Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 171
At noon, Xu Zun and his party entered Yonghui City through the East Gate.

The so-called city gate is just a long wooden fence.

Although the guards were arranged, the guards were sleeping with their spears in their arms, and no one cared about them, they came in and out at will.

After entering the city, what I saw was indeed very different from the bustling Shangyuan City, especially near the city gate, there were dilapidated houses everywhere, and there were even particularly primitive thatched houses.

There are quite a few people coming and going, but they are basically dressed in shabby clothes and unkempt, and everyone looks like a beggar.

Because of this, seeing Xu Zun and other well-dressed figures entering the city, they immediately surrounded many children in rags, begging with rice bowls.

Seeing these poor children, Xu Zun wanted to give them food, but when he looked around, he found pairs of hungry eyes staring at them.

At this time, once you show your kindness, it will inevitably lead to more troubles.

So, under Xu Zun's signal, the guards coaxed the beggars away, while Liu Dong raised his whip and speeded up to pass.

Along the main road, I walked across a stone bridge. After passing the stone bridge, the surrounding buildings were gradually upgraded.

Going deeper, you can finally see some towering pavilions and courtyards.

Although there is a river running straight through Yonghui City, the city is still dusty, and many places are covered with thick dust.

The dust mixed with the unmelted snow and ice, forming an ugly mud.

Xu Zun didn't stay long, according to Hou Zhen and A Xiuzai's guidance, they soon came to the bank of a wide river.

This river is called the Kuhe River, one of the three rivers that flow through the Yonghui area.

Because the river is bitter, it is called the bitter river.

The Bitter River is the only source of water in Yonghui City, and the people living here have long been accustomed to the taste of the river.

For some reason, the Bitter River never freezes no matter how cold the winter is.

The same is true at this moment, the river is swift and wide, bringing a touch of aura to this lifeless city.

The wine shop where the accident happened was located at the best location on the Bitter River Wharf.

Since there was a murder case in the wine shop, and it was the work of the ghost that everyone feared, the wine shop had already been sealed off, with a seal on the gate, and several county officials guarded it.

Seeing this, Xu Zun simply found the biggest restaurant across from the restaurant and went in.

It was lunch time, and he was also a little hungry.

There were not many guests in the restaurant, only two tables, but the diners at the two tables were all discussing the big case of ghosts and cannibals that happened on the opposite side.

There were more than a dozen people in Xu Zun's party. If it was too eye-catching to go in all at once, Xu Zun asked the guards to separate, and he only brought Zhao Yu, Huo Anu, and Hou Zhen and Ashio inside.

As for Liu Dong, A Ni and Ku Niang, they simply stayed in the car and sent someone to deliver food to them later.

After all, this Annie is too pretty to appear in public.

Xu Zun was not short of money, so he immediately ordered the most expensive dish in the restaurant, which made the shopkeeper very happy.Because of the ghost cannibalism incident on the opposite side, his business also plummeted, which was greatly affected.

"My lord," Hou Zhen continued as soon as he sat down, "there are many people in the Yonghui area who believe in primitive religions. In their religion, there are six evil spirits transformed from wild beasts. People need to make offerings every year. keep us safe!"

"Yes," Axiuzai added, "the ghost is one of them, and the other five are the ghost, the ghost, the ghost, the ghost, and the ghost!"

Because Ah Xiuzai was not good at pronouncing words, to Xu Zun's ears, it seemed that these ghosts all had the same name.

"The local residents have portraits of these six evil spirits," A Xiuzai continued, "Some witnesses said that the one who attacked Yan Sen and Tao Lang was the legendary Yi ghost!"

"Huh," Xu Zun smiled faintly, "Leave the ghosts aside, the strangest thing about me now is only one thing!"

"Oh?" Hou Zhen and Ashio asked, "What's the matter?"

"Ahem..." Zhao Yu cleared his throat and said, "There were so many people in the restaurant at that time, why did this ghost only attack Yan Sen and Tao Lang?"

