The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

When the four of Xiao Rui came to the Songyang County Office, they saw that the front of the county office was deserted, without even a guard, and the county office looked very poor, with mottled gates, cracked ground, and even the "Songyang" hanging on the ground. Cracks appeared on the plaque of "Yangxian Yamen".

Songyang County is not an upper county, but it is also more prosperous than the poorer lower county. The county government is the face of the entire county, so it shows that the county magistrate is too incompetent.

Li Yuanfang stepped forward to knock on the door, bang bang... for a while, but no one responded. It is still broad daylight, and it is not a vacation, where is the county magistrate? What about the yamen servant? Are they all dead?

"Drumming!" Xiao Rui was a little angry.

Li Yuanfang immediately beat the drum to complain, boom, boom... the drums sounded quickly, and finally someone was called.

A yamen servant opened the door and was about to curse. Li Yuanfang had already taken out the official seal of the supervisory censor, and shouted to him: "My lord is the supervisory censor from Kyoto. He was ordered to inspect the state capital in Hangzhou. Your county magistrate What about my lord?"

The yamen servant was swearing, stopped him quickly, and said respectfully: "My lord, the county magistrate, he... he rested in the back house, he was busy all night last night, so..."

Xiao Rui stepped forward and asked, "Is it Xiumu today?"

"My lord, it's not..." the yamen servant replied tremblingly.

Xiao Rui didn't want to embarrass him, so he said: "Go pass it on."

"Yes, yes!" The yamen servant hurriedly ran into the county yamen, and after a while, a middle-aged county magistrate with a big belly ran out.

Don't look at the dilapidated county government, but this Songyang county magistrate eats very well. He saw at a glance that Xiao Rui's clothes and manners were not vulgar, and that he was from a high-ranking person, so he quickly respectfully said: "My lord, Wu Biao, the county magistrate of Songyang County, pays homage to my lord! My lord's presence here will make Songyang County flourish and return Please enter the Yamen to rest!"

Xiao Rui snorted coldly and said: "Lord Wu, I was ordered to monitor Hangzhou. When I first arrived in Songyang County, I saw that Guixian County was in chaos, and the people were in a hurry. Your government office is also poorly managed. And during business hours, Master Wu is still resting in the back house, it seems that Master Wu is living a very nourishing life."

Wu Biao hastily wiped the sweat from his brow. He never expected that the censor would come at this juncture. If he didn't handle it well this time, he would definitely be inferior in the official assessment this year, and he might be demoted.

"My lord, during this period of time, there have been shocking changes in Songyang County. Last night, I took the police to catch the ghosts. I didn't return to the county office until early in the morning. So I was sleepy and tired. I couldn't help it, so I took a rest. Yes." Wu Biao explained: "My lord, please be careful and forgive me this time."

"Catch ghosts?" Xiao Rui was taken aback for a moment, feeling more and more interesting.

Xiao Rui continued to ask: "Ghost hunting? Nonsense! Master Wu is a scholar, and he doesn't talk about strange powers. How can there be ghosts in this world? Even you are like this. No wonder the people are more panicked!"

Wu Biao hastily wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in panic, "My lord, it's not that I believe it, but the situation forces me to believe it. To tell you the truth, in less than a month, three incidents occurred in Songyang County. homicides, and none of them were committed by living people."

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia looked at each other, feeling even more interesting, it seemed that they had encountered a strange case.

"My lord, please enter the government office to rest in peace. I will tell you the truth about my good deeds." Wu Biao saw the curiosity in Xiao Rui's eyes, and quickly invited him in.

Xiao Rui nodded, followed him into the mansion, came to a hall and sat down, Wu Biao ordered someone to serve tea, and then said: "My lord, I was negligent, forgot to ask your name?"

"My official, Fahai." Xiao Rui continued to use an alias: "Talk about the three murders, how come they were not committed by living people?"

Wu Biao hastened to tell: "My lord, more than twenty days ago, a man died in Yao's house in the east of the county. The deceased was the master of the Yao family. He died tragically in his study. His head was chopped off and disappeared. Fei, and the windows and doors of the study room where he died tragically were all burned from the inside, and there were no signs of damage. In addition, there was no tunnel, no dark room in the study room, and no place for Tibetans was found in the search of the room. It is a rare secret room. In the case of death, there are no clues to follow."

After finishing speaking, Wu Biao swallowed, and the scene of that day still appeared in his mind.

Master Yao was sitting by the desk, his body was already stiff, his head was missing from his neck, blood sprayed all over the wall and desk, his death was tragic.

Xiao Rui motioned him to continue.

Wu Biao added: "After the first murder case, on the seventh night, Master Yao's body broke open the coffin and flew out, then ran to the Mingwen Shushu in the west of the city, and tore off the hands of Master Song, the master of the Shushu. Then, holding two arms, they soared into the sky, and the headless corpse flew away under the watchful eyes of many people. Afterwards, the official sent someone to check the coffin, and found that there were scratches inside the coffin, which seemed to be caused by Mr. Yao's fraudulent scratching. Although the lower official did not witness the headless body flying up, there were five witnesses, all of whom were students of the Shushu School, and they were born clean and would not lie."

"Flying corpse?" Xiao Rui was a little surprised. If it is normal to say that killing people in a secret room is normal, then this flying corpse is a bit nonsense.

"What about the third death?" Xiao Rui asked again.

