Chapter 477 Liang Shang

Magistrate Ma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Ang, who was wearing a black cloak, being led to the main hall of the Yamen.

Fortunately, he didn't remember that he was interrogating a prisoner, so he didn't rush down to the court to write the case. Instead, he hurried over and greeted him politely.

It can be regarded as saving a bit of face as Echeng County Magistrate.

"Master Taoist, please sit down quickly."

Ma Bangde waved his hand and asked the yamen servant Wang Chao Mahan to bring a chair and place it on the left front of the desk in the same hall.

Li Ang was not polite and sat directly on it. He glanced at the two people lying down in the hall and asked, "Who are these two people?"

"The one standing is Zhao Liu, a farmer in Zhuangsang Town."

Mabond explained: "The one lying prone is the murderer in this case, whose surname is Wu Minghu.

On the surface, he is a hawker and vendor who walks around the streets and sells sundries in rural towns. In fact, he is a member of the White Lotus cult who masters magic. "

Hearing this, a smile flashed across Wu Hu's dark face, "Sir, the approval from the Ministry of Punishment has not yet come out, so I can't be considered a murderer. I can only be called a suspect."

"snort."

Mabondang was too lazy to quarrel with the White Lotus disciples. He picked up the gavel on the desk and slapped it, and said to the anxious farmer Zhao Liu: "Zhao Liu, in front of Master Siemens, tell the story of the case you saw before. Describe it in detail."

"Yes, sir."

Zhao Liu cupped his hands in a non-standard gesture and anxiously began to tell about his experience.

Zhuangsang Town is located to the west of Echeng. As the name suggests, it produces mulberry leaf silk.

Zhao Liu is a farmer in Zhuangsang Town. He usually wanders around and does nothing all day long. The output of his two thin fields is pitifully low. The little income from farming is used by him to buy wine.

Naturally, no good family would be interested in such a lazy idler.

Zhao Liu was also happy not to have a wife, and to have one less person to nag and discipline him.

However, the income is only so much, but the addiction to alcohol is endless.

Zhao Liu was obsessed with getting some money for drinks, so he targeted a wealthy local family in Zhuangsang Town, a family named Xu.

The ancestors of the Xu family were well-run, and by this generation, they had already accumulated fertile land, vast buildings, and vast wealth. They were well known locally, and they also had elders who could be cited as backers in Luzhou City.

Young Master Xu just got married a year ago.

The woman also came from a wealthy family in another town. On the wedding day, the streets and roads in Zhuangsang Town were almost blocked by the dowry.

Zhao Liu was jealous of Young Master Xu's natural superiority and coveted the Xu family's vast wealth. He always thought about when he could sneak into the Xu family's house and steal the property.

Unfortunately, the Xu family's home is surrounded by high walls, and there are bodyguards patrolling the walls from time to time.

If you were really caught burglarizing a house, it would be a minor offense to be beaten half to death by the guards on the spot.

Zhao Liu has been observing the outside of the Xu family for several months, but he has never been able to find any opportunity to take advantage of it. He has the intention but not the courage to do so.

Until two days ago, Young Master Xu received a letter from his father who was far away in the capital, saying that his father was suffering from illness, and asked Young Master Xu to hurry up and rush to the capital to see him one last time.

Young Master Xu did not doubt that he was there, so he took his light troops and headed for the capital.

Zhao Liu, a farmer who was usually idle, seized the opportunity. Taking advantage of the absence of Young Master Xu and the vacancy of Xu family guards, he thought of a way to climb over the wall and enter Xu's house. He planned to wait for everyone to fall asleep, then get down from the beam and search for jewelry and money.

What Zhao Liu was eyeing was the room of the young lady of the Xu family - this room probably contained the most treasures, and the young lady of the Xu family had been pregnant for half a year, and her big belly made it difficult to move, making it easier to steal and escape.

Late at night, Zhao Liu, who was hiding on the beam, saw that the young lady and the two maids were about to fall asleep, so he wanted to turn over later and quietly search for belongings.

Unexpectedly, before he turned over and got off the ground, he heard a "squeak" sound.

A small hole was poked in the window paper of a certain window in the room, and a bunch of light yellow incense sticks emitting smoke curled up from the hole.

Zhao Liu was extremely surprised, guessing that this was probably a thief with the same purpose of stealing money like him.

That bunch of incense should have the effect of inducing coma.

He was afraid that if he acted rashly, he would scare the other party into making noise and attract guards.

He turned over and returned to the dark beam, carefully tore off the cloth from the lower half of his sleeves, covered his mouth and nose, and waited to see what would happen.

Soon, the incense took effect, and the two maids lay on the table and fell into coma. There was no sound in the bed tent where the young lady of the Xu family lay, and the whole room was eerily quiet.

Zhao Liu felt something was wrong in his heart, but the incense still passed around the cloth and seeped into his mouth and nose, making his mind a little confused, his reactions much slower than usual, and he was unable to control his limbs.

In a daze, he seemed to see Youdao carrying a baggage climbing over the wall and entering the house. He held several sticks of incense in his hand and placed them in various corners of the room.

After placing the incense sticks, the figure slowly walked to the bed tent of the young lady of the Xu family, and took out a ceramic jar with a narrow top and a wide bottom from the baggage, as well as a slender, narrow, and extremely sharp knife.

The man was mumbling words, his voice was muddy and repressed, and he couldn't hear exactly what he was saying, but Zhao Liu clearly felt that an evil and terrifying atmosphere was slowly brewing.

After a while, the man finished reciting the incantation and pointed at the sleeping tent. The young lady of the Xu family jumped out of the tent. Her eyes were half-opened and half-closed, as if she was asleep and awake, and she knelt down in front of the figure.

Buzz——

Under the candlelight, the sword's light flashed away.

The figure cut the young lady of the Xu family open at the waist, took out the baby and stuffed it into a ceramic jar.

The blood surged and stung Zhao Liu awake on the beam. He noticed with horror that the young lady of the Xu family was like a clay puppet, showing no pain or fear.

Despite the blood flowing out, he still maintained his motionless kneeling posture.

The incense used by Jianghu bandits can only make people temporarily comatose at most. A pour of cold water is enough to wake them up, let alone cutting them with a knife.

That figure must be using some kind of weird magic!

Although Zhao Liu is just a lazy guy who thinks about stealing money to buy wine all day long,

But when I witnessed this evil act of killing people and taking babies with my own eyes, I couldn't help but feel dizzy and filled with righteous indignation. Ignoring my own safety, I tried to shout to attract guards.

Unfortunately, the effect of the Ecstasy was still there. Zhao Liu watched stiffly as the figure took out the cork from the package, sealed the ceramic jar, and pushed the door open without paying any attention to the body of the young lady of the Xu family who was sitting on her knees.

After a while, Zhao Liu regained consciousness.

He smelled the blood in the room, looked at the kneeling corpse, and stared at it.

Feelings of regret, anger and hatred surged into his heart, he turned over and jumped off the beam, pushed open the door and went out, taking advantage of the moonlight to chase the figure's footsteps.

After walking all night, we followed all the way from Zhuangsang Town to the outside of Echeng City.

I happened to meet the Echeng government official who had returned from the city to look for the corpse of the bandit that Li Ang and others had buried.

Not missing the opportunity, Zhao Liu suddenly became violent, rushed forward and strangled him around the waist, shouted loudly, and attracted the officials, who tied the two men in chains and took them back to the government for interrogation.

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