"I don't know." Song Ning said regretfully.

Zhang Zhifeng was stunned, Jinan Mansion now rumors that Lord Song has the ability to investigate cases, and no one can do it.

How can you not know it?

Didn't you blow it, the prince held it?

"Judging from the appearance at present, the deceased had typical symptoms of drowning." Song Ning said to everyone, "But in the autopsy, it is difficult to distinguish between murder and drowning by suicide." ”

Zhao Yi bowed his head slightly and said, "If there are no additional scars, it is indeed difficult to judge." ”

Zhang Zhifeng felt that Song Ning's statement made sense, and he said, "Then, what about this case?" ”

"The people of the Cai family came during the day today, saying that they wanted to bring the body back, but the lower officials stopped them and did not let them, and it is estimated that they will come again tomorrow."

Zhao Yi asked, "The Cai family is very prestigious in Yangxin?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zhifeng said, "His family is mainly engaged in the trading of medicinal materials and charcoal, and there is a large mountain, and half of the city's charcoal depends on their family in winter." ”

"The Cai family also has relatives in the court, although the lower officials haven't figured out which adult it is, but they can be so confident, they really don't dare to slack off."

Zhao Yi said with a calm face: "Let them wait, and they will naturally be able to take it back when the case is clear." ”

Song Ning said: "Now the case has no eyebrows, and it is inconvenient to bury it." ”

Zhang Zhifeng looked embarrassed.

"I'll do it tomorrow." Song Ning covered the corpse, took off his coat, and said to Zhang Zhifeng, "Lord Zhang just asked him about killing and drowning, and drowning by suicide. Do you want to know what is the most important thing to find out about these two? ”

Zhang Zhifeng's eyes lit up, and he shook his head and said, "What is it?" ”

"Troubleshooting." Song Ning said, "The corpse can't tell us the results, so we can only investigate through the periphery." ”

"Where has he been, who has he met, who he has met since he left his home...... Where did they fall into the water, and there were no witnesses. ”

Zhang Zhifeng nodded and said, "I'll let everyone check it today." As he spoke, he asked the officer, "What did the king say?" ”

The messenger replied: "Wang Zhutou found out that the deceased was at four o'clock in the ninth day of the first month, and he was having dinner in Wang Ji, and there were two friends at the same table, Wang Erye and Su Gongzi. ”

"The three of them broke up at six o'clock."

It was about seven o'clock when the neighbors saw him appear at the door of the house and talked to him. Second Master Cai was a little drunk. ”

"I haven't seen him since."

Zhang Zhifeng nodded and looked at Song Ning: "Look, they also checked." ”

"What about the lake, but anyone saw him fall into the water?"

Zhang Zhifeng frowned, thought for a while, and said, "It's so dark, there should be no one." ”

"After seven quarters, with his ability, he can enter and exit the city gates, right?"

Zhang Zhifeng should be.

It's not a small border town, and the city gates can't be opened at night. However, this is a privilege, not for ordinary people.

Just as Song Ning can enter and exit Jinan Mansion at night.

"Yes, of course." Zhang Zhifeng said, "The year before last, the heavy rain, the east city wall fell into a big gap, or Cai Erye paid for it. ”

"Then first ask the militia guarding the door, when did Second Master Cai leave the city. After the time is determined, the eyewitnesses on the lake are checked from the upstream from the evening to the evening of the next day. Song Ning said, "Mainly at night." ”

Zhang Zhifeng should be.

Song Ning thought for a while and then added, "In addition, I confirmed with his family, did he not go home?" ”

Zhang Zhifeng was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

Why are there so many inquiries?

"Let's look into these things tomorrow." Song Ning crossed his hand, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Zhang." ”

Zhang Zhifeng returned the salute: "Don't dare." Wang Ye and Lord Song can travel so far, and now they are still here for an autopsy, how dare Zhang dare to shout hard work. ”

Zhang Zhifeng is not stupid, although he doesn't know Song Tuiguan's ability, and even he firmly believes that this case is an accident.

But he won't stop it, it's to prevent him from being wronged.

That's a good thing.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow." Song Ning asked for a backpack, and Zhao Yi naturally took it and handed it to Wu Xian.

Wuxian didn't dare to object, and obediently carried it on his back.

Song Ning's baggage contained a complete set of tools, work clothes, etc., which was very heavy.

"Then, where will the prince and Lord Song tell you two tomorrow after they find out the news?"

Song Ning said: "We live in the inn where Wuxian lives, if we don't stay, we will leave a message, and we will come to the yamen." ”

Zhang Zhifeng should be.

Song Ning and the three of them went back to the inn.

