Qinghua Town Series

During dinner, Qin Can sighed at the pot of chicken soup on the table, and suddenly a voice came from the beam.

"It smells so good, I can smell the chicken soup from all the way."

After the voice fell, a figure stood by the table, Yun Zhongyan came uninvited, and had already stretched out his hand to the chicken, but Yan Jing clamped his wrist with chopsticks with a "snap".

Because he couldn't beat Yan Jing, Yun Zhongyan had no choice but to take his hand back, but he still sat down at the table cheekily, took the pot of wine on the table, and the unused cup in front of Qin Can. Poured myself a glass.

Qin Can didn't drive him away, and asked Xiao Yuan to serve him a bowl of rice, "You turned into yellow leather? Can you smell it from afar?"

Yun Zhongyan wiped his nose, took the rice handed to him by Xiao Yuan, picked up a piece of chicken from the chicken soup with his chopsticks, and stuffed it into his mouth regardless of the fact that it was still smoking.

"Ahhh! Ahhhh!" Yun Zhongyan was so hot that he fanned his hands in front of his mouth, and then he opened his mouth with a bulging mouth, "I didn't change from a yellow skin, but when I came back at night a while ago, I bumped into a The yellow skin that was stealing the chicken was scratched by its claw."

Both Qin Can and Yan Jing stopped their chopsticks and looked at Yun Zhongyan.

Yun Zhongyan thought they didn't believe it, so he put down his chopsticks and pulled up the sleeve of his left hand. "Look, the seal is still there."

There were three thin red marks left on his arm. The wound was quite deep, and it really looked like he was scratched by something.

"Are you sure you met Huang Pizi?" Qin Can asked him. It stands to reason that Huang Pizi would usually run away when he met someone, and would not take the initiative to attack people.

Yun Zhongyan thought for a while, but he was not sure, "That thing was less than my waist height, but it was very dark at that time, it suddenly ran into it and then ran away, I didn't see it clearly, because I heard the chicken fry. The sound of nesting, so I thought it was probably Huang Pizi.”

Qin Can thought about what he said, and then asked, "What are you doing outside in the middle of the night?"

Yun Zhongyan's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he changed the conversation, "Ah, the food is cold after eating!" He said, reaching out to get the pot of wine.

I heard two clicks of "Crack!" and "Crack!", and two chopsticks passed through the fingers of Yun Zhongyan's outstretched hands and stuck them on the table.

Yun Zhongyan slowly and cautiously withdrew his hand, and then opened his five fingers to look carefully. It was only a point, and his working hand was useless.

Looking up, Yan Jing who was sitting there looked indifferent, raised his hand, and Xiao Yuan immediately handed a pair of chopsticks to him again knowingly.

"The magistrate asked you something..."

Yan Jing glanced sideways, Yun Zhongyan couldn't help but tremble, Qin Can raised one eyebrow slightly in amazement.

I usually make trouble with myself, but now I remember to help myself... Not bad, not bad, a child can be taught.

Yun Zhongyan didn't know what Qin Can was thinking, but frightened by Yan Jing's threat, he put his hand under the table and confessed honestly, "I'm going...to steal a chicken."

The room was quiet for a moment, and then Qin Can's roar burst out suddenly, the sound pierced through the window and went straight to the sky, as well as the sound of "boom" and "pop" when something knocked over and shattered.

"Yun Zhongyan, you dare to sneak around on my territory?!"

Before Yun Zhongyan was taken away by Ah Da, he was still trying to explain to Qin Can that he was just going to steal chickens but did not touch the dog. The back of his head flew out, and Qin Can bared his teeth with an expression of wanting to kill him and tear him apart.

A meal ended in a rowdy noise.

Yan Jing returned to her room, just after closing the door, her expression changed slightly, as if she noticed something strange, she stood in this position for a while, then slowly turned around and walked to the table to light the candles.

There was a faint fragrance in the room. Yan Jing looked around, and through the bead curtain, found a bouquet of flowers in the vase by the inner window that had been empty before. Yan Jing looked puzzled, and then Shi Ran guessed that it was probably put by Xiao Yuan when he was cleaning the room.

