Daming: Internship also counts as work experience

Chapter 13 Shura Field

The dozen or so people remained silent for a stick of incense. Dong Shuben couldn't help it anymore. He tugged at Jia Chuan's sleeve and whispered, "Why is there no movement over there?"

Jia Chuan responded to this nonsense with silence.

"That shouldn't be the case. Normally, someone with such a loud voice could scare birds away, so why is he silent today?" Undeterred, Dong Shuben pressed on, "We don't have anything valuable in the Inspection Office. Could it be that they took advantage of my absence, divided the money, and...ran away?"

Jia Chuan turned his head and glanced at Dong Shuben. Dong Shuben's eyes were filled with anxiety, fear, and a hint of clear stupidity. Jia Chuan sighed and said, "What's so good about dividing up those shabby houses of ours?"

"That's exactly what I said."

"But aren't there still a few survivors in that shabby house?"

After Jia Chuan's reminder, Dong Shuben felt as if he couldn't breathe and his head was buzzing.

Shunzi also understood at this time and asked in a low voice: "How did they know there were still survivors?"

Jia Chuan naturally knew who Shunzi was referring to as "they". He sighed lightly and cursed himself inwardly for not thinking deeper. If the King of Han was polite, he would send someone to ask in a tactful way. If he was impolite, he could just send people to kill him and get the details. No matter whether he was polite or not, once he knew that there were still some of their men alive in the Inspection Office, how could he let them live?

But Jia Chuan understood his colleagues in the Inspection Office. As long as the King of Han's men were polite, they would certainly be even more polite. If the King of Han's men wanted to take them alive, they would warmly escort them out of the forest. There was no need to kill them all. It would not benefit the King of Han to cause such a commotion. Unless Zhu Zhanji lost his life before entering the capital, the King of Han would not be so reckless...

Jia Chuan thought of this possibility and shook his head vigorously.

"Oh, don't shake your head. When you shake your head, it makes me feel like they are gone." Dong Shuben said in a trembling voice.

Shunzi said hurriedly: "No, there are more than 40 of us, and we have bows and arrows in our hands. We are the only ones who know this shortcut out of the mountain. Even if someone really comes to attack, we can hold out for a while, and someone will run out through this road to report the news..."

Dong Shuben asked nervously, "Jia Chuan, what do you think?"

The sun was not strong enough today and it was very hot. The setting sun shone through the mountains and forests, with only some light shining through the gaps. Jia Chuan stared blankly at the light that was slowly receding without saying a word.

Shunzi asked anxiously, "What are we waiting for? If there were still thieves, how could there be no movement?"

Dong Shuben's mind cleared up at this moment. He said quickly, "We were talking and laughing when we entered the forest. If there were still people there, how could they not hear us? Even if they heard us, could they pretend not to hear us? Of course, they would have quickly hidden themselves."

A soldier seemed to understand and came over to ask in a low voice, "Do we need to go to the nearby garrison to mobilize troops?"

"Don't do that yet. What if they are hiding on purpose to scare us?" Dong Shuben thought of this possibility and looked at Jia Chuan with shining eyes, hoping to get his approval.

Jia Chuan slowly stood up and said, "No need to wait until dark, let's go now."

"Why?" Shunzi was puzzled.

Jia Chuan climbed up the hill, looked in the direction of the house and said, "If something happened to them, it would have happened two days ago. Those people would not have waited until today to leave. If nothing happened..."

Jia Chuan didn't say anything else.

Dong Shuben felt his legs go weak and he tried to climb up the slope twice but failed. It was Shunzi who pulled him up from behind and he was able to climb up.

Dong Shuben and Shunzi knew what Jia Chuan hadn't finished saying... There was no way nothing had happened.

A dozen people quickly returned to the original path. One soldier comforted them, saying, "I think they heard you talking and hid to tease you. Don't be startled if someone suddenly jumps out from the road."

Jia Chuan and the other two remained silent.

There were more than forty people left, not just four. It would be easy for four people to act in unison, but for more than forty people to keep quiet and hide...

But Jia Chuan still hoped that he was wrong. What if?
Just as I hid under the hillside, I was thinking about sorting it out. According to Jia Chuan's logic, the Inspection Office is a government department. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and is also under the jurisdiction of the local government. It is a bit like the police station in the previous life. There are people who attack police officers and wipe out the entire station...

