On the second day after the official ordered the investigation of the case, the official looked through the corpse again, trying to find out some clues from the corpse, however, the deceased was killed by a knife, even the royal forest army wearing armor was no exception, the murderer with a full purpose, extremely calm and ruthless, without delay, found the location of the heart, the white knife went in and the red knife came out, and people may have been reflected and never had the opportunity to speak.

"What did you find?"

The person who spoke was in his fifties, with a square face, wrinkles engraved on his forehead, and his sideburns dyed silver-white. This person is He Hao, the secretary of Dali Temple, and his official rank is actually not lower than Liu Fangzheng, Gu Cheng, and Zuo Yan, but he has never been able to insert a foot in the three people who are fighting.

If it is done well, it should be done, if it is not done well, not to mention whether there will be a chance to insert the three of them in the future, it is unknown whether the black gauze hat on the top of the head is guaranteed or not.

He looked at the person who came, and was a little embarrassed: "When the corpse was delivered that day, when the time of the deceased's death was judged to be ugly, the wound was located in the middle of the heart, judging from the shape of the wound, the murderer should have used a short knife, and the murderer's body should be taller than the father-in-law who was responsible for delivering the food, probably about the same height as the dead Imperial Guard..."

He Hao raised his forehead: "You already said these words when you didn't look at the corpse today, so you didn't see anything else?" ”

"It's... The corpse has been left for more than three days, and although it is winter, the degree of decay will be reduced, but..."

He Hao glanced at the foul-smelling corpse lying on the morgue, and understood that there was no way to see what was wrong, so he had to give up

The subordinates on the side hurriedly came up and asked, "My lord, do you want to bury the corpse?" ”

He Hao pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer, Xunyang, you will go out with me later." ”

"Yes."

He Hao didn't delay any longer, and after changing his official uniform into civilian clothes, he called the subordinate who was called Xunyang just now, and sent someone to bring two horses and went towards the place where the crime occurred.

The lighting in the alley is not very good, it looks a little gloomy, the straw mat used to cover the corpse was still thrown aside, Xunyang squatted down and glanced at the straw mat, the shabby straw mat was wet with blood, and now it is a little dark, and the smell of blood has also dispersed. The man carefully turned the straw mat over and looked at it for a long time, and finally found a tangled gold thread in the corner.

Xun Yang held up the golden thread on the straw mat to He Hao: "My lord, could this be left by the murderer." ”

He Hao was stunned and said: "The gold thread, it should be out of reach of ordinary people, in the strong wind, there are only a few wealthy merchants and court officials who can use the gold thread." ”

If he just relied on a pinch of gold thread to find the murderer, it would be a little whimsical, Xun Yang had to continue to look around, but he found that except for the blood stains where the corpses were stacked, the rest of the place, including the walls, was very clean.

Xun Yang looked back at his lord: "My lord, my subordinates think that the place where the murderer committed the murder may not be here. ”

He Hao nodded and agreed: "The group of people who died came back from the Gu Mansion, and if they return to the palace from the Gu Mansion, they will not pass by here, which means that the murderer threw the body here after killing someone." ”

Xunyang said: "Since the murderer dares to kill people, he also throws the corpse in a frenzy, which shows that he is not afraid that the corpse will be discovered, but he deliberately moved the corpse here, and the group of seven people who gave the food, even if it is the father-in-law in the palace, it is also a bit of weight, he can't move it all at once, back and forth several times, and the probability of leaving traces is not greater." And we have already concluded that the purpose of this man is to damage the royal majesty and to centrifuge the people, so should not it be seen by the people? But this alley is generally not walked. ”

was told enough by his subordinates, He Hao was simply a head and two big: "As you said, there must be a reason for everything." ”

Xunyang once again fell into a long silence for this cause.

He Hao said: "Xunyang, according to the route back to the palace, what is the closest place from here." ”

"It's Qingning Road, just across the street from here."

The two of them led the horses again and walked along the route that the little eunuchs should have taken when they returned to the palace, because it was broad daylight, and there were many pedestrians on the street, and the matter could not alarm the people, so it was really difficult for the two to investigate.

"I've seen the wounds of the corpses, almost three inches long, and very deep, it can't be just those blood stains in the alley, there will definitely be the place where the murder was committed."

"But my lord, we have already searched all the surrounding areas, and there is no large bloodstain."

"Has the murderer come back and dealt with it? Impossible, look it up again. He Hao couldn't help but wonder, "And seven people, not one or two, no matter how fast he shoots, he will be noticed by the person who delivers the food, there must have been a fight, go and ask the people nearby, what fights or shouting can be heard around the ugly time." ”

"Yes."

Xunyang received the order and went down and asked from house to house, but the answer he got was not satisfactory, and the fact that he didn't hear it made Xunyang feel that his ears were going to be calloused, and he really wanted to hear a different answer.

Xun Yang asked again: "Did you hear the sound of fighting, or shouting on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve?" ”

The man shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Did anything strange happen?"

The man looked at the sky and thought for a while, then said as if he remembered something: "There really is!" Well, I don't know if it's a weird thing you want to know, but it scared the hell out of me! ”

When Xun Yang heard this, he quickly cheered up and said, "You say, it doesn't matter if it's counted or not." ”

"I am in charge of the shift on this street, and Chinese New Year's Eve is special, and I came back early. When I came back, I met a woman standing in front of the door next door, calling the door, dressed in black and equipped with a sword, and her face was pale like a female ghost! Still with murderous intent, she screamed, and when she saw that no one was responding, she climbed over the wall by herself. I'm also a coward, there shouldn't be anyone right at that time, and I was almost scared to death when I saw it! ”

"When did you get home?"

"It's about ugly, but it's past the time of the New Year, and it's almost time to sleep."

"And you didn't see anyone else on your way home?"

"Nope."

"Are you sure the woman you saw was standing next door?"

"Sure, everyone else is different from our poor people, how can you admit your mistake."

"Okay, thank you little brother."

Xunyang hugged his fists and thanked the man, glanced at the tall family next to him, and walked over step by step.

Xun Yang didn't dare to knock on the door directly, but first checked around the outer steps to see that it was as usual, and then turned around and went back to his life.

"Your Excellency!"

"What do you ask?"

Xunyang said: "I said I didn't hear the sound, but I asked the little brother who played the watch that night, and he said that around the ugly time, he saw a woman in night clothes standing outside the house next door calling the door, and no one answered and turned over by himself, and didn't come out again."

He Hao was stunned: "Have you gone to see it?" What kind of people. ”

"The subordinates didn't dare, they only dared to probe around the periphery, and there was nothing abnormal."

"Don't dare? Whose house, you haven't dared yet? ”

Xunyang said: "My lord, it is the new house that the official family gave to the general a few days ago. ”

"Protector General?"

He Hao couldn't think of it for a while.

Xun Yang hurriedly explained: "It's the little General Gu of the Gu Mansion, and the official family takes a fancy to him now." ”

Hearing this, He Hao just wanted a stone to fall from the sky and stoned him to death, although he was upright and never tended to be inflammatory, and he was just investigating the case. But this Gu Yanhuo, he... He can't afford to provoke him, he is favored by the official family in front, and behind him is the loyal and brave marquis as a backer, and the people themselves are even more uncertain, and the lord who sent the head to the king of Hades, he can't hide, and he has to rush to check people's homes, isn't this fatal.

This case is not only a flying disaster for the official family, but also a flying disaster for those who are forced to investigate the case.

However, he can only bite the bullet.