Hai Rui was a little surprised that Cheng Zhong was too young to write such an insightful article, thinking that he happened to read a similar model essay or heard that he could get this theory.

That's why I came forward in person, just to test Cheng Zhong's depth.

The result made Hai Rui very satisfied, Cheng Zhong did not look like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child at all, his insight, his calmness, and his agility were far beyond Hai Rui's expectations.

This is a reliable talent, and it is precisely because of this that Hai Rui is willing to take the initiative to set the status of master and apprentice.

You must know that Hai Rui is a very serious and mean person, from the day of the county exam, Zheng Weihan wanted to set it off, claiming that he was reprimanded by Hai Rui as a student, and he didn't leave any affection.

And Xie Jiangbo basically couldn't interject in the conversation between the two, and could only laugh dryly on the side.

While chatting on the head, suddenly a catcher ran over panting.

"Hey, sir, I've found you!" The official was named Wang Peiqi, and he had no talent, but he was quite diligent in his work. Just like today, if something happens, the magistrate is not in the yamen, and most of them have Wang Peiqi to run errands.

People often say "officials", but in fact, officials and officials are not the same thing at all, officials are high and officials are low.

However, although the officials have no rank, they are finally official personnel, but the officials are different, not only do they have no rank, but they also belong to the nature of "public servants", and are responsible for the station, arrest, detention, urging, requisition, release and other affairs of the yamen, which is equivalent to the current police station and urban management team.

Don't look at the official walking around with a knife on weekdays, it seems to be very majestic, but like business, the official is also a pariah and cannot participate in the imperial examination.

The government is divided into four classes, namely soap, catch, fast, and strong class, we usually say "catch fast", but in fact, catch and fast are divided into two classes, and they all have their own team heads. Wang Peppa belongs to the fast class.

"What's wrong? What happened? Hai Rui asked with some surprise. Although Huating County is not rich, it is better to be stable, Hai Rui has been here for a while, but he has not encountered any tricky affairs, and it is a little strange to see Wang Peiqi so out of breath at this time.

"My lord, someone just reported that a corpse has appeared by the river in the east of the county." Wang Page said.

Human life is at stake, and Hai Rui suddenly stood up.

"What's going on?" His body exuded the majesty of the county lord, which was completely different from the weathered rain when he chatted with Cheng Zhong just now.

Hai Rui stood up, took two steps, turned around and said to Cheng Zhong, "If you're okay, come along." "

In this regard, of course, Cheng Zhong will not refuse. Because Hai Rui just called Cheng Zhong, it was inconvenient for Xie Jiangbo to follow, so the two parted and made an appointment to meet again in the county school.

The body was found on the banks of the Fat Powder River in the east of Huating County.

Of course, the Fat Powder River is not the original name, but there are many prostitute houses in the vicinity, which are either bright or dark.

When Hai Rui and Cheng Zhong followed Wang Peiqi to the bank of the Fat Powder River, Li Zheng and the county government had already arrived, and the body had been salvaged.

Zhou Huan, the leader of the fast shift, was directing the officials to maintain the scene, and there were many people around him, pointing and discussing.

"What's going on?" Hai Rui stepped forward and asked.

Zhou Huan hurriedly walked to Hai Rui's side and replied humbly: "If you go back to the master, the one who died was a beggar, in rags,." There are guardrails on the Fat Powder River from time to time, but the guardrails in this section are broken due to disrepair. It is estimated that this old beggar accidentally stepped into the air when he passed by here last night and tumbled down the river. There was not much water in the river, and he hit his head on a rock, and he died. "

Zhou Huan seemed to want to show himself in front of Hai Rui, and said everything he had learned and guessed.

Hai Rui nodded, and turned to the work again.

Ge Cunzhuang is in his fifties and originally ran a small pharmacy. But the business was not very good, so he made a work in Huating County.

Ge Cunzhuang nodded and said, "My lord, the deceased suffered a wound to the back of the head and died of excessive blood loss. There were no fatal wounds to other parts of the body. There were some white pieces on the back of the head, and I didn't know what it was, but I thought it was a debris in the river. "

It seems that this is not a criminal case, but an accident. As Zhou Huan said, it is very likely that this beggar strayed into this place, because it was dark and did not notice the gap in the guardrail, so he fell and died.

