The reborn elder sister has gone crazy with killing, and there is a crying monster behind her

Shen Qingxu's depressed mood gradually calmed down, not just because of Gongsun Jiayan's words.

In fact, what she felt more was that her friends who were around her were all very cautious because of her sadness, and were trying to find ways to enlighten her!

Xu Xingyi and Mu Yunzhou saw the expression on Shen Qingxu's face slowly recovering, and looked at Gongsun Jiayan nagging beside them, and they were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

Mu Yunzhou: What's going on? His hand was pinched for nothing? His pain can't move Shen Qingxu?

Xu Xingyi secretly thought, what's so good about Gongsun Jiayan who is so pretentious? !

Isn't it just speaking in a flowery way?

Shen Qingxu actually likes that type of old guy? !

Could it be that Shen Qiuchi knew the type of person Shen Qingxu liked, so he sent him to the library?

Xu Xingyi swore that from today on, he would study hard and read late into the night!

Strive to surpass Gongsun Jiayan one day!

Mu Yunzhou also clenched his fists. From today on, he would study late into the night. Sooner or later, he would help Xu Xingyi and get Shen Qingxu back!

Shen Qingxu didn't know that her conversation with Gongsun Jiayan today actually aroused the competitive spirit of the two men!

When it was time to set off, Mu Yunzhou and Xu Xingyi stopped riding horses and just followed Shen Qingxu and Lin Shuyao into a large carriage!

Lin Shuyao and Shen Qingxu were chatting nearby, while Xu Xingyi and Mu Yunzhou kept flipping through the book and reciting it.

"What's wrong with them? What's up with them?" Lin Shuyao asked with some confusion, looking at the two people who were reading late at night.

Shen Qingxu shook her head. Why did these two suddenly love studying? Or were they stimulated to an abnormal level?

Because Gongsun Jiayan was also going south and knew where Shen Qingxu and the others were going, he tried to invite Shen Qingxu and the others to go along the way. Shen Qingxu asked about the people who were going, Mu Yunzhou and Xu Xingyi had sour faces and didn't say anything, but Lin Shuyao didn't care and listened to Shen Qingxu.

Qingfang told Shen Qingxu that Gongsun Jiayan only brought a servant with him and there was nothing unusual for the time being.

The group happily headed south.

Now, the ones who were riding horses outside and shivering with cold were not only Yuanbao, but also Gongsun Jiayan and his servant.

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Eight days later, the snowstorm came again and everyone had to stop and move to the nearest Wuming County to settle down.

But when everyone arrived, the entire county was shrouded in sorrow, and every household hung white sails.

Some people are crying quietly...

"Sister, what happened? Why are people on this street crying?" Gongsun Jiayan stopped a woman who was in a hurry and asked.

Everyone on this street wore sackcloth and white cloth on their heads.

"You are from other places, right? Alas, the magistrate of our Wuming County has passed away. He was a really good official! He was already fifty years old, but he still had no wife and no children. His parents also passed away one after another in the past few years. He was alone when he left, so all of us common people came here spontaneously to see the magistrate off!" said the woman, wiping the frozen tears from the corners of her eyes.

Afraid of missing the farewell party, the woman left in a hurry.

Shen Qingxu and Lin Shuyao heard the woman's words clearly.

The two looked at each other and nodded with satisfaction.

I didn’t expect that this small and unknown county actually had such a good official who was loved by the people!

If all officials could be as honest as the magistrate of Wuming County and be loved by the people, then Daliang would become a prosperous country!

The country is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment!

Several people also followed the farewell team to pay tribute to this good county magistrate.

"It's not good, it's not good..."

“Ahhhh! The county magistrate’s head! The county magistrate’s head is gone!”

Suddenly, a scream came from the crowd not far away, shocking everyone into chaos.

Upon seeing this, Shen Qingxu and others stepped forward to inquire.

How could such a normal person be headless?

Could it be murder?

The people around all moved a little further away, which made it convenient for Shen Qingxu and others to go forward and check.

The constables from the government office wanted to stop them, but after Xu Xingyi took out a special token to identify himself, the chief constable saluted respectfully and expressed the hope that they could help find out the cause of the county magistrate's death.

When Xu Xingyi lifted the white cloth, the scene on it made Shen Qingxu and others feel physically uncomfortable.