Seeing Zhao Yu express his thoughts, Xu Zun gave a thumbs up.

"Oh..." Hou Zhen and the two nodded, "Indeed, it is said that there were many witnesses at that time, the people who had a drink with shopkeeper Yan, the staff of the restaurant, and the officials of the county government later, they all saw that ghost! "

"Anuche," Huo Anu said suddenly, "If it's really a ghost, why did it come out of the water? Wouldn't it be better to just transform it?"

"Then..." Ashio murmured, "Maybe it's a water ghost?"

"I understand what your lord means!" Obviously, Hou Zhen was more shrewd than Ashio, and he stood up immediately and said, "I'll check the relationship between Yan Sen and Tao Lang."

"Don't worry!" Xu Zun signaled, "Yonghui City is only so big, we will figure it out, don't rush this meal."

Just as he was talking, the waiter had already served several small dishes and several pots of hot wine.

After the waiter put down the plate, Hou Zhen quickly took out a silver needle and tried the dishes on the plate in case someone poisoned him.

"Hey..." Zhao Yu praised, "It's still your inner guard major!"

After saying this, he suddenly felt that it was not appropriate, and hurriedly picked up the sauced beef with chopsticks, and blocked his mouth.

Because Huo Anu was bored, he immediately picked up the jug, raised his neck and took a big gulp.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a commotion outside the restaurant.

When everyone looked back, they could only hear the sound of shouting and killing from outside, as well as the sound of weapons colliding. It was obvious that someone was fighting.

Xu Zun grabbed a cucumber, stood up and went to the door to see the excitement.

Unexpectedly, before he left his seat, he saw a man covered in blood rushing into the door. This man was clutching his bloody lower abdomen. After entering, he couldn't stand still and fell on the nearest dining table.

Impressively seeing this scene, Hou Zhen and A Xiuzai immediately stood up and stood in front of Xu Zun.

"This..." Xu Zun patted the shoulders of both of them, and said, "I'm in the way of being tired!"

Looking over the shoulders of the two, they saw that the person fell to the ground, vomiting blood from his mouth, and seemed to have suffered a serious injury.

Immediately afterwards, another man in purple and holding a sword rushed into the door.

"You...you are unreasonable, oh..." The man who fell on the ground pointed at the man in purple and yelled angrily, "That was originally our big warehouse..."

Swish!
Unexpectedly, before the person finished speaking, the man in purple came down with a sword and stabbed the person in the chest.

"puff……"

After the sword was drawn, the visitor sprayed another mouthful of blood and fell dead on the spot.

"Hey?" Now Xu Zun couldn't stand it, and immediately complained to Zhao Yu and the other, "You two are only focused on eating and drinking, why don't you stop me?"

"What?" Zhao Yu and Huo Anu turned around and asked Xu Zun, "You didn't ask us to stop you?"

At this moment, Xu Zun noticed that the purple-clothed man killed people in public, but no matter whether it was the clerk in the shop or the diners on the table next to him, they turned a blind eye to them.

Especially those two tables of diners were still eating as usual. It seemed that this kind of killing seemed to be commonplace and not surprising.

"Hmph, what's yours?" The man in purple wiped the blood from the blade of the sword from the corpse, and said fiercely, "From now on, it will be ours!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave!
"Hey?" Now Xu Zun was even more unhappy, and immediately stood up and shouted, "Wait a minute, why are you going?"

Hearing Xu Zun's roar, the man in purple stopped, turned his head to look at Xu Zun carefully, and asked curiously:

"Are you talking to me?"

"You kill people in public, do you understand that murder is against the law?" Xu Zun pointed at the corpse and said righteously, "Follow me back to the yamen for trial!"

As soon as Xu Zun finished speaking, he saw more than a dozen people rushing in from the door of the store, all of them were wearing purple clothes, holding swords with blood on them.

Everyone looked at Xu Zun first, then rushed to the man in purple and asked in unison: "Senior brother, what's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)