"Those horses are not ours in the first place, why do you care so much about them?" Zhang Fan shook his head and said.
"You can't say that." Hu Yi stuffed the money bag into his arms, without any intention of sharing the profit with his colleagues: "We also risked our lives to get it. If we earn less, wouldn't it be a big loss?
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"Hey, hey, hey, who was working so hard in the first place?" Cheng Sanwu said, rushing to speak.
Hu Yi said: "If I hadn't helped in the dark, would you have been able to deal with those Deng family slaves easily?"
"You also know that you are hiding in the dark?" Cheng Sanwu said angrily: "Junior sister Xu finally took action and took three lives."
"Are you tired of talking about this all day long?" Xu Twenty-san rolled his eyes and urged: "When can I enter Lingwu City? I have been traveling for many days and my body is dirty. I want to find an inn with hot water for bathing.
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Cheng Sanwu said with a smile: "Junior sister Xu, do you want me to rub your back?"
"Get lost!" Xu Ersan cursed fiercely.
Seeing the three people laughing and cursing, Zhang Fan felt a little headache. In the eyes of others, the enigmatic messenger was still an ordinary person. Hu Yi was greedy for money, Xu Ersan was indolent, and Cheng Sanwu was willful. They were all.
A group of unruly guys.
With the customs clearance documents, the group entered Lingwu City without being blocked. After finding an inn in the south of the city, Wei Ying said to Zhang Fan and others:
"How is it? What was mentioned outside?" Mrs. Liu looked over.
But this was of no use, as rumors of evil spirits became more frequent, and there were even sudden deaths of salt workers.
It is also known whether the monster has heard the news. When the small army passed by, the sea was calm and something happened. Seeing this situation, Yang Jieshuai reprimanded the local magistrate, thinking that we mistakenly thought that the monster was auspicious, resulting in unnecessary waste. At the same time, he also
Post a notice to inform the people that there are no evil spirits in the salt pond, so they can trust the rumors again.
"Found it!" Lingwu quickly found the relevant documents and read them in detail under the flat case.
Sure enough, the seven people soon saw several corpses lying on the ground in the side room. Due to the scorching heat of winter, the corpses were frozen hard.
At the beginning of Xiaoxia, there were many wastes waiting to be renovated. Taizu issued an order to lift the ban on fish and salt in the mountains and lakes to benefit the common people, and the government imposed many taxes.
"Don't worry, if there's any trouble, I'll come back to you." Mrs. Liu agreed to come up, which made Lingwu feel helpless for a while.
Mrs. Liu looked around the room and saw that the utensils were displayed as usual. There were no signs of messiness or fighting. She said: "It seems that the ability of the person who did it is very low. They all kill with one move, and there is no room for resistance."
Wei Ying said goodbye and went out, Lingwu summoned everyone, and Tianli assigned tasks: "Hao Si, he went to the place where merchants gathered in the city to inquire about the news about Yishang Salt Pond. Seventy-eight, there is no Xuanwu Temple outside Hu Yi City, and the master of Pang Temple is Shuo Fangshu.
The official envoy of the Taoist sect in the state is supposed to deal with the evil spirit in the salt pond first. He pretended to be a pilgrim and went to investigate the situation later."
Mrs. Liu looked right and left, unsheathed the sword, and knocked on the ground. Seeing me like this, Lingwu immediately understood and leaned over to investigate.
"Yes." Lingwu stopped my reckless move, went around to the noisy alley beside the courtyard, looked left and right to see if there were any pedestrians, stepped on the wall, turned over and jumped off.
The man in a coat stepped on the roof, causing the tiles to break into pieces. However, he jumped up and closed the distance. He saw me spinning around in the air, twisting my waist, and sweeping my ankles down. It was like an ax descending from the sky, with astonishing power. Until that time, it was still just a legend among salt households, which was enough to attract the attention of the government. The phenomenon itself did not affect the salt production in the salt pond.
"That's all." Mrs. Liu added: "The other people outside the house didn't seem to be aware of it, and they were all killed quietly."
"What is he looking for?" Mrs. Liu asked.
Mrs. Liu didn't follow suit. This figure seemed to have seen the seven of us and immediately shouted: "Stop!"
"Now..." Before Hao Sicheng finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door.
However, after Lingwu knocked for a while, no one opened the door. Hao Sicheng and I looked at each other, and the other party tightened his wrist guards and asked, "Will you open the door?"
Cheng Sanwu is a Han Chinese, and the furnishings in the house are also of the Han style, but the side room of the study is like that of the Hu people, with a colorful felt rug on the ground, which is an unusual style.
As for who is knocking on the door, if someone opens the door for a long time, they will probably peek over the wall like Mrs. Liu and us. Once it is discovered that everyone in Cheng Sanwu's house is dead, the government will immediately be called in.
Lingwu looked thoughtful and didn't answer. After a while, he returned to the front yard dormitory and ended the rummaging.
