On the morning of the next day, Wei Yong led Yang Zhen and several other messengers to go straight to Chenjiaao, which was located more than ten miles south of the county seat, with the cards and tickets distributed by Xuandian Shi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The so-called card ticket, is the government sent people down to the private errand a kind of certificate, whether it is to take people or to collect grain and taxes, they need to come up with this voucher, theoretically speaking, if the official does not come out with the ticket, they act illegally, almost similar to the Jinyi guard's driving sticker.

Logically speaking, the power to sign the card is naturally in the hands of the county order, but Zhuji County is in this situation, the three officials have divided the power of the county order, and the right to sign the card falls on the matter of the history of the declaration. It was precisely by virtue of this power that he firmly controlled the third-class officials below.

However, today's Xuandian history is not bad, and he didn't make much trouble, so he signed a ticket for Wei Yong and others to go to Chenjiaao to investigate the murder. As for whether he was really moved by yesterday's remarks in doing this, or if he had other plans, Yang Zhen couldn't guess, and he didn't have time to guess now.

Before coming to Chenjiaao Village, after seeing the terrain here, Yang Zhen was able to understand why the Chen and Cai families had repeatedly clashed. Because there is only a small river around the village, which does not flow very well, once the dry season comes, the irrigation of the fields here will inevitably become a big problem.

With a stone bridge over the river as the dividing point, the village is divided into two distinct communities. Located in the upper reaches of the river, there are more than 100 households, but the downstream is nearly half less, only about 50 households. At a glance, you can see that the upstream is the settlement of the Chen family, and the downstream is the Cai family.

"If the Chen family in the upstream is selfish and cuts off the river water, and the Cai family in the downstream is said to be irrigated, I am afraid that there will be problems with drinking water." When Yang Zhen saw this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"I guess it's because of this that there will be a fight. I didn't want to, but it turned into a fatal case. Wei Yong also said with emotion: "Let's go, go to the Chen clan first to ask about the specific situation." ”

Seeing the sudden arrival of this group of errand servants dressed in yamen soap clothes, the villagers who were working in the fields were obviously a little nervous, but they just looked at them vigilantly, but they did not dare to come up and ask for their intentions. This is also the normal reaction of the people in this era when they see people in the government, because people have always believed in an old saying - if you are born to enter the official gate, you will not die to hell. In the eyes of ordinary people at this time, the government is always high, and once it gets involved with it, it means that it is going to be unlucky, so under normal circumstances, things that can be solved privately will not alarm the government.

But this time there was a fatal case, and it was impossible not to be alarmed. Soon, someone who knew the inside story greeted him and asked cautiously: "A few poor masters came here because of the killing of Chen Yang, but they don't know what they want to know?" ”

"All the details of the case, of course." Wei Yong said with a straight face: "You just escorted the suspect to the county government yesterday, but you didn't even let the body be seen by the government. ”

"Well, this is indeed the negligence of villains and others." Those Chen clan people have just come back to their senses, and they were in a hurry to send Cai Yingyang to the government yesterday, and they really forgot about this most important thing.

In fact, it's no wonder that they are careless, they really have too little experience in dealing with the government. In general, there are few people who go to the officials in the fight between the two clans, and there has never been a homicide in this village, so of course there will be inconsiderate places.

Just as they were about to lead the officials to Chen Yang's house for an autopsy, Wei Yong said: "Also, our people need to visit the village, and I hope the villagers can actively cooperate, so don't ask nothing." ”

"Poor master, what are you asking?" A man who was obviously the highest-ranking man in the crowd had the courage to ask.

"Who are you?" The servant glared at him with some displeasure, obviously dissatisfied with his attitude.

"The villain Chen Hong, the second son of Chen Bo in the village, has seen the poor master." The man hurriedly bent down and saluted, and then added: "Chen Yang's body was also found by the villain on the road at the west end of the village. ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard this, Yang Zhen immediately became interested: "Can you tell me about the specific situation when you saw the corpse at that time?" ”

"This ......" Chen Hong recalled carefully, and then said: "I wanted to go up the mountain to chop some firewood early yesterday morning, so I left the village and wanted to go to the forest in the west. I didn't want to go out of the village for about two or three miles, but I saw a person lying on the ground, and when I stepped forward to take a closer look, I found that he was actually the fifth brother Chen Yang. Oh, by the way, although I am the second son in the family, I am the seventh in the clan, but Chen Yang is the fifth. ”

After seeing the two nodding and signaling himself to continue, Chen Hongcai continued: "I immediately found the wound on the back of his head, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and then I probed his snort, but he had already been dead for a long time. At that time, I was so frightened, I didn't expect that there were still people alive the night before, and I ...... in just one night."

