Chapter 227 Zhou Ran’s Head
Duan Qingshan lowered his head in confusion, his eyes evasive, not daring to look at anyone at all.
"I'm sorry..."
He apologized clumsily to people, which paired with his fierce face was very funny.
Jiang Anning took a deep breath.
"You just said that your life has been promised to me."
"Your body and mind should be completely at my mercy."
"Does this still count now?"
Jiang Anning felt that she really needed to correct Duan Qingshan's innate shaking of the body.
Otherwise, there would be such huge battles every now and then, how scary it would be!
Besides, it would also delay things.
"Nature counts."
Duan Qingshan's tone was a little anxious: "Tell me who you want me to kill!"
Jiang Anning:......
"I don't need you to kill anyone." It's not like I don't have hands.
If I want to kill someone, shouldn't I do it myself?
Why hand over more handles to others.
Jiang Anning reluctantly resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
It's not that she doubts Duan Qingshan's loyalty.
But as the old saying goes, what comes true is what comes true.
With one less person aware, there is naturally one less risk.
Duan Qingshan pursed his lips, panicking as he had nowhere to place his hands.
The sullen Jiang Anning made him look more like a helpless child who had made a mistake and didn't know how to make up for it.
"I just need you to remember that since your body and mind already belong to me, the right of life and death should also be in my hands."
"I hope this is the last time I slap someone like this just now."
Jiang Anning's eyes were sharper: "I don't hope that because of your own decisions, one day when I need you to do something, you will end up with a red and swollen face, lame legs, or lying on your back. I can’t get up from the kang, which is delaying my business.”
"If you feel you can't do it, you can leave now."
Her voice became colder: "I don't keep useless people around me."
After saying "Think it over yourself", she took the noodle bowl and turned to the kitchen.
Duan Qingshan was at a loss for a moment, drank the noodle soup in two gulps, took the empty bowl, and limped into the kitchen.
Jiang Anning just looked up at him, then lowered her head to clean the dishes, chopsticks, pots and stove.
Duan Qingshan swallowed and became obviously nervous.
"I've thought about it."
He made a promise seriously: "I will never make my own decisions or harm my body again, unless I have your order."
"Always be in your best condition, ready for your orders anytime, anywhere."
Jiang Anning said "hmm", stopped what she was doing, raised her chin slightly, and ordered with a cold face: "Wash the dishes."
Duan Qingshan said "Hey", stepped forward honestly and quickly, and took over the work from the person's hands.
"In the past few days, please pay attention to the movements in the streets and alleys."
Jiang Anning leaned on the kitchen door frame, folding her hands and looking coldly: "If you really can't cope with it, just take some money and send the gangsters on the streets to do their work."
"There is no need to tell them any specific directions. All they need to do is keep an eye on the various movements in the city in the past few days and pay close attention to anything strange."
"Yes."
Duan Qingshan washed the pots and pans while carefully writing down the instructions.
"In addition, let's ask if there is anyone selling empty gloves and white wolves recently. If you pass through Jiang'an County, please come and see me... It's better to make an appointment elsewhere. The embroidery workshop is not convenient."
Jiang Anning glanced at him: "You have the right place."
After thinking for a while, he added: "The deserted courtyard last time was pretty good."
After saying that, she asked again: "The government announced the cause of Zhao Yinlian's death, and she was killed by Sheng Yuewen."
"Then will someone find her body and bury it?"
Jiang Anning thought about who the relatives of the Zhao family were: "Zhao Yuanshan doesn't have any close elder relatives who are still alive. He only has one sister, who has been married away for many years and has little contact with her."
"On the Zhang family side, there are two brothers who usually help the Zhao family. When something happened to the Zhao family, Zhao Yinlian and Zhao Jiang hid in their uncle's house."
"Now, Zhao Yuanshan has been bought back to be used as a plaything and raised as a plaything. Zhang is in prison again. I don't know when he will be able to come out. Zhao Hai..." Jiang Anning coughed twice, covering up unnaturally: "He also escaped from prison and disappeared. It seems that the only ones who can take charge are Zhao Jiang and Zhang’s natal brothers.”
Jiang Anning looked at Duan Qingshan: "Is there anyone among them who came to find Zhao Yinlian's body and take it back for burial?"
"I have never seen anyone looking for her body."
Duan Qingshan shook his head and sighed: "I heard that the county government officials once asked the Zhao family's relatives if they needed their help to search for the servant's body in the city so that they could take it back for burial."
