Becoming an Immortal from the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 129

At this time, Zhou Cunjian and Xia Mingxuan's siege of Chai Hai had already come to fruition.

Zhou Cunjian seized an opportunity and slapped Chai Hai's Tianling Gai with his palm, and blood spurted from Chai Hai's mouth, nose and ears immediately.

At the same time, Xia Mingxuan pointed sharply at Chai Hai's throat, causing Chai Hai to stiffen, and his body also slowly fell backwards.

"Oh!"

Chai Hai hit the ground heavily, his eyes rolled white, his pupils dilated, and he was dying quickly.

After killing Chai Hai, Zhou Cunjian and Xia Mingxuan ignored everything else and returned to their seats to do their best.

The quality of the night guards was much higher than that of the yamen servants. They had reacted when the yamen servants were still in panic and fear, and dragged away the corpses from the scene one after another, and began to clean up the martial arts arena.

Zhang Yuqing came in front of Xia Mingxuan: "Can my night patrol brothers understand something through this competition?"

Xia Mingxuan finally started to look at Zhang Yuqing squarely. He got up from his seat, and replied, "Zhang Shichang has extraordinary martial arts skills. Today's battle really taught Xia a lot."

Although there was still dissatisfaction in his tone, it was no longer as arrogant and contemptuous as before.

Xia Mingxuan had seen Zhang Yuqing's strength today, and he himself was not sure that he could defeat Zhang Yuqing in a one-on-one situation.

Facing such a strong man, he deserved the broken leg of one of his subordinates in the collision with Zhang Yuqing last night. After all, it was Zhang Yuqing who gave face to the night guards so that he didn't kill him.

In this way, although Xia Mingxuan felt that he had lost a lot of face by rushing out today, at least when facing Zhang Yuqing, he had to be respected for his strength.

All the night guards in the martial arts field also shouted in unison: "Thank you Zhang Shichang for your enlightenment!"

Looking back, Zhang Yuqing saw that the night guards had changed their previous hatred and fierceness towards him into a kind of fear and envy.

Zhou Cunjian also got up and said to Zhang Yuqing: "Your martial arts skills are too inferior to be a catcher. I plan to let you be a catcher. I don't know what you want?"

"It's a good thing to be promoted."

"Then it's settled." Zhou Cunjian pointed to Hong Kun next to him, "Hong Kun is familiar with the affairs of the yamen, so I will send him to assist Zhang Butou."

Hong Kun's expression darkened, and he remained silent.

During the whole process, no one asked his opinion on the change of his position.

But he can only claim it, who made Zhang Yuqing's strength so terrifying.

Xia Mingxuan also stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to Catcher Zhang for his promotion, this is the blessing of Lucheng! From now on, we will fully cooperate with Catcher Zhang's work, and Catcher Zhang will also take care of us in the work of night patrol."

Zhang Yuqing said with a smile: "Master Xia speaks a lot, so it's easy to talk at this time!"

Several people have a close relationship and look like close old friends.Who would have thought that they would have almost become mortal enemies just before.

Zhang Yuqing spoke enthusiastically, but his heart was transparent.

In such a world, the power of the individual is beyond imagination.The strong have everything, the weak have no place to stand.

After returning to the county government torture room, after a series of procedures, Zhang Yuqing finally changed into the arresting uniform.

At this time, there are already an endless stream of people from outside the county government office seeking to see and give gifts.

A yamen servant kept running back and forth, and reported to Zhang Yuqing in the execution room: "The Dahe Gang, after learning that Zhang Tutou has no real estate, sent him a house."

"Jewelers Association, set up a banquet at the Suyu Restaurant in the city, and look forward to Zhang Tutou's honorable visit."

"Zuihualou, recently bought a new batch of Qingshou, please catch Zhang to go to train and guide in his spare time, and at the same time, Zuihualou also sent a hundred taels of gold as a training fee."

"The Chen family, I heard that Zhang Tuotou is not yet married. It just so happens that there is a young girl who is as beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous. She is waiting in her boudoir. I look forward to marrying Zhang Tuotou."

Zhang Yuqing was sitting on a rattan chair in the courtyard of the punishment room, and all the arresting officers who came to see him surrounded Zhang Yuqing, flattering.

Hong Kun stood blankly by the side, watching that his seat was taken by someone else, and the flattery he used to flatter is now kissing someone else, and all these changes took place in just two days. Such a gap made him so far hard to accept.

A catcher asked Zhang Yuqing: "Master catcher, those who give gifts are invited to eat. How should we deal with it?"

Zhang Yuqing waved at Hong Kun: "Hong Kun, you go out and collect all the gift slips, I'll have a look at them."

