"Chang'an County Daily" published the news of a dead person.

Through a sketch portrait, she was recognized by a woman, saying that it was her cousin, who came from the eastern capital Luoyang to join his family, but took the wrong road, so he wanted to brave the night to ban the overpass in the middle of the night, but fell and died.

And the name of the deceased was Liu Ming.

According to the woman's description of the appearance of the deceased Liu Ming and the relevant evidence provided, the woman's words are credible. But after all, this is a matter of human life, and there is always a procedure to follow. This is also the practice in Chang'an City.

In the tenth year of Germany, on the twelfth day of May, the hour of Chen. The red sun rises in the east, and the temperature rises suddenly.

Chang'an County, Fengyi Fang, the gate of the autopsy hall.

The official announced: Regarding the "Chonghua Huaiyuan Tianqiao Bridge Falling Case", after on-the-spot inspection, Jin Wuwei and the county Yawuxing agreed that it was just an accident, so the Chang'an County Order decided to let a deputy county magistrate preside over the closure of the case.

Similar cases of dead people with no suspicious points have always been held in Fengyi Fang. This is the place in Chang'an 108 Fang, which specializes in the business of the dead, and the morgue of the county government is also located here. In addition to Liu Ming's corpse, there are also several corpses that have not been solved here, parked here and calmed with ice.

The people present, in addition to a deputy county magistrate, also included Chen Biao, deputy governor of Zuo Jinwuwei, Su Kai, deputy governor of the county yawuxing, two people, and two witnesses - Wei Chang and Qi Qi.

The two bitter masters, Wang Tonghai and Wang Qin, waited in the outhouse, and at first they could only listen, and they could not speak until they were called to the court.

The three officials, who were half an hour late, saw everyone waiting outside the door when they came, but they had no sense of guilt on their faces, and they were talking and laughing, as if they were agreeing to go to a tavern to drink together after the case was completed.

Entering the hall through a special passage, everyone sat in their seats, and the face of the deputy county suddenly sank, and asked the soap official to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Wei Chang strode inside, and the first thing he saw was the deputy county man on duty sitting there with a serious face, with six people beside him, two sitting and four standing. The four Tsing Yi soap officials standing were Ding Yong, who was recruited by the county government from among the people, and was not among the military departments, and they ate half public and half private money from the county government.

Actually, they're not officials, but they just sound good.

Since there is no punishment here, there is not even a person who raises a killing stick. There are only two soapy clothes on both sides holding a black plaque, and the black plaque has a big red pen on it - silence.

Meet Shangguan, and then there is a seat, Wei Chang has a strong physique, his legs are forked, and he sits down and occupies most of the position, Qi Qi glared at him, he withdrew his legs half a foot, and the two sat side by side.

Qi Qi went out today, as if he sprinkled spices on his body, or he smoked incense on his clothes overnight last night, and when he sniffed it lightly, he knew that the spices were not bad, and the price must be expensive.

While squinting at Qi Qi, he saw the last person walking in at the door, he could only step over the threshold, walk forward, step outside the red official line, and couldn't go again.

He is an unwelcome county newspaper reporter, subordinate to the county, is a civilian temporary worker in the yali, they shorthand copywriting, after returning to the county newspaper chief editor, correction, printing, publishing and sales are in this small newspaper yamen, the chief is the small official of the nine products, and there are two editors from the nine products under his hands, each in charge of a share of the main work.

On this occasion, people who don't have a department establishment don't even have a seat. It's not as good as Wei Chang and Qi Qi, but it is the establishment of the military department, and the two sit on a bench together.

Don't look at the humble appearance of this temporary clerk here, but the reporters of private newspapers will not be able to obtain first-hand information about this kind of official information. Most of them bribed the reporter at the yamen to make some "leftovers".

"Why didn't that person come?" Wei Chang looked around and muttered in a low voice.

"Which one?" Qi Qi followed Wei Chang's gaze.

"Jin Wuwei Tang Xian on duty that night." Wei Chang said.

Qi Qi said disappreciably: "He's just a small soldier, it's his commander who came here today, wouldn't it be more solemn than him coming?" ”

This Jin Wuwei chief named Chen Biao was the person Qi Qi found that night, Qi Qi actually ran out of the three markets directly, and he didn't feel tired if he had to go to Jin Wuwei as the leader on duty.

"Hmph." Wei Chang snorted lightly and stopped talking. When he turned his head, he saw that the soapman holding the sign was staring at him, his eyes were not good, as if to say: You kid say one more word, see if I don't scold you.

Wei Changhu was stunned, and the man's body froze, and he instinctively looked away. As soon as he moved away, he felt ashamed again, so he glared back again. At this time, Wei Chang no longer looked at him, but sat there with a serious face and looked at the deputy county Cheng.

The post-mortem process officially began.