"One person can kill a whole family quietly." Mrs. Liu smiled hotly and said, "You deny it, but you can do it."
Local salt farmers claim that if you can see a small piece of mist covering the salt pond, no one must have ventured in, and they will fall into coma or wake up after a while. Going forward, the brine is not exposed to the sun, but it can form salt particles.
This person has thick eyebrows and small eyes, a heroic face, and is wearing military armor. He must be a general who charges into battle.
Lingwu casually took away some recent files. He and Mrs. Liu had previously got out of the tunnel, covered the door and spread out the carpet. Just as he was about to leave Liu's house, a figure jumped over the courtyard wall.
"Cover your face!" Lingwu reacted promptly and shouted a warning, while raising his arms to cover his face.
Lingwu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Qi Cheng Sanwu's body again. Due to the cold weather, the body decomposed in a hurry. There was a hint of blue color on the cold and hot skin, which gave rise to a strange beauty, but there was no fist.
There are bruises and marks from blows, not to mention injuries from sharp objects.
Seeing this, Hao Sicheng sent several of his superiors to conduct a secret investigation in the Yanchi area, and indeed discovered that the Yanchi was an auspicious phenomenon. A man's faint singing could be faintly heard outside at night, which was very strange.
As far as Fangjie Town is concerned, since there are no monsters causing trouble, a small army will be sent to clean it up. Yang Jieshuai directly mobilizes troops and horses, and then goes to inspect the salt pond.
The seven people nodded, and Mrs. Liu pointed at herself and asked, "What about you?"
The visitor was wearing a gray-white coat and a felt hat. He looked like an unusual servant, but as he flew forward, he revealed a pair of dark, shiny black leather boots on his feet. Those kind of boots are rarely worn by officers and soldiers.
Small contrast.
"That's awesome." Mrs. Liu touched the stubble on her chin and wiped her fingers: "If it were you, you might not be able to do it so neatly."
"Does he still understand?" Lingwu raised his head and glanced at me: "Cheng Sanwu was killed immediately, so there was no time to leave a record."
Lingwu immediately lifted up the felt blanket, revealing a door panel. Before opening it, he saw the pitch-white entrance to the passage.
"As expected of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we must really take action. I guess we will have to ask the government to mobilize the servants." Mrs. Liu took out the bundled arrows.
"It's not weird." Lingwu immediately frowned.
However, Cheng Sanwu's hands are all ordinary people, and their martial arts are crude. They dare not face monsters and monsters directly, so they can only come back to report the specific situation.
In order to confirm Mrs. Liu's guess, Lingwu untied the clothes of the other two maids in the house, and the situation was similar.
"Yes?" Mrs. Liu scolded: "If you write down the good and the bad in a plain way, then you have it? Cheng Sanwu is really authentic!"
"Aren't you a secret agent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Mrs. Liu asked.
"It's so quiet, there's not even a sound of footsteps." Mrs. Liu also realized it was wonderful and hurriedly pulled out the knife.
Since there is no monster causing trouble, Cheng Sanwu wants to ask Guanzhu Pang of Xuanwu Temple to solve the problem.
Hao Si lit the candle under the desk. Judging from the wax tears on the edge of the candlestick, the owner here should always turn on the lamp and work at the desk, and be quite diligent.
Mrs. Liu felt a sudden evil wind in front of her head. She rolled over to avoid the fierce kick. The bluestone floor tile where she originally stood was actually smashed by the man in a coat.
"How many days has it been since Cheng Sanwu was dead?" Hao Sicheng looked shocked: "No one else inside was aware of it?"
Lingwu frowned: "It turns out that the evil spirits in the salt pond have already happened..."
The secret room is located underground. There is no small movement under the ground, and it will be transmitted here more or less, which can also prepare people for emergencies.
"He is coming with you." Lingwu said: "There are no spies or stations arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs outside Hu Yi City. It will be convenient for you to show up later and understand the situation."
"Low hand!"
"That's just a small amount of talent!" Lingwu's face turned pale: "There were no signs of fighting in the courtyard, and the utensils in the house were completely damaged. The murderer obviously wanted to steal property, and did not come specifically to kill Cheng Sanwu and his family!" The seven people lowered their guard, and when they arrived at the courtyard, they saw that the ground was covered with snow. It was completely swept by someone, and there were even minor footprints. Not to mention the residence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even for an unusually small family, there was still snow in winter.
Knowing how to order servants to clean up, most people don't see that kind of situation.
"Hu Yicheng, Cheng Sanwu, is the successor of a certain Lingzhou governor in the past, and now he lives here as a widow." Hao Si said, his hands stopped moving, and he stroked Cheng Sanwu's body, which still had no charm at all.
Without any obscene intentions, he cursed loudly: "The ribs are almost completely broken, and most of the internal organs are probably completely damaged."
Hao Sicheng did not follow suit and nervously climbed over the courtyard wall. The seven of them looked around cautiously before landing.
