"There was a male corpse, with a knife wound on his shoulder, two inches and eight minutes in diameter and four points in width. The right rib was injured in one place, five minutes deep, five inches wide, etc. One throat knife wound, three inches and one minute in diameter, six minutes in width, deep and diameter, etc., fatal. ”

After careful examination, the corpse compartment was filled in from the torture room and presented to Yue Su.

Yue Su nodded slightly after reading it, and then wrote the Zhu Pi of "Man surnamed Qiu" with a red pen, and said, "Kong Wanchang, you go and check if the other corpse is a man surnamed Qiu." ”

Old man Kong didn't dare to shirk, and once again he had the courage to walk to another corpse, looked down, and couldn't help but fall to the ground with a somersault. His eyes rolled straight up, his mouth fed the ground, and he couldn't speak.

Yue Su saw that the corpse was not particularly terrifying, and it was not much different from the previous one, so it was estimated that there was a different feeling, so he asked Jin Chan to help him up, and said that he would wait for him to wake up and examine it again. There are many idlers next to him, surrounding this place, eager to finish it immediately, so busy with the work in hand.

Old man Kong's daughter-in-law made a cup of sugar tea for her husband to pour, and waited for a while before she woke up. Everyone's eyes were focused on him at the moment, wanting to see what was going on.

"No, no, no. Wrong, wrong......"

Old man Kong gasped twice and suddenly shouted. Jin Chan hurriedly asked: "Old man, calm down, the adults are still waiting for you to explain, what's wrong?" ”

"It's the corpse that's wrong, the man surnamed Qiu who invested in the store the night before was a young man, but this person obviously has a beard, where is the guest staying in the hotel. It's obvious that the corpse is wrong, and I ask the adults to redress their grievances! ”

Everyone present was taken aback when they heard Old Man Kong say this, and they all turned their heads to look at Yue Su.

Yue Su thought for a while, and said angrily: "These two corpses have been here for a day yesterday, why haven't you recognized it, at this time, they were suddenly replaced, is it deliberate prevarication!" ”

Seeing Yue Su's anger, Old Man Kong was so frightened that he kowtowed and cried, and said: "The villain himself was framed by Hu Chuan, and when he saw the two corpses moved outside the door, he was already very anxious, and hurriedly entered the city to report the case, where did he dare to take a closer look at the corpses." Besides, the corpse is still under the corpse surnamed Yang, seeing that the surname Yang is good, I think he is also good, who wants to be a suspicious case, please also ask the adults to see it. ”

When Yue Su came yesterday, he saw that the two corpses were stacked on top of each other, and Old Man Kong's statement was also reasonable, so he had to say: "Bring Hu to see me!" ”

Hu Chuan was helped to the scene this morning, and when he heard the adults call him, he stepped forward with torture injuries, and before he could kneel, he heard Yue Su shouting: "You dog head, move the corpse and frame you, and say that these two people were killed by Kong Wanchang, yesterday it was moved from the town entrance, I guess I have seen the corpse in person, what are these two people, hurry up!" ”

Hu Chuan just heard that the corpse was wrong, and now the county magistrate asked him this, and he was afraid that he would find the murderer on himself, so he knelt down in pain and said: "The villain heard that he came out of the shop and was close at hand, so he said that he killed him." The corpse was indeed a young master, a beard, because Kong Wanchang did not park here according to the villain, hurried into the city, and was in one place. As for whether the corpse was at fault, the villain had not met the night before, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense. ”

"You stupid, you report the case clearly, but you are involved in the people, pull me down and beat me for another twenty boards!"

The unlucky Hu Chuan was taken down by the servant and beaten for another twenty, and Yue Su ordered someone to send the customers in the store to inquire, and they all said that the customers who had invested in the store the night before were two young men, and this bearded one had not joined the store. I don't know where he died, why he died.

"That being the case, the officer understands." Yue Su pondered for a moment and asked him to conduct an autopsy first.

"There is a nameless male corpse, with a wound on his left hand, and a width of two inches and eight minutes. The back was bruised in one place, three inches in diameter and five inches in width. There was a knife wound under the ribs, one inch and three minutes wide, five inches and six minutes in diameter, and two inches and two minutes deep, which was fatal. After his death, he suffered a stab wound to the chest, two inches and eight minutes in width and diameter. ”

After filling in the form, Yue Su said: "Bring the body back to Yizhuang, this person's family is afraid that it is not far from here, immediately show a confession, and wait for the murderer to be seized, and then the case will be decided." Kong Wanchang was released on bail, confronted in the case, and Hu Chuan was taken into custody first. ”

After the order, Yue Su then led the people and horses back to the county seat from Shilitun, and as soon as he entered the yamen, he immediately asked people to record the size of the corpse, and the body surnamed Yang was passed to Huguang, and Huguang posted it to find the family, and the nameless corpse was posted in various parts of Yangshuo.