In order to prevent people from colluding in the case, it was stipulated that two servants should be brought here without prior notice, and the two people were examined one after another in full view of the public.

The two middle-aged servants appeared one after another, and the order of inspection was completely in accordance with the rules.

The first one came out, stripped the deceased's clothes clean, checked the whole body, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he made up his mind, went to the small public case next to him, wrote down the cause of death, and signed it.

After this servant is done, go to check out and rest, and then the second servant will perform an autopsy.

The process is basically the same.

During the inspection, Wei Chang couldn't help but rub his nose, and his eyes swept to the side, this Qi Qi was really not an ordinary woman, seeing the stripped male corpse who broke his spine in this scene, he was not afraid, and there was no trace of emotion on his face.

"This official thinks that the inspection process is correct, please ask Jin Wuwei to testify." The deputy county Cheng held the two autopsy reports in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

Chen Biao, deputy governor of Zuojin Wuwei, took the report and looked at it, and then passed it to Su Kai, deputy governor of the county yawuxing.

"Witness Wei Chang came forward." Before the words were signed, the deputy county Cheng called Wei Chang without looking up, and when Wei Chang came out, he took out another document, it seems that this is already the second procedure.

"Ministry of War, bad guy student Wei Chang, meet the commanders."

"Let's talk about the situation first."

"Whoa!"

Then Wei Chang told him about the situation that night, but he didn't mention what the man said when he woke up, because he thought it was nonsense - the last thing that the deceased didn't want to say, and if he said it to the three chiefs, I am afraid it would be meaningless, and it would make people feel stupid.

The county clerk asked the clerk to hand him the paperwork, and he began to read it silently, and the description above basically matched what happened that night, so he nodded yes.

The county asked Qi Qi to watch it again, and after Qi Qi finished reading it, he suddenly frowned and said: "That night, I saw the traces of someone's deliberate erased footprints on the overpass, which were not reflected in the official document. ”

At this time, Chen Biao said: "At that time, I checked those footprints, which were the traces of the cleaning of the Fang City Bureau, but I did not find any traces of fighting. ”

Hearing this, the deputy county said: "Qi Qi, when you were there that night, did you raise this question?" ”

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"I ......" Qi Qi was a little restrained, thought about it and said: "As a junior, the student is not a member of Jin Wuwei, so he didn't dare to talk much at that time. ”

"So, did you see the footprints?"

"I can see clearly, there are indeed traces of deliberate erasure."

"So, could it be the officer's cleaning?"

"It was late at night, and no official came out to clean up."

"So could it be the traces of the previous officer's cleaning?"

"The students don't dare to confirm it."

"Do you see the footprints of the dead?"

"See."

"Are the footprints messy?"

"It's clear, it's not messy."

After asking these questions, the deputy county Cheng didn't ask anymore. At this time, Zhang Biao smiled bitterly and leaned his back back on the chair, with a look of realization of his victory. Deputy County Cheng and Zhang Biao and Su Kai looked at each other respectively, as if asking for advice.

Seeing that the two had no objections, he looked at Qi Qi again, looked at it for a long time, with a helpless expression on his face [little girl, don't make trouble, the old man has to get off work early], and finally said, "Do you have anything else to discover?" ”

"Nope." Qi Qi said with a little shame.

"Since there is no problem, then the second document can be signed, and the family of the deceased can be called to the court."

Soon after, a woman, supported by her husband, staggered in. Before he crossed the threshold, he howled loudly and cried like a mourner, crying as if she was the only one left in the world, and the cry shook the roof spider for a moment, and these small changes were all taken into Wei Chang's eyes.

Wei Chang was still wondering, his body, compared to before, had more strength, better endurance, faster speed, and his vision and hearing were obviously better than others.

In the end, he also heard the subtle sound of the deputy county man touching his hand to the startling wood, and it seemed that when the woman cried a few more times, he was about to clap.

At this time, the woman's husband dragged the woman and said something in his ear, the woman quickly wiped her tears, looked up at the deputy county Cheng, immediately shrunk her neck, and knelt on the ground in a tame manner.

Seeing that the woman was no longer crying, the deputy county magistrate removed his hand from the shocking wood.

In fact, he didn't want to make a big slap, in addition to the pain in his hands, the shock made his ears uncomfortable. Besides, when a relative dies, it is normal for the bitter master to cry twice, and he is also flesh and blood, so he can't wait for a few snaps of his fingers.

The woman's crying stopped abruptly, but everyone didn't think it was strange to see her frightened appearance. Although this couple is neatly dressed, they are a cloth dress after all, and when they come to the court, how can they not be shocked by the officials.

"Wang Qin, I'll ask you." The deputy county man raised his head and said in a long voice: "Can you see clearly that this person must be your cousin?" ”

"Lord Hui, naturally he is undoubtedly a cousin."

