As soon as he came to the lake, he had faintly heard someone say that it was too miserable, too much of a pity, and so on, Shen Huan's heart sank, and he estimated that something unfortunate had happened.

As expected, at this time, the village chief Song Yi said to Song Shi inside: "Little rabbit cub, you hurry up and call the Shen family boy over, you two hurry up to the county government to report the case, please come to the county quickly, there is a murder case in our village." ”

Song Shi answered, pushed aside the crowd and saw Shen Huan outside the crowd, stepped forward and took his hand and said, "Brother Shen, let's hurry up and go to the county office." ”

I just wanted to ask what was going on, but I didn't expect to be pulled up and left, and now Shen Huan had to go to the county government first. The village is more than ten miles away from the county government, because the road is relatively far away, and the journey is a matter of human life, in order to get there as soon as possible, I dare not take a break all the way, and finally arrived at the county seat before noon

When he came to the county office, he sounded the Dengwen drum and reported the case, the county order was an old man who was nearly sixty years old, and he thought that he would immediately send someone back to the village with them, but he didn't expect that he was not in a hurry.

The old county commander looked up at the sky and said slowly: "It's noon, this official still has to eat, and there are still many government affairs to deal with in the afternoon, so I'll go tomorrow." The two of you will go back to the village first, protect the corpse, and wait for the Japanese officials to come to investigate. ”

Out of the county office, thinking of the county order's words just now, Shen Huan shook his head helplessly, the matter of human life is not as important as having lunch by himself, what kind of good bird is such a function?

The two returned to the village, the village had already salvaged the body from the river, under the organization of Shen Huan, put the body in a grass hut built at zero hour, covered with a white cloth, but the cloth seemed to be a little small, failed to cover all the corpses, and a few young adults were arranged next to the grass shed to guard to prevent wild dogs from biting.

Shen Huan secretly glanced at it a few times, the corpse was already swollen, unrecognizable, and he couldn't recognize who it was, Shen Huan didn't want to meddle in things, although his heart was itchy, but he still didn't dare to move, his memory clearly remembered that the law stipulates that before the government arrived, you must not touch the corpse at will, if you don't solve the case and compensate yourself, you will really lose money......

For Shen Huan, his desire since he was a child was to be a forensic doctor like Song Ci, and sometimes he likes to hum two sentences of the theme song of the TV series "Bao Qingtian", although he can't hum it all at all...... But in this situation, wishes and reality are two different things......

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day many villagers got up before dawn, and everyone got together to talk about it. The sky gradually brightened, and the old village chief Song Yi was there early, and the people in the county government were finally late. I saw that the county magistrate rode an old horse, and staggered into the village with five or six catchers who were opening the way in front and some people who looked like scribes in the county office.

Respectfully invited the county magistrate in, the village chief Song Yi had prepared tables, chairs, benches and tea to entertain them early, from the city to this except for the county order, they were all on foot, and they were already tired, and they poured water into their mouths one by one, and it took a long time to ease up.....

Song Yi led everyone to the grass hut, at this time the temperature gradually rose, and there was no wind, and the corpse emitted bursts of foul odor, attracting nearby flies.

He lifted the white cloth to examine the corpse, and the expression on his face was very impatient, as if he was affected by the stench. Really! In the subsequent autopsy, he didn't even untie the deceased's clothes, but just pressed it on the abdomen, and when he saw that there was water flowing out of the deceased's mouth and nose, he quickly got out.

He said to the magistrate: "Master, this person was drowned. There are no signs of a fight on his body, and it may have been suicide or accidental drowning. ”

The magistrate breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as he was not murdered, the homicide case has always been a serious case, and the deceased will not talk about it for the time being, even if it is a vicious murderer, he must be very cautious! After the sentence is given, the criminal must be reported to the state government to the criminal department, and then to the criminal department to the middle book, and then the criminal department can issue an approval to execute the criminal, if the criminal retracts the confession, it must be retried! Some important cases are even personally interrogated by the emperor! And for the handling of criminal cases, it is also the standard for assessing whether an official is qualified! In the case of suicide, there is no need to be so troublesome, just report the case closure report, and at most find out the identity of the deceased and let the family come to claim it. Even if you can't find the family of the deceased, throw it at Yizhuang, and the matter will pass.

The magistrate turned to Song Yi and said, "This person should have committed suicide, you go find a car, today the county will bring it back to the county office, and tomorrow the deceased family will post a list for the family of the deceased to come and identify the body." ”

Shen Huan watched from the periphery, didn't say a word, watched them pull the body away, not to mention whether the person really drowned or committed suicide accidentally, just that passable work attitude, even if there is really a grievance, eighty percent will sink into the sea, but Shen Huan has nothing to do about all this, no position and no power, and ordinary people have no way to interfere with the government's handling of the case.

After the magistrate left, the village returned to its former tranquility, but people still talked about it after tea and dinner. After nightfall, Shen Huan lay on the bed and slowly fell asleep thinking about the day's affairs.

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The scorching sun, the asphalt road was baked by the sun, and it was soft to step on, but at this moment, there was a strong wind without warning, the sky was instantly dark, dark clouds obscured the sun, and the torrential rain poured down, Shen Huan trotted all the way, wading through small puddles, splashing ripples, and finally there was a bus stop in front of him, Shen Huan hid in without thinking, patted the water stains on his body, and cursed: "This damn weather....."

"This damn weather ....." seems to be an echo......

It was still raining in the sky, and suddenly there seemed to be a piece of paper falling at his feet, Shen Huan looked down, but it didn't seem to be ordinary paper, the paper was cut into the shape of a copper coin, it seemed to be a piece of paper money!

The rain became heavier and heavier, mixed with more paper money falling more and more, floating on the water, but there was no sign of getting wet......

I don't know when it started, but the stagnant water on the ground has turned red, like blood...... Gradually, even the rain in the sky turned bloody......

There were ripples on the puddle in front of him, and a pair of swollen hands stretched out of the water and grabbed Shen Huan's ankle! Immediately afterwards, a swollen head appeared from the ripples, and looking at the familiar face, Shen Huan immediately recognized that this was actually the floating corpse!

The head that had been unrecognizable was grinning at himself at the moment, and the swollen flesh on his face was twisted together, which made Shen Huan's heart frightened, he struggled frantically, trying to escape from here, but he couldn't break free...... At this moment, Shen Huan seemed to be able to feel the force coming from the hand that grabbed his ankle getting stronger and stronger, instantly pulling him into the endless blood-colored abyss......

.......

Sitting up from the bed abruptly, looking at the bare wall in front of him, covered in sweat, Shen Huan realized that he was having a nightmare......

Picked up the water bowl on the bedside table and poured a few large sips, and then he was relieved...... Looking at the darkness outside, it seems that it is still very late, there are no people in the countryside who are on duty at night, and I don't know what time it is, get out of bed and open the window, the moon hangs high on the lake, and the dogs barking and insects in the distance are still so quiet and peaceful, but at this time, the peace in Shen Huan's heart has been broken......

In the past, Shen Huan was a complete atheist, but when his soul crossed over, he began to wonder if there were really ghosts in this world? Is this dream really just a dream? Or is it an accusation that the deceased is a cold observer to himself and does not avenge his wrongdoing? He really wasn't sure now......

Sitting on the bed, looking at the scenery outside the window, sleepiness gradually hit again, and I don't know when, Shen Huan fell asleep again......