Wei Yong abruptly interrupted his description of his mood and interjected, "Do you remember what the scene of the deceased was like at that time?" And which way did he die? ”

"Live ...... It looks the same as usual, it's just a road to the forest. ”

"I'm asking you if there are any signs of a fight there."

"Nope." After carefully recalling, Chen Hong shook his head affirmatively: "There are still some fallen leaves on that road, and no one has ever fought. As for the direction in which he fell, he fell headfirst towards our village, yes, that's it. ”

When Yang Zhen heard this, he already had some calculations in his heart, and he was even more convinced that Chen Yang was definitely not killed by Cai Yingyang. Because if Cai Yingyang killed Chen Yang, the latter would definitely be alert when he approached, no matter how high Cai Yingyang's martial arts were, it would be impossible to kill someone without any struggle or fighting. Of course, if this is to be confirmed, they will have to go to the scene of the crime again later.

But now it is necessary to ask these villagers first, and to check the body of the deceased, and ask his relatives some details about the case, to see if they can find some clues.

Wei Yong pondered carefully for a long time before finally answering Chen Hong's question just now: "You ask us what we have to ask here, naturally it is all the ins and outs of this case, just relying on the words of those people you went to sue the official yesterday and the testimony you just now, it is far from enough, there must be enough testimony in order to really solve this case and give justice to the deceased." After all, human lives matter! As he spoke, his eyes widened, and there was a force that pressed Chen Hong directly.

Chen Hong is just an ordinary villager, how can he stand such an oppressive momentum, and suddenly nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice: "What the poor master said, I will do it." After speaking, he quickly called the villagers who were still watching from afar, and listened to the interrogation of the messengers.

This Chen Hong really has some prestige among the villagers, and under his greeting, the villagers who were looking from afar came over one after another, although they were still a little timid and their speech was not very clear, but they were able to respond somewhat.

Seeing that it would take some time for the servants to interrogate the villagers, Wei Yong said to Chen Hong again: "Go, you take us to the deceased's house to investigate." As he spoke, he gave Yang Zhen a look and motioned for him to go with him.

"Yes. Please come with me, two messengers. Chen Hong hurriedly agreed, then led the way and led the two towards the village. Before he turned around, he glanced at one of the villagers beside him. The man understood, and when they were gone, he followed straight to the largest house in the village.

In Yang Zhen's opinion, Zhuji County is shabby enough, but this Chenjiaao is even more shabby than Zhuji County, the houses in the village are built of grass and trees, not to mention, it also looks very dilapidated, except for the big mansion in the middle of the village, there are only a few courtyards that look neat and spacious, and the deceased Chen Yang's family is one of the better ones.

After Chen Hong knocked on the door for a while, the wooden door was opened. Yang Zhen took a look, and he felt that his eyes lit up, and the person who came to answer the door was actually a beautiful woman full of charm. It is said that women should be pretty and filial, and this young woman who looks very attractive in both appearance and posture looks even more touching against the backdrop of a white filial piety dress, and I feel sorry for her.

Whether in his previous life or in this life, Yang Zhen has seen a lot of beauties. But whether it is a beauty like Luo Yueying or Yin Shuirou, they are not as attractive and feminine as the woman in front of them, which makes people can't help but think of something inappropriate for children at a glance. This made Yang Zhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It's really a rare disaster-level beauty." ”

When the woman saw Chen Hong, a hint of color flashed in her eyes, and she seemed to be a little surprised. But then he found Yang Zhen and the others following him, so he changed his expression and said, "Seven...... Seventh brother, these two are ......" Her voice is also very delicate, which makes people really useful to listen to.

"Oh......" It wasn't until she opened her mouth to speak that Yang Zhen finally came back to his senses from Shicai's amazement, and Chen Hong hurriedly said: "Fifth sister-in-law, these two poor masters were sent by the county government to check on the corpse of the fifth brother, and I wanted to ask you something, so I brought them over and didn't disturb you." "This woman in filial piety clothes is the wife of the deceased Chen Yang.

"No ......" mentioned her dead husband, the woman's face showed sadness, and tears accumulated in her eyes. But soon, she held back her sadness and saluted Yang Zhen and them, "The two poor masters also invite them to come in first." ”

"Thank you." Yang Zhen and the others nodded slightly, and walked towards the courtyard behind her. Following behind the woman, Yang Zhen suddenly frowned slightly, and vaguely he smelled a fragrance from the woman's body, which was the smell of rouge gouache. How can a woman who has just died of her husband still smell like this?