Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 22: Unreliable Bodyguard
Xinye County, outside the east gate of Shen Mansion.
The tall and fiery Huo Anu was glaring at Xu Zun with disgust, not wanting to take another step.
"Xu Tanzi, don't think that I have to listen to you just because Master Shen is backing me up!" She clenched her fists and threatened, "You dared to speak rudely to me in the silk shop, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!"
Huo Anu has a special identity. Although he is always by Miss Shen's side, he is not a servant in the true sense.
In addition, she is a skilled martial artist, and almost no one in the Shen Mansion dares to mess with her, including Xu Zun.
Last time in the silk shop, Xu Zun got angry simply because he mistook her identity. If it were now, he might be a little more restrained.
However, facing Huo Anu's questioning at this moment, Xu Zun still responded without hesitation:
"You are such a fool! Please use your brain, if it is not an emergency, would my father-in-law send you to protect me?"
"Hmph, don't think I'm easy to fool!" Huo Anu suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch Xu Zun's shoulder, glaring and saying, "I think you are just being mysterious, and you may have some bad intentions in your heart!"
Suddenly, Xu Zun felt a burning sensation on his shoulder.
This woman's hands are indeed strong enough, it seems that she can deform her own shoulder blade with one hand!
If it were his temper in his previous life, Xu Zun really wanted to give her a shoulder throw and see how many rounds his free fighting skills could last against this martial arts master?
However, now is obviously not the right time and he cannot easily show his abilities.
So, Xu Zun endured the severe pain in his shoulder and said calmly:
"Do you think... this is what I want? Do you think I'm begging you to protect me? These are all arranged by my father-in-law. If you don't like it, then get out!"
"You?" Huo Anu was furious, and his hands tightened even more , "Watch your mouth!"
"Okay, if you don't want to do it, forget it!" Xu Zun gritted his teeth and said, "Then go back by yourself. I don't need your protection! Humph!"
Xu Zun snorted contemptuously, turned around and tried to leave, but he couldn't because someone was still grabbing his shoulders.
"You?" Huo Anu seemed to realize something, and then he let go of his hand and smiled coldly, "Xu Tanzi, you are trying to provoke me! Do you really think I dare not leave?"
"Okay, let's go? I can't wait to do that!"
After saying that, Xu Zun turned around and left.
As soon as he turned his head, his face was extremely distorted and he grinned, and it felt like the bones in his shoulders were broken.
"you……"
Watching Xu Zun leave without hesitation, Huo Anu seemed a little confused, and felt that he could no longer understand the former Xu Xiaotan.
Originally, she wanted to go up and argue a few more words, but she saw that Xu Zun had no intention of stopping at all. If she chased after him, it would be a waste of time.
"Okay! You've got it!" She put the iron umbrella on her shoulder and said coldly, "I don't want to serve you, go away!"
After saying that, she turned around and left, heading back to the Shen Mansion...
…
Oh my god!
As soon as Xu Zun turned into the alley, he began to rub his shoulders with a very painful expression.
As expected of an expert at playing with an iron umbrella, his hands are really strong. If he keeps pinching for a while, I’m afraid I won’t be able to lift my arm.
It seemed that my free-fighting had no chance of winning against her at all. Fortunately, I didn't take action just now.
All right!
Xu Zun gritted his teeth. It would be better not to have such a female bodyguard. Even if he was not killed by the enemy, he would be tortured half to death by her.
Although this Fire Anu is plump and pretty, she doesn't seem to be on the same wavelength as me. I'd better not harbor any illusions that I'll fall in love with her after spending enough time with her.
well……
Xu Zun adjusted his thinking again and began to make a new plan.
If Huo Anu can't be his bodyguard, then it seems he can only find a few constables to help him.
Although he didn't trust these detectives, he always felt more at ease having a few of them around him.
Next, he walked towards the funeral home, intending to see the body there first.
On the way, his mind was racing, still thinking about the two cases.
Just now at the Shen Mansion, Shen Tiande had told Xu Zun everything he knew about the Iron Coffin Case.
Although Shen Tiande didn't know much, Xu Zun still gained something.
Shen Tiande is a big shot in the officialdom. Through this incident, he also vaguely smelled something unusual.
This is because ordinary people definitely cannot build such a huge iron coffin. Since the iron coffin appeared twice in Xinye County, it means that this case must be related to Xinye County!
Moreover, there may be some huge conspiracy behind the iron coffin, which is not as simple as an ordinary murder case.
Therefore, Shen Tiande decided to send someone to inquire with the higher authorities to see if similar incidents had occurred in other states and counties.
As the saying goes, it’s nice to lean on a big tree for shade. With the participation of his father-in-law, Xu Zun felt much more at ease.
Next, he can devote all his efforts to investigating the You Dalang incident and find out who is the person who is monitoring him behind the scenes.
Yizhuang is a place specially for storing the dead. In addition to the bodies of You Dalang and his wife, the mysterious Taoist priest in the iron coffin and the chief clerk Liu Zhang have also been transferred here.
This is the important place of the Shi family. Originally, there was no one guarding it. But now that such a serious case has occurred, County Magistrate Qiu still sent yamen runners to guard here.
When Xu Zun arrived at the charity cemetery, it was already getting dark.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came in, he saw a large group of people gathered in the courtyard of the charity cemetery, including constables, yamen runners and some migrant workers.
No way?
Xu Zun soon saw that everyone was surrounding a carriage, and on the carriage was the mysterious iron coffin!!!
"This..." Xu Zun asked hurriedly, "How did you get this thing here?"
As soon as he said this, he knew the answer. Where else could such a huge coffin be placed if not in the charity cemetery? Who would be happy to put it there?
Sure enough, the yamen runners' answers were exactly the same.
"Two horses and more than a dozen people pushing it !" One of the detectives introduced to Xu Zun, "It took two full hours to get here!"
As they were talking, everyone had already built the scaffolding and were preparing crowbars, ropes and other items to unload the iron coffin from the truck.
Two horses, a dozen people...
Xu Zun calculated in his mind that it seemed that the iron coffin was not so heavy that it could not be moved. It was just a little more difficult to move than ordinary objects.
So... since this thing appeared twice in Xinye County, could it be that... it was not transported from far away?
No, it must be made in Xinye County, right?
Also, the iron coffin from two years ago has been taken away by the government and its whereabouts are unknown. I wonder if the two iron coffins are the same one?
"Hey? Be careful..."
Everyone was working together to control the iron coffin to fall to the ground, but unexpectedly, when the iron coffin was hanging in the air, one of the ropes suddenly broke!
The person who pulled the rope suddenly fell down, and the huge iron coffin suddenly tilted down, heading straight for Xu Zun!
If such a heavy iron coffin hit Xu Zun, he would either die or be seriously injured!
ah!?
Xu Zun was shocked and instinctively rolled to the side.
At the same time Xu Zun rolled over, a tall figure fell from the sky and stood directly in front of Xu Zun in front of everyone's astonished eyes!
oh……
Everyone thought that this person was going to be knocked away by the iron coffin, but they saw that this person lifted up the extremely heavy iron coffin with one arm and actually held it up!
Then, an iron umbrella suddenly appeared and was held under the coffin by this person, so that the coffin landed steadily on the ground...
