"Lord Qincha, Lord Qincha," the county commander hurriedly walked into the hall and bowed down, "Lord Qincha, Taigong." ”

He Jiehao and Taigong stood up and stepped forward and said, "Lord County Commander, don't be polite. ”

Only then did the county magistrate stand up in front of them, and He Jiehao asked anxiously, "How is the census?" Let's talk about it. ”

"There are no missing people in Chengdu, and the lower officials have posted notices around Chengdu, and no one has come to identify the bodies so far. Xiaguan has the old files of Chengdu from 20 years ago, you can take a look, maybe you can find any clues from them," the county order took out the old files of Chengdu 20 years ago after finishing speaking, and then the county order added, "This is Chengdu's household survey today, you can compare it." ”

He Jiehao took the Chengdu population household book twenty years ago and the population household book investigated today in the hands of the county order, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Well, you have done a good job of the county order, if you continue to carry it forward, you can manage the people of one side." ”

"Lord Qincha has won the award."

"Well, you go down first."

"Yes, the lower official will retire," the county order was about to leave the hall, He Jiehao turned around and said, "The court can open at noon tomorrow to try the case." ”

"The lower official will go and prepare," and then the county order withdrew.

At night, the breeze is cool and the clouds cover the moon, which is particularly dull and sultry. At this time, it was midnight, everyone turned off the lights and went to sleep, only the light in He Jiehao's study was still on, as dark as bright. He Jiehao sat in front of the desk and looked through the old files of Heyuan very seriously, and then compared the old and new accounts to see if he could find any clues from them. Outside the study, Chen Qianyuan in the main room and Wang Yao in the side room happened to meet at the door of the study.

"Sister," Wang Yao saluted as she looked at Chen Qianyuan.

"Sister doesn't have to be polite, you and I will be a family in the future," Chen Qianyuan looked at the pot of soup pot in Wang Yao's hand, and said, "I don't know what my sister is holding in her hand?" ”

"My husband investigated the case day and night, and I was afraid that he was too tired, so I boiled a pot of ginseng soup to nourish my spirits."

"My sister is really careful, now that you are pregnant, it is not easy to move around, so my sister should go back and rest early."

"Well, my sister is right, then this ginseng soup is still bothering my sister to bring it in for my little sister."

"Okay, this pot of ginseng soup sister brought it in for my sister."

"Sister, little sister retires."

"Well, you go down and rest," Chen Qianyuan looked at Wang Yao with a smile on her face, and Wang Yao took a few steps back and turned to leave. After Wang Yao left, Chen Qianyuan's face suddenly changed, and said, "Cheap thing, don't look at what your identity is," after finishing speaking, he pushed open the door and entered, and said, "Husband." ”

"Madam," He Jiehao turned around and smiled.

"Husband, why don't you sleep so late?"

"There are some things that I can't think of yet, Madame, let's go to bed early."

"I'm not sleepy yet, I'll accompany you here, what is it that makes you unable to sleep," At this time, Chen Qianyuan's voice was very gentle.

"Madam, you'd better go to bed early, you can't figure it out here."

"Okay, husband, I'm afraid you're too tired, boil some ginseng soup, drink it while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold," Chen Qianyuan put the ginseng soup next to the desk after finishing speaking.

"Thank you, Madame, for the ginseng soup, you can go down first."

"The concubine is retiring," Chen Qianyuan saluted and slowly exited his study. He Jiehao just raised his head and looked at Chen Qianyuan who exited the room, and then buried his head to read the file, this time He Jiehao looked very carefully, and did not want to give up any details, after the county order to check the population household book and compare it with the old household registration, such as the statistics of population relocation or war escape are consistent with the current population, obviously the loss of the population can be ruled out, and then consult the relevant files of Heyuan, and then close the cover, stand up and walk to the window, looking at the night scene outside the window is full of sadness, After a long time, it gradually disappeared, and a faint smile appeared on his face, which dispersed like a dark cloud, and he saw the morning sun tomorrow.

The night wind was whistling, knocking on the doorstrings, as if there was a faint sound of footsteps in sleep, very heavy. The two doors in the bedroom suddenly opened, hitting the back wall, and a ray of light shone in, revealing a hint of coldness, as if there was a person standing in front of her. Wang Yao opened her sleepy eyes, and in front of her eyes appeared a man with a cape, wearing a white robe, with long scattered hair covering his face, his back slightly hunched, and his head leaning forward slightly sickly, this person stood motionless and very quiet. Wang Yao was struggling lying on the bed, the picture in front of her was so clear, not like a dream, beads of sweat fell from her forehead, and it took a long time to sit up at the head of the bed, the bedroom was very dark and empty, and she felt the match next to her and lit a candle to light up the bedroom. Wang Yao, who was sitting at the head of the bed, could hear her heart pounding. It's already after midnight, how can I still have such a nightmare, maybe I am a little scared when I sleep in this big room, and I am sweating when I get up.