Then, he summoned Jin Chan, Tong Xuan, and Tie Qiu to the back office, and said: "This case has already been identified by the official, and it must be the work of the surnamed Qiu, as long as this person is arrested, it will be solved." Tong Xuan and Tie Qiu, the two of you led the capture to visit in disguise, and once discovered, they immediately returned. Jin Cicada, the security of the city, you are in charge. ”

The three of them took the order, and after a while, Yue Su called Tong Xuan again and said, "That nameless corpse must be a local, you are more familiar with the place, so you will visit Sixiang Zuo." And I am afraid that the murderer may not be far away, hiding in the countryside, waiting for the rumors to pass before escaping, it is not known. ”

Tong Xuan followed his words and led the arrest to search around Yangshuo. After several days, I didn't get any news. Yue Su was anxious, pondered for a while, and decided to go on an unannounced visit by himself. He was a police officer in his previous life, and he is still very good at investigating and visiting cases.

On the second day, Yue Su changed into civilian clothes, pretended to be a carpenter, looked for some tools on his back, and went out of the yamen.

After leaving the city, Yue Su first went to some big towns and cities on the official road of the South Gate and walked for a long time, but no one paid any questions. I thought about finding a spacious place to leave the guy down and rest for a while.

In front of a market town, although it is not more lively than the city, but it is also Guantang Road, merchants and eunuchs, gathered in the meantime. There is a memorial arch in the northeast corner, and the words "Huangming Town" are written on it.

The place was spacious, and Yue Su was just about to put down the carpenter's belongings, when a middle-aged woman came up to him, and the woman came close and said, "This master can repair the roof." ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "Naturally, I would, if I didn't have this means, I wouldn't dare to go south and north." ”

"It's just right, it's about to be winter, and the roof of my house is a little leaky, can the master go home with me to see."

"Naturally."

Yue Su nodded and smiled, and followed the woman through several alleys, and the woman pointed to a small low room and said, "That's my house, and the room at the head is a little damaged." ”

Yue Su looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that the tile house was not very high, and most ordinary people went to the house to repair it by themselves, and few spent money to hire people. Yue Su was curious and asked: "Auntie, the roof of your shed is not high, and I don't think there is much leakage. ”

When the woman heard this, she sighed, her eyes were a little red, and she said, "It is also sad to say that my husband has died in his early years, leaving a son who is twenty-eight years old this year, who has opened a small woolen shop in this town, and has been married to his daughter-in-law for eight years. In Duanyang in May last year, I took my daughter-in-law and my granddaughter to watch the dragon boat race in the afternoon, and came back in the evening as usual, but after dinner, I suddenly had pain in my abdomen. I thought he was suffering from heat stroke, so I asked my daughter-in-law to put him to sleep. When he arrived at the second watch, suddenly he screamed, and my daughter-in-law cried out, saying that he was dead. Pity my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as if the sky is falling, I can see the heir. Although he opened a small shop, he didn't have a lot of capital, so where could he have cash to do things. It was easy to rein in his son, but when he saw him dying, his two eyes were the size of lamp beads, revealing the outside. Now the family is orphaned and widowed, and there is no one who wants to repair the leakage of the house. ”

After listening to her, Yue Su wondered in his heart, "Although the weather is warm in May, heat stroke is common. But why did he shout before he died, and why did he show his eyes when he retracted, could it be that there was another reason for it? I am here to visit the case today, or if this person surnamed Qiu has not been visited, but he has avenged this person's grievances, I don't know. Nai said: "If this is the case, repairing the roof is just a matter of raising my hands, and I will help you repair it without taking a penny." ”

"Then thank you, master." The woman gave Yue Su a salute and said, "But there is another thing, which must be explained to the master in advance." Since the death of my son, my daughter-in-law has been so observant that she does not see outsiders, and in the afternoon, she closes the door of her house. Whenever outsiders came in, she was noisy. It was said, 'Young woman, why does mother-in-law always bring those people to the house?' So all my relatives in my family know about her, and no man ever comes to the door. Recently, even the female dependents have not come, and only my mother-in-law and granddaughter are in the house, and they are still in one place before noon, and they are in their own rooms in the afternoon. If the master goes, just be on the roof of my house, don't say much. Otherwise, she will quarrel with me again. ”

After hearing this, Yue Su wondered even more, "There are also people in the world who are martyrdom, but she is too much, it is only right for men to come and not talk to her, why don't even the female relatives come to her door, and close the door in the afternoon." This is a suspicious case, and I promised her to go and see what her daughter-in-law does. ”

smiled at the moment: "It's rare for your daughter-in-law to be so observant, it's really respectable." I'm just going to mend the roof, and I'm done. ”

When the woman saw Yue Su agree, she was even more happy, and said, "I'll go back, say it first, and then I'll invite you." ”

Yue Su was afraid that she would go back, and was stopped by her daughter-in-law, so she hurriedly said: "This matter is not necessary, I will help you make up for it as soon as possible, and I have to rush into the city to do some business." ”

The woman felt justified, and took Yue Su to the door, and there stood a girl about six or seven years old in front of the door. Little finger draws east and west, I don't know why.