"But the people who claimed to be relatives of the Zhao family only asked a few questions carefully about whether they could get compensation from the Sheng family and whether it was a human life... After being told by the officials that the Sheng family's property had long been divided up, There wasn't much left, and the ones that were left were confiscated. After it wasn't their turn to do anything, they left cursingly. ”
"What is it? Zhao Yinlian was just an unmarried girl. She was not qualified to be buried in the ancestral grave. She also did something embarrassing and lost her life. Who would take advantage of that bad luck? Otherwise, it would ruin the feng shui and stain the lintel. , let her fend for herself and suffer the consequences.”
Duan Qingshan frowned slightly, obviously feeling that these words were too vicious.
But it was the relatives of the Zhao family and relatives of Zhao Yinlian who said it personally.
Others could only sigh a few words.
"So, Zhao Yinlian's body is still there under the dry well?"
"Yes."
Duan Qingshan responded, but the work at hand did not stop.
I rinsed out the water in the pot, wiped it with a rag, and then put the lid back on the pot.
"However, the weather has been hot recently and the body cannot be stored. It has been smelly for some time."
Jiang Anning frowned, very surprised that Zhao Yinlian's body was still lying in a dry well in the deserted courtyard after his death, and no one paid attention to it despite the stench.
After the accident, I couldn't help laughing.
This is really a natural cycle, and retribution is unpleasant.
In her previous life, she died in the Zhao family, and her body was not collected. Now, it is the turn of those who harmed her to taste this retribution.
Duan Qingshan scratched his ears subconsciously: "I was worried that someone would accidentally discover it and cause unnecessary trouble, so I planted some honeysuckle in the yard. They are old transplanted piles. When the flowers bloom, they are fragrant. Can barely cover up one or two.”
"You did a great job."
Seeing that he was very thoughtful and his work was neat and tidy, Jiang Anning said "yes" with satisfaction and walked towards her room.
Duan Qingshan wiped his hands quickly and limped to follow.
"There are not many people living near the deserted house."
"And because of some rumors in the past, few people come close to it on weekdays. I walked around the area a few days ago. If I were only outside the courtyard wall, I really couldn't smell any peculiar smell."
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"You don't have to worry."
Duan Qingshan said: "After some time, I will quietly dispose of the human bones."
Jiang Anning laughed twice: "What do I have to worry about?"
"Now the government has concluded Zhao Yinlian's death."
"What if her bones are discovered?"
"At most, people will only think that Sheng Yuewen is cruel."
Everyone now knows that Zhao Yinlian's death was an act of revenge by Sheng Yuewen out of shame.
Who would doubt her?
Duan Qingshan realized that he had said the wrong thing again and was a little at a loss for a moment. He almost raised his hand to slap himself again. Remembering Jiang Anning's warning just now, he put his hand down again, waiting for instructions or reprimands.
Jiang Anning raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at him calmly.
Duan Qingshan's scalp felt numb for a while.
Jiang Anning looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "Isn't it?"
"Yes!"
Duan Qingshan is blessed in his heart and follows the good path: "You are right! Zhao Yinlian was killed by Sheng Yuewen. This is known to everyone."
Jiang Anning curled her lips in satisfaction.
"Then don't waste such a good place."
She chuckled: "If you find someone, take them there."
Turning her head and looking at Duan Qingshan, she reminded: "Get this matter done as soon as possible."
As he said this, he couldn't help but smile mockingly: "Otherwise, I'm afraid some people won't be able to wait."
Duan Qingshan was sensible and did not ask "Who is he?" or "Why can't he wait?" and answered honestly: "Yes."
Jiang Anning waved her hand: "There's nothing else to do for now, so you can go and rest first."
"Then you should rest early."
Duan Qingshan politely bowed to everyone, then took a few steps back, turned around and left.
Jiang Anning looked at the person's leaving figure, thoughtfully.
I slept for too long during the day and had just eaten, so I didn't feel sleepy at the moment.
She took out the embroidery stand, straightened the embroidery threads, sat in front of the embroidery stand, and continued to embroider the strange pictures she had made before.
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Jiang'an County, a separate courtyard in the city.
The girl's expression was cold and she walked hurriedly towards the main room.
When Wang Shang heard the footsteps, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at the person coming: "What's wrong, are you here?"
He curved his lips in a strange way: "I rarely see you looking so panicked."
"Could it be you and me who are in trouble now?"
Jiao Niang rolled her eyes at him and wanted to stab him a few times.
Thinking of what just happened, I suddenly lost my mood again.
