Chapter 25—Ten Years of White Bones (6)

There were no useful clues found in Yang Bai's house, there were not many things, the house was not big, a bed and a table, seven or eight tree trunks of different sizes, and a large porcelain bowl, and there were no other things, only traces of being eaten by rats.

Su Yunkai and the two officials came out of it, there was dust on their faces, he dusted off the dust, and said to Yang Fugui, "The village chief will write down the birth date of Yang Baijia, the year of death of his parents, and the weather when he disappeared, and then hand them over to the yamen." If it's been too long for you to remember, ask someone else in the village. ”

Yang Fugui agreed again and again, and said, "I heard this girl just now that Yang Baijia was killed and abandoned in the grove on the other side of the river?" Didn't you die there suddenly? ”

"Hmm." Su Yunkai didn't say much, and ordered a government official to stay here, and when the village chief finished writing, he took the letter back to the yamen.

Leaving Yangjia Village, Mingyue told him what Yang Qianli said again. After hearing this, Su Yunkai said, "It seems that we have to find out about the people who disappeared before in Yangjia Village, maybe they are really related to the affairs of Yang Baijia, even if they are not related, they should be investigated." It's just that Yang Baijia is an orphan, and the people in the village have complaints about him, so it's not surprising that no one cares about his disappearance. But why did people disappear one after another, and the people in the village just came to the yamen to report the case? There is no record in the file asking the yamen to find someone. ”

Mingyue said, "You can ask the right person about this." ”

Su Yun laughed, "What? You even know? ”

"I just know that when you went to Hejia Village, Uncle Zhao and I were talking about this." Mingyue smiled, "Do you think we have a heart?" ”

Su Yun smiled, "Hmm." ”

Mingyue continued, "More than 20 years ago, all the officials who took over here were very bad, not to mention the oppression of the people, and they didn't even build the upstream river embankment when it collapsed, allowing the people to suffer. Every year, the fertile land is flooded, and the people are miserable, and many people flee to the countryside. So at that time, people were too busy to take care of themselves, and they didn't know where the people who suddenly disappeared had starved to death or fled somewhere else. Besides, the yamen only cared about collecting money and didn't care about it, so when they suddenly lost someone's home, they all went to the yamen to report the case, and there was no follow-up on either side. ”

Su Yunkai sighed, "It's because of this." ”

"Uncle Zhao, they said that they had seen that kind of official when they were children, and although the officials sent by the imperial court were not so hateful, they were not very good. It wasn't until the last adult took office that things changed. But I didn't expect that before the term of office expired, I replaced you. When you are still so young, they think that you have used some despicable means to squeeze people away and become this official yourself. ”

Su Yunkai smiled bitterly, "No wonder they are always alienated from me and don't smile. ”

Mingyue smiled and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, it is said that you will see people's hearts for a long time, if you do this official well, they will respect you as much as they respected your predecessor in the future." ”

This comfort was like the tone he coaxed his little nephew not to cry, and he laughed in response, "I will." ”

Mingyue was satisfied and said with relief, "The son can be taught." ”

Su Yunkai suddenly laughed again.

The carriage was still swaying, Mingyue was also a little sleepy, and seeing that he was still in good spirits, he asked, "Didn't you often go without sleeping for three days before?" ”

"Why do you ask?"

"If it's not like this often, then even if you are young and vigorous, you won't come back after resting for half an hour, and it's only possible if you usually come over like this." Mingyue said again, "The same is true when I was handling the case of Baibaozhen in Nanle County. ”

Su Yunkai said, "I entered Dali Temple after I joined the office, and later went to the Criminal Department, all of which are places where you need to do it non-stop as soon as a case occurs, so over time, I have developed this habit." Although it is not good to know, the case cannot be delayed. ”

Of course, Mingyue also understands this, if you go late for some cases, the clues will disappear after a while. Also, it's possible for the prisoner to escape while you're sleeping, "If only they could be like you." ”

Su Yunkai listened to her trance, and whispered, "Are you sleepy, then sleep here for a while, and I will move the position to you." ”

"Not sleepy." Mingyue raised her eyes to look at him, but she still couldn't help but wet her eyes, and her throat was already a little choked when she opened her mouth again, "If the local county magistrate could catch the murderer like you after others reported to the official, then it would not have been a happy five years before the murderer was caught." ”

Although there was no beginning or end, Su Yunkai quickly understood from her every move - what she said should be her parents.