Hong Kun was stunned for a moment before realizing his current identity, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes"

After finishing speaking, Hong Kun left the small courtyard of the punishment room, and brought in the gift list not long after.

Zhang Yuqing picked out the gift list of the Dahe Gang, and it turned out to be a set of houses.

This is a big deal.

In this world, a little far away from the place where the human race gathers, there are various unknown dangers.Therefore, wherever people gather, especially in relatively safe cities, housing prices are surprisingly expensive.

Zhang Yuqing picked out a few more gift slips and accepted them, and the rest were sent back.

As for eating and entertaining, Zhang Yuqing refused all of them.

After being busy for a while, Zhang Yuqing was about to go to the city to inspect, but suddenly a policeman rushed in from outside the county government office.

The catcher is none other than Wang San.

As soon as Wang San entered the execution room, he said to Hong Kun:

"Captain Hong, something serious has happened!"

Hong Kun yelled at Wang San in embarrassment: "You don't have eyes, boy? Now the head catcher is Zhang catcher, don't yell!"

"Ah?" Wang Sanyi was stunned, and after seeing Zhang Yuqing's uniform, he was even more stunned.

He is a suburban policeman, and the news from the city is often the last to reach their ears, besides, Zhang Yuqing was the leader of the suburban policeman before.

Zhang Yuqing asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter? Take your time!"

Wang San hurriedly replied: "Catcher Zhang! A homicide has occurred in Xishan Village on the outskirts of the city!"

Hong Kun said dissatisfiedly: "I said Wang San! Didn't you see that today is the happy day of Zhang Butou's new appointment? A trivial matter like the death of one or two people is enough to spoil Zhang Butou's interest? You still understand If you don’t understand the rules, you suburban policemen can go down and do it yourself!”

But Wang San's eyes were frightened: "It's not just one or two lives, it's the massacre of the village! 47 people, old and young, all died!"

After Wang San said this, all the arresters present were shocked.

Although there will always be a few more corpses in Xuanhe every month, those are all done secretly by the gang.

It was the first time in the past few years that such a blatant and serious case was committed.

Zhang Yuqing frowned. He encountered this kind of thing on the first day he took office. He asked, "Is there any clue at the scene?"

Wang San replied: "The murderer is preliminarily judged to be one person, but we doubt it. It's not man-made, but evil spirits!"

The police officers all took a deep breath, if it was really evil spirits, then the danger would be hard to fathom.

Hong Kun blinked, and said to Zhang Yuqing: "Catcher Zhang, how about we notify the night guards to deal with it?"

Zhang Yuqing said in a cold voice: "Whether it is the evil spirits that are causing trouble, or someone is using the name of evil spirits to harm people, we have to investigate! From now on, all leaders and leaders are responsible for their own duties and are not allowed to act without permission! Hong Kun, the six sons, Wang San, you follow me to the scene to check!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuqing thought of something again, and said to Wang San: "Wang San, now you are the superintendent of the suburban police, immediately go and call the suburban police to block the scene!"

"Subordinates obey!"

After Wang San took the order, he left in a hurry.

Zhang Yuqing asked Hong Kun and Xiao Liu about some related matters, and then the three of them took three fast horses and galloped towards the suburbs.

As for the murder case, although the county magistrate was notified, it was not handled directly by the county magistrate.

The government in this world has a very clear division of labor.The county lieutenant is in charge of security and military affairs, so he only needs to report to the county lieutenant.

And arresting the head is equivalent to the spokesperson of the county captain in Lucheng's public security, so the arresting head can handle all murder cases with full authority.

It's not that the county lieutenant doesn't care about things, but that in this world, human life is so despicable. As long as too many people are not killed at once, the county lieutenant doesn't bother to ask.

Xishan Village is a small mountain village at the foot of the mountain on the outskirts of the city.

Among the several villages around Lucheng, this can be regarded as a relatively poor village with a small population.

The village was built in the middle of a piece of farmland. Zhang Yuqing and the three of them followed a path across the lush green seedlings in the field and headed straight for the village.

Although Xishan Village is a village, it is actually just a settlement made up of a few private houses.

Wang San was already waiting at the entrance of the village with his policemen, and when he saw Zhang Yuqing and others riding over on horseback, he hurriedly saluted:

"Zhang Caotou!"

Zhang Yuqing got off his horse, handed the reins to the policeman who stayed at the entrance of the village, and then walked towards the village with Wang San, Xiao Liu and Hong Kun.

As soon as entering the village entrance, a strong and pungent smell of blood hits the face.

