Chapter 155: Chapter 81: Framing Him_1
The lights were hushed.
The candlelight shone on the bloody pig’s head on the ground, startling and eerie.
Even for Shen Fengying, who considered himself experienced and knowledgeable, he was somewhat taken aback at the moment.
A pig’s head?
Shouldn’t the package contain a human head? How did it turn into a pig’s head?
He rubbed his eyes forcefully, trying to make sense of the scene before him, but no matter how he looked, the head with unshaven bristles and large ears still looked nothing like a human head.
It was indeed a pig’s head.
Xia Rongrong stared at the pig’s head in the package, dumbfounded, looking at Lu Tong, "Lu, Lu Tong, why did you put a pig’s head here?"
This was also what Shen Fengying wanted to ask at the moment.
Let alone whether she killed anyone or not, placing a bloody pig’s head wrapped in a white cloth under the sleeping bed was not something a normal girl would do.
Lu Tong smiled faintly, with a slight hint of sarcastic undertone in her tone.
"What’s the matter, does the law only stipulate that killing people is a crime, and killing animals is not allowed either?"
Shen Fengying was choked up for a moment, then quickly realized the woman was mocking him, and immediately put on an angry face, "Cut the chatter! Officer, why place a pig’s head under your bed?"
Just as Lu Tong was about to reply, shouts from the Pawn Shop Soldiers came from outside, "Sir, we’ve dug it out! We’ve unearthed the thing beneath the ground!"
Du Changqing was startled.
Was there really something?
His heart, which had just calmed down upon seeing the pig’s head, was suspended tightly again. Without concerning himself with anything else, Du Changqing bit his lip and rushed outside, lifting the hem of his robe.
Shen Fengying also could not be bothered with questioning Lu Tong anymore and hurriedly stepped out of the house in two strides to go and check under the tree.
Left behind, Bai Shouyi’s gaze flickered as he followed the rest of the people out of the room. The last ones to stay were Lu Tong and Pei Yunmeng.
One was the suspect, and the other the Commander. It was not unreasonable for him to keep his eyes on her.
Lu Tong still held the lantern, the hazy light making her already beautiful features appear softer, yet it scattered the expression in her eyes.
Pei Yunmeng walked beside her, speaking lightly, "What’s under the tree?"
Lu Tong’s movements paused for a moment.
She lifted her head, meeting his inquiring gaze, and smiled gently.
"Why don’t you go and see for yourself, Sir?"
With that, she ignored him and walked towards the courtyard with the lantern in hand.
Under the plum tree in the courtyard, the Pawn Shop Soldiers sat in a circle. In the middle of the small courtyard, there was a long strip-shaped sack, which had been opened to reveal half of a bloody body inside.
Pale and chubby, with four legs and a tail.
Even though half of the body had been sliced open from the chest cavity, it was still crystal clear under the moonlight that it was a pig... no, half of a pig.
"A pig?"
Xia Rongrong was flabbergasted and stood still on the spot.
Du Changqing’s nervous heart suddenly relaxed by half, but suspicion rose again from the bottom of his heart. He looked at Lu Tong, asking dubiously, "Doctor Lu, do you have a grudge against this pig?"
With both a pig’s head and a body, one hidden under the bed, and the other buried in the courtyard, what exactly was Lu Tong doing?
Shen Fengying was deeply puzzled, brimming with unanswered questions, when suddenly there was a disturbance outside the door of the medical hall. It seemed like someone was trying to force their way in. The Pawn Shop Soldiers entered the courtyard with a man, telling Shen Fengying, "Sir, this man wishes to see you."
The newcomer was a brawny man, tall and sturdy, even wearing a white short coat in autumn, exposing his muscular physique. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he said, "Doctor Lu, I heard from the neighbors that you were visited by the government officers, and I thought perhaps it was about the pork, so I wanted to come over and help explain."
"Pork?" Shen Fengying frowned as he looked him over, "And who might you be?"
The man scratched his head, revealing a somewhat simple smile, "I am Dai Sanlang, a commoner who sells pork at Dai’s Butcher Shop by the temple gate."
"Dai Sanlang?" one of the Pawn Shop Soldiers exclaimed incredulously, "Are you that famous ’Pork Pan An’ of recent days?"
Dai Sanlang’s smile turned slightly sheepish, "Indeed, it is I."
Shen Fengying looked displeased at the Pawn Shop Soldier who had spoken out of turn and turned his attention back to Dai Sanlang, "Dai Sanlang, what do you want with this officer?"
Dai Sanlang was about to reply when he caught sight of the half of the pig’s carcass that had been dug up in the courtyard. He paused for a moment before speaking, "So it has already been dug up."
He looked at Shen Fengying, his tone growing serious, "Sir, the half pig in Doctor Lu’s medical hall was sold to her by me."
Dai Sanlang... sold to her?
Shen Fengying was stunned.
Just then, Yin Zheng, who had been silent until now, suddenly sighed and looked at Lu Tong, "Miss, why keep it a secret? Perhaps it’s better to just tell the truth."