Chapter 658 The Female Ghost Slope Mystery Case

This is Guanzhong Chang'an, a thousand-year-old ancient capital, in the middle of July of the sixth year of Xuanhe, the Qin Wangfu organized the first Guanzhong sacrifice ceremony, this ceremony, mainly to celebrate the opening of the Xianyang section of the Guanzhong Grand Canal. After more than a year and a half, the development of the Guanzhong Grand Canal finally achieved initial results, under the overall planning of Yang Bangyi, the Guanzhong Grand Canal from Xianyang Weishui to Yan'an Mansion, and from Yan'an Mansion to the east of the river into the Yellow River, now the main road has been dug through, there is only how to open up the flow of the Grand Canal, so that the people of Guanzhong can use it for irrigation. The development of the Grand Canal in Guanzhong originated from an accidental thought of Zhao Yougong, as for whether this feat can be accomplished, even Zhao Yougong himself does not have much confidence, so when Yang Bangyi took the greeting post and said that the Grand Canal had been preliminarily completed, the joy on Zhao Yougong's face could not be concealed.

When Emperor Yang of Sui ran through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the whole journey was more than 3,500 miles, and everyone was questioning Emperor Yang of Sui about his tyranny and cruelty to people's livelihood, but he forgot what this Grand Canal brought to Jiangnan, if there was no development of the Grand Canal, there would be no wealth in Jiangnan. Nowadays, the vast journey of the Guanzhong Grand Canal is no less than that of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and even more difficult than the development of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, because the soil quality of Guanzhong is not as good as that of the south of the Yangtze River, and the desertification in many places is strict, so the foundation must be tamped and the embankment must be strengthened with stones. It was really difficult at the beginning, but fortunately, it persevered, and it can be said that the Guanzhong Grand Canal gathered the efforts of millions of people in Guanzhong. In the fifth year of Xuanhe, most of the work was done by those foreign coolies∧ since entering the sixth year of Xuanhe, the people felt the benevolence of the Qin Wangfu and voluntarily joined the pioneer army, which made the Grand Canal progress more rapid. The development of the main road was completed ahead of schedule.

Follow the rules. The river was opened. They all want to sacrifice to the dragon king, because to open the river, you have to have water, and if you want water, you have to please the dragon king. On July 17, outside Xianyang City, hundreds of people sang and danced, flags were raised in the distance, and countless soldiers guarded both sides of the canal. Today is a festive day because it starts today. The people of Guanzhong are no longer afraid of drought, and with water, they can irrigate the dealers, and Guanzhong can also restore the prosperity of the past. Zhao Yougong was dressed in a golden dragon robe, Zhu Niangzi and Xiao Zhiyun were also dressed separately, and the sacrifice began at the time of the day and lasted until noon, followed by the water surface of the boat tomorrow, which was considered to be the Grand Canal completely put into use.

I don't know if the sacrifice moved the heavens, this day in the evening. Xianyang became gloomy and gloomy in less than two hours. Heavy rain poured down, accompanied by thunder. A rainstorm is commonplace for the people of Jiangnan, but for the people of Guanzhong, it is tantamount to a piece of gold, and it is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, and for the people of Guanzhong, every rain is incomparably precious. Under the heavy rain, lightning and thunder, Zhao Yougong was so excited that he didn't feel sleepy at all, and pulled Zhu Niangzi to sit under the eaves and drink wine. The cool breeze was blowing, the lanterns were swaying, Ah Jiu carefully guarded the light, his mouth was deflated, and Ah Zhu added a few glasses of wine from time to time. The other women were very knowledgeable and knew that due to the northern expedition to Mongolia and Siberia, His Royal Highness Zhao and the eldest lady had not been together for a long time, so they obediently did not come to disturb. Speaking of which, it had been a long time since the two had sat at the table and had a glass of wine lightly.

