More than a dozen people died, and even the murderer was not even aware of whether he was a human or a ghost. The people were afraid of it because of the punishment of the river god. Even County Magistrate He was affected. However, Tang Fan and others naturally would not think about it from this perspective from the perspective of investigating the case, otherwise the case would not be investigated even if it was investigated. They would report directly to the court that it was the ghosts and gods.

Of course, don't want the black hats on their heads.

Tang Fan said: "Since there is a thief hole in the imperial tomb, it must be related to the tomb robber. Has it been so long that even a thief can't catch a thief?"

County Magistrate He said: "After the incident of the old village chief, no one dared to pass by at night anymore. The lower officials also took people to the imperial tomb robbery hole several times during the day, but they found nothing. At first, no one dared to go down the robbery hole. The lower officials had no choice but to reward him with a large sum of money. Then they were willing to go down. As a result, they came out soon after, saying that the robbery was dug too deep and kept going down. The bottom was dark and there was no light. They couldn't see the direction clearly and didn't know where to go, so they didn't dare to go away. Later, the bounty was mentioned one or two taels, but someone was willing to go down to find out, that is..."

He stumbled for a few moments and finally whispered: "I just haven't come up again."

The lively atmosphere on the table gradually cooled down, and everyone was shuddered by the description of the county magistrate.

These details were not written in the memorial, but Tang Fan could understand County Magistrate He. After all, this matter was too strange and it was difficult to write clearly in the few words in the writing. Moreover, the memorial also required the words to be concise and concise, and it was impossible to write everything in it.

But everyone came from the capital to investigate the case, which was definitely the purpose of finding out the case. If County Magistrate He said, the case was complicated and dangerous, and it would be much more than their original expectations.

Even Yin Yuanhua, who was determined to come and grab credit, regretted that he had to follow him.

County Magistrate He looked at Tang Fan anxiously, afraid that he would blame him for not writing it clearly in the memorial submitted. Seeing that he had no intention of blaming him, he calmed down a little.

The next moment, he heard Tang Fan say again: "How far is this place from Luohe Village?"

County Magistrate He said: "Not far away, I'll be more than ten miles away from the county town!"

Tang Fan said: "That's it. After using the meal, we'll go there and rest in Luohe Village at night."

County Magistrate He was stunned: "Ah?"

Tang Fan: "What?"

County Magistrate He came to his senses and hurriedly said, "This is not good. Luohe Village has a simple condition, I am afraid it does not meet the preferences of all the adults. Besides, it's been midnight..."

Tang Fan intercepted his words: "It's just because it's just night. Didn't you say that the crying sounds have sounded again recently? Just go over and see who is the sacred place? Otherwise, if you wait until the daytime, what else can you check?"

He looked at Suizhou again: "Brother Guangchuan, what if you think?"

Suizhou nodded: "What Lord Tang said is very much, and the brothers of the Jinyiwei have no objection."

Of course, the Jinyiwei had no objection. It was not hard to go along the way. It was a normal business trip for the Jinyiwei. Suizhou investigated the Huang Jinglong case before, because it was much harder than this, because it had to hide from the other party's eyes and ears and ears, and had to lie out during the day and go out at night and go on a journey.

But it was a bit unbearable for the civil servants, especially Yin Yuanhua, who wanted to faint when he heard this, and quickly said, "Sir, I just arrived today, so let me rest here for a night. It's not too late to say it tomorrow?"

Tang Fan is an understanding boss: "Since Brother Yin is not strong enough, I will rest in the county town, and I will just go there with the governors."

Yin Yuanhua came to Gong County from the capital to great difficulty, so he could grab some credit and seize Tang Fan's handle. If he did not allow him to participate in the investigation of the case, what's the point of his hard work?

He felt that Tang Fan obviously didn't want him to follow him, and even spoke sarcastic words, so he had to smile and said, "How can this be done? The responsibilities of the subordinates are, how can they be the reason for letting the adults lead by example. Please allow me to follow me!"

Tang Fan said kindly and kindly: "If your body does not allow it, don't force it. It's more important to recuperate. I'm here for everything."

You are sick, your whole family is sick!

Yin Yuanhua almost bit his teeth, and he had to show a touching expression: "Although he has to be polite to the adults, how can the subordinates be at ease to let the adults go to the danger alone? You still have to follow him to rest assured!"

Seeing that he insisted, Tang Fan nodded: "Then let it go, be careful yourself. If it doesn't work, tell me."

County Magistrate He didn't know the conflict between the two of them, and he was still thinking in his heart that it was indeed an imperial envoy from the capital. Lord Yin was really hard-working, and he was so angry that he was still thinking about his errands.

Yin Yuanhua insisted on following, but there was no reason why the two officers Cheng Wen and Tian Xuan did not follow. At that moment, the group had enough food and drink, so they went to Luohe Village under the guidance of the county magistrate.

