There are only a few people in Wang County. Even though some young men have recently returned from the county, it is still pitch black everywhere except for the occasional barking of dogs.

Dark clouds fluttered in front of the bright moon, sometimes blocking the moonlight and sometimes drifting away.

Occasionally, a dark shadow passed by on the deserted street, but when I looked again, there was nothing there.

"Buckle, buckle, buckle!"

The sound of his fingers knocking on the old wooden door made Niu Hongchang, who was lying in bed unable to sleep, suddenly open his eyes and prick up his ears to listen again.

Confirming that the noise was really from his own door, he put on some clothes and got up, going out to open the courtyard door by the moonlight.

Niu Hongchang had a sister who married in the next county. His parents passed away two years ago, leaving him alone in the family. In order to buy coffins for his parents, the family spent almost all their money.

He still hasn't found the money to get a wife.

After walking behind the door, he subconsciously asked: "Who is it?"

Why did you come to his house without sleeping in the middle of the night?

"It's the slave family!"

The woman's delicate voice excited Niu Hongchang to alert him. Is it a woman?

Moreover, this voice is familiar to him. Is it the female waiter from Xiangyizhai?

After lying in bed just now, he kept thinking about the soft touch of Liu Chunjiao's hands during the day. How come his hands were still so tender when he was working in a restaurant every day?

Just touching your hand is not enough?

But the owner of Xiangyizhai seems to be someone who is not easy to mess with. He can only give up during the day. If he doesn't like it at night, he lies in bed and thinks about it.

But he never expected that Liu Chunjiao would come to his home?

He looked reluctant during the day, but he didn't expect that he was actually such a thing secretly!

Niu Hongchang opened the courtyard door excitedly and saw Liu Chunjiao standing at the door with a shy face. The moonlight shone on her face, making her skin look whiter and tender.

"Little beauty, you are here!"

Niu Hongchang pulled the person into the house and closed the door.

At this time, there was nothing wrong with touching the door. Niu Hongchang hugged the person in the yard and started chewing.

Hina, who has been around for more than 20 years, finally started eating meat today!

But soon, Niu Hongchang noticed something was wrong. Why did he feel like he was holding an ice pillar?

Although Liu Chunjiao was smiling, it made him feel excited.

The passion faded and his rationality quickly returned. Niu Hongchang looked at Liu Chunjiao lying on the ground and felt something was wrong. He subconsciously wanted to stay away from Liu Chunjiao, but his body seemed to be out of his control?

Suddenly, his body felt a sharp pain, and he felt like he was about to die.

He looked down at his hands. The life in his fingers disappeared and became like skin and bones.

ah!!!

Help!!!

Niu Hongchang wanted to ask for help, but he couldn't make a sound. He looked at Liu Chunjiao in horror, who was this woman?

Unfortunately, he will never get this answer.

"Crack!"

Liu Chunjiao closed the courtyard door and came out of Niu Hongchang's house refreshed.

On the way back to Xiangyizhai, she met Cui Fengzhi who had also returned from Yan Shuangcheng's home. Seeing each other's satisfied expressions, the two of them went in to sleep through the back door without saying a word.

The next day, Chen time has arrived. Today is the day when Wenzhu Bookstore starts work. Foreman Li specifically counted the number of people, there are only thirteen. Not only Qiao Yongqiang did not come, but also Niu Hongchang and Yan Shuangcheng did not come!

What are Niu Hongchang and Yan Shuangcheng doing?

Don’t you want to make money and marry a wife sooner?

After Foreman Li arranged for everyone to work, he went to Niu's house and Yan's house.

When he arrived at the door of Niu Hongchang's house, Foreman Li called twice, but no one answered. Just when he was about to knock on the door, he knocked and found that the door was not closed at all?

Foreman Li wondered why Niu Hongchang didn't close the courtyard door. Then he opened the door and prepared to go in to look for someone.

I didn't want to, but I took a step in and was frightened by the scene in front of me. I saw a skinny mummy lying on the ground.

He was wearing Niu Hongchang's clothes and had a similar hairstyle.

But Niu Hongchang was still a living person yesterday!

Foreman Li pretended to be calm, but he did not dare to continue walking inside and hurriedly ran to the county government office.

The overall situation of the county government in Wang County is similar to that of Wang County.

Because Wang County is too poor, there are only four government officials in the entire Wang County. Now three are gone and only one is left.

Such a large county government can't have just one official, right?

So, a jailer was transferred from the prison to go to the place mentioned by Foreman Li to investigate.

Jailer Fan frowned when he saw the mummified corpse in Niu Hongchang's yard and said, "Are there such weird corpses in the county now?"

After saying that, Warder Fan placed the stretcher on the ground and asked Foreman Li to help him put the mummy on the stretcher.

"!!!"

Foreman Li's eyes widened. He couldn't believe what he heard. He actually wanted to carry the body together?

"When the county magistrate solves this case, he will definitely reward you."

Fan Zhengli casually drew a pie for Foreman Li.

The county government in Wangxian County is short of everything, short of money, short of people, and there are not many things that can be used to commend others, but there is one thing that can be written by the county magistrate himself: a letter of commendation.

This is also a reward. It only costs a little paper and ink, but it saves money!

Foreman Li only heard that the county magistrate would commend him, so he tried to overcome his fear and carried the mummy with Jailer Fan.

Before leaving, Foreman Li went into Niu Hongchang's house to search and confirmed that there was no one in Niu Hongchang's house, only the mummy in the yard!

Foreman Li frowned with a complicated expression. Although the mummy looked like Niu Hongchang, he still hoped that it was not Niu Hongchang.

We are all co-workers who have worked together for many years. We had dinner together at noon yesterday...

Foreman Li worked as a free manpower for the county government, and he and Jailer Fan carried the body back to the county government office.

The yamen guard guarding the county government office opened the white cloth, looked at the body inside, and said the same words as Fan Zhengli just said.

"Mummy corpses brought back from the county? Isn't this kind of thing only found in Yangqing Town?"
Chapter completed!