Chapter 29 Demonic Qi! Shen Hu
Zhao Wanchang struggled desperately, his arms were firmly stepped on and he could not move.
Painful whimpers continued to come from the wet cloth.
The intense suffocation and choking on water made him extremely uncomfortable, and his body spasmed and twitched uncontrollably.
Soon, the pot of water was poured out.
Jiang Shouzhong put down the kettle and picked the wet cloth off Zhao Wanchang's face with his toes. There was a gentle but chilling smile on his handsome face, "Are you awake from the wine?"
Zhao Wanchang coughed violently and choked from his nose. The water mixed with nasal mucus and tears stuck to his face, making him look particularly embarrassed.
After finally catching his breath, when he heard Jiang Shouzhong's question, his eyes were filled with fear.
"Wake up! Wake up!"
"Are you really awake?" Jiang Shouzhong looked gentle.
"Wake up! Really wake up!"
Zhao Wanchang struggled to grab Jiang Shouzhong's trousers and begged, "Sir, I was wrong. I will never insult the Wen girls with random words again. Please let me go." Let me, my lord..."
"It seems you haven't sobered up yet."
Jiang Shouzhong looked expressionless and asked Lu Renjia to fill him with another bottle of cold water.
Zhao Wanchang had a brain and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly slapped himself on the ear and cried: "Sir, I'm awake. I'm really awake this time! You're just helping me sober up. , no other meaning.”
Jiang Shouzhong stared at the other party for a while, put down the kettle, and said with a smile: "It's good to wake up. In fact, some misunderstandings between neighbors are normal. When you wake up, some misunderstandings will be resolved. Are you right?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Zhao Wanchang was very polite and continued to slap himself, "My lord clearly had good intentions to sober me up, but my lord also misunderstood that my lord was seeking personal revenge and deliberately bullying me. Damn it." !”
Jiang Shouzhong then signaled Lu Renjia to open the window for ventilation.
No one, good or evil, can defeat one person.
Although the three of them are just petty officials and hold a small amount of power, they are still one inch taller than the common people who grew up in the soil. There is no reason to see their families being bullied.
High officials are like prime ministers, while small officials are petty.
It is these low-level officials who have the most dealings with them on weekdays.
Jiang Shouzhong is really not afraid of the other party suing him afterwards.
Jiang Shouzhong disliked the unpleasant smell in the house, so he took a chair and sat by the window, and asked Zhao Wanchang: "Did your home get robbed that night four days ago?"
Zhao Wancang wiped the water on his face with his sleeves, knelt on the ground and answered honestly:
"Yes, as soon as Xiaomin came home that night, he found that there was a thief in the house. Xiaomin was because of his wife's I was angry, so I beat him up."
"How many thieves?"
"Just...one"
Zhao Wancang spoke subconsciously and fiercely. Shaking his head, "No, no, there are two."
Jiang Shouzhong stared at the frightened Zhao Wanchang with cold eyes, "One, or two?"
"Two! Two!"
The cold winter wind blowing in from the window made Ben Zhao Wanchang, whose clothes were mostly wet, shivered.
He trembled and said, "At first I thought there was only one, but when I heard the boy calling his friend's name, I knew there were two."
Jiang Shouzhong asked: "The other one Have you seen one person? ”
Zhao Wanchang shook his head vigorously, "I didn't see it."
Zhao Wanchang's answer matched Zheng Shanqi's story, indicating that Ge Dasheng did suddenly leave in the middle of the night and left his companions behind.
So why did Ge Dasheng leave midway?
It’s impossible to really have diarrhea.
Even Zheng Shanqi, a fox friend, didn't believe it, so Jiang Shouzhong naturally didn't believe it. There is only one possibility - Ge Dasheng saw something and was attracted to it.
So what did he see?
Stealing in the middle of the night...leaving in the middle of the way...blackmail...going to Wufeng Temple alone in the middle of the night...die...
Jiang Shouzhong, who was stringing together a series of messages, nodded slowly, step by step. After thinking about it, he walked outside the gate of Zhao Wancang's small courtyard.
Looking left and right for a long time, he walked to a corner of the courtyard wall that was perfect for taking a breather and squatted down.
Not only is it easy to hide here, but you can also observe the conditions of the roads on both sides and the surrounding neighbors.
Jiang Shouzhong imagined that he was Ge Dasheng that night, cunningly guarding his companions. After looking around, Jiang Shouzhong's eyes suddenly settled on an idle mill shed.
The shed is made of rough wood.
There is an old stone mill in the shed, covered with thick dust and has not been used for a long time.
Jiang Shouzhong walked into the wooden shed. Hammers, shovels, baskets and other tools were hung on one wooden wall, intertwined with dust and spider webs.
In the innermost part of the wooden shed, there are several haystacks. One of the haystacks spread out and was hidden behind the stone mill.
