Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 158 Soldier Please Sit Down

Both Qin Jia and Wang Shisan were taken aback.

"Why did your lord say that?"

Hu Qian did not speak immediately, but was waiting for Baitou to come back.

If the situation it asked was not bad from what it judged, then half of the case would be solved.

However, it was dark again.

There was a strong wind outside, and there was a faint sound of thunder.

After a while, it began to rain heavily,
Wang Shisan was standing at the door, although he rushed to the eaves in two steps, he was still soaked through.

"Oh, it's raining too much!"

Hu Qian sensed that the white head was approaching, so he said to Qin Jia: "It's windy at the door, please go to the second hall to talk."

Qin Jia made a gesture, "Please!"

Hu Qian took advantage of the gap, stretched out his hand, and took the white head into his sleeve.

"My lord, the rats in the inn are all around the kitchen, and I haven't seen the rooms upstairs.

There was a mouse that escaped from the outside, saying that it had seen Li Yuanwai go upstairs. "

"Mr. Li?"

Hu Qian nodded, and suddenly felt that the case seemed to have become more complicated and confusing.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and it completely covered the voices of the three of them talking.

"Leader Wang!"

"exist!"

"When the rain stops, go to the Tongsheng Inn and let the guests come in and out freely."

"Sir, is this?"

"Just do it."

Wang Shisan responded and stood aside.

Qin Jia said: "Master Hu seems to have a plan in his mind, has he seen something wrong, can you talk to the subordinates?"

Hu Qian said: "I have some ideas, but now is not the time to talk about it."

Qin Jia nodded, "Through your lord's thunderous means, Guobei County has become much safer than before."

"where."

"My lord, don't be too modest, usually at times like this, there are either bandits making trouble, or gangsters robbing and killing people.

It's hard to cope with the officials of our county government. "

Hu Qian wondered: "Isn't there still an inspection department?"

Qin Jia said: "There are too many things, and the inspection department is too busy, so it is only responsible for large-scale riots, such as the robbery of a dozen people, and we leave it all to our county government."

Hu Qian said: "Master Xiahou has extraordinary martial arts skills, and it shouldn't be a problem to suppress bandits."

Qin Jia said with a smile: "Master Xiahou was also very dedicated to his duties, but since he lost to a swordsman in the last martial arts competition, he became like a maniac. He focused on practicing swords and didn't pay much attention to the bandits."

Hu Qian smiled and said, "Master Qin, what does this mean?"

Qin Jia laughed, "Although my lord is young, he is well-versed in human nature and has sharp eyesight!
Yes, I would like to ask my lord to help me to talk to Lord Xiahou, otherwise it is really difficult to control the banditry with our yamen servants alone. "

"I haven't heard you say this before, why is it at this time..."

Qin Jia smiled embarrassingly, "Governor Ma will come to make inspections soon, so no matter how big or small the affairs of this county are, we should do it in a more relaxed manner.

Otherwise, the governor will make a note of it, and the official careers of the governor and the lower officials may come to an end. "

"Governor Horse?"

"Haven't your lord heard?"

When Hu Qian was shaking his head, a yamen servant suddenly ran in.

"grown ups!"

He wiped the rain from his face, "The water level of the moat has risen so fast that it has submerged the base of the city wall. The guards asked if they could withdraw to the city."

Hu Qian nodded, "Yes."

The yamen servant ran out immediately.

Interrupted by the yamen servant, the two stopped talking about the governor, but still focused on this case.

"Since your lord took office, there have been no serious murder cases that cannot be solved, and the people have never been unconvinced.

So this time I have to ask my lord. "

Hu Qian nodded.

When I went to check the morgue earlier, the place where Xiaoyu's body was parked didn't have any cold air.

That's why he speculated that Xiaoyu might not be dead.

The morgue was locked at night, so she must have been unable to escape. Someone must have unlocked the door from the outside.

But only Zuo Zuo had the key to the morgue, and there was absolutely no need for him to lie.

Therefore, the person who opened the door either stole the key from the lock, or was a good lockpicker.

He shared his analysis with Qin Jia, and Qin Jia immediately nodded and said, "Otherwise, take Wu Zuo first, and interrogate him strictly to see if he is lying or not."

Hu Qian said: "There is no need for that at the moment."

Qin Jia said: "The lower official has an immature speculation, please correct me."

"Please say."

"Xiao Yu is a celebrity in Cangchunlou, if she wants to elope with someone else, under normal circumstances, the bustard will definitely hit the buyer hard.

But if Xiaoyu faked her death and was sent to the morgue, and her good friend unlocked her at night to rescue her, the two of them could escape.