This was also because Jia Chuan had not thought about what would happen to the people who stayed behind. At most, their whereabouts would be betrayed, and those people would know which road they took. Even if they wanted to find the missing people and cover their faces to silence them, the people from the Inspection Office would not stop them, but there was really no need... Zhu Zhanji was still alive!
Jia Chuan was walking in front, his mind still full of thoughts on how to overturn his previous inference. A foul smell came into his nostrils with the wind, and he couldn't help sneezing. Then he saw a corpse that had become a giant on the side of the road.

The soldier guessed part of it right. When they were halfway there, they suddenly saw... a dead body lying there. Dong Shuben and Shunzi followed Jia Chuan's gaze and then froze there, their facial features distorted with fear.

Jia Chuan felt a pang of pain in his heart. This man must have wanted to report the news, but was shot dead.

Jia Chuan forced himself to move his legs, stepped forward and waved his hands to drive away mosquitoes and flies, and gave a rough examination. The corpse's face was swollen, the eyeballs were bulging, the lips were enlarged and turned outward, the tip of the tongue was sticking out, the chest and abdomen were bulging, the limbs were thickened, and the skin was a dirty green... It was summer now, and the corpse would rot faster. Two to three days after death, it would appear to be a giant.

"This is, this is a small radish!" Shunzi said with a sob.

"You, how did you figure that out?" Dong Shuben held onto the tree and vomited again and again. Just as he was recovering a little, he quickly asked after hearing what Shunzi said.

"The shoes he's wearing were newly made by his mother. We told him they were too hot to wear, but he refused to change them."

Jia Chuan's stomach churned. This was just the first corpse. What kind of scene would he see next? He suppressed his physical discomfort and squatted on the ground to check for footprints.

Fortunately, it rained heavily the night before, and it was cloudy yesterday and today. The footprints on the ground were deep, and no one had been there since the murderer left. Jia Chuan had the opportunity to see the footprints clearly.

That is to say, the incident happened after it rained or while it was raining.

Xiaoluobo was shot from behind, but the arrow had been pulled out and was facing upwards. There were footprints of others next to the body, but not much blood. Jia Chuan deduced that it was raining when the crime happened, and the rain washed away the blood. After the murderer shot him, he came over to pull out the arrow and check whether Xiaoluobo was dead.

Little Radish was shot in the back and fell forward. It was the murderer who turned Little Radish over.

Jia Chuan squatted down and measured it with his hand, then carefully looked at the mark imprinted in the mud. Then he stood up again and continued forward with heavy legs.

The ten soldiers retreated in fear, and one of them shouted, "Why don't we help you report the case to the county government office first?"

One person also shouted, "Yes, it seems that your previous speculation was correct. This matter must be reported to the superior immediately. Five of us will go to the county government office, and five will go to the nearby garrison. We will ride as fast as we can. At dawn tomorrow, one of us will definitely return with people."

Jia Chuan ignored them and did not stop.

Shunzi supported Dong Shuben and stumbled after Jia Chuan. The soldiers looked at each other. It was getting dark. If they saw another woman like this again, they didn't dare to think...

Someone whispered, "Since no one said anything, it means they have tacitly agreed. Let's go and report it quickly. It will be bad if it's too late."

"Right, right, right. How are we supposed to know how to handle such a big matter? We still need to report it to our superiors."

The ten people walked quickly, and Jia Chuan did not say anything to stop them because he saw two more bodies.

The corpse was the same as Little Carrot's, and had become a giant. Jia Chuan still gave it a rough inspection. The two men were stabbed in the back and were also turned over.

Dong Shuben and Shunzi could no longer walk, so they sat down next to the corpse and couldn't help but burst into tears. Perhaps because they were brothers in daily life, they were less afraid.

Jia Chuan wanted to say something to comfort them, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't utter a word. After examining the two bodies, he staggered towards the house. This was a habit left over from his work in his previous life, like muscle memory. As long as he was at the crime scene, careful investigation was the first priority. He didn't let himself think about anything else.

Dong Shuben and Shunzi stood up and followed closely behind him, crying.

Jia Chuan thought of many possibilities, but when he really saw it, he was still shocked by the scene and trembled all over. None of his guesses were correct.

The open space in front of the house was full of corpses.

It just so happened that the sky was completely dark at this time, and the corpses scattered all over the ground looked like a Shura field under the moonlight.

Jia Chuan stood there without taking another step forward. He felt a harsh sound of metal colliding in his head, which was so unpleasant that it gave him a headache. He wanted to command his legs to move forward, but it was just a thought.

Dong Shuben and Shi Shunzi hugged each other and cried on the ground. Their cries were deafening. Combined with the scene before them, if anyone else passed by at this moment, they would definitely be scared to death.

