Inscription of Different Cases

The frenzied cries disturbed the tranquility of the county town in the afternoon, and the surrounding houses turned into phantoms and retreated rapidly.People yelled to make way for Han Lang, and he even jumped over a row of chicken coops in the middle of the road, causing chicken feathers to fly all over the sky and fall like fallen leaves.A yamen servant didn't see the official uniform on him, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "Who! Horse riding is not allowed on the street!" But Han Lang passed him by like a thunderbolt, and the man only saw a blur The figure disappeared in a flash, and when he looked intently, Han Lang had already disappeared at the end of the street.

Han Lang rode his horse without touching the ground and galloped for dozens of miles, and he reached the small village outside the city in an instant.He swung off his horse, and the village chief saw him from a distance, and hurried up to meet him and asked, "Master, why are you here again, ouch, but the case has progressed?"

Han Lang wiped the sweat off his brow, and asked directly, "Where is the Zhong family?" He yelled at the top of his voice, "Hey—the daughter-in-law of the Zhong family! The official is here!"

Mrs. Zhong was busy in the beehive, she was very surprised to see him: "My lord, what happened to my wife?"

After finishing speaking, she came out of the beehive directly. Han Lang was surprised to see that she was only wearing plain clothes and didn't even wear a bamboo hat on her head. Sew on black gauze to cover her exposed skin tightly.Is she so confident in her bees that they won't sting?

As if seeing Han Lang's question, Zhong pushed back the long hair that blocked his forehead, and smiled faintly: "My family's bees have been with us for generations, and they have been familiar with each other for a long time."

Although Han Lang had doubts, he didn't want to startle the snake.She invited Han Lang into the house. There was no tea, so she scooped a bowl of white water from the water tank, poured some honey into it, stirred it, and brought it over.After doing all this, she sat on the opposite side anxiously, and seeing that Han Lang didn't move, she timidly said: "There is nothing in the house, and the hospitality is not good, so the county captain laughed." "It's okay." Han Lang waved his hand Dao, took a sip of honey water, although it was sweet and delicious, but I always felt like I owed something.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhong sighed, and said slowly: "My lord doesn't know, the Lin family is really abominable, they took up all the surrounding flower fields during the honey harvest season, their family is rich and powerful, we can only knock our teeth out The blood swallows. The bees in the family can’t eat enough, and the honey they make is getting worse every year. The Lin family is going to force all the beekeepers away..."

Han Lang comforted her a few words, and then asked: "Are you and Zhong De'an local?" Uncertain, "I am a southerner, born in Mingchan Mansion, thousands of miles away from here...do you know this place?"

Han Lang's expression changed slightly. Others might not have heard of this place name, but he knew it.Mingchan Mansion is located in the far southern Xinjiang. It is said that all the people living there are barbarians, and there are very few Han people.Southern Xinjiang is rich in musk and medicinal materials. Mingchan Mansion is an important transportation checkpoint, so it gradually developed into a town.The reason why Han Lang knew where it was was because when his father was seriously ill, his mother went to southern Xinjiang to look for medicinal materials, and the first place she went to was Mingchan Mansion.

However, he quickly recovered his initial calm, and stared at Zhong with a pair of eyes: "It's a small town in southern Xinjiang, I know." "My family has always been a beekeeper. De'an married me and also did this business. Southern Xinjiang is humid and hot, and he is not used to living there, so I moved to the north with him. The spring flowers in Anping are good, so we will stay Not leaving."

Han Lang said "hmm": "How much do you know about the Lin family?" "This..." Zhong seems to be hesitant. "I just came back from them," Han Lang decided to exaggerate his words a little in order to stabilize Zhong and test him, "They said that you and Zhong De'an are not good people, and they have done bad things to them." "They completely It's blood spitting," Zhong yelled, but Han Lang felt that she was a little forced to scold, "They didn't give us a way to live, and then came to frame us for doing bad things, they are simply a bunch of goddamn beasts! If you want me to say, De'an died Miserable, they must be playing tricks in the dark."

After all, she took a few breaths, and seeing Han Lang still looking at her calmly, she was a little embarrassed: "Lord County Captain, you should have found out that De'an had indeed dealt with them. ""Even if you and the Lin family know each other and have a bad relationship, the Lin family won't kill you, right?" "This... They definitely won't admit it, but they did give the beehive, and they did something wrong. Otherwise, De'an would be so careful How could a cautious person die so badly!" "The beehive didn't find anything abnormal," Han Lang said, "Could it be that you have other clues?"

