Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 115 Go up the mountain to see (one more)
When the woman heard Wu Chen's question, she was taken aback for a moment, then covered her face and began to cry.

Wu Chen shook his head, looked at Liang Kuan and said, "Please trouble Master Liang to go back and prepare some scraps of silver for her. Let her live on first."

Liang Kuan nodded quickly.

Wu Chen looked at the young man again and said, "From now on, you need to take better care of your sister-in-law's family."

The young man bowed and replied: "A sister-in-law is like a mother, I will definitely take good care of my elder brother's family."

Wu Chen nodded and waved his hands, Liang Kuan led the two away immediately.

Wu Chen frowned looking at the backs of the two of them, but the woman accepted them quickly.

Seeing that the two of them were walking away, Wu Chen beckoned a yamen servant over and said, "Bring a few people and dig out a corner of the place where you buried the corpse that day. Remember not to dig too much, as long as part of the bones are exposed. .”

The yamen servant took people to dig.

Wu Chen took the sophomore and Xu Da to check the surroundings. Wu Chen knew that after more than 20 days, there would be no traces left, so he still searched carefully without giving up.

Liang Kuan also came back at this time. He walked up to Wu Chen and asked, "Why does Mr. Wu only look at one corner?"

Wu Chen turned his head to look at Liang Kuan and said, "I've seen too much, is it useful?"

Liang Kuan didn't seem to understand, he looked at Gao Er in confusion, Gao Er shrugged and said, "My brother has his own reasons for speaking."

The yamen servants quickly dug out a corner, exposing the bones, and they ran away holding their noses.

But Wu Chen stepped forward, clutching his nose, squatted down and took a closer look at the exposed bones. He didn't ask someone to dig them all up because he was waiting for Song Gu. Here, without any equipment, he could see clearly. There were only knife wounds, just like the case of the Cao family's extermination. Wu Chen knew where the bones were buried, but he didn't rush to move. The first scene was gone, and the second scene could not be easily destroyed.

Wu Chen looked at the degree of corruption of the bones, calculated the time, then stood up and said, "Bury it, go up the mountain!"

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Laojie Mountain is visited by people all the year round, so there is a way to go up the mountain, but there is only one way, and it is not difficult to walk after countless people have repaired it over the years.

Wu Chen and the others walked halfway up the mountain out of breath. There was actually a small viewing pavilion here, which could be used to rest and enjoy the scenery.

Standing in the pavilion, Wu Chen looked around. There were lush greenery nearby, clear streams and flowing water, and misty clouds in the distance, like tulle. Wu Chen exclaimed, "Beautiful!" Then he suddenly turned his head and asked Liang Kuan, "People go up this mountain all the year round. Looking at the scenery, we met a few people on the road just now, naturally there will be no ferocious beasts on the mountain, otherwise no one will come, so how do the hunters at the bottom of the mountain live?"

Liang Kuan was stunned.

Wu Chen also said:

"People are afraid of beasts, and beasts are even more afraid of people. Where there are many people, the beasts will definitely be scared away. Although the Laojie Mountain is high, it is not endless. Even if the hunters at the foot of the mountain do not hunt in the front mountain, they want to get prey from the back mountain to support their families. I'm afraid it's difficult, right? Where will those practitioners practice? If there are many wild beasts, wouldn't they all die here? If there is some interest, it's normal to go up the mountain to hunt a rabbit occasionally, but if you want to make a living from it... Two Brother, immediately take someone down the mountain to find Zhang Cai's family members, and be sure to bring them here."

The second grader ordered two yamen servants who knew the way, and went down the mountain.

Liang Kuan stared blankly at Wu Chen, as if asking: Why did you suddenly think of this?
Wu Chen frowned and looked into the distance, and asked, "Master Liang, this Laojie Mountain belongs to Yang'an County, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain are naturally from Yang'an County. Don't you know how the villagers at the foot of the mountain live?"

Liang Kuan hurriedly bowed and explained: "Most of the villagers at the foot of the mountain rely on farming for their livelihood, but there are indeed many hunters. Mr. Wu was right just now. No one has seen wild animals in Laojie Mountain for many years. At least the county government has never received a report. , As for what the Orion under the mountain does for a living, I really don’t know.”

Wu Chen didn't ask any more questions, but he was wondering when Song Gu would arrive. Before the autopsy, it would be difficult for him to find the right direction. If it was just to steal the five-color jade, would it be necessary to kill all five hundred escort soldiers?Did you kill it because you couldn't take it away?It was as if the Ghost Mandrill Gang wanted to kill him when they met him for the first time, and they wanted to kill him even more when they knew his abilities. It was because the Ghost Mandrill Gang knew they couldn't take Wu Chen away.

The people behind the scenes knew that they couldn't beat five hundred soldiers, so they chose to poison them all to death. At least Wu Chen now thinks that they were poisoned and had nothing to do with the Yin soldiers.

The more he dealt with those ghosts, the more Wu Chen felt that people and ghosts had different paths, and if ghosts really mattered, there must be someone behind them.

Is it for the five-color jade, or is the five-color jade used to cover up the real purpose?
Wu Chen was lost in thought.

Xu Da suddenly asked Liang Kuan: "Since Laojie Mountain is so spiritual that all practitioners live here in seclusion, is there no temple or Taoist temple on the mountain?"

"There is a Taoist temple, which has been said to be hundreds of years old, but for some reason, it just can't flourish. Not to mention people from other places, even people in Yang'an County. Few people can remember this Taoist temple. I visited it once more than ten years ago, and it was very dilapidated, and there were only two old Taoists left in the Taoist temple, who were deaf and dazzled, maybe there is none today."

Wu Chen said: "After the second brother comes back, let's go to the Taoist temple."

Xu Da said: "It shouldn't be like this. Laojie Mountain has some reputation. It's not easy for Taoist temples to get incense?"

Wu Chen didn't answer, he was thinking about the conclusion that there must be a demon when things go wrong, just like what Xu Da said, it's perfectly normal for a famous mountain to be paired with a famous Taoist temple, just make up an allusion and place it on a certain tree , On a certain big rock, the Lord is married to benefit children, asks about wealth and official career, and predicts good or bad things. As long as the people in the Taoist temple have a little brains, the success rate can be more than [-]%, and it is difficult not to be famous.

"Well, I don't quite believe that this case is a robbery by evil soldiers." Liang Kuan said suddenly: "Although the five-color jade is not easy to get, it is just a piece of jade. What are the ghosts going to do? If they want , why should we snatch it from human hands?"

"You think it's artificial?" Wu Chen turned his head and asked.

Liang Kuan hurriedly waved his hands and said:

"I don't understand anything, I just think so. It doesn't make sense for a ghost to want five-color jade, but it doesn't make sense for a person to want five-color jade. For this piece of jade, I killed hundreds of soldiers. If this piece of jade can't be brought to him The benefit of coming to heaven is great, how can it end well if you are an enemy of the imperial court like this?"

Xu Da said: "Didn't they overthrow the Yin soldiers?"

"This is what they can push if they want? There are so many officials in the court, even if they are easy to deceive, who can deceive the officials?" Liang Kuan whispered.

"They thought that as long as they couldn't find evidence, they would use this as an excuse to close the case." After Wu Chen finished speaking, he looked down the mountain, and he heard the voice of the sophomore swearing up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)