Chapter 144
"My lord, what should I do next?" Tong Ange turned her head to look at Wang Qianhe, who looked a little unsightly, and it seemed that she couldn't ask anything from this Liu crutches mouth, but she was a little curious, looking at this Niu Er It seems that the whole village of Niujia Village is very convinced by Liu Kuaizhang's words. Since Liu Kuaizhang said that pregnant women died of the disease, why would anyone dig graves?

"Go back and send people to investigate all in the village to see if anyone has seen someone go to Niu Er's daughter-in-law's grave." Wang Qian said in a deep voice.

Tong Ange nodded. There is only one way now. After all, apart from the wound, there is no other trace on Niu Er's wife's body, let alone any clues that can be traced. It may not be easy to check.

Thinking of this, Tong Ange was about to speak, when Mo Ran, whom she sent to inquire, ran over panting, with a serious expression on his face.

Seeing this, Tong Ange's eyes flashed, and he asked immediately, "What did you find out?"

"Miss, this servant has checked the graves of all the pregnant women who died recently, and found that those graves have been tampered with."

After listening to Mo Ran's words, not only Tong Ange, but also Wang Qianhe's expression became a bit more serious: "Go, go and have a look." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the direction he came from.

Tong Ange also followed quickly, and the doubts in his heart at this moment were like snowballing.

This Niujia Village is not rich, and the things buried with him must not be of any value. From the grave of the second wife of Niu, it can be judged that the other party did not come for the funeral objects, so there can only be one thing, the other party is simply for the stomachs of those pregnant women children.

Because they were thinking about this matter in their hearts, everyone's steps were much faster than when they came, and they left Liu Kuaizhang's office very quickly.

But they didn't know that when they walked away, the mottled old wooden door was slowly opened from the inside, and Liu Kuaizhang's wrinkled face looked a little weird in the dark light, his gaze He kept staring at the direction where Wang Qian and them left, his brows were tightly frowned, and the expression in his only pupil was somewhat obscure.

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Tong Ange and Wang Qianhe quickly returned from the west end of the village, led by Mo Ran, and walked to the nearest new grave. After a closer look, it turned out that the soil on the grave seemed to have been turned over and covered again.

Seeing this, Wang Qianhe's eyes sank, and he looked at Niu Er next to him: "Whose grave is this?"

"My lord, it's Niu Mangui's wife in the village, who also passed away a few days ago." Niu Er immediately replied.

"Go and call Niu Mangui over. I have something to ask him."

"Yes, my lord." Niu Er replied, turned around and strode away.

After half a stick of incense, Niu Er came over with a dark-skinned man. The man probably heard what Niu Er said on the way. At this moment, his face was a bit worried, and he knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Qianhe. After saluting, he asked eagerly: "My lord, the little man's mother-in-law was just buried a few days ago, what's the matter?"

Wang Qianhe frowned, and said: "I suspect that your daughter-in-law's tomb has been dug by tomb robbers, and I asked you to come here because I want to open the tomb to see if someone is in your daughter-in-law's grave." had tampered with his corpse."

Hearing Wang Qianhe's words, Niu Mangui said anxiously, "My lord, you know, the villain's family is not rich, and he can barely make ends meet on weekdays. When the mother-in-law is buried, there is no money to buy funerary objects."

Wang Qianhe and Tong Ange looked at each other, then looked at Niu Er who was at the side: "Niu Er, tell me."

"Yes, my lord." Niu Er replied, and turned to look at the eager Niu Mangui: "Brother Mangui, what your lord said is right, my wife's grave was dug up by someone, and that person is still insane You dug up my wife’s stomach and took the child inside, now my lord suspects that your daughter-in-law is also being missed by the thieves, so I ask you to come here and find out what’s going on in the tomb.”

What Niu Er said made Niu Mangui's face change: "What did you say?"

"Brother Mangui, I'm absolutely not telling a half-truth, please show your lord quickly, maybe sister-in-law's body has been destroyed by that thief."

Hearing what Niu Er said, Niu Mangui's eyes were filled with fear, and he nodded quickly: "Open, open..."

Wang Qianhe raised his hand to the yamen servants beside him, and several yamen servants stepped forward quickly, and soon dug up the grave of Niu Mangui's daughter-in-law.

When the coffin was opened, Tong Ange stepped forward, and with just one glance, his expression became a little darker.

The inside of Niu Mangui's daughter-in-law's coffin was the same as that of Niu Er's daughter-in-law before. The dark red blood and the slumped belly of the corpse already explained everything.

Seeing this, Niu Mangui burst into tears, wailing about his poor mother-in-law, which made people frown uncontrollably.

"My lord, I guess those pregnant women who died should look like this in their coffins." Tong Ange said, his eyes narrowed, and now it can be concluded that the other party digs graves just to get their children.

