The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 870 850 Nine:
Duan Wuji and Tie Niu followed afterward, when they arrived outside the yamen, their two horses had already been led out by the yamen servant.

The magistrate of Huizhou was waiting at the gate of the yamen with two servants, Xi, riding a horse.

The two walked to their horses and got on, Duan Wuji said to the Guangzhou prefect with a smile: "Prefect Zhang, let's go to Huizhou city, we will be back in a few days.

Prefect Zhang, let's take our leave, and see you in a few days. "

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji and Tieniu urged their horses, followed Wang Zhifu and the others out of the east gate and came straight.

Several people beat horses and rushed all the way, rushing straight to Huizhou Mansion in a hurry.

This Guangzhou City is only more than 300 miles away from Huizhou City. People dare not relax, and a group of several people hurried on horseback. After more than two hours, these people finally arrived at Huizhou City.

It was getting late at this time, several people came to a small restaurant in Huizhou City, had a quick bite to eat, and then went back to the Yamen.

The prefect of Huizhou arranged Duan Wuji and the others into the back office of the prefect of Huizhou.

The magistrate Wang looked at Duan Wuji and the others with a wry smile and said: "You two imperial envoys, you came back too late today, I didn't come in a hurry to serve you the wine, don't blame you two!

Tomorrow night, I will serve you wine to welcome the wind!

It's not that I don't understand etiquette, but that time is too late!

You two servants, you should be more concerned about this matter! "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Prefect Wang, don't take this to heart, the two of us don't care about these things.

Alright, go back and rest quickly. Tomorrow morning, let's go to that place to investigate and solve the case as soon as possible. This is the purpose of our visit this time! "

When Wang Zhifu saw that the imperial envoy did not take his disrespect seriously today, he felt a little relieved.

"You two imperial envoys, if you don't blame the lower officials, then I will resign.

You guys also go to bed early, have breakfast tomorrow, and I will lead you to the scene to investigate.

How to solve this case depends on the abilities of the two imperial envoys. "

After finishing speaking, the magistrate withdrew.

Duan Wuji and the others went to bed to rest as soon as they saw the prefect Wang leaving.

The next morning, the magistrate Wang came over early, the three of them had breakfast, and then brought five yamen servants out of the west city gate and ran straight to Niujia Village, which was only about ten miles away, and it really took a blink of an eye. .

When I arrived at Niujia Village, I saw that it was a small village with only about [-] households!

The whole village is located on the plain, which is quiet and peaceful!

The vast majority of the entire village live in bamboo buildings, and some are wooden houses. The whole village has a farm-like atmosphere!

The downfall of a few fast horses had already alarmed the people in the village. The men, women and children of Niujia Village gathered around to watch the excitement.

The old Niu's family had lost their son, and everyone in the village knew about it a long time ago. When they saw the official messenger coming, they all wanted to watch the fun!

The magistrate Wang ordered someone to knock on the door of Lao Niu's house, and an old man in his 50s led his wife out of the house.

"Master Zhifu, you are here again! I beg you, you must bring my son back to me!

Our old couple has such a son, and we still count on him to cover our graves with dirt!
How can this be gone?

To be honest, I am really not reconciled to this old man! "

Saying that, the old Niutou knelt down to the magistrate Wang, and he refused to get up no matter what!

Seeing her husband kneeling down, the old woman quickly knelt down too.

The magistrate Wang smiled wryly.

"I said, old Niutou, what are you doing! You look like this, what are you talking about!

Let me tell you, I have investigated this case many times, but I haven't found any flaws!

To be honest, I am really incompetent as an officer, and I really can't solve this case!

Isn't that right? I went to Guangzhou City and invited all our imperial envoys over here. Let's let the two of them solve this case today!

The Erxang of this mansion will be a handyman today, and I will do whatever the Imperial Envoy tells Erxang to do! "

Ho!This prefect Wang is also a treacherous and slippery person, so he pushed this matter away completely today!

It seems that this matter has nothing to do with him today!

The old couple were stunned when they heard this.

"Master Imperial Envoy? What Imperial Envoy? How come the more we listen, the more confused we become!"

