Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 36 Shi Chuan's Tongue

In the early morning of the third watch, Xu Zhiqiong flew all the way to Wang'an River with a sack on his back.

He has walked this route several times, the road is deserted, and no pedestrians can be seen after midnight.

It takes more than an hour for ordinary people to walk from Beiyuan to Wang'an River, but Xu Zhiqiong ran with all his strength and arrived in more than half an hour.

There is also a desolate place along the Wang'an River. There is a place in the lower reaches of the river called Jinzhi Bay. The name is very nice, but this is a place where dirty water is dumped.

When they arrived near Jinzhi Bay, they found the place they had chosen in advance and released Wang Shijie's body.

The soil here is the hardest, leaving no footprints.

If you don't want to leave behind, you have to work hard and make sufficient preparations.

After placing the corpse, Xu Zhiqiong collected the sack and ran away, running all the way back to Beiyuan at the fastest speed.

Xu Zhiqiong was about to throw up, so he went to the white peony tea shop to make a cup of tea, kissed the proprietress on the cheek, and asked, "What time is it now?"

The little lady smiled shyly: "Three is more."

"Has it really passed the third watch? I didn't hear the beating!"

The little lady scolded: "I dared to lie to Lord Deng, it's been a long time since the watchdog."

After drinking the tea, Xu Zhiqiong had to light the lamp.

Twelve lamps and so on only ordered two. In the past, it would have taken Xu Zhiqiong more than two hours to finish ordering, but today there is not so much time. From Beiyuan to Jinzhiwan, it took more than an hour to go back and forth. , he knew in his heart that the third watch was about to pass halfway.

After lighting five lamps, Xu Zhiqiong went to Second Sister Lin's flower cake shop to buy a pound of flower cakes, and kissed her on the cheek: "What time is it now?"

Second Sister Lin came back with a kiss and said, "The fourth watch has just passed."

"Is it really the fourth watch?" Xu Zhiqiong kissed again, today's rouge is really good.

Flower cakes are also good.

"Really, the shift watcher just left." Second Sister Lin was such a calculating woman, she put her arms around Xu Zhiqiong, and kissed her back on the lips.

After eating the flower cake, Xu Zhiqiong climbed up and down, ran desperately, and lit up all the remaining lights before the fifth watch.

This is not over yet, we still have to visit Goulan.

When Xu Zhiqiong ran to Goulan, his eyes turned black, but his face still had the same smile as usual.

The Goulan guy came forward to meet him, and said with a smile, "Xu Denglang, please come inside."

After the private room was cleaned and the wine was simmering, the dancer was waiting in the private room.

Xu Zhiqiong kissed the dancer on the cheek and asked, "What time is it?"

The dancer said: "It's the fifth watch. Listen, there is the sound of clappers outside."

"Is it really the sound of clappers?"

"Really, the concubine sounds good."

Xu Zhiqiong ordered: "If you don't rub your shoulders or back today, I'll just rub your legs!"

"Which leg does Lord Deng want to rub?"

"Both."

"Two are easy to say!"

The dancer gave Xu Zhiqiong a good rub, Xu Zhiqiong calmed down, and said to the dancer: "Go and rest first, I also want to take a nap, it's cold in the room, ask someone to bring me a big one." Here comes the brazier."

The dancer went, and not long after, the waiter brought a brazier. This basin was really big, several laps larger than the wooden basin Xu Zhiqiong used to wash his face. There was enough charcoal in it, and the waiter added a jug of wine for Xu Zhiqiong. , and left respectfully.

Xu Zhiqiong closed the curtain, took out the sack from his waist, and burned it together with the night clothes.These are all specially made by Tong Qingqiu, they will ignite when they touch the fire, and there is no smoke. Seeing that there is only black ash left in the charcoal stove, Xu Zhiqiong closed his eyes, touched the four-inch horns in his arms, and fell asleep for a while. .

Nearly six o'clock, that is, at five o'clock in the morning, Xu Zhiqiong went out of the Goulan, carried a lantern, and returned to the yamen.

Walking along the way was unhurried, when we arrived at the yamen, we found that all the lantern bearers had gathered in the front hall, and there was a dead body on the ground, it was Wang Shijie.

Yang Wu stood next to the corpse, tears kept falling, not because he was sad, but because he was frightened, he found the corpse.

Green Lantern Lang Qiao Shun was just pacing back and forth in the front hall when another Green Lantern Lang Xiao Songting stepped forward and asked, "Where is the destination, please tell me!"

Qiao Shungang said angrily, "What did I say? I know what to do?"

Xiao Songting said: "This is your person, if you don't know who knows?"

Qiao Shungang said: "The matter happened in your territory!"

Xiao Songting was furious: "You want to ask me to take the blame? (Back the blame)"

Qiao Shun just sighed: "We'll talk about it when Qianhu comes back!"

Wu Xu took the Red Lantern Lang Chen Yuanzhong to the palace to face the Holy Spirit last night, and he has not come back yet. The Red Lantern Lang Yi Xulong is not feeling well, so he went home to rest, and is now on his way.