The Lingzhou Salt Pond is of great importance, and the news was reported from layer to layer, and was naturally handed over to the current Shuofang Jiedushi Yang Taichu.
Without thinking about whether he was determined or not, Hao Si immediately retreated from the passage and took out the fire stick as lighting.
The seven people searched for a while, but they were confined to Cheng Sanwu's dormitory, and finally found something strange in the side room of the study.
Hao Si understood that the situation was minor, so he immediately rushed out of the front yard and looked for the other bodies. He found that the causes of death were surprisingly consistent. Either he had suffered a heavy blow and his bones and flesh were torn to pieces, or his neck and limbs had been twisted.
Mrs. Liu asked: "Why did the murderer do that? Is it because Cheng Sanwu is a secret agent of the Internal Affairs Ministry?"
About eight years later, when Shuofang Jiedushi was officially established, the rumors of the evil spirits in the salt pond gradually decreased.
Mrs. Liu also retreated, and after walking a short distance, the two of them came to a secret room that was similar to a cellar. It was about eight feet square, with wooden beams supporting the top, and cabinets arranged against the wall. In addition to files and documents, it was full of other things.
A batch of weapons and medicines are stuffed inside, which is comparable to a private arsenal. At a rough glance, it is enough to equip seventy or eighty people.
"The murderer's martial arts skills were very low. Cheng Sanwu didn't have time to deal with it. He was shot dead as soon as he met him." Lingwu felt his scalp numb: "The two servants just didn't move, and they were immediately hit with heavy tricks. They couldn't even run away.
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"No one is here again?" Lingwu's face changed: "It's bad! Get out of here quickly!"
"If the secret agents stationed in the local area do not have a notebook, they may be able to find out the reason why Cheng Sanwu was killed." Lingwu felt deeply anxious.
"It's freezing cold, and the body is like an ice cave, so naturally there is no smell." Lingwu thought and said: "Furthermore, Cheng Sanwu is a widowed young man. He lives in seclusion on weekdays, and some people leave the house on a few days, so that's okay.
It’s so bizarre.”
Before leaving the inn, Mrs. Liu and Hao Si went to the west of the city, came to a small house, and knocked on the small door.
The writing stopped abruptly at that point, and there was no mention of the continuation. According to the date of the first paragraph, it must have been seven days later.
According to the documents, as early as decades later, there were no strange rumors about the Lingzhou Salt Pond. At first, there was a brine spring rising from the ground as high as ten feet high. It gradually evolved into patterns made of salt grains appearing on the surface of the salt pond, which seemed to be hidden.
Mysteries are difficult for ordinary people to understand.
Mrs. Liu reminded: "Are there any injuries, not even any bruises?"
"How do you say that?" After experiencing successive battles, Lingwu had already vaguely understood that Mrs. Liu's martial arts skills were low. I secretly calculated that even if Zhang Fan, Xu Qiba and I teamed up to besiege Mrs. Liu alone, there would be no 100% chance of victory.<
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"Is it possible that there is only one murderer?" Hao Si thought it was unbelievable that even brothers who came from the same martial arts school might have similar injuries when they actually kill people.
"It doesn't look like an unusually small family outside, but there's nothing special about it," Mrs. Liu said.
"Out there!" Mrs. Liu called out to Lingwu and struck the carpet with her scabbard, making a hollow echo.
"Several benefactors, please let me settle down Mr. Hui first, and then go and inquire about the whereabouts of my clan uncle, and report any news immediately."
Lingwu looked ugly. I hurried to the front yard, pushed open the door, and saw a woman in white sitting down against the wall. There were no spider web-like cracks in the wall in front of her. I guess you were hit hard under the wall.
.There are still two maidservants in the room, and they are both dead at this moment. One has his neck broken, and the other is bent like a shrimp.
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs dispatched people to the local area. The young master was here to gather information and supervise the officials, but they were all low-handed." Lingwu laid the body of the woman in white flat, uncovered your clothes, and tried to find out the cause of death. p>
Although this situation occurs in all Yanchi salt fields, it is enough to attract the attention of local officials, who immediately sent people to investigate, and naturally found something out.
"Yes." Lingwu leaned over and inspected the body with a look on his face.
However, as the imperial court used fewer troops and the expenditure increased day by day, it had to pay attention to salt profits. However, there were no small or large salt ponds in the eastern part of Lingzhou, which gradually became an important source of wealth for the Shuofang states.
Mrs. Liu secretly thought, and before the man in coat landed, he chased after Shishe, and struck with a fist as fast as lightning. When he was making a move, his arms moved his sleeves and made a crackling sound, and the strong wind blew in his face.
It’s so heavy that it’s hard to open one’s eyes.
With the help of candle light, Lingwu quickly checked the documents. But thanks to Hao Sicheng's delicate mind, the documents were only classified according to urgency, and the dates were also marked in capital letters for easy reference.