After hearing this, the Wang Zhifu quickly explained: "The so-called imperial envoys are officials sent by the emperor. These people come to our place to represent the emperor to do business!"

"The magistrate, is it your official university, or the imperial envoy's official university?"

The prefect Wang smiled wryly.

"I said Old Niutou, why do you still need to ask such a simple matter!
No matter I'm just a small magistrate, at best a fourth-rank civil servant, how can my official position be compared with that of the imperial envoy?

The imperial envoy represents the imperial power, that is the third rank of the official senior!

How can I compare with the imperial envoy? If he is a colorful phoenix, I am that little sparrow that can fly!

Do you think there is any way to compare this sparrow with that colorful phoenix! "

Hearing that, the old bull raised his head quickly.

"Master Zhifu, who is the imperial envoy?"

Wang Zhifu grinned when he heard this.

"I said, old bull! It seems that you really have no eyesight!

Look at the few of us, we are wearing official clothes, although it is also silk and satin, but, look at my attire, it is incomparable with the two of them!

What is this indicating?This just shows that other people's officials are big, and I am an official junior! "

The old bull's head also saw it, and saw that these two young men were wearing silk and satin, leather boots, and swords hanging from their waists. Their demeanor was really different from ordinary people!

These two people are looking at their heavenly wife with a smile!
This old Niutian climbed two steps and came to Duan Wuji and Tie Niu, and immediately kowtowed to them!

"Everyone, imperial envoys, please help me find my son.

Old man, I have such a son. Without their words, how can we old couple live? "

When Duan Wuji saw the old bull's head like this, he quickly reached out to help him!

"Old man, you don't have to do this! Our two brothers are here today to solve the case for you. Get up quickly. I will start to ask the case when I get up."

Hearing what Duan Wuji said, the old bull head quickly supported his wife to stand up from the ground.

"Master Imperial Envoy, what do you want to ask, then just ask!
Old man, I must answer truthfully, there is absolutely no lie! "

Duan Wuji said to those folks: "Folks! Stand back for a while. If there is anything wrong with what this old couple said, you should bring it up to me in time!"

After hearing this, the folks immediately stood back. These folks stood by, not knowing what the imperial envoy was going to ask!
Duan Wuji looked at the old Niutou and asked: "I said, old man, how long has your son been missing!"

"Well, it's not that long, maybe a month or so!
I have reported the case for such a long time, and the case has never been solved!

My son can't be seen alive, and his dead body can't be seen, who can stand it!

Imperial Envoy, to tell you the truth, ever since we lost our son, our husband and wife have not been able to eat well or sleep well!

Imperial Envoy, you must solve this case for me today!

Otherwise, our old couple would not be able to live! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "As long as we ask you something and you answer truthfully, the case will be solved faster!

If you tell a lie, it will take a long time if the case is solved. "

"Master Imperial Envoy, just ask! I will answer whatever you ask, there is absolutely no nonsense!"

Duan Wuji smiled and asked: "I said, old Niutou, your son is missing, do you suspect that someone murdered your son?"

"Master Imperial Envoy, our family has been working hard on the land, half-farming and half-studying, and we have always been kind to our neighbors. There is no enemy in the village. If someone wants to kill my son, I will not believe it!"

"Old Niutou, do your daughter and son-in-law have any motive to kill your son?"

"Reporting to the imperial envoy, my daughter and son-in-law are good people, their family is very close to us, everyone helps each other, and the harmony is no different from a family.

From what the old man thought, no matter what, my daughter and son-in-law would not do such a thing!

If it is possible for others to kill my son, if it is said that the two of them killed my son, no matter what, the old man would not believe it! "

"Well! If that's the case, how did your son disappear?

Do you have any ferocious beasts here?
Could it be that your son was eaten by that beast? "

"Master Imperial Envoy, this may not be there, our area is a densely populated area, not to mention the ferocious tigers and leopards, not even a single wolf!

If he was eaten by a ferocious beast, there would be some blood stains on the ground. We have checked the road many times, and there is no trace on the ground! "

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"Since there are no traces on the ground, maybe this is a good thing!

Old Niutou, put on a few pairs of shoelaces that your son wore, and you lead us to his brother-in-law's house, and let's check the route by the way, won't this matter be clear? "

When the old bull heard this, he immediately stood up and ran into the house. After a short time, he took out some pairs of his son's shoes.