"Listen to you, saying that he came from Luoyang to join you, so why doesn't he have a household registration certificate on him?"

A sharp sound of "huh" suddenly came from the woman's mouth and nose, as if the deputy county Cheng's words had touched her sore spot, but the husband next to her quickly interrupted her crying, cheered her up, and answered the master's question as soon as possible, the woman wiped her tears again, and cried:

"The little girl is eighteen years older than her cousin, and when his parents died, I actually raised him from eight to sixteen. Later, he went to the Eastern Capital to make money over the years, and said that he would come back and honor me. I didn't think about it...... Huh~~~"

"Don't cry!" Zhang Biao was a little impatient: "Wang Tonghai, do you know the details?" ”

"Back to the master, the little one knows." Wang Tonghai immediately replied respectfully.

"Then you come!" Zhang Biao said a word, and unconsciously glanced at the deputy county officer, it was obvious that he had stolen the limelight of the deputy county on a whim, although they were at the same level, but this was the territory of the county government, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Yes!" Wang Tonghai, who looked much stronger than his daughter-in-law, said directly: "After Liu Ming came to Chang'an, he first handed over the luggage to the convenient donkey cart and sent it to his cousin's house, and the household registration was in the package. ”

"Do you have any evidence to bring with you?" Deputy County Cheng rubbed his eyes, as if he was a little sleepy.

"Brought." Wang Tonghai said.

At this time, Su Kai waved his hand at the soap officer, and the soap officer immediately ran out, and after a while, he brought in a brocade package, opened it in front of everyone, and took the evidence.

"Present it to the deputy county magistrate." Su Kai said.

"Okay, okay, I've brought all the belts, what else to see." The deputy county man said impatiently: "But if there is a deed, how can you see that it cannot be done in this." Now that many implementations have been made, the sufferer has been found, and there is nothing wrong with it now. Then, ask the sufferer to carry away the corpses of his relatives as soon as possible, prepare clothes and coffins for funeral, and let the deceased be buried as soon as possible. ”

This county magistrate seems to have something urgent at home, and as soon as this matter is done hastily, everyone disperses. The formalities are complete, the charter is not bad, and the case looks as if there are no flaws.

It's just that Wei Chang smacked vigorously.

He has a stomach full of complaints, but it is not easy to talk to Qi Qi, because the two of them have been holding back their strength since the first day.

I have to say that Qi Qi's girl is really energetic, although she is awkward, but she can do business. Do serious things, not bad in a word; Talk about idle days, don't say a word.

However, since the last time she signed at the door, she found that this Nizi seemed to have some cold feelings for herself, and the next day, she didn't go to the bald instructor to admit her mistake.

The two walked out of the gate of Fang City and turned left.

"Where the hell is your house coming from? The spice smell on your body is very special, is it Changbai mountain material? Wei Chang said tentatively.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Qi Qi had a cold face and strode forward.

"Ahem," he coughed lightly, "you women, you are too vain. For example, this Wang Qin, looking at her sketch, she is simply a fairy, but when I saw the deity today, it was really disappointing. ”

"Hmph." Qi Qi gave him a fierce look: "I think it's quite similar." ”

"Like?" Wei Chang said in surprise, suddenly feeling that something was wrong, and asked, "Have you seen that sketch?" ”

"Chang'an County Daily."

"Oh, I forgot about it." He smiled wryly: "It seems that I have lost my eyes, maybe the reason for the dim light that night?" However, it was too much worse, and the woman in the portrait was so beautiful that it was simply unbelievable......"

"Well, if that's what you're going to say next, please excuse yourself. When the matter is done, you go yours, and I go mine. With that, Qi Qi stood in place, waiting for Wei Chang to leave first.

"Cut, don't you stop by?" Wei Chang pursed his lips and said sarcastically.

Qi Qi hugged her shoulders and didn't look at her. The pedestrians on the side of the road threw strange glances at her one by one, but she ignored them, just stood like that. If you don't leave, I won't leave.

Competing with a little girl who was just twenty years old made Wei Chang feel bored, and scolded him in his heart for being cautious, and strode away.

The two of them kept a distance of less than three zhang one after the other, he walked quickly, she walked quickly, he slowed down, and she slowed down. He suddenly crouched on the side of the road and smoked a cigarette, and she sat on the side of the road.

Just as he was smoking, he suddenly heard a slight "squeak" in the air, which was all too familiar to hear, the sound of a crossbow bolt winding.

This voice seemed to be in the wall behind him, and behind it was Fengyi Fang, which had just been in the business of the dead......

Suddenly smell a touch of danger......

"Bang!" With a bang, a two-foot-long, Qingjinjin crossbow arrow was directly nailed to the place where Wei Chang was just now, and at this time he was already rolling on the ground, raising his head to look at the place where the arrow came.