Wang Yao sat up at the head of the bed, and slowly calmed down after a long time, listening to the wind outside the house, she was really a little scared. At this moment, a mist emanated from under the bed, and slowly, slowly, a pair of pale hands stretched out, their nails were long and black, as sharp as sharp knives, the floor of the claws "creaked", and the long, pointed nails left several deep scratches after cutting across the floor. A person slowly crawled out from under the bed, Wang Yao's eyes were round, and he looked extremely panicked. At this time, a female ghost suddenly appeared behind Wang Yao, slowly stretched out her head to look down at the top of Wang Yao's head, Wang Yao slowly looked up, as she saw in her dream, her long hair was scattered and hanging down, her face was as pale as paper, and there were traces of bruises on the female ghost's head, blood flowed on her pale face, and her eyes were blood-red and cold. Wang Yao was terrified and exhaled, "Ghost, ghost." ”

The frightened screams woke up the people in the side room, and the lights were lit in the room, and he walked to Wang Yao's room and said, "Madam." ”

Then He Jiehao, Taigong and others also entered Wang Yao's room, He Jiehao sat next to Wang Yao's bed, and said, "Madam, you are having nightmares again." ”

Wang Yao wrapped the quilt tightly and said in a panic: "There are ghosts, there are ghosts in this room," looking at her eyes a little flustered, as if she really saw something that shouldn't be seen.

"The heart is in turmoil, the evil god is born, and it will be fine if you sleep well," Taigong said slowly, standing behind them.

"Father is right, Madame has a good night's sleep, and it will be fine when it is dawn."

"No, husband, the concubine is afraid, don't go," Wang Yao crawled over and grabbed He Jiehao's sleeve and begged bitterly.

"Okay, I'll accompany you for my husband, it's okay," He Jiehao sat beside the bed and looked at his father and subordinates: "Father, you go back to rest first, it's okay." ”

Taigong turned to face these subordinates: "You all disperse," Taigong walked out of the room.

The red sun rose in the east, the sky was dawning, and He Jiehao entered the dense forest again to see if he could find any clues. He remembered very well that the drunken man was hanging from the branch. He Jiehao stood under this tree, this tree was very high and high from him, and he couldn't hook it at all, so he called a subordinate to climb up the tree and cut off the branch with a knife, and after careful observation, he found that one end of the branch seemed to have been rubbed by something, and the bark directly above was wrinkled by friction. Turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate into a teahouse hall to ask about the old things about He Yuan, and after many inquiries from him, he compared what he saw last night with the old files of Yuan, and finally came up with the answer, and entered the county government to start the trial.

The county commander walked out of the door and bowed, and said, "The lower official is here to see Lord Qincha." ”

"Lord of the county order, someone has come to identify the body."

"So far, I have not seen any relatives come to identify the body."

"Take me into the morgue, and the officer will conduct an autopsy himself."

The county magistrate walked ahead to lead the way, and He Jiehao followed, and the scribe walked forward quickly and took out a large set of keys to open the door. He Jiehao stepped in and lifted the white gauze, squatted down, and gently stroked the bones with his hands. Looking around, he ordered someone to open the curtains, and the sun shone in. He Jiehao picked up a skeleton and walked to the window, held it up in the sun, and the county magistrate stepped forward to stand behind He Jiehao, at this time, He Jiehao found that there were many traces of knife splits under the bones, and when he stepped forward to look at these bones, it was all the same.

"I wonder what Chincha-sama saw?" The county magistrate stood behind He Jiehao.

"These people were killed, and you see there are still a lot of knife marks on these bones."

"Who killed them? killed 18 lives, even the elderly, weak, women and children. ”

"When you get to the royal hall, it will naturally be clear."

"Okay," then they walked out of the morgue and entered the county hall to hear the case, and the county magistrate stood aside and said, "Please sit down." ”

"No, please sit down with the county magistrate," He Jiehao sat aside after speaking. The county magistrate only then sat in front of the desk in the hall, and asked He Jiehao in a low voice: "Lord Qincha, can you try the case?" ”

"It's time to hear the case." He Jiehao responded in a timely manner.

The county commander stood up, tidied up his clothes, then sat down and patted the wood, and shouted, "Open the hall." ”

The officials on both sides shouted in unison and said, "Mighty——。 ”

"Bringing people to commit crimes."

The officials on both sides preached: "Take people to commit crimes." ”

"No one has committed this case," Mr. Ho said, sitting on the sidelines.