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Volume One One Hundred and Twenty-Two Shocking

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    One hundred and twenty-two shocking

    After the battle in Jing'an, Meng Ju had already found it strange that Wang Zhu had not come to visit him for so many days.  Based on everyone's friendship, there is no reason why he shouldn't come.  Tonight, he suddenly came to visit late at night. Meng Ju immediately guessed that something had happened. He first let Jiang Leilei and Su Wenqing enter the room to avoid them, and then asked: "Brother Wang, what's wrong with your eyes?"  Could it be that he was injured in the battle that day?"

    Wang Zhu shook his head. He coughed twice, and the muscles on his face twitched. The scar was also twitching, looking very scary: "It's a long story. Brother Meng, do you have anything to eat here?"  ?I'm starving."

    "Food? There are only some leftovers from tonight's meal, and there is no wine"

    Wang Zhu waved his hand: "Where do you want some drinks? The leftovers are enough, bring them out."

    Watching Wang Zhu devouring the leftovers on the table, Meng Ju and Lu Liulou were sitting next to him.  Meng Ju noticed that Lu Liulou was not surprised to see Wang Zhu's embarrassment. He was sitting at the table with a worried expression and silence.

    Under the dim oil lamp, three men sat around the dinner table with their own thoughts, and the atmosphere seemed very strange.

    Wang Zhu swept away the remaining food like a whirlwind, and even replenished the plate. He burped, wiped his lips and sighed: "It's been a long time since I've eaten with such peace of mind. This meal is so delicious."  ¡±

    The leftovers he ate turned out to be delicious - Meng Ju was really dumbfounded.

    "Brother Wang, what happened? You seem to have been hungry for a long time?"

    ¡°It didn¡¯t take long, I just didn¡¯t eat for two days.¡±

    "Ah? What's going on? No matter how important the business is, you can't go without eating!"

    Wang Zhu shook his head, with a gloomy look on his face: "I can't explain what happened, but I was being hunted anyway! I hid here and there for many days, but I finally got my life back."

    "Pursuit?" Meng Ju was shocked. He raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Who is so bold and dares to murder the Lingwei officer? Isn't it lawless? Brother Wang, why don't you report to the official?"

    "Apply to an official?" Wang Zhu chuckled, his scar twisted ferociously: "Are you kidding? We Dongling Guards are already officials, which official should we report to?"

    "That's true." Meng Ju patted his forehead. Only then did he feel something was wrong: "Brother Wang, isn't it right? You must have made a mistake, right? Someone is so bold, why does the provincial office ignore it?"

    "Let me talk about this matter from the beginning." Touching the scar on his face, Wang Zhu said quietly: "When Governor Ye was alive, I was her guard captain. In the battle that day, the soldiers of the provincial department were betrayed.  The army broke up the formation, and we and some of the guards were also swept away. In the chaos, we fought everywhere, but we couldn't find the governor. After a hard fight, we finally broke out of the siege. Unexpectedly, we heard the bad news, and the governor came to her.  ActuallyOh! I am so incompetent that I cannot be so kind to you!"

    Wang Zhu¡¯s sigh contained deep guilt and self-blame, and Meng Ju also felt sad in his heart. The two of them were silent to each other, the wind howled outside the window, and the dim oil lamp swayed slightly in the wind.

    Wang Zhu calmly narrated: "Brother Meng and Brother Lu fought your way into the siege, snatched the body of the governor and sent it back. Everyone is very grateful.

    In that battle, the provincial troops and horses suffered heavy casualties, and most of the guardsmen were lost. The town governor also went, and our remaining brothers were too embarrassed to see anyone. We all stayed at home, waiting for the new town governor to take office.  Come and deal with us, we will admit it if you want to kill or beat us.

    But about twenty days ago, something happened: The small building where Governor Ye lived suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night. We rushed there in a hurry, but the fire was so big that there was nothing we could do, whether we put water or sand on it,  All can't be saved.  By daybreak, the small building had been burned to ashes.  "

    "Huh? If she goes to Governor Ye's residence, will there be no one to guard it? Someone should have shouted a warning when there was a fire, right?"

    Hearing the reproach hidden in Meng Ju's words, Wang Zhu hurriedly explained: "Who said there are no guards? Although the governor has gone, we respect her immortal residence and arrange for six brothers to be on guard duty every night."

    "That's strange, why is there still a fire?"