Seeing that she was mute, Yue Su asked, "Who are you with this little child, why can't you speak?" Was she born like this? ”

The woman did not answer, but pushed the door open and went in, as if to go inside to tell the news. Yue Su was afraid that her daughter-in-law would dodge, so she hurriedly entered the gate, there were three rooms inside, and when the door of the next room rang, she saw a woman with half of her body looking out, but she happened to be opposite Yue Su. Yue Su also glanced at it, but saw that the daughter-in-law was within thirty years old, although she was dressed in plain clothes, but the silver eyes showed light, which really made the soul dissipate. The eyebrows are raised, the snow-white face is slightly faint from the pale red color on the cheeks, but it is born in nature.

Seeing a living person come in, he shrank back and closed the door with a "bang". I only heard the curse inside: "Old thief woman, even a carpenter has brought home." It's only been quiet for a few days, and today it's going to be noisy for another night, and I don't know where the bad luck is! ”

When Yue Su saw such a look, he had already guessed eight points, "This woman must not be a good person, there is always a reason for it, I am here, no matter how I slander, I must visit the root cause." At the moment, he said: "I didn't know the surname of the house when I first came to the house, and this girl must be the granddaughter of Ling." ”

When the woman asked, she had to answer, "The old man's surname is Liu, the husband's surname is Bi, and my son's name is Bihu." Pity him after he died, leaving only this seven-year-old granddaughter. As he spoke, he dragged the girl in front of him, and tears fell into her eyes.

Yue Su said: "It's not early now, I'll go to the room." By the way, how did you get this granddaughter's mute? ”

Liu said: "It's all unfortunate in the family, she was born since she was a child, she is really smart, and when she was five or six years old, she was very articulate. It was after his father's death, less than two months later, that morning dawn, it became like this. No matter what happens, even if you understand it in your heart, you can't say it with your mouth. Isn't it a misfortune for a good child to become a waste? ”

Yue Su gasped and said, "At that time, she slept with others, could it be that someone made her dumb?" You don't pursue it, if someone is dumb, I can try to. ”

This time, without waiting for Liu's answer, she only heard her daughter-in-law scolding in the room: "Qingtian Bai said, the shadowless and invisible fool talks nonsense, and it is not this to cheat people's money." My daughter will be with me at last, who will medicine her? From ancient times to the present, I have only heard of human doctors and veterinarians, but I have not seen people who can treat mutes. This old slut only cares about taking people home to repair the house on a whim, and does not ask who he is. When his son died, he was not sad, and he couldn't see the widow and daughter-in-law quiet, and they chattered endlessly. ”

Liu listened to her daughter-in-law scolding in the room, but she didn't dare to speak. Yue Su thought to himself, "This woman must have a good relationship outside, the old woman can't know people, when she really keeps the festival, in my opinion, her husband must have been killed by her." Since the husband is the most important, the husband's mother should be more filial, how can there be a reason to open up an old slut and shut up an old thief? This girl, since she was raised by her own child, although she has become mute, there is no reason not to want her to get better. When I heard that someone could heal, I should be very happy, and I came out to ask, why do I care about all of them, but I don't stop scolding people? There are these two points, which are obviously a flaw, so I will stay quiet for now, and wait until I get back to the street to inquire. ”

Then he feigned anger and said: "Although I am a person who walks the rivers and lakes, I also have a face and skin, this woman in your family is innocent and hurts, and I don't want your salary, why should I be sulking like this, you can ask others to mend it." After that, he turned around and walked out of the gate, and the Liu family didn't dare to stay, so he could only go with Yue Su.

When Yue Su arrived in the town, he saw that it was not early, and it was too late to return to the city, so he decided to stay in the town for one night, investigate the case clearly, and talk about it later.

There is a small inn in front, and when I walked in the door, Xiao Er had already stepped forward to greet him, "This master, do you want to sleep in the bunk for a while, or do you want to rent a guest room?" ”

Yue Su is also the head of a county, how can a person with a lot of status sleep in the shop, and said: "I am a single passer-by, I want to do two business in the town, and it is best to have a single room." ”

Xiao Er saw that he was dressed as a carpenter, but he wanted a single room, and he couldn't put the money without fighting, so he promised to say that there was, and led Yue Su to Zhongjin, walked to a guest room at the bottom, and arranged to stay.

Yue Su had no luggage, after paying the deposit, he went to the front hall and sat down, ordered two meals, just ate two bites, and walked into a person outside the inn.