Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The crowd rushed all the way to the Jin family's old house, and when they were halfway there, they heard a scream.

Zhan Zhao felt that the cry was a bit familiar, and Bai Yutang also felt that it seemed familiar.

When everyone looked for the sound and looked over, they saw a watchman sitting there halfway, his mouth opened wide as if he had been greatly frightened.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both wanted to laugh when they saw the watchman. This was Old Tan, the watchman who was scared to death by the "ghost" of the Jin family's grandson-in-law. That's him.

The old man's condition is worse than that of the young master at the moment, pointing to the front and stammering, "Jin...Young master of the Jin family!"

Zhan Zhao left two yamen servants to take care of him, and hurried to the Jin family's old house.

At this time, in the official shed in front of the Jin family's old house, Cao Lan, who was on duty tonight, was yawning.

Probably because of boredom, a few soldiers sat around and told ghost stories by lighting lanterns, which was called breezy.

Cao Lan looked helplessly at the group of young people, shook her head, strolled outside the official messenger shed, stretched her waist and prepared to exercise her muscles and bones.

But just when he raised his face and stretched his waist, he saw a person walking into the demolished wall of the Jin family's old house and entering the house.

Cao Lan froze on the spot with her arms raised... This figure looked like a young man, but what caught his attention was the clothes. In the middle of the night, someone came out wearing a shroud...

He was about to call for someone to check it out when he felt someone tap him on the shoulder.

Cao Lan jumped so high that she wanted to scold her when she turned around, but she saw a red official robe at a glance, "Master Zhan?"

"Did you see anyone suspicious?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Cao Lan was slightly taken aback, and immediately pointed at the old house, "I just saw a..."

Before Cao Lan finished speaking, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had disappeared with two swishes in front of her eyes.

Cao Lan was at a loss. At this time, Ouyang Shaozheng also came up. Before he could say a word, he heard a scream coming from the old house of the Jin family.

All the soldiers in the official shed ran out, and those who were telling ghost stories were so frightened that they almost wet their pants.

Ouyang frowned, "Is there anyone in the house?"

Cao Lan saw that the soldiers were all there, and the patrolling troops had just returned, so she shook her head and was puzzled at the same time, "By the way, how did that person get up there just now?" After a while, Cao Lan opened her mouth wide and stared at the high roof, "Am I dazzled..."

Ouyang also took a look and frowned.

Behind him, Zhao Pu, who came with Gongsun, couldn't help but whistle, "It's so exciting in the middle of the night."

At this time, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao had already rushed into the Jin family's old house...

When they entered the door, they just heard the scream, so they ran in.

When I ran into the garden, I saw a man lying in the middle of the garden. It was Jin Shan's body.

At this time, Jin Shan's state was the same as when he was in the coffin before, clasping his hands together and lightly placing it on his chest, he looked like a peaceful and incorruptible corpse.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is it him?"

But Bai Yutang whispered beside him, "It seems not."

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at him, Bai Yutang stretched out his finger, Zhan Zhao followed the direction of his finger, raised his face... and saw a wooden stake erected on the roof of the tallest house in the Jin family's old house , There was a person who was pierced by a wooden stake, and just hung on it like this. His body was distorted, like a shrimp on a bamboo stick, and a silhouette was outlined in the night, which was extremely terrifying.

Gongsun frowned.

Zhao Pu asked, "Is it possible that this model is still alive?"

Gongsun was speechless, "Have you seen live fried skewers?"

Zhao Pu looks at the sky.

Soon, everyone gathered in the courtyard of the Jin family's old house.

A corpse on the ground and a corpse in the sky, the appearance of the corpses is very different, but the degree of weirdness is equal.

Jin Shan just lay there, feeling like he was just moved out of the coffin and placed in another place.

When Gongsun wanted to check, Zhao Pu grabbed him, "Who knows if he is dead or alive? Maybe he even bit someone! Cut it into pieces as I said!"

Ouyang and others nodded in agreement, Cao Lan was still jumping up and down, "I saw him walk in just now! He is definitely not dead!"

Gongsun got angry and glared at Zhao Pu, "If he didn't die and hacked him to death, wouldn't it be murder?"

Zhao Pu blinked, "Uh..."

Zhan Zhao is also quite helpless, he can't say that if someone came back from the dead and ran home and then collapsed, his body would have to be broken into pieces. After all, Jin Shan has never killed anyone so far...Of course, if the one above He's okay with words.

"That looks like it's still bleeding." Long Qiaoguang looked at him with good eyes, and pointed at the one on the roof, "Why don't you get him down first?"

Zhao Pu asked the shadow guards to go up and get the corpse down together with the stake.

The people below were looking at Jin Shan's body.

Zhan Zhao went over to feel his pulse, and measured his breath, and finally he simply scratched his chest to listen to his heartbeat, raised his head, and Zhan Zhao squinted, "This one is definitely dead, there is no reason for him to be alive!"

Gongsun also ran over, took out the needles from the medicine box, and poked several acupuncture points on him. Seeing no response, he raised his head and shook his head, "Dead! Absolutely, and he has been dead for a long time!"

