Chapter 28, The Murderer of the Black Arrow

In the hall, several elders of the ancestral family are still there, and the rest of the young people and young people are either persuaded to go home to rest or help in other places in the manor; Uncle Hong and others were also taken to the lower room to rest and heal their wounds. The county and township bureaucrats who were sent to invite earlier are also present at this time and are negotiating with Zuju, Chunyupei and others. This case. This night is doomed to be unstable, and the families who have lost their loved ones are crying one after another; although only the ancestral village is lit in the whole north, there are still many people who can't sleep in the dark.

Zuzu Zhao finished what he was doing and rushed back to the middle hall to restore his life to his grandfather and other elders.

Lord Chen, the county magistrate, Wentai, You Ju Fan, and Li Gan, the stinghirs, all had a grim look. They were talking to their grandparents. After seeing Zu Zhao's arrival, they gave a simple greeting, and Zu Zhao answered them one by one. When Zu Zhao just arrived at the village, someone reported the news to the middle hall, so Zu Zhao did not need to explain much at this time. He just explained how to find these bodies in just two sentences.

"Are the traces of the thief's escape to the north? If it's further north, it's Hudi. Is it possible that the nonsense is making trouble again? Li Ganren, the stingy, spoke softly and was now arranged to lie in the hall. He naturally interrupted and said.

"How can it be that there is a Lulongse garrison in the two counties of Xu Wu and Lingzhi. How dare the Hu people make trouble under the eyes of my big man garrison? Do they really bully me?" Wentai, the county lieutenant, said coldly that he was a martial man with his own gruff temper.

"Anyway, at dawn tomorrow, I will send someone north to pursue it. This is a big deal. I will report to the county as soon as possible. I will ask the county government to go to the sea to arrest the documents, spread the counties, and arrest the murderers. Chen County's official said in a tone, putting on a serious and evil look.

Everyone in the Zu family knows that Chen Xianjun is best at empty words. Although he is sonorous and powerful, it doesn't seem to have much effect in practice. Major murders in the county are often reported to the county government as soon as possible. As for whether there is a follow-up, it depends on whether the county government itself thinks this is an important case. Nowadays, the country is restless, the people suffer from all kinds of suffering, and theft and murder are everywhere. Even if there are officials who are willing to deal with cases, I'm afraid they may not be busy.

"In this way, Lord Chen will do it for you. However, this case killed seven people, which is really appalling. My ancestors were deeply angry and would never give up easily. Zu Ju said in a low tone that the meaning of his words was to say hello to Chen Xianjun in advance, and the Zu family was bound to take private actions outside the government.

"There is a way for officials and people to work together. As soon as there is new news, I will immediately support General Zu. Chen Xianjun understands that although private affairs are not within the legal principle, the ancestral family is a local rich family after all. Not only is the family big, but even the efficiency of investigating this case will exceed that of the government. Just turn a blind eye.

"There are still a few doubts about this matter. If you want to seize these murderers as soon as possible, I'm afraid you have to start with these doubts." Zu Fan, who served as a travel ya, said with full determination. He was originally a member of the ancestral family, and his family background is also good within the ancestral family. The reason why he was successfully promoted as brave and square is more or less related to the reputation of his family. Now that something happens to my family, it is necessary to be more dedicated.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes quickly fell on Zu Fan.

"Well, not to mention anything else, it is said that the two counties of Xu Wu and Lingzhi are so close, and there are officers and soldiers nearby. I have not heard of any major cases for more than ten years. Today, such a robbery has occurred, which is already a great doubt." Although Wen Tai was a rude person, the county lieutenant had been in office for many years and was full of experience, so he immediately said.

Not only that, if the thief acted in an orderly manner as Uncle Hong said, they should have come prepared and planned to ambush here early. This is strange. First, how did the thief know Uncle Hong's schedule? Second, Uncle Hong and his party just followed the usual practice to take a look in Zhima City this time, and there is no guarantee that they will buy it. Have the thief been watching secretly? Third, even if Uncle Hong bought a horse, he was just seven or eight stallion horses. Is it too worthless to take such a risk for this little money? Zu Fan said this speculation meticulously.

Zu Zhao subconsciously took a look at the nephew who was older than him and admired the other party's meticulousness. He was indeed a qualified traveler.

The elders and Chun Yupei and others also agreed with Zu Fan's speculation and nodded one after another.

Several uncles whispered to each other for a while according to Zu Fan's speculation. Everyone strongly denies that there are moles in the ancestral family. After all, it is completely meaningless to betray Uncle Hong and let the thief earn a few horses. In addition, the ancestors, whether direct or collateral, rich or poor, can now have a stable livelihood and have no big resentment. In this way, the only thing that can be confirmed is that when watching horses in Lingzhi County, they are targeted by evil-minded people.

At this time, Zu Zhao, who had not talked much, said calmly, "Since these murderers are still covering their faces at night, it can be seen that they are afraid of being recognized by others, and this alone should eliminate thieves and mountain thieves. Obviously, it should be some unruly people in the remote countryside. These people kill people tonight and have to show up tomorrow, so they have to mask their faces just in case.

