Chapter 9 Tragedy
After burying Luo Cheng's family, Chen Laosan found an opportunity to go to the provincial capital checkpoint and found that it was blocked. Unwilling to give up, Chen Laosan changed direction and found that not only the checkpoint to the provincial capital, but all the checkpoints around it were guarded.
Their Qingya County is under control!
This discovery made Chen Laosan completely uneasy. Although he didn't know what was happening behind the scenes, the current situation was definitely not a good thing for ordinary people like them.
Thinking back to the royal bodies he had buried a few days ago, he could no longer sit still.
'We can't just sit there and wait for death.'
Thinking of this, Chen Laosan immediately went to Wang Laoshuan's house. Since this old guy could send his granddaughter away, he must have his own reasons.
It was already dusk when we returned to the inner city.
Chen Laosan was very tired after searching for a whole day, but he didn't care about that anymore. According to his memory, he soon arrived at Wang Laoshuan's house.
A relatively simple house.
It's better than Chen Laosan's doghouse. After all, Wang Laoshuan still has a granddaughter to take care of. He would rather suffer himself than let the child suffer.
Chen Laosan took a deep breath, looked around, then walked over quickly and tapped the door knocker twice.
Ding ding.
The voice rang out, but there was no response from inside.
Did he fall asleep?
Chen Laosan felt a little uneasy, but when he thought about the fact that they had met at Luo Cheng's house during the day, this uneasiness was suppressed. Wang Laoshuan was more cautious than him, and he must have kept a backup plan. Thinking of this, he lowered his voice and shouted into the house.
"Wang Laoshuan, open the door, it's me, Chen Dahe."
Chen Dahe was the name of Chen Laosan. He rarely used this name, and not many people in the county government knew it. Wang Laoshuan and Chen were colleagues, so they used to call each other by their first and last names.
It’s a pity that no matter how hard Chen Laosan knocked on the door, there was no sound from inside the house.
There were no footsteps, and no one came to open the door.
Chen Laosan stopped and looked inside through the crack in the door. As soon as he got close, he smelled a pungent odor.
Blood?
Chen Laosan's heart skipped a beat.
Fortunately, everything in the inner courtyard was normal, and there was no shocking scene. But Chen Laosan did not dare to stay any longer. Something must have happened to Wang Laoshuan, otherwise there would not be bloody smell in the courtyard.
After guessing this, Chen Laosan quickly stood up and ran towards the main street without looking back.
There are a lot of people there, so the other party probably wouldn't dare to kill people openly.
Behind the door that Chen Laosan couldn't see, a corpse was half hanging on it, with drops of blood sliding down the corners of the corpse's mouth. This corpse was Wang Laoshuan, who had talked to Chen Laosan during the day. Not only him, but also his granddaughter who was sent out by him through connections during the day was also inside, and there were several unrelated corpses. These people were the agents who helped Wang Laoshuan's granddaughter escape, and the person behind the scenes was determined to cut off the roots.
I just don't know why he would delay it until now.
Panicked Chen Laosan ran all the way home.
He was relieved that his nephew Chen Luo did not come back. It was also good for him to be with Ma Quezi. After all, Ma Quezi was also a warrior and could help block a few swords if there was any problem.
Although I feel a little sorry for my friend, but compared with my nephew's life, Ma Quezi is not a friend that cannot be sacrificed. At most, I can burn more paper for him during festivals in the future.
"Silver, yes! Silver!!"
In a panic, Chen Laosan ran to his bedroom and lifted the bed board. He pried open the third board hidden inside, revealing a bunch of banknotes. This money was Chen Laosan's coffin money at the bottom of the box, which he was going to save for his nephew Chen Luo to find a wife.
At this critical moment of life and death, I can’t care about so many things.
Chen Laosan grabbed the silver bills inside and turned around to go to the yamen.
He had already made up his mind to take his nephew Chen Luo to live in the county government office tonight. He didn't believe that those people were so bold as to go to the government office and kill people.
Boom boom boom!
Just as Chen Laosan put the silver into his arms, there was a knock on the door.
"Old Chen! Old Chen! Come on, it's time to live."
The sound startled Chen Laosan, and he subconsciously grabbed the dagger on the bedside. Only after confirming the source of the sound did he feel a little relieved.
He knew the guy who was shouting, the captain of the police, Jiang Danian. They often drank together and were considered "close friends" with common interests.
"What's up?"
Chen Laosan did not relax his vigilance, but shouted at the top of his voice.
Now night is almost falling, and Jiang Danian suddenly came to the door. Something seems wrong no matter how you look at it.
"There's another case over there, and your superiors asked you to go and clean it up." Jiang Danian was cursing outside, probably because he was dissatisfied with the task assigned to him during this period of time.
Someone died again?
Chen Laosan's heart skipped a beat.
Subconsciously, I recalled what happened outside Wang Laoshuan's house before.
It shouldn’t be the case!
"Why don't you let Wang Laoshuan go? I just took care of Luo Cheng this morning and I'm ready to go to bed now."
Chen Laosan had an idea and thought of a way to find out the news about Wang Laoshuan.
So he refused, saying that he needed to rest. He asked the government officials to find Wang Laoshuan, so that he could confirm Wang Laoshuan's condition and avoid putting himself in danger. It was the best of both worlds!
"It's Wang Laoshuan's family who died. Do you want me to go to the underworld to look for him?"
Jiang Danian was cursing outside, and from the sound he had already entered the house.
"What?!"
Chen Laosan pushed the door open, his face full of shock.
The uneasiness in my heart was confirmed at once.
In just one day, Luo Cheng and Wang Laoshuan both died. Was it his turn next? This guess made Chen Laosan feel like he was falling into an ice cellar, and he didn't listen to anything Jiang Danian said afterwards.
"It's good that you haven't slept yet. Come with me and clean up. If you're late, you won't be able to get a seat at Xiao Taohong's place."
Jiang Danian didn't notice any of this. Seeing Chen Laosan dressed neatly, he pulled him to clean up the mess.
This world is not a peaceful place, and problems can easily arise if corpses are not dealt with.
The corpse collector deals with this kind of trouble.
The bodies of Wang Laoshuan's family were all in the county town, which affected the safety of the county magistrate, so he naturally issued an order overnight.
In this way, Chen Laosan and Jiang Danian came to
After opening the door, Chen Laosan paused.
The pungent smell of blood hit my face. The smell I smelled at the door earlier was real.
There were five bodies lying in the yard, two of which Chen Laosan recognized. They were Wang Laoshuan and his granddaughter. Wang Laoshuan tried his best but failed to let his granddaughter escape. The remaining three were all strangers. According to Jiang Danian, they seemed to be smugglers from Qingya County who specialized in smuggling people to the provincial capital.
Jiang Danian next to him was talking a lot of nonsense.
Chen Laosan didn't hear a word he said. All he could think about was the miserable plight of Luo Cheng and Wang Laoshuan.
And their parents and family.
"This is to silence us!!!"
Chen Laosan's eyes were full of bloodshot. He still didn't know the real purpose of that dead eunuch.
Cut the weeds at their roots.
He was not going to let go of any possible point of information leakage. Even if there was only a slight possibility, he would cut it off.
It is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go!
In the eyes of these people, they, the low-level ants, are not worth living at all.
The only thing I don't understand is why the castrated dog let them go. Is there something missing? Or does the other party want to kill more people?
(End of this chapter)
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