After more than ten days of hard work, Yu Qingfeng finally entered the territory of Jeju.

Du Huanmo, the prefect of Jeju, personally greeted them and took the four of them to his house. They rested for a day and set out together on the road early the next morning.

After all, Du Huanmo was the deputy prosecutor in Zhou Lang's case. He must follow Dali Temple to review the case.

Along the way, every time Yu Qingfeng stayed at a hotel in Dajian, she would eagerly ask how many rooms were left. She was really afraid that they would give her another trick that said there were not enough rooms.

Sharing a room with Pei Wuyan would give her no chance of a good night's sleep.

She wants to win over this man, but even though she is a promiscuous actor, she firmly refuses sex scenes.

Fortunately, there are enough rooms along the way.

When they arrived at the Jeju magistrate's residence, Yu Qingfeng also asked for a single room.

During lunch, Pei Wuyan specifically asked Du Huanmo to add an extra chair so that Yu Qingfeng could sit at the table. This caused Du Huanmo to misunderstand Yu Qingfeng's identity.

Du Huanmo understood the situation, tacitly understood it, and was polite to Yu Qingfeng.

During the dinner, Du Huanmo explained Zhou Lang's case in detail.

"Did you and Mr. Xia conclude Zhou Lang's case together?" Pei Wuyan asked knowingly. In fact, he wanted to know whose idea it was to sentence Lou Anyi to death within three days.

Mr. Xia's name is Xia Feitao, and he is a punishment officer. Like Pei Wuyan, he is from the third rank.

He happened to be on patrol in Jeju when the case occurred. He learned that there was such a case in Pingchuan County, involving legends about ghosts and gods. For fear of causing panic among the people, he and Du Huanmo went to Pingchuan County in person to take charge of the case.

Du Huanmo smiled meaningfully, "To be honest, I felt that this case needed to be investigated further, but Xia Tixing..."

I understand, the responsibility for hastily closing the case lies with Xia Feitao.

"What do you think of Xia Tixing?" Pei Wuyan said with a cold face. He also saw that Du Huanmo and Xia Feitao were not willing to deal with each other. He was partly saying this to test his own attitude. In fact, he was waiting to complain to him.

"Just say it."

Du Huanmo breathed a sigh of relief and spoke frankly.

"Xia Tixing believes that this case involves ghost legends and cannot expand its influence for fear of panicking the people, so he insists on concluding the trial and sentencing as soon as possible. And..."

Du Huanmo began to hesitate again.

Pei Wuyan coughed, put down his chopsticks, and his expression became even gloomier.

Du Huanmo hurriedly continued, "Also, Lou Anyi ran a gambling house. After Xia Tixing found out, he tortured Lou Anyi, believing that those who seek wealth must be killed... Of course, it was also the low-ranking officials who did things unfavorably.

I didn’t know that Pingchuan County even had such an underground gambling house privately.”

"you do not know?"

Pei Wuyan glanced sideways at Du Huanmo, the meaning could not be more obvious - I believe that you don't know, you are just taking the benefits and turning a blind eye.

Du Huanmo swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir Pei, this official was negligent and I will atone for my sin. This time I will definitely cooperate fully with Mr. Pei to find out the case."

Yu Qingfeng couldn't help but smile to herself when she saw Du Huanmo's servile look of groveling to please him.

It seems that the story of Pei Wuyan's removal of Fang Qingxuan, the prefect of Duanzhou, has spread due to the previous case of the Fox Fairy killing his family. From now on, wherever Pei Wuyan goes to review the case, he will be regarded as a plague by local officials, who will flatter his face and scold him behind his back.

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Pei Wuyan finally understood that this time they came and their opponent was Xia Feitao. Enemies of enemies could be friends for the time being, but they still needed a lot of cooperation from Du Huanmo. So his expression softened a lot.

"Tell me about the legend of the Tomb of Beheaded Ghosts. What's going on?"

"Well, well," Du Huanmo began to hesitate again, "Xiaguan was transferred to Jeju only four years ago. Xiaguan really doesn't know much about the legend from twenty years ago."

"You and Xia Tixing went to Pingchuan to handle the case together, and you didn't ask about the origin of this ghost grave?" Lin Ming asked incredulously.

"Uh, um, um, to be honest, I wanted to ask, but Mr. Xia said that the legend of Onizuka has nothing to do with the case and should not be discussed too much. It caused the people to spread rumors and make the people panic."

Du Huanmo put the responsibility on Xia Feitao again.

"Oh, by the way, before beheading Lou Anyi, Lord Xia ordered the tomb to be sealed."

