There is a big river named Wei River in the north of Chang'an City, out of Chang'an 20 miles that is to arrive, the Wei River is wide and the water flow is gentle, although the weather is severe but not frozen, many people like to go to the Wei River for winter fishing.

A ferry left the south bank and headed north, the ferry was not big, there were only a dozen people on board, sitting at the bow was a man who looked to be in his forties, I don't know if there was something on his mind, so his face was not very good, and I didn't know if he was sick, although the clothes on his body were not expensive, but the workmanship and tailoring were excellent, so he should be wealthy.

There was a very strange man sitting in the stern of the boat, like a woodcutter, carrying a large bundle of firewood, and it was strange who would carry a bundle of firewood across the river? Could it be that people on the north bank of the Wei River will come to the south bank of the Wei River to chop some dry firewood?

Strange as strange, no one is good enough to ask why you are carrying a bundle of firewood.

The man holding the boat looked at the middle-aged man sitting at the bow of the boat, and then at the woodcutter sitting at the stern, and always felt that these two people were extraordinary.

But fortunately, this is outside Chang'an, the capital of the Daning Emperor, and there is no need to worry about encountering any villains, the boatman hummed a little song, and soon the boat approached the opposite shore, at this time, the woodcutter with a bundle of firewood on his back suddenly sat up straight, as if he had woken up to something, took out a small money bag from his arms, and counted a few copper coins out: "Brother boatman, I still have to go back." ”

Of course, the boatman will not refuse, and he said that he is not in a hurry, just get off the boat and give it to me.

At this time, the middle-aged man at the bow of the boat stood up suddenly, looked at the distance on the opposite shore was no more than a zhang, and suddenly jumped up from his feet, and jumped to the opposite bank, looked back, and didn't know who he was looking at.

The force of the foot was supposed to be enormous, but the hull of the ship barely swayed.

When the man reached the other side, he walked away without saying a word.

The boatman thought about it, this man gave him the money for the boat in advance, and it wasn't to escape these copper coins, so why rush for a while?

When they got to the shore and everyone got out of the boat, but the woodcutter sat there and did not move, and he muttered a few words, but the boatman did not understand a word anyway.

The boat rocked back to the south shore, and the woodcutter got out of the boat and thanked him politely.

Very usual, no problems.

The boatman continued to wait for the guests to come on the shore, and the woodcutter went to Chang'an City without looking back.

In the water, a man who was so small that he wondered if he was a monster came out, climbed up to the north shore, looked around, and there was no one on the shore, and he shook the water on his body, like some animal, how could anyone shake the water like that.

He was dressed in a child's clothes, but he walked strangely, leaning sideways and jumping.

The boatman held the boat back and forth for two more years, saw that the sun was about to set and felt that there would be no more business, and was about to collect the boat and go home, when the woodcutter with a bundle of firewood on his back came to the shore again, and said apologetically: "Sorry, I have to go to the north shore." ”

The boatman felt that it was not worth it to take him alone to the north shore, and that he had to work hard for a few copper coins, and just thought about how to refuse, the woodcutter put the money bag on his boat: "About three taels of silver, is it enough?" ”

Three taels of silver to support the boat back and forth, of course enough, definitely enough.

The boatman happily carried the only ferryman across the river, but as soon as he reached the north bank, about a foot from the shore, the woodcutter suddenly let out a long breath, and then looked at the boatman and said seriously: "Is three taels of silver enough for one round trip?" ”

The boatman couldn't help but curse in his heart that he was sick, but three taels of silver was enough for one round trip, three round trips were enough, anyway, he himself had to go back to the south shore, and there was no difference between taking one person and an empty boat.

"Enough."

So the boatman turned the bow of the boat: "What are you doing here?" Back and forth twice. ”

"Nothing."

The woodcutter lowered his head: "Pass the time, sometimes you can't go home too early, it's going to be difficult if it's too early." ”

The boatman said in his heart that the three taels of silver should be all your net worth for you, thinking that someone in the family is sorry for him, so he would rather take a boat back and forth than go home, but after thinking about it, it is not right, I don't want to go home, can I find a place to rest? There is a trestle bridge on the south bank, and there is a small tea soup shop not far from the trestle bridge, where dozens of copper coins are spent and even food and drink, so why use all the silver to take a boat.

