Xinye County, outside the east gate of Shen Mansion.
The tall and hot-tempered Huo Anu was glaring at Xu Zun with disgust, not wanting to take another step.
"Paralytic Xu, don't think that because Master Shen is backing me, I have to listen to you!" She clenched her fists and threatened, "If you dare to speak rudely to me in the silk shop, I still don't have to pay for this. It’s up to you!”
Huo Anu has a special status. Although he is often accompanied by Miss Shen, he is not a servant in the true sense.
Coupled with her strong martial arts skills, almost no one in the Shen family dared to mess with her, including Xu Zun.
Last time in the silk shop, Xu Zun got angry purely because he misunderstood her identity. If it were now, he might have restrained himself a little.
However, facing Huo Anu's question at this moment, Xu Zun still responded without hesitation:
"You're a big-headed ghost! Please use your brain, please. If it's not an emergency, can my father-in-law send you to protect me?"
"Hmph, don't think I'm easy to fool!" Huo Anu suddenly reached out and pinched Xu Zun's shoulders and said angrily, "I think it's just you who is being mysterious, maybe you have some bad thoughts in your heart!"
Suddenly, Xu Zun felt a burning sensation on his shoulders.
This woman is indeed very strong with her hands. With this skill, she seems to be able to deform her shoulder blades with one hand!
With his temper in his previous life, Xu Zun really wanted to throw her over his shoulder to see how many rounds his free fighting could go with this martial arts master?
However, now is obviously not the time for him to show off his skills easily.
So, Xu Zun endured the severe pain in his shoulder and said calmly:
"Do you think...this is what I want? Do you think I am begging you for protection? These are all arranged by my father-in-law. If you are not happy, then get out!"
"You?" Huo Anu was furious, and his hands were a little tighter, "Please clear your mouth!"
"Okay, you don't want to bring me down!" Xu Zun gritted his teeth and said, "Then you can go back alone, I don't need your protection! Humph!"
Xu Zun snorted contemptuously and turned around to leave, but couldn't because someone was still holding his shoulder.
"You?" Huo Anu seemed to realize something, and then he let go of his hand and smiled coldly, "Xu Paraman, here's the method to provoke the general! Do you think I really dare not leave?"
"Okay, let's go? I can't wait to do it!"
After saying that, Xu Zun turned around and left.
As soon as he turned his head, his face became extremely distorted and he grinned, and it felt as if the bones in his shoulders were broken.
"you……"
Seeing Xu Zun leave without hesitation, Huo Anu was a little confused, feeling that he could not see through the Xu Xiaopan of the past.
Originally, she had the intention to go up and argue a few words, but she saw that Xu Zun had no intention of stopping. If she caught up, she would be asking for trouble.
"Okay! It's yours!" She put the iron umbrella on her shoulders and said coldly, "I don't care about serving you, so go to hell!"
After saying that, she turned around and left, returning to the direction of Shen Mansion...
…
Oh, let me go!
As soon as Xu Zun turned into the alley, he immediately rubbed his shoulders with a very painful expression.
As expected of someone who plays with an iron umbrella, he is really strong with his hands. If he pinches it for a while longer, he may not be able to lift his arm.
It seemed that her free fighting had no chance of winning against her. Fortunately, she didn't do anything just now.
All right!
Xu Zun gritted his teeth. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want such a female bodyguard. Even if he is not killed by the enemy, he will still be played half to death by her.
Although this Huo Anu is plump and beautiful, it seems that he is not on the same frequency as himself. It is better not to have any illusions that you can fall in love after being together for a long time.
well……
Xu Zun readjusted his thinking and began to formulate a new plan.
If Huo Anu can't be his bodyguard, then it seems that he can only find a few detectives to help him.
Although he couldn't trust these detectives, having a few people around him would make him feel more at ease.
Next, he walked towards Yizhuang, intending to go there first to see the body.
On the way, his mind was racing and he was still thinking about these two cases.
Just now in Shen Mansion, Shen Tiande had told Xu Zun everything he knew about the iron coffin case.
Although Shen Tiande didn't know much, Xu Zun also gained something.
Shen Tiande is a big shot in the officialdom, and through this incident, he also faintly smelled something unusual.
Because ordinary people would never be able to build such a huge iron coffin. Since the iron coffin appeared twice in Xinye County, it means that this case must be related to Xinye County!
Moreover, there may be some huge conspiracy behind the iron coffin, and it is by no means as simple as an ordinary murder case.
Therefore, Shen Tiande decided to send someone to inquire above to see if similar incidents had occurred in other states and counties.
As the saying goes, leaning against a big tree makes it easier to enjoy the shade. With his father-in-law's participation, Xu Zun felt much more at ease.
Next, he can go all out to investigate the You Dalang incident and find out who is the person monitoring him behind the scenes?
Yizhuang is a place dedicated to parking the dead. In addition to the bodies of You Dalang and his wife, the mysterious Taoist priest and chief administrator Liu Zhang in the iron coffin have also been transferred here.
This is an important place for the corpse family. It was originally unguarded, but now that such an important case has occurred, Magistrate Qiu still sent a Yamen officer to guard it here.
When Xu Zun arrived at Yizhuang, it was getting late.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, he saw a large number of people surrounding the Yizhuang compound, including police officers, government officials and some migrant workers.
No way?
Xu Zun soon saw that everyone was surrounding a carriage, and what was carried on the carriage was the mysterious iron coffin!!!
"This..." Xu Zun asked quickly, "How did you get this thing here?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he already knew the answer. Where else could such a huge coffin be placed if not in Yizhuang? Who would be happy to put it in any house?
Sure enough, the officials' answers were exactly the same.
"Two horses and a dozen people pushing it!" one of the agents introduced to Xu Zun, "it took a full two hours to get here!"
While they were talking, everyone had already set up scaffolding and were preparing crowbars, ropes and other items to unload the iron coffin from the car.
Two horses, a dozen people...
Xu Zun thought about it in his mind. It seemed that the iron coffin was not so heavy that it could not be moved. It was just more laborious than ordinary objects.
So... since this thing appeared twice in Xinye County, could it be... that it wasn't transported from a very far away place?
No, it's made in Xinye County, right?
Also, the iron coffin from two years ago has been taken away by the government and its whereabouts are unknown. I wonder if the two iron coffins are the same one?
"Hey? Be careful..."
Everyone was working together to control the iron coffin to fall to the ground, but unexpectedly, when the iron coffin was suspended in the air, one of the ropes suddenly broke!
The person holding the rope lock suddenly fell down, and the huge iron coffin suddenly tilted down and hit Xu Zun without leaning to one side!
Such a heavy iron coffin would definitely result in death or injury if it hit Xu Zun!
ah!?
Xu Zun was shocked and instinctively rolled his body to the side.
And just as Xu Zun was rolling, a tall figure fell from the sky, and stood directly in front of Xu Zun in front of everyone's astonished eyes!
oh……
Everyone thought that this man was going to be knocked away by the iron coffin, but they saw this man holding up the extremely heavy iron coffin with one arm!
Then, an iron umbrella suddenly appeared and was held under the coffin by this person, causing the iron coffin to fall steadily to the ground...