Do you guys think it's possible? "

Wang Shisan nodded immediately, "If you say that, who is the good friend?"

Qin Jia said: "Of course it's Qian Bohai who handed over the note.

If it wasn't for him, how could he suddenly disappear.

Presumably he must have discussed it with Xiaoyu in advance, and then pretended to pass a note to let Xiaoyu come out, and then used some secret medicine to make Xiaoyu fake death.

After that, he opened the morgue at night, took Xiaoyu out, and flew away. "

Hu Qian laughed, "The story is good, but there are a few problems."

Qin Jia said: "I would like to hear your opinion."

Hu Qian nodded, "It's not a high opinion, just a little talk.

First, I have never heard of this kind of secret medicine that can make people feign death. I don't know where you have heard of it? "

Both Qin Jia and Wang Shisan shook their heads immediately.

"Second, even if it's suspended animation, there should be a time limit.

What would happen to Xiaoyu if we put Qian Bo into the prison at this time and no one came to pick him up?
Will it be lying in the morgue forever?
In that case, he might really be dead.

Taking a step back, even if she didn't die, she would come back to life automatically when the time came. At this time, Qian Bohai was put in the prison and no one opened the door for her. How did she get out of the morgue? "

Qin Jia and Wang Shisan nodded again and again.

"Your Excellency makes sense."

Hu Qian said with a smile: "I have an idea, but there are still a few key points that I haven't figured out."

Qin Jia said: "My lord might as well talk about it, maybe we can give you some advice."

Hu Qian said: "Okay, actually, compared to that Qian Bohai, I suspect another person..."

Just as he was talking, another yamen servant came to report suddenly.

"My lord, the water level of the moat has risen, and the soldiers guarding the city said that two corpses rushed out of the water."

Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, feeling a bad premonition, so without saying much, he immediately went out with an umbrella.

Qin Jia and Wang Shisan also hurriedly followed behind.

The rain outside had lightened a lot, but it had been raining for a long time, and the water on the road was deep enough to cover the calf.

When I got to the gate of the city, I saw that the gate was closed.

But there is still a steady stream of water coming from the gap under the door.

Hu Qian looked around and asked, "Where's the corpse?"

The soldier guarding the city waded through the water and led Hu Qian to the city gate, pointed at the crack in the gate and said, "My lord, please take a look."

Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, then looked out from the crack of the door.

I saw two corpses floating on the surface of the water, the current was turbulent, the corpses sank for a while, and floated up again for a while.

The legs of the two corpses were tied with ropes, and there should be something like stones falling below them, so they never floated up. Today, the heavy rain washed away the moat, and they were washed up.

Hu Qian said: "Can you recognize who those two are?"

Qin Jia and the others couldn't recognize him.

Hu Qian said: "Is there any way to get them here?"

The soldier guarding the city said: "The water is too big to pass through. If we leave the city, we might be washed away."

Seeing the two corpses swinging back and forth in the water, they might not know where they were washed up after a while, and it would be more difficult to find them when the time comes.

So he retreated into the city gate, exerted strength on the soles of his feet, and with a sudden jerk, he stepped on the city wall and jumped up to the top of the wall.

Seeing Qin Jia and the others below, they all stared like cow eggs.

"My lord is indeed a talent of the heavens, like a living god."

"Wang Shengdong and those people want to deal with adults, it is wishful thinking."

Saying that, several people looked out from the gap again.

Hu Qian fell to the surface of the water like a water bird. Because of the heavy water, he didn't dare to untie the rope that tied the two of them first, lest the two of them be swept away.

I saw him grasping the wrists of the two corpses with both hands, one jumped forward, and actually pulled up the falling stone directly.

Qin Jia and the others watched with horror.

"My lord has great power!"

"That's two corpses, plus two such big stones, what kind of force is needed to move them."

Just as he was talking, Hu Qian jumped up suddenly and flew up with two corpses.

Although standing inside the city gate, he couldn't see clearly what was going on behind him, but just listening to the sound, he knew that Hu Qian had jumped to the top of the wall with two corpses.

Sure enough, within a short while, two "bang bang" sounds were heard suddenly, and two huge stones were smashed into the water, and then Hu Qian was seen falling to the ground with two corpses.

Qin Jia exclaimed: "Your Excellency is really born with supernatural power!"

The soldier guarding the city said: "It's a pity that my lord is a civil servant. If he is a general, there is no match for him on the battlefield. Afterwards, making achievements is not as simple as eating and drinking."

Wang Shisan said: "How does the adult exercise, can you teach the villain?"

Hu Qian didn't seem to hear it, "These two corpses, could it be Xiaoyu and Qian Bohai?"