    "At dawn, we checked the fire scene and found that all six brothers on duty that night were burned to death. The burns were so miserable I can't say anything." Wang Zhu's voice trembled slightly, and his eyes showed fear: "Later,  Officers from the Provincial Criminal Case Division inspected the bodies and said that they were all injured and thrown into the sea of ??fire and burned alive."

    There was a shocking silence, and the three men looked at each other in silence, and they could all see the fear in each other's eyes.

    What a ruthless method!

    Meng Ju¡¯s eyes twitched. Wang Zhu¡¯s words gave him a sense of familiarity, but he couldn¡¯t remember it.??He collected his thoughts and pondered: "This is clearly an arson attack. Didn't the provincial department investigate this case?"

    "Investigate, of course. The Criminal Case Division of the Provincial Department immediately started investigating, but after searching again and again, there was no clue. The officers and soldiers on duty guarding the gate that night unanimously said that no outsiders came that night, Yu Shujian  There is nothing we can do against them - either the officers and soldiers on duty lied, or an insider committed the crime. No matter which one it is, an internal investigation will be conducted next. However, an internal investigation requires an order from the governor, and the Criminal Cases Division alone will not do it.  But now that the new town governor has not arrived, the Provincial Cemetery Office is leaderless and the order is chaotic, so the case has been shelved.

    Yu Shujian told us privately that we would have to wait for the new town governor to take office before continuing the investigation of this case. He asked us to wait with peace of mind, saying that for such a bad case, if someone dared to set fire to kill officers and soldiers inside Dongling Guard, no matter whether the new governor  He couldn't ignore whoever the governor was.  "

    Meng Ju nodded and said, "Inspector Yu is right, what next?"

    "We had no other choice but to wait with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, something happened again. People in the Guards were killed one after another. Some were broken into the house and killed while sleeping in the middle of the night. Some were killed when they left the mausoleum to buy things.  Some were stabbed to death with knives, some were poisoned while eating, and some were even plotted to death in the latrine while going to the toilet!

    In three to five days, fifteen of our brothers died inexplicably, in all kinds of strange ways, but not one of the murderers was caught!  Brother Meng, you also know that the governor's guards suffered heavy casualties when they went into battle, and there were not many survivors. After this, there are not even ten people alive!  "

    Meng Ju was shocked: "Why didn't you report such a big thing to your superiors?"

    "Why didn't you report it? We went to all the yamen of the provincial department, including the Internal Affairs Department, the Integrity Department, the Search Department, and the Knowledge Department - anyway, we went to every place we could! But every yamen kicked us out, and the Integrity Department kicked us out.  The Clearing Division said it was a gangster case and should be handed over to the Search Division; the Search Division said it was an internal crime and should be handed over to the Internal Affairs Division; the Internal Affairs Division said the human life case was clearly a criminal case, so we should go find Yu Shujian from the Criminal Division."

    "Yu Shujian? What did he say?"

    "Yu Shujian? He is even worse than us! We still have at least seven or eight people alive, but all the dozens of criminal officers in his criminal case department were killed in three to five days. Even Yu Shujian himself disappeared.  ! He, a clay Bodhisattva, cannot save himself when crossing the river. What is the use of looking for him?

    The new town governor hasn¡¯t come yet, and there¡¯s no one in the department who can talk about the matter. We don¡¯t know who to report to if we want to report it!  Rumors spread throughout the provincial department that Governor Ye Zhen had offended a well-connected person.  After the town governor left, they came over to take revenge. Anyone who was close to the town governor would be in bad luck. People in the provincial department were panicked and everyone was in danger.

    The few of our surviving guards are complaining that they are not responding to each other every day, and that the earth and the earth are not functioning properly!  We have simply become a god of plague. No one dares to approach us, and no one dares to talk to us. Every government office will not even let us in. They will chase us when they see us. There is no sense of collegiality at all!

    It seems that there is no solution for the few of us left. The court does not know when it will appoint a new town governor, and we may not be able to survive until then.  Everyone discussed it and decided to leave the mausoleum and escape for their lives!  Li Mazi and I wanted to escape from Jing'an, but we were chased by a group of masked men less than ten miles away from the city. I was stabbed in the face, pretended to be dead and hid in the grass and escaped. Li Mazi and the others were all killed.  Kill them, the group of masked men stripped off all their clothes, as if they were searching for something.  "

    "How unreasonable! The thieves are so rampant that they dare to murder the imperial officials! Brother Wang, if the provincial office does not accept the case, then you can still report it to Jing'an Mansion or even Dongping Governor's Mansion!"

