Since Su Wuming looked for Fang Jing that day, the silk shops in the entire Qiantang County have abided by a rule, that is, no longer use price as a means of competition.

In order to show that he would not maliciously bully other stores, Su Wuming would sometimes give up some business, so that everyone would be safe in this Qiantang County.

After the storm, the weather gradually became hotter, the cicadas gave people the feeling of noise, and the wind blowing on the body was no longer cool, but a depressing heat.

In the evening of this day, the black clouds in the sky pressed the city, and the entire Qiantang was darker than before an hour, and a storm suddenly came.

The summer wind and rain came violently, and the sound of the crackling rain knocked on the eaves like a song with a fierce tune.

The wind and rain didn't seem to stop, so Wen Wan'er decided to close early, since the store stabilized, the store has always been taken care of by her, Su Wuming and they will occasionally come to help, but more often, Su Wuming and they are still busy investigating various doubts.

After dismissing the guys in the store, Wen Wan'er asked Qiao'er to take the umbrella home, and just when Qiao'er just turned around, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Qiao'er, you don't have to take it, I have it!" ”

The voice fell, and a person flashed into the store, Wen Wan'er saw that it was Su Wuming, and suddenly moved, and after greeting him with a smile, she said, "It's raining so heavily, why is Xianggong here?" ”

Su Wuming handed Qiao'er an umbrella, shared one with Wen Wan'er, and said with a smile when he left the store: "The lady is busy with business here, and the husband should come to pick you up!" ”

"Where's Sister Yan'er?"

"She's at home, so she had to come along......"

Su Wuming's words were not finished, and suddenly a carriage rushed from the opposite side, the carriage was very tall and very magnificent, it was rare in the entire Qiantang County, the carriage was in a hurry, and it was about to collide with someone, Su Wuming was quick for a while, hugged Wen Wan'er's waist and flashed to the side, and at this time, the carriage had already rushed away, and the splashing rain wet the clothes of the two.

Qiao'er ran from behind, and said angrily: "That man who drove the carriage is really hateful, he is running on this street, and when I know who it is later, I have to teach him a good lesson." ”

Su Wuming also felt that the person driving the carriage was hateful, if it weren't for his quick eyes today, wouldn't his wife be hit? Even if you can't bump into your own lady, isn't it good to bump into someone else!

It's a pity that the situation was urgent at the time, and I didn't have time to see the face of the driver.

The wind and rain were more urgent, Su Wuming held an umbrella in one hand and walked around Wen Wan'er with the other, and both of them felt happy for a while, and the unhappiness just now disappeared in an instant.

The rain fell overnight, and I don't know when it stopped.

The next day, the air was refreshing and no longer hot, Su Wuming glanced at the sky washed by the rain, and suddenly had a sense of pleasure, so he decided to take people to West Lake to play.

The beautiful scenery of the West Lake is something that everyone has heard of, but since coming here, it has been busy coming and going, there is no leisure, and now the business is stable, and Su Wuming has no case to solve for the time being, so he can go to the picturesque West Lake to play.

A group of people out of the city gate, all the way straight to the West Lake, the West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the scenery along the way is very pleasant.

After walking for more than an hour, everyone finally came to the West Lake, at this time the West Lake was sparkling, looking from afar, thousands of sails were fluttering, so comfortable.

There are ancient willows planted on the shore, the willow silk hangs down for thousands of years, and when the wind rises, sometimes it can touch the water of the West Lake.

Because of the large number of people, Su Wuming and the others rented a big boat, and after the big boat went offshore, it slowly drifted towards the center of the lake.

Standing on the boat, blowing a cool breeze, looking at the beautiful peaks and mountains in the distance, the vertical and horizontal streams, and the clear flowing water, I can't help but make people feel refreshed and happy.

Not far away, there was a melodious sound of the piano from the Huxin Pavilion, thinking that the son of the family was there with his good friends and playing poetry; And on the east side of the lake pavilion, there is a small boat parked, and on the boat sits an old man with a white beard, the old man is fishing, leisurely.

Everything here today seems to be peaceful and serene.

But at this time, there was a sudden scream from the west side of the Lake Pavilion, and the scream came from a mouth that looked like a maid, and the maid screamed, all the tranquility was broken, and even the indescribable artistic conception was gone.

The sound of the piano stopped, and all the people in the Lake Pavilion gathered to the west, and the screaming maid sat down on the ground, and kept pointing to the lake, and everyone looked in the direction of the maid's finger, and then saw a corpse floating in the water.

I don't know who shouted that the dead man was dead, and then all the people immediately scattered, and they didn't dare to approach the west side of the Huxin Pavilion again.

