It is late at night, and there is only the sound of pattering rain between the sky and the earth, beating on the tiles, and the rhythm of "bata bata" is orderly. The moon is hidden in the clouds, leaking a little fluorescent light, looking down from the sky, the gates of large and small houses in Yangzhou City
The lanterns hanging in front were just dots of stars. The watchman walked alone on the street under the rain cloak, while the wild cats and dogs hid on the dry ground under the trees and remained motionless, waiting quietly for the night to clear and the rain to stop.
In this seemingly quiet night, there are always many unknown stories happening.
In an inn not far from Zhazi Street, a figure wearing a raincoat climbed out of the window, jumped onto the eaves of the second floor and jumped all the way to the street.
There is an old locust tree facing the street of the inn, with lush branches and leaves, towering over the sky and the earth. Higher up above the locust tree, two pairs of eyes are staring quietly, curiously looking at the sneaky figures in the rain.
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"What is he going to do?"
"have no idea."
"How do we do that?"
"You go back and inform Kui Niang, and I will follow him."
"Okay, let's split up."
After a simple conversation, the two figures parted ways and disappeared silently into the rainy night.
One of them had been hiding in the dark, relying on his good Qinggong skills to cling to the eaves of various houses along the road under the cover of night and rain, climbing over eaves and walls, simply following the people coming out of the inn.
The person who came out of the inn was none other than Xia Shang.
The person following him didn't know Xia Shang's purpose, so he had no choice but to follow his orders.
He was called by Chun Kui, the boss of Jiang Nanchun, and he has been with Xia Shang for a while.
The first time Xia Shang went to Jiangnanchun, he met Chun Kui and had a fight. The other party was intimidated by the true energy in Xia Shang's body. He thought he was a master who had hidden his secrets, so he asked someone to follow him and wanted to talk about Xia Shang.
The details of.
But the people who followed Xia Shang thought from the beginning that Xia Shang was an ordinary person with no martial arts background at all. After following him for a few days, he became more convinced of his guess. But after reporting back, he found that Sister Kui didn't believe it at all, saying that this person must be hiding.
What kind of incredible ability is there?
Regardless of the suspicions of these little minions, they have no idea how much ability it takes to become the leader of the Twelve Divisions of Beijing. Every leader of the Twelve Divisions has a unique skill, and each of them is an extremely dangerous person.
Chunkui didn't believe that Xia Shang was an ordinary person, but she didn't know what Xia Shang was capable of.
The subordinates didn't believe the news at all and just asked them to continue following him.
As time went by, his subordinates inevitably relaxed, and Xia Shang lost track of them when they relaxed.
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Early the next morning, when the people following Xia Shang discovered Xia Shang, they had already returned to Xia Mansion in Yulin County.
Hui Chunkui went to report it, and when he learned that his men were with Diu Xia Shang, Chun Kui was furious.
I only know that the direction Xia Shang disappeared was towards Zhazi Street.
Thinking of everything that happened in Zhazi Street yesterday, could it be that Xia Shang couldn't swallow his bad temper during the day and went to seek revenge on the beggars?
It is not impossible. The head of the Imperial Procuratorate in the Tang and Tang Dynasties was bullied by a group of beggars. Who could endure it?
If Xia Shang went to Zhazi Street last night, what happened in Zhazi Street?
Chunkui thought about it and felt that this matter was too strange. She was not very relieved at the moment and asked her daughter Chunjiao to go to Zhazi Street to see the situation in person.
Chunjiao, a girl who loves beauty, actually wants to go to the notorious garbage street?
This made the little girl very angry, but for the sake of the overall situation, she had to go, so naturally she blamed Xia Shang for this bad breath.
Chunjiao complained and complained along the way, but when she got to Zhazi Street, she was dumbfounded.
After the rain today, Zhazi Street was packed with people. People from the southwest corner of Yangzhou City were all here. Every household, big or small, was concerned about the corruption and stench of Zhazi Street. They all stood at the street entrance and watched, with solemn expressions and discussions.
Chunjiao saw this strangely and called some people to ask: "What happened in Zhazi Street?"
"Dead people! So many people died!"
Chunjiao immediately thought of Xia Shang's revenge last night and asked: "What happened last night?"
"Who knows? But we only found out the body this morning."
"How many died?"
"I don't know. I heard people say there are forty or fifty."
Chunjiao's face turned pale. Even though she had seen countless cruel and ruthless people, this was the first time she had heard of killing forty or fifty people in one night.
"This is too cruel! The Metropolitan Procuratorate is really a concentration camp for monsters. If it is really what that kid did..."
Just as I was thinking about it, the official came in a hurry with Wu Zuo.
There were really too many people around, so Chunjiao only glanced at the periphery of the crowd. Indeed, she saw that there were many corpses on the street, but their clothes seemed to be beggars.
Of course, Chunjiao's reason for not going in for a closer look was also because she didn't want to go to Zhazi Street and suffer the consequences. Anyway, the officials were here, so we would listen to what the officials had to say later.
After an hour and a half, a team of officials and gangsters worked hard for a long time, and finally the results were achieved.
There were many people watching nearby, all waiting for the results.
Wuzuo shouted to everyone: "Everyone, please leave! There is nothing to join in the fun. The ones who died were all beggars and starved to death. There is nothing strange about it."
beggar?
Starved to death?
Is this the result?
The people who have been waiting for a long time cannot accept it. They have been watching the excitement for so long. This answer obviously cannot meet the expectations of the people.
Someone asked: "My lords, it shouldn't be that simple. Can more than fifty beggars starve to death in one night?"
Wuzuo added: "Who said they starved to death overnight? These corpses died on different days, but they all died within this week."
"Sir, is this wrong? If they were all starving to death, they wouldn't be left on the street early in the morning, right? I have never seen so many beggars starving to death on weekdays. Could it be that they were washed away by yesterday's rain?
from?"
The people's words were full of disbelief, and they felt that what happened today was not simple and there was a conspiracy.
But the official had no time to chat, so Wu Zuo also got angry: "What? Are you doubting my ability to solve the case? Who is dissatisfied? Stand up!"
After hearing what the official said, who dared to respond? Everyone was as honest as a grandson.
Seeing that no one questioned again, Wu Zuo waved his hand and said, "It's over! This isn't even a case. Let's burn the bodies."
After a while, a fire broke out in Zhazi Street, and all the corpses were burned.
After all the prefects left, the people's discussion began again.
"Tell me, there were corpses all over the ground so early in the morning. All of them starved to death? All of them starved to death together? This is clearly a trap!"
"Exactly! These irresponsible officials either have something up their sleeves or are just coping. Their words cannot be trusted!"
"Yes, yes, there are a lot of doubts here, and they didn't mention it at all. There must be something wrong."
"Official officials don't care, who are we going to ask?"
"There are more than just a few dozen beggars in Zhazi Street. Just ask."
As a result, a group of curious people swarmed into Zhazi Street to find the beggars living there and inquire about the situation.
Now the beggars in Zhazi Street have room to show off. (To be continued)