Chapter 390: The Case of Hidden Corpse in the Cowshed (10)
Former Office of the Office.
Zhang Qing, Zandian Jiang Changxing, and Song Dianshi, who were supervised by the Longxingtu, were invited to discuss matters.
Long Xingtu checked the recent criminal case files and felt very sad. "I didn't have a case after leaving. My wife was fair. I took the shortcut and came back two days in advance and happened to run into a unsolved case! Is it because I am unlucky, or is I too lucky?"
"Master Long, you did make a coincidence. But although there is no criminal case, it is not peaceful!" Zhang Qing's face looked sad.
Hearing this, Long Xingtu put away his joke and said seriously: "What does this mean?"
When everyone mentioned this topic, they were full of anger.
Jiang Changxing said: "Master Long, the tiger village is flattened, and the contribution of people and efforts is all due to our Wuyang County. The seized spoils are confiscated from the treasury and Wuyang County. There is no problem at all, right? But you don't know that since you left, the magistrate of Zhou of Jiang'an County has sent people to get a share of the pie!"
Dragon Star Map narrowed her eyes, "It's outrageous!"
"The magistrate of Zhou County is shameless and suddenly said that the Tiger Village spans Wuyang and Jiang'an counties, and the spoils must be shared between the two counties." Zhang Qing scolded.
Long Xingtu was speechless, "What a two-faced county magistrate Zhou Tong! He discussed with him to cooperate in suppressing bandits, but he avoided it. Now he wanted to enjoy the fruits of his life, which was simply a dream!"
Jiang Changxing sighed: "Mr. Du disagreed. County Magistrate Zhou actually went to the capital to deliver a copy of ginseng. The master had an iron coupon in his hand, so he was not afraid. But since the breakup, there have always been a green forest slut in Wuyang County and even wanted to assassinate the master. Thanks to Senior Zhong's actions, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."
"Mr. Zhou dared to collude with Green Forest to murder the Lord?" Long Xingtu said in a simple tone, but grabbed the teacup at his hand, and suddenly exerted force with his five fingers, and the teacup broke in his palm.
Jiang Changxing said: "We also guessed, but we have no evidence!"
Long Xingtu threw away the garbage in his hand, his face was gloomy and horrifying, "Did my master go out to check on the little girl and look for evidence?"
"Yes. The county left behind few constables and is not elite, so it is inevitable that the protection is not strong, so Senior Zhong is chivalrous first." Zhang Qing said.
Long Xingtu frowned, "What happened so big, lord actually lied to me!"
"Master Long has worked hard in the wind and rain. He just came back and started to work in the major case before the tea was stopped. Lord must not want Master Long to worry too much."
"Yes, our adults feel sorry for Master Long!"
A cold light burst out from the Longxingtu's eyes, "The emperor's imperial edict, all over the world, those who dare to kill Du Mingcheng, whether they are officials or bandits, will destroy the nine clans! Since Zhou Tong is tired of living, Long will use him as the first blow!"
As she said in the Golden Palace that day, the enemy took advantage of her absence from home and attacked Du Mingcheng. Fortunately, Master Zhong Wushan made up the vacancy at the critical moment and saved Du Mingcheng!
Everyone was delighted, and the resentment that had been frustrated for many days was finally able to avenge their previous shame!
Long Xingtu said: "Let's talk about the case. What clues did those insiders provide?"
Zhang Shuban presented a record of the temporary clerk and explained: "There are four insiders, all of whom are old households who have lived around Tongfu Inn for a long time. Among them, Bai Zengfu is a blacksmith, Sai Aunt is a widow, who runs a grocery store, Liu Dacheng's shop next to Sai Aunt sells ancestral tofu, Zhang butcher kills pigs and meat, and the neighbors are used to calling him the famous Dagouzi. According to the four, the predecessor of Tongfu Inn was a temporary transit station in the city. About eleven years ago, Wuyang County carried out the city street renovation and moved the station to Shilipu outside the city. Then the yamen took over and resold the original station to a foreign merchant with a duplicate Gongsun, and since then it was changed into Tongfu Inn. Unfortunately, the inn had only been operating for two months and closed due to frequent haunting. Boss Gongsun had to put the bed and leave Wuyang County."
Hearing the news, the Dragon Star Map felt suspicious, "Haunted? Did you ever have a haunted incident when you were used as a post station?"
"No." Zhang Shuban was very sure, "It took six years from establishment to revocation of the post station, and Bai Zengfu, Sai Aunt Sai, Liu Dacheng and Dagouzi have lived in the southwest suburbs for more than 20 years. They have never heard of the haunted post station."
"Has the inn been haunted after it was closed and abandoned?"
"Occasionally, there were several times when the neighbors were in panic all day long. The county magistrate invited the Taoist priests from the West to do the practice, and then it became peaceful."
After browsing the ten lines of the Dragon Star Map, he pondered for a while and said, "The inn has been abandoned for more than ten years, but no one has ever seen two corpses hidden inside?"
"The people are ignorant and afraid of ghosts. Even if the Taoist priests take over ghosts, who dares to stroll around?" Zhang Shuban sighed.
Long Xing’s picture of the noon, “This exhibition is just like the murderer’s intention. The longer the deceased’s bones are buried in the cattle shed, the more difficult it is to solve the case, the safer the murderer will be. However, Long never believes in ghosts and gods. In my opinion, the so-called haunting is just the murderer who releases it to hide the illusion of murder and burying corpses. For example, the murder case in Daijiazhuang is a good lesson.”
"Yes, Master Long's words are reasonable!" Zhang Shuban slapped his high-high with excitement, "It's never a ghost that harms people, but a sinister heart!"
There is still something in the Dragon Star Map that can’t figure it out. “From time, the inn happened before Lord Du took office. But ten years after Lord Du took office, although the inn was in the suburbs of the city, it was also in the city. It was abandoned all year round and affected the county town exhibition. How could Lord Du ignore it?”
"Master Long doesn't know anything. It's not that Lord Du doesn't want to demolish and rebuild or do something else. But he wants to do something several times, but he has to give up because of the obstacle." Jiang Changxing looked helpless, "Master Long knows who the previous county magistrate of Wuyang County was?"
Long Xingtu raised his eyebrows: "Who?"
"It's Lord Du's immediate boss, Governor Qian."
"Governor Qian Qingmin?"
"Yes." Jiang Changxing sighed sadly, "For ten years, Qian Qingmin was promoted from county magistrate to magistrate, and from magistrate to magistrate, but he has always paid special attention to our Wuyang County. There is only one reason for Governor Qian to oppose it. The location of the inn is in Feng Shui, which is the town of Wuyang County. Once demolished, it will destroy Feng Shui and lose the protection of the gods, which will surely bring disaster to Wuyang County."
The Dragon Star Map sneered coldly, "Haha, it can suddenly bring out the reason for such nonsense as Feng Shui disaster!"
Chapter completed!