Guo Shaozheng was halfway to Tokyo, when he suddenly heard a report that a suspicious corpse was found on Ruzhou Road, and Wang Pu and others escorted the criminal Li Mazi to identify the body. Guo Shao immediately rushed to that place with people.

They rode fast horses, but they arrived before Wang Pu and the others. Guo Shao rode over, only to see a soil pit in the forest, and new soil was dug out next to it, and a corpse covered in mud had been dug up, and the corpse was really placed on a bamboo frame.

I heard a farmer kneeling on the ground say: "Because the grass people went to the neighboring village because of the delay, I didn't go home until the second half of last night in the dark, and I stayed here...... Then I saw a light on the road, and one of them was smashing something. ”

"Do you see the man's face?"

The farmer said, "In the middle of the night, how dare the grass people come forward to see, hiding in the grass and not daring to come out, secretly thinking that they will wait for him to leave and then go home." Early this morning, I thought something was wrong, so I went to the mountains and forests here to see what was going on. I saw a place where the branches were hidden with freshly dug earth, and I wanted to know what had been buried, so I dug it up and looked, and found a dead man. I immediately went to the village to report to the village ......"

Guo Shao looked at the corpse, ten strong men, the skin of the head was discolored, and there were many injuries. The boy was cleaning the corpse from the congealed blood and dirt from his head. Because the farmer said that he saw movement on the road in the second half of last night, Guo Shao had to guess that this person might be Li Xia'er; But he didn't know Li Xia'er, so he had to wait for Wang Pu and others to bring Li Mazi up to recognize the body.

In the evening, Wang Pu and others arrived and asked Li Mazi to recognize it, and it was indeed Li Xia'er.

An official confirmed: "This person is very important, you read that right?" ”

Li Mazi said: "I've known him for a few months, and I look good, I can recognize him seven or eight points without looking at his face." ”

Wang Pudao looked at the corpse and said, "It's been collected, transported back to Kaifeng Mansion, and let me do a detailed autopsy." ”

He saw that Guo Shao was also here, so he walked over. Guo Shao did not shy away from it, he was originally intended to be assassinated, and it was normal for him to show concern about the progress of the case. immediately saluted Wang Pu.

Wang Pu said: "It's obvious that he was killed and killed." ”

Guo Shaobai said: "What Deputy Envoy Wang said is very true, I'm afraid it is exactly the case. However, when I looked closely, this person's head was scarred and seemed to be poisoned, but he was not yet unrecognizable, and he could still see his face when he cleaned up. It happened to ask the painter to paint a portrait of the corpse, but it was more similar than listening to Li Mazi's dictation. ”

Wang Pu nodded in agreement.

Seeing that they would not be able to return to Tokyo tonight, they went to a neighboring county town to spend the night first. That important witness Li Mazi will naturally be strictly guarded, and even Guo Shao sent some personal soldiers to set up sentry posts in rotation nearby.

Now that this matter has been handed over to Wang Pu to preside, and there are various departments and yamen of Kaifeng Mansion to handle it, it is inconvenient for Guo Shao to directly intervene, after all, he is only a general of the forbidden army, and it is not his job to handle the case. Wang Pu was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and he did not handle the case, but because this matter involved a general, he was sent by the emperor to preside over the divisions.

Guo Shao has never been a policeman or a civil servant in ancient times, but even so, as a person with no experience in handling cases, he also feels that if this case can be investigated with all his might, it will be easy to handle...... The place where the deceased Li Xia'er was active, carried out a control investigation, and found out his interpersonal relationships...... and already suspected that Li Xia'er often went in and out of the Zhao Mansion, and used the servants in the Zhao Mansion to recognize Li Xia'er's appearance; Even if you don't recognize it, if Li Xia'er often goes in and out of the Zhao Mansion, her name will always be known by the slaves.

It can basically be determined that the main culprit in this case is Li Xia'er; Then clean up the relationship between Li Xiaer and Zhao San. Even if this case is not ironclad, Zhao San's dislike is obviously the biggest ...... The detention and interrogation of the most suspects is a necessary means in modern and ancient times, and Zhao San may find it difficult to justify.

Zhao San may be able to argue that although Li Xia'er has a relationship with him, he cannot prove that he Zhao San is the mastermind; But it was useless to quibble, and during the torture he would have to ask where he was last night and what alibi evidence he had...... There are other means, Guo Shao doesn't know too much, but he is sure that if things can come to this point, the truth of the case will not be far away.

Whether others believe it or not, anyway, Guo Shao is now sure that Zhao San is the mastermind! According to the motive for committing the crime, the only people who may spend so much effort are Li Chongjin and Zhao San; But there are no credible clues that Li Chongjin has anything to do with it...... On the contrary, the clues related to Zhao San are simply inextricably linked, and they are too many to count!

What else is there to say?

But in some cases, the key is not how to investigate and whether you have the ability to investigate the case...... It's that people don't let you check it. Zhao Kuangyin's family, unless the emperor agrees, who would dare to go to the house of the commander of the palace to search and take people?

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Zhao San rushed back to Tokyo alone, and on the way home, he passed by the intersection of Dongshi North Road, only to see that the building opened by Li Xia'er was full of officials. Zhao San didn't dare to get close to see what was going on, so he hurried home.

When I returned home, I felt calm, and it seemed that the matter had not yet affected the Zhao Mansion for the time being.

But under the calm scene, Zhao San was also very worried and frightened, and his heart was extremely depressed. When he walked to the hall of the inner courtyard, he suddenly saw He's spirit card on the table, and he was shocked, this woman had a bad relationship with Zhao San before her death, and Zhao San felt furious when he saw her token at this time. Zhao San hurriedly withdrew from the gate again. Accidentally kicked on the threshold, he stumbled, and almost didn't fall.

