After the immortal disappeared

Tingting asked him: "Which young master shall we serve?"

"Second Master."

"Can Xiao An go with me?"

Butler Zou's expression was a little strange: "This is the first time I've heard such a request."

He smiled, his expression getting even weirder: "What are you in a hurry for? Just follow the arrangements."

The two little girls were arranged in the side room where the servants lived. They took a bath first and changed into new clothes.

They were just wearing clean old clothes, and the girls looked pretty.

Then the meal started, and there were all kinds of delicious food on the table.

"There are chicken legs!" There is also pork head meat, and there is meat that Han Tingting has never eaten before. She was already so hungry that she rushed over to pick up the chicken legs and took a few bites before saying to Xiao An, "Eat, come and eat!"

She ate so quickly that she didn't notice that the servants who set the plates for them had quietly retreated, not looking at them from beginning to end.

The evening breeze blew through the window, and also blew in a few words:

"What a crime, you are so small."

"Shhh! It's none of our business, don't talk too much!"

Xiao An sat at the table and only ate a small piece of chicken.

She has little appetite.

Han Tingting wolfed down her food and sighed vaguely: "We are really in the right place. The food in the villa is so good, even the rice is so fragrant! I haven't eaten rice in three years. Wow, the soup is also delicious!"

Xiao An pressed her hand and whispered: "Let's go, don't stay here."

"Why?"

"The monsters are about to catch me." Xiao An timidly said, "They will also chase me here."

Tingting was shocked: "What kind of monster?"

"A monster that can eat people eats people without making a sound. I have seen it with my own eyes!"

"No, Green Villa won't let us leave. We were sold here." Although Tingting is young, she knows one thing very well:

Being sold means no personal freedom.

Before he finished speaking, Butler Zou came in with a few servants: "Are you full? Wipe your mouth clean, the young master wants to see you."

The two girls followed him, twisting and turning, passing through corridors and halls, and finally entered a courtyard.

Butler Zou, who had always held his head high, bowed his head to the man in front of him: "Second Young Master, new products are here, do you want to take a look?"

Is this the second young master? Han Tingting took a peek and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The second young master has a thick chest and back, and a round face. The fat makes his eyes smaller.

This is different from the young master Han Tingting imagined. Once upon a time, she went to the county town with her parents and heard a book. The stories were all about handsome and clear young masters.

The second young master looked at her with satisfaction, and reached out to touch her face.

Tingting was startled and wanted to shrink back, but Butler Zou held her shoulders: "Don't hide."

Just listen to the second young master say: "A little rough, but not bad looking. Where are you from?"

Butler Zou answered on his behalf: "The big one is from Hu Township, and the small one was picked by Ren Yazi on the roadside in Chenjiazhuang."

"Just two?"

Butler Zou hurriedly said: "Recently, there haven't been many that meet your requirements."

The second young master hummed, pointed at Han Tingting and said, "It's her. The younger one will stay until tomorrow night."

After that, he turned around and entered the house.

Housekeeper Zou snarled at Han Tingting: "Why are you still standing there? Follow me! Please work hard to please the young master, and you will have a good life in the villa from now on, do you understand?"

Han Tingting grabbed Xiao An's hand and comforted her: "You go to bed first, don't be afraid. I will bring you delicious food when I come back tomorrow."

Xiao An nodded vigorously.

Several healthy servants sent Han Tingting into the second young master's house, while Xiao An followed Butler Zou out.

Before leaving the courtyard gate, she turned around again, and Han Tingting happened to be grinning at her and making a gesture of chewing a chicken leg.

Tomorrow morning, I will secretly bring you a chicken drumstick!

Xiao An finally showed his first smile since walking with her.

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If you want to go to Pei State to investigate the murder case, you need the cooperation of the local people.

Through Yuhai, He Lingchuan asked the monarch of Pei State for some authority, which was to serve as a temporary envoy. Pei Jun was also considerate and attached an official document ordering the county lieutenant who stayed in the county to cooperate with the investigation.

This trick really works. The county lieutenant's surname was Li. When He Lingchuan came to visit, he still ignored him, but as soon as the official document arrived, county lieutenant Li immediately knew that he could not afford it. He changed his attitude 180 degrees and personally took He Lingchuan to the countryside to inspect the location of the crime. .

Dong Rui made a request: "An autopsy first."

It's been more than half a month, and it's still a humid spring. The putrid smell rising from the open coffins in the ground is so nauseating that it can smoke Lieutenant Li and the guards five feet away.

Dong Rui didn't even frown, rolled up his sleeves and jumped off.

He couldn't trust the county's work, he had to personally test it before it would count.

After digging up eleven or two corpses for inspection, Dong Ruicai said to He Lingchuan: "This kind of tearing wound is very similar to that caused by a bear's claw. The murderer has sharp claws, but they are smaller and more flexible than a grizzly bear."

Lieutenant Li held his nose and approached: "How can you tell that they are more flexible?"

"Most of the injuries on the corpses are on the chest and neck, and rarely appear below the waist." Dong Rui said casually, "It shows that the murderer focused on the key points and basically killed them with one or two blows without wasting any effort. And look at these two dead people. The wound on the neck——"

He pointed out to everyone: "The blood holes poked by the big teeth are very narrow. The murderer's mouth is smaller than that of a bear, and the tooth marks do not match the bear's teeth."

"I won't go into details. There were at least four murderers that night, with different shapes and sizes." Dong Rui walked to another corpse. "As for these corpses, there are no obvious signs on the body surface." There were no wounds or poisoning, but there was still something left on them.”

He had just smeared these "intact" corpses, and everyone saw faint red marks appearing on the corpses.

"Their shoulders and necks were pinched heavily." Dong Rui gestured to the marks, "Look, this man's chin was pinched before he was alive."

While he was doing the autopsy, He Lingchuan was looking through the deceased's information.

That's a thick pile.

He Lingchuan scanned it quickly and asked Li County Lieutenant: "Why are there only about twenty people's information?"

Lieutenant Li did not expect him to grade the papers so quickly, so he paused and said, "Nothing else."

"Why?"

"Those days, there was a shortage of paper in the government office." Faced with the inspector sent by the superiors, County Lieutenant Li hesitated, "Besides, the wounds of the deceased were all similar, and their backgrounds were villagers, so..."

He Lingchuan looked at him from head to toe: "Li County Lieutenant is really upright."

The work was lousy and I didn't know how to sugarcoat it.

Lieutenant Li's face turned red, knowing that he was mocking him. "What do you need?"

"Take us to the Zhuangzi where the crime occurred. By the way, how many of them died peacefully?"

"There are seven or eight of them."