The White Pagoda has a total of 13 floors, the first and second floors are the largest, and the construction technology is also the most special, with slightly outstretched eaves. The eaves are not particularly wide, but they are smooth, and for the sake of aesthetics, the corners are often upturned, and they no longer look like eaves, a bit like a nice and flat terrace, and this corpse is on top of the eaves of this second floor.

Shen Wansha fell out of a high place, was rescued by Helian Yu without danger, and hung upside down outside the three-layer railing, his life was not in danger, and his courage was almost broken.

There is no other reason, but Helian Yu is a little further down, and he is going to have a 'kiss of death' with the corpse!

Most of the tourists who come to climb the White Pagoda are locals, and the purpose is very unified - to climb high and look far away, feel the beauty of the scenery, and basically do not stop at the first few floors. As the fastest runner and the first person to stop and look out of the tower, Shen Wansha was the first to find the body, which was really ...... Not a surprise.

If this kind of thing happens in the temple, it must be reported to the government immediately, and before the official mission comes, the temple has no right to disperse the crowd, so it has to send more people to maintain order. Look at the lively inner three floors and the outer three floors are gathered in the east railing, and if you can't squeeze in front, you will go up to one floor, and if you can't squeeze in, you will go up to one floor.

Fortunately, today is not a special day, the number of pilgrims is not large, and a few floors are enough to fill them, and the monks only need to come and watch, and the guests are not allowed to climb down to get close to the corpses.

Because of the relatively high relationship between relatives and friends and the value of force, Lu Li and Zhao Zhu stood together at the east railing of the third floor, side by side with Shen Wanshahe Lianyu, facing the corpse at the closest distance, with an excellent view.

The corpse was female, lying on the eaves of the second floor, lying on her side, her left arm was stretched out and pillowed under her head, her right arm and elbow were bent outward, her posture was very unnatural, there were abrasions on her right cheek, blood spilled from her mouth and nose, her collar was scattered, there were bruises on her neck, and her shirt and skirt were scattered, revealing a small calf...... There were flies flying around the corpse, which looked like wolf bèi.

"Tsk...... It's pathetic. Some onlookers sighed, "In such a hot weather, the corpse is not rotten, and it is obvious that it is newly dead." ”

"Not bad." There was a man in Tsing Yi with his hands behind his back, brushing his beard, and his voice was slow, "After being raped, she was strangled to death and pushed down from the tower, this girl's life is really miserable." "This person is in his forties, and his posture is serene and compassionate, very much like a master in the world.

The crowd was in an uproar, and there were countless sighs. Immediately after that, someone asked, "Mr. knows how to test death?" ”

The man waved his hand, "I don't dare to say that I understand, I haven't learned from the master, but I have seen a lot of tests and some experiences." ”

The masses are never short of curiosity about mysterious and strange events, especially in the here and now, temples, female corpses, and men's speculation, it is difficult for people to suppress and ignore them, "How can Mr. see it?" ”

The middle-aged man seemed to be waiting for someone else to ask this, smiled slightly, stroked his beard and pointed at the deceased, "The corpse's dress is scattered, the skin is exposed, and there are hidden bruises, which is obviously through the atrocities of the wicked." Some of the pipa buckles on the clothes are scattered, and some are tied tightly, which must be caused by the wicked being a thief and untying the woman's clothes and doing evil things, for fear that people will see that they will tie it back indiscriminately, and they will be negligent in their hurry. The neck of the corpse was red, swollen and black, and it was violently pinched. Moreover, there were no obvious fatal injuries on the body...... On the whole, it is obvious that the corpse system was strangled to death and abandoned after being raped. ”

"Oh......" Everyone suddenly realized, and sighed, the woman is really pitiful.

The middle-aged man sighed deeply, and said again, "This woman was killed, and it was determined that it was yesterday, as long as the government investigates the people who entered the temple yesterday, there will be a harvest." ”

"The gentleman has a point......

"Mr. is really talented......"

