The four horses left the city gate of Bozhou Prefecture early in the morning and headed straight for Boling County.
The carriage they took when they came to Bozhou made several heroes with martial arts backgrounds feel depressed, so this time when going to Boling County, Huo Yuanji decisively chose to ride a fast horse.
It only took the four fast horses half a day to arrive at Boling County, located in the east of Bozhou.
However, the four of them did not enter the county seat. Instead, they entered the county and went straight to Anping Village, a neighboring village of Lepingzhuang in the past, hoping to get some news about the plague in Lepingzhuang that year.
However, when the villagers in Anping Village heard the three words "Leping Village", their faces changed as if they were talking about it, and then they all found excuses to leave.
So, everyone worked hard for a long time, but got nothing.
"No, we can't go on like this. We have to find a way to dispel the wariness of the villagers, otherwise we won't be able to get any useful information at all."
Tang Fengling said while sitting on a big rock at the end of the village.
Huo Yuanji deeply agreed.
The villagers in Anping Village were obviously tight-lipped about what happened in Lepingzhuang.
"They should be afraid of Liu Kong and Min Lin."
Lin Feifei said.
"In recent years, these two people, one is the governor of Bozhou and the other is the magistrate of Boling County, it is easy for them to deal with a small village in their own territory. Even if those two people are gone now, the remaining power will be enough to frighten these villagers."
Tang Fengling nodded and said: "So, as long as we tell the villagers about the death of the two of them, maybe we can relieve their vigilance?"
Huo Yuanji and Lin Feifei both nodded.
And at this moment, there was a strange noise from the side.
When several people turned around to look, they saw a young woodcutter standing next to him, with a piece of freshly chopped firewood at his feet.
The strange sound just now was caused by the firewood falling to the ground.
However, the young woodcutter did not notice this at all at this moment. Instead, he stood there with a look on his face as if he had heard some incredible news.
The Thief Saint smiled and said: "My good disciple, your breakthrough point has appeared."
Tang Fengling, Huo Yuanji, and Lin Feifei looked at each other, and Huo Yuanji was the first to walk up.
"Brother, are you okay?"
The young woodcutter came to his senses at this time, looked at the fallen firewood on the ground, and said apologetically: "It's okay, it's okay."
As he spoke, he picked up the firewood on the ground.
Huo Yuanji smiled, turned back, and continued discussing with Lin Feifei and the other three.
"In other words, as long as we tell the villagers here that Min Linhe and Liu Kong were burned to death in the capital, it should be fine, right?"
"It should be that as long as the villagers confirm that they are dead, they will naturally know what they did in Lepingzhuang."
The three people spoke loudly. The woodcutter was about to leave, but he stopped again because he heard what they said.
After standing for a while, he walked towards the three of them.
Seeing this, the Thief Saint smiled.
"Guys, are you telling the truth?"
Huo Yuanji and the other three turned around at the same time to look at him.
The woodcutter seemed to realize something, and said quickly: "I'm presumptuous. I'm Li Fei, a villager in Anping Village. I overheard the conversation of several people, and I hope you can forgive me."
His speech and behavior are completely unlike those of a woodcutter from a small village, but more like a scholar who has read poetry and books.
Huo Yuanji smiled and said: "Brother Li is serious. My name is Huo Yuanji, and I am the head hunter for Jiulong Mansion. What Brother Li asked just now, I can guarantee that it is true. Min Lin and Liu Kong were both killed in the capital."
Li Fei's eyes widened almost instantly.
"Kowloon Mansion?"
Huo Yuanji explained: "The Jiulong Mansion is an organization established by His Majesty's order last year. It is mainly responsible for investigating various hanging cases. The person in charge is the son of Duke Chen."
Li Fei nodded and said: "Son of Duke Chen, that's it. I dare to ask Brother Huo, how did Min Lin and Liu Kong die?"
Huo Yuanji said: "The specific cause of death is not yet clear, but their bodies were all found at the fire scene."
Li Fei's eyes flashed and he said: "Found at the fire scene?"
Huo Yuanji smiled and said: "Yes. Both of their identities have been tested (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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I can confirm that it is them. "
Li Fei nodded when he heard this, "I see, thank you Brother Huo for informing me."
Huo Yuanji nodded, and then discussed with Tang Fengling and Lin Feifei whether they should go to the village and put up a notice saying that those two people were dead.
At this time, Li Fei asked again: "Brother Huo wants to know what happened in Leping Village back then?"
