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Chapter 435 The Source of the Tragedy
From other dream fragments of the beggar, we know that this girl has no name or surname, but everyone calls her "Xiaozhen". The beggars in Mengze City have their own circle of communication. Most of them are nameless and have been abandoned and wandering since childhood. It is very normal for them to give each other nicknames and names.
Xiaozhen had a grudge against those young beggars. The reason was that they were involved in a big case recently.
There was a Mr. Zhou in the west of Mengze City. He was a famous wealthy man. His son was found dead in a drainage ditch a few months ago. The government was investigating the case and finally found that it might have been done by a beggar.
These beggars usually stole things and the county government took pity on them and gave them mostly lenient punishments. Unexpectedly, they were gradually condoned and eventually they even committed murders.
The county magistrate was immediately furious. He arrested the leader of the local beggars without any explanation and interrogated him severely, suspecting that it was him who did it.
Because among all the beggars, this guy is the worst.
The beggars who surrounded Xiaozhen knew that their boss was wrongly accused, so they went to plead for mercy but no one believed them.
Among them was a beggar who claimed that he had witnessed Xiaozhen interacting with Mr. Zhou's son and that they had a quarrel, so he guessed that it might have been Xiaozhen's doing.
So they cornered her in a dead end, wanting her to go to the government office and surrender herself. Only in this way could they rescue their boss.
After that, they met the mermaids. The mermaids killed all the beggars and saved the girl Xiaozhen. Because they didn't want the body to be discovered and cause a stir in the city, which would affect the next action, they hid in a wooden box.
Li Changxiao's eyes flickered. Now that immortals and mortals were in conflict, a mortal murder case could have far-reaching consequences.
Li Changxiao had actually heard about the "Mr. Zhou's son loss case" a long time ago. Well... actually not that early, he only found out about it after entering the city yesterday.
After all, processing dream fragments is a very tedious task. A large amount of useless information is interspersed with one or two seconds of useful information.
It takes a lot of patience.
So while Li Changxiao was constantly picking up the fragments of his dreams, all kinds of gossip and miscellaneous things would also pass through his mind. Even if he didn't pay much attention to the couple's night talk and the rumors in the market, he would know a little bit about them.
The "Mr. Zhou's son's loss case" caused a sensation in Mengze City at the time. Almost the whole city was discussing it. Li Changxiao had picked up many dream fragments related to this case.
He initially thought it was just an ordinary homicide case, but he never imagined it would be related to the mermaids and the God of Dreams.
He had heard many versions of the story about Mr. Zhou losing his son, and all of them were widely circulated.
Some people said that this case was a complete conspiracy. Mr. Zhou did not like his son and had always wanted to change his wife, so he plotted to kill his son. The beggar who was caught was just a scapegoat.
Others said that Mr. Zhou was overbearing and had countless enemies, and that it was his enemies who did the killing and fled long ago. The beggar cried out for injustice in the dungeon all day long, but how could the county magistrate not know that he was wronged?
Others said that it was a good thing that Mr. Zhou’s son died because he was arrogant and domineering outside. When he grew up, he might have started to rape and abduct women.
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In short, don’t believe all the rumors in the market, just treat them as a story.
Li Changxiao wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, so he had to investigate carefully and piece together the scattered clues.
The appearance of the girl Ah Zhen made Li Changxiao's actions clearer.
Before killing the couple who owned the dessert shop, the mermaids bought some candied fruits and pastries, probably for the girl.
In addition, when Li Changxiao was walking along East Street, he saw the girl Xiaozhen many times in the dream fragments he picked up along the way, following the mermaid clan.
Combine various.
The right direction is to launch an investigation around the girl Xiaozhen.
With a direction in mind, Li Changxiao patted the sword with his hand, and the Qingping sword was unsheathed and hovered in the air. He jumped lightly, stepped on the sword, flew high in the sky, and flew towards the west of the city.
Mengze City is quite large. If you just walk, it will probably take half an hour to reach the west of the city.
However, flying with a sword only takes a few breaths.
After the Zhou Mansion appeared in his field of vision, Li Changxiao made a sword gesture with his hand and flew down directly. He was very light, like a breeze blowing by. He landed in front of the gate and the long sword was inserted into the scabbard.
The plaque engraved with the words "Zhou Mansion" was stained with blood, and the guards at the door fell to the left and right.
When he arrived at Zhou Mansion, Li Changxiao had no intention of admiring the scenery of the mansion, although the courtyard was indeed well built.
He first went to Mr. Zhou's room, picked up the fragments of Mr. Zhou's dream, and found some rumors in the market, which were completely nonsense.
Mr. Zhou never thought of killing his son. On the contrary, he loved his son very much and was just a little strict with him at ordinary times.
As for the room change, it was completely fabricated. But it was no wonder that rumors were flying everywhere. Although Mr. Zhou was good to his family, he was not a good person either.
He also did a lot of things to oppress the people, and the number of people he killed directly or indirectly was countless.
Li Changxiao went to the room of Zhou Zuo, the son of Mr. Zhou, again. He had a ridiculous feeling in his heart. He actually felt that Zhou Zuo might be the source of the destruction of the city.
Soon, we arrived at Zhou Zuo's bedroom.
Zhou Zuo was still young, only about twelve or thirteen years old, but he was very precocious and loved collecting porcelain and ancient bronze coins.
The dream fragments Zhou Zuo left in his bedroom were very simple and contained no useful clues. Most of them were cursing his father.
Zhou Zuo behaved timidly in front of his father, but outside of him, he was a complete playboy.
I particularly like to visit the "Zuimeng Tower".
A fragment of the dream showed that although Zhou Zuo was young, he had already been a frequent visitor to Zuimenglou. He had known the courtesan for a long time and had done a lot of sexual things with her.
Li Changxiao let out two clicks of the tongue. This Zhou Zuo was really unrestrained and even more playful than his father. From the fragments of his dream, it could be seen that this Zhou Zuo had many quirks, but Li Changxiao was no longer surprised.
The Zhou Mansion did not have the clues that Li Changxiao wanted.
He thought for a moment, then flew up on his sword again and flew towards the east of the city.
He especially remembered that the government office of Mengze City was located in the eastern part of the city. If he could find Zhou Zuo's body and see more fragments of his dreams during his lifetime, perhaps he would be able to get some useful clues.
Flying with a sword was indeed convenient. After a short while, they had crossed most of the city. Li Changxiao jumped directly into the county government office from the air. With a wave of his finger, the Qingping Sword flew back to its scabbard by itself.
Very worry-free.
The constables of the yamen were scattered all over the place, and several major battles took place. Many walls collapsed, the ground cracked, and there were knife marks, sword marks, and whip marks everywhere.
Apparently there were three martial arts masters hidden in this yamen, who were proficient in using three kinds of weapons: knife, sword and whip. They joined forces to wage a great battle against the mermaids.
The result was obvious. The three warriors who resisted died much more miserably than the others.
The others were all killed in one blow, but the three warriors who resisted, two men and one woman, were teased before they died.
Their legs and one arm were torn off and they were thrown on the same level, crawling out of the yamen little by little.
Then the merman who committed the crime slowly chased after them and crushed their heads one by one, just like crushing ants.
One can imagine the fear and despair.
Even though several months had passed, Li Changxiao could still sense that hatred.
Lingering.
"If I meet you, I will try to help you get revenge."
Li Changxiao grumbled softly.
A gentle breeze blew by, dispersing the resentment.