The warm night wind blew on Jia Chuan's face, and he could hear the intermittent crying sounds in his ears, and in front of him were the brothers who had been with him for three years.

For a moment, Jia Chuan felt like it was all a nightmare. He waited to wake up, but the warm wind kept urging him to quickly inspect the scene.

Jia Chuan didn't know how long he had been standing there, and suddenly he said:

"Shunzi! Find a torch and light it. Lao Dong! Find a pen and paper. Remember what I say. Walk along the edge and don't step on the muddy tracks."

……

There was a moment when Jia Chuan was very grateful to his previous life. At that time, he would always go with the trace investigator during every scene investigation, and would stay with the forensic doctor during the autopsy. The captain praised him for being studious, but in fact, a big reason was to avoid the eye-straining and mentally tiring work of watching surveillance. Of course, he also had this interest, so some of his colleagues could not enter the forensic doctor's autopsy room.

Because he had been in contact with forensic trace examinations for many years, he was interested in it and bought a lot of books to read. They helped him a lot in his investigative work in his previous life. He thought he would never need them again in this life, but he never expected that once he did, it would be such a grand occasion.

At this moment, Jia Chuan simply had no time or energy to think about what the consequences would be if he displayed his "talent" in this way.
Such talent is in stark contrast to the fearlessness, careful thinking and appropriate response he had shown in front of Zhu Zhanji before.

……

Shunzi held the torch, and Dong Shuben recorded what Jia Chuan said. Jia Chuan first checked the footprints, and then checked each body one by one.

Fortunately, there weren't many bodies to examine at the Giant Temple. The three of them worked for half the night, and when Jia Chuan no longer had the strength to stand up, he said, "It's time to take a break."

After saying that, Jia Chuan sat down on the ground, then crawled to a place farther away from the corpse and sat down against a tree.

Dong Shuben and Shunzi were completely numb at this time. They did whatever Jia Chuan told them to do. Shunzi closed his eyes while holding the torch and would not open them easily. Dong Shuben stared at the notebook and pen in his hand without even using his peripheral vision. When they heard that they could take a break, their tense bodies relaxed and they sat down on the ground. Then they mechanically imitated Jia Chuan. Shunzi extinguished the torch and crawled to Jia Chuan with Dong Shuben.

The night wind was no longer warm, and the rustling of leaves seemed to remind the three people that the wind was coming.

At this time, they seemed to have gotten used to the stench around them. Dong Shuben and Shunzi opened their mouths and looked at the sky with blank expressions. Not long after, tears slid down from the corners of their eyes without a sound.

Jia Chuan also looked up at the sky, his mind blank.

The three of them sat there silently, surrounded by corpses, smelling the stench, until dawn in the east.

Shunzi's stomach growled a few times, as if to remind them that they were still alive.

Dong Shuben rubbed his face, sighed, and said, "I thought this trip to protect the emperor would be a meritorious service and give me a chance to be promoted. Now that such a big thing has happened, I am afraid I cannot escape the blame! Jia Chuan, I entrust my daughter to you."

Shunzi asked anxiously, "What does this have to do with you?"

Dong Shuben closed his eyes, lowered his head and rubbed his aching neck, saying, "I'm the inspector of the Huangluling Inspection Office. Something happened here. No matter where I was or what I was doing, it's all because I didn't govern my subordinates strictly and neglected training. Over forty people..."

Dong Shuben lowered his head, calmed down his emotions, and then collapsed again, sobbing.

Shunzi buried his head in his knees and started crying.

Jia Chuan didn't say anything to comfort her. It was good that she could cry. He also wanted to cry, but he couldn't.

"It's obvious that the King of Han sent someone to do this. The Crown Prince must know that it has nothing to do with the Inspector General." Shunzi said with a sob.

"Not the King of Han." Jia Chuan said softly.

"what?"

Dong Shuben and Shunzi turned their heads in surprise and looked at Jia Chuan.

"Who else could it be if not the King of Han?!" Dong Shuben asked with red eyes.

"I don't know, but they're not the King of Han's men." Jia Chuan had been talking a lot before, but he hadn't drunk a sip of water. His voice was a little hoarse at this time. "When I checked, our people died at least two days ago. The only one who survived was dead only four or five hours ago. Although he had wounds on his body, the wounds in his lower abdomen were not fatal. The murderer must have thought that he could be treated when we returned. However, we couldn't run on the way back. It took us more than half a day longer than it did when we went. He lost too much blood and didn't make it until we returned."

"I, I didn't understand. Aren't they here to kill people alive?" Dong Shuben's voice changed.

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