Xu Zhiqiong walked up to Meng Shizhen and asked, "What happened?"

Meng Shizhen stood on the spot as if she had lost her soul, and murmured, "Something happened, and this killed him. Why did he die!"

Xu Zhiqiong sniffled and asked again: "Who killed Wang Denglang?"

Meng Shizhen didn't speak, Wang Zhennan looked displeased and said, "It's Wang Shijie who died."

I almost forgot, he is also Wang Denglang.

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "How did he die?"

Wang Zhennan frowned and said: "Who knows how he died, let's wait for Qianhu to come back and deal with it. If this matter fails, it will implicate us."

Wang Shijie was extremely unpopular, and Wang Zhennan was not at all sad about his death, but he was really worried about being implicated this time.

Wang Shijie is Meng Shizhen's subordinate, and he was supposed to go to Beiyuan with them to watch the night last night, but this guy said that his injuries were not healed, so he went to Wang'an River.

Now that he died in Wang'an River, it's not clear what happened, what's more, they didn't go to watch the night last night, and they all spent the night in Zhukukulou Teahouse.

Not long after, the Red Lantern Lang Yi Xulou came to the yamen, looked at Wang Shijie's body, turned to ask Yang Wu, "Is that the body you saw?"

Yang Wu nodded and told what happened last night.

Last night Wang Shijie said he was going to light the lamps, and he went there before the second watch, and hadn't come back by the fourth watch. Dong Qingshan, the green lantern man, was worried that he would go to knock the bone marrow again, so he took everyone along the river to search upstream separately. Zhiwan saw Wang Shijie's body.

After hearing what happened, Yi Xulou immediately ordered that the gate of the yamen be closed, and all the lantern bearers gathered in the front hall.

Yi Xulou was over seventy years old, and the always stable red lantern man was a little flustered now.

Lantern Lang was killed while patrolling the night. This is a rare vicious incident in Daxuan in recent years. Yi Xulou feels that something is wrong. This incident may drag the entire Lantern Yamen into the abyss.

He first called Meng Shizhen over: "Wang Shijie is your subordinate, why did you go out to watch the night with Dong Qingshan last night?"

Before Meng Shizhen could speak, Dong Qingshan spoke first, and he had to take himself out: "Yi Hongdeng, Wang Shijie's old injury was not healed last night, so he couldn't walk far, and couldn't go to Beiyuan, so follow me by the Wang'an River and watch the night nearby."

Yi Xulou said angrily, "Is this up to you?"

It is the responsibility of Green Lantern to allocate manpower and locations. According to the rules, Green Lantern should not be the master.

But Lantern Lang seldom strictly enforced the rules, and was used to changing shifts and places, so he didn't take such trivial matters to heart.

Green Lantern Lang Qiao Shun just stepped forward and said: "The lowly position is also responsible for this matter."

Yi Xulou said angrily: "Of course you are responsible. Since Wang Shijie has not recovered from his injuries, why did you allow him to come out to watch the night!"

Qiao Shun just didn't dare to make a sound.

Yi Xulou asked again: "Lamp bearers need at least two people to watch the night. Why did Wang Shijie go to light the night lantern by himself?"

It was not his responsibility that Meng Shizhen did not speak.

Dong Qingshan said with trembling lips: "This, this is not, after so many years..."

Yi Xulou said angrily: "But I was lazy and forgot the rules!"

Looking at Wang Shijie's body, Yi Xulou was helpless.

What he heard were all insignificant things, but in fact they were not, these things were very important.

Wu Xu should be able to handle the accidental death of a Lantern Lantern.

But if it is traced down, it is found that the management of the entire Yamen in charge of lamps is lax, not only Wu Xu, but even Zhong Shen will be punished.

"Have you experienced the corpse?" Yi Xulou finally asked about the elements of the case.

There was a clerk in the yamen who was in charge of the lamp, and he stepped forward and said, "Wang Denglang died of a broken neck."

Dong Qingshan added: "There were no traces of fighting at the scene."

This is a suspicious point. Xu Zhiqiong thought of this suspicious point, but he couldn't solve it. The traces of fighting are not easy to forge.

Shi Chuan added on the side: "There is still a lot of lamp oil in Wang Shijie's lantern."

Dong Qingshan glanced at Shi Chuan, this kid was a bit unruly.

Dong Qingshan is Shi Chuan's boss, if he discovers a clue, he doesn't tell Qing Deng Lang first, but shows off in front of Red Lantern Lang, this kind of person really attracts hatred.

But if it's just to show off, Shi Chuan still has reasoning to do next.

He not only invites hatred, but also invites trouble.

"Deputy Qianhu, not only is there no shortage of lamp oil, but also the medicine under the lamp socket has not been touched, which proves that Wang Shijie did not call for help when he died."

Lantern Lantern's lamp can set off fireworks several feet high to send a signal to the Lantern Lantern around him, but Wang Shijie did not use this function when he was dying.

Yi Xulou's blood pressure rose after hearing this, and he heard Shi Chuan say: "There was no trace of a fight at the scene, this may have been done by an acquaintance."

