Jiang Ruoning said: "What has Deputy Yang gained in the past two days? ”

"I have inquired in the area of Guanyin Town, and no one has lost the young woman, nor has I received any report from anyone that the family has lost the woman." Deputy Yang paused for a moment, "Guanyin Town borders Sanying County, and it cannot be ruled out that it is from Sanying County, and Meng Tai and others have been ordered to go to Sanying County to inquire, and Sanying County has been asked to cooperate with the investigation." ”

Jiang Ruoning sat there and pondered, if it was the wife and grandmother of a big family, how could she die in the mountains, such a person has a noble status, and he carries several girls and mothers-in-law when he goes out.

"Lao Feng, in your experience, when did the deceased die?"

"Last winter, at the end of the winter month and the beginning of the month, because the body had been hiding in the cave of Guanyin Temple, the water rose in the spring, and the body was washed out of the cave and found by the surrounding people."

Jiang Ruoning asked again: "The first person to rush to the scene of the corpse was Luo Zhong, and what I want to see now is the restored deceased." ”

Two officials put the female corpse in the courtyard of the back hall.

Jiang Ruoning moved closer, lifted the white cloth, and looked around the female corpse for a while, although it was three days apart, the female corpse was even more terrifying than the last time I saw it.

Wang An's eyes widened, and all the nobles of the clan would avoid it, but she approached the female corpse, squatted down, and reached out to untie the outer robe of the female corpse, revealing the patched middle coat inside, and the belly pocket inside was also very ordinary.

Deputy Yang said: "The identity of this female corpse is suspicious, she is wearing an expensive dress on the outside, but she is dressed as an ordinary person inside. ”

Jiang Ruoning picked up her hand and pulled the deceased's fingers away, revealing the calluses in the palm of her hand, and there was an extremely deep scar on her left hand near her finger, and she went around to the deceased's right hand, and her right hand also had calluses.

Deputy Yang seems to have found an important clue, "This deceased must not be a noble lady from a big family, but a village woman, but why kill someone?" Why did the deceased disguise himself as a noblewoman? ”

Jiang Ruoning said to the outside: "Let people go to the Jiang Mansion to find Ah Huan." Let her bring my blue wooden box, and prepare the yellow mud, quickly! ”

After another quarter of an hour, the official came over with Ah Huan.

"The yellow mud is too thin. Gotta do something! Retune! ”

After a while, the readjusted yellow mud was delivered.

"It's too dry, add a little less water, and readjust."

When it was delivered for the third time, Jiang Ruoning pinched it with his hand. The humidity and dryness are just right.

Jiang Ruoning glanced at the yellow mud, opened the box, and inside was a wooden shape, the appearance of a human head, she took out a handkerchief from her arms, blindfolded herself, sat in front of the desk, grabbed the yellow mud and began to smear the yellow mud on the wooden man's head.

After more than half an hour, Jiang Ruoning said: "Ah Huan, prepare water." I'm going to wash my hands. ”

Deputy Yang and his master, including Wen Rushan, all showed surprise, but Deputy Yang and He Qiqi seemed to have a fanatical trust in Jiang Ruoning, watching her quickly grab the yellow mud and throw the yellow mud, under her hands, a woman's appearance was formed little by little.

Ah Huan came over with water, but Jiang Ruoning still didn't untie the cloth on his face.

She washed the person, wiped the water dry, and touched the head of the female corpse with her hand. After touching it again and again, after touching it for a long time, she turned around again and continued to knead the yellow mud. Another hour passed, and the earlier model became a very realistic portrait of a woman's head.

"Ah Huan, prepare water and wash your hands."

Ah Huan held the copper basin.

Jiang Ruoning washed his hands, and then touched the skull of the dead woman with his hands, moving it a little bit. Finally, he gently touched the model and made modifications, pats and shapes in some subtle places.

Wen Rushan waited for most of the hour, looking at her appearance, it seemed that it couldn't be over for a while, and Li Yuanwai from Qingxi County invited Wen Rushan to invite Wen Rushan to the banquet, Wen Rushan led Wang An, Master, and Deputy Yang to leave.

The back hall of the county government was so silent that there was no sound.

"Ah Huan, untie the veil on my face."

Ah Huan did so.

The female corpse has been swollen and deformed by the spring rain, and she can't tell her original appearance, she can only touch the skull through guò, and restore her appearance in this way, which has always been the one she was best at before she crossed over, but no one knew that she had such skills.

Jiang Ruoning looked at the woman's head in front of him steadily, closed his eyes and touched the skull of the female corpse for a while, and then touched it to restore it.

"The deceased, this should be what it looks like?"

Ah Huan sighed, looking at the deceased who couldn't tell the appearance, and then looked at the woman's head on the table, "Miss, she was quite handsome when she was alive." ”

"Knowing the appearance, it is not difficult to find someone, you ask the official to carry the female corpse back, I will paint the portrait now, but someone will take the portrait to find the person."

Ah Huan admired her young lady's ability tightly, and her eyes shone brightly, "Miss, they said that Gongzi Wen is the new county magistrate, can I come to the county office to be a female catcher?" ”

When Ah Huan heard the news, his little heart kept pounding, Miss beat Wen Gongzi like that, would Wen Gongzi rely on him to bully Miss.

If you want to talk about Miss's luck, it's really bad, how did she beat her boss.

Who would have thought that Gongzi Wen would be the newly arrived county magistrate in Qingxi County.

"Hmmm! You take the pen and ink first. ”

Ah Huan turned around and called the servant, and took pen and ink again.

Jiang Ruoning painted the skull model, closed his eyes, imagined the clay head as a woman, took a paintbrush to modify and fill in, and soon a woman with delicate facial features and almond eyes jumped on the paper.