Wang Qianhe frowned even more when he was provoked by Niu Mangui's earth-shattering crying voice. He couldn't figure out what the other party was digging the grave for, but it didn't make sense for the other party to do this, to take the child from the dead man's stomach , What is there and why?

"Send someone to check the graves of all the dead pregnant women in the village, and report back to the official immediately if there is any news." Wang Qian said in a deep voice.

"Yes." The yamen servant replied a few times, and quickly walked towards the village.

After more than half an hour, the yamen servants who came back to report without exception, all the graves of the buried pregnant women had been tampered with, their abdomens were all dug up, and the children in the womb were taken away.

This result made Wang Qianhe's brows frowned into Sichuan characters.

This case was definitely the most difficult and weird case he had encountered in his career as an official.

"Go back to the capital first, and report this case to the emperor quickly." After thinking for a while, Wang Qian said in a deep voice.

This case is really weird, we should go back to the capital first, report the case to the emperor, and see how the emperor makes a decision.

After all, this case is not a trivial matter, and Wang Qianhe can't afford it if he can't solve the case in time and cause bigger troubles.

When Tong Ange heard Wang Qianhe's words, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Master Wang will take someone back first. I'll look around the village, maybe I can find some new clues."

Hearing this, Wang Qianhe thought for a while: "That's fine, I will leave you two yamen servants. If you find anything, send someone back to Beijing to report it."

"it is good."

When Wang Qianhe led the people away, Tong Ange turned his head and saw Zheng Kun standing aside, and did not leave with Wang Qianhe.

She raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help asking a little strangely: "Why didn't Guard Zheng go back to Beijing with Lord Wang?"

Zheng Kun rolled his eyes in his heart, and said to himself, if the prince hadn't been worried about your safety and asked him to accompany him around, would he have come to this desolate village full of dead people to wander around?

Although I feel a lot of displeasure in my heart, after all, it is something my master told me, even if I go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, I have to go up!
"The prince cares about the common people. This case is strange. Naturally, the subordinates will follow the second lady to collect evidence as soon as possible to solve the case as soon as possible."

When Tong Ange heard this, he chuckled lightly, and said, "Your lord is really diligent in governing and loving the people." Then he raised his feet and walked forward.

Mo Ran followed behind, and asked aloud: "Miss, shall we check other pregnant women's graves for clues next?"

"No." Tong Ange denied: "The murderer's methods are very sophisticated at first glance. Since there are no clues in the tombs of Niu Er's wife and Niu Mangui's wife, then there are no clues in the graves of other pregnant women. Let's go find out. Are there any pregnant women in this village?"

Hearing what she said, Mo Ran's eyes lit up: "Miss suspects that the deaths of these pregnant women are related to this grave digger?"

"Ninety-eight times out of ten." Tong Ange said, thinking of something, looking at Zheng Kun aside: "Since the guard Zheng also wants to help solve the case as soon as possible, why not go to the house of Liu Kuaizhang at the west end of the village now, See what's going on with Liu Crutches secretly."

Zheng Kun nodded when he heard the words: "Okay." After speaking, the figure flashed and was already heading towards the west of the village.

Seeing his lightness and flexibility, Tong Ange couldn't help sighing, having martial arts is self-willed, unlike himself, you have to work hard on your legs!
When Tong Ange brought Mo Ran and the two yamen servants into the village, it was getting dark at the moment. They found that the doors of every house in the village were closed tightly, and no one was walking around in the village. It seems that recently People in Niujia Village have already started to panic about the accident of the pregnant woman.

"Go and knock on the door." Walking outside a house, Tong Ange looked at the faint light reflected from the window, and said.

"Yes, Miss." Mo Ran responded, stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand to pat the wooden door a few times, and said, "Is anyone there?"

She knocked several times in a row before a trembling middle-aged woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Auntie, we are here to solve the case in Niujia Village. Is there any pregnant woman in your family?"

"No!" As soon as Mo Ran's voice fell, almost immediately, a voice came from inside.

Mo Ran didn't give up, and asked again: "Auntie, do you know anyone else in the village who has a pregnant woman?"

"I don't know, I don't know, let's go, it's too late, you should go to bed." After saying this, the lights inside went out instantly, and the windows became pitch black.

Mo Ran still wanted to knock on the door, but was interrupted by Tong Ange: "Forget it, let's get out of here first." There have been frequent accidents in this Niujia Village recently, I am afraid that the villagers are also wary of outsiders, so it is probably impossible to ask such a question. to what.

Moreover, the people who died were all pregnant women. If they opened their mouths and asked who had pregnant women, they would inevitably be suspected.

Mo Ran walked to Tong Ange's side and said, "Miss, what should we do?"

(End of this chapter)

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