Jiang Shouzhong fiddled with it a few times with his feet and found that there was little dust on the haystack, and there were obvious signs of being slept on.
Jiang Shouzhong touched it twice with his hand, picked up a handful of grass, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, his eyes slightly narrowed.
“What are you looking at?”
Lu Renjia breathed into his hands, came over and asked curiously.
Jiang Shouzhong glanced at the house next to him and said, "I remember that Aunt Zhang used to live here. After Aunt Zhang left, the house has been vacant."
"Yes, Zhang Jugui's house."
Lu Renjia knew the nearby residents quite well and said, "Last year, Aunt Zhang and her daughter entered the palace in the capital and became the personal maid of a noble concubine. She was very favored, so Aunt Zhang moved to a place closer to the imperial city. "I live in Rumen Street in the outer city."
Speaking of this, Lu Renjia said:
"When Lao Zhang was a policeman in the Yamen, the girl from Aunt Zhang's family actually liked him very much. However, Aunt Zhang was snobbish and looked down upon Lao Zhang, so she got the girl into the palace after a lot of connections.
This person stands low and sees only shallowly. He thinks he can become a phoenix after entering the palace, hehe.
Although she is now the favored maid of the imperial concubine, she can accompany you like a tiger. Maybe one day Aunt Zhang will be the white-haired person accompanying the black-haired person, so she might as well seek safety, alas. "
Jiang Shouzhong ignored Shoehorn's long sigh, returned to the house, and continued to ask Zhao Wanchang, "Before, you said that on the night of the 12th, Wen Laoba was in the idle mill shed of his neighbor Aunt Zhang's house. Saw someone having an affair? ”
Zhao Wanchang, who was sitting on a stool rubbing his knees, saw Jiang Shouzhong coming back and hurriedly knelt on the ground again.
I accidentally knelt too hard and my knees hurt.
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Zhao Wanchang gritted his teeth and held back the pain and said, "My wife told me that on the night of the 12th, Wen Laoba saw Wen... someone having an affair with me in Aunt Zhang's mill shed, and my wife still believed it. , What a pig! That fellow Wen Laobao likes to brag and make up lies.
Now that my wife has returned to her parents’ home, she doesn’t want to come back at all. Sir, why do you think my fate is like this? "Bitter."
Zhao Wanchang once again emphasized that his wife had returned to her parents' home.
Jiang Shouzhong rubbed his chin, a hint of contemplation appeared on his handsome and extraordinary face. He paused and asked again, "Does anyone have an affair there on weekdays?"
Zhao Wanchang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This I don’t know if it’s small.”
……
Zhang family, in the kitchen.
The medicinal soup on the stove is constantly boiling, with white foam floating around. Occasionally, the medicinal juice overflowing from the medicine jar is sprinkled on the stove surface and makes a sizzling sound.
Wen Zhaodi stared blankly, like a body that had lost its soul.
The woman holds a porcelain vase in her hand.
For a long time, she glanced at the cabin where Zhang's mother was sleeping, and pulled out the cork of the bottle.
The porcelain bottle tilts slowly.
A wisp of red flowing gas fell into the medicinal soup.
The evil spirit is flowing.
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Inside the county prison.
After being interrogated by Jiang Shouzhong, Zheng Shanqi had a flattering look on his face and was still chattering to the old catcher Liao,
"Captain Liao, I really didn't lie this time. I did. I saw someone abducting girls. Let me go and let me take the blame and lead you to rescue people... Mr. Liao, please say something."
Old Liao said angrily. : "Shut up and stay well. I will let you out when I change my ways!"
He has caught this guy Zheng Shanqi too many times and he keeps telling lies.
Not a word he said was true.
Lao Liao was too lazy to pay attention to this guy's nonsense, turned around and left.
“Captain Liao!”
Seeing Lao Liao leaving, Zheng Shanqi became anxious and shouted loudly, “Captain Liao, I definitely didn’t lie this time. It’s right behind the Xi Chu Pavilion. There are several girls imprisoned in this courtyard. Yes, yes, I seem to have seen one of them..."
Suddenly Zheng Shanqi thought of something and said hurriedly, "It seems to be Antai Street, why? Daya’s daughter He Lanlan! It’s true, Liao Captou, please believe me.”
Lao Liao frowned and ignored the other party's shouting.
Out of the prison, Lao Liao hesitated whether to trust Zheng Shanqi again, when a government official came in a hurry.
"Captain Liao, a fool came to report a crime."
"Report a crime?"
Old Liao looked confused, "What crime to report?"
The officer said: "He said he saw someone throwing corpses and killing people in Yunhu Lake the night before yesterday. The murderer was Zhao Wancang from Dongping Street. The person who was sunk into the lake was a woman who looked very much like his wife."
(This chapter End)