"But someone came to claim the body?" The county magistrate hurriedly asked.

"Yes, my lord, there is a woman waiting outside the door to claim the body."

The county magistrate's face was excited, and then he quickly returned to normal, and he asked Shen Tingyu, "Virtuous nephew, then what should we do next?" ”

"I'll go to the morgue and wait, and the county magistrate will bring the woman later."

"Good! Good! Good! The county order said yes again and again, and then Shen Tingyu went to the morgue and waited for the fish to take the bait, and after a while, he saw a woman with tears on her face and grief-stricken.

"Don't be overly sad, you haven't seen the corpse, maybe he's not your husband." Shen Tingyu said tentatively.

"Absolutely can't be wrong, my husband's name is Li Yan, and he went out to do business with hundreds of taels of silver a few days ago, but he didn't return for a few days, he must have killed Hu Han that day, killing people and selling goods." The woman affirmed it.

Hmph, finally hooked, Shen Tingyu thought in his heart, the woman said that it was her husband without checking the body, which means that she knew that it was his husband who died, and this woman must have a ghost in her heart.

Shen Tingyu slowly pulled down the white cloth that wrapped the corpse, and when the woman saw her husband's corpse, she stood aside and cried in the dark.

It's really loaded! Shen Tingyu felt very disgusted with this woman in his heart, and then he said: "The murderer has been arrested, but the victim's body is incomplete, and when Li Yan's head is found, the verdict will be made public immediately, and Hu Han will pay for his life." Let me ask you, does Li Yan still have a family?"

"And an uncle."

"You died of your husband at such a young age, and you are alone, how should you live in the future?"

The woman wept even more miserably, and all the people around her were moved when they saw it.

"Go back, as soon as you find the head, you will be given justice." Shen Tingyu said.

The woman bowed again and again, but after the woman left, the county magistrate, who had been standing aside, was confused. He asked Shen Tingyu, "Virtuous nephew, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?" ”

"Lord County Commander, if you post a notice again, you will say that the person who handed over the head of the deceased Li Yan will have a reward of five hundred taels."

"Another poster?"

"Father, you don't have to worry about it first, since you ask Brother Shen for help, you should trust him." Zhang Zhihong on the side persuaded.

"The county commander can rest assured, when someone turns in his head, that is, when the case is revealed." At this time, Shen Tingyu and Zhang Zhihong looked at each other and smiled, and they both understood in their hearts, only the county commander was still in the clouds and unpredictable.

Then, Shen Tingyu and Zhang Zhihong decided to visit the deceased's home together. They first came to the deceased's house to investigate, but saw that the deceased lived in just a small wooden house, Shen Tingyu said: "This Li Yan's family is so poor, it is estimated that it is almost just a solution to the problem of food and clothing." With a family background like Li Yan, is that woman really willing to stay with him for the rest of her life? ”

"You are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, don't you see Zhuo Wenjun marrying Sima Xiangru? There is still true love in this world. Zhang Zhihong said.

"Okay, okay, it's my villain."

Next, the two disguised themselves as ordinary people and asked the villagers around the deceased's house for information. They found an old farmer and asked, "Old man, do you know what happened to Li Yan's family?" I haven't seen him for a long time, and I'd like to ask the old man to help us out. ”

"Alas, let me tell you, this Li Yan is really unlucky, it is said that he went out to do business a few days ago, and then he was killed halfway through!"

"Oh, no wonder I see his wife so sad today." Shen Tingyu said.

"Yes, they are in love with each other, I used to see Li Yan's daughter-in-law bring food and water to Li Yan, I really envy others!"

"This Li Yan is a blessing." Zhang Zhihong on the side said.

"What's the use of good fortune? I don't want to enjoy it! Pity his daughter-in-law, after returning from the yamen, she washed her face with tears all day long, pitiful! ”

The two said goodbye to the old farmer, and then after some inquiry, the two found Li Yan's cousin, Li Yan's cousin was still a little wary when he saw the two at first, but when Zhang Zhihong took out the token of the county government, he immediately became obedient.

"Let me ask you, did you fund the money for Li Yan to go out to do business?" Shen Tingyu asked.

"It's not."

"Then where did he get a few hundred taels of silver?"

"I'm wondering why he suddenly has the money to do business?"

"Alright, you go about your business."

Shen Tingyu and Zhang Zhihong said goodbye to Li Yan's cousin, and the two were walking on the country road at this time, Zhang Zhihong said to Shen Tingyu: "Now, this case is even more chaotic, all the evidence we have at present points to Hu Han, but we always feel that there are some key things that we have not yet mastered, and this case is really complicated." ”

"How can it be a mess? It seems to me that the case is becoming clearer. ”

"What did Brother Shen say? But what did you find? ”

"It's a bit of a discovery, but Brother Zhang, don't worry, I still have some things I haven't figured out, and when I think about it clearly, I will naturally tell Brother Zhang."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Brother Shen's good news, so let's leave."

"Brother Zhang said goodbye."

After saying goodbye to Zhang Zhihong, Shen Tingyu was walking alone in the market, and suddenly heard a few scholars talking about the tea stall next to him, so he became a little interested, and asked for a pot of tea, and sat down to drink and listen.

"Did you hear that? This year's palace examination is no longer held outside the Chengtian Gate as in previous years, but is instead held in the Taihe Hall Danqi Examination. A scholar said.

"Yes, I don't know if I will have the opportunity to go to the Taihe Hall in this life." Another gentleman said.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, but there are also people who have walked through the Taihe Palace, and now they are closed, and they are dead."

"Oh, are you talking about the bribery of the prime minister?"

"Exactly, I heard that this matter is widely implicated, and many ministers who have been with him have all been exterminated by the Nine Clans. Today, the saint is bent on rectifying the rule of officials, and he dares to make friends with officials and accept bribes, isn't that looking for death? ”

"Yes, but the punishment seems to be a bit too severe."

"Shut up, dare to talk about the emperor, you don't want to live anymore?"

"Alas, today's officialdom is afraid that the sky is about to change."

Shen Tingyu had been sitting next to them and listening to their conversation, but when he heard Yan Liang, he was shocked, he heard the county commander say about this person, and the county magistrate said that as long as he had the ability to find Yan Liang to help, if the money given was enough, anything could be done, which showed how much energy this Yan Liang had in the court, but he didn't think that this person was dead.

After getting up from the tea stall, Shen Tingyu thought that he hadn't been to the Shen family's teahouse for a while, so he immediately set off and went to the teahouse. After coming to the teahouse, I saw that the workers in the teahouse were all talking, and under Shen Tingyu's inquiry, he learned that there were several mysterious guests in the teahouse.