Many words of praise came from the mouths of the audience, and some people simply said, "It's a pity that Mr. is so powerful and can't enter the public, if Mr. helps, the government will solve the case just around the corner!" ”

The middle-aged man humbly arched his hand, "You raise your love, but you don't dare to bear it." The government has its own talents, although I read a lot of books, but I like idle clouds and wild cranes, and I am at ease......"

"Sir, don't be modest......"

"If you learn literature and martial arts, you can sell it to the emperor's family, Mr. is talented, and he should display it, so that knowledge will not be wasted!"

……

The words of beauty continued, the middle-aged man's face was full of red light, and his voice became more and more excited under the lifting of everyone, and finally sighed faintly, "The man has great ambitions, although I like to hide in the mountains and forests, but if I can make some dedication to Daxia, I am also deeply honored, but ...... I don't know if the government will want me. ”

"Mr. is so powerful, you can know the truth at a glance, how could the government not want it? You must not lose your faith, sir! ”

"That's it!"

……

Shen Wansha rolled his eyes.

After a long time, he had gotten rid of his frightened feelings, leaning on the railing and waiting for the people from the government to come, but he just held Lu Li's hand and still tightened it, and he didn't dare to let go.

Hearing the middle-aged man speak, he didn't want to pay attention to it, because this man's appearance is very similar to a person who has no skills and sells his reputation. And this man is also narrow-minded, and he tunes a bunch of civilians to echo it, except for vanity satisfaction, what is the beneficial meaning and value?

But this man kept talking and kept talking, and in the end, he wanted to gather everyone to advise him, and after a while, the people from the government came so that he could go in and do things, and said that he was the most powerful and the most capable of testing death in the world, and all the things in the world were inferior to him!

When his little friend is dead!

Shen Wansha felt that no matter how big a fist he ate, he supported a person who worked hard to support himself, but this man was obviously not good like this! And such public opinion appreciation should belong to Xiao Oak!

Then he coughed loudly twice and looked at Lu Li, "Mr. Lu, what do you think?" ”

Lu Li heard Shen Wansha's excessively loud voice, and when he saw him quietly squeezing his eyebrows, he sighed lightly in his heart, and pinched Shen Wansha's hand as if punishing.

He really didn't want to compete with anyone.

Not to mention that it is a little far away, it may not be accurate, and when the people from the government arrive, there will be a definite result after careful inspection, and there is no need to explain to the onlookers, and it is even more unnecessary to compete with others. The autopsy is a very strict matter, it is an explanation of the last language left by the deceased in the world, and it is the key to helping the deceased to avenge their grievances.

Shen Wansha pouted, was he just not convinced!

Hearing Shen Wansha call a young man Mr., everyone was a little curious and whispered, "This is also a gentleman?" "What sir?" "What?"

The buzzing continued, Shen Wansha bumped into Lu Li, and urged in a low voice, "Actually, I'm also curious, is this girl really so miserable?" ”

Lu Li looked at the deceased, his eyebrows were lowered, and his eyes were quiet, "A woman of such a young age, no matter how she dies, it is a tragedy in the world." ”

"She really ...... It's true...... Was it strangled to death by □□? Shen Wansha bit his lip slightly, and he was also a little unbearable.

Lu Li shook his head, "It's just from a distance, I can't be sure." ”

When everyone heard Shen Wansha speak, their ears pricked up, and now listening to Lu Li's words, they all chuckled, "I can't be sure of it......" "In the end, he is young, he has no hair on his mouth, and he is not as good as this gentleman, he is rich and experienced." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and waved his hand, "Alas, don't worry, give young people a chance." Children are willing to learn, let's encourage more, otherwise the children will be scared and unwilling to learn, and the loss will be our Great Xia Dynasty. ”

After he finished speaking, he walked over to Lu Li, "This little friend, what do you think, you can say it, right or wrong, we won't laugh at you." ”

Lu Li frowned slightly, he now felt that something was wrong with this person...... Why do you seem to want to step on him as a stepping stone?

He subconsciously glanced at Zhao Zhu.

Zhao Zhu's eyes were about to erupt into flames, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many people here now, he was afraid that he would immediately go on a killing spree!

Lu Li hurriedly grabbed Zhao Shu's hand and shook his head lightly at him.

