrs. Xie can't tolerate him, so Mr. Xie paid her to open this brothel. Although it is a concubine's business in name, most of the money goes to Xie. Home, they pay people regularly every month, it's not easy to check!"
"If you can't find out the famous hall tonight, you will definitely be exiled for thousands of miles. If you don't believe me, just try..."
Zhao Guanren immediately glared at him. The squad leader gulped in fright when he heard the words. A government official was thrown down from upstairs.
"Blind your dog eyes, dare to make trouble on Lao Tzu's head..."
A familiar shout sounded from the building, and more than a dozen yamen servants were beaten out, even scrambling and fell to the ground outside the door, and more than a dozen thugs also rushed out, holding sticks aggressively.
"Come on! Knock here, knock if you see it..."
Zhao Guanren unhurriedly took out his waist card, and lightly tapped Tianling Gai with his waist card. When the thugs saw the word "County Magistrate" written on the belt card, they immediately put down their sticks and dared not do anything.
"Zhang Tiansheng! What do you mean, the investigation actually found me on the head..."
The kid with kidney deficiency rushed out angrily. He was shirtless and only wore a pair of big underpants. He pointed at Zhao Guanren and said angrily, "You just took away tens of thousands of taels of silver from our family, and then turned around and beat you up. Don't think I don't know your details. You are just a pawn!"
"Yes! I'm just a pawn..."
Zhao Guanren said with a sneer: "However, when you cross the river as a pawn, you will never retreat. There are secret agents from Ji Kingdom who are poisoning the city, trying to destroy the lifeblood of my Dashun Dynasty. If you are not afraid that the emperor will send someone down to investigate, you can just kill me. That's fine." We need someone to top the tank!"
"you… "