A Clash of Gods - Chapter 928

[Chapter 918]

Mrs. Tian hesitated for a while, and then cautiously said: “Master Hou, I brought a calming pill, do you want to… do you want to take two for her?”

“Oh?” Qi Ning thought to himself that he was so brave, nodded and said, “Then I’ll have to work for you.”

After these days, after finally being able to do a small thing for Qi Ning, Madam Tian was overjoyed and hurriedly said, “Then I’ll go get the medicine now.” As if this was an unparalleled event, she hurried back to the house to get the medicine.

Wei Yujiang came over at this time and said softly: “Master Hou, rest early. If the magistrate of Dongyang comes, the humble post can explain to him.”

Although he is only the judge of the Autumn Trial Division of the Ministry of Justice, his grade is still much higher than that of a county magistrate.

Qi Ning shook his head and said, “I can’t sleep for a while, I just think this is a little weird.”

“Master Hou is talking about that woman?”

“She said that her husband was taken away by the ghosts, what did she mean by the ghosts?” Qi Ning thought thoughtfully: “Did she imagine it herself, or did she see something she shouldn’t have seen. Weiss, just now You can also see that when the woman mentioned Li Gui, her whole body trembled, it was a deep-rooted fear, and it seemed that she had left an extremely terrifying memory in her mind.”

“Master Hou said…that what the woman said might be true?” Wei Yujiang was slightly surprised.

Qi Ning said, “I’m not good at judging either. After all, she’s not in a conscious mind. As you said, she can’t tell whether she’s just fanciful or real.”

“If it’s true, can she really see the ghost?” Wei Yujiang frowned and said, “Master Hou, could it be that when his husband was about to die, he was sent by a ghost and was seen by her?”

Qi Ning was stunned, thinking how could you say such nonsense, how could there really be ghosts?

But I suddenly thought that it was a different era after all. From top to bottom, I still believed in ghosts and gods. Although Wei Yujiang was a cadre, it was determined by the times, and it was understandable to believe in ghosts and gods.

Qi Ning smiled and said softly: “Actually, I don’t believe in the theory of ghosts and gods. Zibuyu is strange and confused. The so-called ghosts and gods are nothing more than people’s hearts.”

Wei Yujiang nodded slightly and said nothing.

The two did not wait too long in the inn. Wu Dalin had already brought the magistrate of Dongyang over in about half an hour. The magistrate of Dongyang was wearing an official robe. As soon as he entered the inn, he saw Qi Ning sitting on a chair. , turned his head to look at Wu Dalin, Wu Dalin nodded slightly, the Dongyang County magistrate trotted forward immediately, knelt down in front of Qi Ning, and said respectfully: “Xiaguan Dongyang County magistrate Meng Da, meet the Hou Ye!” Very respectful.

A local magistrate in a mere district has a different status from the hereditary lord of the empire. It is natural to be terrified to see Jinyi Hou here tonight.

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, “Mengzhi County, get up and talk.”

Meng Da, the magistrate of Dongyang County, got up in a hurry, and stood with his hands down, tremblingly, Qi Ning saw that he was in his early fifties, with a fat body and a black beard under his jaw, and motioned for Meng Da to sit next to him. Officials dare not, subordinates dare not!”

Qi Ning didn’t talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point: “Mengzhi County, there is a matter for you to handle here. You can take someone with you in a while and send someone to investigate.”

Meng Zhixian was confused and didn’t know what Qi Ning meant, but he still said: “Yes, yes, the next official will do his best.”

“Do you know what’s going on?” Qi Ning asked, staring at him.

Meng Zhixian said embarrassedly: “Xiaguan does not know, but the errand that Hou Ye explained, even if Xiaguan goes up the mountain and goes down the sea of fire, he will definitely do his best to do it.”

Qi Ning smiled lightly and glanced at Wei Yujiang, only then did Wei Yujiang say: “Mengzhi County, we found a woman here, her husband is missing, and she took her child to look around. I heard that her child died of illness, this woman I can’t stand the stimulation, so I’m crazy. But the reason for her husband’s disappearance, as a local parental official, you always have to investigate clearly. ”

Meng Zhixian hurriedly said, “Is this what Lord Hou said? Xiaguan… Xiaguan knows about it.”

“Know this?” Qi Ning frowned, “Since you know,

Why wasn’t there an investigation?

”

Meng Zhixian immediately said: “Hui Hou Ye said, more than a month ago, the woman went to the yamen and claimed that her husband was taken away… No, the woman was saying that her husband was a ghost. Take it away, ask Xiaguan to decide for her and get her husband back.” He spread his hands and looked confused: “Master Hou, that woman started talking nonsense, Xiaguan… What about Xiaguan? Help her find it and cross-examine it carefully, but she can’t say anything except that her husband was caught by Specter…!”

“Was her child still alive then?”

“Yes, a three- or four-year-old baby.” Mengzhi County said: “Xiaguan asked her to take the child back first, and when she figured it out, she came to report the case, and then…then let her be sent out of the county office. .”

“Send it out?” Qi Ning stared sharply at Meng Zhi County.

Meng Zhixian felt a chill in his heart and bowed his head: “Xiaguan…Xiaguan only thought she was a nonsense at the time, so he sent someone to drive her out.”

Qi Ning snorted coldly and asked, “Did she go to the yamen later?”

“This…!” Meng Zhixian hesitated for a while, and Wu Dalin said coldly beside him, “You don’t answer honestly when you ask the Lord Hou?” Local magistrates take notice.

