I Wish to Ride the Wind - Chapter 39

Feng Jiasheng was afraid that Mrs. Shen would jump with her, so he stopped her and said, “Miss, He Si also fell, and I don’t know how many traps the thief still has. Now it’s better to go to Shimen County first.”

Shen Jiajia wiped her tears and said, “What you said! We’ll go to the county government to find someone to rescue them.”

Feng Jia nodded, but sighed inwardly. Falling from such a high place, I am afraid that there will be no life.

The two hurried down the mountain. Fortunately, there was no more danger along the way, and they arrived in Shimen County in the afternoon. The county magistrate heard that someone was visiting with a document from the Ministry of Personnel, and quickly put down the affairs at hand to meet him. Originally, he was thinking of entertaining the distinguished guests from Beijing. Maybe this is his opportunity for promotion. After seeing the two embarrassed “guests” and listening to the other party’s story of what happened, the county magistrate was struck by thunder and quickly dispatched a group of arresters to be dispatched by Shen Jiajia.

Shen Jiajia led people back to the broken bridge. It turned out that the bottom of the cliff was a rushing river, and the river was freezing cold. Shen Jiajia only hoped that Xie Chengfeng and the two could fall into the river, so that there might be a chance. But even if it falls into the river, it must be picked up in time, otherwise it will freeze to death.

So, “You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death.”

Everyone searched along both sides of the river. In the evening, Shen Jiajia heard people on the other side shouting: “I found it!”

They found He Si’s body.

After confirming that it was He Si, Shen Jiajia said, “Keep looking.”

Her face was frighteningly white, and she didn’t know whether it was cold or anxious. Feng Jia looked very distressed. He stood on a high place and looked around, wanting to see if there were any villages nearby. It would be colder here at night. If Lady Shen didn’t leave, she had to find something to keep out the cold.

Looking around, Feng Jia found someone standing behind the stone watching them. The man’s face was rough and sallow, and his appearance was shrinking, with a bundle of firewood on his back. Feng Jia held down the hilt of the knife defensively, and when the man saw his movement, he was so frightened that he quickly stepped out from behind the stone and bowed: “Forgive the life of the hero, spare the life of the hero!” He was caught off guard, but a few arrests were startled.

Seeing passers-by, Shen Jiajia raised a little hope in her heart, and said hurriedly, “Don’t be afraid, we are good people. Have you seen anyone around here? On the ground or in the river, a living person or… a corpse.”

“Ah? I don’t know if he’s alive or dead. I saw second son Luo carrying him on his back.”

“Where? What is he like? Where did Luo Er go with his back?”

Shen Jiajia’s eyes lit up, not like a normal person, the man took a few steps back in fright, “he he he, he wears red clothes.”

“Yes, he is wearing red clothes!”

“Second Luo picked him up by the river and carried him home.”

“Please take us to Luo Lao Er’s house.” Shen Jiajia said eagerly, seeing him in a daze, she took out her purse from her arms.

Feng Jia was afraid that Shen Jiajia was not serious, so he held her down. He handed the man a small piece of broken silver, “After this is done, there is still a big thank you.”

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When Shen Jiajia saw Xie Chengfeng, he had changed out of his wet clothes, was wearing a dry bunt, and was sitting beside the bed drinking **** soup with his hair down. A soybean oil lamp was lit indoors, and two or three children outside were shouting at the window, “Big dumb, big dumb!”

The hunter named Luo Lao Er pretended to hit them with the soles of his shoes, “Get out!”

Xie Chengfeng’s forehead was blue, and when he saw Shen Jiajia coming, he smiled at her, as if to say, I knew you would come.

Shen Jiajia’s tears finally burst, and she walked forward crying.

Luo Er asked, “Who is he from you?”

Shen Jiajia didn’t answer.

Xie Chengfeng pointed to Shen Jiajia, then pointed to himself, his two thumbs were right.

Shen Jiajia felt strange, “Chengfeng, you can’t speak anymore?”

Xie Chengfeng lowered his head.

“how so…”

Feng Jia comforted him by the side: “Ma’am, your son must have hit his head and lost his speech temporarily, but he should be able to recover later. Go back and find a doctor to take a good look at it.”

Shen Jiajia was both distressed and guilty, raised a small face mottled with tears, and said viciously: “Don’t worry, I will definitely find that person and bring him to justice.”

Xie Chengfeng looked at her with a smile, and said silently: I’ll wait for you.

The hunters have been tired for a long time. It is recommended to stay in this mountain village at night and go back tomorrow. However, Feng Jia said: “It will change after a while. That thief is treacherous and vicious. He is unprepared now. It will be safer for us to return to Shimen County. Otherwise, we will wait until tomorrow, and I don’t know if he will make a comeback.”

“If you meet a beast on the road…”

Feng Jia patted the steel knife on his waist, “Then everyone will have meat to eat.”

So the group went down the mountain overnight. Feng Jia originally planned to carry Xie Chengfeng on his back, but the latter was only slightly injured on the head, and walked back with the others. Back at the county office, I asked a doctor to diagnose Xie Chengfeng, and as Feng Jia said, he knocked his head down, causing temporary aphasia.

The county magistrate was afraid that he would lose his official hat if another major incident happened, so he dispatched a lot of people to patrol inside and outside the county office. Shen Jiajia lived a day full of fear and joy, and she had nightmares one after another at night. In her dream, she saw a corpse in the river. They all said that it was He Si, but when she turned her face and looked, it was Xie Chengfeng! She was crying, crying and calling his name. Her hand was held and her palm was warm. She heard someone whispering to her in her ear, “Jiajia is not afraid, I am here.”

