Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 336 The terror of the rainy night in the academy
The heavy rain outside combined with the mist looked particularly eerie, matching the howling wind, whimpering in the dark night, like a ghostland.

In the Jinling magistrate’s office,
Jia Yucun also had a sad face. Since the arrival of Luo Yunhou, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River has changed. Many people have been arrested, and more and more people have died. They wanted to rely on the Jia family's relationship in the capital, but also He wanted to get close to the Marquis, but he didn't know that when he came to Jinling City that night, he first surrounded the house of Jia Wenfu, the leader of the Jia family in Jinling City, the ninth-bedroom member of the Jia family.

So far, there is no plan to withdraw troops. It is obvious that they do not want to see the Jia family. Jia Yucun is patient, waiting for the follow-up, and seeing the direction of the wind, especially the so-called treason. The matter is fine with civil servants, and there is good news about the Xue family. I heard that the Xue family has lost their luck, and may have fallen into the eyes of the Hou Mansion.

Thinking of the Xue family, Jia Yucun felt a little relieved. Fortunately, he had a close relationship with the Xue family. In the Hou Mansion, who knew that the Hou Ye left again and missed the good opportunity.

Especially today, Jia Yucun felt a bit of a crisis. White Deer Academy came to report the case and told the lawsuit about human life. Looking at the heavy rain outside, Jia Yucun couldn't feel better. He really couldn't believe that this incident could happen in the academy, and he didn't know what happened. What kid from a rich family was so ruthless that these pustules were acting recklessly and causing trouble, and they were actually looking for trouble for themselves at this time.

Jia Yucun didn't know what the academy was like. What happened inside was already commonplace, but a life-threatening lawsuit would involve a lot of things. It would be a big headache to think of it in the limelight at this time.

Staff officer Leng Zixing walked in from outside. Seeing the strange look on the magistrate's face, he asked;
"Master, are you in trouble?"

"Oh, it turns out to be Master Leng. Sit down quickly. Master, I'm in trouble. The Marquis didn't see it. However, there was a life-threatening lawsuit at Jinling White Deer Academy. Ma Shaotou took the people away, eh."

Leng Zixing patted the raindrops on his body, sat there, and smiled when he saw the master sighing.
"Master, don't worry. On the side of Lord Hou, the master has a close relationship with the Xue family. Naturally, it is not difficult. As for the murder case in the academy, it is nothing more than a rich family bullying a poor student. He missed it. When the time comes to arrest and bring him to justice, how should the case be judged?" As for how to judge the case, you must not leave any evidence to that person. Of course, if you have connections to clear the way, you need to clear the way to the Marquis before he can show mercy."

"Well, I know that the prefect knows that those boys are careless and don't even think about it."

Jia Yucun was really a little angry. If something happened at this juncture, it would obviously not give the prefect any face, so don't blame Jia for doing business in court.

Mirror Lake Beishan,

In the academy,
Braving the wind and rain, Ma Baotou and his party walked into the woodshed, took off their raincoats, put them at the entrance, and walked in. When they saw the Academy Chief among them, they gave him a polite salute. Said;

"Ma Hong of the government office has met the mountain chief and all the masters."

"Hey, Ma Catou is too polite. You are the old prime minister, so you don't have to be polite. Come in quickly."

The mountain chief stretched out his hand to express his courtesy. Ma Hong, together with the policeman and the gangster, walked to the wooden bed. He looked at the smile on the face of the student lying on the bed, and was a little surprised that his skin did not feel stiff. , asked;
"What's going on with this student? Why is he still smiling?"

Looking at the people around him, he didn't know that the people around him all shook their heads. Jiang Yan was explaining the whole story. How could he believe Ma Captou? He had seen a lot of it, including love killings, murders, what kind of things. No, it was the first time I heard about dying laughing in a tree, but the head catcher never believed that this person committed suicide.

"Wu Zuo, go and see how this person died,"

"Yes, headhunter."

The foreman behind him took a box, put on a glove, and started to grope around the corpse with a silver needle. The head catcher saw the dignified faces of the people in the academy, so he smiled;

"Shan Chief, this is easy. Based on Ma's many years of experience, as long as a person's death is not an accident, it is either suicide or homicide. There are no ghosts and ghosts. When the corpse is identified, the truth will naturally be revealed. "

When Lian Yuming saw Ma Captou being so confident, his worries were half relieved. The old captor in the yamen had experience and could do things with confidence.

"Then I'll have to trouble Ma Tou and all the brothers,"

"It's your duty, Commander, you don't have to be polite."

The two were talking, but after waiting for a while, they didn't see Wu making a sound. Ma Captou also felt that something was wrong. Why did it take so long? He turned around and looked over, only to see Wu Zuo checking the body over and over again, and even touching the body. Turn it over and apply the potion from time to time.

After waiting for a while, the man still didn't make a sound, Ma Baotou couldn't help but ask;

"Wuzaku, what's going on? It's been so long. How did this person die?"

He wiped his sweat with his sleeves and replied solemnly;
"Back to the head, the cause of death has not yet been found out. This person died strangely. There was no sign of poisoning or external force. It seemed that he died suddenly. The deceased had a smile on his face and his skin was soft, just like a living person. In general, it is really puzzling."

Ma Baotou's smiling face suddenly turned cold. A dead person is a dead person. There is no need to compare it to a living person.
"How is that possible? Are you scared to death?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room felt cold in their hearts, and the hairs on their hair stood up, as if the evil spirit was around them.

But Wuzuo shook his head, reached out to touch the deceased's abdomen, pressed down, and there was no feeling of indentation or swelling, and said,
"It's not like people are scared to death. People who are scared to death will definitely have ruptured liver and gallbladder, and swollen chest and abdomen. This person's abdomen is flat, which is definitely not the case."