The county magistrate and others took the lead in order to take care of the adults' accommodation. After all, Luohe Village is not as good as the county town. So many people suddenly rushed over, and they didn't even know if they could free up their place.

The distance from the county town to Luohe Village is not far, so no one rides horses, but instead rides a sedan chair. The horses of the Jinyiwei are sent to the inn. They walk all the way and should get good supplies for rest.

The feeling of sitting in a sedan chair is different from riding a horse. She sat on the seat covered with thick and soft pads and swayed under her. Tang Fan was so comfortable that he almost fell asleep.

He did fall asleep... until someone gently patted him to wake him up.

"Here." Suizhou's upper body leaned into the sedan chair and said to him.

After all, it was in public, and Yin Yuanhua and others were there. It was difficult for them to show their personal relationship too clearly, and even the titles were just average.

Tang Fan smiled at him and stretched his body, feeling better, but his physical fatigue was even more obvious. He wanted to fall asleep. He barely restrained this desire, and as soon as he got out of the sedan chair, he became energetic again.

This errand was not only an important turning point in his personal career, but also related to other people's paths to promotion and wealth. Even as an imperial envoy, Tang Fan had to consider the people below everywhere and not do whatever he wanted.

Like tonight, let alone those who were cheated by motion sickness like Yin Yuanhua, the Jinyiwei, including Pang Qi and others, were eager to make contributions. In fact, they were eager to come over and find out what happened. Although Suizhou could suppress them, Tang Fan also had to think about him from the standpoint of Suizhou, so that he could not make it difficult for him to do it.

At this time, night had just fallen, and the sky was not completely dark. With the gray and blue sky, everyone finally saw the scene of Luoshui Village.

This village is not big, but not small. Because it is close to Gong County and is located on the Luo River, many of the residents in the county town have hometowns here, with smooth roads, so they are relatively prosperous.

However, after all, the village is a village, so it is impossible to have a gorgeous official post like a county town. So the county magistrate came over with a look of embarrassment and reported: "Everyone, the village is simple, not as simple as the county town, and it is difficult to find more houses. I can only barely get a few to give the seniors a temporary rest. But in this way, I am afraid that the seniors will have to be wronged to live together. Look...?"

Only these houses were temporarily vacated by the county magistrate who asked some villagers to live in their neighbors or relatives.

Tang Fan naturally had no objection: "How many rooms are there in total?"

The county magistrate hurriedly said, "There are nine rooms in total. The officials have made some arrangements, and they are all connected together!"

Tang Fan praised: "You have to worry, then that's it."

The county magistrate was still worried about being scolded, but he could still get praise, so he was so happy.

Tang Fan said: "Then I will have one with Guangchuan, Brother Yin and Cheng Wentian Xuan, and you will have the others arranged by Guangchuan."

Suizhou took Pang Qi and others to allocate the remaining seven rooms. Some of these houses were larger and some were smaller. Tang Fan and Suizhou were not distinguished from each other, and they lived in small rooms and slept on the same bed. It was nothing. Anyway, everyone was not here to enjoy it, so they were squeezed over.

Yin Yuanhua and two officers had three people, and they were divided into large rooms, including two rooms inside and outside, Yin Yuanhua slept in the inner room, and Cheng Wentian Xuan slept in the outer room.

The other Jinyiwei were even better arranged. They were all big men, and they could sleep with just a place and a quilt. When they were away, they would not pay so much attention to it.

After the house was allocated, Tang Fan said to County Magistrate He: "If County Magistrate He is not busy going back, let's take us to see the old village chief first."

When he saw that County Magistrate He wanted to speak, he asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

County Magistrate He smiled bitterly: "Sir, it's not that the official intentionally evaded. After the last time, the old village chief seemed to be fine on weekdays, but whenever he mentioned the incident that night, he would only say a few words over and over again, and he couldn't ask anything even if he asked. What's more..."

Tang Fan: "What's more?"

County Magistrate He snorted: "It's almost night, why not, why not see you tomorrow?"

After Tang Fan said this, he noticed that not only County Magistrate He, but also County Magistrate and others also showed a look of fear on their faces.

Previously, County Magistrate He swears that only the people believe that ghosts and gods are at work, but now he wants to speak but stops, obviously he is also afraid of it.

Not far away, the sound of the water flowing from the Luo River was rushing towards the northeast and pouring into the Yellow River. Although it is not as surging as the Yellow River, it is also turbulent and surging. The river channel is spacious enough to sail on it. There are some plants and plants on both sides. During the day, it must be a beautiful scenery of green trees and vast water and low clouds. It is just as late as today, it is pitch black. The night wind is blowing, which is much cooler than during the day. If you wear less clothes on your body, you will shivering involuntarily.

The river in front of me doesn't look like it has devoured so many people, but it may be infected by the emotions of County Magistrate He and others. When Tang Fan looked over from afar, he felt that under the surging river, there might be many little-known strange and dangerous hidden under the surging river.