Since Xiao Yuan came, the back of the county office has been tidied up, and the deserted nursery has been replanted with flowers and plants. As soon as he walked in, he really felt completely new.

The flower Yan Jing couldn't name it, the petals were very big, the front edge was thin and pointed, and it was very pure white. Yan Jing walked over curiously, took a branch out of the vase, looked at it carefully, and then moved closer to it. Sniffing the nose, I feel the fragrance is elegant, and a trace of it penetrates into the heart and spleen, which makes people feel refreshed.

"Master, the hot water is ready." Xiao Yuan's voice sounded outside.

"OK."

Yan Jing responded, put down the flowers in her hand, turned around and walked behind the screen to undress.

Walking to the side of the bathtub and about to step in, Yan Jing's movements paused, his face was faintly reflected on the smoky water.

Yan Jing seemed to be lost in thought, and subconsciously stretched out her hand to shake the water surface, so the figures reflected on the water surface were distorted and scattered.

He thought about something, and suddenly burst out laughing, and then came back to his senses, looked at the swaying water surface, flicked his finger, and a few drops of water were ejected and hit the wooden wall of the bathtub, making a soft "pop" sound.

"Next time you mess up again, just wake up!"

Yan Jing nodded after finishing speaking, the sound of "squeaking" water, the moonlight coming in from the window sills, the white flowers in the vase, the petals trembled slightly, it seemed to have blue like fireflies Such a gleam of light floated out, and then disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

Yan Jing remembered that she should be lying on the bed, but when she opened her eyes, she found that she was standing outside the house.

The wet grass covered with night dew was knee-high underfoot, and the surrounding area was very dark. It looked like it was in the woods behind Yunlong Mountain.

The tall and dense canopy is staggered into a thick net above the head, and the strangely shaped branches look like elongated and deformed figures from a distance. The dark wind blows through the branches and makes a mournful sound of "wooing", and there are sharp birds from time to time. It was pulled up in vain, stimulating the eardrum, terrifying and gloomy.

Yan Jing stood still and didn't dare to move casually, he was still thinking about how he got here, at this moment, he heard rustling sounds behind him, and it was getting closer.

"Who?" Yan Jing asked out loud.

The voice behind him stopped, but it sounded again after a while.Yan Jing frowned, "Stupid monkey, is that you?"

The voice behind him stopped again.

Yan Jing's frown did not relax, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth were tense because of tension. He intuitively thought that the breath coming from behind him was not Qin Can's, so he turned around with doubts.

He didn't see Qin Can, but only saw a big tree standing not far away. There was a tree hole half a person's height in the dark tree.

Yan Jing moved her eyes down the tree hole, and a headless body jumped into her eyes.

He was taken aback by the fact that even though he was used to seeing blood and mutilated limbs, such a headless person suddenly stood in front of him, only half an arm away from his chest. The incision, the rotten flesh and blood, just under his nose, is really a terrifying thing.

Yan Jing took two steps back and began to look at the "person" in front of her. She didn't know if she watched Qin Can investigate the case too much, so she had such a habit unknowingly.

The "person" in front of me is petite and wears women's clothes. She should be a woman. The clothes are a little tattered and stained with large groups of black stains.

Could it be her footsteps just now?But the man was clearly dead.

Thinking of this, Yan Jing couldn't help but raised his hand to touch his chest. For some reason, he felt his heart beating violently from just now.

The bandit Yan San, who did all kinds of crimes, felt inexplicable fear when facing a woman's corpse.

Yes, fear.

He rarely felt this kind of feeling, so he didn't notice it for a while, but now he feels this feeling very clearly, the feeling that arises in his heart when he sees himself in the mirror for the first time, or like When Qin Can called "Cen Xi" to himself, the icy cold lingered all over his body.

His hands trembled slightly, the clothes on his back were soaked in cold sweat, and his breathing became short of breath. Yan Jing was not afraid of the corpse in front of him, but his body reacted with fear. Even if he hadn't tried his best to control it, I'm afraid he has turned around and ran away by now.

How is this going?

Just when he was in doubt, the female corpse in front of him suddenly moved, and rushed forward as if alive, with both hands firmly clamping Yan Jing's neck, with astonishing strength.