"My grandfather told me since I was a kid that my parents had gone to play somewhere else, but I knew they were no longer there. But I don't want grandpa to worry about ......" Mingyue said more and more in her voice, "Later, when I grow up, grandpa won't lie to me, none of us will mention this matter, but we both understand it in our hearts." ”

Su Yunkai had never experienced the destruction of his family, but he suddenly realized that even if Mingyue experienced this kind of thing, he still did not become inferior and cowardly like when he was a child, but was more cheerful and optimistic than before. He was depressed just because he was moving around with his family. If it weren't for the promotion of the saints, he might have been a comfortable Hanlin official in the Hanlin.

When his father entered the office, he mentioned that it is suitable for you to stay in Dali Temple, not Hanlin Academy.

That's why he went to Dali Temple.

He was silent for a moment, and now the hand that had not been stretched out in the morning was lifted again and stroked on her head, "I will let people pay attention to Nanle County, and when your grandfather comes back from his trip, I will take him to the Daimyo's Mansion." When the time comes, I will rest assured that you will move out of the government. Before that, you live in the inner office, otherwise...... I'm not at ease either. ”

The wide hand caressed his head, and the slight force seemed to be pressed into the bottom of his heart, steadily pressing Mingyue's restless heart and covering it warmly. She nodded slightly, wanting to touch the handkerchief to wipe away the tears, only to remember that the handkerchief had moistened and washed his face when he got out of the carriage.

Huh? And her veil is still with him?

Su Yunkai couldn't see her expression buried in her head, he only felt that her breath was much calmer, and then raised his head and showed a smile again, "I'm fine, my father and mother don't want to see me crying." I can't collapse, I have to do my best work in the future to make my father and mother happy. ”

Su Yunkai slowly withdrew his hand and said, "I will also aspire to be the best official." ”

"Hmm. Then we're together. ”

With that, he stretched out his tail and pointed in front of him. Suddenly seeing him smile, Mingyue realized that he was really naïve, and he was a big official of Tanhualang's four products. Thinking about it, he withdrew his hand, but before he could withdraw his hand, he already had a finger buckle, shook it gently, and said, "Pull the hook." ”

The fingers are very slender, the tail is strangely long, and the phalanges are well-proportioned, much whiter than ordinary men's hands. Mingyue looked at it, let out a "ah", grabbed his hand and looked left and right.

The whole slap was held by her, rubbing it forward and backwards, Su Yunkai suddenly felt that if he didn't know her, it would be like being insulted, he said calmly, "What's wrong?" ”

Mingyue didn't answer, and was picking his fingers one by one to touch them, Su Yunkai couldn't take a breath, couldn't settle down, and kept pounding. Of course, he knew that Mingyue was not insulting him, so he didn't ask again. When she finished turning over all five fingers, she still held his hand and looked pensive. It took a long time to look up at him, "Do you still remember, when we dug up the corpse of Yang Baijia that day, where was the last bone we found?" ”

That night was impressive, of course Su Yunkai remembered, "Left hand tail finger." ”

"Although Yang Baijia's corpse is a little curled, because it is not wrapped up by someone, the position of the bones remains unchanged after the flesh decays and disappears. I also started to pick up the bones according to the skeleton, but why was the tail finger not where it should be, but somewhere else in the pit? ”

Su Yunkai thought about it and said, "That day, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy only said that he saw the dog digging the ground, but did not say that he saw the dog eat the bones. ”

The bright moon god recalled the scene of that day, thought through the details one by one, and said slowly, "Even if the dog eats the bone, the finger bone is still in the soil, if it is really eaten, the bone will not still be in the soil, but will be bitten outside." Even if it is really thrown back, it will not be buried so deeply. ”

"So, when Yang Baijia was arguing with that person, he was cut off by the other party with a sharp weapon?"

"No, if it's a sharp weapon that can cut off your fingers, then why did the murderer go to great lengths to kill Yang Baijia with a blunt weapon? And that night we pierced the bones with twine, and if the wound on the tail finger had been wounded by a sharp object, it would have been neat, and I would have noticed. But now there is none, so it can be seen that the wound on the tail finger was not obvious at that time. ”

Su Yunkai frowned, "The entire tail finger is broken, and the wound is not obvious?" ”

Mingyue was still holding his hand, thinking that the murderer was becoming more and more terrifying, his nails were almost embedded in his flesh, and Su Yunkai's face turned white.

"Then there is only one explanation...... The murderer bit his finger, and then when he tore it, he tore it directly from the joint, directly with the flesh of the belt...... And because ten years have passed, the flesh and tendons are long gone, so it looks like a normal finger has rotted. ”

Saying this, Su Yunkai felt that his fingers also hurt. When he looked down, Mingyue was about to scratch his fingers with red marks!