Early the next morning, the county magistrate invited the person with the highest medical skills in Shimen County to come again to diagnose and treat Xie Chengfeng. The doctor was a doctor girl named Tong Jiayue. She was famous for her excellent medical skills. It is said that people often came to her from thousands of miles to seek medical advice. Shen Jiajia must have a lot of history when she saw that the doctor girl was covered in white gauze, her temperament was cold, and her voice was clanging like a ring.

After breakfast, Shen Jiajia went to visit Xie Chengfeng, “I’m going to see Ku Niang’s grave today.” She wanted to ask him if he wanted to go, but seeing that he was pale and tired, she changed her mouth, “You have a good rest. “

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On the way, Shen Jiajia chatted with Lao Chakuai and inquired about Ku Niang. That Ku Niang has a weird personality and a mysterious whereabouts. She has never made any friends in her life. She only knows that she lives in a cottage at the foot of Yingzui Mountain and has no family. Yingzui Mountain is named after the top of the mountain is shaped like an eagle’s beak. The mountain is very evil. It is often infested with poisonous snakes and poisonous insects. After a few people die, no one dares to go. Over the Yingzui Mountain is Dachao Mountain. There is a Taoist temple on Dachao Mountain, called Dachao Tianshifu, and the locals directly call it Tianshifu.

Shen Jiajia frowned when she heard the word Taoist.

“Then how did she die?”

“She died suddenly. The cause of death is unclear. The most powerful act in Shimen County is herself.”

After Ku Niang died suddenly, several colleagues in the yamen pooled money to bury her. Everyone is taboo, and no one has been to her home at the foot of Yingzui Mountain.

Shen Jiajia faintly felt that she was getting closer to the truth.

Ku Niang’s tomb was unsweeped, and the grave was overgrown with weeds. A few hunters rolled up their sleeves and dug for a while, and then they dug up the stone slab that sealed the tomb. The burial method of the dead mother is more common. A tomb is built with tomb bricks about ten feet long and seven feet wide. After the coffin is buried, the tomb is covered with stone slabs, and finally covered with soil.

Opening the slate, everyone saw the coffin in the tomb. The crowds were not in a hurry to open the coffin.

As soon as the coffin was opened, a rancid smell rushed to the face, and everyone covered their noses and lifted the lid of the coffin. The old arrest quickly saw what was inside the coffin, and exclaimed “Ah”.

Everyone stretched their heads to look, only to see that there was no dry mother in the coffin, only a dead deer, almost rotten.

Zhu Kuai pointed to the coffin and asked Shen Jiajia, “Ms. Shen, what’s going on? Ku Niang is her she, she is not dead?”

Shen Jiajia was silent, walked to the coffin, endured disgust and looked at the deer corpse, and then checked the tomb and the coffin again, not letting go of every corner. Finally, she looked at the slate.

There was a black mass on the back of the slate, which was not obvious. She scratched the black layer with her fingertips and sniffed it close to her nose.

Then, her complexion changed a few times, and finally her blood completely faded and she became pale.

Feng Jia frowned, “My lady…”

“Brother Feng, I want to ask you a favor.”

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Feng Jia was helped back. He accidentally stepped on the trap, and half his leg was covered in blood. The county magistrate is about to die of grief. These nobles are in conflict with him. Is he destined to be demoted?

Shen Jiajia told Xie Chengfeng with red eyes, “Actually, Big Brother Feng is here to save me. It was you first and Big Brother Feng again. I think I’m a harm.”

Xie Chengfeng touched her head comfortingly.

Shen Jiajia blushed, “I, I, I have to go out in a while, I want to see Ku Niang’s residence, and then go to Tianshifu to inquire.”

He wrote in her hand: I will accompany you.

Shen Jiajia shook her head and said, “You have a good rest.”

Xie Chengfeng: I will accompany you.

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Feng Jia’s leg was injured, and Shen Jiajia and Xie Chengfeng did not take him with them when they went to Yingzui Mountain, but only brought a few catchers. The rumors of Yingzui Mountain are too scary, and the few catching fast diggers were not so nervous when digging graves, but now they are like a formidable enemy. Ku Niang’s grass hut has not been repaired for a long time and has been dilapidated. Shen Jiajia searched inside for a long time, but could not find any useful clues. She was a little disappointed.

Xie Chengfeng took her hand and pointed to the other side of Yingzui Mountain.

Go to Tianshifu to see.

The group went over the mountain to Tianshifu. Just turned over Yingzui Mountain, but saw a few people stumbling down from the direction of Tianshifu, shouting: “Killing! Killing!!”

Several people rushed over and asked, “What’s going on?”

“Tianshifu, Tianshifu… ah, dead people, all dead, ah ah ah!”

The faces of the arresters changed dramatically, and they went up the mountain with their knives. A careful arrester brought those people back to the yamen. They were all witnesses.

Shen Jiajia and Xie Chengfeng looked at each other, and they both ran up.

There are a total of thirteen corpses in Tianshi Mansion. It is presumed that they died of poisoning during lunch. The death state is very similar to that of Mrs. Yang that day.

This is a shocking case, and the arresters are busy with each other, and no one can care about Shen Jiajia and Xie Chengfeng.

Shen Jiajia was afraid that she would destroy the crime scene, so she turned her face and said to Xie Chengfeng, “Let’s go, let’s go out for a walk.”

The wind on the mountain was icy and biting, and it hurt people’s faces. As Shen Jiajia walked, he said, “With more than a dozen lives on his back, is it possible to sleep peacefully at night?”

He turned around and looked at Xie Chengfeng.

Xie Chengfeng’s eyes flashed and his footsteps stopped.

Shen Jiajia tilted her head towards him and smiled suddenly, “So, what is the way you prepared for me to die?”

He looked at her coldly, his expression gloomy.

Shen Jiajia: “So, what should I call you, Xie Dalang?”