First interrogate Yun Xuan, figure out the problem, and if necessary, conduct another autopsy, or even skull restoration.

Yang Qiuchi ordered Yun Xuan to be brought to the lobby.

Yun was already sure that he had been wronged, so he waited for his acquittal after the verdict of his superiors. Therefore, Yang Qiuchi had already ordered all the shackles of Yun Xuan to be removed, and he was transferred to the cell to be with his father. Living conditions have also been particularly improved.

Yun was stunned and went up to the lobby, kneeling down gratefully and kowtowing to Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi asked: "Yun Xuan, your mother and her brother disappeared after entering the city that day, and were found later, do you know?" ”

Speaking of this question, Yun was stunned and suddenly sad, hung his head and whispered: "I heard from the villagers who came to visit the prison that they have not been found, and my father and I are still saying today that when we go out, we will send someone to look around." ”

Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, and he carefully asked him about the physical characteristics of his mother and younger brother, especially when Yun Xuan said that when he married his mother, he deliberately inlaid a gold tooth on the upper left front tooth of his mother; And his mother's younger brother fell off a horse when he was a child, and the little finger of his left hand was trampled off by the horse, these two points are completely consistent with the male and female corpses found in the autopsy, Yang Qiuchi has determined that the two bodies are the missing Yun stunned lady and his mother's brother.

These two characteristics can already determine the identity of the bones, and there is no need to restore the skull, because if this technology is in modern society, it will not surprise too many people, and in ancient times, it must be very shocking to be able to demobilize a skeleton into a person with a seven-eight-point likeness, and Yang Qiuchi does not want to use this method as a last resort.

In addition, if Wang Dianshi and his concubine Aunt Zhao are caught, it can further confirm the identity of these two corpses as Yun Xuan's mother and her younger brother. The only way to catch them is to catch them by sea.

Yang Qiuchi turned his head and instructed his follower Chang Fu to find a painter to draw a portrait of Aunt Zhao according to the description of the people who knew Aunt Zhao in the yamen, and he wanted to use this portrait to make Yun stunned identify, if it was determined that it was the woman who attacked him, then he could carry out sea fishing and arrest Wang Dianshi and Aunt Zhao.

Chang Fu thought about it after hearing this, and said: "Master, you don't need a painter to paint, last time there was a fire in the internal government of the canon, and some items were rescued, and the villain remembered that there seemed to be some portraits, so I don't know if there is Aunt Zhao." ”

"Oh? Hurry up and check it out, and if you have one, bring it as soon as possible! After a pause, he added: "Find a few more portraits of different women to confuse and identify." ”

Yang Qiuchi was very excited, it would be better if there was a ready-made one, after all, the portrait drawn directly from a real person is much more realistic. It seems that this Wang Dianshi and Aunt Zhao arranged such an exquisite golden cicada shelling situation, but they didn't expect that the portrait would be rescued from the fire, which can be regarded as a hundred secrets.

Chang Fu found the portrait of Aunt Zhao, and took a few more portraits of other women to the lobby, and Yang Qiuchi handed it to Yun Xuan for identification. Yun stunned looked at it carefully. Pointing to one of them, he exclaimed, "This is the woman!" That's right, she tricked me into the alley behind the yamen and knocked me out that day! ”

Yang Qiuchi looked at his attendant Chang Fu, and Chang Fu nodded: "Master, this portrait is the portrait of Aunt Zhao, Wang Dianshi's concubine." ”

"Good!" Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed and instructed Master Jin to arrange other grievances to reopen the coffin for autopsy, make a new corpse grid, and let Yun Xuan and Yun Tianqing recognize the bones.

The appearance of the two corpses has been burned, and they are already [***], and most of them have been ossified, but the old broken knuckle of the little finger of the male corpse's left hand and the gold tooth inlaid with the upper left front tooth of the female corpse still make Yun Xuan and Yun Tianqing certain that these two corpses are the beautiful lady and her younger brother of Yun Xuan who disappeared that day. I couldn't help but cry.

Yang Qiuchi comforted them for a while and began to prepare for the case to be reported.

This case was reported to the emperor for approval by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, so it must be reported to the emperor before it can be finally revoked, and Master Jin was instructed to immediately extract the testimony of relevant witnesses, and then draft official documents from the government, attach relevant evidence, and request that the death sentence of Yun Xuan be revoked and Yun Tianqing be punished lightly, and at the same time, it is required that Aunt Zhao and Wang Dianshi be fished nationwide. Expedited reporting with 400 miles.

The materials were reported to the state, and through the feedback of the news, Yang Qiuchi learned that before Wang Dianshi's disappearance, the imperial court sent to Huguang to inspect the local officials, the inspector of money and grain, was investigating Wang Dianshi's corruption and favoritism when collecting taxes, which was a capital crime in the Ming Dynasty. Only then did Yang Qiuchi understand that Wang Dianshi must have an unclean buttocks, and he killed Yun Xuan's wife and brother-in-law, so he tried his best to make this golden cicada abscond.