The sweetheart is an anti-social element, always wants to kill people, and more than once in front of him, if not controlled, I am afraid that it will be worse!

Zhao Zhu, as the king of Ping, of course knows the severity, killing a person, no matter who it is, even an ant, needs the right time and the right reason, otherwise the consequences will be very troublesome to clean up.

He would not kill an unarmed civilian, even though he was hateful, in broad daylight and in full view of everyone.

But with his daughter-in-law's small hand, he said it was still very cool.

Shen Wansha was also very unhappy, he felt that this middle-aged man was too crazy and unpleasant to look at, so it was good to embarrass him, but this person dared to bully Xiao Quercus, he had to bear it!

And it feels like this thing was caused by his mouth!

The young master was very unhappy and raised his eyebrows, "What kind of green onion are you, dare to talk to the young master like this!" ”

This can be regarded as a public outrage, and everyone unanimously denounced Shen Wansha for not knowing how to be polite, not knowing how to respect the elders at a young age, being open-mouthed, and the future is afraid that it will not be too good, etc.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and spread his hands, and said in a loud voice It doesn't matter, you should care for the children, give the children some confidence in society, and don't be too harsh......

Shen Wansha was about to explode, Helian Yu grabbed him, his eyelids lazily provoked, "The untouchables and the nobles are arguing, the nobles don't punish, they only remind them, they are so kind, the untouchables dare to speak wildly...... Tsk, this is going to change our tribe, and the untouchables dare to be disrespectful, and they will die immediately! ”

In feudal society, the division of power classes is obvious, and the superior has absolute control over the life and death of the people below, so this sentence is full of power and almost immediately crushed.

Everyone immediately didn't dare to speak, and looked carefully at the slightly angry young master in front of them, as well as the three companions.

Several of them are handsome in appearance, with outstanding postures, dragons and phoenixes among people, and the clothes and materials on their bodies are ...... I don't know each other, whether it's temperament, or something else, it all shows that these people have good identities, and they can't provoke them.

……

Everyone was speechless, Lu Li understood that he was frightened, and he was not necessarily convinced.

He smiled and patted Shen Wansha, and said loudly, "This girl's right arm is twisted and deformed, it should be a fracture, and if she falls like this, she must have fallen from a height, and the impact when she falls here is very strong." ”

He pointed to the deceased on the eaves, "There are several commonalities of such a high fall. First, there will be abrasions, contusions on the skin, and sometimes no obvious body surface damage, but the internal organs are severely damaged, and most of them are accompanied by internal organ rupture, blood vessel bleeding, fractures and other serious injuries. ”

"Second, under the impact of gravity, it is common for clothes to tear, tripping buckles to come off, and pants to crack and shoes to fall."

"Third, because the posture is uncontrollable when landing, if the head lands first, it will be accompanied by neck injury, and this injury is often mistaken for a pinch mark by uninformed people, and a close observation of the subcutaneous scar can detect whether it is man-made or accidental."

The scene was immediately silent, and then a whisper appeared, "Isn't that what this gentleman said just now wrong......"

The middle-aged man's face immediately turned blue.

"What I said just now is a common expression of high fall injuries, as long as it is a high fall death, it will definitely be in line." Lu Li's expression was calm, "The deceased is a woman, the time of death is not more than a day, and it is very likely to encounter evil deeds, but before a detailed autopsy, the cause of death and the experience before death cannot be accurately determined, let alone speculation without evidence, and these speculations attract attention and sensationalize." ”

Lu Li's eyes circled the scene, and his voice was slightly deep, "The deceased was killed, his condition was pitiful, and it was normal for everyone to be hurt and so on. But if you don't distinguish between black and white, let others instigate it, and lead the occurrence of unjust cases, you are inadvertently becoming a murderer and a fellow party, which is really undesirable. ”

Everyone looked at the corpse on the eaves, and then looked at Lu Li, who had a stern face, and sighed in unison, no longer speaking. Some people even cover their faces with their sleeves, feeling that they are really ashamed.

Even the middle-aged man who had tried to show Xiàn before retreated behind everyone.

