Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 51
There was a corpse robbery in the cemetery, Feng Shen was worried about burying Old Man Tian here.Seeing the weirdness of this matter, he asked Feng Quan to go back to the house first to make inquiries, and stayed with Cha Wu to check for any clues.Feng Quan didn't dare to disobey, so he had to go back.

Because of Feng Shen's order, the hunchbacked old man guarding the tomb also rushed to the Huguang Guild Hall to call for someone.After the two of them had gone, Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo went around the broken tomb and the empty coffin to search carefully.

Those guys were clearly not grave robbers.Not only did they dig graves poorly, but they also acted too much, leaving no secrets at all.If it wasn't for the daring desperadoes, then there was some reason for them to hurry and rush without hesitation to take risks.

But even so, Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo still didn't find any useful clues from the messy mess.

"Master Cha," Feng Shen threw aside a piece of coffin with pick marks and patted the dust off his hands, "Did you see anything?"

Zha Wuzuo shook his head, and smiled wryly: "At most, here are some random footprints... just now, we stepped on them again, and I can't tell them apart. How can we see anything else?"

"Yeah," Feng Shen sighed, and said again, "I can't figure out anything based on this clue. But... I have another clue in my heart!"

"Oh?" Zha Wuzuo was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Quickly tell me!"

Feng Shendao: "Master Zha, I wonder if you still remember that girl who dressed as a hunchback old man said before leaving that she wanted to find someone?"

"Remember!" Zha Wu said, "That little girl once said that!"

Feng Shen continued: "If it is said... that the person the girl is looking for is among the group of corpse snatchers, wouldn't this matter just go smoothly?"

"Master Feng," Zha Wuzuo thought for a long time, but he didn't understand what Feng Shen meant, "I can't make up my mind... so don't make detours, just speak up!"

"However, this is only my speculation," Feng Shen said, "If the girl really came from Tangjiabao, then what she is looking for must also be related to Tangmen? From this, it can be deduced that the group of corpse robbers Among the people, it is very likely that there will be hidden criminals wanted by the Shuntian Mansion!"

"Important criminal?" Zha Wuzuo was a little silly, "Master Feng, why do I become more and more confused the more I listen?"

"Master Zha, don't worry," Feng Shen said with a smile, "Do you still remember...the 'referrer' that Lai Qing and the others confessed?"

"I understand!" Hearing Feng Shen's mention, Zha Wuzuo suddenly realized, "The 'referrer' seems to be from the Tang Sect!"

"That's right!" Feng Shen nodded and said, "Tianli Cult acts very strangely. If they can do the evil deed of making animals in wrappers, they can also do the act of exhuming corpses. I don't know why the Tang Sect is associated with Tianli Cult. However, as I inferred, this matter must not be taken lightly!"

"Then you have to go back to the Yamen and report to Mr. Fu Yin..."

While the two were discussing, the hunchbacked old man hurriedly led several people.

Seeing this, Feng Cha and the two knew that people from the Huguang Guild Hall had arrived, so they walked a few steps and rushed to meet them.

In the guild hall, there were three or four people in total.The person in charge was surnamed Tan, and his single name was Hong. He was about forty years old, and looked fair and clean, like a scholar.The others are all in short clothes and trousers, they seem to be helpers in the guild hall.

Tan Hong exchanged greetings with Feng Shen and Zha Wu, and then hurriedly looked at the empty grave.Seeing this, Tan Hong's face also sank, and he kept scolding the hunchbacked old man.

Seeing that it was nothing serious, Feng Shen persuaded Tan Hong to go back to the Yamen to file a case with the hunchback old man.Before leaving, Feng Shen asked those helpers to stay and guard until some officials came to collect physical evidence.

Not much to say, after a while, Feng Shen and others came to the gate of Shuntian Mansion again.

Before I got close, I saw a lot of people around the gate of the yamen, making a lot of noise, and I didn't know what was going on.

When he came to the front, Feng Shen realized that it was Lu Bantou standing guard on the stone steps at the door, staring and yelling at the few people who wanted to beat the drums to report the crime, and tried to stop him in every possible way.

"Hey?" Zha Wuzuo saw it from a distance, and was confused, "Hey Lu Bantou is showing off his might... What is he doing? I have to go and see!"

"Don't go there yet," Feng Shen knew something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped Zha Wuzuo, "Let's listen before we talk!"

Therefore, Feng Shen and others retreated to the corner of the street, quietly watching at the gate of the yamen in the dark.

"Officer!" A man with the appearance of a villager pushed forward, "Why aren't you allowed in? We really have a case to report!"

"That's it! That's it!" Several common people who came with them shouted in unison.

"What are you shouting for?" Lu Ban shouted, "A big case has just been concluded in the yamen, and Mr. Fu Yin has not had time to take a breather. You guys are making trouble with such trivial matters again!"

"My lord...how could this be such a trivial matter?" The villager still refused to let it go, "In our village's ancestral grave...there are three corpses lost in a row!"