The voice of discussion quickly weakened, and everyone immediately cast their eyes on Zu Zhao. Or someone has never considered this detail, or is negligent and intuitively thinks that most of the robbers will mask their faces to prevent the government from drawing up documents for theft. Now it's really touching to hear Zu Zhao say this.

County lieutenant Wentai nodded slowly and agreed, "It's not impossible. Earlier, I heard that there were unruly people in many places in the county. It is said that there are still some peace in Zhuo County, Jizhou and other places. The believers are all fanatical and obedient to the words of the kami teachers who hold nine battles. Humph, it's simply enchanting and fascinating.

When it comes to Taiping Road, the people present have different degrees of color change. The people present are all nobles and family backgrounds, and they have always been worried about the huge gathering of the people at the bottom. It can be said that their class must be opposed to the peasant class, shaped like water and fire. Nine out of ten local riches and nobles have been at the front of the counter-rebellious peasants in all dynasties.

Chunyupei sighed with emotion and said, "In all counties and villages in our Xuantao County, there are also people preaching the Taiping Road, and Gongsun Countykeeper is quite worried about this. It's just that these people have no crime. They are nothing more than selling some runes. The county government has no way to deal with it at all and can only be left to them.

Li Gan, the stingy man in the lower seat, said worriedly, "The villain has also advised the believers in the county not to make trouble, but those disciples may not be able to listen to it. Alas, in the long run, I'm afraid there will be a big mess.

Chen Xianjun followed the comments of the crowd and said, "Is it that this robbery will be the work of these peace Taoist?"

Everyone was silent and vaguely seemed to acquiesce to this.

On the contrary, Captain Wenxian said very arbitraryly, "It may not be or not. It must be investigated first to be conclusive."

Zuo's view is consistent with Wen Tai. After a short thought, he said, "In addition, when I was inspecting the body, I found that three people died with one arrow. This may not be surprising, but what I want to say is that the arrows that kill people are all dark, and even the arrow feathers have been dyed black.

After saying that, he gave Zu Cheng a look to Zu Cheng, who was standing near the threshold of the gate, and Zu Cheng immediately came forward. The arrows taken from the body have been wrapped in cloth, and he opened the cloth and showed it in front of everyone.

Everyone looked at it carefully, and most of them looked doubtful, but when it was in the hands of Lieutenant Wen County, they subconsciously stayed and looked at it.

Zu Fan beside him couldn't help asking, "Lord Wen, do you have any clues?"

Wen Tai pondered for a moment, was not in a hurry to speak, and suddenly turned his eyes to the ancestor in the first seat.

The people present couldn't help looking at Wen Tai's eyes and saw that Zu Ju was like a bolt from the blue, with a slightly stiff look and a little uncertain light in his old eyes. Anyone who sees this knows that Zu Ju obviously knows some clues about black arrows.

Wen Tai waited for a while. Seeing that Zuju did not speak, he was a little impatient and said, "Old general, when I served in Shanggu County, I had heard that there was a black arrow for bandits outside the territory, and one arrow was killed within 50 steps. At that time, when the Qiang people invaded the situation, General Duliao appointed the military Sima Yinduan to lead 3,000 troops to suppress it in Shanggu County. The black arrow bandit was shooting 19 Han soldiers in the Qiang army.

After listening to this, they were all surprised, but they didn't expect that there would be such a legendary story-like past.

Even Zu Zhao himself was deeply surprised. It seemed that Wen Tai knew his grandfather in his early years, and the black arrow bandit obviously had a lot to do with his grandfather.

At this time, Chen Xianjun hurriedly turned to Zu Ju and asked, "General Zu, how can this happen?"

Zuju sighed and said solemnly, "I remember that year should have been in the first year of Xiping. In response to Shanggu Taishou's request for help, General Zhang sent Yin Sima to rush to help. Although Qiang thieves are rampant, are they the opponents of my Han Tianjun? After three battles, Yin Sima beat the Qiang thief to pieces. And after the second battle, General Zhang appointed me to send an order and commendation to Yin Sima Camp. It was also the first time I met with the Wenxian lieutenant.

Wen Tai took over and further explained, "At that time, Yin Sima was in one place with the local military and civilians in Shanggu County, so he was in the same barracks, so he was lucky to know the ancestral general." When he said this, he still showed some respect for his ancestors.

----------

[Yin Duan was originally the Sima when Zhang Xuan, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, served as the general of the Xiongnu, and made contributions to fighting with Xianbei, Wuwan and Qiang people. In the first year of Yongkang (167 A.D.), Yin Duan cooperated with Zhang Xun and Dong Zhuo to fight and Liang Erzhou, breaking the foreigner, and then promoted to Huiji Taishou. During his tenure, Zhu Jun, his master book, was regarded as filial piety. In the first year of Xiping (172 A.D.), Xu Shao and his son revolted. Yin Duan was impeached by the assassin for the crime of "favouring the thief" and sentenced him to death. He was saved for Zhu Jun to bribe officials and lost to the left school.]