Meng Zhixian didn’t dare to hide it, and immediately said: “Returning to Lord Hou’s words, the woman went back two or three times, but the lower official just thought she was talking nonsense, so…then never let her enter the yamen.”

“Do you know the origin of that woman?” Wei Yujiang asked from the side: “Since she is in Dongyang County, she is naturally from Dongyang County. Where is her family, and what other family members are there, can you send someone to find out?”

“Xiaguan…!” Meng Zhixian’s forehead was sweating, and he lowered his head and dared not speak.

Wei Yujiang frowned and said, “As a parental official, since someone has sued the county government, no matter how big or small, you should send someone to find out the ins and outs of the matter. Even if the woman is talking nonsense, you should always make it clear why she said it. Such a ridiculous statement?”

Meng Da threw himself to his knees and said in fear, “The lower official is derelict in his duty, and he deserves death. I beg the Lord Marquis for forgiveness.”

“Mengzhi County, this marquis will not cure your sins today, and will give you a chance to atone for your merits.” Qi Ning said lightly, “Tonight you take that woman away and find out the ins and outs of this matter, and this marquis will be ready in a few days. I will come back, and I will ask you about the case in detail at that time, and if you can’t give Ben Hou a satisfactory answer, then don’t blame Ben Hou for turning his face and being ruthless.”

Meng Da hurriedly said: “Xiaguan will do his best to investigate this matter clearly.”

“Wait here for a while.” Qi Ning got up: “When she finishes eating, you can take her away.”

“Yes yes yes.” Meng Da got up and saw that Qi Ning was about to leave, and suddenly said: “Master Hou, Xiaguan… There is something about Xiaguan, I don’t know if I should talk about it or not.”

“Oh?” Qi Ning asked, “What’s the matter?”

Meng Da thought for a while before saying: “Although the lower official has not investigated this case, but… but he has been investigating several other cases.”

Qi Ning sat down again and asked, “What about the cases you mentioned? What does it have to do with this woman?”

“Back to the old man’s words, those cases are all cases of disappearance.” Meng Da cautiously said: “From the year before last to this year, there have been five or six cases like this, without exception, all of them are people. Suddenly disappeared for no apparent reason, with no whereabouts.”

Qi Ning and Wei Yujiang looked at each other, and both felt that there must be something strange about it. Qi Ning had already asked, “You mean there have been cases of disappearance since the year before last?”

“Back to the old man’s words, in June of the previous year, someone went to the yamen to report the case. It was an old couple whose son was suddenly missing one night.” Meng Da recalled: “Xiaguan still remembers, they said that all the time , his son always sleeps at sunrise and sunset. He is very obedient. He had already set a marriage, and he saw that the marriage was approaching, but one morning he didn’t see the child coming out. This never happened. There are traces of sleep, but the child is nowhere to be seen.”

Qi Ning frowned, Wei Yujiang had already asked, “What happened later?”

“The old couple immediately searched everywhere, but they searched all over the village, even in their own fields, but there was no trace.” Meng Da said, “After searching like that for four or five days, there is no news at all, it seems that they are in the human world. Evaporated, all the relatives and friends have not seen the whereabouts of the child, there is no way to find the county yamen.”

“How old is the child?” Wei Yujiang asked.

Meng Da said: “I was seventeen years old at the time. Because I came from farming, I was physically strong.”

“Seventeen years old?” Wei Yujiang continued to ask thoughtfully, “Then can you send someone to investigate?”

“At that time, the front-line war was not over, and all the places were preparing food and salaries to supply the front-line wars.” Meng Da said: “All the energy of the lower officials is on preparing food and salaries, unless it is a major case of human life, some ordinary cases can only be deducted. , UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the disappearance case is bizarre, the manpower in the yamen can’t be freed to find it, so…!”

Qi Ning can understand, after all, the Chu Kingdom was fighting with the Northern Han in Qinhuai at that time. At that time, the war was in full swing, and both sides naturally needed the supply of food and grass from the rear. The local government raised food and salaries for the front line, and naturally did not have much energy to deal with other affairs.

“What about the other cases?” Wei Yujiang asked.

Meng Da was too busy: “The other cases are similar, all of them are people who disappeared mysteriously, and then disappeared like the world, and there is no whereabouts. At the end of last year, the fifth case of the same was received, and the lower official asked people to Several similar cases in the past were found together and investigated.”

“Then can you get a clue from the investigation department?”

Meng Da said embarrassedly: “The officials in these cases sent the county police to investigate them personally, but…but so far, there is no clue.”

Qi Ning looked at Wei Yujiang and asked, “Wei Sishen, do you think these cases and the disappearance of the woman’s husband today belong to the same case?”

Wei Yujiang thought for a moment before saying: “Master Hou, even if it is not done by the same group of people, there must be a great connection.” Thinking of something, he immediately asked Meng Da: “Meng Zhixian, are the missing people all the same? male?”

“Exactly.” Meng Da replied: “The youngest is sixteen and the oldest is twenty-seven. They are all strong young men.”

“Then can others mention Li Guisuoren?”

Meng Da shook his head and said, “Absolutely not. The others were discovered after the man disappeared, and almost all disappeared in the middle of the night.” After a pause, he continued: “Only that crazy… that woman Claiming that her husband was taken away by Specter, Xiaguan… Xiaguan thinks it’s just nonsense, talking nonsense.”