Duan Fei asked, "Old man, when did you find the body?" ”

The old man recalled: "I came out at the end of the day, and it was about the beginning of the day when I came to the ship, and it was about that time when the net was collected and the body was found. ”

Duan Fei nodded, and asked again, "Where is your network?" On the shore or in the middle of the river? Was the body floating on the surface of the water, sunk to the bottom, or floating in the water when it was found? ”

The old man turned around and pointed to the back and replied: "The villain's boat has been parked there all night, we all put the fish basket one by one with a rope in the water to fish, because there are barbs left on the mouth, the larger fish can not get out of the basket, the corpse did not float on the surface of the water at that time, I only felt heavy in my hands when I closed the rope, and thought that I had gained a lot today, who knew that when I was halfway through, I suddenly saw the corpse with one leg stuck in a fish basket and hung in the water, I was so frightened that I let go of my hand and screamed, and the people near the boat rushed to help, Then the corpse was dragged ashore, and the fish basket was still stuck in the corpse's leg. ”

The old man's boat stopped not far from the shore, there was still some distance from the center of the river, Duan Fei asked a few more words, and then he couldn't ask any valuable clues, so he let the old man go, and if he had any questions in the future, he would summon the official to summon him.

At this time, Yang Sen also rushed over, his feet were much faster than Shi Bin and them, and he didn't see any breath when he ran to the shore, so he asked Duan Fei, and directly squatted beside the corpse to examine it carefully.

Duan Fei put his hands behind his back, turned his back to the rising sun, and looked upstream......

Su Rong also came to the corpse, this was the first time she had been to the scene of the murder, Duan Fei was worried that she would not be able to stand it at first, but she didn't expect that she was not afraid at all.

I saw Yang Sen skillfully observe the face of the deceased, open the eyes and face of the deceased, observe the mouth, nose, back of the ears, neck and other places, and check all parts of the corpse's body, at this time Su Rong turned his head to avoid, and after a while, he only heard Yang Sen say to Duan Feiyu: "My lord, the deceased's face was blue and purple, his eyes were punctate and bleeding, he died of suffocation, but there was no water in his abdomen, obviously he was not drowned, there was a strangulation mark under his throat, and the strangulation was passed under his ears, and the deceased was not hanged, according to my preliminary judgment, he should have been strangled to death with a thin rope from behind." ”

Duan Fei asked, "When did the deceased die, and when was he thrown into the water?" Is there any other information on the body that can be identified? ”

Yang Sen stuck out his tongue, glanced at the corpse again, and said: "The deceased is about thirty to forty years old, judging from the color of his skin, he should be a person who is often exposed to the sun, his skin is slightly white and puffy, and he has been blistered for about less than an hour, and it can be seen from the changes in his eyes that he has been dead for about two hours. ”

"Frequent sun exposure? What other clues did he have on his body? Duan Fei continued to ask, "For example, what is special about the hands and feet?" Can you tell what he does on weekdays? ”

Yang Sen looked at the corpse again, and then replied: "The corpse is barefoot, and there are very thick calluses on his hands and feet, judging from the shape of the calluses on his hands...... He should be...... Probably a farmer with a hoe ......? ”

Hearing Yang Sen's uncertain voice, Duan Fei couldn't help frowning, and walked up to take a look, then Su Rong continued: "The clothes worn by the deceased are not something that ordinary farmers can afford, although he has calluses on his hands, there are no new injuries on his feet, he should have been doing well recently, at least he is not wearing straw sandals, my lord, I suspect that this person was originally a farmer, but recently there have been signs of changing careers, and his life has improved, he should have just come back from a trip to another place, and his clothes don't look like they are produced locally." ”

It was not the first time that Su Rong had brought Duan Fei an impressive feeling, he saw Su Rong looking at him with a smug look on his face, he smiled slightly, ignored her, patted Yang Sen's shoulder, and said: "You have done a good job when you first arrived and came to handle the case without resting, my master is a freak like me, you don't pay attention to her." ”

Yang Sen whispered with a guilty face: "Yes, I know, Brother Fei, I will be cautious and work harder in the future." ”

Duan Fei turned back to Shanggao County and ordered, "Lord Su, please find someone who is familiar with the water nature of the Shu River." ”

Soon such a person was found, and Duan Fei asked him: "With the speed of the water of the Shu River, where can the corpse be dumped, and the corpse can float here after two hours?" ”

The man thought sideways for a while, and said, "The flow rate of the upper reaches of the Shu River is variable, and it is difficult to estimate the exact place, but ...... For two hours, the corpse either came down the Xiekoushui River or floated down about the confluence of the Shu River and the Yanxi River. ”

Duan Fei turned back to Shanggao County and said, "Lord Su, please send someone along the river to inquire, just go along the south bank to find out, and see if there are any people in the surrounding villages who are missing, or who left a few days ago and then returned to their hometowns?" ”

The Shanggao county magistrate immediately dispatched the officials to inquire along the river, Duan Fei ordered the body to be sent back to the county government, and Peng Xing, the judge of the Ruizhou Mansion, asked curiously: "Why did the lord only let the officials inquire about the south of the riverbank?" ”

Duan Fei threw a piece of wood that he picked up by the river into the river, and said: "Master Peng must not have played by the river when he was a child, I used to like to throw branches and bamboos into the river, watching them drift downstream, under normal circumstances, the things thrown into the river will flow down the water, and will never float sideways to the other side of the river, so unless the murderer takes great pains to cross the Shu River to the other side to throw the body, we don't have to waste manpower to go to the other side of the river to inquire." ”

Peng Xing suddenly said: "I see, Lord Duan is observant, and the officials admire it!" ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, the officials in this year only know how to gnaw the Four Books and Five Classics, all of them are like nerds, there are too few officials like Wang Shouren who are diligent in thinking, and it is normal for Peng Xing not to even know this kind of common sense.

While waiting for the officials to reply, everyone returned to the county office, and the county ordered Master Su to continue to deal with government affairs, Duan Fei beckoned Peng Xing to drink a pot of tea made by Su Rong himself, Peng Xing said a conversation, and when the wine and food were delivered, he left with interest.

Duan Fei booked a banquet in the best restaurant in Shanggao County, and let them send it to the back office, at this time the banquet was set up, and everyone sat down one by one, Duan Fei first introduced Su Rong who changed into women's clothes and said: "Hong Bang, Jiang Jun, you haven't seen Su Rong Su girl, I will introduce you today, she pretends to be a scholar outside, she is my master, inside, she is my maid, today to celebrate the gathering of our brothers, she volunteered to serve on the side, everyone is not polite." ”

Su Rong kicked him and said coquettishly: "Is there such an introduction?" Hello everyone, my name is Su Rong, because Lord Duan saved me, I am grateful to temporarily call him a maid, and if you may leave at any time, you can call me by my name or Miss Su, you don't have to be polite. ”

Hong Bang praised: "You are Master Su, no wonder you look so familiar, Miss Su is really powerful, Yang Sen, this kid bragged about how powerful he was along the way, but as soon as the cowhide was punctured, Miss Su was higher." ”

Su Rong said with a smile: "Where, I just picked up the cheap, Yang Sen is still the first time to inspect the body alone, I can't help but be a little excited, some omissions are inevitable, not to mention that I can only see those small summaries, I don't see how the deceased died." ”

Yang Sen's face looked a little better, he was a young man, the matter was over, and under the praise of Duan Fei and others, he quickly became happy again.