Shen Wansha was very happy to solve it so easily, and winked at Lu Li proudly. He was happy, Helian Yu was of course in a good mood, scratched his nose, and laughed at him for not being able to hold his breath.

Zhao Zhu's brows were also slightly relaxed, this guy retreated sensibly, so he listened to his daughter-in-law, spared his life, and didn't kill him.

Lu Li felt ...... Isn't it a little too easy? This middle-aged man was so obvious before, he analyzed the high fall and died and retreated directly, is he so timid? According to common sense, it should be hard to pinch two sentences.

He looked for the man in the crowd to see where he was going to retreat, and as a result, the crowd was separated...... The government came.

The officials immediately evacuated the crowd, could no longer stay in front of the railing, did not want to walk and could not stay on the tower, and rushed directly to the outside of the tower. As the first to discover the scene, Shen Wansha naturally stayed with his friends to tell how the body was found.

The catchers recorded the scene and helped the government officials to go over and conduct the initial inspection.

This servant, surnamed Li, is in his forties, very thin, with a very heavy 'Sichuan' character between his eyebrows, and his expression is very strict.

Because the matter was too lively, Shen Wansha took out Lu Li's wooden plaque again, and the man surnamed Li invited Lu Li over for an autopsy.

The result came out quickly, the woman fell to death from a high degree, there were no signs of rape, but there were multiple defensive injuries on her arms, and there was still skin tissue in her nails, and it was obvious that she had a fierce fight with someone before her death.

Zhao Zhu touched the woman's bones, this woman doesn't know martial arts, and there is no discipline in the fighting. If he can cause so many self-defense injuries, he must not have a short time to fight with the other party, so the person who fights with him will not have a lot of strength.

The deceased was taller than the average woman, of medium stature, neither fat nor thin, and the strength and size of the person who fought with her was certainly not far from her.

The trappers searched all the way up for traces, and found a trace of blood on the east railing of the twelfth floor, as well as obvious scratches, which looked like they had been scratched by someone. There were also dusty footprints on the railing, as if someone had stepped on them heavily......

So the facts are obvious, the deceased should have fought with people on the twelfth floor of the White Tower before his death, Xu couldn't beat the other party, Xu was caused by an accident and fell out. The deceased grabbed the railing in desperation, but the other party stepped on her hand and forced her to let go, causing her to fall to her death.

So it's not a suicide, or an accident, it's a deliberate killing.

To find the murderer, we need to start from two aspects, one is to check the identity and social relationship of the deceased; The second is to investigate all the pilgrims in the White Pagoda Temple yesterday, especially the pilgrims who have been to the White Pagoda.

Neither of these points should be too difficult. Judging by the style of the deceased's dress, it should be a local; The White Pagoda is only open for a little more than two hours a day, when it is closed, there are many monks and pilgrims outside the tower, if the deceased dies in the daytime, it is almost impossible not to be found immediately, if it dies at night, it means that the pilgrims did not come out when the white pagoda was closed, compared with the pilgrims who came in and out, it is easy to find out the person.

Lu Li believes that this is not a major case, and the difficulty of solving the investigation is mainly done by the government office, and the dedication of the arresters is not very helpful; Liu Zhutou, who came to investigate, looked capable and capable, although Mr. Li asked him to conduct an autopsy together, his skills were also good, and he could see everything he should see, and neither of them wanted to ask him to continue to help, and he was not cheeky to ask.

Moreover, Shen Wansha also felt that this case was not serious, so he dragged him to play elsewhere, and Zhao Shu didn't want him to be too tired......

Lu Li had to express with Li Lizuo and Liu Zhutou that it was a pity that he could not participate in solving the case, but as a servant, he was inevitably a little obsessed with the case......

It was time for dinner, everyone was hungry, Shen Wansha dragged the reluctant Lu Li away, Dabai didn't keep up for a long time, smelled and smelled around the corpse that was carried down, until Zhao Shu was dissatisfied with the whistle, it jumped and rushed over.

There were a lot of people watching outside the tower, and they also heard some rumors in the post-mortem examination, and when they saw Lu Li and his party coming, they couldn't help but admire: Sure enough, the hero is a young man, although he is young, but he can't be underestimated.