"Could it be the turtle's breathing technique?" Zhao Pu asked. After all, more than one person saw him when he ran out, and he was still running around just now!Is it really impossible to cheat a corpse?

"Impossible." Gongsun shook his head, "If I'm not dead, no matter how high my internal strength is, it's impossible for me to prick these few needles without responding!"

Zhao Pu helplessly supported his forehead, "Then how did this guy crawl out of the coffin and walk all the way here?"

Gongsun is also helpless.

"Why don't you cut it open?" Zhao Pu asked.

Gongsun hesitated, Jin Shan's body is so well preserved, and the case is not clear, so he hastily opened it up, if it is really alive... Of course, it is impossible.

It was tangled on one side, but on the other side, the shadow guards also carried the corpse down.

Zhao Pu glanced at the corpse and was slightly taken aback.

Bai Yutang also said, "The clothes look familiar."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It's the clothes of Ouchi's guards."

"The one who died was Ouchi's bodyguard?" Ouyang was surprised. He leaned over to look at it. After studying for a long time, he saw that the man who died was a man in his 40s. His appearance was no longer recognizable. It was so hideous that it was impossible to distinguish its original appearance.In terms of attire...Ouchi guards wear different clothes according to their ranks, but...

"It looks like he was thrown from a height, he was stabbed on a wooden post, and died." Bai Yutang looked at the wound.

Gongsun also checked the wound and shook his head, "He just died. The wooden stake passed through his heart. He died on the spot and couldn't be saved. Maybe the murderer hasn't run away yet?"

Zhao Pu felt that there was little hope of finding them, because the biggest suspect was lying at their feet right now, but he still asked Cao Lan to search.

All the Imperial City Army didn't recognize the big inner guard, so Zhao Pu asked Ouyang to find Nangong to identify him.

Bai Yutang looked at the corpse, and asked Zhan Zhao with some puzzlement, "Are there any people in their 40s among the bodyguards?"

Zhan Zhao also felt strange, turned around and asked Zhao Pu, "I thought they were all in their early twenties..."

Zhao Pu nodded, "Actually, it is true. I have never seen such a young man who is still a bodyguard. Basically, he changes when he is 30 years old. Maybe there are a few exceptions?"

Several generals of the Zhao family army spread their hands, they were only familiar with the formation of the army, they didn't know what happened to the guards in the palace, but they often went to and from the palace, and they had never seen a guard of this age.

"The clothes of Ouchi's guards haven't changed for decades, right?" Zou Liang said, "Could they have been retired?"

"It's also possible." Zhao Pu nodded.

"But Ouchi's guards should not be weak." Zhan Zhao looked at the sharp wooden stake, "It was almost a one-hit kill, and he came and went without a trace. What kind of master is this murderer?"

"Or..." Everyone glanced at Jin Shan on the ground—is he not human at all?

Soon, Nangong came in person.

When he got to the front and looked at the corpse, he frowned and shook his head, "There is no such person among the Ouchi guards. There are no guards of this level who are over 30 years old. If you are still working as a Ouchi guard at this age, you will wear a commander or higher rank." There are not many guards in official uniforms, I know everyone, there is absolutely no such person!"

"Then this dress, is it real?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Nangong nodded, "Looking at his age, he should have retired more than ten years ago."

"What do the Ouchi guards do after they retire?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"As long as there are no major mistakes during the tenure, they are generally doing well. Ouchi bodyguards are a very good job. Basically, they start at the age of 20, and they will leave the post at the age of 30 after ten years. After that, they will continue to serve or go home. You can farm the land as you please, with a generous salary, a mansion and rewards. As far as I know, there are people who do everything, some go back to their hometowns to marry wives and have children, some open martial arts gyms, and some continue to seek official positions in Kaifeng Many of the military officers are former Ouchi bodyguards, including Ge Qing's father."

"Hey!" Zhan Zhao was reminded by Nangong Yi, "Ge Qing's father seems to be close to him in age, do they know each other?"

Nangong thought it was right, so he sent someone to find Ge Qing and asked his father to come.

After a while, Ge Qing ran over with a middle-aged man.

Ge Qing's father, Ge Chang'an, worked in the Ministry of War. He also led soldiers before, and he knew Zhao Pu old.But his expression was very gentle, he walked in and greeted everyone, then went to see the corpse.

Ge Changan glanced at the corpse and frowned slightly.

At this time, Gongsun straightened the distorted face of the corpse as much as possible, and Zhan Zhao took the torch to illuminate it.

After taking a look, Ge Chang'an frowned, "His name is Zhai Hua, and he is the bodyguard of the big house, but he should have resigned long ago."

"Father, do you know him? Are you familiar?" Ge Qing was curious.

Ge Chang'an shook his head, "I chatted a few times, and I know each other's names, and the guards in the big house know each other, in order to prevent people from pretending to sneak in."

Both Ge Qing and Nangong Ji nodded.

"It's easy to look up when you have a name." Zhan Zhao asked Chao Mahan to look up what Zhai Hua is doing now.

