The first thousand seven hundred and eighty first chapters
This was not an ordinary murder, but a brutal killing. A few volumes of books and a few words brought everyone to the dark place in Huanchi'ao, where the sky was not responding and the earth was not working. It was as if they heard something in their ears.
The miserable howls of the people before their death and the wanton laughter of the murderers were heard, and behind them, there was black smoke and red fire rising all over the sky.
Wu Zuo read out the circumstances and causes of death of more than a dozen deceased people unhurriedly, his tone did not fluctuate at all, and was still so soft and sharp, as if what he was seeing in front of him was not a written record, but a teacher who read exactly what he had seen.
What is left is not corpses, but pen, ink, paper and inkstone, an ink dot, a fallen leaf, and a piece of white paper.
After reading for a long time, Wu Zuo looked at the pile of volumes on the ground, thinking that it would take him more than half an hour to read them all, but he didn't care, because he was afraid that the cold sword in the palace would be impatient.
Wu Zuo rummaged through a pile of volumes. After a while, he picked up a volume printed with cinnabar. His eyes lit up and he shouted: "This is it!"
This sudden cry startled everyone. They looked over involuntarily and saw Wu Zuo shaking the volume in his hand and whispering: "This one died the worst, with nine sword wounds all over his body.
There were twenty-three broken bones everywhere, eleven teeth missing, the entire palm of his left hand was smashed, and a four-inch-thick wooden stick was stabbed into his lower body. He was almost tortured to death by the assailant.
, and," Wu Zuo licked his dry lips, glanced at the female disciples in the Jade Sword Palace with evil intentions, and continued in a dark voice, "the deceased was a woman, probably about the same age as them..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the women in the audience screamed in unison, and their beautiful faces turned pale. Two of the timid Jade Sword Palace disciples actually cried. If it weren't for the presence of Master Yu Qing, they would have been so frightened that they could hide their faces and run away.
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Wu Zuo's appearance made the two inspectors, Shi Lang, really unable to stand it. The purple-breasted and broad-faced imperial envoy named Cao shouted: "Master Wu, be careful what you say!"
"Hey, yes, this..." Wu Zuo rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly, "The prince and the adults have told me about this problem several times, and I will definitely change it next time. I will definitely change it. I have to read a few more...
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"No need!" Zhou Fang and Feng Zhenming shouted in unison.
There was a moment of silence in the palace. Such a murder was horrifying and outrageous. It would not be an exaggeration to think that the perpetrators of such a murder would have killed the nine tribes. However, there was not even the slightest news inside and outside the court. If Wu Zuoyi had not come forward today, who could have done it?
I know that the beautiful Jiuqu Lianwu actually covers up such an ugly and vicious tragedy.
While everyone was shocked, they were hit by a mountain of heavy pressure. This pressure did not come from Leng Bing's Canyuan Sword, but from the prominent and dark inspection uniforms worn by the three people in front of the palace gate.
, only the Inspection Department can find out the origins of more than a hundred people's lives in such a short period of time. Forty-eight embroidery villages traveled thousands of miles from Linjiang south to Yizhou. Wu Zuo's words are not serious.
Righteousness is not considered righteous, but it has an upright aura that makes people dare not despise it. Xu Buzhi put away his lazy face and looked at the three people at the palace gate in silence. In terms of official status, he was just a servant of the District Inspection Department.
Shi Lang and the chief secretary couldn't beat the nine guards in the palace, but the momentum formed by the three people made Xu Buzhi feel chilly. Although there were only three people in front of him, there was a huge beast in the void behind him quietly.
Look at everyone in the palace.
Guan Qihou quickly looked around at everyone, stepped back slightly, and secretly looked at the expressionless face of Master Yu Qing. Instead of gloating about his misfortune, he felt a bit sad like a rabbit dying and a fox dying. How can there be such a coincidence in this world? Tianyi
The owner of the castle died under Leng Bing's sword, and then there was the massacre of the entire family discovered by the inspection department.
"Is this the prince's explanation?" Xu Buzhi asked in a deep voice.
"This is something the prince has told me to do. I don't know anything else."
"Have I seen you?" Xu Buzhi suddenly asked something irrelevant.
"I have met Mr. Xu, but Mr. Xu doesn't remember me." Wu Zuo nodded and bowed. He looked vulgar and philistine, not at all like the chief bookkeeper of the inspection department. Leng Bing and the two inspection officers
The imperial envoy was not surprised and just pretended that he had not seen Wu Zuo's contemptible appearance.
"Master Wu, I hope you can make it clear." Xiang Qinglu said solemnly.
"I only care about the autopsy, I don't know anything else. If you ask me, I can't answer you." Wu Zuo shook his head repeatedly.
Xiang Qinglu turned his attention to the imperial envoy named Cao and asked: "Master Cao, if it is a murder, I take the liberty of saying that since there is an inspection department, it should not be difficult to arrest the murderer. I am here today. Could it be that this murder is related to the murder here?"
Is it related?"
Imperial Ambassador Cao said slowly: "That day when we left Wangyou Valley, the prince sent an order to the Inspection Department, and sent 13 imperial censors, nine chief clerks, and a hundred patrol officers to go south to Jiuqu Lianwu, blockade the news, and visit the five states.
The twenty-sixth Mansion later found this burial place. It took another year to find out the causes of death of all the deceased and registered them in the register. They were the things Mr. Wu had brought. All the deceased had traces of sword wounds.
Eighty-three places, one hundred and twenty knife wounds, twenty-two palm prints, and thirty-seven fingerprints. Regardless of other external forces, at least one of the perpetrators was good at using swords, one was accustomed to using knives, and another
A murderer who is proficient in palm skills and has grasping finger strength. Among them, the person who uses the sword has the highest martial arts, followed by the person with strong palm strength. The person who uses the knife has the weakest martial arts, but compared to these unarmed innocent people, they are no different.
To demons and ghosts."
"Master Cao, has the murderer been caught?" Zhou Fang asked angrily.
The imperial envoy Cao nodded slightly to express his gratitude and said in a serious manner: "The volume was sent to your Majesty for review. Your Majesty's reply was that the whole story was just the words of the Inspection Department, which was not trustworthy. Cao and his colleagues from the Yamen Bureau visited again for more than three months.
The murderer has killed more than 100 people, and it is difficult to leave any trace behind. Fortunately, hard work paid off, and we finally found witnesses. There are 114 people recorded in Huanchi'ao, and the total number of corpses is 110.
Of the seven bodies, three of them were not included in the official registration list. After searching for hundreds of miles around Huanchi'ao, we found out by chance that it was not only three people who were not included in the official records, but four, and the remaining one
People are just living mouths!"
"Good!" Zhou Zang shouted, bowed to Imperial Ambassador Cao, and praised with admiration, "You are worthy of being the Inspection Department!"
Cao Yushi smiled faintly: "Young Master Zhou has oversold you for his duties. If you find this person, the rest of the matter will be easy to handle. The murderer and his party cannot disappear out of thin air. There must be traces wherever they pass. There are ten witnesses."
The two of you will arrive at the Zhuocheng Inspection Department soon."