After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 115 Preliminary Investigation Results
Haitang slept one night in the Villa. When she woke up the next morning, she found that it was snowing outside. There was a thick layer of snow piled up on the ground in the yard. It seemed that it had been snowing for a long time.

There seemed to be many strangers in Zhuangzi, and they were quite busy coming and going.Many people went to take a look at the yard where the boy rescued last night lived, then turned away in disappointment, and then gathered in the front yard.

Brother Hai Jiao told Haitang: "People from the government are here, and there are old acquaintances such as grandpa and cousin. They want to come and question the young man our family rescued last night, but unfortunately the young man is not awake yet. At this moment, they are all We are talking in the front hall."

Haitang suddenly understood and asked quickly: "Have the government found any clues? Have they found any traces of the robbers?"

Hai Jiao shook his head: "There are traces, but halfway through the pursuit, the clues were broken. Now I don't know where this group of people came from, and why they targeted that family. After dawn, the officers checked at the scene , the murderer probably wasn’t trying to rob, they didn’t even take away boxes of gold.”

Haitang was a little surprised: "Boxes of gold? Are you saying that the person who was robbed traveled with boxes of gold?"

Hai Jiao compared the length of a foot square with both hands: "It's about this big an ebony box. The lock hanging on it was broken. The gold inside was scattered all over the floor. They were all high-quality official castings." The gold ingots just fill a box, which is almost 2000 taels, and converted into silver, it is 2 taels. This is a lot of money!"

With such a large sum of money, the robbers only killed people and ignored the gold ingots scattered around the bodies. Is this reasonable?I simply don’t even bother to pretend.The purpose of the murderer is just to kill, not to rob or rob at all!Moreover, their quality is quite high and their discipline is strict. No individual member sneaks away one or two gold ingots out of greed. How does this look like a mob? !
Haitang couldn't help but marvel.Unexpectedly, the young man's family was actually quite wealthy, and I don't know if that was why he attracted bad guys.But since he has money, why doesn't his family even hire a guard?It’s too worrying to travel with only my wife, children, and children.

The Hai family also has boxes of gold. Haitang once saw it in her grandmother's carriage. It was also a foot-long wooden box. There were two boxes in total. The amount of gold was probably only a lot more than the victim's box, but they brought There are so many people!When Chenggong County had to separate from the caravan with escorts, the head of Haixi Ya did not take it lightly because the road ahead was all official roads. Instead, he specially found someone to borrow ten tough guards. After returning, we continued on our way.In comparison, the victims of that family were really too careless!
Hai Jiao told his sister again what kind of investigation results the government and the veterans in Zhoujiazhuang had come up with that night.

With the assistance of experienced veterans, the people in Chang'an government office are still very efficient.Now they have found a total of eight killers. They are all dressed in black costumes, hats on their heads, black scarves on their faces, and holding knives in their hands. They have horses, but the horses were not brought to the scene of the crime. Stay more than a mile away from the accident site and be guarded by a dedicated person.After the six killers finished killing the people, they ran to where the horses were, met up with the remaining two accomplices, mounted their horses and fled.

They headed northeast, which was the direction of Chang'an City. The main envoy or leader did not know whether they were in Chang'an City.The guards guarding the city gate did not notice anything strange, but there was no guarantee that these eight people did not change their appearance and then enter the city in batches.On the border of Chang'an, there are too many young men who are strong and carry weapons with them. Who knows, are there fierce killers among the people walking on the streets?

Judging from the traces left by the killers, they were well-trained and had obvious military characteristics, but their style was different from the soldiers under the Zhou family, but it was unknown which army they came from.But no matter who sent them, killing several people on the Zhou family's territory was a provocation to the Zhou family, and the Zhou family would investigate thoroughly no matter what.

Hai Jiao said: "Now the people in the surrounding area and the nearby garrisons have been mobilized. As long as those killers have stayed in this area, they can't hide it from the eyes of the locals!"

It's a coincidence that there was a heavy snowfall around Chang'an during the day yesterday. It stopped snowing near dusk. After dark, the killers committed murders and left clear footprints on the snow at the scene.The Haijia brigade happened to pass by at that time and frightened away these killers. They did not have time to confirm that all the targets were dead, let alone deal with the aftermath of the traces they left at the scene.They met up with their accomplices as quickly as possible. Just in case, they sent a companion back to the scene to observe the situation. After their whereabouts were exposed, they escaped again.Traces of their two escapes were left on the snow, clearly pointing out the direction in which they left.If it hadn't snowed heavily in the early morning, covering up the subsequent traces, the veterans would have touched the door long ago.

When Hai Jiao talked about this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The young man who was robbed was also lucky. If our family hadn't happened to pass by at that time and frightened the killer away, he might have been stabbed one more time and died completely. Even if not After the stabbing, he was pinned under the car and unable to move. As time went by, his injuries would worsen. When the heavy snow came down in the early morning, it would be even more difficult for him to escape."

He suspected that there had been such a murder in his previous life, but at that time there was no Haijia motorcade passing by, and the killer succeeded in killing everyone, and even more.

Haitang heard this and asked a question: "Experienced scouts or government officials will tell from the traces on the snow that there are eight killers, with military style, and they also left horses nearby. This is not surprising. But How do they know what the killer is wearing? When my brother and the bodyguard went after the killer who returned to the scene to peek at us, did they see what he was wearing? "

But if a killer is dressed like this, it doesn't mean that his accomplices are also dressed like this, right?
Hai Jiao smiled: "Of course it's because someone witnessed their actions and bumped into them head-on!"

Coincidentally, this witness was Zhuang Shitong, his cousin Xie Wenzai's friend of the same age who worked as a general judge in Chang'an.The day before yesterday, he went to a nearby friend's house for dinner and stayed one night. Yesterday, he went to the Wuliting Pavilion in the west of Chang'an City to wait for the Hai family. He planned to accompany his old friend into the city, but he didn't see anyone when it got dark. It was too late to return to the city, so I had to return to a friend's house to stay overnight.

He walked halfway and happened to encounter the group of killers fleeing the scene.His entourage held a lantern in his hand. Although the light was dim, it was enough to illuminate the figure of the visitor.The opponent was holding a sharp knife and had his face covered, so he didn't look like a good person.Zhuang Shitong met the opponent head-on and was startled when he saw the opponent slashing at him with a knife.

Fortunately, the guards accompanying him were quite brave. Not only did they block the knife for him, they were also able to overwhelm the opponent with their force value.Originally, he was worried that the gangsters would attack his bodyguard and the latter would be outnumbered, but the other party seemed to be in a hurry to leave. Seeing that they could not do anything to them in a short time, he quickly stopped and left.Zhuang Shitong heard the neighing of horses not far away, and the criminals happened to be running in that direction. Soon after, the sound of distant horse hooves was heard, so he guessed that those people had left on horseback.

When Hai Jiao mentioned this, he felt very lucky: "Fortunately, our family took the wrong road at that time, and happened to scare away the group of killers. Otherwise, not to mention that the family that was robbed would not even be alive. I'm afraid even Mr. Zhuang's life will be in danger. Without anyone chasing him, the killer won't mind spending more time to kill two more people."

Haitang raised her eyebrows: "Brother, why do you seem so scared?"

Hai Jiao smiled bitterly: "Because... I recognize who this Mr. Zhuang is."

(End of this chapter)