When the winter was not deep, it suddenly poured rain in the whole Jianghuai land.

This rain was very heavy, making this already somewhat chilly winter even colder, with heavy rain and wind like wild.

Somewhere in Jianghuai, in a broken temple, a woman was being pressed under a man, the man's movements were very rough, and the woman kept struggling, but she was a woman after all, so no matter how she struggled, it was difficult to break free from the control of the man who pressed on her.

At this time, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and a lightning bolt appeared in the air, after the lightning, the broken temple suddenly lit up, and then returned to pitch black, the sound of wind and rain outside the temple was loud, and the sound in the entire broken temple was quickly annihilated.

It rained heavily for two days, and two days later, there was a light snow under the Jianghuai River, and the snow was clear and slightly cool, which made people's hearts inexplicably better.

Su Wuming and the others haven't been out for a long time because of the heavy rain in the past two days, while Wen Tingyun hasn't come back for two days, but they are not worried, because after the previous murder case was solved, Wen Tingyun went to Wangjianglou more frequently, and it was common for him not to return for a few days and nights.

Now that the rain has stopped, and it has fallen lightly, everyone has an urge to go out for a walk, but just when they are about to walk around, a government official came to meet him with a name post, the official Su Wuming and others had never seen it before, but since he was wearing the clothes of the government officer, he thought that he was from a nearby county office.

After taking the name post and reading it, Su Wuming's brows condensed slightly, the name post was made by Xu Ruyou, the county commander of Lin'an County, and the reason why he sent someone to find Su Wuming was because there was something that needed Su Wuming's help.

Xu Ruyou's words were very sincere, which made Su Wuming not disgusted with him, but what was the specific matter, the name post did not say much, Su Wuming put down the name post, looked at the official and asked, "What do you need help with your family?" ”

The official bowed his hand slightly and said, "Back to the adult's words, it's like this, we have a murder in Lin'an County, Lord Xu...... Lord Xu can't break it, so I want to ask Lord Su for help. ”

A county order can't solve the case, and it's really embarrassing to say it, but Su Wuming didn't say much else, and only continued to ask: "What kind of murder is it?" ”

"That's the case, yesterday evening at ten o'clock, a beggar came to the county government to report the case, saying that he found a corpse in the ruined temple where he often stayed, when the rain was pouring down, but Lord Xu still took someone to hurry there, after going, he found that the deceased was a woman, and looking at the woman's appearance, it seemed to be very beautiful, in addition, the clothes on the deceased's body were a little messy, the lower body was exposed, there was blood at the corners of the mouth, and then there were pinch marks on the neck of the deceased."

Hearing what the official said, Su Wuming bowed slightly: "Then since Lord Xu can see this, he is obviously not a stupid person, why can't he solve the case?" ”

"This ...... Truth is not to be hidden, we can only be sure that the deceased was jianwu, but the deceased bit the murderer, and finally the murderer became angry and strangled the deceased, in addition, we can't investigate anything, the deceased is not from our Lin'an County, there are few clues in this case, Lord Xu doesn't know where to start now, this is from the subordinate to invite Master Su. ”

After listening to the words of the officer, Su Wuming felt that the case was really difficult, but he, Su Wuming, liked to face the difficulties the most, so after saying hello to the officer, he immediately led people to Lin'an County.

Lin'an County is not very far from Qiantang County, and its prosperity is no less than Qiantang County, after a group of people entered Lin'an County, immediately had a servant to lead them to the county government, Lin'an County and Qiantang County are not much different, Xu Ruyou is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a moderate figure and a national face, giving people a sense of majesty.

However, when he saw Su Wuming, he immediately saluted and said, "Master Su can come, Xia Guan really feels that Sansheng is lucky, this is ...... The murder case in Lin'an County is finally expected to be solved. ”

Su Wuming was polite for a while, and then bluntly said the subject: "Please ask this official to take a look at the corpse!" ”

Xu Ruyou nodded again and again, and then took everyone to the morgue.

Entering the morgue, a servant immediately removed the white cloth from the corpse, Su Wuming glanced at the corpse, and found that although there were corpse spots on the corpse, its beauty was undiminished, the clothes had been tidied up, and the pinch marks on the neck were more obvious, but there was nothing to see.

After carefully examining the body, Su Wuming got up and sighed, the deceased was indeed strangled to death as the previous official said, and it was obvious that the deceased had been violated by the murderer.

"Didn't you figure out the identity of the deceased?"

"Back to Lord Su, someone has been sent out to look for it, but no one has come to identify the body."