Blood pressure instantly peaked, and what Yi Xulou was most worried about happened.

Old Hong Deng sat on the chair with a slumped expression.

Dong Qingshan stared at Shi Chuan and said, "Why are you talking so much today?"

Yes, why does he talk so much?
Shi Chuan's thinking was very quick, and Xu Zhiqiong lifted his spirits and was ready to take the move.

Meng Shizhen looked a little more relaxed. Although Wang Shijie was his man, the focus of the conflict was not on him, but on Dong Qingshan.

Shi Chuan said to Dong Qingshan: "Dong Qingdeng, you know about my relationship with Wang Denglang, I think his death is strange."

Dong Qingshan said angrily: "It's not strange, are you talking nonsense?"

"Okay, I'm talking nonsense, Dong Qingdeng, if you don't let me say it, I just don't want to say it." Shi Chuan cupped his hands and stepped aside.

Yi Xulou's blood pressure dropped a little, and he looked at the crowd and said, "Wang Shijie recently, with whom can he have grudges?"

The voice fell to the ground, and some laughter came faintly.

Yi Xulou said angrily, "Why are you laughing?"

Everyone was silent, but Shi Chuan seemed to have something to say, looked at Dong Qingshan, and acted hesitant to speak.

This is for Yi Xulou to see, and Yi Xulou said to Shi Chuan: "What do you say, just say it."

Shi Chuan said: "I'm afraid Dong Qingdeng won't let me speak."

Dong Qingshan said angrily; "Damn you, did I gag you?"

Only then did Shi Chuan take a step forward and said: "Deputy Qianhu, Wang Shijie has a bad temper, has a vicious mouth, greedy hands, and a cruel heart. He often bullies newcomers, beats and scolds frequently, and even extorts money. There are indeed many people who have enmity with him, but If we only talk about recent days, the one who has the deepest grudge against him is the rookie Xu Zhiqiong."

Such clever words, did not cover up Wang Shijie's bad habits, but brought Xu Zhiqiong out very naturally.

Wang Shijie bullied the rookie, Xu Zhiqiong killed him in anger, what a reasonable motive!

Why is this guy targeting me?
Because of the previous quarrel?
Obviously not, because of that point of dispute, he certainly wouldn't be allowed to wag his lips in front of the red lantern man.

Someone is behind his back.

But even if someone ordered him, how did he know that someone would die last night? Why did he prepare so well?

Has the murder been revealed?
No, you can't think wildly, if you think wrong, you will fall into the opponent's trap.

Shi Chuan wanted to plot against me a long time ago, and seized every opportunity to plot against me!

He wanted to plot against me through the living Wang Shijie before, and now he wants to plot against me through the dead Wang Shijie. He has always wanted to seize every opportunity to plot against me.

In fact, his preparation was not sufficient, but this person is smart and has a sharp tongue.

I am much more prepared than him, so I don't have to be afraid of him at all.

Yang Wu was stunned: "This, this is impossible!"

Chu He was stunned, but didn't speak, he thought what if Xu Zhiqiong really did it?
Can't admit it, don't admit it!
Meng Shizhen, who had just relaxed, almost jumped up, and his subordinates killed each other. This crime is enough to send him to prison.

Meng Shizhen pointed at Shi Chuan's nose and said, "What the hell are you talking about? Both Wang Shijie and Xu Zhiqiong are mine!"

Shi Chuan said: "That's why I said, the two of them have the deepest grievances."

Meng Shizhen yelled: "Fuck your mother! I'm fucking you..."

Yi Xulou shouted: "Shizhen, shut up! Xu Zhiqiong, where were you last night?"

Before Xu Zhiqiong could speak, Meng Shizhen said: "Xu Zhiqiong patrolled Beiyuan with us last night. The twelve lamps in Beiyuan can be a testimony. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. One mark is missing, you cut off my head!"

Yi Xulou pondered for a moment and said, "How many of you are going to watch the night?"

Meng Shizhen said: "Ma Guangli, Li Pu'an, Wang Zhennan, Xu Zhiqiong, plus me, there are five people in total."

Shi Chuan said from the side: "Five people went to watch the night, not counting Xu Zhiqiong, four people lit the lamps, and one person only had three lamps, that's all, not tired at all."

Meng Shizhen shouted: "Why is it not Xu Zhiqiong?"

Shi Chuan pursed his lips and said, "I'm not saying what's wrong with Xu Zhiqiong, I'm just guessing, what if Xu Zhiqiong wasn't in Beiyuan last night? What if he went to Wang'an River?"

Meng Shizhen was furious: "Surnamed Shi, I personally went to Beiyuan with Xu Zhiqiong, I'm so blind, I can't see where he went?"

Shi Chuan put on a fearful expression: "Meng Qingdeng, calm down, I just said casually, who doesn't know that you cherish your subordinates the most in Qingdeng."

"What the hell..." Meng Shizhen felt tightness in his chest and dizziness.

How to do?
According to Shi Chuan's intention, Meng Shizhen's subordinates killed each other, and Meng Shizhen even covered it up, which is completely unclear.

(End of this chapter)