He looked at the woodcutter and wanted to ask more, but the woodcutter lowered his head as if he was pondering, and he was too embarrassed to bother, when suddenly he felt that something was wrong, why was there some water at the stern of the boat?

The woodcutter did not get off the boat, he sat in the stern last time and this time, where did the water trail come from?

When the woodcutter arrived at the south bank, he carried his bundle of firewood on his back and left again, and when he left, he still thanked him politely, and the boatman looked at it a few more times, and then found that the bundle of firewood was dripping water, and in curiosity he looked at the stern of the boat, and there was a puddle of water in the stern, as if there was something wrong, and he wiped the water with his hand, and found that there was something wrong with the color.

Two hours later, the Tingwei Mansion.

Fang Bailu, a young man who had just been promoted to Qianban last month, stood in front of Han Zhaozhi, although it was not the first time he had entered Han Zhaozhi's study, he was still not used to such a dim light in this room.

Fang Bailu is Fang Baijing's cousin, and the life trajectory of the two is similar, his father is the younger brother of Fang Baijing's father, and the brothers of the older generation are working in the Tingwei Mansion, and they have naturally entered the Tingwei Mansion in their generation.

"There are cases that are very strange."

Fang Bailu glanced at Han Zhaozhi, and when he spoke, he tried to speak as fast as he could, and tried to say every word clearly.

"Not long ago, the Yamen of Shuntianfu received a report that there was a homicide about six miles north of the Wei River, a person was killed on the road, there were people before and after, so there were not many people who saw the murder, it was not too late at that time, and it would never be wrong to see anything, it was strange, so many people did not see how people died, the deceased walked and walked with his head and flew up by himself, and what was even more strange was that the head that flew up did not fall back to the ground, as if it disappeared out of thin air, and the people of Shuntianfu had brought the body back, The incision in the neck is neat, and it should have been killed by a sharp blade. ”

Han Zhaozhi frowned: "The human head flew into the air by itself?" ”

"Yes, there were eight or nine people who saw this scene at that time, all of them came down from the same ferry, and the one who died was also on the same ferry boat as them to the north shore, and after walking six miles, the man's good head flew out, and he flew out diagonally, and he should have flown to the tree, but when people looked up at the tree, there was nothing, and the head was gone."

Han Zhaozhi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, he had never heard of such a strange case for so many years, let alone seen it.

"Let's go to Suncheonfu."

Han Zhaozhi got up.

Just about to go out, someone outside came in to tell him, saying that he was the general arrest of Shuntianfu and asked to see him.

In fact, the general arrest of Shuntian Mansion is a drudgery, and it is also a worry-free one, saying that the errand is hard, basically the cases that the Tingwei Mansion does not handle will be given to them, saying that they are worry-free, and it is also because of the cases that the Tingwei Mansion does not handle will be given to them, but don't forget, some cases in the Criminal Department also have to be taken.

The servants of Shuntianfu mostly handled small cases, and habitually handed over all big cases to the Tingwei Mansion to handle.

The so-called Shuntian Mansion is actually Chang'an Mansion, the last time Xue Sign, the chief arrester of Chang'an Mansion, wanted to handle a big case, it was several years ago, he received a report that someone went to the restaurant with a head hanging on his belt, and hurriedly took someone to investigate, and found out that the person was Meng Changan, a disciple of the academy, and he went to see the old dean of the academy in the hope of handing people over to him, and the result was naturally conceivable.

Xue Qian sometimes secretly rejoices for a while, if he insisted on handling this case at that time, but he offended Meng Changan thoroughly, Meng Changan is now a general of the third grade, and his good brother Shen Leng is also a general of the third grade, and it is said that he is still the righteous son of the Northern Xinjiang general Tie Liuli, although Tie Liuli has passed away, but the new Northern Xinjiang general Wu Xinyu is also the righteous son of Tie Liuli, so Meng Changan and the Northern Xinjiang general are godbrothers.

