After listening to Liu Hua's analysis, Huang Tianxiao was stunned, he glanced at Tong Zhen, who was also in a daze, and then said to Liu Hua with admiration: "The vice president's mind is indeed delicate, and he admires his humble duties." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Tianxiao paused, and then continued: "Chief Catcher, Deputy Chief Catcher, I asked the brothers to stay and help you, there are nuns hired in the Buddhist halls of several families in Zhilu Dao, I will go to them now to inquire and see if I can find any clues?" ”

After saying that, Huang Tianxiao rode a horse towards the direction of the county seat, and saw that Huang Tianxiao had already started to be busy, Tong Zhen said to those who were catching fast on the left and right: "Let's look carefully again, don't miss any details." ”

When the catchers carefully inspected the entire mass grave three times, the sun was already in the west, seeing that the sun was about to set, and then seeing the catchers sitting on the grave resting, Tong Zhen shook his head in disappointment, and after saying hello to Liu Hua, he announced that he would call it a day and return to the county office.

After returning to the county office, before entering the door, everyone heard a burst of crying from the back hall of the county office, hearing this, Liu Hua couldn't help but ask a county officer: "Brother, what's going on inside?" Why are you crying so miserably? ”

"Don't mention it, didn't Zhang Tou'er commit suicide, this afternoon, Zhang Tou'er's hometown came, and after seeing Zhang Tou'er's body, Zhang Tou'er's family all cried profusely, alas...... When I heard those people crying inside, I felt bad. The officer replied in a dejected mood.

After hearing the words of the servant, and hearing the sad crying of the back hall, Liu Hua couldn't help but complain: "I'm ...... How many people are in Zhang Jun's house? Why is there such a loud cry inside? ”

"Zhang Tou'er's family didn't come much, only his parents came, but you also know the relationship between Zhang Tou'er and the county magistrate, and now that this kind of thing has happened, the family members of the county magistrate have also come.

Good guy, there are more family members of the county order than Zhang Touer's family, the wife and daughter and the parents, it is estimated that the whole family is here, and now they are occupying the house of the county order, crying and mourning from the back hall, that scene is like singing a big play.

As soon as I heard the crying sound inside with the charm of the water-tuned songhead, I knew that the wave of people who are crying now must be the mother, wife and daughter of the county magistrate, these people pay special attention to the melody when they cry, and I hummed several times when I listened to it. The official replied with some distress.

When the official finished the introduction, Liu Hua and Tong Zhen glanced at each other, originally they wanted to go to Zhang Wanggu to inform Zhang Wanggu of the case, but the current situation was a little inappropriate, after a little consideration, Liu Hua and the two decided to go to the household registration room to talk to Li Mu first.

After the two of them came to the household registration room with a group of catchers, they found that Li Mu was not there, and a big lock was locked on the door leading to the inner room.

Liu Hua sat in Li Mu's position, casually looking at the office facilities in the room, Li Mu's office is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, the room inside is the place where the household registration files are stored, so it is locked all day on weekdays.

And the room outside, because it was shared by Li Mu and others, so the lock was not too diligent, Liu Hua looked at the surrounding decorations, and suddenly sniffed: "Chief catcher, have you smelled it?" Why does this house smell of herbs? ”

After Tong Zhen heard this, he sniffed around, and was about to answer this question, when suddenly, a hearty voice came in, "Hehe...... This is because Brother Li Mu's wife has a disease and drinks herbs all day on weekdays.

And Brother Li only came to the county government office every day after helping his sister-in-law finish the herbs at home, so there was a smell of herbs in this house, and he was used to this herb smell a long time ago. ”

After the voice fell, Liu Hua saw a middle-aged man in his forties, with heroic hair walking in, the man was holding a water bottle in his hand, it seemed that he had gone to the water room to fetch water, after meeting, the man put down the water bottle and greeted the two with a smile:

"The two must be Mr. Tong and Vice President Liu? In Shimoda Xu, I was responsible for issuing notices and notices to the outside world, and because the office space of the county government was limited, I shared an office with Brother Li Mu.

Yesterday, when the two heads of catchers came, they happened to post notices from outside, so they missed it, but I didn't expect that there would be a chance to meet the two heads of catchers today, it was really fate, and I really admired some of the deeds of the deputy general manager of the head catcher. ”

Seeing Tian Xu so polite, Liu Hua also became polite: "I have won the award, I am just lucky, it just so happens that Brother Tian is here, the younger brother wants to ask Brother Tian for advice, it is not yet time to get off work, why is Li Mu not on duty in this household registration room?" He's in charge of the household registration file, so he shouldn't need to go out on an errand, right? ”

Hearing Liu Hua's inquiry, Tianxu explained: "Coincidentally, I really know some inside information about this problem, because my sister-in-law's condition is serious, so Brother Li has to go back to help my sister-in-law boil medicine at noon every day."

At noon today, when he got off work, Brother Li said that there was not enough herbs at home, and he needed to go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, because someone was storing the files at that time, so Brother Li asked me to run an errand for him to help him catch the herbs back.

But I don't know why? When I returned here after grabbing herbs for Brother Li, I found that the expression on his face was a little dazed, and when I got off work, Brother Li asked me to help ask for a leave, saying that he had something at home and would not come to the county office in the afternoon to run errands. ”

"How long did it take you to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine?" Liu Hua hurriedly asked.

Tian Xu recalled the time, and then replied: "There is a "Baicaotang" on the left side of the county government, and I have brought it back and forth, which is regarded as the time to grab the medicine, and it takes about the time of three pillars of incense. ”

"Three sticks of incense? Fifteen minutes or so? In a trance? Something at home? Not coming? After muttering a few words to himself, Liu Hua suddenly felt bad, he hurriedly asked Tian Xu for Li Xu's address, and then followed Tong Zhen to run outside quickly, leaving Tian Xu, who was confused, stunned in place.

When the two rode to Li Mu's house, they saw that the courtyard door was open, and the two dismounted and knocked on the door, at this time, a weak female voice came from the courtyard: "Who?" Please come in, right? The slave family is ill and cannot go out to greet him. ”

Hearing this voice, Liu Hua and Tong Zhen pushed the door into the courtyard, as soon as they entered the courtyard, Liu Hua smelled a strong smell of herbs, when Liu Hua smelled this smell of herbs, his heart suddenly moved, and a trace of understanding flashed in his eyes.

After coming to the east room, Liu Hua and the others saw a pale and sickly woman lying on the bed, and through inquiry, Liu Hua and the others learned that this woman was Li Mu's wife Xue Qi.

Knowing that Liu Hua and the others were looking for Li Mu, Xue Qi coughed and told the two that Li Mu had not come back since he went to the county government office today, and he did not come back to boil medicine at noon, so she asked Liu Hua and the others to go to the county government to find Li Mu.

After hearing this answer, Liu Hua "chuckled" in his heart.