Yan Jing used all her strength to turn her palm to open the female corpse, but only when she slapped her palm on the female corpse did she realize...it wasn't his hand!

The bright red Koudan, with slender fingers, is like a pair of women's hands!

Yan Jing froze for a moment, the hand stuck on his neck became more and more forceful, his nails almost pierced under the flesh, he felt that it was difficult to breathe, but he couldn't exert any strength at all, so he turned his head to look for something that could be borrowed, but I don't want to, but I suddenly faced a severed head that was beyond recognition.

It was a woman's head, standing on the grass, the bun was messy, the hairpins were slanted, her face was covered with hideous scars cut by blunt instruments, her eyelids were torn open, one eyeball was completely exposed, and the other eye socket was completely exposed. The place is a dark hole.

Seeing himself looking towards her, the severed mouth grinned, revealing an extremely ferocious and weird smile.

Yan Jing suddenly sat up from the bed, with a terrified expression, gasping for breath, it took a long time to recover, and found that she was still on the bed in her room, and it was already dawn outside.

Yan Jing raised her hand to touch her neck, there was still a burning tingling pain there, as if someone had stabbed her flesh with sharp nails, her throat was also dry and dry as if it was about to smoke.

Yan Jing got off the bed, staggered to the table and took the teacup, regardless of whether it was the herbal tea from the night before, just poured it down, a part of the tea overflowed from the corner of her mouth, dripped down her chin, and wet her clothes.

After drinking until there was not a single drop left in the cup, Yan Jing put the cup back on the table, wiped the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, and inadvertently glanced at her own figure in the bronze mirror.

Yan Jing turned to face the bronze mirror, raised her head slightly, and saw that there were no marks on her neck from the bronze mirror, she stretched out her hand to touch it, there was nothing unusual, but she just felt uncomfortable...

It's obviously just a dream, why does it feel so real?

This uncomfortable feeling has been lingering in Yan Jing's heart, and even the matter of getting up early to practice sword skills hastily played a few times before putting away the sword.

During breakfast, Qin Can, who was sitting across the table, only glanced at it, and then said, "I told you that if you like it, you can let the kitchen buy it and cook it now, but it's just a chicken, and the magistrate of this county can't raise it before it's too late." As far as you are concerned. The chicken was brought back to make soup without even knowing the cause of death, and another person ate it up. Now it’s all right. Look at your face, isn’t it uncomfortable?

"Let the doctor show you later, don't make any trouble, or your elder brother and second brother will chase and hack me to death."

While Qin Can was talking, he snorted and drank the porridge, his words were very casual, but Yan Jing was suspicious, and unconsciously raised his hand to touch his neck.

How did Qin Can see that his complexion was not good at a glance?Although it had nothing to do with the chicken, it was just a nightmare and I didn't sleep well.

While drinking tea after breakfast, Xiao Yuan came over and said that the doctor had arrived.Yan Jing felt that there was nothing serious about her, but Qin Can forced her to see the doctor once.

The doctor also said nothing was wrong, and left without even prescribing the prescription, but Qin Can still seemed worried, and asked the kitchen to prepare light food for Yan Jing to clear his stomach for the next few days.

As a result, Yan Jing didn't touch meat for a few days, her mouth faded, and her temper also came up. Finally, one night, after dragging Qin Can who was going to the latrine to a corner and beating him up, the next day she faced a full blown Yan Jing's complexion turned better after a table full of fish and meat.

But at this time, another inexplicable death of birds happened in the town.

The family where the accident happened this time is not far from the previous one. The situation is the same as last time. The door of the cage is well bolted, but there is a hole in the cage. After a little blood it was left there.

There were a lot of chicken feathers that fell from the chickens when they struggled, and there were no other clues left except the chicken footprints.

After Qin Can looked at the chicken coop where the accident happened, he turned back to Ah Dao with a little anger: "Go and find Yun Zhongyan for me."

Ah Da lowered his body and whispered to Qin Can: "My lord, Ah Yan has been staying in the house these few nights."

Qin Can raised his eyebrows, "Really? Who can prove it? You?"

Ah Da pursed his lips, then nodded, "This subordinate has been with him... all night."