Zhong Shi was speechless for a moment, pursed his lips tightly, and his expression became more and more strange, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back.Han Lang shook the cup in his hand and continued to stare at her. Her eyes wandered for a while before shaking her head and saying, "I... just speculate."

This woman has a problem.Han Lang thought.Secretly clenched his fists.When Zhong saw his delicate expression, his handsome face was dignified like a stone sculpture, and he completely lost the sympathy in his eyes when he first saw her, she suddenly lost her mind.But after a while, Han Lang suddenly smiled lightly, and comforted her: "Don't be nervous, this is just a routine inquiry, and I can't decide how to judge the case alone."

Zhong saw that his attitude was very sincere, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.She refilled another glass of water for Han Lang in trepidation, and said, "I know, I know, but my lord, you must help De'an make the decision."

Han Lang nodded: "I will. But how much do you know about the situation of the Lin family?"

Mrs. Zhong was no longer confused, and said directly: "The head of the Lin family is called Lin Xieyuan, and he is extremely arrogant and cunning. His eldest son left home a long time ago, and the second son is still at home. He is the famous prodigal in the town Zi Linyu." "Is there anyone else in his family?" "No more," Zhong thought for a while, and then said, "Lin Yu has a friend, and he was going to marry him, but that person is a prostitute, so they The old man never agreed." "Oh?" Han Lang pretended not to know, "Have you ever seen him like that?"

Zhong frowned, and said in a bad mood: "I've seen it, it's really not a good thing. It's as domineering as the Lin family, and it only bullies honest people."

But when Han Lang asked him about Xiaoqing again, she excused that she didn't know the details and didn't say any more.

Later, Han Lang looked around her house and found nothing suspicious.He had also been to the beehive, and the buzzing bees did not sting, so Zhong obediently stepped aside with a wave of his hand.Bees have no spiritual consciousness at all, they are just well-raised, can they really do this?If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Han Lang definitely wouldn't believe it.

He left Zhong's home and went to visit other places in the village, wanting to ask about the Zhong family.Most of the men in the village have gone to work in the fields, and as far as the eye can see, there are only women and children left. He found a more honest-looking one, and continued to attack with a smile.The peasant woman must have never seen such a handsome young man, and she was also an official, her face was flushed, and she immediately pulled him to ask questions, like a long-lost confidant.

The corner of Han Lang's mouth twitched, feeling that his method was a little out of date.He chatted with the peasant woman for a while, and she told him all the gossip about the whole village.Han Lang was not interested in the short stories of those parents, so he brought the topic to Zhong's house, and the peasant woman became interested as soon as she heard it, dragged him to a secluded place, and began to chatter away. "The Zhong family is very strange. They are not very close to the people in the town, and they are only friendly with the village chief. I heard that the dead Zhong family man had a good relationship with the village chief, so he moved to our place. The man in their family is alright, but the woman is simply a weirdo!"

Han Lang wondered, "Why?"

Seeing that he was interested, the peasant woman immediately began to talk vividly: "That woman is from another place. I don't know where she is. It feels far away. It's that kind of wild place. You see, she looks a little Strange, unlike the Han people. It’s also strange for her to keep bees. She always mixes some grass leaves that I don’t know what they are in the beehive. Close it, the cow ran away in the middle of the night, and my husband and I hurried out to look for it. When I passed by Zhong’s house, I saw something very scary. It was late at night, and the moonlight was very bright. I saw the woman of Zhong’s family in the beehive Kowtow, it scared me to death." "Really?" "Of course it is true!" The peasant woman said, "Do you think this is some kind of magic? There are rumors in my hometown that there are cat ghosts, and the cat ghosts are well-raised. She will secretly move money from other people's houses to repay the master. By the way, didn't her man die a few days ago? I saw that she was sad for a while, and then started tossing grass leaves again the next day. She went to the hive for a whole day, today Just came out. Oh, and, her man is straight-tempered and admits death, and the wife listens to whatever she says, without any opinion. How can a man be like this, some time ago, he was beaten when he went to town. "" Was he beaten?" Han Lang asked. "They seem to have offended someone by doing business. I don't know the specifics. Some big family in the town. Her man goes to the town every day to set up a stall and sell honey. It was about ten days ago, in the town. I was beaten up. It seems that I provoked some kind of prostitute. The prostitute came to teach him a lesson. As soon as he replied, the prostitute became angry. He called a large group of people and beat her man until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. " "Do you know why?"

