Chapter 74: The marriage ceremony

A deep sound of firecrackers echoed throughout the street, and the marriage ceremony team was like a long dark red snake, slowly winding from the low house to the corner of the street.

Zhang Sheng happened to see the bright red sedan curtain trembling slightly like a candle in the wind. The words "happy" and the picture of Qilin giving birth to a child printed on it also looked a little dull in this cloudy day.

The bride must be sitting quietly in the sedan chair waiting to be married. She is tightly covered by layers of curtains, so no one can peek at her face.

Zhang Sheng remembered that Lao Zhu was tall, with a round face and fair facial features, and secretly guessed that his niece's appearance should not be too bad. However, there were whispers among the crowd, most of which were rumors about "unmarried women".

[You can see their discussion. I have never met Lao Zhu’s niece. I always feel that people in this town have very different opinions... and they like to talk about other people’s family affairs. 】

Before Lao Zhu fled to the city, he had been living in a town on the outskirts of Wangcheng. Farming was the focus here, the infrastructure was quite backward, and there were no mountains and rivers to develop tourism.

Zhang Sheng and Cui Yu took a hitchhike with Lao Zhu and rushed here early. However, the man's family who were responsible for picking up the bride did not arrive, leaving the Liu family alone busy in the bride's original residence.

Zhang Shengyou asked Cui Yu why he didn't drive, but the man replied, "The almanac said it's not advisable to drive," but there was no way to find out the reason. He had to endure the stuffy smell in the hitchhiker and hold on all the way.

Cui Yu also gave him a suit without removing the price tag. After Zhang Sheng put it on, he was still thinking, didn't he buy such an expensive one when he got married?

But since he's already here, it's better to dress more solemnly. Anyway, he won't suffer any loss if he wears new clothes, and he can also support Lao Zhu's scene.

Cui Yu looked at the closed curtain and said silently: "The sedan is empty and the bride is missing." 】

Zhang Sheng was puzzled. He was about to point to a pair of flat embroidered shoes that were vaguely visible under the curtain, but he suddenly discovered that the bride's feet were unusually large and did not resemble the size of a young woman.

Suddenly, a scream suddenly sounded from the crowd.

A melody echoed in the sound of gongs and drums, causing the wedding band's music to become chaotic. Everyone stared at the source of the scream.

People saw dozens of dark red snakes emerging from the curtains. A man fell in a pool of blood. His eyes were bitten by snakes, leaving two empty blood holes. The man's clothes were torn and most of his body was exposed. , bloody creatures were also pouring out of the abdomen, but only the barbed tail could be seen clearly, penetrating the abdominal cavity.

"Lao Zhu...?"

Just now I saw Lao Zhu standing at the forefront of the crowd, but now he was nowhere to be seen. Zhang Sheng quickly walked through the crowd and approached the man who had lost his vital signs, and only then could he see his face clearly.

That was not a young man at all, but an old man with wrinkles on his face, wearing the clothes of a master of ceremonies, and holding a blood-stained suona in his hand.

Zhang Sheng immediately became alert and asked, "Is the gift you gave Lao Zhu a tracking charm?"

Cui Yu felt that Zhang Sheng reacted quickly, but he himself did not expect Liu Zhu to run so fast.

He had already put traceable talismans in the gift box, hoping that as soon as Liu Zhu's niece showed up, it would automatically be locked to the bride. Unexpectedly, the person who died was a completely unpredictable emcee.

"I set up the magic circle, and there is no evil spirit." Zhang Sheng was very sure that there were no evil spirits in the area he set up.

How did this man die? Killing people just under Cui Yu's talisman and his magic circle?

Zhang Sheng rolled his eyes: "...I don't want to hear any explanation from you now. He's dead under our noses. If word spreads, do you still want to work in this industry? It will make me look like a waste!"

Cui Yu frowned, his arms He hugged his chest and shrugged: "Even if you complain about me now, I can only say that there is no aura of evil gods."

Suddenly someone died during the wedding reception. The villagers who came to watch were a little panicked, and they didn't know who reported the death. Police, resulting in the marriage arrangement having to be terminated.

After the police arrived, Zhang Sheng saw a familiar face from the Wangcheng Public Security Bureau—Director Li Guangzhu—in the center of the flashing red and blue lights.

Zhang Sheng had met Li Guangzhu several times before. The first time was when he was in college. He planned to contact the internship unit and found Director Li. However, Li Guangzhu had already arranged for a relative's child to intern at the bureau, so Zhang Sheng was Declined.

Li Guangzhu's argument was that Zhang Sheng performed well in school and should strive to study in the National Crime Department, instead of wasting time in villages and towns like them.

But Zhang Sheng didn't believe it at all. The further away from the city and the area under the jurisdiction of the Crime Department, the more people like Li Guangzhu who like to operate behind the scenes for personal gain. In the name of considering the police academy students, they are actually transferring power to My own family, after all, is in the suburbs of Wangcheng, and Director Li has far more real power than imagined.

Zhang Sheng watched Li Guangzhu get out of the car, walked around the body like a casual glance, raised a cordon, and frowned slightly.

"Li Guangzhu is famous for taking both black and white. He even asked someone to investigate me before."

In the years when Cui Yu was absent, Zhang Sheng lived in poverty after breaking away from the halo of A University. After that, when I met Li Guangzhu, he became even more arrogant. He would not take the initiative to report any case that could be included in his jurisdiction to the headquarters. Instead, he was accustomed to ending the case by "accident".

Sure enough, Director Li called a group of people from the sub-bureau to look at the scene, collected the remaining biological remains on the body, and scrawled an announcement on the spot: The village emcee was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and no murder weapon was found.