Su Wuming frowned slightly, and said: "Increase your efforts to search, you must find out the identity of the deceased, now let's go to the scene of the murder and take a look!" ”

The snow outside has stopped, the road is slow and muddy, there are not many pedestrians on the street, everyone rushed to the broken temple, found a beggar lying in it to sleep, the official rushed in and pulled it out, and then asked Su Wuming and others to go in, the beggar was suddenly woken up and pulled out, looking very unhappy, but when he saw that the person who came was the county government, the words that had not yet been spoken finally did not come out.

"At that time, the deceased was lying on this haystack, and the things around him were very messy, and when the murderer violated the deceased, the deceased may have struggled to resist."

Su Wuming nodded, and then said: "On the way here, we can see that this ruined temple is not in a prosperous place, but there are also many farmhouses nearby, and a woman was killed in this ruined temple. ”

Xu Ruyou's face was very bad, and said: "The deceased should have been dead for two days, and it was raining at the time, and the lower officials had sent people nearby to inquire, but they only said that they had seen the deceased hiding in the broken temple to avoid the rain, but the others did not know, after all, after the rain was heavy, the people nearby hid in their homes." ”

As soon as Xu Ruyou finished speaking, Nangong Yan immediately said: "In this way, the murderer may have also come to the temple to take shelter from the rain, but when he saw the deceased, when he found out that the deceased was very beautiful, he had a bad heart, and as a result, he forcibly became angry and angry, so he killed someone." ”

Nangong Yan's reasoning was not without a little reason, after she said this, the others also echoed it again and again, although Su Wuming did not express his position, but he did not object, Nangong Yan asked Su Wuming to give a clear opinion, so he asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "The deceased's clothes have been seen by everyone just now, although they are not very good, but they are not bad, I think he should be a rich and noble family, but a woman like her, how can she take shelter from the rain in the broken temple?" And at ten o'clock in the evening, what is she doing here? ”

"You think so much, what if the deceased is a rich and noble family, it suddenly rains heavily here, come to this broken temple to take shelter from the rain, what's the point?"

"There's nothing to do, but there is an inn nearby, and it was raining so much and it was getting late, wouldn't it be more reasonable for someone dressed like her to go to the inn to stay at the inn?"

Everyone was speechless, and at this time, Su Wuming continued to ask: "Lord Xu, what is in the deceased, and nothing else has been found, right?" ”

Xu Ruyou nodded: "The deceased didn't have any money on him, maybe he was taken away by the murderer, and now after listening to Lord Su's words just now, it is possible that the deceased didn't have any money in the first place, so he abandoned the inn and hid in the broken temple." ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Su Wuming, Su Wuming frowned slightly, and said after a long time: "If this is the case, then the deceased may not be from Lin'an County, in order to find out the identity of the deceased as soon as possible, we must ask the nearby states and counties to help find it." ”

"This ......" Xu Ruyou felt a little condensed, Su Wuming seemed to understand his difficulties, smiled lightly, and said: "This official knows that it is inconvenient for you to meddle in the affairs of other county officials, so I will order someone to do the things that other county officials can help, you don't have to care." ”

Hearing Su Wuming's words, Xu Ruyou expressed his gratitude again and again, and when he thanked Su Wuming for being able to understand, Su Wuming only waved his hand and said: "This case is currently quite mysterious, I don't know when I will be able to find clues, and it will take some time for other states and counties to help investigate. ”

Su Wuming's words, he took himself very seriously, as if the murderer was only vigilant against him Su Wuming and not the county order here, if others said this, Xu Ruyou and his subordinates would probably have stopped doing it a long time ago, but Su Wuming said this, they had no objection, because at this time, Su Wuming's judgment of the case like the name of God has already spread throughout Jianghuai, if the murderer learned that Su Wuming personally came to solve the case, then he would definitely act because he was nervous and afraid, now everyone does not know the identity of the deceased, if the murderer is alarmed, It is inevitable that the murderer will be prepared before them.

Xu Ruyou nodded again and again after listening to Su Wuming's words: "Don't worry, Lord Su, we will definitely do a good job of keeping this matter confidential, now that we have seen the scene of the murder, I don't know what Lord Su is going to do next?" ”

"There are some things to bother Lord Xu to do!"

"Please command, Lord Su!"

"That's right, I would like to ask Lord Xu to investigate those who saw the deceased enter the ruined temple, especially the men who saw the deceased, they saw the deceased enter the ruined temple alone, if they have bad intentions, they will definitely come here on a rainy night to violate the deceased, and the person who knows that the deceased is hiding in the ruined temple is most likely the murderer."

After Su Wuming finished saying this, Xu Ruyou suddenly sobered up as if he had been empowered, so he replied again and again: "Master Su, don't worry, this matter will be handled by the lower officials, and the lower officials will definitely find something from those who saw the deceased walking into the broken temple." ”

"It's best that, of course, don't stick to those who see it, and maybe they tell others about it."