Ge Chang'an originally wanted to leave Ge Qing to help and go back when he saw that everyone was making a fuss about investigating the case, but he turned around and saw Jin Shan lying on a stretcher beside him.

Ge Changan's eyes widened in horror, "Jin Shan?!"

Everyone turned to look at him.

Ge Qing hurriedly asked, "Father, do you know him?"

"I live at your grandfather's house, how can I not know each other!" Ge Chang'an said, "I always saw him when I was young... Hasn't he been dead for a long time? Why..."

Gongsun said helplessly, "It's a long story, but the corpse was well preserved."

"That's not true." Zhao Pu nodded, "It's too good to be a corpse."

"Fake corpse?" Ge Changan was surprised.

Ge Qing patted his chest on the side. Fortunately, he didn't live in Kaifeng Mansion these days. Sure enough, Kaifeng Mansion is a strange place. There have been many cases of corpses being carried in to fraudulent corpses. It's nothing new!

Zhan Zhao asked Ge Changan, "Is General Ge familiar with Jin Shan?"

"Hmm..." Ge Chang'an sighed, "I'm not familiar with him, he's a scholar and I'm a martial arts student, but because we live close together, we can always meet him. When I was working as a guard, he was really studying at Taixue , Going out and going in the same way. Jinshan is very honest, sometimes someone bullies him, I helped him drive away the bullies twice, he is very docile, and when he sees me, he will call Brother Ge and chat casually. "

"Someone bullied him?" Bai Yutang was curious, "Who?"

"Tai Xue students." Ge Chang'an said, "Although they are a bunch of scholars, they are quite capable of tossing around. Probably Jin Shan's family is rich and honest. It is probably blackmailing or something."

"The Taixue rules are so strict, would anyone do such a thing?" Gongsun has taught in the Taixue for so long, and the students get along with each other in a respectful and polite manner. There are very few quarrels, and blatant bullying is really rare. , feel unbelievable.

Ge Chang'an recalled, "I saw three or four people who were also wearing Taixue robes followed him, and threw stones at him, smashing his head. Another time, someone grabbed his coat He punched him, knocked him to the ground, and then the other two went up and kicked him twice."

Everyone frowned, this is indeed bullying... not only bullying, but also reported to the police, why is Jin Shan so honest and silent?

"I also told him at the time that Mr. Lin is so strict, if he knows, he will definitely expel those students." Ge Chang'an spread his hands, "But he just said it's okay, I don't understand what these nerds are thinking Don't worry about it."

Everyone felt that it was a little strange.

"What about the granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Have you met her?"

Ge Chang'an shook his head, "I went to Mobei when he got married, and I heard from my mother that he committed suicide after he came back. I don't believe in ghosts or anything, but it is indeed bizarre."

Ge Chang'an took another look at Jin Shan's body and frowned, as if he felt that something was wrong.

"Father." Ge Qing poked him, "Look carefully, maybe you can think of some clues."

Ge Changan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I really don't know him very well, but..."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him.

Ge Chang'an thought for a while, walked over, stretched out his hand, and checked Jin Shan's side face, then pulled Jin Shan's hair to look, and said to himself while looking, "I feel like something is missing."

Gongsun asked from the side, "What's wrong?"

"I remember he was stoned by those brats when he was young. One of them hit his temple, and his head was bleeding. When I saw him again a few months later, he said he had a scar." Ge Changan pointed to his temple. He said, "It's right here. I remember a long scar, from the front of the ear to the hair."

"Left and right?" Gongsun asked, but he checked Jin Shan's sideburns on the left and right sides, but the strange thing was - there were none!

"His sideburns on both sides are not injured." Gongsun shook his head.

"Is it all right?" Ge Chang'an said to himself.

"It's unlikely." Gongsun said with certainty, "Even if it's done, it will leave traces!"

"So..." Bai Yutang asked, "He's not Jin Shan?"

"But it looks like Jin Shan." Ge Chang'an also didn't understand.

"Indeed, many people came to identify him, and they all said it was Jin Shan." Zhan Zhao asked Gongsun, "Could it be disguise?"

Gongsun checked the position of Jin Shan's chin and the top of his head, and shook his head, "This face is natural."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - what's going on?Isn't he the same as Jin Shan back then?Or did they get suspicious and the scar healed without leaving any traces?

Bai Yutang thought for a while, and said, "Pang Yu saw Jin Shan climb out of the coffin and come here."

Everyone nodded.

"What if what he sees is not a zombie, but a living person?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Could it be that someone moved Jin Shan's body here in advance and put it in the old Jin family's house, and then pretended to be Jin Shan, and then climbed out and walked in front of Pang Yu?" Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "I don't believe that the corpse can walk either. , It should be someone pretending to be a ghost, but it was just a coincidence that Pang Yu got up at night, and how did that person enter the coffin and then come out? The key is how did he enter and exit Kaifeng mansion so freely without anyone noticing?"

"Or..." Bai Yutang seemed to have thought of something, "There is a mystery in that coffin!"