Qin Can was stunned for a moment, and then it seemed that a thunderbolt struck his head, and a stormy sea surged behind him, which echoed the whistling in his heart at the moment.

No wonder I haven't seen Yun Zhongyan in the daytime these days, I thought he was restrained and peaceful, but it turned out that you guys closed the door to sing and sing every night, so that he couldn't get out of bed during the day... Tsk!

Grandpa Qin expressed extreme disdain in his heart, thinking that when he was in the capital, he was the suave, talented and handsome young prince Rui who attracted the hearts of many women...

That's all, the hero doesn't mention the bravery back then.

Qin Can brushed away the clouds of the past from his heart, and returned his attention to the matter in front of him.

Since Yun Zhongyan couldn't go out at night, it wouldn't be him, and, thinking about it, Yun Zhongyan wouldn't just gnaw on someone's neck like a dog and leave it alone.

After Qin Can finished studying the chickens on the ground, he straightened his waist, glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and saw that Yan Jing was looking straight at the chickens on the ground, touching his neck with one hand, and said in a joking tone: " How? These chickens look pretty good too, do you want Master Yan to take them back to make some soup this time?"

Several other yamen servants waiting outside suddenly heard their lord screaming "Ah" from inside, thinking that something happened, they all rushed in with knives in hand, followed closely by Qin who had a bruise on his face. Chan was kicked out. "Go, go! Why are so many people rushing in together? Watching a show?! Let me wait outside!"

The yamen servants were a little puzzled, since the magistrate had already spoken like this, they could only retreat outside and wait.

"I said, can you stop hitting someone if you disagree with me?" Qin Can touched the place where he was knocked down, and "hissed" in pain.

Yan Jing didn't show it on the surface, but he was actually a little bit sorry in his heart. He knew that Qin Can was joking with himself, but he forgot to save some strength when he punched him, but who told him to lean over when he was distracted.

Just because he saw the wounds on the necks of the dead chickens on the ground, he suddenly recalled the nightmare he had that night, the feeling of suffocation caused by the headless female corpse grabbing his neck forcefully, and the fingernails digging into the lower part of the flesh. The stinging pain that came came up again clearly.

But at this time, Qin Can came over to make fun of himself, and was feeling irritable, so he punched him without thinking too much.

But to get Yan Jing to apologize, I'm afraid it is more difficult than going to heaven, even he knows that he is wrong.So Master Yan changed the topic: "Any other discoveries?"

Qin Can shook his head, crossed his arms with one arm and supported the other elbow, and touched his chin with that hand.

"No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a person did it, but if it's Huang Pizi or a wild wolf that came down from the mountain, it wouldn't be as simple as just biting his neck open and drinking blood..." Qin Can turned to Ah Da, "Ah Da, What do you think, is there any way to catch this murderer?"

Ah Da lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "We can try to make a trap and see if we can catch him."

Qin Can thinks this method is feasible.

Originally, for Qin Can, it was only a few chickens that died and no one was injured, so he didn't need to go to such a big fight, but after thinking about it, the people in Longtai County are not rich, and a few chickens are also very important to the common people. People still have to rely on these chickens and ducks to raise money to see doctors buy medicines to live.

So even if the other party is a yellow-skinned man, a wild wolf who has lost his way and came to the town, he will arrest him and bring peace to the townspeople.

Just as Lord Qin Can's determination was blazing, and a bright future was about to start a prairie fire, a voice poured cold water on him from the side.

"Stupid monkey, you stepped on dog shit."

Whoa!

Master Yan always poured cold water on Qin Can and Mr. Qin when he was ambitious.

After being mercilessly beaten back to his original form, the bright future retreated to a barren state, Qin Can dropped his shoulders a little discouraged.

Yan Jing took two steps in front, probably because she realized that Qin Can beside her had suddenly become silent, so she stopped and turned around, seeing Qin Can standing there with a shocked expression on her face, she couldn't help but chuckled.

He thinks that Qin Can is so interesting, he has no great ability, like a weed, the east wind blows back and forth and falls to the west wall, and it sags when he steps on it, but after a while, he will find him standing there stubbornly again , swaying with the wind, doesn't seem to have much position, but is always stubbornly stuck there.

