A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 104 Burial
After Jie Daohan left, Shen Yanliu looked at Fan Yuanhai and said with a smile: "Imperial Envoy, this case has many twists and turns, and the case is complicated and confusing! Why don't you and I jointly submit a memorial to the sect and explain the changes in this matter in detail!"

Fan Yuanhai smiled and said, "Although County Magistrate Shen's proposal is good, we have different powers and responsibilities after all! I think we should each submit our own memorials."

"That's fine...that's fine!" Shen Yanliu nodded and smiled.

"County Magistrate Shen, I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave first!" Fan Yuanhai said, clasped his fists, bowed, stood up and left.

Shen Yanliu looked at Fan Yuanhai's back, the smile on her face faded, and a hint of viciousness flashed in her eyes. "The case has been exposed, do you think you can get away with it if you don't get involved?"

After Fan Yuanhai left the county government office, he felt quite refreshed and walked slowly towards his residence at Chunfeng Inn.

Before he arrived in Xiangu County, Xu Ruhu had already been kidnapped from the dungeon!

And now, the case has taken such a big turn. The person who kidnapped Xu Ruhu was actually Jie Daohan's nephew Jie Lei!

Then all in all, the case was the business of Xiangu County Court. Why should he get involved in this mess?
Shen Yanliu wanted him to sign a petition together. Did he really think he was a fool? He only needed to report the truth of the case to the sect in detail and wait for the sect's reply before taking the next step.

Now Xu Ruhu is dead, and the order he originally received was to execute Xu Ruhu on the spot!
Maybe, after receiving the report, the sect will directly order him to go back?
As for the details of the case, let's leave it to the Xiangu County Office to investigate!

The facts of this case are so bizarre! Who would hold on to such a hot potato if they could just throw it away?

As soon as Fan Yuanhai returned to Chunfeng Inn, the proprietress Xu Ru came to greet him immediately and asked him many questions enthusiastically.

Xu Ru was originally the madam of Zuichunlou. Although she was later forced to close down by Huayinglou, she still had a good eye for people.

Fan Yuanhai was young, generous, and a stranger, so Xu Ru noticed him as soon as he entered the room.

"Master Fan is back! What would you like to eat tonight? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it for you in advance..."

"No need! I'm going out tonight!" Fan Yuanhai said coldly and went back to his room alone.

Although her warm face was rejected by Fan Yuanhai, Xu Ru didn't care at all. She still had a flattering smile on her face with thick makeup...

Fan Yuanhai planned to go back to his room first, write a report to the sect, and hand it in to the Tongzhengsi post station. Then he planned to go to Huaying Tower for a stroll in the evening!
In the past few days, he had also heard some sayings that the four great flower shadows in Huaying Tower, just hearing the names makes people itch!

In the western suburbs of the county, the Xiao family’s ancestral tomb!

Someone had already dug a grave at the location where the acupuncture points were found!

When the funeral procession arrived, there were still about quarter of an hour left before the calculated burial time!
The host was holding an old handheld sundial and counting the time!

Seeing that the time was almost up, the host waved his dry hand vigorously!
The people carrying the coffin carried it to the grave, ready to put it down and bury it!
Then the sounds of blowing and plucking strings and wailing rang out at the same time!

Amid the sounds of stringed instruments and the wailing of relatives, six sturdy men with thick hemp ropes tied around their shoulders came over!

The six men passed the thick hemp rope through the bottom of the coffin, pulled it around their shoulders, and stretched it tight!
Then, the people carrying the coffin retreated, and the heavy coffin suddenly fell. Six burly men shouted loudly, kicked their legs hard, and caught the coffin!

There were bloody marks on the shoulders of the six people!

The six people gritted their teeth, steadied the coffin, then slowly let go of the rope and sank the coffin to the bottom of the pit!

The relatives cried even louder, and some of them fell down beside the grave, crying loudly...

Duan Rong took a look and saw that these people were just crying and wailing, with dry faces and no tears at all... After setting off firecrackers and scattering paper money, Duan Rong and the other people who were carrying the coffin started to bury the soil with shovels!
Xiao Yu stood not far away, watching the black coffin being covered by mud bit by bit, and couldn't help but burst into tears...

