On the second day, the four of them continued to drink from the sea. In the evening, Zhao Langzhen came to the door: he found a murder case and asked Zhang County to go back to try the case.

Li Tao looked at Zhang Wei, who was drunk, and said to Cui Xiang and Li Longji: "Let's go and have a look with Zhang Xianling, when this case is over, let's drink again, how about it?" ”

Li Tao proposed this, Cui Xiang and Li Longji naturally did not lose his face, and happily agreed to go together.

When they arrived at the county office, Zhang Wei ascended to the hall overnight, and Cui Xiang and Li Longji saw that it was no one else standing in the lobby, it was Hu Miao, the coachman who pulled them to the autumn wind yesterday.

"Hu confused, what the hell is going on, quickly explain it in detail!" Zhang Wei's tongue is a little big.

Hu Mifu's real name is Hu Decheng, and he is confused all day long, so people nicknamed him "Hu Mifu".

Today, he waited in the market for a long time and didn't have a customer, so he dozed off, and in a daze, a little daughter-in-law with filial piety came. She walked to the carriage and asked, "Master, are you going to the Sixteen Mile River?" ”

With this shout, Hu woke up in a daze. He raised his face and looked at the sky, it was already half noon, and there was still a long way to the Sixteen Mile River, go, and it was necessary to come back at night; Don't go, I didn't have a customer after staying for most of the day, and I finally got one, so how could I be willing to push it off easily?

So, Hu said with a little helplessness: "Okay, please get in the car." ”

His carriage went to the Sixteen Mile River, and it can be said that he was very familiar with it, and the horse would run away by itself without him driving it.

In the past, walking on this long post road, Hu Mifu always likes to chat with the passengers in the car, so he is not lonely all the way. Now, sitting in the car is a young woman, and she is filial piety, she does not speak, Hu is confused, of course, it is inconvenient to talk, there is nothing to say all the way, this road seems to be longer, Hu is confused holding the horsewhip and confused.

Sixteen Mile River is not a big town, and when the carriage is about to arrive in the town, it is already dark, and the market has long since dispersed, but the restaurants on both sides of the road still have people coming in and out from time to time.

After entering the Sixteen-Mile River, the carriage stopped automatically, and Hu Datu also woke up from his daze. He waited a long time, but he did not see the woman come down. Hu was confused and said that this little lady was asleep, so he shouted while driving the door: "Little lady, it's time to get out of the car." ”

When he opened the car door, he exclaimed "ah", took three steps back, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time! The people around listened to the screams, and they couldn't help but surround them, pushing and shoving Hu and asking what was going on.

Hu said in a daze: "Strange thing! Strange! The person who got into the car was obviously a young woman in a filial piety robe, but why did she become an old man in a sloppy gray robe at this time?! ”

When everyone heard about such strange things, the good boys crowded into the car to see what was going on. Who knew that it was okay not to look at it, and this time I saw it and exclaimed in unison: "Ah! What a dead man you pulled! ”

"Dead people?" Hu was confused, and now he was even more confused. He still didn't believe it, so he got in the car to see it in person, and sure enough, he couldn't scream and couldn't push. So everyone lifted the little old man down with all hands and feet, and let him lie on the side of the road, touching his nose, but he didn't breathe, but he wasn't dead?

Everyone saw that there was a homicide, and this is worth it? He called the local government to report the crime.

After Hu finished complaining, Li Tao and others felt that the case was very strange and they had to go to the scene to investigate in person, but it was dark at this time and they couldn't see it clearly.

Zhang Wei shouted: "Come on! ”

The official roared: "Yes! ”

"The defendant Hu Laoda was put in prison. Who is the local Lizheng? ”

Li Zheng came out and knelt down and said, "The little one is here." ”

Zhang Wei said: "You go back quickly, so that you can guard the corpse, and the carriage will be sealed in situ for the time being as evidence of the crime, and no one will be allowed to approach, so as not to destroy the scene, and the county will personally examine it." ”

Li Zheng rushed back to the scene of the accident and called the official Yang Xiaoqi, and the two covered the body with a reed mat, just waiting for Zhang Weiming to come to inspect it.

Early in the morning of the next day, Zhang Wei took the servants and escorted Boss Hu to the scene, and Li Tao, Cui Xiang, and Li Longji naturally followed.

Li Zheng had already set up a temporary public case for Zhang Wei here, and he was ordered to inspect the corpse, and when he opened the reed mat, he saw that the body of a young man was lying there.

Seeing this, Hu Mi, who was kneeling on the side, immediately shouted to open his name, and he shouted loudly: "My lord, this dead body was not brought by the villain yesterday. The villain brought in yesterday was a little old man in his fifties, with gray hair and beard. This man is burly and young, and his death has nothing to do with the villain! ”

Zhang Wei heard Hu Miao's shout, and thought: There is such a strange thing, the young woman becomes an old man, and the old man becomes a strong man? In the blink of an eye, the same case has changed three times, how can I try it?

Zhang Wei had no choice but to turn his face to look at Cui Xiang, who quietly pointed at Li Tao to him.

Zhang Wei understood, and looked at Li Tao again: "Li Xiaolangjun!" I'm sorry for you to solve my doubts! ”

Li Tao didn't shirk either, and asked Li Zheng directly: "Li Zheng, tell me, what's going on?" ”

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "Xiao Langjun, this corpse was indeed pulled by Hu Mi in a carriage yesterday. I've been staying here, how can I say it's not? I think that the defendant deliberately denied it, please be aware of it. ”

Li Tao asked him again: "How is the autopsy?" ”

After the examination, he reported: "Master Qiqi: The deceased was about 28 years old, in good health, without any diseases, and had no other injuries on his body, except for a large amount of bruises in the skull, a broken skull, and a blunt force blow to the back of the head. ”

Hu was confused and heard such a report, and he shouted even more injustice.

Zhang Wei slapped the public case and said angrily: "Boldly Diao the people, it is clear that you are trying to kill your employer for money, and you will be killed by one blow!" Now the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and it is not yet from the truth! ”

Hu was confused and grabbed the sky: "Wronged, the little one was clearly a young woman yesterday, and somehow became a little old man." This is Li Zheng yesterday said that he personally carried it down from the villain's car, and now the young man who is dead, the villain has never even seen it, how can it be said that the villain killed it? If the villain has half a word, may the sky thunder! ”

Zhang Wei sneered and said, "Okay, let's not talk about anything else for the time being." This county asks you: Does Li Zheng here have a grudge against you? ”

Hu was confused and had to stop shouting and admitted: "No complaints." ”

"Hatred?" Zhang Wei asked again.

"There is no hatred either."

Zhang Wei slapped the table and said: "He has no grudge against you, and he has no enmity in the near future, is he crazy and has nothing to do?" Even if they want to blackmail you, overnight, where will you find this ready-made corpse? It seems that you don't need to be punished, you won't be honest! Come on! Give the county thirty boards first! ”

"Wait!" Li Tao hurriedly shouted: "Zhang County Order, there must be one of the two people who told a lie, this one will be released first, or find out the identity of the deceased first, how about it?" ”

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