Chapter 70 Chasing the Murder

"Bang! Bang! Open the door, open the door quickly!" A thunderous sound rang at the door of Sima Mansion in Qingzhou. It was late at night. Many sleeping people nearby were awakened suddenly, and they couldn't help but curse, turned over and fell asleep again.

Fang Yanqian was also awakened by the knocks on the door and shouts. He jumped up from the bed, put on his clothes in a hurry, and hurriedly walked out the door, asking as he walked, "What's the matter?"

The door had been opened by the servants. The person who had just slapped the door hard and flashed in. When he saw Fang Yanqian, he hurriedly said, "Sir, something is wrong, something big happens."

"Don't worry, you can say it slowly." Fang Yanqian recognized that this person was the head of the Qingzhou Prefecture constable who he sent to see Lujiazhuang Courtyard. He felt a little bitched and a bad premonition arose.

"All dead, sir, Lujia Village is all dead."

"What nonsense is said, everything is dead." Fang Yanqian frowned. There were more than 200 households in Lujia Village and nearly a thousand people, how could they all die?

Captain Niu realized that he had a silence and quickly changed his words: "Sir, everyone in the Lujia Village Courtyard is dead."

"Let's go and take me to see."

Fang Yanqian immediately brought only a few guards and ordered to leave the city. If it were normal, no one could open the city gate except for the governor's writing after nightfall. However, since Fang Yanqian got the information that the assassin might have something to do with the Lu family, Wei Yi again assigned important tasks to Fang Yanqian. Sima had the power to take charge of military discipline and law enforcement. Now Fang Yanqian has more than half of the troops sent by the outside world, and can enter and exit at any time at night, so he doesn't have to bother the governor's mansion.

Lujia Village is nearly twenty miles away from Qingzhou City. When Fang Yanqian and his men arrived at Lujia Village, it was already dark. Last night, more than ten lives were killed in the village. The people in Lujia Village were so scared that they were confused. Some brave people surrounded the gate of Lujia Village and pointed at it inside. More than ten yamen runners in the village had sealed the scene.

"Sir, sir." Seeing Fang Yanqian coming, the yamen runners guarding the Lujiazhuang Courtyard saluted one after another.

Fang Yanqian didn't bother to ask the yamen runners, and immediately pushed open the door and walked in. Suddenly, a strong smell of blood came.

"Sir, please come in!" Captain Niu made an invitation.

Fang Yanqian informed the yard and strode into the main hall under the guidance of the yamen runners. He was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. The hall was full of corpses, and the whole ground was covered with blood. The cruelest one was a man hanging on the wall in a large shape. The four sharp knives that supported the person's weight. These four sharp knives pierced the limbs of the person on the wall, staring the person firmly on the wall. He could use a sharp knife to insert it into the wall to support one's weight, which shows how powerful the murderer is.

Fang Yanqian checked and found that this person had no scars except for the injuries in his limbs. He was most likely dead because of excessive bleeding. When he saw Fang Yanqian staring at the person on the wall in a blink of an eye, he secretly admired the yamen runners. You should know that he had suddenly seen so many corpses and was so cruel that even some Wu Zuo, who had dealt with the corpses, couldn't help vomiting. Fang Sima Wen was born as a man and was extremely courageous.

"Sir, this person is Lu An, the head of the manor. When we found him, the body was still warm, but it was dead and it was not taken down." Captain Niu explained.

Leaving Lu An's body, Fang Yanqian's eyes glanced at the entire hall again. The tables and chairs in the middle of the hall had fallen to one side. There was a half-chewed roasted lamb on the ground. The sheep was covered with blood. Two wine jars next to it had broken. There were traces of wine on the ground. However, it was dry now. After counting, there were four wine bowls on the ground.

Fang Yanqian couldn't help but see a scene in his mind. Last night, Lu An and the other three were sitting in the hall, drinking wine and eating roasted lamb, and suddenly rushed out to the outside. The Lu family members fought back, but were no match at all. Finally, the other party killed all the servants and tortured Lu An again and left after Lu An was about to die.

No, Fang Yanqian looked at the corpse in the room again and found that one was different. The corpse was lying alone not far from the table. Although he was wearing the clothes of a servant, there were no scars. Moreover, his hands were particularly thick and powerful. Fang Yanqian squatted down and touched the man's palm. Thick calluses were on his thumb and index finger. The rest were extremely smooth, not like the hands of a servant, but more like a soldier holding weapons for a long time.

Fang Yanqian was immediately interested in the corpse and ordered: "Flip him over."

Two yamen runners endured their nausea and turned the man over. The man's face was calm, and there was greasy and mutton on his mouth. There was nothing suspicious except for blood in his nostrils. Fang Yanqian dripped a little blood on his hand and put it between his nose and smelled it. He couldn't smell anything except bloody smell and wine.

