Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 18 The Way of a Gentleman
After the two of them and the cat comforted the old servant, they returned to their room.After calming down her surprised mood, Xiaolan couldn't help asking: "Master, is what Uncle Zhou said true?"

Ling Changfeng looked at Xiaolan, saw her worried expression, and asked, "What are you referring to?"

Xiaolan replied softly: "There is nothing else, it is the curse that Uncle Zhou said. If it is a person, I can still deal with it. If it is really a god, ghost or something, then how to deal with it, the master does not know how to deal with it." Taught me. I heard that if you touch that kind of thing, you won’t be able to run away..." Xiaolan spoke in a softer voice, and the words behind her were almost inaudible.

Seeing his serious expression, Ling Changfeng knew that Xiaolan was concerned about him, so he smiled lightly and said, "Since ancient times, ghosts and monsters are all just pretending to be ghosts. You can rest assured. Let's see how your young master finds out this Xingfeng. Be a waver."

However, he secretly said in his heart: The world is so big that there are no surprises.How dare I jump to conclusions.But this time we must keep them safe.

Seeing that his words were full of confidence, Xiaolan looked serious.Immediately, he let go of his hanging heart, thought for a while and said: "Then I will accompany the young master to fight them to the end. By the way, there is also our Xiaoyu! Right, Xiaoyu."

Xiaoyu protested "meow meow" twice, but they were ignored by the two of them.Knowing that there was no reason for him not to agree to this matter, he obediently went back to sleep.

The corners of Ling Changfeng's mouth turned up slightly, and his heart felt warm.The slightly tired mood just now became brighter.

Seeing her young master smiling, Xiaolan knew that her mood had recovered a bit, so she asked, "Master, what are you going to do next?" After speaking, she yawned long.

Seeing that he was quite tired, Ling Changfeng said: "Tomorrow, let's investigate the scene of the butcher Zhu Liu's death! It's getting late, so I'll go to the next room to rest first. You should also rest earlier. You have been exhausted recently. .”

Xiaolan yawned again and again, and replied: "I'm going to rest now. Young master, you should also rest earlier."

The next day, the weather turned fine.When the sun was high, Ling Changfeng and his party also stepped out of the station.Several people were worried that the collapse of the inn did not happen after all.

When the two returned to the Dao County Government Yamen, County Magistrate Qin was waiting for him anxiously in the meeting hall.Look quite flustered.

Seeing Ling Changfeng and the other two coming in, County Magistrate Qin restrained his anxiety, and immediately bowed his hands and asked, "Master Ling, how did you rest last night? Please don't take offense if you are a little negligent."

Before Ling Changfeng could speak, Xiaolan replied bluntly: "Fortunately, Mr. Qin, he was not crushed to death by the landslide at the inn last night. The majestic Luoyang inn is so dilapidated, won't you be afraid of ridicule if you tell it?"

County Magistrate Qin gave a wry smile, secretly complaining in his heart, but he didn't dare to respond.

Ling Changfeng knew that he had difficulties, but this was not the time to intervene, so he said, "I see that you look flustered, do you want to find me?"

The county magistrate Qin immediately shouted: "Lord Ling, help me, Lord Ling, you have to help me this time. Now I am the only one who will follow the lead."

Seeing his runny nose and tears, Ling Changfeng thought to himself: What a cunning old man.But he still said: "Master Qin, why did you say that? Why did you ask me to save you for no reason?"

The county magistrate of Qin immediately suppressed his tears, and said with an aggrieved look on his face, "Your Excellency, you don't know something. The sky is slightly bright today. The little official from Yizhuang hurried over to report that Lord Wang's body is missing!"

Ling Changfeng had expected this for a long time, and with a chuckle on the corner of his mouth, he asked, "How would Lord Qin want me to help you? I will not conjure Lord Wang's corpse."

County Magistrate Qin said: "The lower officials will arrange for people to search for the corpse, but for Master Meng and Master Xu, Master Ling needs to help intercede. Now Master Xu wants to punish the lower officials."

After speaking, I was ready to shed a few tears.Xiaolan who watched from the side burst into laughter, thinking: It would be a waste if the county magistrate of Qin didn't go to the opera, tears would come whenever he said so.

Ling Changfeng said: "Okay, Mr. Qin, you can rest assured to chase after the corpse. I will go to Mr. Meng and Mr. Xu to explain it for you. But whether they listen or not is another matter."

Seeing that he agreed, the county magistrate Qin thanked him repeatedly.My heart calmed down a little.So he told Ling Changfeng about the results of the interrogation this morning.Needless to say, the two servants naturally prevaricated by asking all the questions.

Although Mencius still didn't believe it, but seeing that the interrogation didn't yield anything, he asked the two of them to go back and stand by.

Ling Changfeng nodded after listening to County Magistrate Qin's narration, and said calmly, "Have Mr. Meng and his party gone to the slaughterhouse where Zhu Liu died now?" Get up and go to the government office.

Seeing that he was going to the scene, County Magistrate Qin cupped his hands and said, "Lord Ling, you must be careful. Your subordinate has arranged a carriage outside the mansion, please don't forget about me. Your subordinate is also going to track down the whereabouts of the corpse. .”

Ling Chang didn't turn back, just waved his hands, and got into the carriage with Xiaolan and Xiaoyu, and went straight to the slaughterhouse.

. . .

In order to avoid the bad smell around the slaughterhouse, there are only two slaughterhouses in Luoyang City, located in the southwest and northeast corners.The closest to Nanhe County is the Southwest Slaughterhouse.

Before they arrived at the slaughterhouse, Ling Changfeng and the others smelled an extremely disgusting smell. It was a strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of rancidity and feces. At the first smell, the smell went straight to the forehead, which made people feel sick. I want to vomit.

Ling Changfeng hurriedly took out three masks from his waist. After the two of them put on the masks respectively, the cat felt a little relief. Although the smell could not be completely covered, at least he could barely breathe.

Xiaolan's face turned blue, and said: "This smell is too bad, it's more than a thousand times worse than what I smelled on the butcher Zhu Liu. How can these people stay here? Everyone has been pickled .”

Ling Changfeng shook his head, and said softly: "Xiaolan, the ancients said: 'If you live in the house of Zhilan, you won't smell its fragrance for a long time; if you live in the house of abalone, you won't smell its smell for a long time', these people are used to it. And They are all just begging for a living, and there is nothing they can do about it.”

Xiaolan nodded half-understanding, and said, "Master, why are you still talking about the truth."

Ling Changfeng smiled, and said, "Well, Xiao Lan, you're still talking about me."

After a long time, he sighed and said: "When the master was alive, he once entrusted me that it is the way of a gentleman to use my talents to solve the problems of the common people. If it is true as Lord Wang said, the Tang Dynasty will be in trouble. This time I will fight Only when you have [-] points of energy can you live up to the entrustment of your predecessor."

Xiaolan blinked her big eyes, silently chewing on her young master's words.

"My lord, the slaughterhouse is here!" The coachman stopped the carriage and said loudly outside.

(End of this chapter)