"Lost the body too?" Hearing this sentence, Feng Shen and the others couldn't help but stare at each other.It seems that this matter is really strange!Now, together with those in the cemetery, a total of four corpses have been lost.If it were an accident, it would be too much a coincidence.But Feng Shen and the others didn't dare to say anything, they all kept their temper, kept secret, and continued to probe.

"My life is miserable!" The village man had just talked about throwing away the body, and a village woman with a child next to her covered her face and cried again, "The child's father suffered a disaster and lost his life...but he didn't realize that he was buried. In half a month, even the corpse was lost! Official...you have to make decisions for us orphans and widows..."

"What is it? Go find it if you lose it!" Lu Ban said angrily, "Dangtang Shuntian Mansion, why don't you still go to find the corpse for you? You should go to the wasteland next to the grave to see if there is any leftover meat or rotten bones. Maybe the tomb was dug too shallow, and the wild dogs dug it out and chewed it!"

"I've searched everything," the villager said with a bitter face. "It's freezing cold now, how can wild dogs have the brute force to dig through the hard soil? Besides, the three graves where the corpses were thrown On the ground, a big hole was dug out, half of the coffin was dragged out, but the corpses inside were gone... This is clearly done by humans!"

"Tomb robbery is a felony! Your government... can't ignore it!"

"Yes! You can't ignore it... let us in! We have to report to the authorities!"

Seeing the red-eyed eyes of several villagers, Lu Ban couldn't hold back anymore, but he held on and shouted loudly at the people rushing in front: "Stop making noise! ​​Where is Dangshuntian Mansion? Ah? Let's all go away first!" Right! If you want to report the crime... come back in a few days! Now the governor and experience... are not in the yamen!"

"Lu Bantou!" Seeing the current situation, Feng Shen no longer hid, he waved to Lu Bantou, and shouted, "Here is Feng!"

"You..." Seeing that it was Feng Shen who came over, the flesh on Lu Ban's head and cheeks twitched visibly, "Feng...experience, Mr. Fu Yin allowed you to ask for leave to attend the funeral? Why did you come back again?"

"Something went wrong," Feng Shen smiled calmly, pointing to Tan Hong and the hunchback old man who were following behind, "I have to go back to the yamen and do some important things..."

Before Feng Shen finished speaking, a group of people immediately surrounded him.It turned out that the few villagers who reported the case saw that Feng Shen seemed to be in charge, so they all rushed forward, "Hula" and fell to their knees: "This official...you have to make decisions for us..."

"Get up! Get up, folks!" Feng Shen and Zha Wu took a look, and hurried to help one by one, "If there is suffering or grievance, I will go to the yamen later and tell the truth in detail!"

"Feng's experience!" Lu Ban said with a cold face, "My lord is tired of business for days, such trivial things as throwing away corpses... why don't we talk about it later..."

"Small matter?" Feng Shen straightened his waist, turned to Lu Ban and said, "According to my "Laws of the Qing Dynasty": Whoever excavates a tomb and sees the inner and outer coffins will be flown for three thousand miles with a hundred sticks; Wait! If someone mutilates or discards a corpse, he will be beheaded! Such a felony is a trivial matter?!"

"You..." Lu Ban's head and face turned blue and red, and he clenched his fists into a "cluck".But in front of everyone, he is not easy to explode.Finally, he gave Feng Shen a hard look, turned around and left.

"Master Feng..." Zha Wuzuo leaned aside and whispered in a low voice, "This Lu...why does the more you look at him, the more he doesn't feel right?"

"Let's not talk about this first!" Feng Shenchong waved Zha Wuzuo, then turned to the surrounding villagers and said, "Fellow folks, have you ever prepared a lawsuit when you came to Shuntian Mansion to report the crime?"

Hearing this, the villagers all stared wide-eyed: "We are all peasants who dig up food from the soil... have never been to a private school... can't read..."

Feng Shen said "oh", and said: "This is a bit tricky... How about it, you guys explain it in advance, and Feng will write a lawsuit on behalf of the writer!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" All the villagers were delighted after hearing this.

"Lord Zha," Feng Shen said to Zha Wu, "please go and prepare some tables, stools, pens and ink. There are so many of them, if you ask them one by one, I'm afraid the adults won't be able to ask them. I'll lead them to the second gate first, and wait." Write the lawsuit and submit it to your lord for trial."

"Success! I'll arrange it." Zha Wuzuo nodded, and pointed to Tan Hong and the hunchback old man who followed, "Then they?"

"Take the two of them to the signing room to rest for a while," Feng Shen said, "When your lord is promoted, we will sue together."

Having said that, Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo performed their respective duties, and both led people into the yamen.When we arrived at the second gate, some yamen servants had already brought tables and stools. Feng Shen sat at the table and asked questions with a pen.

Since that group of villagers came too many, Feng Shen chose someone who could speak well and told the truth in detail.The man said, Feng Shenji, after a while, he knew the general outline of the matter.

(End of this chapter)