Chapter 94 A stranger died

The red leather drum outside the Yamen was beaten again.

Chen Mu was shocked.

This thing has not rang a few times since he hit it. Last time it was Xin Fan who came here to save Gu Sanyue.

Could it be that today someone finally came to report the injustice?

The former county government had little credibility in the hearts of the people in Fengjiang, because when something happened, reporting it to the official was useless.

But things are different now. As Chenmu's image in their hearts gradually changes, some people are willing to try to believe it.

Cao Zhengxiang walked over quickly, holding the washed official robe in his hand.

"Sir, someone is beating the drum to report to the officer. They are already waiting in the courtroom."

"Who?" As he said this, Chen Mu took over the blue official uniform.

He almost never wears it, mainly because he feels it doesn't fit his temperament.

According to his handsome image, the fluttering white clothes may be the most suitable.

"He is someone from our border area. The specific situation is unknown."

Chen Mu nodded: "Tell Li Tieniu and Zhao Taiji to prepare for promotion."

"Yes." Cao Zhengxiang responded.

Then he rummaged through his sleeves for a long time and finally pulled out a bunch of yellow talismans.

Then, regardless of the way Shen Mu looked at him, he spat out Xingzi on his thumb and carefully twisted out two pieces, only to hear the words in his mouth: "Go!"

The yellow paper talisman flashed with light and flew away automatically, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Okay, Lao Cao, do you still have this ability?"

Cao Zhengxiang smiled proudly: "Hey, sir, have you forgotten that I also worked as an internal affairs officer in the Sui Dynasty back then. I am naturally good at this kind of sound transmission trick. However, the distance cannot be too far. It is no problem within the Fengjiang City."

Chen Mu gave a thumbs up and went back to his room to change clothes.

…

This time the news about the Yamen did not spread quickly, and it did not cause too much noise.

At this time, many people's focus is still on the fields outside the city.

As for the feudal people in the city who went to the county government to report to the county government, they were no longer interested.

Trivial matters among ordinary people can be found in every county and county, so I don't think it's strange.

And with the lessons learned from the previous unlucky guys, they knew that it was not safe to watch the excitement in Fengjiang.

If Magistrate Shen was in a bad mood, it would be possible for him to randomly operate on a few people. Didn't Liu Hao just find a reason to go there as soon as possible?

In the past, the border was easy to say, but now it is different. The biggest problem is that they are not confident that they can defeat the county magistrate.

Even if the other party is only in the furnace realm.

…

Everyone in the Yamen hall was present.

The person playing the drum was actually a middle-aged woman with a sallow complexion.

His body shape has retained a bit of the charm of his youth, but thick calluses can be clearly seen on his hands from years of hard work.

The tattered cotton-padded jacket on her body was covered with patches, and her eyes were a little distracted. She was so nervous that she didn't know where to look.

Chen Mu sat in front of the hall without making too many formalities.

After briefly looking at the woman, he said directly: "Tell me why you play the drum."

The woman came back to her senses after hearing the sound. Her hands seemed to be shaking a little. She took a breath and said directly: "Sir, someone in my family... died."

"Dead?"

Chen Mu frowned when he heard this, and his first reaction was that there might be another foreign monk committing crimes in the city.

Just like Xue Linyi and Xu Wentian before.

As for the secret of Fengjiang, even Shen Mu himself hasn't fully understood it yet. There might be some treasures in someone's home, and there is a high chance that they will find out that they are interested in making money.

This is a thinking inertia formed by combining previous things.

But his intuition told Chen Mu that maybe things were not as he imagined.

Because the woman in front of him is still alive, if the other party really wants to kill someone and seize the treasure, it is impossible to let her go or come out, and there is no injury on her body.

"Who died? Tell me specifically."

The woman nodded, pondered for a moment and then continued: "The grassroots family lives in the west of the city. The house was left by the elders of the family. Not long ago, a few strangers suddenly came over. I don't know why they wanted to live in my house. The village girl is just an ordinary person. Naturally, I didn't dare to disobey, so I collected some money and moved into the empty house next to me. Originally, I wanted to go back this morning to have a look and ask how long they would stay, but as soon as I entered the door, several people died. It's inside! I came over anxiously to report it to the official."

The woman finished the story quickly.

What happened surprised Chen Mu. He originally thought that the person who died was someone from the border area: "The person who died was a monk from outside the country?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, from a foreign country."

"Chengxi, are you from Longjing Lane too?"

"Sir, it's Longjing Alley."

Chen Mu frowned slightly and said nothing.

Although it had been some time, that place still left a deep impression on him.

That's where Xue Linyi's case started.

However, this time there is a high probability that it was a coincidence, and according to the woman, the person who died was a monk from a foreign county, so the problem is a bit tricky.

In recent days, he has been so assertive that he even dared to kill people in Fengjiang City.

The problem is, even if you kill people, there must be some noise, right?

But from last night to now, no one seems to have noticed.

Even the Sophora japonica root system of the fallen wood failed to send him a large amount of information about vitality fluctuations.

Although part of the reason is that he distributed most of the root system to the fields outside the city, so except for a few more important areas in the city, there are relatively few other places, and some places cannot be covered with ground nets.

But even so, it shouldn't be that everyone didn't notice it.

Of course, if he could do something secretly without being noticed, he had done it himself, the time when he used the invincible card to kill the leader of the Yuhe Sect.

But there was an isolation formation at that time.

And his strength has reached the level of the Immortal Ascension Realm, and only then can he kill people invisible.

Could it be said that the murderer is a being in the martial arts realm?

What is the purpose?

Personal vendetta?

Or is it that he just wants to cause trouble at the juncture of his development of the border area?

A series of thoughts have begun to swirl in Shen Mu's heart.

It was a bit quiet at this time.

Li Tieniu and Zhao Taiji on the side had disappeared at some point.

Cao Zhengxiang, on the other hand, slowly stepped forward with the household registration book in hand.

"Gu...cough." The girl couldn't call out, so he asked directly: "The Yamen needs to know your name and household registration."

The woman looked at Cao Zhengxiang, with a hint of awkwardness in her nervous eyes, but she still answered seriously: "My name is Yu Xiu'er, Longjing Lane, C-shaped row, No. 16 door."

Cao Zhengxiang smiled and nodded.

Then he opened the recorded household registration book, rummaged through it, and found Yu Xiuer's household registration in the last few pages.

It's been verified correctly.

Chen Mu looked serious and thought about it for a long time.

"Lao Cao, what do you think?"

Cao Zhengxiang stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, this matter is unusual. The most important thing is that there may be some other troubles in the future, so it is not appropriate to make a big deal about it."

Chen Mu nodded, then stood up and looked at the middle-aged woman.

"Yu...Xiu'er?"

"Yes, sir."

"Take me to your house and see where the crime happened first."
Chapter completed!