"Is Rizheng here?" Hai Rui asked.

"The grass people are here." Lizheng Wang Lianxiong hurriedly replied.

"Do you know this beggar?"

"If you go back to the county, the grass people have never seen this person."

Hai Rui nodded again, it seemed that he was indeed a beggar and a wanderer. This kind of thing is not rare, the county government will issue a certificate and go through the formalities, and Li Zheng can take someone to incinerate and bury the body. The reason for incineration was the fear that the corpses of beggars would carry infectious diseases such as plague.

Hai Rui glanced at Cheng Zhong, but Cheng Zhong seemed to be a little frightened and deliberately stayed away from the beggar's corpse.

Still a kid after all, Hai Rui thought to himself.

In order to help Cheng Zhong overcome the fear in his heart, Hai Rui beckoned to him and said, "Cheng Zhong, what do you think?" "

To be honest, Cheng Zhong was indeed a little scared, although his heart was much older than his actual age, and he was also well-informed in the later life, but he didn't have such close contact with the dead, and it was normal for him to feel scared.

Cheng Zhong leaned forward, and the discomfort in his heart was even worse. But after thinking about it, why bother, people's life and death are originally between the first line, and now I condescend to look at the corpse of this beggar, but maybe in the near future, in this strange world, I will also become a corpse in the eyes of others, I am a poor **, what is there to care about? When I thought about it, my heart suddenly became much stronger.

"Teacher, what do students think about being stupid?" Cheng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I just think that this beggar's clothes seem to be too thin." Now that the weather has not warmed up, doesn't he feel cold? "

Hai Rui didn't expect Cheng Zhong's focus to be whether the beggar was cold or not, and it seemed that the question he asked was still a little too reluctant for him. He replied casually: "It is only natural that beggars are poor, and they have no more clothes." "

Hai Rui is accustomed to a hard life, even in the position of teaching, because he does not accept the filial piety of students, there are occasional times when he is hungry, let alone a beggar?

"The teacher's teaching is extreme, but if the student is a beggar, in such a cold weather, he will definitely wear everything he can, even if it is a broken sack, or an extra piece of cotton wool, he can't wait to tie it to his body, how many have you ever seen such a thin one?"

When Cheng Zhong said this, Hai Rui also felt that something was wrong. Even if he comes from a poor background, even if he prides himself on understanding the suffering of the people, but after being an official for a long time, many small things that he used to care about will be ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Cheng Zhong didn't know that his casual words touched Hai Rui so much, and continued: "And although his body is stained with a lot of mud from the bottom of the river, his nails are very clean. ”

This is also thanks to Cheng Zhong's later years in the library, when he has nothing to do, Cheng Zhong has also read several detective novels, and he also has some ideas about this.

"Say, go on." Hai Rui saw that Cheng Zhong stopped talking, and urged again and again. He didn't expect that the details he ignored were actually revealed by Cheng Zhong, this kid is really not simple, he only thought he was deeply knowledgeable before, but he didn't expect his observation to be so amazing, thoughtful, amazing, amazing.

Hai Rui now loves Cheng Zhong is more.

Zhou Huan was a little unhappy when he saw Cheng Zhong overturning his assertion, but because of Hai Rui, he didn't want to say anything.

"Teacher, what do you want me to say?" Cheng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I just think of something and say something." This beggar has delicate skin, which is probably not something that a perennial beggar can have, so the students do not think that he is a beggar. ”

"You have a point." Hai Rui said approvingly: "Isn't it too strange that he is not a beggar, but he is wearing a beggar's clothes and dying on the bank of the Rouge River?" Who is he? Who put this dress on him? Why did he die here? Hmph, this qiē shows that this is not a simple accident, but a malicious murder! Hai Rui said loudly.

What the? Murder?! Cheng Zhong was shocked, although he speculated that the deceased was not a beggar, but he didn't think of murder, but when he heard Hai Rui's inference, he also felt that this was indeed likely to be a case of murder and corpse dumping! Otherwise, it can't be said that the deceased is playing some kind of uniform trick, right?

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