Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 167 The Tomb of Jiang Xiaolang

The sky was drizzling, and thunder kept rolling.

At the entrance of the village of Enjizhuang, a figure ran and shouted loudly: "The imperial envoy is here! The imperial envoy is here! Everyone, hurry up and meet him!"

With a burst of dog barking, the village immediately boiled.

The doors of every house were wide open, and the villagers ran out one after another, scrambling to the entrance of the village.

Pang San grabbed the villager reporting the letter coming from the opposite side: "Sixth son, is that Mr. Di?"

The villagers nodded, and Pang San ran to the entrance of the village.

With the sound of gongs, Di Renjie's imperial envoy stood at the village entrance of Enji Village.

On the banner of the guard of honor, red flames wrapped in black letters clearly read: "Minister of Catching Ghosts".

The villagers gathered around the queue, discussing one after another:

"'Ghost Catch Minister'! What an interesting name!"

"Master Di is really here, our Enji Village can be saved!"

"Yes. This lord means what he says, and he really cares about our common people's affairs!"

"I heard that Lord Di is the elder of the two dynasties and the prime minister of the current dynasties. He is a great loyal minister!"

The village elder turned around and shouted to the crowd: "Folks, Master Di is here to catch ghosts for our Enji Village, let's kneel down to welcome him!"

Immediately, the villagers knelt down and shouted under the leadership of the elders: "All the villagers in Enji Village welcome the Minister of Catching Ghosts!"

In the queue of imperial envoys, the curtain of a large blue wool sedan was lifted, and Zeng Tai walked out quickly.

The villagers were stunned.

"It's not Mrs. Di! It's the county magistrate!"

Pang San snorted: "I just said, how can an official as big as the prime minister take us ordinary people seriously? I think this Lord Di is afraid that the ghosts will not dare to come, which is why the county magistrate Come and fool!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of boos from the crowd.

Zeng Tai walked quickly to the villagers and shouted loudly: "Folks, please stand up!"

Pang San shouted loudly: "Why didn't that Master Di come? He didn't dare to come!"

The captain of the imperial guard shouted loudly: "Presumptuous! Don't hold back!"

Pang San sneered, and said to the villagers: "You see, I've passed it a long time ago, and the officials don't care about us. If you want to survive, you have to rely on yourself!"

The elder standing in front asked Zeng Tai hesitantly: "Master, why didn't Duke Di come? Could it be that he is really afraid of ghosts?"

Zeng Tai broke his face with a smile, waved his hands, and said to everyone: "Folks, listen to me, Mr. Di has already arrived!"

The villagers were stunned.

The elder asked strangely: "Have you come already?"

Zeng Tai nodded: "Exactly. His old man is now on Qingyanggang, the Jiangjiazhuang cemetery!"

A muffled thunder rolled across the sky.

Standing quietly with one pair of feet in front of Jiang Xiaolang's tombstone, it was Di Renjie.

With a serious face, he stood quietly in the rain, with Li Yuanfang, Wang Mang and the guards behind him.

Di Renjie said softly: "Jiang Xiaolang, Jiang Xiaolang, what kind of person are you, so mysterious? Today, it's time for Di to see it!"

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and said, "My lord, let's do it."

Di Renjie nodded.

Li Yuanfang waved at the guards behind him and shouted, "Put down the tombstone and dig up the grave!"

The guards swarmed up and pushed down the tombstone with all their hands and feet...

……

Soon, in Jiang Xiaolang's tomb, the nanmu coffin was hoisted up by two thick ropes and fell to the ground with a bang.

Wang Mang walked up to Di Renjie and said, "My lord, Jiang Xiaolang's coffin has been lifted out!"

Di Renjie strode over and waved his hand: "Open the coffin!"

Several guards stepped forward with sharp axes in hand, and quickly removed the iron nails on the coffin lid.

With a "squeak", the coffin lid was pushed open.

Li Yuanfang and the guards let out a burst of exclamation.

Wang Mang stepped forward to look: the coffin is empty, how can there be Jiang Xiaolang's body!

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other and said softly, "It's true!"

……

Enji Zhuang Di Renjie's residence was full of guards outside the courtyard.

Inside the room, Di Renjie paced slowly.

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai looked at him quietly.

Suddenly, Di Renjie stopped and turned around: "On that night 60 years ago, more than [-] members of the Jiang family compound were killed, but the head of the household, Jiang Xiaolang, did not die. What does this mean?"

Li Yuanfang was deep in thought.

Zeng Tai was confused and shook his head: "It's incredible."

Wang Mang said, "There is only one explanation."

"what?"

Li Yuanfang raised his head.