Zhu Niangzi unloaded the full head of pearl agate, pulled her long hair into a beauty bun, the string of gem chains looked dim and mysterious under the light, and the days of being a concubine for a long time, Zhu Niangzi's grace was getting stronger and stronger. After taking a sip, I found that His Royal Highness Zhao's eyes were dumbfounded, Zhu Niangzi pursed her lips and smiled lightly, beautiful as a hundred flowers blooming, "Official, you are also interesting, how many years have you been staring at the slave family." ”

"Ahem, the lady is beautiful and dignified, that is how long you will not get bored" His Royal Highness Zhao stretched out his hand and asked Zhu Niangzi to sit over, the eldest lady glared at her coquettishly, but still got up and sat obediently on Zhao Yougong's lap, "Hey, how can this king be able to make his wife treat each other with all his heart, when he was in Bianliang City, when the lady ran around Kaifeng Mansion with this king, I don't know how many people laughed off their big teeth." ”

"What do you say? The slave family has always believed in this vision, and this qiē has come over" Zhu Lian smiled softly, leaning on the man's shoulder, not at all like the decisive and atmospheric Princess Qin. She has always boasted that she is very reasonable, but the most irrational thing she has ever done in her life is to understand a person and enter Kaifeng Mansion.

In Xianyang City, there is tenderness and heavy rain. Outside Xianyang City, however, it was a different story. There is a high post in the east of Xianyang City five miles away, called the Remnant Wind Slope, the legend is that the Guanzhong at the end of Qin was broken, there were many palace maids of the Qin Dynasty who ran out of Xianyang, were stopped by the rebels in this Remnant Wind Slope, and were abused to death. Because of being abused and dying, so those palace maids are not gone, whenever the south wind blows, the remnant wind slope will sound a burst of women's whimpering, so the remnant wind slope has a name female ghost slope. Later, a master said that this is the place where the yin qi gathers, so most of the people of Xianyang are far away from the remnant wind slope, even during the day, they do not want to come here, but some ownerless corpses and some broken houses are buried here indiscriminately after they die.

Today's torrential rain poured, and suddenly a lightning bolt struck, illuminating the whole world as if it was day, and the rain washed over the remnant wind slope, and the whimpering sound that seemed to be a woman's miserable howl became clearer, and suddenly, accompanied by thunder, the remnant wind slope sounded a huge rumbling sound, as if something had collapsed. It turned out that the high slope on the south side of the remnant wind slope really collapsed under the heavy rain, and a high slope was broken like a wall, and then the soil rolled down, collapsing more and more, but in these soils, there are some things rolling down, one, two, three, more and more, if anyone sees it, it will be scared to death, because what rolls out is a corpse, these corpses are all **, and some still have empty eyes, as if telling something

Boom, thunder, Xianyang Zhixian Song Yungang woke up suddenly, his forehead was full of cold sweat, as if he had taken a bath. Touching the cold sweat on his forehead, Song Yungang smiled a little self-deprecatingly, he was scared like this by the nightmare, looked outside, it was still pouring rain, and he wanted to lie down and continue to sleep, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Cao Xingren, the head catcher of the yamen, shouted breathlessly, "Song Zhixian, something big has happened." The female ghost slope collapsed. There were a lot of corpses."

Cao Xingren's words sounded very frightening. It's like being scared of something. Song Yungang also just graduated from the Beijing Normal University last year, he has never been afraid of this ghost and god, put on his clothes and went to open the door, and said unhappily to Cao Xingren outside, "Cao Zhutou, you are so panicked, that female ghost slope is a mass grave, and there are many ownerless corpses." What's so strange about being washed out by the heavy rain? ”

What Song Yungang said is also common sense, it is a mass grave, and it is not normal for corpses to appear, if there are no corpses, it will be evil. Cao Xingren rolled his eyes, his face was bitter, and he arched his hand and said patiently, "Song Zhixian, can you not know this little one, but there are only more corpses rushed out this time, there are more than a hundred." There are no clothes yet, and most of the deaths are caused by knives and guns! ”

"What?" Song Yungang almost fainted. He had just dreamed that he had seen a ghost, but now it's a good thing, as soon as he woke up, he heard Cao Zhutou say that there were hundreds of corpses on the female ghost slope, it wouldn't be such a coincidence. If one or two bodies are not unusual, but hundreds of them rush out at once, and they are still undressed, and it is caused by knives and guns, which is extremely evil. Song Yungang was anxious, for fear that something big would happen, and now His Royal Highness could be in Xianyang, if something really big happened, it would be difficult to atone for a hundred deaths. Because he was worried about the female ghost slope, Song Yungang didn't care about wearing an official robe, so he put on a robe and hurried to the female ghost slope with Cao Xingren with an umbrella.

