Changzhi Fang to Yong'an Fang is a short distance.

The goose feathers and snow have been falling since yesterday, and it has not stopped.

Su Que changed into a thick velvet coat and stood at the door, as demure as water, with Jiang Ning's departing back in his eyes.

The snow on the streets was already icy, and it was a little slippery even when walking, let alone riding a horse.

By the time Jiang Ning and Han Yi arrived at the scene of the crime, a full stick of incense had passed.

If it weren't for the raised humanoid silhouette, Jiang Ning wouldn't have been able to find the location of the deceased.

"The moon is dark, the wind is high, and the snowy night is the most suitable for killing. ”

With a long exhalation of white mist, Han Hao possessed himself and swept away the thick snow on the deceased's body with a scabbard.

Jiang Ning rubbed his hands to keep warm, and nodded and said: "The heavy snow will bury all traces of the crime, and when the ice melts during the day, the blood will flow away with the snow, leaving us with a clean corpse." The murderer looks like a veteran. ”

Han Yi raised his eyebrows in surprise, his own adult, it seems that today is a little different.

Jiang Ning, the county magistrate of Long'an County, is a well-known figure in the three or four nearby state towns, but this fame is not a name that makes people listen to the pleasant ear, it is about ten years of ridicule of him, and the title of the gold list has become a well-known temple in front of the palace, but this ability to recognize people and judge things has not been read from the sage book.

made a close friend, but was stabbed in the back, and suddenly from the capital of a ministry lord to the county order of Long'an County.

The capital of the lord is the official hat from the seventh grade, and the county order of Zhizhang County is a real seventh grade, and it seems to be promoted, but in fact, it is a bright promotion and a secret descent.

You must know that when the Jingguan goes outside, it is all people who need to be three levels higher than the official hat to be able to sit on an equal footing.

He, who went from the seventh rank to the outside of the divine capital, can already be regarded as an official from the sixth grade.

Leaving the central Shendu and coming to such a small Long'an County, this well-known Tanhualang is as mixed up as a mess.

In the past year, there have been seventy or eighty large and small cases in Long'an County, and only thirty have been resolved, of which more than ten cases have been solved by the head catcher named Han He, and there are even rumors that it was the wife of the county order, and Mrs. Su, who was sitting behind the beauty screen, helped to solve it.

There are rumors in the market that this person is a real nerd, and he has some real skills in learning, judging cases, and governing people's livelihood. Instead of being a local county magistrate, it is better to go to the Guozijian or Tai Academy to find a position, which can be regarded as making the best use of talents.

It's just that although this person doesn't have much ability, he always has a heart for the people, and never does those bastard things that turn black and white upside down and refer to deer as horses, at best, he is a mediocre talent, but he doesn't have a bad reputation.

Fortunately, there is still an old qualification around him, and Han He, who has some skills, is willing to do things for him, and in the past year in Long'an County, whether it is the common people or Jiang Ning, life is still passable.

But Jiang Ning's words made Han He's heart murmur.

In the past year, isn't the county magistrate just hiding it?

Han He felt that his idea was not unreasonable.

No matter how stupid a person is, after experiencing the things that happened to him, he should know some truths that are the same as the light, the still water flows deep, and people need to hide the clumsiness.

Although he has been a joke all year long, and he has written a few poems in the mansion that are sour and rotten, and he complains about the sky to vent, and he is looked down upon by the world, it is not without benefits.

There is no threat to others, no fear, and no one is bent on finding trouble with him, right?

"Han Hao?"

Jiang Ning waved his hand and shook it in front of Han He's eyes, thirty and five, Han He, who had been doing fast hunting for seventeen or eighteen years, came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

"Turn the body over and show me. ”

Han He made a look, and immediately two people stepped forward and carefully dropped the corpse one by one, and the dead man who was lying on the ground revealed his pale and bloodless face.

Jiang Ning, ordering his subordinates to clean up the surrounding snow, smiled.

"This is not the scene of the crime. ”

Han Yi said: "My lord is saying that this person died before he came here, and he was dragged over after his death?"

Jiang Ning nodded, "I just let them clear the snow, and there is not much blood on the ground around them and in the snow." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Ning took out the long knife on Han He's waist, used the back of the knife to flick the head of the corpse on the ground to the other side, and said with a smile: "Look, the fatal wound is this bloody hole in the neck. ”

Han Hao's eyes lit up, and he said clearly: "There is a meridian in this position, if someone pierces it, blood will definitely spurt out, and this person, except for the small pool of blood under the neck, the rest of the place, the ground and snow are clean, obviously after a period of death, it was discarded here." ”

Jiang Ning turned his back, his face was not very good-looking, and said in a deep voice: "Find a woman and give the corpse a body." ”

Before the fifth day of the first lunar month, a woman died on the street. It's been a bad year.

