Leng Yi didn't expect that this person would commit suicide without saying a word. Can't help but stay there. Who is this man?

What the hell is he going to ask that magistrate? From the middle-aged man's words just now, he knew that the magistrate he was imposting did not hang himself, and that his death under the coercion of this person's coerced confession was likely to be due to pain and shock or his own heart and brain disease, which led to sudden death under the coerced confession. Then this man faked the county magistrate and committed suicide.

No wonder the scars on the neck are relatively light, but they are hung after death. Leng Yi thought to himself that if he gave himself a little more time, he should be able to find out the real cause of death.

This person dares to force the court officials to death, and if he can say that he will die, he is definitely not an ordinary person, and what he wants to ask is definitely not an ordinary thing! Could it be that a county official who he impersonated was involved in a shocking case?

Leng Yi had a chilling feeling. However, he is not someone who is afraid of challenges. At this point, he decided to go ahead.

Now, the body must be disposed of quickly.

In ancient times, there were no modern criminal investigation methods such as fingerprint identification and skull restoration, and communication was extremely backward, so it was very difficult to verify the source of the corpse, so it was relatively easy to create a headless case. Anyway, this is the capital city of Bazhou, not his own Yinling County, and if there is a murder, it will not fall on his head.

He rinsed off the contents of his mouth with water, stripped off the man's clothes and pants, and examined the surface of the deceased's body, and there were no recognizable scars and birthmarks or anything, and he was immediately relieved.

Wrapping his head around his head, he rounded his fist and slammed it into the cheek. He could hear the bones of his cheeks shattering, and his head wrapped in clothes was completely deformed. It was already wrapped in thick clothes, and after death, the blood did not flow, so the blood that flowed out was much less, and it did not seep out of the clothes.

After his head was deformed, no one recognized him now.

Leng Yi took the naked male corpse out of the backyard, took off the clothes wrapped around his head, and threw the naked corpse into a hidden stinky ditch, estimating that by the time the corpse's [***] stench attracted people, the corpse was already [***], and it was impossible to recognize the corpse.

He went back to the inn, wrapped the man's clothes and trousers, and put them in his own package, and then destroyed them when he got back.

When he had done this, he lay down and went to sleep.

Even though it was the first day of the time crossing, the novelty had not yet passed, and many things had happened, and he quickly fell asleep. This is a good habit developed in the life of a criminal police officer for many years. Otherwise, the criminal police have to come into contact with all kinds of impressive cases almost every day, and they can't sleep because of this, where is the energy to handle cases?

The next day, he deliberately woke up late just to see the reaction of the two corpses in the alley behind.

Sure enough, after dawn, he heard a noise behind him, but he still pretended to be asleep. Until there was a knock on the door. Only then did he get up and open the door, but it was Master Dong and said, "Oh no, Dong Weng, in the alley behind the inn, I found someone hanged." ”

Leng Yi pretended to be surprised: "Hanged? Who? ”

"I don't know, but I heard that the arrester who surveyed the scene said that he was a madman, and yesterday during the day, someone saw him wearing a strange dress, and his hair was short, running around, and he was about to arrest him, but he fled. Unexpectedly, he hanged himself in a secluded alley in the backyard. Early risers have just found out. ”

"Is the government here?"

"It's here, the prefect himself came, and he has already asked him to investigate, saying that he hanged himself to death, and there is no sign of murder. I don't know where the madman came from, but the prefect has ordered the body to be carried outside the city and buried. ”

It is best to burn the corpse, it seems that this Liao Governor is also the master of more things than less. Once the body is burned, even if it is a homicide, it will not exist.

Leng Yi nodded, sighed and said, "Pitiful! ”

Master Dong also sighed sympathetically.

Leng Yi glanced at the place where the middle-aged man's body was hidden, but there was no movement, it seemed that the body had not been found. He turned around and said, "Let's hurry back to the county, there are still tricky things to deal with!" ”

Master Dong hurriedly agreed, went down to tell the groom to prepare the horse, and then helped Leng Yi carry the luggage down. He didn't ask much about the extra suitcase and a bag of clothes.

