Xiao Wu scratched his head, he thought about it, and analyzed: "Could it be that Lord Shangshu realized that he was discovered by the murderer, so he fled from the swamp?" ”

Kang Xu clasped his hands to his chest, he shook his head, and pondered: "I think it's unlikely, there are Shangshu's clothes left at the scene, which means that Shangshu is very likely to be captured by the murderer." ”

Kang Xu paced back and forth, constantly remembering the terrain near the swamp.

The mountain road was rough and full of thorns, and it was impossible to leave a trace as night fell.

Kang Xu closed his eyes, trying to imagine what might have happened.

The night was dark, and Cui Jian followed two strange figures from a distance.

The two figures seemed to be carrying something, one deep and one shallow, through the forest.

Cui Lian is an official of the imperial court, and he has read countless people, and he instinctively sensed that these two sneaky figures must be doing some unsightly deeds, so he followed the two figures further and further.

In front of him was a swamp, and one of the figures stuck a torch on the ground, and then said a few words to the other, and the two of them dragged an object out of the sack.

By the faint light of the fire, Cui Jian tried to open his eyes, and when he saw the object dragged out of the sack, he was taken aback.

It was a corpse!

The two figures rested, then lifted the body and threw it into the swamp, and when they had done all this, they clapped their hands, picked up their torches and began to walk back.

Cui Lian's brows were tightly locked, he couldn't tolerate such a careless matter of human life.

However, he knew that he was not a match for the two and wanted to catch the two. I'm going to go back and find the bodyguard.

However, just as he turned around. Suddenly, I heard a sharp wind behind me.

Then, after a muffled grunt. Cui Lian passed out.

Thinking of this, Kang Xu opened his eyes suddenly.

"The fourth man!" Kang Xu suddenly said without a head.

"What fourth man?" Xiao Wu was a little inexplicable.

"In addition to Lord Shang Shu and the two corpse throwers that night, there should be another person, and it was that person who attacked Lord Shang Shu." Kang Xu felt that this guess was reasonable, Cui Jian was secretly following the two corpse throwers, and it was impossible for him to be discovered and caught by the two corpse throwers silently.

The only explanation is that there is another person, who followed Cui Lian and took the opportunity to sneak attack him. That's why there are no traces of a fight at the scene.

In other words, it is very likely that the person who attacked the sneak attack and the person who threw the body were accomplices.

The half-striped kaftan covered by the bones seems to confirm this.

The murderer threw Cui Lian's long shirt on the deceased, most likely to mislead the person who found the body, so that the government would think that Cui Lian fell into the swamp and died accidentally.

However, there is one thing that makes Kang Xu very puzzled, after the murderer killed, why did he throw the body into the swamp, wouldn't it be easier to burn it?

"Brother Kang. What's next? Xiao Wu looked at Kang Xu, who was deep in thought, and couldn't help but have some doubts.

"Lord Shangshu is probably still alive, and the most important thing at the moment is to find the whereabouts of Lord Shangshu." Kang Xu groaned.

"But we don't have any clues, how can we find them? These days. They are all about to rummage through Zhengyang City, and they haven't found the whereabouts of Lord Shangshu! Xiao Wu frowned.

Zhengyang City is not big, it is not small, how easy is it to find a missing person?

Let alone. Everyone knew that Lord Shangshu had fallen into the hands of the murderer. There will be fears for their lives at any time, and there is not enough time left for them.

Kang Xu rubbed his eyebrows. After thinking about it, he said: "It's not without clues, the corpse in front of you is the best clue." ”

Xiao Wu looked at him with some puzzlement.

Kang Xu moved his neck and explained: "Let's start with this corpse, as long as the identity of the corpse is found, we can find the murderer along the vine, so that we can naturally find the whereabouts of Lord Shangshu." ”

Xiao Wu thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only way to work at the moment, he turned his head to look at the bones on the next case, and said, "I'll check the bones again to see if there are any other finds." ”

Kang Xu nodded, leaving Xiao Wu to continue the autopsy in Yizhuang, and returned to the county office.

Back at the gate of the county office, Kang Xu happened to meet Chang Feng.

After discovering the bones, Chang Feng immediately led people to search for the missing person in the city, trying to find out the identity of the deceased from the missing person.

However, Zhengyang County is home to thousands of people, so it is naturally difficult to investigate.

At this time, Chang Feng had already led the officials to investigate for a day, but only investigated less than one-tenth of the people's homes.

"Brother Kang, there are thousands of people in Zhengyang City, let alone in this Zhengyang City, if you continue to investigate like this, you can't find the identity of the deceased, but you will be tired to death first." Chang Feng sat on the steps by the flower bed of the county government with a depressed expression.

Kang Xu smiled, sat down with him, and said, "Lao Chang, I also know that you are working hard, but this matter is very important, no matter what, to find out the identity of the deceased, this will be the key to this case." In this way, I'll give you a rough range, and you follow that range to investigate. ”

"Oh? What range? Chang Feng wondered.

"When Xiao Wu and I examined the corpse, we found that there were many wounds on the corpse, and it was speculated that the deceased should have martial arts, and it was very likely that he was a soldier on the battlefield, or a person from the rivers and lakes. You can save a lot of effort by following this survey. ”

Chang Feng suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization, he jumped up suddenly, and said: "It's much easier to have a range, wait for my news!" ”

Before the words fell, Chang Feng had already run a few feet away.

Kang Xu stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and nodded with satisfaction at Chang Feng's back.

Since Li Canghai beheaded Wang Buquan, Chang Feng's whole person has changed, he is no longer as lazy as before, and his whole body is full of energy.

But soon, Kang Xu's brow furrowed.

Although a rough range was delineated, it took a long time to investigate. If you want to find out the identity of the deceased, you need to find another way.

Kang Xu thought about what other way to investigate the identity of the deceased, and casually stepped into the yamen.

The county government is divided into two entrances, the front yard is where the case is handled, and the back yard is where Li Canghai and others live.

At this time, in the backyard, Mrs. Hua was drying the bedding, and the old man was lying on the rocking chair, shaking the fan serenely.

Under the wooden frame where the bedding was dried, there was a crisp laugh from time to time.

Kang Xu followed the laughter and found that Huahua and Xiaohu were hiding in the futon to hide and seek, the two little ones kept chasing, and the whole backyard echoed with the joyful laughter of the two.

Looking at everything in front of him, Kang Xu's mood that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly became relaxed.

There have been so many things happening lately, and everyone is under too much pressure, and when you think about it, it seems that everyone hasn't smiled for a long time. (To be continued.) )