Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 113 Old World Mountain (Part [-])
Cao Kang floated up to Wu Chen and said:

"People are different, and ghosts are also different. They believe in you, and let go after talking about their own affairs. I don't believe you. How can they do it if they don't pay attention after talking?"

"They, don't any of them have a conscience? You also know that I am investigating your family's case, so why don't you know how to stop them?"

"Put it down, and the light beam appeared. How can I stop it? Besides, you think I'm only scaring people on the official road outside the city these days? I will naturally ask who knows what. They gather in the county government all day long. Born in poverty, as timid as a mouse, there is no rule about what to do after death, now you can help them solve their problems, what are they waiting for if they don't leave? However, a ghost said something to me before leaving, and asked me to pass it on to you."

"what?"

"He said that you can't afford to mess with Laojie Mountain, so leave as soon as possible."

Wu Chen was stunned, and he reacted and asked, "How did the ghost know that you wouldn't leave? He just wanted to send a message to you?"

Cao Kang hurriedly said: "They came together, they saw me when they came, and we had a few words first..."

"Why didn't I hear it?"

"We didn't say it in the courtyard..."

"Even outside the house, I can hear it!" Wu Chen looked at Cao Kang angrily as if he had figured out something.

Cao Kang turned his head to the side with a guilty conscience, then sighed:
"Blame me. The ghost didn't hear what you said in the county government office today. I thought I would help myself, so I went to them and told them what you meant. In order to let them come, I I also specially introduced your official position and personality..."

"How the hell do you know what I am like?!" Wu Chen roared.

"I have a good heart, and I want to make your words more credible, and they will come to see you. I won't be able to ask them at that time. Maybe you can ask them. How could I have thought that they trust you so much, and they will come to see you after you finish speaking?" all gone."

Wu Chen was so angry that he turned around on the spot, and asked angrily, "Why are you running around in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid that the sun will kill you?"

"I have my own sense of proportion, there is no open space from here to the county government."

Wu Chen looked up at the night sky, and suddenly waved his hands, "Sleep!"

The sophomore said to Xu Da in a low voice: "Look, I'll just say that this night was a waste of time."

The two ordered the soldiers to remove the tables, chairs and candlesticks, and then went back to the house to sleep.

A few soldiers tidied up the front of the house anxiously, and everyone had endless thoughts in their hearts. They just waited for the tidying to be finished, and the brothers had a good summary.

Cao Kang followed Wu Chen into the house, and Wu Chen went to bed in the dark. As soon as he lay down, he heard Cao Kang's voice in his ears: "Don't be angry, I think so..."

"roll!"

"There are seventeen people in my Cao family. All the master and servants were killed, but when my brother and I were not at home, have you ever thought about why? I thought about it. Come to our house first?"

"You and your brother know the murderer? And you will be wary when you see them?"

"You have some brains."

Wu Chen closed his eyes, held back his anger and asked, "Who are the two of you brothers who would be wary of when you see them?"

"I thought about it carefully. I don't know my brother. In my memory, there is really no one who would make me want to be wary when I see it..."

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will only investigate the five-color jade case, and the case of your Cao family will be decided by County Magistrate Chen!" Wu Chen threatened in a low voice.

"No, no, you still have some brains. That county magistrate is not good, he is a stupid official! Although my uncle is greedy, he will not harm my whole family. You can understand the truth without thinking about it. He is not a backer. , the only backer is my father, harming our whole family is equivalent to harming himself, how could he be so stupid? Anyone who can do such a cruel act must have enmity with my family, but as far as I know there is no enemy in my family. If my father has a temper, he will not be a civil servant all his life, relying on my mother's dowry to live; or he wants to silence him, but I don't remember anything worth paying for the lives of our family."

"The person who killed you, have you seen his face clearly?"

"Ask him if he dares to swing a knife in front of me? Hmph! Naturally, he attacked from behind, and I let him succeed without any precautions. When I floated up from the water in the form of a ghost, those people had disappeared."

"You have kung fu?"

"No, the dead are dead, can't you brag?"

"I'm going to bed, you can go play."

Cao Kang was still nagging, Wu Chen was just listening to a bedtime story, and Wu Chen started snoring not long after.

……

The next morning, Wu Chen was woken up by the big head, saying that there was meat for breakfast.

Wu Chen wanted to continue to sleep, so he pulled Wu Chen by the head and said, "You were talking in your sleep last night, and everything you said was related to the case. I thought you should eat more, or you won't be able to carry it on."

Wu Chen asked: "Is it possible that if you don't get enough sleep, your body won't be able to carry it?"

Big head said: "You still have to go to Laojie Mountain today, and you have to leave as soon as you finish eating, or I won't be able to come back before dark, I will be worried."

"How do you know I won't come back before dark? Do you know about Old Jie Mountain?"

"I didn't know it at first, but I knew it because you were going."

Wu Chen was no longer sleepy at this time, so he got up to wash up, and had breakfast with Da Tou.

After eating, Wu Chen ordered someone to call Gao Er and Xu Da.

The sophomore entered the door and said, "I thought you were going to sleep a little longer, so I didn't come here in a hurry."

Wu Chen said: "Today the county government should send someone to help us lead the way, first check the details..."

"The county magistrate Chen Wuzhao is ill and can't get up. The county lieutenant needs to take care of Cao Bingshan and cannot do without. Today is the county yamen boss Bo Liangbandao leading the yamen servants." Xu Da replied.

"Let's all ride horses. Taking a car is too time-consuming. Have the people from the county government arrived?"

"Here we are, waiting at the door."

"Let's go to Old World Mountain!"

……

Laojie Mountain is [-] miles away from Yang'an County. It stands majestically from a distance. It is said that in ancient times, two leaders led their clansmen to fight. The leader of the tribe, the mountain is also known as Jieshan.

Maybe it's because the time is too long, I don't know when this mountain was called Laojie Mountain.

Laojie Mountain is very high, so high that the top of the mountain is hidden in the sea of ​​clouds and it is hard to see, so it attracts some people who want to practice Taoism and become immortals to live in seclusion here. Men of letters came to recite poems and paint.

Laojie Mountain is different from other famous mountains. Other mountains are full of mountains and peaks, but Laojie Mountain stands proudly here. There are many rolling hills below the mountain, but it is difficult to call it a mountain.

……

Wu Chen and his party followed the yamen servants to the foot of the mountain and dismounted one after another.

Master Bao Liangkuan walked up to Wu Chen cautiously and said, "This is the place where five hundred soldiers were killed."

(End of this chapter)