At this time, Qi Qi's shout came: "Watch your back!" ”

"By the time you tell me, I'll be dead a long time ago!" Wei Chang said a word, but in his heart he said to the assassin, "What a fast body!" It's just that you haven't practiced archery at home! ”

By feeling, the half of the head I saw just now was a masked woman, Wei Chang muttered, and had already jumped on the wall, but when he looked down, he couldn't see the shadow of the assassin.

Sniffing carefully, as if he could still smell the scent of the assassin just now, he once again decided that the person just now must be a woman, although she covered most of her face with a black cloth, but her eyes were indeed beautiful, as if he had seen it somewhere. It's just that things happened too fast, and it was just a moment, and I really couldn't see the person's face clearly.

It felt like the assassin wasn't far away......

"Wei Chang, don't chase!" Qi Qi saw that Wei Chang had the idea of pursuing, and suddenly reminded: "Don't forget your current identity!" ”

Thanks to Qi Qi's reminder, otherwise he forgot that he was still a pariah, and it was a felony to jump on the wall of Fang City in broad daylight and be discovered by Jin Wuwei.

Now he can only be reinstated if he graduates from the Academy of Bad People.

In the public court just now, Qi Qi didn't fall into the well and let him stand behind him, which was already very face-saving for him. Of course, Qi Qi knew in her heart that it would be a matter of time before he would resume his military membership, so she wouldn't do that.

This year's exam is all up to this "damn" guy, if she can't pass this time, the next time will be troublesome. And Wei Chang, as long as he changes a partner, it is very easy to pass.

"Cut!" Wei Chang reluctantly cut off, and then jumped down: "What's the matter, can the untouchables be killed at will?" As he spoke, he pulled out the arrow that was three inches deep in the ground, and sniffed the tip of the sword: "Let's go, let's go back and let the instructor test it to see if this arrow is poisonous." Alas, let's bet ten dollars, I'll bet on poison. ”

Qi Qi glared at him: "You still have the heart to bet with me, I see that you have been targeted!" Say, Have you offended anyone before? ”

"Heh, I've offended a lot of people, and there are a lot of people who want to kill me." Wei Chang tucked the arrow into his waist, he could already smell the fishy smell of the tip of the arrow, and with the knowledge he learned in the Academy of Bad People, he concluded that the arrow was highly poisonous.

When he walked again, Qi Qi didn't avoid him anymore, and he always wanted to say something, but his steps were too big, and Qi Qi wanted to keep up with his speed, so he had to trot a few steps from time to time.

"Why don't you ask me to help you catch the Assassin?"

"You? Forget it. Wei Chang's tone always had a touch of sarcasm, which was also what Qi Qi looked down on him the most, this old boy's eyes were too poisonous, and he always spoke to the point, which made the girl feel very uncomfortable.

"You're so underestimating me?"

"I didn't say that."

"What do you think now, and, as I said at the beginning, I saw the footprints of someone on the flyover."

"Why didn't you tell me at the time?" Wei Chang suddenly stood on his feet and glared at Qi Qi.

When Wei Changyi was serious, there was a ruthlessness in his eyes, like an uncooked eagle, which made people shudder to look at, Qi Qi hesitated slightly, suddenly felt faceless, and said with a stiff neck: "Jin Wuwei's people are all there, what's the use of me telling you?" Can you still jump out and watch it again? ”

"If you can tell me, at least I have a precaution." Wei Chang continued to walk and stopped glaring at her.

"What do you mean?"

Wei Chang was still thinking about what had just happened, and couldn't help but raise his vigilance, looking around as he walked, and looking back from time to time, "I think what you said in court today is completely meaningless. This matter, the three families have already been ventilated, and they will deal with it quickly, and everyone will save trouble. Do you think you're the only one who thinks there's something wrong with this? The county government was worried that the detection rate would decrease, so they did not concentrate on managing the case. Have you taken a closer look at Su Kai, the deputy governor of the county yawuxing? ”

"What's wrong with him?"

"I think he's still a man with a conscience, but he can't do it alone. One is his top boss, and the other is Uncle Jin Wuwei with a good family background! He sat on it, and he sat on pins and needles like a thorn on his back. Wei Chang said strange things.

"And what do you want?"

"What else? This matter has developed to the point of killing me, can I still ignore it? ”

"But you don't have the authority to handle the case!"

"Don't you have?" Wei Chang said with a wicked smile.

"I don't have either." Qi Qi was a little dazed.

"Then go to the instructor and ask for it, and then you take me, isn't it?"

"I'll take you with me?"

"If you don't take me, what will you do? Just your little body? With a little finger, he pushed Qi Qi on the shoulder.

"Hey, don't touch me!" His fingers were like iron bars, which made Qi Qi feel painful this time, and said angrily.