These men in black were more seriously injured than the previous batch, and their joints were even broken in many places.
Xin Shun was guarded upstairs and did not come down. Shopkeeper Hong went upstairs to tell him what he had seen, although he didn't see much.
Mrs. Ding who came over after hearing the commotion put on a coat and stood outside. After hearing the voices coming from inside for a while, Ms. Ding couldn't hold herself back and suddenly shouted: "Mr. Xin, the peasant woman has something to say! Can you come in?
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"Come in!" Xin Shun said.
Ding buttoned up her coat, tied her belt, straightened her appearance after waking up, and went into the guest room.
“Mr.
Shopkeeper Hong's expression changed: "Don't talk nonsense!"
"They claim to be in business, and they speak with a Yong'an accent. Yong'an is now Song Zhiyi's territory! I have also seen their skills, and the time they came is perfect!"
Xin Shun frowned, it sounded a little bit like this.
"Luo Jing." Xin Shun said.
The attendant stepped forward: "Sir!"
"Whether they are or not, you first send someone immediately to find a painter with first-class painting skills, and ask shopkeeper Hong and his wife to describe the appearance of the man and woman."
"yes!"
Ding suddenly smiled and whispered: "Mr. Xin, I saw the notice posted in front of the Jinfufang door. Anyone who provides clues will be rewarded. Now we have provided so many, as for the reward..."
"If it were really them, they would certainly not be missing my wife." Xin Shun said with a smile.
Ms. Ding couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear and bumped her husband with her elbow: "Let's go, what are you waiting for!"
After everyone in the room had left, Xin Shun raised his hand and touched his beard, his eyes becoming thoughtful.
After thinking about it, he got up and walked out: "Prepare the carriage and go to the government office."
The carriage sped away in the rainy night, and the residents on the riverside felt that something was wrong.
Normally there is no one there, but now that the heavy rain has just stopped, there is all kinds of noise.
A lot of people turned over in bed and continued to sleep, it was true.
Early the next morning, the neighbors came out with brooms to sweep away the water. The stagnant water in the houses was poured out bucket by bucket, and some of the soaked furniture was also moved out together.
A scream came from far away from Yangchuanfang, and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over there.
Soon, someone came striding towards the government office.
People along the road asked what happened, and he shouted all the way: "Someone is dead, someone is dead, a steward and three guys are dead in Yuheng Tower!"
Many people tremble with fear and their hair stands on end when they hear "dead man".
Some people hurriedly put down their things and ran towards Fireworks Alley, fearing that they would not be able to catch up with the excitement.
At the Mallow Medical Center in Yangchuanfang, Dr. Li stood at the door in a daze.
Last night, when he was half asleep, he was gently pushed awake by a tall man who asked him if anyone had bought any medicine, bandages, etc. recently.
When someone asks one, he answers ten.
He didn't even fully open his eyes. He said yes, it was Yuheng Tower. He also said that Yuheng Tower had a few relatives who liked to dance with swords and guns. One of the girls had a deep gash on the back of her hand...
As a result, something happened at Yuheng Tower.
The sun wasn't too bright, and there was still a lot of water on the ground, but it couldn't stop the neighbors who loved to watch the fun.
The neighbors all ran towards Yuheng Tower. A chess friend who had known him for many years passed by and asked Dr. Li what was wrong.
"I'm sick!" Doctor Li said, turning around and going to the back room.
There was only one apprentice in the medical clinic, who had the same look as Dr. Li, sitting blankly on the stool with wound medicine taped to his neck.
He was also questioned, but he felt light and easy to wake up, so the big man pulled out a dagger and threatened him.
The cold pain of the dagger slicing his neck made the apprentice almost wet the bed.
"Master," the apprentice hurriedly stood up, "should we report to the official?"
"Don't cause trouble!" Dr. Li said.
"But human life is at stake, aren't we running a medical clinic?"
"You and I are also human beings. If we can save more people, that will be a blessing in heaven!"
"..."
"Is anyone here?" A girl's clear voice came from outside.
"No diagnosis today!" Dr. Li shouted.
"People's lives are at stake, so why don't they give me a diagnosis?"
"My master said that our medical practice is from heaven!" the apprentice shouted deliberately.
Doctor Li quickly stepped forward and covered his mouth.
"Pfft!" A man's laughter came from outside, "What kind of medical center is this?"
This sound shocked Doctor Li and his apprentice at the same time.
Mallow Medical Center is not that big. Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle were standing in front of the medicine cabinet when they saw two heads peeking out from behind the wall of the inner room.
It’s really him!
Doctor Li didn't really want to come out, so he walked out slowly: "You, you guys..."
"I told her that I didn't control myself well last night and hurt someone. She came to take a look."
"Oh, hypocritical benevolence and righteousness." Dr. Li said.
"Then let's do something sincere," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, taking out a silver coin and putting it on the counter, "buy some delicious food for the little wounded man."
Doctor Li is not a greedy person, but this ingot of silver still makes people feel comfortable.
"Farewell." Xia Zhaoyi said and left with Zhi Changle.
Doctor Li and the young apprentice behind him did not move for a long time.
After the officials from the government arrived from the Yamen and passed the entrance of the medical clinic, the young apprentice plucked up the courage to go out and take a look.
"Master, they really left." The young apprentice turned around and said.
Doctor Li thought for a while and looked at the silver not far away: "Put it away and close the store door."
"yes."
Doctor Li went back to the inner room to get his coat: "I'll go to Yuheng Tower to have a look."
Yuheng Building, located slightly off the Fireworks Alley, is very inconspicuous in the entire Fireworks Alley.
Four corpses were taken out from inside, covered with white cloth, and were waiting for the cart to arrive before dragging them to the government office.
County magistrate Kong Yuanjie and county lieutenant Chen Yongming both came. Kong Yuanjie watched for a while and then returned to his sedan chair. Chen Yongming was outside asking questions.
Several girls from Yuheng Tower were holding handkerchiefs and wiping their tears. No one knew what had happened. The body was discovered by a servant girl.
"Who is the owner of Yuheng Tower?" the clerk next to him suddenly asked.
The girls still shook their heads.
Neither the servants nor the servants knew.
"Is it possible that the steward and the third assistant are the only ones in charge on weekdays?" Chen Yongming asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Have there been any grievances recently? Are there any guests coming to cause trouble?"
"No," a girl said, "business has been good recently, but the manager doesn't really want to open the door to welcome guests. He just welcomes a few patrons every night and then lets us rest. Many girls haven't done any work yet."
When the others heard the last sentence, they all showed mocking expressions.
"And they are all regular customers, there are no unfamiliar faces." The maid next to me added.
"You mean, no stranger came to the store?" asked the waiter.
"Um."
"Maybe an acquaintance committed the crime." The clerk looked at Chen Yongming.
Doctor Li frowned upon hearing this. Are there no strange faces?
His eyes looked at the corpses lying on the ground, including a steward and three clerks. Although they were covered with white cloths, there seemed to be no women. Judging from the situation, there was no man there either.
Doctor Li suddenly realized that it was terrible. If not even the people in the store knew about the existence of the man and the woman, but he was the only one who knew about it, wouldn't it be easy to find out who was the informant now that they were dead?
Dr. Li immediately turned around and ran towards the hospital.
This chapter has been completed!