When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

In order to allow Cheng Su to see everything inside clearly and avoid letting the common people see it, the soldier turned his back to the people, knelt on one knee on the ground respectfully and with some panic, and then opened the things wrapped in rags.

"General, the lanterns on the ship were all burned. Apart from the wreckage of the fishing boat, these are all we can find."

It can be generally divided into three things.

There was a jade ornament among the gold and silver jewelry. The color on the jade ornament was exactly the same as the jade ornament found in Wu Sanshan’s home.

There are three burnt bells in total. The bells were tied together with iron wire that is not easy to burn. The cloth strips tied underneath were burnt black, but judging from the material and the remaining style, it can still be vaguely seen that there were black and white cloth strips tied underneath the bells.

At this time, on the lake shore.

"Tick-tock! Tick-tock!"

The wet clothes were constantly dripping with water, the wet hair was sticking to the face in a messy manner, and the pair of eyes looked around anxiously, as if there were dangers everywhere except himself.

Once the fearful gaze lingers on you, you can no longer look away.

"what--!"

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the scream.

The screaming people seemed to have lost all their strength and fell to the ground, their eyes wide open, as if they had seen something horrible, staring at the thing in the rag.

The man had multiple burns on his body and water was dripping onto the ground.

Based on these two points alone, it can be determined that these are the people who jumped off the boat earlier.

What he saw was nothing else but the bloody severed hand lying in the rag. The broken part of the hand was very smooth, as if it had been cut by a sharp weapon.

Blood was still flowing out of the broken part.

Looking at the people trembling and sitting on the ground, Cheng Su walked up slowly and asked seriously, "Do you know the owner of this severed hand?"

The commoner did not look at Cheng Su. His gaze swept across the bell next to the severed hand, and he quickly shook his head and denied it, "No... I don't know him."

After saying that, he withdrew his gaze, and regardless of the injuries on his body, he crawled to the side on his knees.

The already injured leg was further bruised by the friction of the rough stones on the ground, but he seemed to feel no pain. He desperately crawled away from the lake shore, shouting in fear as he crawled: "It's...it's a disaster, it must be a disaster from heaven--!"

Fearing that the civilian's injuries would worsen, Qingchuan quickly stepped forward to stop the civilian from crawling and comforted him, "Your burns must be treated as soon as possible. I will help you heal your wounds first."

The injured civilian pushed Qingchuan away, holding his head and saying in horror: "Why bother healing? We're all going to die anyway, so we might as well just leave it as it is."

"Varied……"

The injured people could no longer hear what was said outside. They were like mad, talking to themselves: "It must be a disaster from heaven. It must be a disaster from heaven. We will all die soon. I shouldn't have come here today. I shouldn't have come here..."

After hearing the noise here, Guan Ziheng simply washed his face roughly, wiped it a few times with a clean cloth, put the dirty cloth back into his arms, and that was it.

But as soon as he walked away, he saw the severed hand still bleeding in the rag. He was so scared that he fell to the ground. His palm was scratched by the rough stone, and Guan Ziheng gasped in pain.

Lin Lezhi hurried over to help Guan Ziheng up, and asked nervously, "Are you okay?"

With the help of Lin Lezhi, Guan Ziheng regained some strength and stood up while holding Lin Lezhi. He looked very uneasy, but still managed to hold on and said, "No...it's okay."

After saying this, Guan Ziheng avoided looking at the severed hand.

The shouts and strange looks of the people made more and more people discover what was hidden in the rag. Even though it was inconvenient for them to walk, they still scrambled to escape.

After hearing the people's screams, Chang Feizhang, who was counting the injured people on the side, limped over. He was already injured when Hong Mingxu pushed him outside the tent, and now he looked even more embarrassed.

The injuries on his legs and feet looked more serious, and there were many marks of being stepped on.

"What...what happened?" Chang Feizhang walked over and asked in a panic. After seeing the severed hand on the ground, he was so horrified that he couldn't speak.

"General...General...I..."

Chang Feizhang was trembling and unable to speak beside him.

Cheng Su frowned and said unhappily: "The people are watching you. How can you be a county magistrate in charge of maintaining local order? Speak properly!"

Chang Feizhang suddenly knelt down, clenched his fists, tears in his eyes, and said with a trembling voice: "General Cheng is right, it's all my fault, I'm not worthy of being a county magistrate. If it weren't for my inconsiderateness, there would never be such a large number of casualties in Pinghai Town during this lantern festival."

casualties……?

Cheng Su frowned, raised his head and looked behind Chang Feizhang, his pupils slightly constricted.

There were countless people who came to participate in the Lantern Festival. When the chaos broke out, the instinct for survival was forgotten. In the pushing and shoving, many people were pushed to the ground and could never get up again.

The neatly arranged corpses were shocking to see. Their families were wailing heart-wrenchingly beside the corpses.

The current situation and casualties are so serious that they are beyond our control. It won't be long before the news reaches the ears of every citizen in Pinghai Town, even Qujiang County, and even the imperial court.

'Snapped--! ’

Suddenly, a loud slap was heard by everyone.

Chang Feizhang hit his head on the ground, his palms left deep finger marks on the ground. It took him a long time to slowly raise his head from the ground. His forehead was scratched by the stone on the ground, leaving a clear blood mark.

When he stood up, there were still a few small stones embedded in his forehead, which fell off as he stood up.

Cheng Su was also shocked by Chang Feizhang's action and was speechless. After a while, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"General Cheng!" Chang Feizhang's body stopped shaking. He looked at Cheng Su firmly and said, "I would like to resign from the post of Qujiang County Magistrate. I hope General Cheng will grant my wish!"

"There is still no conclusion on this matter, and County Magistrate Chang does not need to blame himself."

Jiang Lian'an stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Chang Feizhang up, but Chang Feizhang refused and said, "Thank you for comforting me, Jiang Guitan. But today's incident, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, is all due to my negligence in prevention. I cannot shirk my responsibility. General Cheng is right. I feel ashamed of the people and am not worthy of being the parent official of Qujiang County."

Chang Feizhang kowtowed again and said solemnly: "I hope General Cheng will help me!"