She was worried and said in a deep voice: "When we were searching for traces of Zhao Hai, we found Zhou Ran's head deep in the woods adjacent to Jiangjia Village."
"Head?"
Wang Shang sat up straight suddenly, his face livid: "Whose? Zhou Ran?"
He thought for a moment and then reluctantly matched the name with the person.
"What about recruiting girls?"
Wang Shang said in a calm voice: "Isn't Zhou Ran in charge of the connection?"
Jiao Niang shook her head: "I went to look at Zhao Mei's residence. No one was there, and it seemed that she hadn't been back for some days. The furnishings in the house had already fallen into a thick layer of dust."
"Do you think the most likely thing about this is..."
Wang Shang looked at the person.
Jiao Niang shook her head: "I don't know."
"Emotionally speaking, I hope that the recruitment of girls will be okay."
But this probably means that Zhaomei betrayed them.
"How did Zhou Ran die?"
Wang Shang had the same idea as Jiao Niang. He lowered his face and said, "Only the head was found? The one who was beheaded?"
Jiao Niang shook her head, and her face turned a little pale when she thought of the scene she saw when she passed by.
Wang Shang noticed something was wrong and looked at her with a frown: "What's wrong with you?"
They were all beaten out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He didn't think Jiao Niang would be so frightened just because she saw someone's head.
I wouldn't even think about it at all.
Jiao Niang retched twice, her stomach churning violently when she recalled the scene she saw at that time.
"It's just a person's head that scares you like this?"
He was just about to say something sarcastic, "You haven't killed anyone for so long that you've forgotten what you do, right?" when he heard the girl's voice trembling slightly: "It was broken into two pieces alive."
"What?"
Wang Shang's eyes widened and he looked at Jiao Niang in disbelief, somewhat doubting his own ears.
What did he hear just now?
Smashed alive... head? Broken with what? Neck?
Seeing that Jiao Niang still looked ugly, Wang Shang showed rare consideration and poured her a cup of tea.
"Thank you."
Jiao Niang drank it all in one gulp, suppressed her nausea, and then felt better.
She let out a breath and said, "I went to the scene and looked at the broken parts of the head and neck. It is indeed most likely that it was broken directly."
"A landslide occurred about three meters away from where Zhou Ran's head was."
"It should have been caused by the heavy rain."
Jiao Niang was still frightened: "Preliminary judgment is that the stone from a high place was washed down by the heavy rain, and the huge impact hit the person's neck, causing the head and neck to separate."
She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"I invited Wu Lan over. Based on her experience, Zhou Ran's cause of death is almost consistent with my analysis."
"It was a huge boulder that suddenly fell from a high place and broke his neck instantly."
Jiao Niang's voice was deep: "It's just that we are all very surprised as to why Zhou Ran appeared there, and why he knew there was no trace of escape or struggle. It was as if... he was just standing there, watching helplessly as he was being smashed. It looks like a broken head.”
"However, we did not detect any traces of drug residue or binding on the body."
"To be precise, I didn't see the ropes that tied people up."
Wang Shang frowned: "So, there are traces of being tied up on his body."
"I'm not sure..." Jiao Niang frowned: "Except for the head, which is relatively complete and can be identified as Zhou Ran himself, most of the body is rotten."
"However, Wulan said that Zhou Ran's body, before being corroded by maggots, should have been relatively complete, and it did not look like it had been smashed by rocks."
"It is very possible that his body was protected to a certain extent before his death."
"The cause of death was that the head was exposed and lacked protection, and the impact of the boulder caused it to be directly broken."
Wang Shang frowned and thought.
"Normally, even if a person is hit by a boulder, the head should not be separated from the body. Most of them will suffer huge skull injuries, internal organ injuries, etc."
"Unless..."
Jiao Niang looked at Wang Shang, and they both said in unison: "He is fixed there!"
"Watching the boulder rolling down from a high place, his head was smashed from his neck and flew out."
Wang Shang said "hmm".
Jiao Niang said solemnly: "Ulan said that the person might have been buried alive, but she will need to conduct more detailed inspections and inspections to determine the specific circumstances."
"If he was buried alive, then Zhou Ran would probably have died before the boulder rolled down."
"The murderer just wanted to make it look like he died from a falling rock..."
Jiao Niang's voice was quiet for a moment and she looked up at Wang Shang.
Wang Shang looked back at her, and the two of them were obviously thinking of the same thing.
"Back then, we tried to forge the identity of Sang Jingwan and her husband, but they died from a falling rock."