Lu Li raised his head to look for the figure of the middle-aged man in the crowd, but unfortunately he couldn't find it.

Zhao Shu pinched the back of his neck, "What are you looking for?" ”

"That man just now......" Lu Li muttered quietly, "I always feel that something is wrong." ”

"I'll help you find it." As soon as Zhao Shu agreed, his face darkened again, and he half-hugged and half-pushed Lu Li forward, biting Lu Li's ear at an angle that others couldn't see, "Your man is here, do you dare to think of other men?" Well? ”

Where could Lu Li have thought that so many people Zhao Shu would dare to go crazy? His face immediately turned red, and he gritted his teeth and tore apart Zhao Zhu, who was stabbing on him, "Stay away from me!" ”

Zhao Shu admired Lu Li's shy look, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and he jumped up and hugged Lu Li tightly, "...... Don't think about it in this life. ”

……

In this way, several people had an extremely fulfilling and extremely tiring day.

When he came back in the evening, Hong You suddenly appeared, walked up to Zhao Shu and whispered a few words.

Shen Wansha's eyes lit up, "Is there news from the Huai family?" ”

Zhao Shu nodded, his eyes swept over Shen Wansha, who was expectant, and looked at Lu Li, who was reading with a scroll.

Until Lu Li put down the book and looked at it helplessly, "Say it." ”

Zhao Zhucai bared his teeth and said slowly, "There is indeed news......

Huai Deshui does have an excellent official reputation outside, and he has not done anything particularly out of the ordinary in his office, but he has recently encountered a difficult matter, and someone wants to call Taicang Yin. Huai Deshui is a four-grade magistrate, the official positions are bigger than him, they are all officials, and they have some relationship networks and personal debts.

This person made it clear that he had been tight recently, and he wanted to borrow Taicang silver for emergency, and he would pay it back within two months, and he would not bring any trouble to Huaide Water.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in officialdom, some small counties are in charge of Taicang silver, simply move the silver home, borrow silver to make money, and when it is time to take stock every quarter, put it back on time, and it can be taken out when there is an order on it, and there will be no problem with the official reputation.

For a long time, Guan Taicang is a fat poor, you can fatten yourself, you can also take advantage of the situation to fatten the network, in short, people with ability, in this position, will definitely have a good harvest.

Huai Deshui sat in this position, it was impossible that he had not done such a thing, but this time it was different.

This time, not only could he not refuse the person who opened his mouth to borrow silver, but the amount was also quite large, and he almost emptied the Taicang silver. He wasn't afraid that this person wouldn't pay it back, but he was worried that the rumors would leak out, and the people who were staring at him would take the opportunity to make trouble, and then he would get an official document that had to be transferred to Taicang silver, and he wouldn't be able to take it out, but it would be bad.

If the rival takes the opportunity to set up a net, not to mention the official demoted, the official is dismissed and imprisoned, and the family business is scattered.

The news brought by Hong You said that Huaide Water did not have much time to consider, only four days.

And Mrs. Huai already knew about this.

At present, there is a solution, use Mrs. Huai's dowry silver instead of Taicang silver to lend out, and at the same time put some fake news to attract people into the urn, not only will not be hit by the sworn enemy, but also counter the sworn enemy.

But this amount of money is huge, and if Mrs. Huai agrees, she will have to use up all the dowry silver. If a qiēshun lì is good, if the silver can't come back......

If Mrs. Huai does not agree, Huai Deshui may be in trouble, and the relationship between the two husband and wife is ...... It can well be imagined; If Mrs. Huai agrees, how much love she has for Huai Deshui, and how much Huai Deshui has to pay for comfort, and Mrs. Huai has a lot of business in her hands, and there is less silver turnover......

It's all over the place.

After Zhao Shu finished explaining the news, Shen Wanshale shook his fan, "So, let's wait for them to decide?" ”

If Mrs. Huai disagrees, the officialdom will tilt and create a crisis, King Ping is a good player, does Mrs. Ruohuai agree...... The stormy waves in this business field are set off by him Shen Wansha!