Zhang Yuqing glanced at the small path in the village, and the viscous and dry blood was spreading in the mud, which was shocking.

Wang San kept reporting the situation along the way: "The first person who discovered the situation was a shopkeeper who entered the village this morning. He smelled blood and saw blood when he entered the village. He was so scared that he didn't dare to enter the village. voice, but no one answered, so I reported it to the official. We have already questioned the salesman, and there should be no problem."

While speaking, Wang San opened a door.

When everyone stepped into the room, they saw that the walls and furniture in the room were covered with reddish-brown strips of minced meat, and there was a pile of shapeless meat on the ground. If it wasn't for the clothes on it, it couldn't be seen that it was a corpse.

I only heard Wang San continue to say: "The time of death was around Yin time last night. After violent fighting in the house, the corpses were mutilated, dismembered and devoured. Almost only a part of each corpse was left. We searched for a long time before we roughly confirmed that people were basically killed."

"Wow!" Hong Kun couldn't help but leaned over and vomited.

He had been a police officer for a long time, and he hadn't visited the crime scene in person for a long time, so he couldn't bear to see this scene.

Zhang Yuqing waved to Xiao Liu who was beside him, and Xiao Liu immediately helped Hong Kun out of the house.

Wang San pointed to the ground and said: "Look, Catcher Zhang, the footprints here are obviously left by the murderer. Judging from the size of the footprints, the murderer should be about seven feet tall. But the footprints are very deep, but it should be explained The murderer has a lot of weight on his body, and the one who can carry the weight and commit the crime is likely to be a warrior. And most importantly, the subordinates don't know what to say."

Zhang Yuqing said: "Say!"

So Wang San said: "Judging from the footprints, the murderer was wearing leather boots, and the pattern of this kind of boots is very unique. There is only one kind of people in Lucheng who can wear this kind of boots, and that is the night guard. This subordinate is not lying. We searched carefully and found a strip of cloth caught on a broken wooden table, which was confirmed to be from the uniform of the night watchman."

"I see." Zhang Yuqing said.

He thought of the night guard who had his abdomen torn apart by the light group and got into it last night, and then escaped strangely.

Wang San and the others didn't know what happened last night, and apparently the night guards didn't make any noise.

As for whether it was the case committed by the night guard who escaped last night, Zhang Yuqing was still not sure. He asked, "Just because the murder case was brutal, do you think it was evil?"

Wang San shook his head hastily: "That's not the case, Mr. Headcatcher, please take a look."

Wang San took Zhang Yuqing to the shredded meat on the ground, knelt down and pointed at the pile of dark red meat.

Zhang Yuqing took a closer look, and saw a thin layer of black thorns growing on the surface of the meat. At first glance, it looked like a layer of fluff growing out of the meat.

Wang San said: "This is the weird thing. We have never seen thorns growing on corpses. And these black thorns are still growing slowly. When we first came here this morning, they didn't grow so long. We used a knife I cut the meat open and saw that these thorns were not inserted by humans, but seemed to grow out of the flesh."

Zhang Yuqing stretched out his hand, about to touch it.

Wang San hurriedly dissuaded him: "Catcher Zhang, be careful! These thorns are tough and sharp. A brother even pricked his finger this morning."

Zhang Yuqing withdrew his hand and continued to ask, "Did someone follow the footprints?"

Wang San nodded and said: "The brothers were sent to chase immediately, and they disappeared in the mountains and forests."

Zhang Yuqing stood up and walked out of the house.

In the rest of the rooms, there is such a tragedy.

After Zhang Yuqing looked at them one by one, he told Wang San, "Go and call the brother whose finger was pricked by the black thorn."

After a while, the policeman was brought over by Wang San.

Zhang Yuqing was no stranger to him, and had a drink with him yesterday, but Zhang Yuqing didn't remember the name.

"What's wrong with your body?" Zhang Yuqing asked.

The policeman's fingers had been bandaged, and he clasped his fists and replied:

"Brother Zhang, I'm in good health and don't feel any discomfort."

Wang San on the side reprimanded: "It's not big or small! What else is it called 'Brother Zhang', but now it's called Zhang Butou!"

The catcher was taken aback for a moment, obviously only then did he realize that Zhang Yuqing had been promoted to head catcher.

Zhang Yuqing pointed to the bandaged cloth on his finger: "Take it apart!"

Although the policeman was puzzled, he quickly removed the cloth strips from his fingers.

As the cloth strips were removed, both Zhang Yuqing and Wang San frowned.

I saw that the catcher's fingers had turned black, and there was even a layer of black thorns growing on them, exactly the same as those on the pair of flesh.

(End of this chapter)