If this case is to be finally closed, Wang Dianshi and Aunt Zhao must be arrested.

Where will they go? Yang Qiuchi didn't want to honestly wait for the results of the sea fishing, he wanted to think of a way as much as possible, so he thought about it carefully.

One possibility is to run back to live in your hometown. This possibility is very small, Wang Dianshi created a fake situation that he and his aunt were killed, and the news will reach his hometown sooner or later, so they can't show their faces in public. In addition, the follower Changfu said that Wang Dianshi's hometown is far away, and the bones will be transported back to his hometown after the beginning of spring, and the family members who come to transport the bones should not know that Wang Dianshi is not dead, and Wang Dianshi cannot be in his hometown, otherwise, the bones will be leaked when they are transported back.

The second possibility is to flee to other towns and live incognito. However, this possibility is weakened for two reasons:

First, the ancient household registration system was very strict, and the management of the foreign population was very strict, and the common people could not move at will. Therefore, it is not easy for Wang Dianshi to remain incognito; Second, the Inspectorate is inspecting his corruption, perversion of the law, favoritism, and will not let him go easily, he should consider that once the golden cicada fails to get out of its shell, the whole country will catch him, and if he settles in another town and is a foreign population, he will be caught immediately.

Therefore, if he was smart, he should not appear in other towns, at least not in other towns until the dust settles on this matter, and his plan to get rid of the golden cicada finally succeeds.

After excluding these two smaller possible surnames, the last, and most likely, one remains: hiding in an inaccessible place or in a town without showing up, or then living in seclusion with a makeover such as a human skin mask.

If you hide and change your appearance to live in a town, under the strict household registration management system, this kind of hiding is easy to leak, because it is not hidden for a day or two, of course, there are precedents for successful concealment, such as the case of the theft of the bank treasury of the Yunnan Provincial Prosecutor, Jianwen Yu Dang Huagang (Wu Yangjun) was successfully hidden.

If Wang Dianshi and Aunt Zhao were to hide in other towns and cities, they could only hope that they would be found by fishing and careful hunting across the country. However, the national sea fishing must be decided by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Of course, Yang Qiuchi wants to use the power of the Jinyi Guard's command envoy to link Wang Dianshi with Jianwen, and he can also use this as an excuse to immediately issue a national sea fishing warrant. However, Yang Qiuchi is not ready to do this, this is a bit of a fuss, after all, Jin Yiwei is not used to investigate this kind of ordinary criminal case, to paraphrase modern words, it is called a waste of judicial resources. It's better to take your time according to the rules, anyway, there is no hurry, he has now learned to deal with problems carefully.

However, Yang Qiuchi doesn't want to wait for news slowly, he likes to take the initiative and look for possibilities.

As I have just analyzed, in addition to hiding incognito in other towns, there is also a possibility, that is, hiding in the wilderness of the deep mountains and old forests that are rarely visited.

In terms of hiding in a no-man's land, during the Ming Dynasty, there was probably no more suitable place for hiding in the wilderness than the lofty mountains and mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles near Yuanzhou, Huguang Town. It is a sparsely populated area with high mountains and deep valleys, and is full of primeval forests. Moreover, Wang Dianshi often goes to the countryside to collect grain, and is very familiar with the surrounding environment in this area, and he also knows which places are suitable for hiding. Therefore, he is likely to be hiding in the deep mountains and old forests near here.

Isn't there a saying that the most dangerous places are the safest? Wang Dianshibu's game is so delicate and bold, which shows that he is very smart and even a little conceited, and is likely to choose to hide in this vicinity This risky move, he killed Yun Xuan's wife and brother-in-law, but instead hid in this vicinity, first, this place is full of primeval forests and caves suitable for hiding, and secondly, I am afraid that no one would have thought that he would hide here, but relaxed the search for this area. When the wind is calm and everything is settled, then go down the mountain and find a town to change and settle down.

After figuring out this joint, Yang Qiuchi decided to wait for the news of the Ministry of Criminal Justice's approval of the nationwide sea fishing, and at the same time search for the lofty mountains and mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles. Grasp with both hands, and be hard with both hands.

There are ready-made people who can make use of this search -- Yun Tianqing, the owner of Miao Village.

Judging from the performance of thousands of Miao people in the morning, although this Yun Tianqing is short in stature, he has quite a high prestige in the Miao village of Sili and Eight Townships, and the Miao people have lived in this mountain range for generations, and they are very familiar with the situation in the mountainous area.

Yang Qiuchi ordered to bring Yun Tianqing to the flower room dedicated to receiving distinguished guests, since Yun Tianqing's case was a wrong case, Yun Tianqing took Miao Zhong to attack the Yamen dignitaries for a reason, it was not a big deal, out of the consideration of national unity to appease Miao Zhong, the imperial court would definitely treat him leniently, so Yang Qiuchi also treated him politely.

(To be continued)