Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 43
Xinye County, Yizhuang.

That day and night, the moon was dark and the sky was high, and the wind was cold.

Since most of the people were dispatched to the county government and Shen's mansion, there was only one group of guards left here.

Insufficient manpower and no shift change means that these people have to watch here the whole night. If they are really meticulously standing outside and patrolling, they will probably be frozen.

In the cold wind, the hands and feet of several guards were numb from the cold, so they had to curl up to the corner of the leeward wall.

Originally, they could hide in the hall to keep warm, but there were four stinking corpses lying in the hall, and they would rather freeze outside than enter the house.

The cold wind is blowing more and more evil, and the guards think that in this ghostly weather, nothing will go wrong tonight.

However, they were wrong. A few black figures in night clothes had been waiting in the dark for a long time.

Seeing that the time was ripe, they quietly sneaked into the Yizhuang, went around under the window, opened the window, and sneaked into the hall on tiptoe.

There were four people in this party, and they all carried barrels of tung oil.

After turning into the hall, several people immediately split up, intending to spray tung oil on the four corpses.

Unexpectedly, before they uncorked the oil barrel, a large net suddenly fell from above their heads!
what! ! ?
The four people were shocked, and one of them was covered by a big net!

The other three reacted quickly, and rolled to the sides to avoid the big net.

Unexpectedly, before one of them got up, his body was caught by several hooks.

As the hook tightened, there was a sound of flesh cracking on the man's body.

Ah!
With a scream, this person was pulled into the shadows...

"No, there is an ambush!"

The remaining two men in black realized that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated towards the window.

Just as the two of them leaped forward and wanted to break through the window to escape, several iron rods came in from outside the window with a sneer!
Boom!
The iron rod stabbed the two of them, knocking them to the ground immediately, and both of them vomited blood.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen people dressed as guards rushed out from the darkness, and using a special steel fork, they pinned the two to the ground.

It turned out that the guards knew that there was a sneak attack tonight, and they had been lying here for a long time.

Seeing that the four men in black were successfully subdued, the guards thought they were done.

But he never expected that the one covered by the net would snort and ignite the oil barrel in his arms!

boom……

Tongues of fire gushed out in an instant, and then exploded from the net. In an instant, the fire ignited, and the man was burned into a burning man!
But even so, the man resolutely rushed towards one of the corpses.

"Quick! Stop him, stop him!"

The leader of the guards turned pale with fright, and hurriedly called the guards to stop him.

But at this moment, another burst of flames burst out in the darkness, and it turned out that the man in black who was caught by the hook also ignited the oil barrel in his arms!

boom……

In an instant, the fire raged, and the guards panicked.

And taking advantage of this time, the man in black exhausted his last breath and finally threw himself on the corpse, causing the corpse to ignite together.

Seeing the corpse ignite, the man in black finally showed relief, and was about to die happily.

But he never expected that as the white cloth was burned and curled, he was surprised to find that there was only a scarecrow under the white cloth, and there was no corpse at all...

what……

The man in black let out a desperate howl, then curled up into a ball, never moving again...

A quarter of an hour later, the fire was extinguished by the guards together, and the two men in black who ignited the fuel barrel were burnt beyond recognition and could not be identified.

"Head..."

At this moment, a guard reported to the leader with regret in his tone.

The leader of the guards hurried over to check, only to find that the two men in black who were subdued by the steel fork had no vital signs.

After taking off their masks, they saw that their faces were black, their lips were purple, and they were foaming at the mouth. They had obviously committed suicide by taking poison...

……

In the early morning of the next day, the sun did not appear in time, but was covered by dark clouds, and small white granular snowflakes floated in the sky.

"One, two, three, drop!"

boom!
There was a loud bang in the courtyard of the Xinye County Government, and the huge and heavy iron coffin fell to the center of the courtyard.

The county government compound, which was originally spacious enough, suddenly looked cramped and oppressed after placing such a pitch-black iron coffin.

After the iron coffin was settled, the workers began to dismantle the scaffolding, but due to unskilled operation, it took them a long time to finally remove all the tools.

After the workers left the field, more than 40 people from the Xinye County Yamen, including yamen servants, policemen, jailers, servants, and handymen, were taken to the compound in turn and stood around the iron coffin.

At the same time, the guards of the Neiwei Mansion, the Ministry of Punishment, the Governor's Mansion, and the Sheriff's Mansion all armed with weapons and surrounded the entire county government.

Looking at the court of the county government, there are four corpses placed impressively, namely the Taoist priest in the iron coffin, the chief secretary Liu Zhang, and You Dalang and Chunniang couple.

The corpse was covered with a white cloth, which made the courtroom feel strange and chilling.

There were five people sitting on the seats on both sides of the courtroom. On the left were the censor Chen Taiji, the governor Li Yan, and the governor Taimin.

On the right are the county magistrate Qiu Yongnian and the county magistrate Luo Wanwan.

Behind the five people stood civil officials at all levels, including Master Yao Jin, and a group of guards from the Inner Guard Mansion.

And on the main seat behind the case, sat the person in charge of the iron coffin case, the leader of the Neiwei Palace——Cai Kun!
At this moment, Cai Kun was not as majestic and imposing as before, but was playing with the jade pendant from the Japanese people in the East China Sea thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about something important.

Moreover, it could be seen from his sunken eye sockets that he must have stayed up all night last night, unable to hide his fatigue.

"My lord..." At this time, a subordinate came to Cai Kun to report, "Everything is ready, we can start!"

"Oh."

Cai Kun responded, and immediately picked up the gavel on the koan, and slapped it down vigorously.

Snapped!
With a crisp sound, the entire county office fell silent.

Different from previous trials, a large number of people here are likely to be implicated because of the case, so people hold their breath and concentrate, not even daring to breathe.

There was a dead silence in the courtroom, which was extremely depressing.

"Should I call 'Shengtang'?" Cai Kun asked Qiu Yongnian.

"Yes, yes!" Qiu Yongnian nodded quickly.

"Okay," Cai Kun said loudly, facing the crowd, "Let me declare to you in advance that the iron coffin case involves a lot of things, is complicated and sensitive.

"Therefore, we are going to have a special closed trial today. No matter what the final result of the trial is, everyone present must keep it a secret and not let it out until death, understand!?"

"Yes!" Everyone clapped their hands and said yes.

"Okay!" Cai Kun nodded, "I announce that the trial of the iron coffin case will now officially begin, and I will be promoted! Bring someone into prison!!!"

(End of this chapter)