Under the guidance of the Zhang family housekeeper, Li Chengqian and Zhuge Yi came to the home of the so-called "crazy talk" old man in Wangcun. What caught his eye was an old man with a gray beard stuck on the ground and barking with the dogs at home, leaving his son beside him indifferent no matter how he kowtowed.

Li Chengqian didn't know whether he was crazy or not, but now it seems that this guy who insisted on fighting to be a tycoon with the dog doesn't look like a normal person no matter how he understands the situation. After rewarding his son with a golden leaf, Li Chengqian took people around the village.

After coming out, he asked the housekeeper to send Zhuge Yi back to Zhang's mansion. Zhuge Yi and Zhang Wanfu are old friends. After not meeting each other for a long time, they naturally have many personal things to say. This is human nature. They were invited by themselves, but not from the Eastern Palace. If you want to do it, you have to do it if you want to make a convenience! Then, he and the inner guard came to Xichuan County Government. After showing the articles of the inner guard's waist-pawning monk's ministerial province, they met the "good at making a final decision" Xichuan County - Wu Youde.

I didn't know when I saw it, but I was really shocked when I saw it. This guy was not only thin, short, but also had two buckling teeth and a pair of wind-catching ears. I had seen ugly ones, but I saw such ugly ones for the first time. I didn't know that I thought I was underdeveloped in my womb and ran out!

After some greetings, Li Chengqian signaled Wu Deng below to put the case file on the table, and then asked in a low voice: "Mr. Wu County, this is the file of all cannibal cases that happened in Gui County. Should you say something? You can't be the same as the file. You don't know it after asking any questions!"

Alas, seeing this extremely ugly county magistrate sighed long, shook his three-flat and four-round head and said, "General Qin is generous enough to take action. Jin Yezi is rewarding as soon as he says, zhizhi, it is not a pity that the royal guards lead, but they are better than our local officials!"

Hum? Hearing his words, Li Chengqian took back his contemptuous eyes. The county magistrate was not as incompetent as the "legend". He had just come out of Wangcun and had already received the letter. The wind in the jurisdiction was so tight that he was obviously not a mediocre person. Damn, I'm missing this time, I'm afraid that this guy will know when he went to Zhang Mansion alone!

"Money is a small matter, and I was just a general who felt compassion for a moment. Compared to the meticulous mind of the magistrate of Wu County, it is still far behind, right?" Li Chengqian squinted his eyes and looked at Wu Youde opposite him.

"Okay, licking blood from the knife. People who have been fighting for the rest of their lives can still pity the common people. I admire them!" After saying that, he picked up the file on the table and started talking.

Indeed, when the first cannibal case occurred, he did not care. The place was not as good as the capital, so it was normal to die. But in order not to panic the people, he could only openly determine the attack of wild beasts and secretly sent a yamen runner to investigate the foggy mountain to the west, because a group of bandits rushed in there last year.

But before the bandits could do anything, cases of the same nature followed one after another, which caught Wu Youde off guard and immediately spread all the people. The result was that there was no evidence and no clue, so he had to focus his attention on the families of the counties who reported the disappearance.

After he communicated with the nearby prefecture, he found that these people were moved out of Wangcun more than 20 years ago, which made him very puzzled. People who moved out of the same village died under the same method. Does that mean that the root of the case is in Wangcun!

So, driven by curiosity, Wu Youde found the county annals of the previous dynasty in the corners of the treasury. During the Daye period, Xichuan County was designated as a military camp by Zhu Jie, the king of Nanyang, to ensure the continuous supply of military rations. But these uncles Qiu Ba were used to being lazy, and they could do this job and have the hard work.

So they set their minds on the "two-legged sheep" in Xichuan County. Since they are all food and livestock, why not let them do it? After reporting the approval of the King of Nanyang Zhu Jie, they arrested the strong men in the county. In order to facilitate management, they enclosed all the men, women, young and old in the county in Wangcun.

But the cruel Zhu Jie army was not willing to let them farm the fields. They distributed the old and weak to the recruits to train their courage, raise women and children in captivity, either kill them to eat, or to enjoy lust. As for the men, they were hungry, full, and swallowed their anger and planted food.

This situation lasted until the third year of Wude. After the Tang Dynasty occupied Nanyang, there were less than 500 people left here. Some of them died in these years, while others moved to various villages or near states. Those who remained in Wangcun were still alive, and the only one who told the truth and then became crazy.

No matter who the murderer was, their purpose was to silence all the people in Wangcun back then. Although they always felt that something was missing, Wu Youde immediately told the suspicious point to the superiors from the state and the capital. But they confirmed that this inference was a bit nonsense. Who would target the people of Wangcun in addition to Zhu Jie's army like this? It must be a coincidence.

When he sees these "humble officials" who don't take what they say seriously, he doesn't have to use his hot face to touch others' cold butts, so he chooses to keep silent. That's the case in the officialdom. If you want to be an official for a long time, don't get in the way.

These people were either the people in front of the envoy or the masters, and they were all "experts". How could they take themselves, an ugly guy with no appearance, seriously? But what he didn't expect was that these two groups of people were so terrible that it made him feel a little chill.

The water here is so deep. Even the officials in the court were destroyed, so the case is so great. Who would not know that if you dare to attack the officials, you will be beheaded. People are fearless! What's more, the officials in the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice are also considered imperial envoys. According to Tang's rule, those who dare to attack and kill the imperial envoys would be a serious crime that implicated the nine clans.

Such a disaster occurred in his jurisdiction, so he had to be more careful. He didn't find out the case before he was flirting with himself, so he quickly arranged the officers in every corner of the county and paid close attention to the movements here.

After listening to Wu Youde's explanation, Li Chengqian nodded. It was good that a county magistrate could do this. He really couldn't ask too much. If this person had the intention of killing, let alone being a stern official, even if he invited the Jade Emperor, he would not be able to suppress the evil fire in their hearts.

"Mr. Wu County, I thought your inference was very reasonable, but two groups of servants in the court had already alerted the enemy. So do you think I should start investigating this way!"

Li Chengqian believed that since Wu Youde was so sensible, he must have a way to cure the aftermath, otherwise he would not be so arrogant and wait for the third group of people to come. Even if he didn't think about the victims, he had to think about his black hat. If the case could not be solved, he would have to chat with melons according to the rules!......
Chapter completed!