    "Report a crime?" Wang Zhu's face twitched slightly, and he obviously remembered something very scary: "During the fight, officers and soldiers passed by nearby. We asked them for help, saying that we were from the Provincial Mausoleum Department and were being hunted.  , but they just ignored us and just watched the group of masked men kill us all. They watched the group of masked men walk away. Moreover, the group of masked men moved quickly.  , advancing and retreating in coordination, the martial arts are very similar to the sword skills of the frontier army - what do you think is the use of me reporting to the army?"

    Meng Ju was shocked. He looked at Lu Liulou, but saw that the latter was still calm and calm. He was looking at the oil lamp intently, as if he heard something, but also as if he didn't hear it.

    "After I was injured, I went back to the city to seek refuge with my old colleague and wanted to stay with him to recuperate, but he didn't dare to let me in at all. Another colleague took me in, but as soon as he turned around, he reported to someone who didn't know where to go.  The swordsman surrounded the entire street in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, I was alert and lucky to walk fast, otherwise I would have been turned into a mess!"

    Wang Zhu smiled miserably: "In those few days, I was hiding in Jing'an City. I was as miserable as a mouse crossing the street. I suffered from injuries and fever, so I could only hide on the roadside and pretend to be a beggar. On the way to escape, YinEverything was lost. I was penniless and didn¡¯t dare go out to beg. I hid in an empty house and starved.

    Later, I was so hungry that I couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, so I went to Tianxiang Tower and asked Ouyang Qingqing for a bowl of rice.  She was kind-hearted, took me in for three days, and even hired a doctor for me to see a doctor.  As soon as the wound healed, I left immediately for fear of causing trouble to Miss Ouyang.

    In the past few days, I have been hiding in the temple, trying to ask for some money from the good people who offer incense, but maybe I look too scary. They are frightened when they see me, and no one gives me anything to eat. I am really hungry.  I just came to see you, Brother Meng, when I couldn't bear it.  "

    Wang Zhu, a man with such a high self-esteem, was so depressed that he had to rely on the woman he had a crush on in the past to beg for a bowl of food. Meng Ju was so angry when he heard this that he almost shed tears.

    "Brother Wang, why didn't you come to me when you were in trouble? Don't you think of me as a brother?"

    Wang Zhu smiled bitterly: "Brother Meng, I came to see you once, but you were still in a coma at that time. You were ill, and I didn't want to bring you trouble. This time, I was really desperate, so I took the risk to come to you.  Please help, I¡¯m causing trouble for you.¡±

    Meng Ju slapped the table and shouted: "Brother Wang, don't say such things between brothers! In fact, you should have come a long time ago. You stay here and live with me. I will see who dares to cause trouble."  ! You stay with me to recover from your injuries, and the two of us will get to the bottom of the matter! The Provincial Tombs Department does not dare to file a case, but our Jing'an Department is not afraid of him! I even dare to kill the demon clan leaders, and I am still afraid of those sneaky ones.  You evil bitches! They came after the town governor, and they came for me, Meng Ju. I helped the town governor stir up this trouble!"

    Meng Ju was filled with indignation. The other party was obviously targeting Ye Canaan's old men, which made him feel inexplicably indignant.  He felt that the person in his heart was gone and it was his unshirkable responsibility to take on the responsibility for her. He felt very happy to be able to contribute to the lost beauty - he said it generously, but he didn't pay attention to it.  Lu Liulou's face became more and more gloomy next to him.

    Hearing Meng Ju¡¯s generous words, Wang Zhu¡¯s face was a little shocked.  He lowered his head and said, "Uh, Brother Meng misunderstood. Actually, what I mean is Uh, what I mean is, can Brother Meng lend me a few dozen taels of silver to help me get home? I want to  Fly away, leave Jing'an and go home!"

    Meng Ju was surprised and was stunned for a while: "Of course the money is no problem, but Brother Wang, if you don't get to the bottom of this matter and avenge your brothers, how can you just walk away like this? Brother Wang"

    "Ahem, cough!" Lu Liulou coughed repeatedly. He interrupted Meng Ju's words and winked at him: "Sir Meng, everyone has his own ambitions, so don't force yourself to embarrass Brother Wang. Brother Wang,  I only brought more than twenty taels of silver, so you can take it first. You can follow me back to your residence later, there is still some over there, although it is my intention to have less, so don¡¯t dislike it."

    Wang Zhu took the silver generously and smiled: "I even begged for food from prostitutes, why do I dare to dislike it?"