"Is he kidding?"

Zhang Sheng stood there, looking at Li Guangzhu with disdain, and then approached Cui Yu, "Don't you think the time from calling the police to him arriving at the scene was too short? Just let this beast know today It's like killing someone."

Cui Yu: "I agree with this."

Lao Zhu didn't tell them who his niece was marrying before he came, and there were no invitations, either online or offline, from the beginning to the end. I saw the groom wearing a suit and holding a bouquet.

Director Li sent people to drive away the villagers, but Zhang Sheng still didn't see Lao Zhu, so he grabbed a little boy who was eating candy and asked: "Child, do you know who the groom is today?"

The boy sniffed and looked. Zhang Sheng shook his head and said: "I don't know."

Zhang Sheng was puzzled. People say that children talk without restraint. With the child's age and ignorant expression, it seems that he just came to join in the fun, and he didn't even understand the two parties involved in the happy event.

Not to mention that the child didn't know, he took advantage of the chaos and grabbed a few more and asked them. No one present had heard of who Liu Zhu's niece was married to.

He let go and watched the villagers he asked walking away one by one.

Zhang Sheng: "The sedan is empty, there is no bride, and the groom has not appeared. What kind of marriage is this?"

He really couldn't stand Li Guangzhu's perfunctory behavior. After Zhang Sheng pursed his lips and watched for a few seconds, he suddenly stepped towards Sedan, lift the curtain——

There was no one inside, except for a straw man dressed as a bride, with a pair of embroidered shoes on two wooden sticks.

"Hey, who are you? Can't you see the cordon?!"

Li Guangzhu's subordinates severely stopped Zhang Sheng, pushed his hand away, and lowered the curtain: "If you continue to disobey the command and destroy the scene, I will take him with you." Go and sit in the bureau! "

Strange, why should a straw man be used to replace the bride... Where did Lao Zhu's niece go?

Zhang Sheng argued with the drafted cause of death: "Comrade, I am a relative and friend of the bride. I was standing near the crime scene just now and watched the deceased fall to the ground. He was not attacked by a wild snake. When he was found, He's already dead."

The young man was wearing casual clothes, staring at him with vigilant eyes, and said impatiently: "The old master of ceremonies is sixty or seventy years old, and it is normal to die suddenly from snake venom. The forensic doctor in the death bureau will determine this on his own. It's not something you should interfere with."

His words were full of prevarication and threats, and Zhang Sheng had a feeling that something was wrong.

But it's not convenient to ask the groom's personal information. After all, he came with Lao Zhu, so he shouldn't know it. Asking too many questions would make him look suspicious.

He and Cui Yu exchanged glances, and the two walked to the shade of a tree to discuss the next plan.

Zhang Sheng: "Lao Zhu is very popular in the village. There is no way that all the villagers don't know about the happy event in his family. I think Li Guangzhu is in a hurry to bring people to end it, so he must conceal the cause of the old man's death."

Cui Yu looked at him with disdain. Looking at the middle-aged man smoking next to the police car, he said calmly: "If you can't answer the question, you might as well listen."

Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood what the man meant. Cui Yu must have also noticed that the people in this village had the same message. It has a lot to do with Li Guangzhu. It's not that he doesn't know the truth, but he doesn't dare to say it. The adults were vague, and the children who came to the wedding banquet naturally didn't understand either, so asking questions was in vain.

Li Guangzhu looked around for a week. Zhang Sheng quickly took Cui Yu and hid behind a tree. He couldn't help but muttered: "I anonymously reported Li Guangzhu two years ago, but I don't know who stopped him and did not remove him. Now the village He didn't investigate a murder case. He probably learned that Zhinan came to Watch City last month and thought it was a thorough investigation by the headquarters, so he felt guilty. "

The scope of Jinghunji's hearing is limited, and he doesn't know the stranger villagers at all. , if you want to use magic power to find out the truth, you will need to consume a lot of internal energy, and the more people there are, the more interference and noise you have to eliminate.

Zhang Sheng was not very sure. He discussed with Cui Yu and said, "Do you remember that Lao Zhu mentioned anything unusual to you? The first thing now is to find where the others are. I tried to find a way to get close to Li Guangzhu, but it really didn't work. "Tie him up."

Cui Yu: "Li Guangzhu has the final say in the case of living criminals. You don't have the power to investigate, so you're not afraid of him retaliating against you?"

Zhang Sheng hesitated and then said, "No matter what. "This is why Lao Zhu came back. If he gets into trouble, we must help him."

Thanks to the magic weapon repairman, the pocket watch can be restored to its original state. Otherwise, the man would not even have a breathing container, and he would still be able to breathe like he is now. Smooth conversation?

"That car belongs to Lao Zhu, right?" Cui Yu looked at Li Guangzhu's car, followed by a black pickup truck.

Zhang Sheng looked along and said with an angry smile: "...Ha, Lao Zhu usually seems quite honest, why are you so bold now, chasing the police car?"

The pickup truck started unsteadily and rolled over the police car. The wheel marks followed and caught up with the country road.

At this time, the dark clouds that had been cloudy all morning suddenly flashed with thunder and lightning, and then raindrops fell.

Scarlet raindrops fell, but the people around seemed unable to see them.

The Pure Soul Owl lights up at this time.

Zhang Sheng suddenly felt the evil spirit following the pickup truck, getting stronger and stronger. He patted the man, raised his head slightly and said, "Boss, I'll leave the job of intercepting the car to you."

Cui Yu: "..."

Cui Yu thought to himself, leave it to me? Am I a patrol dog.