Han Hao said with a bitter face: "On this big night of the New Year, it is snowing heavily, where can I find a woman for you?"

Jiang Ning pondered for a moment, as if he thought of someone, but he didn't say it after all, he just waved his hand and said: "Find a cellar to freeze the corpse first, tomorrow morning, ask Yang Qian to come and take a look, come here today, and go back to rest after cleaning up, everyone has worked hard in this big year." ”

Han Hao said: "The brothers from Shoufangmen are also back?"

Jiang Ning said with a smile: "Go back, this place where the corpse is abandoned, there are no footprints around, that is, there is heavy snow, and the snow surface of the place where it has been stepped on should always be shallower than the place next to it, and the murderer has not even left a footprint, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep some light body kung fu without a trace of stepping on the snow." ”

Although there is no clue about the case so far, Han Hao's mood is exceptionally good.

Maybe my own adults are really not the incompetent people in the mouths of those people who follow the crowd.

The next day, early in the morning, the clouds disappeared and the morning sun caressed the snow, piercing people's eyes.

A middle-aged man of medium height, wearing a thick pale cloth coat, but still looking thin, squeaked and stepped on the snow, and found Jiang Ning who was sitting opposite Su Que and eating breakfast in the backyard of the county governor's mansion.

Soon, Han Yi and his brothers also arrived.

"Okay, everyone, let's talk?" Jiang Ning wiped his mouth, got up and came to the door, gave Han Yi a look, and motioned for him to find someone to bring the body over.

After working together for nearly a year, there was some tacit understanding between the two, and the corpse, which was brought by Han Hao early in the morning, was now waiting in the front hall, and was carried in by the two officials after a while.

The middle-aged man named Yang Qian lifted the coat of the female corpse, and his pale face was as bloodless as ever, only to see him say in a deep voice: "Although the first two layers of the deceased's coat are neat, the clothes inside are messy, I have found a woman to test it, everything is just as the adults guessed last night." ”

"Han Hao..."

Before Jiang Ning's words were finished, Han Yi smiled and said: "Yesterday, I asked the painter to describe the appearance of the deceased overnight. ”

"There is no girl in the New Year, maybe Xu Yan and they haven't found any results yet, and someone on our side will report the case. Jiang Ning smiled noncommittally.

Before he could finish speaking, a low sound of drumming came from the front hall.

Jiang Ning walked in front of him, followed by Han Yi and Yang Qian. The middle-aged man elbowed his friend Han He, who had been on the top for many years, but his eyes were still on Jiang Ning, the magistrate in front of him.

Han Yi spread his hands, and then shook his head again, indicating that he didn't know either.

The person who reported the crime was a small guy, and the clothes with brown and blue trim were from the Li family's mansion in the west of the city. There are laws in demeanor, not arrogant or impatient, neither humble nor arrogant, but not like those evil slaves in the nouveau riche family, without the slightest bit of bullying the soft and afraid of the villain's face that tends to be inflammatory.

It's just that although the Li family's mansion is also in the west of the city, it is not in Yong'an Fang, but on Jingquan Street on the edge of the West Market, it belongs to Qing'an Fang.

Without waiting for the little guy to speak, Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Is there a lost girl in the house?"

"My lord is wise", the little guy gave a respectful salute and said: "What is lost, it is the personal girl who serves my Miss Ningzhu, named Xiaoman, during the day, my young lady instructed her to go to the plum garden of the Wei family in Yong'an Fang to pick a few plum blossoms with snow gas, make some decorations for their own tea, and send some food and clothes to Na Wei Sheng by the way. Xiaoman didn't come back, my young lady didn't get a good night's sleep last night, no, I ordered the little one to come to you early in the morning to report the case. ”

Han Yi walked up to Jiang Ning and said in his ear: "Wei Sheng, who lives in the Wei family's house, is the husband of Miss Ningzhu of the Li family, and the two families have often moved around over the years, and these two people can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, but after the death of the old man of the Wei family two years ago, Li Ningzhu's father immediately changed his attitude and no longer agreed to the marriage of his daughter and Wei Sheng. ”

As he spoke, the little guy took out a gold ingot from the sleeve tube, respectfully handed it into Jiang Ning's hand, and said with a smile: "In this big year, the weather is cold, and it snows heavily, and I have to trouble the adults and the poor masters to run around. ”

Jiang Ning smiled and took the ingot of gold into his arms, "Where is it, Master Li is really polite, where is the duty, the official will help Miss Ning Zhu find the little girl, you go back first, as soon as there is news, the official will send someone to inform your master." ”

The little guy bowed and saluted again, and then left unhurriedly.

When the man walked away, Han Yi finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked, "Why didn't the Lord tell him that we had found Xiaoman's body?"