Ma Baotou came over and checked it, and it was indeed the case, which was strange.

While the people in the front yard were doing the autopsy in the woodshed, there was a thunderstorm and lightning.

The mountain behind the academy,

Several ghostly figures came from the dense forest at the back of the mountain, along the hillside, and continued towards the academy.

When he arrived at the academy, he came to the student area and quickly searched for anyone who was alone. In an upper room on the west side, there was a fat man sleeping soundly on the bed. Seeing no one around, Li Dong looked at The people around him nodded,

"This is the person. Hurry up and follow the plan. When you're done, disperse and leave and wipe away the traces."

"Yes, Chito."

The secret guard used a knife to lift the door bolt, then entered the house, covered the fat man's mouth and nose with a drugged brocade cloth, and then carried the man up to the attic, while the rest of the people moved the cabinets The quilt inside was taken out and spread on the bed, while the others were wiping the water on the floor.I saw lightning flashing outside, and a loud thunder covered up the screams in the attic. After a while, Li Dong outside the house saw all his people coming out, and immediately gave a signal to several people, secretly When the people from Wei saw it, they left along the way they came and disappeared into the dark rainy night.

In the woodshed,
Everyone was puzzled. They didn’t know how the person died. How could they investigate the case? Besides, it was raining too hard outside. Even if there were any clues in the woods behind the mountain, they were all washed away by the rain. I’m afraid there were no clues at all. No useful clues found.

Ma Captou looked at it again and again, and had no choice but to order Wu to do it;

"You should first find a way to prevent the corpse from decaying, stay for a few more days, and examine it slowly."

"Yes, headhunter."

Wu Zuo nodded, opened the medicine box, took out a white bottle, opened it, and began to smear the liquid on the body. The smell of Chinese medicine instantly filled the room.

Secondly, Ma Baotou said to the mountain chief again;

"Chief, in order to prevent the corpse from rotting, the student's body is still left here in the woodshed. It's still a bit chilly. This house needs to be guarded and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Also, this head catcher needs to see the person who is located there. Disciple Ren, he is the key. According to Master Jiang, this person made an appointment with Ning Bao to intercept a poor boy on the way and go to the back mountain to teach him a lesson. However, Ning Bao died. This person is a huge suspect and needs to be interrogated face to face."

"That's easy to say, steward. Leave the guards behind to keep an eye on him. As for Yu Ren, just send someone to the Dizi Wing Room area and call him over."

"Yes, Chief Shan."

"Slow down, it's so late, it's better for us to go over and take a look."

Ma Baotou was a little suspicious as he was not willing to let people from the academy go. He bluntly said that he would take people there. The mountain leader nodded helplessly.

"Jiang Yan, go there with your guards and ask Yu Ren what's going on."

"is teacher."

Jiang Yan took the order, and walked out of the firewood house with the guards and the horse catcher, and went to the backyard of the academy together. There are all wing rooms here, not big, but much denser. Of course, the Xuanhuang District is full of large In the house, the children from poor families live in Datong shop. The characters of sky and earth are naturally one person, one house, and they are treated differently. The place where students live, the furnishings in the house are still very clean.

After walking through the rows of wing rooms, he came to the "di" area. Jiang Yan took the roster, looked at it, pointed to a two-story wing room with a loft at the edge and said;

"Ma Tutou, this row of rooms is the one at the far end, let's go there."

"OK,"

The detective behind him held a lantern to protect him. The weak light shone not far away. The group of people also walked forward cautiously. Suddenly, another bolt of lightning struck from the sky, illuminating the entire sky like daylight.

Several people paused for a moment and looked around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Then there was thunder, and the huge sound deafened their ears for a short time.

After finally recovering, several people felt a haze in their minds, as if something bad was about to happen. They calmed down and continued walking forward. When they came to the door of the wing, Jiang Yan walked over directly and knocked hard. door, shouted;
"Yu Ren, Yu Ren, open the door,"

"Open the door. I need to see you."

With such a loud noise, there was no movement in the wing. The horse catcher couldn't help but become suspicious. Even Jiang Yan, who knocked on the door, felt something was wrong. He looked back at the same catcher and saw the catcher whispering;

"Master, step back. Something seems wrong. I'll kick the door open."

Jiang Yan immediately took a few steps back, then kicked the door open with a powerful kick. Then the room became silent, as if no one was there.

The catcher immediately waved his hand, and the catchers and guards behind him swarmed in and entered the house. Jiang Yan lit the oil lamp with a fire stick and placed the lantern high. The room immediately became much brighter.

Looking at the bed, there was a bulging person lying on the bed, and the steward also cursed;
"Yu Ren, you're still sleeping. Master is here, why don't you get up quickly?"

After saying that there was no movement, I walked over to take a look and saw that there were so many quilts covering it. The manager secretly thought that he was stupid.

He opened the quilt with one hand, but he didn't know that under the five-layer quilt, there was a black charcoal-like person lying inside. Suddenly, the manager was frightened.

"Ah." He yelled, trembling to the point of being speechless, and sat down on the ground.

The catcher's expression changed, and he rushed over. He saw that the person lying on the bed was no longer human, and was as black as charcoal.

"what happened?"

Jiang Yan covered his mouth and nose when he saw it. There was a smell of barbecue, and he was shocked. Yu Ren was still with him in the afternoon, why did he die?

Suddenly I thought of Song Ziwen, could it be them?
"It's broken, the head catcher, there are three other people, Song Ziwen, and two of Yu Ren's followers."

The catcher quickly turned his head and shouted;

"Quickly, go see if the three of them are okay."

(End of this chapter)