Wu Biao sighed, and said: "On the seventh day after Mr. Song's death, the body of the missing Master Yao appeared. This time, it was the shopkeeper Sun of the pharmacy in the south of the city who died tragically. A flame burst out, and under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Shopkeeper Sun, the two were burned to death. With the occurrence of these three murders, everyone in Songyang County was in danger and shrouded in fear. Go out to take refuge for the time being, and those who have not escaped are also hiding at home."

Sighing, Wu Biao said: "The next horrible thing will happen. In the middle of the night, the sound of iron chains mopping the floor can often be heard in the county town, accompanied by the neighing of evil spirits. Last night, witnesses in the north of the city I found ghosts, so I took the police to arrest them, but unfortunately I waited until the early morning, but I didn't get anything. My lord, I feel deeply guilty for my ineffective governance of Songyang County, but in the face of terrifying evil spirits, I have a heart There is more than enough but not enough power!"

At the end, Wu Biao couldn't hide the pain in his heart, and even shed tears.

Xiao Rui didn't pursue his responsibility first. At this time, he became more curious about the three murders, and because of the task, he said, "Master Wu, do you have the file of the whole case? In addition, I need detailed information on the deceased. Since the officer is here, I also want to do my part, although the case described by Mr. Wu is likely to be the work of ghosts, which seems evil, but I don’t believe in ghosts, and I think it’s true that someone is pretending to be a ghost!"

Wu Biao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "It is a great honor to have your lord's support. Please rest assured, my lord. I will order the head of the county to send the case file and all the materials, and send the head of the county to listen to your lord's order. If your lord can return it Songyang County is clean, even if the lower officials don’t have the black yarn on top, they will be willing!”

He wished Xiao Rui could participate, because if even he couldn't find out why, would he still have the face to judge himself? Maybe you can get past this one.

Next, Wu Biao arranged for the four of Xiao Rui to live in the guest room. At the same time, the policeman from Songyang County also sent all the files and information such as the autopsy.

Xiao Rui didn't rush to read the file, but asked Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, what do you think about the three murders in Songyang County? Do you believe it was done by ghosts?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "The killing of ghosts is purely fictional. I naturally don't believe it. Just like what His Highness said just now, is it a ghost or someone pretending to be a ghost? It seems that such a murder in this small Songyang County is not simple. other reasons."

Xiao Rui nodded, and said: "Since that's the case, then how about we two become detectives this time, and check out the tricks here?"

"Good!" Guo Jia also became interested, and the two immediately began to look through the files.

The first homicide case, the death of Master Yao in the Yao residence in the east of the city.

According to the contents of the file, he died twenty-three days ago in his study. According to the deceased's son, Master Yao said he had important matters to deal with the day before, so he locked himself in the study In, no one is allowed to disturb. Until the afternoon of the next day, Master Yao never came back, and he didn't even eat a bite of rice.

In the end, his son felt strange, so he knocked on the door to inquire, but there was no sound in the room, and then he smelled blood in the room, so he forced the door open and saw his father's death.

Later, the county magistrate, yamen servants, and police officers rushed over and sealed off the scene. They conducted an autopsy and the police officers questioned everyone in the mansion, but they did not find any suspicious persons.

Although this murder case was weird, it did not arouse too many people's vigilance at that time.

It wasn't until Master Yao in Yizhuang cheated on the corpse and killed Master Song in Shushu that the people of Songyang County fell into panic and lost their minds.

Next, the two continued to check the dossiers and reports of the other two people who died tragically, but the content was mediocre and there was no strong evidence. As Wu Biao said, it seemed that the murderers were all pointing at ghosts.

Simply, under the guidance of Dutou, the four came to Yao's house first.

Yao's house was very deserted, only Master Yao's son and a few guards were left, and the others were sent out of Songyang County. And after entering Yao's house, Xiao Rui felt curious, because the scale of this Yao's house is so large that it is not inferior to the Jin family who came from a wealthy businessman, and the furnishings and furniture in the house are not simple. There is such a big family in the county?

"What's your father's business?" Xiao Rui asked.

The young master of the Yao family shook his head and said: "My lord, my father did business outside when he was young, and earned some money. Later, he lamented that the business was not easy to do, so he came back here. It has been seven years since he came back. What kind of business is it specifically? The villain doesn't know."

Xiao Rui nodded. It has been seven years since he came back, and he can still support such a large family business. It seems that the previous business was definitely not small, and he made a lot of money. It seems that the deceased Master Yao was very tricky.

Guo Jia went to check the scene of the crime. Although the police and Zuo had already checked it, Guo Jia believed that there must be important clues that they had overlooked.

Among them, Guo Jia carefully checked the doors and windows.

The door is locked with a wooden peg, and the wooden peg that is pushed into the slot cannot be pulled out with a knife or sharp blade from the outside, and the same is true for the window. Just as a skilled person can turn, there will be marks on the peg, but there is no door.

Guo Jia checked the doors and windows, which were still the same as they were at the time of the crime. After careful inspection, there was no abnormality.

Since the door was kicked open, the wooden peg was broken in two, but Guo Jia found that the broken part of the wooden peg was near the front, not the middle and back. What does this mean? It explained that the wooden pegs were only used to lock the door. If the old man installed the wooden pegs himself, according to human nature, he would push all the wooden pegs in easily.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Jia also found that there were scorched marks on the bottom of the peg. After closing the door, there was some black ash-like powder on the ground where the peg was facing down. Stepped on the sole of the shoe and took it away, so there is only a little bit near the gap of the door.

If it were before, Guo Jia would not be able to see the clues, but since he followed Xiao Rui, he has seen a lot of things and gained a lot of knowledge.

Scorched marks, black ash-like powder...

It seems that the murderer is not simple!