chapter 5 murder

When she went to buy quilts, she naturally took Lydia Xie with her. She was very cautious and did not want to leave Clarence Chen for a moment.

It's just that the two of them didn't see the man opposite them when they went out this time. They only vaguely heard the woman's yelling.

Clarence Chen was in a good mood. He couldn't deal with that guy, so naturally someone would deal with him.

The owner of the cotton shop is a lean, middle-aged man. He is skinny and looks like a skinny monkey. People in the city call him master Hou. When buying quilts, master Hou’s eyes flicked back and forth on Lydia Xie. After looking at it, he finally asked with some surprise: "Are you lucky? It turns out that the legend is true. Living in Peach Blossom Lane can make you fall into love."

Clarence Chen, who took the quilt, had an expressionless face, "If you want to live in it, I'll sell my house to you for a hundred pieces of Gold coin, and you won't be deceived."

"Are you stupid or am I stupid?"

master Hou raised his eyebrows, looking more like a monkey.

Clarence Chen was too lazy to reply. He turned around to leave with the quilt in his arms, but was stopped by master Hou again. He pulled Clarence Chen to one side and lowered his voice: "I have news. I'll charge you a piece of Gold coin. You must want to know."

Clarence Chen glanced at master Hou, nodded and said, "Okay, next time something happens to your family, I will definitely go out half an hour late."

"Bah, bah, bah, why the hell did you say such unlucky words?"master Hou glanced at Clarence Chen with some resentment, "You kid can't be ungrateful. When you came here, your first meal wasn't at What can I eat here?”

Clarence Chen nodded and said seriously: "How could I forget? I ate your meal and worked hard for you for half a month."

"...There is some friendship after all, right?"master Hou still didn't give up. This old boy was a famous miser in the small county, and he was as famous as the man opposite Clarence Chen.

The reputations of the two are about the same.

"Forget it, I decided to come directly to your house for dinner next time."

Clarence Chen was too lazy to tangle with this guy, so he turned around and left while holding the quilt.

master Hou face turned ugly. He grabbed Clarence Chen and stopped hiding him. He lowered his voice and said, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. There's no money for information. You need to keep your eyes open." Keep an eye on us neighbors, I don’t want to fall asleep and end up in the belly of those naughty monsters.”

After giving Clarence Chen a resentful look, master Hou began to tell the so-called news.

It was the murder case that happened yesterday on Changyuan road. The owner of Wang's Rouge shop and his wife died at home. Tianqing county is so big, so this matter cannot be hidden, but Clarence Chen was not in the city yesterday. , I haven’t gone out since I came back today, so naturally I haven’t heard anything yet.

Clarence Chen looked at master Hou expressionlessly, his eyes sharp.

With such news, this old boy dared to ask for a piece of Gold coin?

Besides, if something like a murder occurs, as long as it doesn't involve monsters, it's a matter managed by the Yamen, and Clarence Chen, the governor, has no right to interfere.

master Hou laughed dryly, "If it were an ordinary murder case, it would definitely be worthless, but it seems that this matter is not simple. I heard that Manager Chen and his wife had no wounds on their bodies and died inexplicably."

"Could it be that another monster is here?"

master Hou looked at Clarence Chen and said hopefully, "If there really is a monster, you can't ignore it."

"If it's a monster, how can there be a whole body? It's more or less something that needs to be thrown away, but does the Yamen have anything to say?"

Clarence Chen asked casually. Ever since he came, he had wiped out all the monsters nearby. There had been no monsters in the city for several years. It had been many years of peace before ordinary people like master Hou could see them. Dare to talk about monsters in general, if it were in the past, who would not talk about monsters?

"Then I don't know. This is all I know."master Hou felt a little guilty. Such news was not worth a Gold coin.

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For Gold coin's sake, Clarence Chen personally changed a set of bedding. After doing all this, the sky had darkened, and it was still snowing heavily outside, making it increasingly cold.

"My family is not a big one, and I don't have the habit of lighting the stove at night. Two quilts should be enough. If it's cold, I can buy you a stove, but you have to pay extra!"

Clarence Chen Chaoxu muttered some words, but when he raised his head, he only found that the girl who looked like a pear blossom was just looking at him quietly in the corridor, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

It is true that there are no such things as a stove at home. He himself is already a warrior of not too low a level, and his body is particularly tough. It is a matter of course that he will not be invaded by cold or heat.

Lydia Xie smiled and thanked him, and then asked: "I won't die at your house, right?"

Clarence Chen twitched his lips, this little girl is really afraid of death.

"I can't guarantee it. Most monsters don't dare to trouble me. If it's too powerful, don't worry, I will definitely leave you and run away."

Is this human language?

Lydia Xie didn't care and asked with a smile: "What if it's not a demon?"

After all, there is something else in this sentence.

Clarence Chen rubbed his head and said helplessly: "If everyone wants you to die, no matter how powerful I am, I can't save you."

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Lydia Xie smiled and said nothing.

Dealing with smart people is never too difficult.

"Sleep peacefully, I always feel that your luck will not be too bad."