The carriage left the inn and walked along the bluestone streets towards the outside of the city. Leng Yi looked out the car window, and suddenly, he shouted, "Stop!" ”

The carriage stopped, Leng Yi jumped out of the car and walked to a jewelry shop on the side of the road, and Master Dong followed behind him.

The shopkeeper hurriedly came over and said, "What does this guest officer want to buy?" ”

Leng Yi had already changed into an ordinary robe, so the shopkeeper didn't know that the person in front of him was the county magistrate, and seeing that he was dressed ordinarily, his words were a little lazy.

Leng Yi slowly looked at the various jewelry on the counter, and finally his eyes fell on a silver hairpin, and said, "How to sell this?" ”

"Three thousand six hundred texts. No bargaining. ”

"Show it to me."

The shopkeeper took off the silver hairpin and handed it to Leng Yi.

Leng Yi took a look, the workmanship of this hairpin is still relatively fine, and his favorite is that the hairpin is engraved with a pair of mandarin ducks, which is lifelike. I liked it very much, so I took out the pieces of broken silver that the killer had found and put them on the counter.

Seeing that he was so simple, the shopkeeper immediately changed his smile and said: "This uncle really has a vision, this hairpin is a product from the capital, and there is only this one in the whole Bazhou, and there is no such style." It was the most suitable for a lady or a good match! ”

While talking, he took the silver tael, weighed it with scissors, and returned the excess to Leng Yi. I took the brocade box containing the hairpin again, wrapped the hairpin with a piece of fine brocade, put it away carefully, closed the lid, and handed it to Leng Yi with both hands.

Leng Yi took it out of the shop and got into the carriage. Master Dong also got into the car and said with a smile: "The hairpin that Dong Weng bought for his wife? ”

Leng Yi put the brocade box into the package and said with a smile: "Yes." ”

said that I want to take good care of the family in Nazhi County, and when we meet for the first time, I am embarrassed not to bring some small gifts.

The drizzle was still dripping, the cold wind was blowing, and Master Dong kept shivering. Leng Yi's body is very strong and not afraid of the cold, but he also pretends to be cold. muttered: "This ghost weather, why is it so cold." ”

Master Dong smiled and said: "We have a lot of rain in Bazhou, and it rains all year round, and this winter is the same, it will be more than half a month, but the rain is not heavy, it is so sparse." Everything is soggy and greasy. ”

Leng Yi said: "This case, we only have less than three days, how to solve the case, do you have any ideas?" ”

Master Dong smiled bitterly: "The students just won't solve the case, otherwise, let's put some pressure on the head of the armed arrester, beat them up, and let them find a way to solve the case, right?" ”

Leng Yi shook his head and said, "I just want to hear your opinion on this case, what kind of person do you think did it." It doesn't matter if it's right or not. ”

Master Dong twisted the goatee on his chin, thought for a while, and said, "Lai Yuanwai's concubine was killed in the thatched toilet of the yamen, her skirt was untied, her lower body was exposed, and her lower body was stabbed. According to the students, it should be a robbery. This person actually robbed and killed people in the thatched toilet of the Yamen, and inserted a knife into the lower body, bold and extremely brutal and shameless, he must be a habitual offender, or a Jiangyang thief who is dissatisfied with the imperial court! ”

Leng Yi asked him, just to find out the basic situation of this case. After listening to it, I feel that this master has a clear mind, and it is good to be able to make such a judgment based on the facts of the case.

The first case I encountered turned out to be the killing of a rich man's concubine, and it was in the toilet of the yamen, which was indeed tricky enough. No wonder the prefect wants to solve the case within a time limit and does not accept bribes. Leng Yi also followed the example of Master Dong, tugging at the inch-long beard on his chin, pondering the case in his heart.

Seeing that Zhixian was noncommittal about his speculation, Master Dong laughed dryly and said, "What is Dong Weng's opinion?" ”