Song Yun just got off the horse, found the older man, and asked anxiously, "Meng Chengzuo, how is the investigation?" ”

"Back to Song Zhi County, now the corpses have been cleaned up, there are a total of 239 corpses, the deceased are all men in the prime of life, the cause of death is caused by knives and guns, and the identity of the deceased is unknown! Depending on the wound, the time of death should be around four days! "Meng Chengzuo is also an old man in Xianyang City, and he has rich experience, so when Song Zhixian asked, he could answer like a fluent.

Listening to Meng Yanzuo's answer, Song Yungang seemed to have swallowed something, blocking it in his throat, making it difficult to breathe. Two hundred and thirty-nine corpses, even a fool knows that something is wrong, even if the female ghost slope is a mass grave, it is impossible to rush out so many corpses at once, the most important thing is that the deceased was all stripped of their clothes, obviously someone is hiding the identity of the deceased. This case is full of strangeness, Song Yungang instinctively felt that it was no longer something he could handle, he thought about it and instructed Cao Xingren, "Cao Zhutou, let everyone gather the corpses and send them all to the county office, in addition, leave a dozen brothers to guard the female ghost slope to see if there is anything abnormal." ”

After listening to Song Yungang's words, Cao Xingren's old face became dark, okay, this place was already terrifying, but now so many corpses suddenly appeared, and the county magistrate also asked his brothers to stay here. Hey, this time I have to find a few stupid and bold people, and if I don't know it, I have to give more money, otherwise who will be stupid to guard this place, it will still be a day of heavy rain.

After instructing Cao Xingren, Song Yungang rode a fast horse and hurried back to Xianyang, where the King of Qin arrived, and did not stay in the county office, but lived in the old palace of the Qin Dynasty in the east of Xianyang. The old palace of the Qin Dynasty had already been destroyed and was rebuilt by the princess herself. Outside the old palace, Song Yun just ran to the door, but was stopped by four guards in front of the door, one of whom held the handle of the knife and said loudly, "Who are you, dare to break into the old palace at night, report your name quickly, otherwise you will be killed." ”

Song Yungang's face was a little bitter, and he touched his body, but there was no token at all, let alone the official seal. I was busy going to the female ghost slope before, and I didn't bring anything, but now it's okay, and I don't even have anything to prove my identity. But since he came, he retreated hastily, it was not Song Yungang's style, he arched his hand and made a deep gesture, "Song Yungang, the magistrate of Xianyang County, wants to ask to see His Royal Highness King Qin, and he is also tired of passing it on." ”

"Song Zhixian? Is there a token? The guard was not an unreasonable person, but Song Yungang said embarrassedly, "I came here in a hurry, and I didn't bring the token."

Without a token, it is impossible to prove his identity, several guards immediately changed their faces, and rushed Song Yungang to let him go quickly, where is Song Yungang willing to follow, what happened to the female ghost slope is so weird, I don't know what conspiracy is hidden, he immediately shouted, "You are accommodating, there is really a big matter, Song must see His Royal Highness, otherwise it will be too late"

"Hurry up, I can't prove my identity, who knows if what you said is true or false, no matter how noisy you dare to make noise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Song Yungang was depressed, and he blamed himself for this, and he didn't have any tokens on him. I didn't even bring an entourage. Now that's good. You can't prove your identity at all. This palace guard is notoriously serious, and eighty percent of them won't see His Royal Highness tonight. When he was making noise, Yang Zaixing walked out impatiently. Although it has passed, Yang Zaixing has not slept, this is also a habit he has maintained for many years, as long as Zhao Yougong goes out, he will definitely protect it wholeheartedly, and never talk about night patrols and fake others. The end of the sub-hour. According to the rules, he should come out to inspect again, the palace was as usual, but it was noisy outside the door, and when he went out, he frowned, isn't this Song Yungang? Last year, the first batch of students in the University Hall were released, and Song Yungang was personally praised by His Royal Highness, so he still has some impressions of this person.

Seeing that the guards were about to make a move on Song Yungang, Yang Zaixing stepped out and waved his hand. "Stop, Hugh is rude!"