The county magistrate's head was gone, and even the area below his collarbone was scratched.

What a huge hatred this is!

Only someone could do such a cruel thing!

"When did the county magistrate die? Who discovered it first?" Gongsun Jiayan covered his mouth and nose and asked the people around him.

"The butler of the county magistrate's residence found it this morning! By the time he found out, the county magistrate was already dead!"

"We don't know the cause of death either. The doctor came and said it seemed like he died of a sudden illness, so we all came here spontaneously to build a mourning shed for the county magistrate. But everything was fine just now, but then a gust of wind blew away the white cloth, and we discovered that the county magistrate's head was missing." The trembling citizen repeated the whole story to Shen Qingxu and others.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingxu and others looked at each other.

This thing is so outrageous.

How did that person manage to chop off the county magistrate's head in front of so many people without being discovered?

"Okay, thank you, uncle. I would also like to trouble you to take people to seal off this place and not let others destroy the scene. We are sent here by the capital to conduct a secret investigation and we are also ordered to investigate the case." Xu Xingyi took out the Imperial City Order in his hand and showed it to the people present.

This incident is too fantastic, it must be a homicide, and they must find out the real culprit behind it.

Upon hearing this, the constable immediately brought a few constables and several strong laborers, surrounded the scene, and drove away all the other civilians, for fear of disturbing Xu Xingyi and others from investigating the case.

"Qingfang, you take your men to guard here, and we will go to the county magistrate's house to take a look." Shen Qingxu said with a cold face.

The man said that the county magistrate died at home, and perhaps there might be some clues in his home.

"Okay lady."

Shen Qingxu and others were led by the common people and came to the county magistrate's house.

It was a small yard with not many rooms and chickens and ducks, and it was no different from an ordinary family's.

Shen Qingxu and others put on gloves and began to search the yard.

The patched clothes, the leftovers, the small vegetable garden at home, and the records in the account books all proved that this county magistrate was indeed a good and honest official.

Why would anyone want to kill such a good official?

And cutting off the head is so cruel?

"Look, there are footprints here." Suddenly, Gongsun Jiayan's voice sounded from the back window of the bedroom.

Shen Qingxu and others hurried over.

Sure enough, there was a not very obvious half footprint on the wall behind the window.

It should be that the person used the force when he climbed through the window to keep it there.

Several people entered the county magistrate's house and saw traces of fighting and blood on the ground.

It can be inferred that the county magistrate was most likely killed while resting at home.

The murderer was too arrogant. He killed an official appointed by the imperial court and did not even clean up the mess. He just climbed out the window and walked away in a swagger!

"Shall we go and ask the butler some questions?"

If the county magistrate was killed here last night, there should have been some movement last night.

Because Gongsun Jiayan and others discovered that Xu Xingyi searched around the room again and found signs of a violent struggle on the county magistrate's bed.

There was no bloodstain on the bed, but there were bloodstains on the bedposts, and there were also traces of the bedposts being hit by heavy objects. It seemed that the murderer had repeatedly hit the county magistrate's head against the bedposts.

"I don't know why I felt very sleepy yesterday, and then I slept very deeply. This morning I got up and worked two quarters of an hour later than usual, so I really don't know what the noise was last night."

The housekeeper was in his room, telling what he had done last night.

Although Shen Qingxu and others did not understand medical knowledge, they could still smell the scent of the incense.

It seems that the murderer was well prepared and even prepared the incense.

He first used a drug to knock out the housekeeper and other servants, then sneaked into the county magistrate's house and killed the county magistrate.

But why did they use the knockout incense on the housekeeper instead of using the same incense to kill the county magistrate?

Do you want the county magistrate to suffer great pain before his death?

"Does the county magistrate have any enemies?" Mu Yunzhou asked.

"No, the county magistrate is a good official known to everyone in Wuming County. How could he make enemies with others?"

"Yes, the county magistrate loves the people like his own children and is deeply loved by the people of Baishui County..." the people who were accompanying the investigation said.

Mu Yunzhou was puzzled, that was strange...

Everyone is still lamenting the pity of the death of the Baishui County magistrate and the cruelty of the murderer.

"Good official? But why did I hear that he recently defiled the innocence of a girl?" An emotionless voice came into everyone's ears from outside the door, and everyone was shocked and suspicious!