Sweet as candy

Xiao Lang's head grew big.

Mu Yunyi's words had a big impact on him, and he couldn't figure out what kind of luck he was having recently, and one or two people around him would say such ambiguous words to scare him.

Although he made an excuse to go out, but within a few steps, something really came to him.

A disciple was looking for him everywhere, and when he saw his distraught face, he froze for a moment, and quickly waved his hand: "Hero Xiao!"

"Hero Xiao, something has happened." The disciple said, "There are two things that I need you to check."

Xiao Lang smiled wryly, it seemed that he had opened his mouth before, but he just said it casually, and it turned out to be really efficacious, and once he came, there were two problems.

"What's the matter?" He looked at the panting disciple in front of him, and comforted him, "Don't worry, tell me one by one, and do it slowly."

The disciple curled his lips helplessly, two things were imminent, and he couldn't tell which one to talk about first: "The first thing, there is a strange case in the government. It is said that someone's heart was dug out."

Xiao Lang's expression froze, and the disciple said again: "The second thing..."

He swallowed a little timidly: "The group of bandits from Mulong Mountain captured a few days ago, one named Liu Tu died suddenly in prison."

Xiao Lang asked: "Didn't you tell me to keep an eye on him and not allow anyone to approach him? Why did he die suddenly?"

"I don't know." Seeing his serious face, the disciple panicked even more: "You, where do you go first to check the situation?"

"I'll go to see Liu Tu first." Xiao Lang ordered: "You go to Xue Daxia and ask him to ask for me what's going on with the heart-wrenching."

The atmosphere in the autopsy room was tense, and there were two dead bodies on the wooden bed in the center. They looked at each other with big eyes, and after a while of excuses, a representative came out, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and waited for the result outside the door. Xiao Lang said: "Hero Xiao... The autopsy results are out, both of them died of poisonous hair."

Xiao Lang walked past him into the room, ignored the panicked expressions of the people around, lifted the white cloth, looked down at the blue face of the corpse: "The same kind?"

"Yes." Wu Zuo said, "It's not some rare poison, it's arsenic."

There was still a thin and thin yamen servant outside, kneeling on the ground, his face was covered with tears from crying, he saw Xiao Lang and others come out, crawled forward, and was quickly restrained again.

"Xiao Daxia, Xiao Daxia, please check clearly, I really did not do it, I am innocent!"

The disciple at the side said softly: "This man is called Li Hu, and it was his turn to take care of Liu Tu and others at that time."

Xiao Lang signaled them to let him go, Li Hu knelt down on the ground, his legs were weak and trembling, and he tried to defend himself hoarsely: "It really wasn't me who did it, it was Brother Wang who said that Liu Tu's relatives came to see him Let me wait outside. I don't know anything!"

The brother Wang he was talking about was another corpse lying in the autopsy room.

Xiao Lang glanced at him indifferently: "Liu Tu is an orphan. When they were imprisoned that day, the Martial Arts League repeatedly explained that no one should be allowed to approach him."

"I, I know." Li Hu was even more frightened when he heard this, and kept kowtowing: "But Brother Wang is one level higher than me, and I have to obey his orders on weekdays. How dare I resist what he says."

"You said that he brought Liu Tu's so-called relative to visit him that day, but did you see what that person looked like?"

"No..." Li Hu said: "That man was completely wrapped up and covered with a cloak, very mysterious. I only know that he probably bribed Brother Wang, and Brother Wang treated him respectfully."

At the end of the bribe, he also bought his own life.

Xiao Lang sighed, and the disciples of the Wulin League went to the cell for questioning and came back, and said to him: "Xiao Daxia, the prisoners detained next to him have all been interrogated, and they said that someone came that day, but they kept their voices down when they talked. It was very low, and they couldn't hear it clearly. They only knew that Liu Tu kowtowed to him, begging him to save him."

"Go and find out what channel that person bought Brother Wang." Xiao Lang said: "From now on, strengthen the guard on the remaining people."

On the other side, Xue Shiji was ordered to investigate the heart-digging case. When Xiao Lang finished handling the matter here and rushed over, besides a few of them, there were two disputing civilians standing in the hall.

"How's it going?"

The county master was standing next to Xue Shiji, pretending to be Xizi holding his heart. Every time Xue Shiji took two steps, his short and thick eyebrows would jump up and down.

Now that Xiao Lang came in, he was even more uncertain - the joy brought by Mulong Mountain's suppression of bandits hadn't lasted long, two murders suddenly popped up today, one of which happened right under the nose of the government.If this matter can't be found out, I don't know how people outside will laugh at it.

"Hero Xiao, you are here." The county master hurriedly winked at the people beside him: "It's hard work for you to run around, hey, go and make a cup of tea for Hero Xiao."

"Thank you, Mr. County, I'm not thirsty." Xiao Lang said: "Let's find out the matter first, Shi Ji, tell me."

"It's a bit complicated to talk about." Xue Shiji waited for a long time, folded his arms and said, "The deceased was heart-gouged a month ago, but he was not discovered until today."

"A month ago, a watchman claimed to hear a scream in the alley in the middle of the night, so he came to report to the government. The government sent several people to search and inquire, and there was no movement in the vicinity. The watchman happened to be After drinking some wine, they thought it was the watchman who got drunk and misheard, reprimanded the watchman, and left." He pointed to the two people who were arguing with red faces: "Until yesterday, These two came to the government to report the case, Mr. Xu said that his dog was maliciously poisoned by Mr. Huang next door, but Mr. Huang denied that he had done this."

