谁知伴随着地窖入口的木板被她掀开，一股血腥味顿时从地底涌上，谢贻香惊疑之下，再往地窖中看去，却见地窖里哪里有什么带壳的稻米，分明是一具具死人尸体；虽不及当日峨眉山上止尘庵后山那个弃尸地洞壮观，但里面少说也有二三十具难尸体，当中有男有女，看形貌都是宁义城里的百姓。除此之外，在地窖里还摆着十几块水缸大小的坚冰，显是为了将这些尸体冷冻起来，以便长久贮藏。
看清地窖里的情形，谢贻香双腿一软，整个人已坐倒在地。自己当日亲眼所见，这里分明藏有上千斤带壳的稻米，此时为何尽数变成了尸体？难道是杜师爷和方大人事后动了什么手脚？又或者自己当日所见，其实只是自己臆想出来的幻觉？甚至此时此地所发生的这一切，才是真正的幻觉？对此她始终感到难以置信，又指着那杜师爷喝问道：“这……这到底是怎么回事？”
杜师爷将一颗脑袋摇得像拨浪鼓一样，结结巴巴地回答道：“小人……小人哪里知道？这里……这里……”谢贻香再次厉声问道：“不可能！当时我亲眼所见，这地窖里藏的乃是上千斤稻米，你还亲手替我装了一小袋出来！是了……当时我还提醒过你，说衙门里既然藏有粮食，可想而知宁义城的百姓家里也多少藏有余粮，你便说要带人挨家挨户搜查，将全城的粮食汇集起来，统一进行分配。既然如此，你们又何必……又何必要做出吃人肉这等丧尽天良之举？”
那杜师爷急得直跺脚，高声骂道：“你这丫头莫不是得到了什么失心疯，竟要在此血口喷人？早在半个月前，方大人便已带人将整座宁义城掘地三尺，去每家每户仔细盘查，收缴百姓家里的藏粮，直到全城再找不出一粒粮食为止，又何必要等到你来提醒？而且你口口声声说小人装了一袋稻米给你，更是无稽之谈！这宁义城里要是真的还有什么稻米，你倒是拿出来给我们瞧瞧！”
听到这话，谢贻香顿时一愣。话说当日杜师爷亲手装给自己的那袋稻米，自己昨夜见到那两户人家准备“易子而食”的时候，便曾想过要拿出来救人，谁知寻遍行囊也没找到，当时还以为是落在了衙门的客房里。但此时再一细想，从杜师爷将那袋稻米交给自己以后，这几天下来，自己便再也没有见过那袋稻米，更不曾食用过一粒；也便是说，一袋五六斤重的稻米就这么不翼而飞了？
如此看来，难道杜师爷当日带自己来后院看见的稻米，果然自己臆想出来的幻觉，又或者只是一场梦境，根本就不曾发生过？可是后院里这个地窖极其隐秘，当日那一幕如果只是幻觉，自己又怎能依照幻觉里发生过的事，真实寻到这一处地窖所在？
谢贻香缓缓摇头，一颗心已经彻底乱了，只能将目光投向为首的方大人，抱着最后一线希望问道：“稻米之事暂且不说，还是说……说伙房里的那个女童。方大人身为朝廷四品命官、整座宁义城的太守，乃是此间的父母官，难道……难道竟要纵容‘人厨案’的凶手烹煮人肉，以自己治下百姓之肉为食，行此禽兽不如之举？”
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