"There may be more than one corpse." Gao Chongjiu said, "Damn it, when I came in I felt something was wrong here! There is a faint smell! No wonder the rotten fish and shrimps are drying outside!"
When Li Ziyu heard that there were still corpses, he was about to speak when suddenly there was a commotion outside. There was a vague noise coming here, and a "brother" ran over and said with a nervous expression: "Master Jiu, there's a commotion outside! It's said that there are people harvesting and cutting animals here, and everyone is going to come in and beat the prisoners to death."
This kind of thing is not uncommon in this time and space. Some criminals with obvious crimes and great public anger are often "beaten to death" by the people because of "public anger" during interrogation or on the way to the Yamen.
Gao Chongjiu knew that it wouldn't take seconds. It's only been half an hour since they came in to handle the case - according to Australian calculations, it's less than an hour. Team Ba Dao doesn't understand the language, so it's impossible to leak the case. As for the brothers he brought, they all understand the rules. . Never speak nonsense to outsiders at will.
The only possibility is that Gao Tianshi's people instigated it - only he knows what is hidden in this Maojia Inn.
He is eager to silence him! Gao Zhongjiuxindao. It seems that this "brother" is not only involved, but also deeply involved.
Thinking of this, he quickly said: "Everyone, please take the prisoner to the locker room first!"
The cabinet house is not only larger, but also of better quality. If you can delay it for a little longer, the National Army at Zhenhai Gate will inevitably come out to suppress the riots - Gao Chongjiu knows that this is not an ordinary "public outrage", but a violent attack. Incited by people. There must be some dangerous elements among them, and they cannot be stopped with just a few scoldings. Maybe they have all kinds of hidden weapons prepared, ready to take advantage of the chaos to strike.
He called two brothers: "You guys, keep an eye on the rich man inside, don't let him run away, or let him die or commit suicide!"
Although the captain of the Ba Dao Team could not understand the Cantonese spoken outside, the noise coming from outside and the changes in the faces of Gao Chongjiu and others knew something was wrong outside. Without waiting for Li Ziyu's order, he immediately shouted in Japanese. , the soldiers pulled out their bayonets and loaded them together, forming a half-moon formation between the gate and the cabinet. The latest and fastest update: The bayonet is facing outward, and the flash cap is loaded.
Li Ziyu, who could speak broken Mandarin, hurried over and told the team leader that there were mobs outside who wanted to rush in to kill and silence the prisoners, and asked him to lead people to ensure the safety of the prisoners and the scene.
Li Ziyu's Mandarin skills were on par with those of the Japanese soldiers from the Ba Dao Squadron, and it took them a while to figure out how to communicate.
"Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The team leader nodded.
"Don't kill too many people." Li Ziyu sweated on his forehead. "They are all people who don't know the truth. They just don't understand what's going on."
Gao Chongjiu said: "Ayu, stop making blind gestures. If we really fight, there will be corpses everywhere. Tell him to follow your command and hit whoever you tell him to hit. Don't shoot randomly!"
Before he finished speaking, dozens of people were seen pouring in at the gate. They all seemed to be local people. They were all dressed in shabby clothes and holding "weapons" ranging from firewood sticks and poles to paddles and pennies. Rushing in with a menacing roar.
Seeing that most of the people were ordinary people who had been incited, Gao Chongjiu couldn't help but secretly complain. The people are extremely angry about harvesting and harvesting of raw materials. It is normal for the people to have such a violent reaction. In the past, the government did not prevent such things. Therefore, the common people feel that they are "removing harm for the people" and have no fear. But the situation is different now - he is not trying to "make meritorious deeds" after solving a major case. The key is that Australians are not easy-going people and want to understand everything. If you really let them beat the main culprit to death, you will never get any good results.
With the ten Japanese pirates in front of me, plus a few brothers who came with me, it is absolutely impossible to stop these many people. Although the ten Japanese pirates they brought are not afraid of killing, killing innocent people is not only unreasonable and unjustifiable, Australians His face was also dull.
While I was thinking about countermeasures, suddenly the other wall shook, and I heard someone shouting wildly outside: "There are people taking pictures of flowers inside!", "Come in and kill them!", "Beat the people taking pictures of flowers!"
The wall surrounding the inn was nothing more than a bamboo fence made of yellow mud. How could it withstand the collision? In just a moment, a wall collapsed, and many people poured in instantly.
Seeing the sword-drawing team waiting inside, the crowd hesitated for a moment. Just at this moment, someone else was shouting: "This is the official duty of the Australians, and they are all for killing bad guys! Don't be afraid, everyone!"
Gao Chongjiu luckily shouted: "Dear elders! The flower-shooter has been captured! Please don't abuse lynching. We will take him to the Yamen, where he will be interrogated and then executed."
“The government officer wants to release the person privately!”, “Beat him to death and bring him down!”, “The officer has eaten the thief!”, “They are in the same group!”