Wang Mang said word by word: "Jiang Xiaolang is still alive!"

"what?"

Zeng Tai jumped up: "Jing Yang, you mean he is still alive."

Wang Mang looked at Di Renjie: "Let the adults talk about it!"

Di Renjie nodded, looked at Zeng Tai, and said: "After the case happened, the county sent the county magistrate to investigate the case. A few days ago, you told me that the magistrate was still alive, and his name was Gao Rujin. Right?"

Zeng Tai nodded: "Exactly."

Di Renjie asked: "Is he the one who told you about the tragedy in the Jiang Family Courtyard and the address of Jiang Family Village?"

Zeng Tai nodded.

Di Renjie said: "Then, since this Gao Rujin was ordered to investigate the scene, why didn't he find that the head of the household, Jiang Xiaolang, was missing from the corpse?"

Zeng Tai said: "I think the body has been decapitated, so it cannot be identified."

Di Renjie shook his head: "No. According to Gao Rujin, he led people to search the nearby mountains and villages, and finally found the head and arms of the deceased in a deserted General Temple in Xilin. Dozens of heads, dozens of His arm was enshrined in front of the altar of the General Temple, that scene is really horrible and chilling. Is Gao Rujin like this?"

Zeng Tai said with admiration: "Master really has a good memory, and he has a good word."

Wang Mang also secretly admired Di Renjie's memory. Although he is not like himself, he has a photographic memory, but it is far beyond ordinary people.

Di Renjie said: "Since this Gao Rujin found the head of the deceased in the Jiang family's compound in the General Temple, he should have discovered that Jiang Xiaolang was not among them. Why did he hide this section and not tell you about it?"

Zeng Tai couldn't help being surprised: "You mean..."

Di Renjie waved his hand: "Let's not jump to judgment.

Continue down the trail of the case.

According to Gao Rujin, the case went on for four months without any progress.

Later, a Taoist priest who walked away came to the county and told him that it was evil spirits and ghost soldiers who killed people.

The Jiangjiazhuang fire broke out the next day. At the same time, the General Temple in Xilin also caught fire.

When he led his men to arrive, it had already turned into ruins.

So, according to him, the fire happened four months after the Jiang family compound massacre, right? "

Zeng Tai nodded.

Di Renjie said: "Therefore, there are two doubts here: first, if it is really ghosts and ghost soldiers who kill people, why don't they burn the people surnamed Jiang on the hill at the same time as they massacre the Jiang family compound. Do it after four months?"

Zeng Tai nodded, and Li Yuanfang began to think.

Wang Mang asked, "My lord, what about the second one?"

Di Renjie said: "Secondly, if the ghosts of Yuwen Chengdu killed Jiang for revenge, why did Dudu let go of his biggest enemy - Jiang Xiaolang?

In addition, people build temples to enshrine the gods and incense. If there is a soul in Yuwen Chengdu, then the General Temple in Xilin is undoubtedly his home.

Why did he burn his home down?
All of this is neither in line with the logic of the yang world nor the logic of the underworld.

At first glance, it sounds flawless and seems quite reasonable, but after careful scrutiny, it is full of loopholes. "

Li Yuanfang suddenly realized: "My lord, this case 60 years ago was not the work of a ghost, but a huge conspiracy to kill people and wipe out people's mouths! In my humble opinion, the Jiangjiazhuang tragedy 60 years ago and the recent Bloody Eagle case are the same. There must be some connection."

Di Renjie nodded: "Well said, it's in line with what I think."

Zeng Tai asked: "But, Jing Yang, how do you know that Jiang Xiaolang is still alive?"

Wang Mang said, "Brother Yuanfang, do you still remember the book that recorded Jiang Xiaolang we found in the History Museum last night?"

Li Yuanfang nodded: "The two most critical pages of the book were torn out."

Wang Mang smiled: "That's right, then why would someone tear up these two pages? It was a temporary decision when we went to the history museum last night, and someone would never deliberately target us. Then who will he target by tearing up these two pages? "

Li Yuanfang's eyes lit up: "Jing Yang, you mean..."

Wang Mang nodded with a smile, but Zeng Tai was still confused

Di Renjie smiled indifferently: "It seems that we have to act immediately!"

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and a yamen servant ran in in a panic: "My lord, my lord, it's not good, again, there has been another murder case!"

"what happened?"

Wang Mang frowned.

The yamen servant said: "Yes, yes, Uncle Jiu and several uncles who were questioned that day were killed!"

"what?"

Wang Mang and Di Renjie stood up.

　Preview of the next chapter: Why were Uncle Jiu and several uncles killed?What is the situation at the scene like?Stay tuned!

　　
　
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