Chapter 76: The Corpse of the Woman in Monk Clothes (Part 2)
"Is it you!? Xu Peng... um..."
When Shen Xinglian saw Xu Zun coming towards him, he was about to insult him, but then he remembered the scene in front of Zhaoye Temple that day and quickly stopped.
"Jiying, why are you here?" Li Yan, the governor, was a little surprised when he saw Xu Zun and hurried forward to ask.
"Xu Zun pays homage to the governor and the governor." Xu Zun quickly saluted and replied, "I heard about something happening here on the way, so I came as soon as possible."
"You came just in time," Li Yan immediately introduced to the venerable man in indigo robes, "Master Hou, this is Xu Zun who solved the iron coffin case in Xinye County. Now he has been commended by the Holy One and promoted to
When Tangzhou proposed a sentence, the last official specially sent him to assist in the case!"
"ah?"
Shen Xinglian was shocked to hear that Xu Zun had been sentenced in Tangzhou. He, a Jingwu captain, was also a seventh-grade officer, and he happened to be on the same level as Xu Zun.
"Xu Zun pays homage to Marquis Changping!" Xu Zun bowed and saluted respectfully, "I have heard about the great reputation of the Marquis for a long time, and I am very lucky to meet you today!"
"Oh..." Changping Marquis Lu Jinlong nodded slightly and said sadly, "I remember congratulating my emperor on his birthday during the reign of Guizong. At that time, I had the honor to meet Xu Siqing.
"Xu Siqing solves cases like a god, which makes me deeply admire him. Now Mr. Xu has solved a strange case again. It turns out that the father of a tiger has no son!"
"Master Hou is so complimentary." Xu Zun thanked him.
"Xu Tixing, I wish you had paid more attention to my daughter's affairs!" Marquis Changping was approachable, modest in manner, and not aristocratic at all.
No wonder, in the Changping Marquis Mansion, both the guardian Wei Beihui and the servants in charge were all modest and polite.
"The villain must try his best to live up to the Marquis!" Xu Zun clasped his fists again.
At this time, the guards of the Hou Mansion who followed Xu Zun also dropped their guard after seeing that Xu Zun was indeed the one being sentenced in Tangzhou.
"Master Hou," the governor Li Yan said to Lu Jinlong, "what happened today has frightened Master Hou. You should go back and have a rest. Leave the remaining matters to the junior officials!"
"Okay," Lu Jinlong bowed his hands to the people present, "Well, I'll bother you all!"
"It should, it should..." The officials hurriedly responded.
The more polite the Marquis was, the more panicked the officials became.
After saying this, Lu Jinlong bid farewell to the officials and left the Huguo Temple under the escort of his servants.
As the prince left, a large number of people were immediately evacuated in front of the temple, leaving only officials and soldiers.
"Ji Ying!" Li Yan then introduced other officials to Xu Zun. He first introduced an officer with a thick beard and a slightly fat body, "This is Yuan Xingtai, the left colonel of the Shangyuan garrison!"
"Hello Captain Yuan!" Xu Zun greeted.
Yuan Xingtai looked a bit ferocious, but he was more polite to Xu Zun and immediately returned the courtesy respectfully.
"this……"
Li Yan originally wanted to introduce Shen Xinglian to Xu Zun, but soon realized that he knew Xu Zun, so he automatically ignored Shen Xinglian and introduced a middle-aged man in white dressed like a swordsman to Xu Zun.
"This is Ju Ran, the divine catcher of Shangyuan City."
"Ju Shen Zhu, I have admired my name for a long time!" I shouted that I have admired my name for a long time, but in fact I had never heard of this person.
"I don't dare to be regarded as a divine catcher. I'm just a fast catcher. But Xu Tixing's name is so famous that I have admired him for a long time!"
Ju Ran responded politely, but also didn't know what he was thinking.
"Master Li, Master Tai, Master Xu," after the introduction, Lieutenant Colonel Yuan Xingtai from the left stepped forward and said to everyone, "I have military affairs in hand, and it is inconvenient for me to stay here for a long time. It is more important to find Miss Lu, so..."
