Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 20: Dangers lurking around
Damn it!
Unexpectedly, Xu Zun also has the same catchphrase as Zhao Yu, and sometimes he can't help but blurt it out.
This is originally a local dialect, but Xu Zun, a foreigner, feels that it is quite smooth to pronounce and seems to be able to aptly express his current feelings.
Oh, what is going on?
An iron coffin inexplicably appeared on the stone bridge. In the iron coffin were not only a Taoist priest and a clerk, but also his own destiny!
If I can't handle it, I might be finished. I wonder if my father-in-law will be able to protect me then?
The most puzzling thing is that 37 people died in the Iron Coffin Case two years ago, but no one in the entire county government knew the details. It is really unbelievable!
No one knows what happened back then?
The only two people who knew about the case, one died in an iron coffin and the other was far away.
It's really bizarre. Such a big pure iron coffin, let alone making it, even transporting it should be a very difficult task, right?
I really don't understand why someone would come up with something like this?
Is it really used to pretend to be dead? Could it have other uses? For example, to contact aliens?
Bah bah bah…
Xu Zun spat fiercely, feeling that he was becoming more and more outrageous.
At this moment, he happened to arrive at the second hall of the county government office.
It was here that he had a fight with Liu Zhubu yesterday.
At that time, Liu Zhubu did seem a little flustered. It seemed there were already signs of this.
Liu Zhang...Liu Zhang...
Xu Zun had already extracted all the information about this chief clerk and found that this person was indeed as honest and conscientious as the county magistrate said, and had never had any conflicts with anyone.
So...what was the reason for his death?
Is he related to the iron coffin case two years ago?
Or is it simply because he knows the inside story of the Iron Coffin Case and some people don't want him to speak out?
Thinking of this, Xu Zun stopped and stood at the door of the side hall to recall the details of yesterday.
At that time, Liu Zhubu came in from outside and bumped into him. Judging from his momentum, it seemed that he was going to the side hall.
However, after bumping into him and Magistrate Qiu, he returned the same way.
So...what was he going to do then?
Is it that he has some secret that he doesn't want himself and County Magistrate Qiu to know?
Looking up, I saw that the side hall of the second hall led to two places, one was the archive room of the county government, and the other was the warehouse.
These two places are important places of the county government, and there are yamen runners on duty on weekdays.
However, these two places were places Liu Zhang often went in and out. After all, he was the chief clerk, and it was his responsibility to organize files and inventory cashier.
In other words, Liu Zhubu wanted to go to one of these two places yesterday, but because he saw himself and the county magistrate were there, he had to give up on the spot...
It seems that this chief clerk does have a secret!
His death is most likely related to this secret.
have no idea……
Xu Zun looked towards the end of the side hall, wondering if there might be any clues in the archive room or warehouse.
Why?
Unexpectedly, just when Xu Zun was thinking about whether to go and take a look, that familiar feeling appeared again!
He instinctively sensed something strange behind him and turned his head suddenly. He saw something flash quickly in the depths of the yard and then disappear.
Depend on!
Xu Zun was shocked!
This undoubtedly shows that I was not in a trance last night, there was definitely something secretly monitoring me!
Who is it !?
Oh my god, Xu Zun realized that this is the county government office. Could the person who is monitoring him be someone from the county government office?
Insider?
In an instant, Xu Zun's blood boiled, his heart beat faster, and he felt as if he had fallen into a huge net, surrounded by poisonous snakes with fangs baring, and danger at every step!
Thinking back on yesterday's experiences, he felt more and more that no one around him was reliable!
Zhao Yu, the constable, the jailer, the coroner, he didn't know if the dark shadow that was monitoring him was among these people?
Also, was the murder of his wife by You Dalang really directed at him?
It seems that my current situation is more dangerous than I imagined.
how so?
I am just a confused county lieutenant, why do some people care about me so much?
It’s just surveillance now, who knows what will happen in the future?
In an instant, a terrifying scene appeared in Xu Zun's mind: he was lying in that cold iron coffin, and had become a corpse like Liu Zhubu...
etc……
In another moment, Xu Zun suddenly realized a key issue!
Oh my god!
How could I have overlooked something so important?
Xu Zun thought that he was just a confused county lieutenant before he traveled through time, but he suddenly became shrewd after traveling through time. This seemed fine to him, but it was completely different in the eyes of outsiders!
Oh my god!
He quickly thought of a terrible possibility: someone really wanted to use You Dalang to get rid of him, but he didn't expect that he suddenly became smart and killed You Dalang in return.
This disrupted their rhythm and attracted surveillance!
In other words, the person who was secretly monitoring him was most likely the real culprit behind the You Dalang case!
Even You Dalang might have been killed by him!
broken……
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the worse it felt. If he had guessed right, the other party would definitely take action again.
Even though I am no longer the same person I used to be, it is easier to avoid an open attack than to guard against an arrow from the dark. This is not a solution.
what to do?
Xu Zun stood there, his mind racing.
The first thing that came to my mind was that I could no longer pretend to be cool!
Different from those time-travel novels, he couldn't just start talking nonsense right away. He had to perfectly recreate the character of the confused county lieutenant Xu Zun and not let others see any flaws.
Only by making the enemy feel no threat can we reduce some risks.
However, being just a confused county lieutenant was obviously not what Xu Zun wanted.
He knew that if he wanted to get rid of the danger once and for all, there was only one way, and that was to find out the truth and find out those who threatened him!
Therefore, the case must not be abandoned, especially You Dalang's case.
After investigating till now, he became more and more suspicious that there was something fishy about the coroner Wang Shuncai. And now he disappeared inexplicably, which made him even more suspicious.
Therefore, he should go to the charity cemetery to examine the body and investigate Wang Shuncai's personal situation.
As for the Iron Coffin Case, we should go to the archives and warehouse of the yamen to see if we can discover the little secret of the chief clerk Liu Zhang?
but……
Xu Zun looked towards the depths of the side hall again. Although the archive room and the warehouse were close at hand, it seemed inappropriate for him to go and check them out now.
He could feel that the Iron Coffin Case was much more advanced and complicated than the You Dalang Case. If he was not sure, he'd better not act rashly.
no!
I am now alone and weak. Although I have learned free fighting and shooting, I am still a bit weak in this world full of martial arts masters.
so……
Why?
right!
Finally, Xu Zun came up with a good idea. His eyes lit up and his expression became a little vulgar...