Due to heavy rain today. Yang Zaixing was dressed in a look and wore a hat, so Song Yungang didn't see Yang Zaixing's face clearly, but he felt that the voice was a little familiar, waiting to get closer, seeing that it was Yang Zaixing, Song Yungang was overjoyed and said, "General Yang, Song Yungang of the School of Engineering of the Beijing Normal University, there is a big incident in Xianyang today, and I am here to report to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and I hope that General Yang will be accommodating." ”

Sure enough, it was Song Yungang, Yang Zaixing frowned, motioned for the guards to let go of Song Yungang, and beckoned Song Yungang to come over, "Song Zhixian, come to visit late at night, what happened to you?" ”

Yang Zaixinggui was the general of King Qin's cronies, and Song Yungang didn't dare to hide it, so he whispered, "Back to General Yang, just now the female ghost slope collapsed, rolling down two hundred and thirty-nine corpses, the matter is serious, and the lower officials are afraid that something big will happen, so they came to report to His Highness." ”

Song Yungang did this, not only because the big thing was not good, but also because he wanted to use the power of the Qin Wangfu to investigate the matter. Two hundred and thirty-nine corpses, what a big deal is this, who can kill so many people at once, even if it can be investigated clearly, it is estimated that the other party is not something that he Song Yungang and a small Xianyang County Ya can deal with. For many reasons, it is better to inform His Royal Highness King Qin of this matter.

After listening to Song Yungang's narration, Yang Zaixing frowned, he knew about the female ghost slope, wasn't it the mass grave in the east? Suddenly, more than 200 dead bodies of strong men without clothes appeared, which was really a bit intriguing. After thinking about it, Yang Zaixing led Song Yungang into the old palace. Although the old palace has been renovated, it is not actually built well, and it is generally a rich mansion, after all, the eldest lady is also knowledgeable, and she will not do the kind of thing that wantonly renovates the palace and costs the people and money. After passing through the courtyard, I came to the arch of the backyard, at this time Zhao Yougong and Zhu Niangzi had just rested, and Ah Zhu and Ah Jiu also came out of the corridor with lanterns, thinking about going back to rest. Yang Zaixing was also embarrassed to call His Royal Highness's door, so he grabbed the arch and shouted to Ah Zhu and the others, "Two ladies, excuse me." ”

"Hey, it's Yang Shaolie, what's the matter, General Yang, you're hungry on patrol and want to find something to eat? This is not very good, you are hungry, you should also find Sister Wei'er" As he spoke, Azhu covered his mouth and laughed. Since Yang Zaixing is a retainer of the Qin Palace, he has a lot of time to meet, so Ah Zhu and Yang Zaixing are also familiar with each other, and it is common to make some jokes. Yang Zaixing is orthodox, even a little dull, listening to the ridicule of Azhu's little lady, her face is very embarrassed, Wei'er is still far away in Chang'an, can you find her to eat?

This is not the time to joke, Yang Zaixing beckoned, and said with a wry smile, "Something happened, I hope that Mrs. Zhu will report it, and it will be said that a large number of corpses suddenly appeared on the remnant wind slope." ”

"Huh?" Ah Zhu frowned slightly, and couldn't help but look at Song Yungang behind Yang Zaixing, seeing Yang Zaixing's anxious eyebrows, Song Yungang's face was also extremely ugly, Ah Zhu stopped joking, arched his hand, and commanded a few words in Ah Jiu's ear, Ah Jiu nodded and turned back.

"Knock knock" There was a knock on the door, and there was an impatient voice from His Royal Highness Zhao, who just hugged Zhu Niangzi and lay down, someone knocked on the door, can you be happy? "Who, are you two girls tired of being crooked?"

Ah Jiu was afraid, his mouth pursed, he deliberately raised his voice, and shouted inside, "Oh, dead people, many people have died, scared people to death, son, go and take a look."

Zhao Yougong's handsome face immediately turned black, on the days of the good spring flowers and autumn moon, the nine girls just stood outside and shouted dead, isn't this sincere and disgusting? Zhu Niangzi's beautiful eyes blinked, as if she was blaming His Royal Highness Zhao, the nine girls were so bold, and they were not used to this master, hum, when they followed her Zhu Lian, the nine girls were very obedient. Zhao Yougong touched Zhu Niangzi's cheek, sighed, and said with a wry smile, "Lady, wait a minute, wait for this king to destroy this chirping old crow." ”

got up and opened the door, Ah Jiuke was eavesdropping on the door, and as soon as the door suddenly opened, the whole person crashed into the arms of His Royal Highness Zhao. The delicate body is in her arms, and she only feels that the fragrance is in her nose, although the nine girls in her arms are still wearing green clothes and broken hats, but this figure is not a few years ago, the nine girls raised their little faces, with a smile that succeeded in their tricks, and the cute little mouth pouted high, which provoked Zhao Yougong to be stupid.