Chen Chao waved his hand, turned around and went to sit down under the eaves over there, and began to close his eyes and meditate.

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In the night, the heavy snow continued. A man in soap clothes walked quickly from outside the County magistrate government office into the brightly lit County magistrate. He cupped his hands. A thin middle-aged man in a blue official robe sat in the high hall and held his hand. Wusha Mao waved his hand, indicating to the beadle to present the result in his hand.

This person is Mi Devin Mi of Magistrate of a county Tianqing county .

He was born as a Scholars in the second year of Tianjian.

Although he ranked high in the Imperial examinations that year, because of his ordinary background, Devin Mi has been wasting his time in the position of Magistrate of a county of Tianqing county for more than ten years. From the very beginning, he was very ambitious and wanted to do something good, but now he has not been able to do so. Seeking merit but seeking no fault, Devin Mi can be regarded as a vivid interpretation of the mentality of most low-level officials in the liang Dynasty.

Originally, when I was a parent officer in the liang Dynasty, the biggest problem I encountered when working as a parent officer in such a remote place was the monsters that would appear from time to time. At first, Devin Mi, the parent officer, was always on tenterhooks, fearing that one day he would be attacked by those monsters. The monsters ate it up, and it wasn't until Chen Chaolai took over as the previous governor who died suddenly three years ago that his life became easier. With Clarence Chen around, no monsters dared to appear in Tianqing county anymore. Only a parent official like him could do this. Much more comfortable.

Devin Mi, who knew that there was no possibility of continuing to climb, had no intention of bothering these ordinary people. Under his rule, Tianqing county was a rare peaceful place in the liang Dynasty, so his reputation in Tianqing county was also quite good. .

Just looking at the conclusion drawn after the Post-mortem examiner on the corpse in his hand, Devin Mi couldn't help but frown.

"Then the Chen family and his wife really don't have any grudge against anyone in daily life?"

Devin Mi turned to look at the Chief registrar beside him, with an unkind expression on his face.

The Chief registrar surname is Zhang. He is not tall, but he has a beard and does not look like a scholar. The Chief registrar was in charge of documents, books and seals. In the liang Dynasty, he was the second most powerful figure in a county, Magistrate of a county.

Chief registrar Zhang nodded with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, the Zhang family has always had a good reputation and is quite kind. The neighbors around them all praise this couple a lot, and they have never had any enmity with anyone."

Devin Mi nodded, but did not refute anything. This result was already expected.

"County Lord, Post-mortem examiner there..."

Chief registrar Zhang glanced at Devin Mi. He also wanted to know the cause of death of the couple.

"Nothing came of it. After cutting the body open, nothing was found."

Devin Mi handed the conclusion paper written by the Post-mortem examiner to Chief registrar Zhang and said to himself: "There are no marks on the neck. If he died of suffocation, it shouldn't look like this. Could it be haunted?"

Chief registrar Zhang took the paper and looked at it for a few times, but didn't get any useful clues. They had visited the scene before. The couple died on their bed, but there was no sign of any struggle. They seemed to be in their sleep. Just die like that.

If it were just one person, it could be said to be a sudden illness, but the way both husband and wife died was the same, which is really confusing.

Devin Mi was scratching his little hair in distress when suddenly there were rapid footsteps outside. Soon, another beadle ran into the lobby with a look of panic on his face, "Sir, he's dead! He's dead!"

died? I'm dead? !

Devin Mi raised his head and cursed angrily: "Nonsense, I am alive and well, who is dead?!"

The beadle came to the front of the hall, breathing heavily. Seeing his master getting angry, he immediately said: "Sir, someone has died again, and he died in the same way as the Chen family and his wife!"

Before Devin Mi could speak, Chief registrar Zhang took the lead and asked, "Seriously?"

The beadle kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and said worriedly: "It's the same Changyuan road, butcher Butcher Zhang died, and we have no meat to eat!"

"Asshole, what are you talking about?"

Devin Mi immediately reprimanded, but then realized that the matter was not simple, and then looked at Chief registrar, "Let me go and have a look."

Chief registrar Zhang nodded, rolled up his sleeves and picked up the knife placed under the table.

When the four of them walked out of the lobby, Devin Mi suddenly remembered something and ordered the beadle beside him: "Go to Peach Blossom Alley to invite the governor Chen... and ask him to go directly to Changyuan road!"

As a Magistrate of a county, Devin Mi's ability is quite good. He has keenly realized that these two murder cases are not simple. Maybe they are really caused by monsters. If monsters are involved, then letting Clarence Chen come forward is the most appropriate way.

"It's so late at night, what if governor Chen doesn't want to come?"

The beadle was in a dilemma. Although the Magistrate of a county was the head of the county, the official rank of the town governor was the same as that of the Magistrate of a county. The Magistrate of a county did not have the right to dispatch. Moreover, there was no conclusive evidence that this murder was caused by a monster. The governor could not It is reasonable to come.

"Just go and invite me and say you suspect a monster is causing trouble. The guy won't refuse."

Devin Mi was not worried about whether Clarence Chen would come.

Because the more monsters there are, the more excited he becomes.

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