A faint voice came from the crowd, which caused the already rolling public anger to boil away. More and more people were seen pouring in. The momentum was so fierce that Li Ziyu felt her body trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing that the momentum was not right, the squad leader gave an order. The soldiers opened their hammers, put their guns on their shoulders one by one, and were ready to shoot.
Li Ziyu knew that if this volley of guns was fired, seven or eight people would be killed or injured. He would not be able to advance or retreat, and he couldn't help but sweat profusely. Seeing the people rushing up, the squad leader kept looking at himself from the corner of his eyes. He was in a dilemma. Gao Chongjiu said: "Tell them to shoot a row of empty guns. After the shooting, we will retreat to the house and die - this is far from Zhenhai." The door is close, and once the gun fires, a large number of people will definitely come!"
Li Ziyu nodded repeatedly and quickly gesticulated with the squad leader. The squad leader muttered a few words to the soldiers. The soldiers raised their guns and fired a volley at the heads of the mob.
The dull sound of gunfire echoed in the air, and the bullets passed over people's heads with a sharp whistle. The courtyard was instantly filled with smoke, and the people who poured in made screams of terror, stumbling and pushing each other towards what they thought was... Run to the door. The originally turbulent and unstoppable crowd instantly disintegrated into countless panicked individuals. Rushing into each other, screaming and running away.
Although Gao Chongjiu remained calm, he was still shocked by the effect of the volley of guns, not only the sound and light effect that almost destroyed everything, but also the deterrent effect on the will of the crowd. In the past, once a civil uprising was triggered, public servants would never dare to confront the mob head-on. No matter it was a whip or a sword, they were useless in front of the red-eyed and rioting people.
Even in the chaotic noise, he could still hear the Japanese pirate leader's calm and awkward Chinese: "Clear the chamber!", "Load the bullet!"
The smoke gradually dissipated, and the crowd that had filled almost half of the courtyard had disappeared, leaving only a dozen unlucky guys who had been crushed, trampled and injured in the chaos, moaning. The ground was littered with discarded "weapons" such as poles, firewood sticks, and wooden sticks, as well as many tattered straw sandals.
Li Ziyu was in shock, her legs were shaking, and her hands were so weak that she couldn't even hold the baton. If there wasn't a rope hanging on her arm, she might have fallen down. Looking at Gao Chongjiu again, his face was also ugly. The same ten Japanese pirates, although their faces were solemn, were calm and composed, their shotguns raised at an angle, already loaded with ammunition, and they looked like they were ready.
The originally noisy sounds on the street outside the hospital suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the river waves washing against the river bank instantly became clearly audible. Li Ziyu's mood was extremely nervous. Suddenly, the sharp sound of police sirens came from the street. I couldn't help but feel relaxed all over, and almost collapsed to the ground.
Wu Xiang looked at Li Ziyu with complicated emotions, and couldn't help but wonder if there was a kind of person in this world who was born to be a policeman? He remembered that when he was studying case handling with Mu Min, his master once told some interesting detective stories. Among them, the one that impressed him the most was a detective named Ke. Murder cases occurred wherever he went, and he The murderer was also brought to justice time and time again.
This inconspicuous patrol officer had been promoted from patrol officer to the Public Security Section of the city bureau within a few months of joining the job. Now, in order to track down a human trafficking case, he had solved another major case - this was outrageous luck.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, the case of harvesting and mutilating was considered a serious crime, and the fact that some people incited the people to attack the prisoners with the obvious intention of silencing them shows that the water behind this case is very deep. Thinking back to the headless corpse case discovered by Li Ziyu, the case has not yet been solved, and there are many shadows behind it.
Judging from the clues that have been discovered, this group of people is not as simple as snapping flowers and cutting them off. Wu Xiang had learned when he was studying, and had also heard from Wang Zhaomin and some old servants that childbirth cases were often mixed with elements of witchcraft and sorcery.
He looked at the criminal police who were searching in this dilapidated and messy riverside inn, and an unfounded thought suddenly broke into his mind: Could there be some connection here?
The scene has been cordoned off by the National Army who came after hearing the gunshots. After hearing the news, police temporarily deployed from the city were searching the scene. Because Gao Chongjiu said that the criminals creating such a huge scene by the river could not have been prepared for the few victims who have been found so far. It is very likely that the bodies of more victims have not been found.
"There are no less than twenty gourds prepared by Guangcai. There are seven or eight gourds with amber inside. Each gourd has a soul. At least seven or eight people died on this land, and there are still a dozen empty. They Still ready to continue working," Gao Chongjiu said based on his experience.
Wu Xiang felt cold all over his body, an indescribable coldness of death. It was even more frightening than when he saw bandits killing dozens of villagers in public in Shiba Village when he was a child.
"Report to the Section Chief!" A policeman panted over and reported, "Something suspected to be a human body was found." He spoke with a look of disgust. Obviously, the scene is anything but pleasant.
Wu Xiang nodded: "Let's go and have a look."