    The smile on Wang Zhu¡¯s ferocious face had a sad taste.  Seeing the end of the hero and the broken heart of the hero, Meng Ju felt sad.  He went into the inner room and took out a stack of silver notes and came out: "Brother Wang, if you want to go home, you can take these five thousand taels of silver with you to help you on the way. You can buy dozens of acres of land when you go home and live a good life as a landlord.  "

    Wang Zhu was shocked. He declined: "Brother Meng, it's too much, too much! If you give me a few hundred taels of silver, I'll be satisfied. How can I use so much!"

    "Brother Wang, if you still think of me as a brother, don't say more, just accept it!"

    After some refusal, Lu Liulou also persuaded him, and Wang Zhu finally accepted the silver.

    With tears in his one eye, he choked and said: "Brother Meng, Brother Lu, and Brother Wang are a useless loser with no promise and loyalty, but the luckiest thing in his life is to know these two brothers! Take care of yourself, Wang Yanjun  , here we go!¡±

    Meng Ju and Lu Liulou both stood up solemnly, raised their hands and saluted: "Brother Wang, take care, have a safe journey!"

    But when he was about to go out, Wang Zhu paused and asked: "Brother Meng, everyone said that you chased Shen Tu until the sky was dark and the earth was dark. Did you kill the thief later?"

    Meng Ju smiled bitterly. By the end of that day's charge, he had lost his mind and relied entirely on instinct to kill and fight. The blood was so dizzy that his brain was so red that he couldn't even remember how he fell to the ground and passed out.

    "I don't knowprobably not. If there was, I would probably remember it."

    Wang Zhu solemnly said: "Brother Meng, although there is no basis for this matter, I highly doubt that it was Shentu Jue who did it. But why? I understand that he killed us because we were close relatives of the governor, and he wanted to vent his anger."  Well!

    But why is the criminal case officer of his murder case?  Even if the Criminal Cases Department had arrested him in the first place, it was just following orders. YeThe governor was gone, why didn't he even let go of the criminal case officer who was executing the order?  Moreover, there were more than fifty criminal officers in the Criminal Cases Department, and the only ones who had a grudge against him were Yu Shujian and a few others. Why did he need to kill them all?  I can't understand this no matter how hard I think about it.  "

    In fact, Meng Ju was also suspicious.  This ruthless approach, the style of killing everything without leaving any room, is very similar to Shen Tu Jue's style.  Especially for setting fire to Ye Jianan's official residence, Shen Tujue had a criminal record before. He had also set fire to the county government office before - ah!

    Meng Ju jumped up suddenly and grabbed Wang Zhu's shoulders: "Little building! The small building of the governor was burned down by fire?"

    "Yes, it was burned more than twenty days ago - didn't I just tell you?"

    "Everything was burned? The study was burned? Nothing was left?"

    "Everything was burned, leaving only a dark patch of ground."

    "Shen Tu Jue's confession and materials are in the second compartment of the dark cabinet in my study. I have already written the memorial. Please help me submit it to the court to kill Shen Tu Jue and Tuoba Xiong!"

    With a crisp "snap" sound, the tea cup in Meng Ju's hand was crushed. He stared at the broken tea cup and the blood on his hand, his eyes seemed to spit out fire.  Thinking that the sacrifice of his beloved woman had become meaningless, he wanted to cut his own flesh with a knife.

    For a moment, the three of them were speechless.

    Suddenly, Wang Zhu knelt down, kowtowed to Meng Ju, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Brother Meng, I'm sorry, it's not that I, Wang Zhu, am greedy for life and afraid of death, or that I have forgotten the kindness of the governor. It's really  I'm not willing to give in! They hunted me too hard, and my vengeance was not avenged. I'm really not willing to die in such an unexplained way! If you find out the whereabouts of Shen Tujue in the future, you must inform me. Even if it's thousands of miles away, I will do it.  Come here, even if I can't beat him, I will bite him to death! Brother Meng, please!"

    Without waiting for help from Meng Ju and Lu Liulou, he had already gotten up on his own, with tears streaming down his face.  He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Meng, take care of yourself!" He put on his cloak and raincoat, opened the door and walked away, his bleak figure disappearing into the dark night of wind and snow.

    Meng Ju sat down slumped and looked at Lu Liulou across the lamp. Both of them were speechless for a long time.

    The cold wind whizzed in through the cracks in the window, blowing the dim flames of the oil lamps tottering. At this moment, Meng Ju suddenly realized something, which was like the howling wind and snow outside the window, making his whole body cold to the bone.  Zhizhu: "The only person who participated in the interrogation of Shen Tujue that day and knew that Tuoba Xiong was suspected of treason is still alive now, and I am the only one left!"
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