However, this was enough. Fang Yanqian corrected his judgment. Last night, Lu An drank and ate meat with the three of them. Suddenly, one of them had bleeding from his nostrils. The two of them found that Lu An was poisoning the wine, so they fought back. Not only did they kill all the servants of Lu, but they also deliberately tortured Lu An to leave for ruthlessness.

"Catcher Niu, who first discovered something was wrong here?"

"Sir, it's the village of Murata."

"Come him."

"yes."

Munmaru was soon found. He was an old man in his sixties. His legs were still trembling. He raised his head and did not dare to look at the corpse on the ground.

"Old man, how did you find out that something happened to the Lu family?" Fang Yanqian tried to speak softly, for fear that the old man would be frightened again.

"Sir, the little old man lives nearby. When he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard screams from the Lu family courtyard. The little old man heard that it was Mr. Lu's voice, as if he was suffering great pain. Originally, the little old man wanted to check it out, but Mr. Lu's scream made the little old man scared him. The little old man really had no courage. After Master Lu's scream stopped for a long time, the little old man dared to come over. He saw that the Lu family gate broke open. When he came in, he found that it was like this. He almost scared the little old man to death and quickly notified the official."

"So you have never seen the murderer?"

"No."

"Okay, you go down." Although there was nothing from the village chief, Fang Yanqian was not disappointed: "If you inform, the murderer couldn't walk far. With Lujia Village as the center, search for two men wearing Lufu family clothes within a radius of twenty miles. Especially, you should not let the pharmacy and a place where there are doctors, the murderer is likely to be poisoned. He sent someone to inform the governor's mansion. The assassin has appeared and asked the governor to quickly send more troops."

"Yes!" Several personal soldiers strode away. After a while, there was a sound of horse hooves outside, and Fang Yanqian's personal soldiers had set out as he ordered.

Fang Yanqian's order made several detectives look at each other, and the headmaster couldn't help but ask: "Sir, how do you know that the murderer is two, and they will wear Lu Jiajia Din's clothing."

"No, it was what he told me." Fang Yanqian pointed to the blood eagle's corpse and said, "In fact, the murderer is three people. This person is a murderer's accomplice, but he is dead here, so naturally there are two people left. Why is wearing the clothes of a servant? I can also see from him."

As for why the three people were the assassins who assassinated the prince, of course it was because of earlier suspicion. However, the Lu family was strong and Fang Yanqian would not yell around until it was found true evidence.

Lu Huo got up early in the morning and was doing boxing in the garden. People of his age could not sleep even if they wanted to sleep in. He was in good spirits today, mainly because he was happy. There were successors in the Lu family, and the grandson Lu Chong offered a try yesterday.

"Master, Master, it's not good." Lu Hun was about to close his fists when a man outside the door shouted and broke in.

Lu Hun heard the voice of Lu Fugui, the head of the Lu Mansion, and was extremely surprised and shouted: "What a panic, have you gone to work with Young Master Sun?"

Lu Fugui breathed heavily: "Master, I...I... Master Sun and I have just left the city, but hundreds of soldiers suddenly appeared behind him. When he saw Master Sun, an officer told us that we had a murder case in the courtyard of Lujia Village in the northwest. The master must assist them in the investigation. After learning, they immediately wrapped Master Sun to Lujia Village. Master Sun had no choice but to send the young man back to report to the master."

"Murder case." Lu Hu was shocked. Changbai Sanying was in Lujiazhuang northwest of the city. If the government arrested three people, everything would be done: "Do you know what murder case happened and how many people died?"

Lu Fugui shook his head, but he only got a piece of information from the officers and soldiers, but he didn't know the details.

"Hurry up, send someone to Lujiazhuang immediately, get the details of where they are, and send someone to keep an eye on the governor's mansion. Anything that happens to the governor's mansion will be rewarded."

"Zodiac order." Lu Fugui ran away quickly.

Lu Kuo stayed there in a daze, cursing at Lu An in his heart. How could he have killed someone? The government even knew that he had never thought that Lu An was dead.

"Come, come." Lu Huo shouted outside.

Several servants quickly came in: "Master, what are you asking?"

"Go and call the eldest master over."

"Yes." Shortly after the servant went down, Lu Zang hurried to his father and said respectfully: "What's wrong with the father calling for his child?"

"You prepare five hundred taels of gold to the Fang Mansion immediately."

Lu Zang was shocked. Five hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, but its value is more than ten thousand yuan. It is also a very painful thing for a family like the Lu family to take out so much gold at one time: "Father, why did you suddenly give so much gold to the Fang Mansion?"

As soon as Lu Hun said what the butler Lu Fugui had reported just now, Lu Zang sat on the ground and muttered to himself: "What should I do?"
Chapter completed!