red wheel

Chapter 85
The next day.

"My God, what happened?" "My God, the whole roof is cracked!" "I heard a bang last night, it scared me to death, I didn't dare to come out and look." " It looks like a fight, you see there are crossbow arrows everywhere on the ground." "Look there is blood there." "I also heard a lot of shooting arrows, my son and his mother are pulling me, not daring to let me out "" "This must have provoked a big shot and was seeking revenge."······

"Get out of the way, city inspector is handling the case, everyone get out of the way..." "Hey, the city inspector is here, give way quickly." After a while, all the onlookers automatically gave way.

"Everyone search the inside and outside of the house." Just listen to Ma Cheng Duwei's order.

"Yes." All the yamen servants responded.

After a while, Ma Cheng and Qin Yuan came out of the house.

Qin Yuan said: "Brother Ma, there are so many crossbow arrows on the ground, it looks like a big fight! But it's very strange, there is only blood in the room, and there is not much blood on the ground outside."

Ma Cheng Duwei squatted down and picked up several crossbow arrows from the ground, looked at them carefully... He frowned for a moment, and said, "Qin Yuan, you can see the difference between these crossbow arrows."

Qin Yuan took the crossbow in doubt, and looked at it carefully: "Brother Ma, these are ordinary crossbows, which are sold in ordinary weapon shops. The only difference is this arrow. It seems that something has been wiped on the color. Will it Could it be poison?"

Ma Cheng Duwei replied after hearing the words: "It should be poison. You are right. These are the crossbows from ordinary weapon stores, including the crossbows in the house. But have you noticed any difference in the body of this arrow?"

Hearing this, Qin Yuan picked up several crossbow arrows in his hand again and looked at them carefully... After a while, his eyes lit up instantly, and he squatted down and picked up several crossbow arrows from the ground again for comparison, and said in surprise: "Brother Ma , These are crossbow arrows of different years!"

"That's right, judging from the different degrees of aging of the colors, they should be crossbow arrows of different years." Ma Cheng Duwei replied.

Then he continued: "Look at the many crossbows on the ground, there are quite a few! If you buy so many crossbows at one time, it will definitely attract the attention of the city inspector. That's why this house can be equipped with so many crossbows. undiscovered reasons."

Qin Yuan understood instantly when he heard the words: "That is to say, the people here have been afraid of being killed many years ago, so they have been slowly buying these crossbows, crossbow arrows, and materials for installing traps since many years ago!"

Just listen to Ma Cheng Duwei continue to say: "At present it looks like this. If you look at the daily necessities in the house, it should be used by only one person, and look at the many crossbows and machine shafts scattered on the ground, it seems that they have all passed through. It is specially designed to be connected together, and the people here also know how to use mechanisms.”

Ma Cheng Duwei walked towards the crowd and asked, "Master, do you know who lives here?"

I saw the uncle bowed and replied: "Master Hui Ma, the old man knows that this person is a handyman in the Honglu Pavilion."

Honglu Pavilion!Ma Cheng was shocked when he heard this, and asked again: "Master, is there only one person living here?"

The old man replied again after hearing the words: "Yes, he was the only man who lived there for many years. The old man was also surprised. He didn't even see that he had parents, wife and children. He lived alone all the time, leaving early and returning late every day. And never deal with us."

Qin Yuan asked, "Master, did you hear anything last night?"

Hearing the words, the uncle bowed and replied: "Back to Lord Qin, there are, probably at the beginning of the Yin Dynasty, the old man was fast asleep, and was awakened by the sound of fighting, and soon heard a lot of shooting sounds, but It scared the old man a lot! My old lady was also woken up, and she didn't dare to let me go out."

A young man next to him also said: "Master Qin, everyone who lives near here has heard the sound of many arrows being shot! There was a sudden bang from behind, and the sound of shooting arrows stopped."

Another man also said: "My lord, this place is far away from the main street, and the night inspection team will not come here. We are all scared to death. How dare you come out and see!"

Ma Cheng Duwei bowed and said: "Okay, thank you all. Sir, thank you very much."

"My lord, you are welcome."

"Master Ma, you are too polite!"

I saw Duwei Ma turned around and looked around the house, looked at the mountain wall behind the house one by one, then looked at the hole in the roof, and then turned around to look at the scattered crossbow arrows in front of him...
Qin Yuan stepped forward suspiciously and called, "Brother Ma."

Ma Cheng continued: "Qin Yuan, look, this man shot the crossbow from the house, and the firing rate was very high, so the people in front of the house were blocked by the crossbow and could not enter the house. But behind There must have been a person with high martial arts who used the mountain wall to hit the roof and smashed through the roof, killing the archer, so the people nearby heard a bang, and the sound of shooting arrows stopped."

Qin Yuan was startled when he heard the words: "Brother Ma, this mountain wall is so high and smooth, this person can bypass the arrow array and use this mountain wall to exert strength, this person's martial arts is very good!"

Ma Cheng said: "It looks like this at the moment. At least you and I can't do this."

Then he continued: "Qin Yuan, look, this house is built on the mountain wall, and only one side will be attacked. The people in this house have been worried about being attacked many years ago, so they started designing these, and they probably also took a fancy to this house The location of the house."

Qin Yuan understood instantly when he heard the words: "Brother Ma is right. Brother Ma, with such high martial arts, could it be a matter of the world?"

Ma Cheng shook his head when he heard the words: "Probably not. Just now the uncle said that this person is a handyman in the Honglu Pavilion."

Qin Yuan nodded and replied, "Well, that's right. But brother Ma, there are no injured people here now, and those people have not harassed the people around them anymore, so we can't do anything now."

Ma Cheng nodded and replied, "You're right. Qin Yuan, take some crossbow bolts and go back and check to see if you can find out what kind of poison is smeared on them. Leave the rest alone. Let the brothers clean up the scene. "

Qin Yuan bowed and replied, "Yes, Brother Ma." "Brother Ma, where are you going?"

"I'll go to the Honglu Hall to have a look." Ma Cheng replied after hearing this, and turned to leave one by one.

After Ma Chengduwei left for a while, he saw a man in blue dark clothes slowly exiting the crowd, turned around and left, and his steps seemed a bit hasty. When the man in dark clothes left, he saw the crowd There was another man behind him, who gestured behind him, and the man in the dark saw him and quietly left, following the man in dark clothes...
(End of this chapter)