"Master Chen?" Mr. Lu looked at Chen Mu calmly.
"It's me." Chen Mu got up from the ground, cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for saving me."
"It takes a little effort." Lu Baotou glanced at the two people on the ground lightly.
The two groaning men lying on the ground noticed the look in Mr. Lu's eyes, and their whole bodies trembled, and their voices became much softer.
It seemed that he was extremely afraid of this head catcher named Lu.
"Can Mr. Chen please come to the county government office? I would like Mr. Chen's help with some matters." Mr. Lu said politely.
"No problem." Chen Mu agreed without hesitation.
"Please!" Mr. Lu held the knife in his right hand and stepped aside to get out of the way.
Chen Mu patted the dirt on his body and walked towards the entrance of the alley.
When passing by a short man, he stamped his right foot hard on his left hand.
ah……
The man was caught off guard and screamed like a slaughtered pig.
Captain Lu suddenly looked strange.
Noticing Mr. Lu's gaze, Chen Mu smiled shyly. Then he pushed hard with his right foot twice.
The corner of Lu Baotou's mouth suddenly twitched.
Walking out of the alley, the two walked side by side.
Chen Mu suddenly said: "Does Capt. Lu know the identities of these two people?"
"I don't know." Lu Baotou replied subconsciously.
Immediately he looked at Chen Mu in surprise, why, you still want to take revenge?
"If you are blocked for no reason, you have to know which god you have offended, right?" Chen Mu sighed and said, "The main reason is for future safety. If you can't afford to offend, you can always hide."
"I really don't know these two people." Mr. Lu hesitated for a moment and said, "But judging from their clothes, they look like they are from Dongshi Miaohua Workshop."
Dongshi? Miaohua Workshop?
That painter Yan? !
I'm just selling a painting, but I'm looking for someone to break my hand.
He wanted to take revenge directly.
But he was a poor scholar, making a living by selling paintings.
But the other party has been entrenched in Anlefang all year round. He can drive the gangster Qingpi to take revenge on his own. Isn't that just hitting an egg with a stone?
Chen Mu said with a look of reluctance: "You can't go to Dongshi from now on."
Mr. Lu glanced at Chen Mu but hesitated to speak.
The two of them were neither relatives nor friends, and he didn't know the specific details, so he couldn't help directly.
He could only remain silent and took Chen Mu straight to the county government office.
…
Qingshan County Government Office
Chen Mu stood alone in the lobby of the county government office and looked around.
The lobby is spacious, with two rows of wooden stands on both sides. Wooden staffs, gongs, umbrellas, ceremonial weapons, etc. are neatly placed.
There are desks in the lobby in the depths, complete with documents, signed slips, pen holders, and inkstones.
There is also a palm-sized bronze mirror covered with patina in the corner of the desk.
"Is the ancient county government so unreliable? Call me here and let me stand here by myself?" Chen Mu muttered.
Since arriving at the county government office, he has been left alone in the deserted lobby.
Mr. Lu disappeared into the back hall, and he didn't know when he would come back.
"There is no record of any crime in my predecessor's memory. I haven't done anything particularly evil, so there is a high probability that nothing will happen to me." Chen Mu was relatively calm.
"It's a pity that the painting skills that I just developed seem a bit difficult to realize." With nothing to do at the moment, Chen Mu silently thought about how to treat Painter Yan.
It's not hard to guess why the other party plotted against him.
It's nothing more than attacking peers and safeguarding one's own interests.
The method is simple and crude, but very practical.
"We can't go to Anlefang until we think of a way to break the situation." Chen Mu thought regretfully.
I just found a way to make money, but I didn't expect that it would be forced to terminate after only one day of operation.
"Fortunately, I made ten taels of silver from the Wang family, so I don't have to worry about food and drink for the time being."
But if you want to learn martial arts and see the strange scenery of this world with only ten taels of silver, that is obviously not enough.
…
County government hall.
Du Huai, the lieutenant of Qingshan County, sat at the top uneasily.