The peasant woman was stunned: "That's not clear, there are many opinions. Some say that her man robbed someone's lover, and some said that they caught someone else. The prostitute came to ask for justice and made a fuss when he ignored him. opened."

Han Lang asked a few more questions, but the more the peasant woman said, the more she exaggerated. She remembered what she said, and said something in a mess, which didn't seem to be true at first glance.Han Lang asked a few other people, and they said everything, but everyone mentioned Zhong's weird background, Zhong De'an's stubborn character, and the incident of being beaten in the city.It seems that these should be true.

The Zhong family became more and more suspicious, Han Lang thought, could it be that she killed Xiaoqing and threatened to kill Lin Yu?To avenge my husband?Then what was the cause of Zhong De'an's death? Was it really the Lin family's deliberate action?

Lost in thought, he wandered unconsciously on the dirt road in the village.The warm wind blowing in the afternoon made his mind even more confused, and he really wanted to discuss it with someone, such as...

He Yijiu?

He patted his forehead, wondering why he was still so dependent on that person, he was too worthless to be like this.Quickly get rid of distracting thoughts and walk out quickly.When he passed Zhong's house, he kept his eyes open, seeing no one around, he simply held his breath and focused his attention, walking lightly.There was a lot of cover around him, so he hid behind a low wall and secretly observed what Zhong was doing.

The scene in the yard seemed very ordinary. Sitting alone on the threshold, Zhong reached out to dig into the bamboo basket for a while, and found out embroidery needles and a palm-sized object, which seemed to be a purse, and began to embroider carefully.

She seemed to be very preoccupied, she stopped sewing a few times, and stared into the distance in a daze.After a while she started to mutter to herself, Han Lang listened intently, and found that what she was chanting were all her husband's name, complaining that he left early and didn't even have time to use the purse.Han Lang sighed slightly, thinking that this is an infatuated woman.

While she was talking to herself, a few bees flew out from the hive and buzzed around her.Zhong didn't realize it, her eyes seemed to be looking at the needle and thread in her hand, but also seemed to be looking elsewhere.Suddenly she let out a soft cry, and from Han Lang's perspective, she couldn't see clearly, it seemed that she had cut her finger with scissors, and the blood immediately flowed down her wrist and fell to the ground drop by drop.

At this moment, the surrounding bee colony became restless for an instant, and the next moment they rushed forward like a flood that opened the gate.Han Lang in the distance was stunned, watching the dense bees sucking the blood on the ground, and more of them rushed towards Zhong's wound.Due to the distance, Han Lang couldn't see exactly what happened. He only vaguely saw the swarm of bees burrowing into the wound as if consciously. The wound on her hand disappeared completely, and the swarm returned to midair, continuing to buzz around her.

Han Lang gasped, and almost reached out to rub his eyes.What happened just now was far beyond his understanding. Could it be that the sun was too strong in the afternoon and he had hallucinations?But the blood on the ground was real. Although most of it was sucked away by the bee colony, part of it still seeped into the brownish-yellow soil, like countless clusters of brightly colored rhododendrons. "Hey, Mr. Guan, why are you here?"

Han Lang jumped up suddenly, almost biting his own tongue in shock.The village chief was looking at him suspiciously. Han Lang was so focused on watching him that he forgot to notice if anyone was coming. "It's nothing, it's nothing." He smiled dryly twice, and the village chief didn't go into it, acting like "the county captain is justified in everything he does".Han Lang took the opportunity to cast a glance behind, while Zhong still embroidered with her head down, seemingly oblivious to what was going on outside.

While Han Lang breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt that he couldn't waste time in this place.Zhong was suspicious, too suspicious, and his intuition told him that something would happen if he stayed here.In connection with Zhong's background, he already had a vague judgment in his heart.

While the village chief was leaving, he dodged to the back of the beehive, quickly crushed a bee to death and took it away.At that moment, he found that Zhong's head was turned towards his position, but when he looked intently, Zhong was still in the same position, with a pair of blood-stained hands controlling the bright red embroidery thread to fly up and down, and the whole person seemed to be moving. Didn't even move.

Han Lang swallowed his saliva, a trace of cold sweat slipped from his forehead and flowed into his eyes, which made his eyes hurt.