Qin Jia and the others took a closer look and found that there were indeed two corpses, a man and a woman.

After being soaked for a long time, the two corpses were already swollen.

Hu Qian didn't delay, and immediately brought the two corpses to the lobby, and asked Wang Shisan to pass on the old bustard and shopkeeper Xu of Tongsheng Inn to identify them.

The two of them covered their noses and looked at it, and they confirmed that the two corpses were Xiaoyu and Qian Bohai.

Hu Qian immediately sent a letter to examine the corpse.

Wu Zuo looked at it for a while, then hesitated and said, "My lord, both of them were drowned."

Hu Qian snorted and slapped the gavel, "Bold! Didn't you say that Xiaoyu had no abnormalities in her body before, and she died before, and she was placed in your morgue. Why do you say she was drowned now?" of!
Had she been resurrected from the dead, and then drowned again! "

Wu Zuo immediately knelt down and said: "My lord, Xiaoyu had no pulse before, and her body was cold. She really looked like a dead person. The villain has been doing this for many years, and he has never encountered such a thing. It is really..."

Hu Qian said: "I ask you, are you the only one who has the key to the morgue?"

"Yes……"

"Xiaoyu's body has disappeared, and the morgue has not been damaged. Did you open the door for her and let her escape?"

"My lord, the villain is wronged. The villain and Xiaoyu don't know each other at all, so how could he open the door for her? Besides, she is a dead body, so how could...

The villain really doesn't understand..."

As Hu Qian asked, he observed the reactions of shopkeeper Xu, the bustard, and Wu Zuo, and paused for a while, then suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper Xu, what do you think is going on?"

Shopkeeper Xu probably didn't expect Hu Qian to ask him, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "My lord, Caomin is stupid, I really can't figure it out."

"is it?"

Hu Qian stood up and walked slowly in front of him. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the continuous sound of horseshoes splashing water outside.

Not a moment later, a man in a scarlet robe and official uniform strode in. When he saw Hu Qian, he said expressionlessly, "Are you the county magistrate here?"

Hu Qian asked doubtfully, "Your Excellency?"

Before the man could speak, a soldier said later, "Our lord is Wang Shuzheng, the commander-in-chief of Chengshan."

Hu Qian was taken aback, and immediately understood that this should be Wang Shengdong's uncle.

"The next official, Hu Qian, the magistrate of Guobei County, has met Mr. Zongbing."

When Qin Jia saw Zongbing Wang coming in, he stood up early, and they all saluted together at this moment.

Wang Zongbing didn't speak, and wanted to sit in Hu Qian's seat directly.

Hu Qian immediately reached out to stop him, "My lord, although the official position is small, it is the main hall of Guobei County. My lord can't do this seat."

The soldier behind said: "Bold!"

Qin Jia and the others were also pale in shock. If there was a conflict with the general at this time, Hu Qian would most likely suffer the loss.

Seeing that the inspection is coming, there is a problem at this time, and no amount of political achievements can make up for it.

Wang Shuzheng snorted coldly, and raised his hand to push Hu Qian's arm.

He has been in the army for many years, needless to say his strength.

However, when he pushed it with all his strength, he thought that Hu Qian would definitely be pushed and fell down, but when he hit that arm, it was like hitting a boulder.

Not only did he not push the arm at all, but his entire arm became numb from the shock.

He was startled for a moment, coupled with the pain and numbness of his arm, he couldn't move for a moment.

Hu Qian said: "Boss Wang, bring a chair."

Wang Shisan was taken aback, and hurried to the second hall to move a chair.

Hu Qian said with a smile: "Master Chief Soldier has worked hard all the way, the officials are busy with official duties, and the hospitality is not good, please forgive me, please sit down and rest for a while."

As he spoke, he supported Wang Shuzheng's arm, and slowly helped him sit on the chair.

Although Wang Shuzheng wanted to struggle, the force on his body was more than a thousand catties. He had no room to resist, so he sat down on the chair slowly.

Seeing that Hu Qian was so courteous, and seeing that Wang Zongbing did not refuse, Qin Jia secretly felt relieved.

The soldier behind Wang Zongbing looked puzzled.

On weekdays, the commander-in-chief is extremely irritable and possesses brute strength, so three or five soldiers can't do anything to him easily. Why did he sit down so politely today when he clearly came to seek trouble?

Wang Shuzheng knew that he had encountered a master, so he no longer planned to use force. He just glanced at the corpse on the ground and shouted: "Huzhi County, my Chinese army died here. If you don't give me an explanation, I will not Will let it go."

Both Hu Qian and Qin Jia were taken aback.

Chinese army?

This Qian Bohai is his army?
(End of this chapter)