The bruises on Qin Can's face that he had punched hadn't faded away, coupled with that expression that looked like he had eaten Coptis chinensis, it looked even more funny. While Yan Jing was secretly laughing, she finally felt a bit of conscience A little guilty.

Originally, Qin Can, the magistrate of the county, had no prestige, but now he has such a ridiculous face, so he has no prestige at all. He should go back early and let Xiao Yuan cook two eggs and apply it. He will probably not be able to see it tomorrow. Out.

Thinking of this, Yan Jing called him: "Stupid monkey!"

Qin Can heard Yan Jing's voice calling him, raised his head, and then froze for a moment.

I saw the young man with a clear and handsome face, standing sideways.With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, the sleeves and hem of a plain long shirt fluttered in the wind.

In the past, the publicity and arrogance on Yan Jing's body were restrained, but not completely, and the remaining ones bloomed just right, making the two completely different auras on his body slowly blend together, like Qinghe blooming in the dark night, like It is the ink marks scattered in a piece of white as snow, so conspicuous, it fell into my heart immediately, and I couldn't sweep it away.

The unexplainable uneasiness surged up in Qin Can's heart again, his chest throbbed violently, and he couldn't control it no matter what.

Seeing that Qin Can was still stuck there and didn't respond, Yan Jing showed a trace of impatience, "What are you doing there? Are you going to leave?"

Qin Can came back to his senses, "Go... let's go!" The foot that stepped on the shit rubbed on the ground, and then quickly chased after him.

Afterwards, Qin Can asked Ah Da and the others to investigate the family whose chickens and ducks had died inexplicably. any clues that could lead to his identity.

The only thing in common is that this kind of thing doesn't happen every day, but only around the full moon, and it's just around the fifteenth of July.

Yun Zhongyan was the only one who had contact with the murderer. Judging from his description, the murderer was not big and seemed a little scary. After being bumped into by Yun Zhongyan, he just scratched him and fled without attacking. .

So Qin Can asked the yamen servant to notify every household in the town to lock the poultry in the house at night.

And they made a simple trap at the foot of the mountain outside the town, next to the ruined ancestral hall where Yun Zhongyan hid before. They dug several large pits on the ground, placed traps in the pits, paved them with straw, and put A few chickens were there, while Qin Can and the others found a place to hide and guard.

On the first and second nights, several people took turns staring at the trap, but the whole night passed without any results.

On the third day, everyone was not as enthusiastic as before. A Bin A Ding sat on the ground and played dice, while Yan Jing played with his green calf knife.

Because of the relationship between her clothes and her identity, Yan Jing no longer carries this knife with her, and she rarely uses it. Therefore, when she is playing with the knife at this moment, the sharpness in her eyes that can be hidden appears again, as if Just wait for the other party to show up and then do a big job.

Qin Can couldn't take it anymore because he didn't sleep much the previous two nights. He supported his head with his hands, but he couldn't stop his eyelids from drooping, and his body swayed. Finally, he leaned to the side and fell on the ground. On Yan Jing's arm.

Yan Jing didn't even look at it, she pushed Qin Can's head in the opposite direction with her hand, but it fell back after a short while, so several times, when Yan Jing stretched out her hand to push him away again, Qin Can closed his glasses grunt.

"Just lean on... just lean on..."

"Let someone else rely on you!"

"You always hit me at every turn, let me rely on you so that I can't lose you..."

Yan Jing stretched out his hand to push him away, stopped halfway, turned her head, and saw a hairy head on her arm, and couldn't help thinking of the situation when Qin Can and Cen Xi were still in the cottage, and accidentally saw it several times. The two quarreled and quarreled, and their relationship was like blood-related brothers...

Yan Jing found that she didn't dislike Qin Can's closeness, but felt that the stupid monkey always likes to argue with her because of her stubborn mouth. At this time, don't she also ask her to borrow her arm?

He seemed to be in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. The hand that was going to push Qin Can away was still stretched out, but it just bounced on Qin Can's head.

Qin Can raised his hand and waved it, and then there was no movement.

But the next moment, there was a loud noise from the trap, and with a "boom", a burst of smoke and dust rose.