"Oh... Lieutenant Yuan has worked hard!" Li Yan understood what Yuan Xingtai meant and said quickly, "Let Sheriff Tai handle the case here!"
"Farewell!"
"Farewell!"
Yuan Xingtai and Shen Xinglian clasped their fists at everyone and left the temple with their soldiers.
Before leaving, Shen Xinglian glanced at Xu Zun again, his eyes were extremely complicated...
What Xu Zun is best at is observing words and expressions. The meeting just now seemed to be a harmonious one, but it is obvious that everyone is aware of their own concerns and has their own ideas.
Moreover, among everyone, Taimin, the governor of Shangyuan County, and Ju Ran, the divine catcher, were the most obvious.
The faces of these two people were extremely ugly, and they were obviously worried and uneasy.
After all, Miss Houfu disappeared from Shangyuan City, and now that such a female corpse has appeared, they are undoubtedly under the greatest pressure.
"Master Li," Xu Zun pointed to the depths of the temple and asked, "That corpse..."
"Oh...fortunately, fortunately," Li Yan said happily, "This corpse is not Miss Lu. I was really sweating just now!"
"Sir," Taimin said, "since the deceased is not Miss Lu, let's leave it to Ju Ran and the others! At the moment, we still need to find Miss Lu!"
"Well..." Li Yan nodded and said to Xu Zun, "Jiying, this case is too difficult, so I sent you here as soon as you took office. Now I'll leave this case to you!"
"Oh..." Xu Zun said, but seemed to be thinking about other things.
"Ju Ran," Tai Min said from the side, "you have to cooperate well with Xu County Lieutenant, oh no... look at my words, I mean to cooperate well with Xu Tixing!
"I have seen Xu Tixing's case-handling ability with my own eyes, so no matter what Xu Tixing's requirements and assignments are, you must fully support and cooperate unconditionally. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Ju Ran promised.
"Then..." Li Yan pointed to the outside and said, "Jiying, let's go back to the government office now. I will prepare your official documents, and then let them report the disappearance of Miss Lu to you!"
With that said, Li Yan was about to walk out.
"Wait a minute," Xu Zun waved his hand and said, "Master Li, I haven't seen the body inside yet!"
"Huh?" Taimin quickly answered, "Xu Tixing, although the body inside is that of a woman, it is not Miss Lu. It is just an ordinary murder case."
"Yes," Li Yan agreed, "We don't need to be distracted. Just leave this kind of case to their local police!"
"Master Li," Xu Zun smiled faintly and asked, "How can you be so sure that the female body inside has nothing to do with the disappearance of the young lady?"
"this……"
Upon hearing this, Taimin's face became even more ugly.
"Sir," Xu Zun said again, "you won't forget so quickly. We didn't expect that You Dalang's murder was related to the iron coffin case at first, right?"
"This..." Li Yan thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, Ji Ying's words make sense. It is not normal for such a case to appear at this time, so let's go and take a look!
"But..." Li Yan looked embarrassed, "I am old and don't want to see such a tragic scene, so I'd better let Ju Baotou take you to see it!"
oh?
Seeing Li Yan in such trouble, Xu Zun was mentally prepared.
"Well..."
Taimin and Ju Ran exchanged colors, and Ju Ran stretched out his hand and said: "Xu Tixing, please come with me! I will take you to see the scene..."
So, under the leadership of Ju Ran, Xu Zun and Zhao Yu walked into the backyard of Huguo Temple.
In fact, they are all ruins. How can there be any backyard? I just walked around the broken pagoda and came to a ruins.
At this moment, there are police officers on duty on both sides of the ruins, and a circle of canvas has been set up to block it.
Seeing Ju Ran arriving, the detective hurriedly opened the canvas.
Melted snow dripped from the broken walls, making the ruins extremely humid.
Xu Zun followed Ju Ran into the scene, but saw a person sitting cross-legged on a stone platform!
Even though the man's back was facing away, only his back could be seen.
But Xu Zun only glanced at it, and still felt that the hair on his hair stood on end, and the atmosphere was extremely strange...