"Blocked?" Yu Qingfeng blurted out in desperation, "Why?"

"Oh, girl, I don't know. Mr. Xia wanted to completely blow up the Onizhong with explosives and put an end to ghost legends. The explosives were all transported to the vicinity of the Onizhong. But several Feng Shui masters said that the realm of Cuiyun Valley

It cannot be exploded, not only will it affect Jeju’s feng shui fortune, but it may also cause natural disasters and rockslides. As a result, the people of Pyeongcheon also went to Cuyun Valley to protest, and Mr. Xia had no choice but to give up."

"Fortunately," Yu Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and silently thanked the Feng Shui master, "So how was it sealed in the end?"

"Filling the hole opened by tomb robbers. This Tomb of the Beheaded Ghost has been living in peace for nearly twenty years. It was targeted by a group of tomb robbers not long ago. They searched in Cuiyun Valley for several days and found the excavation site.

.Unexpectedly, after digging and digging, they actually dug into the tomb. It is precisely because of this robbery hole that the gambling game between Zhou Lang and Lou Anyi happened."

It seems that there is still a lot of work to be done, and the buried robber holes have to be dug out again.

This Xia Feitao is really suspicious. Not only did he hastily close the case, but he also destroyed the crime scene. But he, a foreigner who visited Pingchuan County and a high-ranking official of the third rank, had any motive for the murder of two gamblers?

Is the Legend of Onizuka really not related to the Gambler’s Chamber Case?

Yu Qingfeng felt that it must be related. Just like the previous legend of the fox fairy, the so-called ghost legend was a man-made conspiracy.

What's more, the scene of this murder, where the secret room is located, is in this tomb that is said to be haunted.

After lunch, Pei Wuyan suggested that everyone go shopping in Jeju together. Since the official can't give an answer, let's go find out what the folk say about the Tomb of the Beheaded Ghost.

In the afternoon, the downtown area of ​​Jeju was bustling with activity. The four of them found a teahouse where they could listen to books. They felt that both storytellers and listeners were the most likely group to know the legend of Onizuka.

The four of them split up and went out to strike up a conversation. Yu Qingfeng even aimed directly at the storyteller.

In the end, nothing was gained.

"After all, it happened 20 years ago, and it's a story in Pingchuan County. It's normal for people in Jeju not to know." Lian Shurong shrugged helplessly.

"The oldest person here has heard of the Tomb of the Decapitated Ghost, but he doesn't know as much as we do." Lin Ming was better than Lian Shurong.

"It is recorded in the file that the owner of the Tomb of the Beheaded Ghost Tomb is named Ding Chuanzong, who was the magistrate of Pingchuan County at that time. He was beheaded for embezzling money from disaster relief officials," Pei Wuyan pointed at a teenage child not far away.

, "I just heard the child reciting a nursery rhyme, and there was a sentence: The gentle breeze on the two sleeves of Ding Chuanzong, it is difficult to get rid of the unjust death."

"He died unjustly?" Yu Qingfeng understood clearly, "If he died unjustly, it would indeed be more in line with the legend of the evil ghost's revenge."

"The child said that the nursery rhyme was taught to him by his uncle who came from Pingchuan County to visit relatives in Jeju." Pei Wuyan looked directly at Yu Qingfeng and made a gesture of invitation.

Yu Qingfeng smiled proudly, "I haven't heard anything about the Tomb of the Beheaded Ghost."

"Then you had a lively chat with that storyteller. What did you say?" Lian Shurong was extremely disappointed.

"The storyteller is a foreigner and has never heard of the legend of the Beheaded Tomb. But when he heard me mention 'decapitation', he told me about the troupe's decapitation trick."

"Decapitation trick?" Lin Ming was surprised and curious, obviously he had never seen it before.

"The storyteller said that this beheading trick was performed by only one troupe in the Yong Dynasty, so it is rare to see it. By coincidence, this troupe is in Jeju now and will perform in front of Yunhui Tower tonight."

Pei Wuyan narrowed his eyes and asked Yu Qingfeng: "Do you want to go see it?"

"Of course I want to see it. The only troupe in Dayong that can do the decapitation trick. If we meet by chance, how can we let it go?" Yu Qingfeng took it as a matter of course.

"What are we here for?" Pei Wuyan seemed to have no interest in any decapitation trick.

"Forget it if it's another trick. This is a decapitation trick, and of course it's related to the case. If Lou Anyi is not the real murderer, he's not lying, and he really saw the decapitated ghost, then someone must have used a trick to fake it."

"It's nothing to see, it's just a trick. I already have the answer to how to decapitate a living person." Pei Wuyan did not hide his elation.


Chapter completed!