The grave was piled up and the soil was compacted, and the stone tablet that had been carved in advance was also erected on the grave!
Duan Rong stood beside the grave, leaning on a shovel, looking at the words on Xiao Baiqiao's tombstone, feeling a sense of emotion...

"When a person dies, the light goes out, and the Yin and Yang are separated forever!"

Everything is ready, only the relatives are left to cry and wail for a while, and then they can leave!

At this moment, a sudden rainstorm fell from the sky!
Heavy rain suddenly fell!

And it was a sun shower!
The sun was still above the clouds, looming, and then heavy rain poured down!

The relatives who were about to cry and wail suddenly scattered, and the white curtains were thrown all over the floor!
Duan Rong was searching for Xiao Yu in the midst of the panic and stampede. Just as he fixed his eyes on Xiao Yu, he saw Xiao Yu suddenly move, and swerve left and right in the crowd. In the rain, he could vaguely see a shadow behind him!
Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat, his eyes flickered. "Cloud Snake Step! It seems to be even more powerful than Zhu Xiaoqi's! It's a mastery level Cloud Snake Step!"

Xiao Yu suddenly stood up and helped a person up from the crowded crowd. It was Xiao Zongting who was crying and knocked to the ground by someone!
Xiao Yu supported Xiao Zongting, and Zhu Xiaoqi followed behind holding Xiao Baiqiao's tablet. They followed the crowd towards the city gate!

Duan Rong saw that there was a panic in the ancestral tomb and the white curtain on the ground was covered with mud. He sighed and said: It's just a commotion, and then he went to the city gate!

When everyone was about to reach the city gate, the heavy rain suddenly stopped!
Looking up, the big sun has already emerged from the clouds and is hanging high in the sky!
Suddenly, the crowd began to talk!
"This is really strange! I'm afraid it's the spirit of Miss Xiao Er!"

"The Second Miss has a good heart! She doesn't want people to cry at her grave..."

Duan Rong's heart moved slightly after hearing this. He stood at the city gate and looked at the sun above his head.

Although the sudden rain lasted only for a while and soaked everyone, the rain only fell in the western suburbs outside the city. The streets in Xiangu County were still dry!
When pedestrians on the street saw a group of people coming in like drowned rats, they thought something had happened.

Duan Rong was going to go back to the dormitory to change his wet clothes. Just as he reached the door of Yuanshun Escort Agency, he suddenly saw a constable in official uniform limping towards him!

Duan Rong stood beside the stone lion of Yuanshun Escort Agency, smiled at the man and said, "Why are you here?"

"I came to find you!" Yang Zhen looked at Duan Rong with a depressed look.

"Find me?"

"Well, are you free? Come have a drink with me." There was a hint of sadness in Yang Zhen's tone.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, Yang Zhen must be worried. "Okay! Wait for me, I'll go back to the dormitory and change my clothes and come back!"

Duan Rong returned to the dormitory, wiped his wet hair, changed into dry clothes, left Yuanshun Escort Agency, and went to Yang Zhen's home again!
On the way, the two bought some vegetables at a delicatessen, and then went to a wine-making place and picked up two jars of rice wine!
The two men arrived at Yang Zhen's house and sat down in the main hall. The table was filled with wine and food, but Yang Zhen just kept drinking and didn't eat a single bite of the food!

"You shouldn't drink alcohol the way you do. Be careful or you'll hurt your stomach!" Duan Rong said as he pushed a torn roast chicken in front of Yang Zhen.

However, Yang Zhen pretended not to see anything and continued to pour wine into his throat. After finishing one bowl, he grabbed the jar of wine and asked for another bowl!
Yang Zhen was about to pour more wine, but Duan Rong held the jar and said, "What's the matter? Tell me, I want to hear it. Why do you keep drinking?"

Yang Zhen looked at Duan Rong with a depressed look and said, "Do you know? Brother Lei is dead!"

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat. So this was the case.

(End of this chapter)