The words on the spirit tablet seemed to have turned into a human face, and they were looking at him coldly and laughing.

Zhao San hurriedly fled back to his house in the front yard, and thought to himself: Hurry up and let this matter pass! I don't dare in the future, I was wrong......

In addition to fear, he was very angry in his heart, inexplicably angry. Later, he began to think about the cause and effect of the matter, and until he thought of calling him to dinner in the evening, his heart was already turbulent, and a series of things came and went many times.

Zhao San slept badly at night, annoyed and worried.

In the morning, he doesn't go out, always feeling safe at home. The second brother is so powerful, as long as he is under the aura of the second brother, Zhao San will live a little safely.

At this moment, I heard a report from the servant: "I caught a thief this morning!" He stole food in the kitchen last night, but he didn't get the money, so he hid in the firewood room and wanted to do it a second time! Unexpectedly, we caught him. ”

Zhao San waved his hand and said, "Why do you bother me with such things?" ”

The servant said, "Ah Lang and Er Lang have gone straight up...... What to do with this thief, the little ones have to ask first. Why don't you report to the old lady. ”

"Don't bother me, mother." Zhao Sandao, he suddenly turned around, "The thief is hiding in the firewood room, and he doesn't leave during the day?" How did he get into the courtyard? ”

The servant said, "The villain doesn't know much.

"Come with me." Zhao San took the lead in stepping out of the door. When the two of them reached the side courtyard, they saw two slaves watching inside and outside the firewood room. When Zhao San walked into the firewood room, he saw an old man tied to a bundle of firewood by hemp rope.

Zhao San looked at it, waved his hand and ordered: "Go outside and guard, I will try him for the first trial." ”

"Yes." The slaves obediently withdrew from the firewood house.

Zhao San asked, "What's your name?" ”

The old man replied, "My surname is Dong, and my name is Dong Bricklayer...... I was also so hungry that I came in to steal some food, which offended the nobles. I beg the nobles to beat me up, and don't report to the official. I won't dare to come back next time! ”

"Reporter?" Zhao San frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment, but he didn't know what to think, then he suddenly raised his head and his expression changed greatly, and asked in a deep voice, "Guo Shao, do you know each other?" ”

The old man thought about it, then nodded: "I see that your house is also an official family, and Guo Shao is also an official!" I used to be a slave in the Guo Mansion and was kicked out. ”

Zhao San's face became colder and colder, and he sneered: "How did you get kicked out?" ”

The old man said embarrassedly: "I also stole some money from his family." However, Guo Shao was quite kind, took in my daughter, and sent me a lot of money...... At first, I was thinking about using the money to make a small business so that I could make a living. But thinking that there was still a lot of money, I ate and drank first, and then saw the white skin and tender meat of the ladies in the market...... Forget about doing business, and only remember that there is no capital left in the last penny, hey. ”

Zhao San frowned and was silent.

The old man said: "I tell the truth, if you don't believe it, send someone to Guo Shao's house to ask." ”

Zhao San said coldly: "What do you ask?" Ask if you have stayed in Guo Shao's house, or if you were kicked out by your master, or if your daughter is a slave in Guo's house? ”

Dong Bricklayer looked confused, and didn't seem to understand what Zhao San was saying.

Zhao San was angry and scared in his heart, and when he looked down and saw a ball of linen falling on the ground, he picked it up, reached out and pinched Dong Bricklayer's mouth, and stuffed the linen ball into it. Then he pressed the cloth ball in Dong Bricklayer's mouth with one hand, and grabbed his nose and pinched it with the other.

Dong Bricklayer immediately struggled, but he couldn't move. His eyes widened, and his legs kicked desperately on the ground.

After a while, the old man stopped moving. When Zhao San looked at him, he saw that his eyes were wide open, but his eyes had changed colorlessly. This person's breath is really amazing, and as soon as he breathes, his eyes are completely different.

Zhao San stretched out his hand to wipe it, but the eyelids couldn't be wiped off, and his eyes were still staring.

He gave up, and he didn't feel anything at all about killing someone, but Zhao San felt that he seemed to be too cold-blooded, as if he was very experienced in killing people. So he pulled out the cloth from the bricklayer's mouth and threw it away, and saw that there were stolen wheat cakes and other food beside him.

Zhao San immediately grabbed a few wheat cakes and a handful of pickles, walked up to Dong Bricklayer, and scolded while stuffing it into the big open mouth, "I told you to steal, tell you to eat, eat enough!" ”

After scolding for a while, he threw away the rest of the food in his hand, turned around and opened the door and said, "Bring water, this thief is choking." ”

The servant came into the house and said, "No, it's dead." ”

Zhao San turned his head in surprise, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to probe Dong Bricklayer's nose, and said in a daze: "It's really dead...... Instead, he became a full ghost. ”

The servant's face turned pale and said, "What should I do, do you want to report to the official?" ”

Zhao San said: "A ragged thief, what kind of official, took the car out of the city gate, and left it on the side of the road." ”

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(Last night, I competed for the September monthly ticket list and successfully entered the top three!) There are a lot of book friends who participated, and this achievement is the result of everyone's accumulation of strength bit by bit, thank you for the book friends who rewarded and voted last night!

I was too tired last night to break out today, but I started to keep three watches until the weekend. Try to update 4 chapters tomorrow. (All are less than 2000, less than the conditions I promised for the daily 3 more)

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