Huo Yuanji nodded and said: "We found out that when Liu Kong was the magistrate of Boling County, Leping Village was burned down due to the plague. However, we felt that with Liu Kong's official reputation in the local area, there might be some insider information at this time, so we came here. Investigate. It’s just that the people in Anping Village are afraid of the power of the two thieves and dare not tell them."
Hearing this, Li Fei looked at the three of them, then pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Huo, if you really want to know what happened back then, I know someone who escaped from Leping Village."
Huo Yuan was extremely happy and said: "Really? Please ask Brother Li to introduce you."
Li Fei nodded and said, "Then please invite a few of you to follow me home first."
The four people looked at each other and nodded.
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Li Fei took four people to the door of a house in Anping Village.
It is said to be a family home, but in fact it is just a fenced yard with a three-bay thatched house. There are a few old hens and a big yellow dog in the yard. When everyone comes in, the other side looks not too old. The big yellow dog started barking at me.
"Rhubarb, be quiet."
Although Li Fei behaves like a scholar, the name given to the big yellow dog does not have the flavor of a scholar citing scriptures, but is more appropriate for his identity as a woodcutter.
The big yellow dog calmed down, Li Fei put down the firewood he had worked so hard to fetch, and led everyone into the main room in the middle of the thatched house to sit down.
"Is there anyone else in Brother Li's family?" Huo Yuanji looked around and asked.
Li Feidao: "Both my parents have passed away for many years, and I am not married yet, and I have no wife or children."
Huo Yuanji said with a hint of apology: "So, it's me, Meng Lang."
Li Fei smiled, served tea to everyone, and then apologized: "Brother Huo, you two ladies, I'll excuse you for a moment."
After that, he went straight to the east wing.
Huo Yuanji, Lin Feifei, and Tang Fengling looked at each other.
At this time, Li Fei's voice came from the east wing room where the door had been closed.
Although Li Fei closed the door, this wall was not a barrier at all to the four masters present.
Therefore, the three of them listened to Li Fei's words easily.
I could only hear Li Fei crying bitterly in the side room, muttering words such as "He is finally dead, God has eyes".
The three of them couldn't help but look at each other.
Then I heard an extremely crucial sentence:
"Mom and Dad, you two are alive in heaven, and you can finally rest in peace."
The three were shocked when they heard this.
Could it be that Li Fei is the orphan who survived when Lepingzhuang destroyed the village?
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When Gongsun arrived, Chen Yutian was still thinking about love.
Seeing Gongsun arriving, he immediately asked him to sit down and asked: "Gongsun, what are the results of the autopsy? Can the identity be confirmed?"
Gongsun shook his head, "It's burned beyond recognition, so it's hard to judge accurately. But I also have some findings that I want to report to your Excellency."
Chen Yutian raised his eyebrows slightly.
Gongsun continued: "I found that the cause of death of the deceased this time was the same as that of Min Lin. They were starved for a few days and then burned to death. There were signs that the limbs had been broken by force. But the methods were different. "
Chen Yutian frowned involuntarily and said, "What do you mean..."
Gongsun said: "Your Excellency, you have also seen Min Lin's burnt corpse. I have carefully inspected it. The shape of the bones at the broken limbs clearly showed that they were broken by huge force. But this corpse is not like that. The reason why his limbs were severed was because the nerves and meridians in his limbs were completely burned."
Chen Yutian had a look of shock on his face.
"What are you talking about? This is impossible... Although the fire was not small, it was destroyed by Tianhan not long after. Logically speaking, it should not be able to burn the nerves or even the meridians (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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, otherwise let alone the complete body, we should have found a pile of ashes. "
Gongsun nodded, "Your Excellency is right. So I am sure that the nerves and meridians of the deceased were not burned in the fire, but were burned before the death of the deceased."
Chen Yutian was even more surprised.
"You mean... the inner power of fire?"
Gongsun nodded, "Yes. Moreover, the murderer must have extremely strong control over this internal force, so that he can accurately use the internal force to burn the nerves and meridians of the deceased's limbs, as well as a kind of internal fire power with a cold and cold attribute."
"The inner power of fire with the cold attribute?"
Chen Yutian felt that it was a bit outrageous, but he also knew that if the internal power of fire was the Yang Gang attribute, even if the user controlled it extremely well, it would become violent after entering the body of the deceased due to the nature of the internal power itself, thus burning the meridians. The bones outside even set a person on fire from the inside out.
But in this world, is there really the inner power of fire with the cold attribute?
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