It's complicated.

As soon as Xue Qian entered the door, he hurriedly saluted Han Zhaozhi, in recent years, he has become more and more obedient, doing things in Chang'an Mansion, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, big cases are naturally handled by people from Tingwei Mansion, where he needs to work hard.

"Lord Du Tingwei, I really don't have a clue about the case of the lowly Xue Sign, so I have to come to see the adult and ask the adult to solve my doubts."

Han Zhaozhi already knew about the case and asked, "Is there a clue to who the deceased is?" ”

"The identity of the deceased is not difficult to find."

Xue Qian hurriedly handed over the file he was carrying: "The deceased's name is Guo Liancheng, he is the head of the Datong Dart Bureau, the owner of the Datong Dart Bureau is called Shang Shanshui, and someone has been arranged to meet him before he comes, but there is no news yet, Guo Liancheng is quite famous in the rivers and lakes, and he is also the second person in the Datong Dart Bureau, second only to Shang Shanshui. ”

"Identities were found so quickly."

Han Zhaozhi glanced at Xue Qian appreciatively.

"After receiving the report, I arranged for someone to ask the few people who saw the scene, and some of them had seen him, so I knew it as soon as I asked."

Xue Qian asked curiously: "This Guo Liancheng's martial arts are extremely high, how could he fly his head into the sky for no reason?" ”

Han Zhaozhi naturally didn't answer well, so he asked rhetorically: "Have you brought back all the people involved?" ”

"He brought it back, and all the people who were in the boat with him were brought back, and the boatmen who were holding the boat were also brought back."

Han Zhaozhi snorted: "Go and ask in your yamen." ”

"No, no, no."

Xue Qian said with a smile: "Everyone has been brought to the Tingwei Mansion, and now they are waiting outside the gate." ”

Han Zhaozhi glanced at Xue Sign: "You have been working in Chang'an Mansion for many years, and you were promoted to the chief arrester of Chang'an Mansion six years ago, and you are the sixth grade...... Are you willing to come to the Tingwei Mansion to do things, I can directly mention you to do things for Qian, Zhengwupin, and a year later, I can mention you for Qian, from the fourth. ”

Xue Qian was stunned and looked at Han Zhaozhi with an incredulous expression.

Qianbanfang Bailu smiled: "Do you need to say it twice?" ”

Xue Qian hurriedly leaned over: "The lowly is willing, the lowly has always wanted to come to the Tingwei Mansion to handle the case." ”

"Tomorrow, I will go to see Lord Chang'an Mansion and bring you over."

Han Zhaozhi walked out: "Have you ever had a simple inquiry?" ”

"On the way, the lowly official asked almost all the questions that should be asked, and all the people who saw the deceased's death had the same confession, saying that the human head flew up by itself, and then the human head disappeared, and the lowly official also inquired about the boatman, and the boatman said that there was indeed a strange person, but the person did not cross the river with the deceased, and there was no evidence of the murder."

Han Zhaozhi said: "Let's ask everyone first." ”

Meanwhile.

Weiyang Palace, Fengning Temple.

The little fat Taoist sat in the courtyard and looked at the night sky in a daze, the sky had just darkened, but the starry sky was already bright.

Xiao Zhang Zhenren came out of the backyard, His Majesty didn't know why he suddenly summoned her, she went to the front yard and saw the little fat Taoist sitting there in a daze, said hello and walked out, the little fat Taoist quickly stood up and smiled honestly: "It's so late to go out." ”

"Your Majesty summons."

Xiao Zhang Zhenren replied, she felt that the fat Taoist was kind-hearted, so she said a few more words: "The night wind is cold, don't sit outside." ”

The little fat Taoist was flattered, and nodded hurriedly: "I'll go back, I'll go back." ”

He turned around to enter the house, Xiao Zhang Zhenren saw that his back was heavy, it should be wet, his clothes were still wet in such a cold weather, and he was not afraid of the cold.

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[The third watch is justice, ask for a monthly ticket. 】