"Childe, let it go" Nine girls are willing in their hearts, but in front of the princess, it is better to be more restrained, she screamed sweetly, Zhao Yougong came back, straightened the body of the nine girls, shook her shoulders, and did not have a good airway, "Stinky girl, what did you just say, a good day, shouting dead, is your ass itching again?" ”

"Ah, no, it's really dead, just now Yang Shaolie and that Song Zhixian came, saying that there were a lot of corpses coming out of the remnant wind slope, I am afraid that something will go wrong, and I want to let the son be the master!"

After listening to Ah Jiu's words, Zhao Yougong pulled her aside with tears and laughter, Zhu Lian was draped in clothes, and also stretched out a green jade finger to poke her forehead, "Dead girl, if you don't explain such a big thing, you have to play poor!" ”

After serving Zhao Yougong and dressing neatly, the two came to the living room, and at this time Azhu had already prepared two cups of hot tea, but neither of them had the intention of drinking tea. As soon as Zhao Yougong and Zhu Lian came, the two of them hurriedly got up and saluted, "Your Highness and the princess are fine, disturbing late at night, it is a lot of presumptuousness, and I hope that Your Highness Haihan." ”

Zhao Yougong didn't want to listen to these unnutritious words, so after waving his hand and sitting down, he asked Song Yungang to explain the matter in detail. More than 200 corpses, it's too strange, who has the strength to kill so many people silently near Xianyang? Song Yungang's worries are not wrong, there must be a huge conspiracy hidden at this time, which must be thoroughly investigated.

Investigating the case, Zhao Yougong is not good at it, Yang Zaixing, Pang He, Niu Gao and others are even more in vain, and the criminal investigation ability has to be Zhao Ding and Tang Miao, after thinking about it, Zhao Yougong said to Ah Zhu, "Ah Zhu, with the order of this king, let Tang Miao go to help Song Zhixian quickly, and be sure to find out the dead body case of Remnant Wind Slope within the most time possible." ”

"Yes!" Ah Zhu didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went outside to pass the order, seeing His Royal Highness Zhao's arrangement, Song Yungang also breathed a long sigh of relief, the big stone in his heart finally fell, if His Royal Highness insisted on letting him Song Yungang preside over the case, it would be a lot of pressure.

When Song Yungang left, Yang Zaixing also walked with him, although the matter has not been clarified, but there must be a certain force hidden near Xianyang, Yang Zaixing followed Song Yungang, on the one hand, it is to facilitate the transfer of troops, and on the other hand, there is also the intention of monitoring Song Yungang. No one knows whether Song Yungang was involved at this time, after all, there are more than two hundred corpses, such a big thing, if no one covers it, let alone killing, it may not be so easy to bury the corpse. Although the remnant wind slope is known as the female ghost slope, there are few people coming and going on weekdays, but after all, there are still people passing by, so many corpses, no one helps, it is impossible to transport the remnant wind slope.

Tang Miao is a very serious person, which is why Zhao Yougong admires him. After receiving the order of the Qin Palace, Tang Miao immediately got up and rushed to the Xianyang County Ya, where Yang Zaixing and Song Yungang were already waiting.

After listening to the two county officials recount the situation of the corpse, Tang Miao frowned, he felt that these acts were too mediocre, and the inspection was very careless. Under the dark night, Tang Miao decided to conduct an autopsy in person, although the rainstorm was much smaller, but it was still frequent, and in the cold and damp morgue, a little light flashed from time to time, which looked weird and terrifying. The beams were moldy, and the wood was in disrepair and smelled of decay. More than two hundred corpses can't fit in one room at all, in this house, there are only more than forty, Tang Miao strained his face, held an iron hook in his hand, lifted the white cloth, and examined every part of the corpse. (To be continued......)