"Master Imperial Envoy, old man, I am short-tempered, let's leave as soon as we say.

I will lead you to that road to have a look now!
Whether you can find any clues, it depends on your ability! "

Duan Wuji said to Wang Zhifu: "I said Mr. Wang, you should guard the horses here for us first!
The two of us come and go.

You will prepare lunch for us in a while, and we will come back to eat in a while!

Let me tell you that there must be wine and meat for this lunch, if you send us away like beggars again, don't say that I will give you anxious attention then! "

The prefect Wang grinned.

"Master Imperial Envoy, today's time is long enough, if I send you off casually, you can give me a mouthful without saying a word when you come back, that's all right!

There are rules and regulations in the imperial court for receiving the imperial envoy. If I deduct these two money from the adult, it should be beaten! "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"I said Wang Zhifu, don't play tricks on me, you can get us some jars of good wine, then I will be useful!

Prefect Wang, then you should send someone to prepare now, and we will leave now! "

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu followed the old Niutou and ran straight to the house of the old Niutou's daughter.

The old Niu Tou'er's daughter's house is in the southwest of this Niu's house, so it's about ten miles away from this Niu's house!The road is only a few feet wide, and weeds grow everywhere on the roadside!

There are clusters of small purple flowers blooming beside the road, and the bursts of fragrance hit the nose!

As the three of them walked forward, they carefully checked some clues on the road. The three of them didn't walk very fast, but the road of ten miles and eight miles will be reached in a short while.

When I arrived at the house of the old Niutouer's daughter, the Niutouer's daughter was looking after the child.

When the woman saw her father leading the two young men in, she stood up quickly.

"Father! Why are you here, old man? Did he find my brother?"

The old Niutou smiled wryly.

"What are you looking for, but so far there is no trace of it!

If you find it, wouldn't you be strong!
Why!I said girl, where is the child's father? "

"He is enjoying the cool in the house, I'll call him for you.

Head of the family, come out quickly, our father and the others are here! "

Following the woman's cry, a 26-year-old young man came out of the house.

"Father! Hasn't he found my brother yet?"

"I didn't find it. If I found it, I won't come here today."

Duan Wuji took a closer look at the couple and found that both of them are kind-hearted people.

Not to do anything illegal.

Duan Wuji looked at the couple and said with a smile: "We brothers are imperial envoys, we helped the magistrate to solve this case, brother and sister-in-law, what I ask you, you two have to answer truthfully!"

"You ask, there is absolutely no problem with this, as long as we know, we will answer truthfully."

Duan Wuji stretched out his hand, and took out a small purple flower picked from the road.

"You are locals, do you know the name of this flower!

This kind of flower is very fragrant, and it feels a bit weird. "

The young man glanced at it and said with a smile: "There are a lot of this kind of flower in our place, and our local people call this kind of flower Wangyouhua.

Such a fragrant flower, what is there to ask! "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"I'm just asking casually, and I don't mean anything else."

Duan Wuji looked at the couple and said, "Did you two send that Niu Huanzhang to this road that night?"

"Does it need to be said, we sent him off personally, and we didn't turn around until we sent him out more than 100 feet away.

This thing is not bad at all!

In this way, he was indeed walking along this road, and there were not too many forks in this road, and the probability of him going the wrong way was very low.

However, between your two villages, there is a relatively wide fork. At the end of that fork, there seems to be a small forest.

That piece of forest must have several hundreds of acres. I was very scared when I saw that place was so gloomy. "

The old bull laughed and said, "Oh, that's the place you're talking about!

I know that place, that place is the cemetery of our Niujia Village!This cemetery has been around for hundreds of years.

People in our village are buried in that place when they die. No one goes to that place. If you say that people are good-looking and have nothing to do, who would go to that cemetery to play!

Isn't that looking for faults without faults! "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"If your son really took this road, we didn't find any clues on the road, so we have no choice but to go to that cemetery for a while.

Old Niutou, let's not waste time here, let's go right away, you see the weather will be noon soon, and now that the sun is rising, we won't go wrong when we patrol! "

(End of this chapter)