"Lieutenant Du Xian, that man has been standing under the bronze mirror to ward off evil spirits for half an hour. It should have nothing to do with evil spirits." Head Lu said.
A middle-aged Taoist priest next to him shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily true. If you can hide the Wuxin Bell from Qingfeng Guan, you may be able to escape the evil mirror."
If Chen Mu were here, he would have discovered that this middle-aged Taoist priest was Qingfeng Guan sincerity.
Lieutenant Du Xian immediately stood up and faced the back door, ready to run away at any time. Then he looked at Captain Lu nervously and asked, "Is it really him who did the murder of the Wang family?"
To be able to evade the Wuxin Bell and hide from the evil mirror, only a very ferocious evil spirit can do this!
"According to the interview and investigation, Chen Mu's trajectory after leaving Wang's house was clear, and he never left the house after returning home. It is unlikely to be him." Captain Lu hesitated for a moment and truthfully told the investigation results.
"If he sneaks out of the house in the middle of the night, no one will be able to detect him." Chengyi said lightly.
Captain Lu glanced at Chengcheng and said, "The other party seems to have some conflicts with Miaohua Workshop. Someone has been keeping an eye on him yesterday."
"It's okay if it's not." Lieutenant Du Xian breathed a sigh of relief and sat back on the chair.
"What's going on with that headless portrait?" Chengzhi frowned and said, "The painting is headless, but the person's head is missing. It doesn't look normal no matter how you look at it."
Du Xianwei, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly became nervous again.
"Perhaps someone is trying to be mysterious." Lu Baotou said with narrowed eyes.
"Human? Impossible! The murder of the Wang family must have been done by evil spirits!" Captain Du glared at Mr. Lu and said.
Under his rule, a massacre occurred, and evil spirits caused chaos.
If it was man-made, he, the county lieutenant, could not catch the criminals, but he would have suffered in the end-of-year evaluation!
The murder of the Wang family must have been the work of evil spirits!
"Whether he is a human or not, this Chen Mu is highly suspicious." Chengcheng said lightly.
"It seems we can't let go of this Chen Mu." Du Xianwei thought thoughtfully.
"If there is nothing else, Pindao will leave first." Chengzheng glanced at Lu Baotou and said calmly.
"Okay, Mr. Lu will give me a gift from the Taoist Priest of Sincerity." Lieutenant Du Xian said with a smile.
…
In the lobby, Chen Mu, who was bored waiting, stared at the bronze mirror.
The bronze mirror is round, with flame-like patterns carved around it, covered with green patina, and mounted on a small wooden frame. I don’t know which dynasty antique it is.
Just as he was thinking about it, two figures came out of the back hall.
"Taoist Master Sincerity?" Chen Mu looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest in surprise.
"No matter how well you hide it, sooner or later you will be exposed!" Chengzhi glanced at Chen Mu and said coldly.
After saying that, he ignored the confused Chen Mu, turned around and left the lobby quickly.
When did I offend this Taoist priest? Chen Mu looked puzzled.
What kind of fuss are there about those who make evil noises?
After a while, Mr. Lu returned to the lobby. He also held a painting in his hand.
He came to Chen Mu, unfolded the scroll and said, "Mr. Chen, was this painting painted by you?"
Chen Mu looked carefully and felt his scalp numb.
The meticulous technique and three-dimensional portrait were exactly what he painted for the portrait of Mr. Wang.
But strangely, the head on the portrait disappeared. It was as if someone had wiped it out of thin air.
"I drew it, but what I drew was a full-length portrait with a head." Chen Mu felt that he was in trouble.
"The Wang family was wiped out last night, and all direct blood relatives died. Just like in this portrait, the heads are missing!"
Chen Mu's scalp tightened.
broken!
This is doubting yourself!
"If you can't prove that you have nothing to do with the Wang family's murder, I can only let you stay in the cell for a few days." Captain Lu said calmly.
this……