After Su Wuming and the others found out and screamed, they immediately asked the boatman to row the boat to the Huxin Pavilion, and when those people panicked, their boat just stopped, and everyone jumped from the boat to the Huxin Pavilion, and then saw the corpse floating in the water.

It was a man's corpse, probably because it had been soaked in water for too long, so it looked white, Su Wuming asked people to go to the Qiantang County Ya to report the case, and then ordered someone to carry the body to the Huxin Pavilion.

Because it was summer, after the corpse was brought up, Su Wuming found that corpse spots had appeared on the corpse, and maggots were crawling in many places, which made people look very disgusting, Nangong Yan couldn't help retching after seeing it, although Wen Wan'er was better, she didn't dare to look at it anymore.

Su Wuming ordered someone to bring water from the lake to wash the corpse, and after it was rinsed, he examined the corpse.

The deceased was a man, about sixty years old, although the clothes had been blistered for a long time, it could still be seen that they were made of good fabrics, after removing the deceased's clothes, Su Wuming examined the deceased's whole body, and found that the deceased's lower belly was slightly raised, his hands were fisted, there was mud and sand between his fingernails and feet, and water flowed out of his mouth and nose, and a closer look at the deceased found that there was a scratch on the deceased's arm, but it was very shallow, and because of the soaking in water, the scratch had turned white, and it was impossible to determine what caused the scratch.

After this inspection, Tang Xiong stepped forward and asked, "Brother Su, how did he die!" ”

Su Wuming's eyes were slightly restrained, and then he spoke: "Drowned." ”

When everyone heard that they were drowned, they couldn't help but let out bursts of regret, and after the regret, they were more happy, after all, this person was drowned, so they didn't have to be interrogated, and there were a lot of things missing!

But at this time, Su Wuming suddenly sighed and said: "The deceased's belly is slightly raised, his hands are fist-bent, there is mud and sand between his fingernails and feet, and water flows out of his mouth and nose, which is a sign of drowning, but although the deceased drowned, I saw a scratch on the deceased's arm, which looked like it was man-made, so I temporarily deduced that the deceased may have been pushed into the lake and drowned, and then the body floated here." ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, everyone let out bursts of surprise, and at this time, Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "Lord Su, look at the body of the deceased, he should have died after the rain yesterday, but this is West Lake, it's so late, what is this person doing here?" ”

For Lin Yun's question, Su Wuming couldn't give an answer, he glanced at the West Lake from afar, the West Lake at this time was still beautiful, the willows in the distance were flying, the lake was rippling, and they were not infected by the things here at all.

After taking a look like this, Su Wuming said to Jiang Ying: "You stay here and wait for Qian Sheng to win them, and after waiting for them, let Qian Sheng take the body back to find out the identity of the deceased, I will go to the west with Tang Xiong and them to have a look, I think the body should have floated from the west bank of the West Lake, maybe I can find some clues there." ”

Jiang Ying obeyed the order, Su Wuming and the others got on the boat and swam to the west bank, and when the boat swam west, Su Wuming used the oars to probe the depth of the water from time to time, Nangong Yan was a little curious and asked, "Su Lang, what are you doing here?" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "There is mud and sand in the nails of the deceased's hands and feet, which means that the place where the deceased fell into the water is not very deep, I want to see if he was pushed into the water from the shore or on a boat in the lake." With that, Su Wuming put the oar into the water again and tested it.

So until the west bank, Su Wuming stopped and said: "In the entire west of the West Lake, only this small mouth on the shore is not very deep, I think the deceased was pushed into the lake here, but a new rain last night washed away all the clues on the shore." ”

After landing on the shore, Su Wuming didn't look for clues such as footprints, he turned his eyes to the west, and saw that there was a mountain, and there was a small path next to the mountain, which led directly to the outside, if the deceased was killed in the west, then he was likely to take that trail, maybe from that trail to enter the West Lake, or from the West Lake to take that trail to leave.

They searched all the way along the path, but found nothing, and just as they were about to give up, a neighing of horses suddenly came from the shade of a tree not far away, and everyone followed the sound, and saw that a carriage was stuck between two trees, and the horse only knew how to rush forward but did not know how to retreat, and the more they rushed forward, the more they were stuck.

But in this place, how can there be a carriage?

Just when everyone was surprised, Wen Wan'er suddenly exclaimed: "Xianggong, this carriage seems to be the one that almost hit us last night!" ”

Being reminded by Wen Wan'er like this, Su Wuming suddenly woke up and said, "That's right, it's indeed the carriage last night, it's really rare to see a magnificent carriage like this, it's just that this carriage ......"

Before Su Wuming finished speaking, Nangong Yan hurriedly said, "Su Lang, could the deceased be the one who drove the carriage at that time?" After the man was killed, the horse ran here with the wagon? ”

"It's possible, it's just ...... Why didn't the murderer take the carriage away after killing someone! ”