Chapter 69: Terror in Tianchang County

  The words of the official removed everyone's suspicion about Akane.

  As night fell, everyone began to slowly head home, and since they all lived on the same street, they walked together.

  On the road, Bao Gong's face looked very unsightly. Everyone saw this and was somewhat puzzled. So, everyone cast their eyes on Hualang, hoping that he could figure out what was going on.

  Hualang was gazed at by everyone like this, and could only open his mouth to ask: "Brother Bao seems to have some worries?"

  Bao Zheng's face didn't look good, he said: "Indeed very worried, like today Tianchang County has had two women die in a row, and the way these two women died is roughly the same. I'm worried that if these two cases are really done by the same person, then Tianchang County will have a serial killer. If the people of Tianchang County hear that there's a serial killer living among them, it will definitely cause panic."

  Everyone heard Bao Zheng's worries and became worried too.

  They didn't have such worries, because they only thought about how to crack the case. The affairs of the people in Tianchang County were not their concern. But Bao Zheng was different. As the county magistrate, he had a responsibility to ensure the stability of Tianchang County.

  After a long time, Hua Lang finally spoke up and said: "So far, no connection has been found between Yu Tingting and Yuan Fang, whether it was the same murderer or not is still unknown, why must Brother Bao worry?"

  Although it was comforting, it didn't serve much purpose because the few of them knew each other's thoughts. Although no connection was found, judging from the wounds on the two deceased, it is highly likely that they were inflicted by the same person.

  When they arrived at the Flower Gentleman Detective Agency, everyone found that two yamen runners were about to knock on the door. The two yamen runners had just raised their hands to knock when they saw Bao Gong and hurried over to bow: "Your subordinates have been searching everywhere for you, sir. We've found a very important clue."

  Bao Zheng and others heard that there was a new clue, and they hastily asked: "Speak quickly!"

  One of the officials nodded and said, "Today we asked again about Yuan Fang's neighbors. They all say that Yuan Fang has a very bad temper and is very reckless. We remembered that Hua Gongzi once said that Yu Tingting also had a very bad temper and was very reckless. We think this clue might be very useful, so we hurriedly came to find you."

  After hearing the words of the official, the crowd remained silent for a long time. The worrying thing had finally come, and they had finally found the same place as Yu Tingting and Yuan Fang.

  They were all feisty women.

  The murderer specifically targets spicy women, but why?

  For a moment, everyone couldn't figure out why, and finally had no choice but to return home separately.

  The next day, something happened that made Hua Lang and Bao Zheng most worried.

  Everyone in Tianchang County knew that there was a serial killer in Tianchang County who specifically targeted women. The people of Tianchang County were terrified and didn't dare to go out for the time being. Seeing this situation, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang felt very helpless.

  What puzzles them is who spread the news of a serial killer in Tianchang County?

  Is he a murderer? But why would he do such a thing, is it to make the people terrified and disrupt the government's vision?

  Can't guess and can't investigate clearly.

  It has always been difficult to find the source of a message, because as it is passed on, it undergoes changes. By the time everyone knows about it, it's already different from the original message. At this point, trying to find the source of the message is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

  Maybe the person who spread this message is actually the murderer, but if you ask others where they heard it from, even if they can mention one or two people, those one or two people also heard it from someone else.

  If we continue to investigate like this, what we'll probably find is just the person who altered the message.

  The person who actually revealed this news probably just gave everyone a hint and then everyone started guessing with each other.

  No matter what, they can't find the source of the news.

  The common people were terrified, they all said that Tianchang County had a serial killer, they flocked to the government office to ask for instructions, demanding that the government quickly apprehend the culprit. Bao Zheng assured the people, but they wouldn't stop, they wanted to catch the murderer immediately.

  The ignorant common people, the Flower Boy's helpless shaking of his head.

  In the county yamen, Bao Zheng's anger had not dissipated, his dark face looked somewhat frightening, was he also resentful of these ignorant common people?

  Since they believed he was a fair and just master, he would surely help them solve the case and redress their grievances. So why were they pressuring him at this time?

  Such common people are like changeable and unpredictable small men.

  After a long time, Bao Gong sighed and said: "No matter what, we didn't catch the murderer, it's the yamen's dereliction of duty, can't blame these civilians."

  Bao Gong said so, but Bao Xiao Fei disagreed and said: "But they shouldn't be like that either. In everything, you should leave a way out, right? To force the old master like this, I really can't bear to see it."

  At this time, Hua Lang smiled faintly and said: "Brother Bao, don't be angry. These common people are worried about their own safety, so they will do this. I'll go talk to them for you, let these common people return first, give us a few more days of leeway, how is that?"

  After hearing Hualang's words, Bao Zheng was like seeing a life-saving straw and responded repeatedly: "If Brother Hua can do so, it would be a great kindness to our county government."

  Unable to bear Bao Gong's flattery, Hua Lang hastily got up and rushed out of the county government office. Upon arriving at the gate of the county government office, Hua Lang said to the crowd: "You can't solve the problem by causing trouble here. Catching a criminal is not something that can be done just because you say so, it takes time."

  The common people were discussing it in a flurry, but they are no longer as fierce as before. They are ordinary people, ignorant and easily deceived, but that doesn't mean they don't understand reason.

  "Magistrate Bao is a clean official, he has never relaxed his investigation into the case for a moment. You're pressuring him like this, do you still have a conscience?"

  One sentence left the people speechless, and the county government gate suddenly became quiet. Hua Lang continued: "If you still believe in Bao Daren and me, Hua Lang, please give us some time, we will definitely crack the case as soon as possible, catch the murderer, if you still insist on cracking the case immediately, then I, Hua Mou, will speak bluntly, we can't do it, your safety will also be threatened."

  Another silence, and then one person stood out from the crowd, asking: "How many days do you need?"

  The flower boy saw hope and said: "Three days!"

  Among the people, another person said: "Alright, we'll give you three days. If you can't catch the murderer within three days, we'll still come to make trouble."

  After the villagers finished speaking, the other villagers followed suit, and Hualang sighed secretly in his heart. Three days later, they came to make trouble again. They were really hopeless people. You can't solve the problem by making trouble again, you can only disturb Baoqiu's mind.

  No matter what, there is still a three-day deadline, which gives me hope.