Seeing that County Magistrate He and others were afraid of this, Tang Fan did not force himself: "Forget it, you can indicate the residence of the old village chief, and leave two people familiar with the terrain here to take care of him, and you can go back first."

County Magistrate He was indeed a little scared, so he looked at the county magistrate, but the latter intended to curry favor with the imperial envoy, so he volunteered: "The emperor is willing to stay and guide the way for the adults."

Seeing that the county magistrate was willing to stay, County magistrate He wanted to leave, so he left two more yamen runners, and then he accused Tang Fan and the others of the crime, and got into the sedan chair and left in a hurry.

Like County Magistrate He, he is indecisive in his work and is indecisive. It is nothing if he is an ordinary person. But as a court official, he should have some responsibility. Even if he is unwilling to fight for the future, he is destined to not go far in the officialdom. However, Tang Fan did not criticize him. After all, the most important thing in front of him is to investigate the case clearly. County Magistrate He has little to do with this case, and it will not play any role even if he stays there.

On the contrary, County Chief Zhao became much more enthusiastic. With his introduction, Tang Fan and others realized that the current village chief of Luohe Village was the son of the old village chief. Because the old village chief had a prestige and was willing to stand out for the villagers, he encountered this kind of accident. Everyone recommended the eldest son of the old village chief to become the new village chief, and the old village chief now lives with the eldest son.

Under the leadership of Zhao County Magistrate, Tang Fan and his team came to the old village chief's home.

The other party had heard that a big man had come to the county, but he did not dare to come out to disturb him easily without the orders of the county magistrate. Now that he saw the imperial envoy coming in person, he hurriedly welcomed him again. The neighbors were all alarmed. The usually quiet village was in chaos and the small house could not be squeezed into it. Tang Fan asked Pang Qi to take people outside to guard it, while he and Suizhou, Yin Yuanhua and others entered.

The eldest son of the village chief is now at 40 years old. His surname is Liu. He is a simple and honest man. When he heard that Tang Fan was coming, he went in and invited the old village chief out, and bowed to Tang Fan and the others to apologize: "My father is talking a little messy now, and sometimes he can't hear it clearly. Please don't blame me, please don't blame me!"

Tang Fan said softly: "You don't need to be afraid. We just ask a few questions and leave, but I'm afraid we'll be disturbing here in the past few days."

Village Chief Liu thought he had some knowledge. Although he was so treacherous, he spoke politely. He smiled silly: "It is the honor of the nobles to come to this village. How can we talk about it? It's just that the village is too simple and it has caused the men to suffer!"

When they were talking, the old village chief listened from the side, with a peaceful and calm expression. He held his hands together and rubbed them slowly, looking no different from ordinary people.

But just as Tang Fan mentioned the incident that night, the old village chief suddenly became a little uneasy, his body trembled slightly, and his lips opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something.

Village Chief Liu said to him: "Dad, this is a high-ranking official sent by the court. In order to investigate the case, please tell the masters what happened that night?"

The old village chief shook his head and said repeatedly: "You can't say it, you can't say it, there will be God's punishment!"

Village Chief Liu advised: "Dad, don't be afraid. These high-ranking officials are all star lords in the sky, and ghosts and gods dare not approach them. Didn't you even say that you had seen the River God last time? What's going on?"

The old village chief sighed: "Several nobles, you are not a little old man, you are not a little old man, but I really don't want to watch you go to die. That night I saw clearly that the river god came out of the river and dragged down the few people who came to dig graves in one go, not even a bone left!"

However, County Magistrate He had not mentioned this inside story, and Tang Fan asked: "Have you seen those people before?"

The old village chief nodded: "Yes, they took shovels to dig graves, but we ran into it. They wanted to run away, so we chased them all the way to the river, and the result..."

He thought of the situation that night, and seemed to be in fear, and suddenly became incoherent again: "So he ran into a ghost! There are ghosts, so many ghosts..."

Look, I just said it was a river god, but now I say it is a ghost again!

Tang Fan, Sui Zhou and others looked at each other.

"Dad, what are you talking nonsense?" Village Chief Liu couldn't help but speak.

The old village chief shivered, his face twisted, as if he had seen something extremely terrible. While shaking his head, his body shrank into the corner, and tears rolled down from his muddy eyes: "Half of Liu's body was bitten off, his upper body was still on the river embankment, his nails were lying on the river embankment, crying and shouting, asking us to save him. Constable Zhou ran over and grabbed his hand and wanted to pull him up. As a result, if I hadn't grabbed him, he would have been torn off. At that time, we all saw something in the river..."

Tang Fan asked: "What?"

The old village chief: "River God! It's the River God!"

Tang Fan: "..."

He felt that he should not be serious about such an old man. As the county magistrate said, all the things he asked from his mouth were confused. Perhaps the first half was quite organized, and the second half began to be incoherent again, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Seeing that nothing could be asked, Tang Fan turned to Suizhou: "Brother Guangchuan, do you have anything else to ask?"
To be continued...