"The two quarreled in the government for a long time, and finally they couldn't argue. They agreed to dissect the dog's body. As a result, a fresh heart that was still intact was found in the dog's stomach."

"This is probably the cause of the dog's death, but Mr. Huang swore to God that he never fed the dog, and they were not sure what kind of heart it was, so they asked the government's servant to investigate. Good guy, it turned out It's a heart."

Xue Shiji said with horror, and repeatedly patted the goosebumps on his arms: "So the people in the government immediately sent someone to check if anyone was missing nearby, and finally found the place where the watchman who reported the crime was patrolling a while ago. A fool who lived alone died, because this fool was usually excluded by others and was an orphan, so it was not discovered until now."

After finishing the statement, Xue Shiji returned to his original nature, and jumped behind Xiao Lang in twos and twos: "Brother Xiao, you don't know, the people in the government said that the man had been dead for a month, and the smell when he opened the door... Cough, I feel like I can’t eat just listening to the description.”

"How could the human heart that was dug out a month ago be eaten by a dog a month later?" There are too many doubts in the whole case, Xiao Lang said: "Besides, according to what you said, the heart in the dog's stomach is fresh. Yes, if it had been taken out a month ago, not to mention spoiled, it would not have been preserved so well."

"I also find it unbelievable." Xue Shiji said, "So I was thinking, could these two incidents not be the same case? Maybe there were two murders, but they were just connected by chance."

"But that idiot did have his heart cut out, and there are two development directions for this matter. One is that the heart is indeed his, but for some reason it was preserved for a whole month and then fed to the dogs. The second is that the owner of this heart is someone else, and there may be more than one person in Jiangnan whose heart was stolen."

Xiao Lang nodded: "No matter what kind of conjecture it is, it seems that we will be busy next time."

The county magistrate stood aside, feeling that the sky was about to fall, he forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Xia, we have already sent people out to investigate, we will search the whole city, we must find another corpse."

What he said meant that he already believed in the second statement more by default.Also, if you follow the first guess, the investigation is really complicated and confusing.

Xiao Lang pondered for a moment, then turned and said to the two people who came to report the case: "Thank you for your cooperation, I can understand Mr. Xu's feeling of losing his beloved dog. But this matter has a lot to do with it. Before finding out the truth, please strictly abide by this matter." , don’t confide in the outside world.”

The two of them listened to the whole process, their faces turned red and pale, and felt nauseated. Hearing this, he waved his hands and went back weakly.

"The next time you encounter such a situation, first move the witness away." Seeing the person leave, Xiao Lang turned around and patted Xue Shiji on the shoulder: "I see that you have a good sense of the word, but fortunately there are two men. If it’s a girl’s family, I’ll hate you if I have nightmares at night.”

Two cases occurred in the south of the Yangtze River overnight, and Xiao Lang's free and idle days officially came to an end.He was busy investigating cases with Xue Shiji every day, but he didn't have time to think about Mu Yunyi.

Mu Yunyi watched him flee in a panic that day, and felt it was funny.He wasn't panicked at all, with Xiao Lang's character, even if he said these words, he wouldn't blame himself for the fault, more likely he was worried about how to enlighten himself after returning home.

Seeing how busy Xiao Lang and the others were going up and down every day, Aunt Zhang felt distressed, and told Uncle Chu that she wanted to make a pot of medicinal soup for the two of them, but there were not many medicinal materials, so she asked him to go to the street to buy some.

As the only male who stayed behind, Mu Yunyi naturally accompanied him.

The two went to the pharmacy to buy some nourishing herbs. Uncle Chu was getting old and his legs and feet were bad, so Mu Yunyi walked slowly beside him, listening to him rambling on about Aunt Zhang.

He has rarely had the opportunity to get in touch with ordinary couples at such close range before.There is never a lack of Yingyan surrounded by his father, and he will not be like this ordinary old man who staggers home while talking about his old wife at home.

"By the way, your Aunt Zhang also said that the pot in the kitchen needs to be replaced. She is afraid that after a few days of use, the bottom of the pot will leak, hahahaha..." Chu Bo was halfway through, but found The person beside him didn't answer with a low hum like before, but stopped in his tracks, and his body tensed up.

"what happened?"

From just now, there will always be vague sights hitting him from several different directions.The people sitting on the stalls not far away are always looking here with their eyes covered, and it is self-evident what it means.

This place is far away from the branch of the Wulin League, not to mention that there is an old man who doesn't know martial arts by his side, so it may not be easy to escape.

"Someone is following us." He clenched his palms slightly, took the herbs in Uncle Chu's hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't look back, keep going, I will lure them away."

"What?" Uncle Chu was startled, his palms trembling slightly: "How come...you came to kill me?"

"No." Mu Yunyi said: "They are coming for me. After passing the intersection ahead, you should hide and return to the Wulin League after they leave. Their goal is me, and they will not chase and kill you."

"Then where are you going?" Chu Bo said, "Aren't you going back to the Wulin League?"

"If I go back, I will take them there too."

The palm of the hand tightened, and it was the old man's warm palm that pressed against it.Uncle Chu patted his hand like he usually coaxes a child, and said, "What are you talking about? In my opinion, I, a bad old man, will definitely become a drag on you. If there is a fight, you must leave me alone, and you can survive escape. I am a person who stepped into the coffin, and your life is still very long."

Mu Yunyi was taken aback for a moment, and at this moment, the surrounding eyeliners finally waited for an opportunity to attack him in his direction.Mu Yunyi turned around to dodge, Chu Bo pushed him back suddenly: "Run!"