Chapter 599 Lao Wang
The defenders’ convoy wandered to Anyue City.
Along the way, Fu Qingzhou stretched his ears and listened carefully, but he did not hear anything valuable discussed by the people in the convoy. Everyone seemed to be very tired. They rarely even talked to each other. Most of them It was just silence and heavy breathing.
The convoy arrived at Anyue City, but did not enter the city. Instead, it detoured along the official road outside the city wall, turned to the outskirts of the city, and turned into a not steep but very rugged mountain road.
The stones thrown up by the wheels hit Fu Qingzhou, and the contents of the conversation between several defenders entered his ears.
"The road to Yizhuang is getting worse and worse." Someone murmured dissatisfiedly.
Another person sighed: "What should we do? Too many people have died recently. Aren't the roads getting worse and worse? Our yamen doesn't have the money to build any more roads."
"I really don’t know when this epidemic will end." Someone else lamented: "Xiaojiu and his entire team are infected. I don’t know how many more people will suffer next. We have more and more work..."
This is the way to Yizhuang.
Fu Qingzhou didn’t think it was strange. He was holding the coffin. Where could he go if he didn’t go to Yizhuang?
Soon, the speed of the convoy gradually slowed down, and he no longer clung to the bottom of the car. Instead, before the convoy came to a complete stop, he slid out like a breeze and quietly got into the bushes on the side.
The motorcade stopped. In front of it was a dilapidated village and a wasteland filled with graves.
"Old Wang! Old Wang!"
Chi Tiancong, the garrison general, jumped off the carriage and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Soon, a lame old man walked out of the yizhuang. When the old man saw the four coffins, his face became bitter: "Why are there more? You can afford to live in such good coffins. What are you doing here at Yizhuang?”
"Rich ones."
Chi Tiancong smiled at the lame old Wang, took out a few broken pieces of silver and stuffed them into his hands: "Don't ask so many questions, just bury him."< br>
With the broken silver in his hand, Lao Wang's bitter face immediately broke out into a smile like an old chrysanthemum: "If you want it, leave it to the little old man. I'd like to trouble you all to carry the coffin down. What's left?" Just leave the next thing to the old man.”
The defenders began to carry the coffin, and Lao Wang also returned to Yizhuang and dragged out a shovel.
“Wait.”
However, Chi Tiancong stopped him when he was about to dig a hole: "Come here, I have something to say."
After that, he turned back and waved to his men: "After carrying the coffin, you can Go down the mountain first and wait at the foot of the mountain for a while.”
The defenders responded sparsely and feebly.
Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes.
What do a garrison general and the old man guarding Yizhuang have to say in private?
On that side, a dozen defenders quickly placed all four coffins on the ground, and then followed the instructions, driving the carriage back the way they came.
As for Chi Tiancong, he walked a few steps with Lao Wang and walked to a more remote corner behind Yizhuang.
"What's wrong, General Chi?"
Old Wang looked confused: "Is there anything I need to explain?"
"Let me ask you." Chi Tiancong His expression became solemn: "Have you tampered with the corpse?"
Lao Wang was startled: "General Chi, what are you talking about?"
"Don't think that this general is easy to fool."
Chi Tiancong sneered: "Not long ago, that place in the north Many people among a small group of refugees also died, and a few monks came to save them. They also found someone to buy coffins and brought them to the Yi Zhuang... The same rice shop, the same white cloth shop, and they also asked for this general Do you want to continue?"
Fu Qingzhou, who was hiding in the dark, raised his eyebrows slightly.
Interesting...
Did General Chi Tian Congchi also find out the clues?
Mipu, coffin shop, Yizhuang, there are as many as three problematic places?
Faced with Chi Tiancong’s questioning, the lame old Wang just smiled sarcastically: “General, general, I really don’t know what you are talking about...” “Stop pretending to be stupid. "
Chi Tiancong said coldly: "The prefect gave you a job where you can eat and drink without worrying about food and drink. The general even sent a lot of salary to your home every month. What do you do? I feel sorry for the magistrate and this general, can you bear it in your conscience?”
Seeing that Lao Wang didn't speak for a long time, he became a little more serious: "I don't know how this epidemic came about, but those monks took this opportunity to fake miracles, preach and receive letters, and make money wantonly. I can see clearly. Chu!”
“What kind of miracle?”
He sneered: “It’s just a matter of quietly sending the prescription to the city through a rice shop, and then borrowing the coffin to send it to the refugee camp. ! As for you, Lao Wang... I don’t know what you did to the corpses of those poor people, but I saw clearly that those corpses were moved! When these corpses were put into the coffins, the monks went to them. There's something stuffed in the body!"
"And you, the general was hiding nearby and saw clearly last time - before you buried the body, you secretly took out and hid the things hidden in the body. It's on me!"
Chi Tiancong took a step forward, forced the old Wang back, and said coldly: "Old Wang, please be honest... Based on our past friendship, this general can Protect you!”
"..."
Old Wang lowered his head and his body trembled slightly.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "General Chi... you said that the prefect gave the young man a job where he could eat and drink without worries, and you also gave me a lot of salary every month to give to my Wang family... You "Why are you doing this?"
Chi Tiancong frowned and said in a low voice: "It's because your son Wang Zhao was trying to protect the bandits a few years ago. I was injured..."
"Yes, he was injured"
Lao Wang suddenly raised his head, his eyes became blood red, and his voice suddenly rose: "He was injured! He couldn't get out of bed for several years, General Chi! You have to make people urinate! What about you? You have made great achievements. He killed the general, but Zhao'er, he can't even get out of bed!"
A flash of guilt flashed in Chi Tiancong's eyes, and he was speechless for a moment.
"Now...now, they said they can help me cure Zhao'er!"
Old Wang said in a loud voice: "Why don't I help them!"
Chi Tian Cong looked complicated and gritted his teeth: "You believe what they say?"
"Ha, hehe..."
Old Wang sneered: "At least they said it! What about you? In addition to calling Divine Doctor Liang to take a look at it at first, what happened later? Don't you just dislike Divine Doctor Liang's diagnosis of Mrs. Jin? How come! How many times have you visited Zhao'er in the past few years! They are at least willing to cure Zhao'er!"
Chi Tiancong sighed deeply.
“Forget it, Lao Wang, it’s meaningless to talk about this anymore.”
He shook his head and said, “Come with me. If you have anything, I’ll explain it to Magistrate Yang when you get there.”
After saying that, he reached forward to catch Lao Wang.
Lao Wang took another step back and let out a breathtaking laugh: "General Chi, General Chi, you are so naive. You don't even think about it. Who sent you to transport the coffin? Now the epidemic is rampant. , rice prices are soaring, and the whole city is controlling the shipment of rice grains. How can so much raw rice be sent to the refugee camp in droves? "
Chi Tiancong's hands froze, and his face showed a big smile. Shocked.
"Yang, Magistrate Yang?!" He blurted out.
“You know, it’s not too late.”
Lao Wang said hoarsely: "But if you know so much... don't even think about walking out of here again."
The moment he finished speaking, a short knife slipped out of his sleeve and stabbed him hard. Xiang Chi Tiancong!
Chi Tiancong was taken aback and pinched Lao Wang's wrist effortlessly.
"What are you doing... um!"
Halfway through his cold voice, he saw an astonishing aura and power suddenly burst out from Lao Wang's body, and his whole body was like a Like a ferocious beast, the muscles on his arms bulge!
Chi Tiancong had no time to react. The surge of power shook his hand away, and the short knife stabbed his chest and abdomen like lightning!
(End of this chapter)