She drew two in a row, flipped them over, leaving the one she thought was closest to the real face, and tearing up the other.

Ah Huan has been by Jiang Ruoning's side, watching her finish painting, Fang handed over hot tea and a stack of pastries, "Miss must be hungry, Master Wen took Master and they have eaten well again, it's so hateful, they don't take Miss with delicious food, but let Miss work here to help them......"

"Put the painting away, let's go home first."

Ah Huan received the painting in a blue lacquer box, and there were two other wooden human head patterns in the box, but they were much smaller than normal human heads, which was to facilitate the smearing of yellow clay on human heads.

Jiang Ruoning walked in front, and Ah Huan followed behind with the box.

Luo Zhong smiled and said, "Xiao Jiang, are you done?" ”

Jiang Ruoning nodded, did not speak, and strode back to the Jiang house.

At the time of the unitary, Wen Rushan returned to the Jiang Mansion with a body of wine.

Jiang Ruoning was having dinner with Ah Huan and others, Ah Bao couldn't see Jiang Ruoning for most of the day, and cried several times, and then saw Jiang Ruoning come back, happily hugged Jiang Ruoning and didn't let go, and when it was time for dinner. Po was tired of playing and rested early.

Ah Huan entered the east house like a treasure, took the portrait and handed it to Wen Rushan, "My lord." This is a portrait of the deceased painted by my young lady, and you follow this painting to find the person. ”

Wang An exclaimed: "Jiang Yu quickly smeared yellow mud on that wood, so that he could know the appearance of the deceased?" ”

"A person's bones determine his appearance, whether he is fat or thin, but he does not deviate from his inherent facial features. This portrait is also based on the clay sculpture head. ”

She wants to say: This is based on science, and it is not groundless, but no one in the world has done this yet.

In modern times, the fundamental skeleton can be restored to the appearance of the deceased by a computer system. But here, Jiang Ruoning could only take out the skills that he had not exposed in modern times, the skills of restoring the appearance of the deceased from the bones. It's not the first time she's used this technique, and she's been practicing it all the time, so it's a good idea.

"Master Wen ordered the master to paint a few pictures, and to hunt for people quickly, there will always be the whereabouts of the dead."

Jiang Ruoning was lazy and Wen Rushan said more. "Erniu, prepare fragrant soup for me, I'll take a bath in a while."

Wen Rushan unfolded the portrait, and the woman above was dressed as a country woman, and she was delicate and square, but her expression was slightly wooden.

She just touched the skull of the deceased to know what she looked like before she died?

How had he never heard of someone with such skills?

Whether this method works or not, try it.

*

That night, Wen Rushan asked Wang An to send the portrait to the county government and asked the master to paint ten pictures.

Early the next morning. Qingxi County Yayang Deputy Catcher, He Qiqi and others were divided into five groups and went to the surroundings of Guanyin Town to inquire about the woman on the portrait.

Yesterday was too tiring, and today Jiang Ruoning got up late, and was still woken up by Bao.

Po woke up. Then he stretched out his hand and pushed: "Mother, I'm oh (hungry)!" ”

Jiang Ruoning opened his eyes and saw a miniature version of himself, hooked his lips and smiled, "Good." ”

The second girl heard the voice of the East House, and came in from outside with the washing water, "Miss." Lord Wen and Wang An went to the Yamen, and Ah Huan went out to buy vegetables. ”

Jiang Ruoning dressed Ah Bao and handed her to the second girl.

The second girl asked her to sit down and combed Bao's hair gently and attentively.

Jiang Ruoning put on his robe, walked to the washbasin and wrung a wet handkerchief, wiped Ah Bao's face, and said unhurriedly: "The countryside is almost in the busy farming season, the cauliflower is gone, and the rape will be harvested after a while." ”

Erniu sank slightly, "I don't know when my father and mother will come to the county seat, yesterday I asked a villager to carry a letter to them." I've always thought that if I'm doing well, I should make my family better. In the past few years, I have given my family forty-eight taels of silver. The family spent eight taels to build a new house, the three Han spent eight taels of silver to marry a bride, and it cost twenty-five taels to buy a ruined house, and the other money added clothes and food to the family. Today, my family has 23 acres of barren slope land, 5 acres of middle field, and 3 acres of lower field, and life is better than before. But my mother always said that I should serve by the side of the young lady for a few more years. ”

Jiang Ruoning said: "You are already twenty-one years old, and any further delay will delay your life." There is no money you can earn, and you have taken too much care of your family over the years. ”

This is ancient times, most girls and Lu get married, and people like Erniu are really super saint warriors. If you don't marry someone at the age of seventeen, the court will have to pay a fine, that is, the girls of large families, most of them are married before the age of seventeen, if they are not matched, the court will also be fined.

Jiang Ruoning has paid a fine for Erniu for three years, although it is a few hundred wen a year, but it doesn't sound good.

"Miss also said that I, you also take care of Grandma Jiang and them."

Can Jiang Ruoning be the same as Erniu?

She has a file in the Fengtian Mansion Official Media Office, and on it, she got married four years ago.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but scold Wen Rushan a few more words.

Jiang Ruoning said: "I took care of them, but I only bought 30 acres of fertile land for them and helped them build a new house, but the rest of the life was lived by themselves." And I didn't give them all the money I earned, because I knew that when I was older, I had to have my own way to go, and no matter how bumpy the road ahead was, they couldn't replace me, just like I couldn't take care of them for a lifetime. Erniu, you are too much of a housekeeper, so that your father, eldest brother, and third brother are dependent on you. (To be continued.) )