As soon as Song Ning washed his face, he heard Zhao Yi knock on the door: "Do you want to visit Fengtong Lake at night?" ”

"Night Lake?" Song Ning opened the door while wiping his face, and said in surprise, "I'm so tired from riding, don't you sleep for a while?" ”

Zhao Yi looked at her face and said, "Don't go through the path that the deceased might take?" ”

Song Ning was really persuaded by his reason.

"Okay, you wait for me."

She changed her clothes and went out with Zhao Yi, asking as she walked, "Do you want to call Wuxian?" ”

"No, he's tired and needs to rest."

"It's really tiring, talking so much in a day."

The two walked out of the inn while talking.

Wu Xian lay in the crack of the door and looked at the back of a pair of departures, and muttered: "I'm not tired at all!" ”

Song Ning and Zhao Yi went out of the city and found Wanghu Pavilion.

In the middle of March, the moon is round, the surface of the lake is sparkling, and the lake breeze is quite meaningful.

Because of the intention, the lake is quite lively at the moment.

As far as the eye could see, there were about five or six boats cruising at night, and the sound of jingling pianos, echoing in the distance.

"It seems that visiting the night lake is a very common night pastime for rich people." Song Ning said.

Zhao Yi bowed: "It's like this everywhere, it's just that you don't know." ”

"Lord, I'm not a privileged class, how can I go out of the city in the middle of the night to swim in the lake?" Song Ning said sourly.

"You can be a privileged class at any time." Zhao Yi said to her.

Song Ning nodded and stepped on his foot: "Yes, I am working in this direction." ”

"You can count on me."

"As soon as the bottom line is loosened, there will be too many people I can rely on."

"Don't daydream, no one else can be relied on but me." Zhao Yi said, staring at her feet and stepping on them.

Song Ning pointed at him.

"Courtesy is still exchanged." Zhao Yi walked out of the Wanghu Pavilion with his hands behind his back, and Song Ning shouted, "Xiao'er, look for death!" ”

Saying and kicking his ass.

Zhao Yi chuckled and ran ahead.

The two of them ran on the embankment, and someone shouted at them under the riverbank: "Don't make noise, the young man doesn't sleep in the middle of the night and flirts outside." ”

"Scared me away."

Song Ning and Zhao Yi both stopped, glanced at each other, and the two went down the embankment together, and saw an old man in his sixties sitting on the shore fishing.

Night fishing.

Everyone's nightlife is plentiful.

"Uncle," Song Ning whispered, "Do you fish here every day?" ”

The uncle looked at Song Ning, then at Zhao Yi, his eyes were very ambiguous: "What a good-looking young man, it's a pity." ”

"What's the pity?" Song Ning asked rhetorically.

The uncle waved his hand, with an expression that you can do what I can't say, and replied to her other words: "I don't sleep much at night, and I fish here every day." ”

"On the night of the ninth day of the third month, you are also here?"

The uncle thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Song Ning was pleasantly surprised: "On the night of the ninth day of the third lunar month, are there as many boats on the lake as there are tonight?" ”

"The Ninth Lunar Month...... It seemed to rain lightly on the night of the ninth day of the new year, and there were really no boats on the lake that day. The uncle recalled the situation that night, "I came after the rain stopped, and it was about five o'clock. ”

"yes, yes, I actually saw a ship."

"I was still laughing at the time, saying that these rich people who are looking for pleasure are really persistent, and the rain will come out as soon as it stops. Later, when I thought that I was also such a person, I didn't take it seriously. ”

"How many people are on that ship, what are they doing, and has anything happened that makes you feel strange?" Song Ning asked.

She's pure luck, but she's not lucky.

She thought that the lake would be turbulent, and that the corpse might float from upstream, and that it would be possible to float far in three days.

But at the moment, the water in Fengtong Lake is not moving very fast.

The body was underwater...... Thinking of this, Song Ning paused.

Why did it take three days to surface and be discovered?

She didn't wait for the uncle to speak, she suddenly got up and went to Zhao Yi's side and asked, "Lord Wang, why is the body of the corpse so clean?" ”

"You mean the injury?"

Song Ning nodded: "I'm talking about injuries, a corpse that has been drowned in water for more than three days, and there are no external injuries at all." ”

It's weird.

"Will it drown in the place of soaking, not in the lake?" Zhao Yi asked her.

Song Ning felt that this possibility could not be ruled out.

The two stood by the lake, quiet for a while, the old man coughed, coughed again, and saw that the two people did not react, so he couldn't help asking: "Young man, don't you want to ask?" ”

"Ask." Song Ning smiled and squatted down, "You say." ”

Uncle has an expression that I thought you had forgotten about business. He said, "I saw that there were only two men in the boat, and I sat in it and talked, because there were no bamboos and no women, so I looked at it twice." ”

"The heart said, how can there be two men swimming in the lake at night."

"I didn't expect it......"

Song Ning asked, "What didn't you expect?" ”

The uncle looked at her meaningfully.