Liu Xujiao sighed lightly, "I always have a hunch that this matter may be far more complicated than we imagined, and it is impossible to solve it overnight," he looked at Cheng Muyou, "What does Brother Ren think about the matter of Bulaotun, why did he delay taking action?"
” "My people have been staring at Zhang Rui, but they haven't found more powerful evidence yet, and if they act rashly, I'm afraid they will be empty."
Liu Xuzhu nodded yes, he poured a glass of wine, and raised his hands, "I salute Brother Cheng for this glass of wine, I thought that there was only use and no friendship in this officialdom, but here in Brother Cheng, I changed my opinion, if Brother Tai does not dislike it, we will be called brothers from now on, I don't know what Brother Cheng wants?"
” Cheng Muyou smiled heartily, "Didn't the two of us already call each other brothers?"
” "It's different, some salutations are only verbal, while some are based on respect and are put in the heart."
Liu Xujiao's words are categorical.
Cheng Muyou just wanted to raise a glass in response to him, but a sharp cry for help suddenly came from the alley below him, which pierced the belated night and completely woke up the people who had been tired all day from their weak bodies.
Cheng Muyou and Liu Xujiao stood up straight and looked down, the two saw that the crowd not far away seemed to be alarmed by something, shouting and rioting poured out of the air, infecting everyone who witnessed it, and then, they saw a strange scene: a huge white-haired goat ran out of the depths of the alley, broke through the crowd and ran into the night, it stood up like a tree branch, and on the sheep's horns that stood up like a tree branch, there was a woman in the cross, the woman's belly was completely penetrated, and blood and intestines flowed all over the ground, The beautiful head drooped silently, swaying with the strange sheep's run.
Although the night was getting darker, Cheng Muyou still recognized who the woman was, wasn't she the Yan'er girl who complained about her right ear in the court a few days ago?
"Brother Cheng, hurry, chase."
Liu Xujiao's voice woke Cheng Muyou up, he nodded at him, and the two galloped to the bottom of the tavern together, stepped on the horse and chased after the strange sheep.
The strange sheep ran very fast, and its four hooves kicked up puffs of dust on the ground, as if it were driving clouds, and the two horses were left far behind by it, and the two of them followed them out of the city gate, and when they came to the outskirts of the city, they could no longer see the vague white shadow in front of them.
Fortunately, the sparse blood on the ground pointed out the direction of its escape, leading the two of them all the way forward.
After walking along the bloodstains for about an hour, the tall black shadow of Lingyun Mountain was already in front of him, and the undulating mountains were rough and cold, giving the visitors a heavy sense of oppression.
Cheng Muyou and Liu Xujiao jumped off their horses, holding their swords and walking towards the mountain, in the deep canyon, there was an unpredictable mountain qi, silently inputting fear into everyone's body, and even the blood was frozen cold by this fear.
"Haw, haw, haw" There was a sound of heavy chewing in front of him, Cheng Muyou and Liu Xujiao glanced at each other, both bowed their bodies, lightened their steps, and slowly moved towards the source of the sound.
Four huge hooves loomed under the mist, and the hooves were stained with blood, making blood marks on the ground.
Both of them stretched out their swords in front, and after Cheng Muyou nodded slightly, the two swords rose parallel to each other and stabbed towards the white mist above the four hooves.
Just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce the mist, the white mist struck forward, covering the four hooves below, but the long swords could no longer be contained, they pierced through the thick fog, but pierced into the air.
The fog gradually thinned, Cheng Muyou and Liu Xujiao looked ahead, but saw two figures between a pile of rocks, one lying on the ground, the contents of the stomach were gone, only a large and empty blood hole was left, wasn't it the Yan'er girl I had just seen.
Kneeling beside Yan'er was a man, he was trembling all over, staring at the visitor with a pair of frightened eyes, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.
Cheng Muyou pointed his sword at the man, "Who are you, report your name." ” The man swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, "My name is Zhang Rui, and I live at the foot of Lingyun Mountain." ” "Zhang Rui" Cheng Muyou repeated the name, and the color in his eyes became even stronger, "Why are you here?"
” "The villain went up the mountain to collect medicine, and he didn't want to see a goat on the way down the mountain, the goat seemed to be eating people, and the villain wanted to drive it away to save the girl, but as soon as he came over, the sheep was gone, and you rushed over, adults."
"Brother Cheng, this matter is strange, it is better to bring this Zhang Rui back for interrogation first, and it is not too late to explore the rest of the matter slowly."
Liu Xuzhu walked up to Cheng Muyou and said, the green worm sword in his hand still did not put down, the blade of the sword was aimed at Zhang Rui's neck, as long as he moved slightly, he would be pierced in the throat.
Cheng Muyou understood what he meant, he looked at Zhang Rui, "I'm Cheng Muyou, the commander of Xin'an County, and now a girl is dying next to you, so I want to take you back to the house for careful interrogation, you don't have to be nervous, if the situation is clear, I will let you go home safely, do you understand?"
” Zhang Rui nodded, stood up with the stone, he bent over and saluted, "My lord, I still have an old mother at home, I hope you don't bother her, she is old, I'm afraid she won't be able to stand the stimulation." ” Cheng Muyou didn't answer, he smiled bitterly in his heart, "How can this situation be decided by you now?"
I'm afraid I don't want to frighten your mother. ” Jiang Xixi walked into the study with two servants, and she saluted, "My lord, someone brought it." ” Cheng Muyou looked at the two, "Didn't you let you stare at Zhang Rui?"
Why have I arrived today, but you have not?
” The two officials rushed to defend one word at a time, "My lord, according to what you said, we have been lying in ambush near Bulaotun, monitoring Zhang Rui's whereabouts, he went out early this morning, of course the two brothers did not dare to disobey the instructions of the adults, and they have been following him, but when they arrived next to the maple forest, Zhang Rui suddenly turned a corner, and he couldn't see anyone."
The two of us hurried into the maple grove to look around, but as soon as we entered the woods, something hit us on the back of the head, you see," they turned their heads and pulled their hair away, revealing two bulges the size of eggs on their heads, "and they are still swollen, and we both passed out in pain, and when we woke up again, it was dark." ” "But my lord," said another officer, snatching the words, "I saw something strange before I fell unconscious. ” "What?"
"The hooves, the four big hooves, look like sheep's hooves, it's weird and scary."