Song Ning kicked open the main gate of the county office, and Su Yong and the others stood at the door in a daze and looked at her.

"Ascension!" Song Ning brushed away the stupid person and took the lead in praising the door.

Zhao Yi stood at the door with his hands in his hands, and a few people followed Song Ning in.

Lu Miaomiao crossed the threshold and took out a fragrant roast chicken, swaggering past the crowd, wafting incense all the way, so that the miscellaneous servants and Su Yong and his party, who had not eaten for more than a day or two, screamed when they smelled their stomachs.

"Lord Yuan, please!" Zhao Yi looked at Yuan Chengqiao.

Yuan Chengqiao glanced at Zhao Yi in horror and followed the root of the wall into the county office. But fortunately, after Song Ning came, everyone's mood stabilized, and no one scolded him.

The people crowded into the courtyard of the county government, and those who couldn't get in outside stood at the gate and listened.

Layers of heads, every face was uneasy, after all, now that Han Yu was gone, all their money was very likely to be wasted.

It's no joke.

Song Ning didn't change her official uniform, and she didn't bring it when she came.

At this moment, she stood in the public hall in civilian clothes, looked at the people at the door, and said: "Today's promotion to the court is because a bitter lord came to report to the official, on the night of June 21, He Tian, a villager of Tao Village, Longqiao Town, Huang County, was killed. ”

There are people from Huang County, and people from Tao Village are also here, and the following buzz begins to discuss the killing of He Tian.

"The cause and effect of He Tian's killing!" Song Ning said, "Qiao Dongbao sold a share of shares to the people of Tao Village, and the chief was tempted, and in the end, it was not enough for a village to raise money, so he forced He Tian's family to take out all the money in the family, twenty taels!" ”

Song Ning said: "Forcing others to accompany him to invest and earn money, when others need money, he wants to say that other people's mother is not worth two thousand taels, so that his mother died that night." ”

"I don't know if those people who are present will have nightmares at night and will be condemned in their hearts."

Song Ning asked, and the eyes of many people below flickered, and it was obvious that such a thing must not only happen to Tao Cun and He Tian.

"On the night of his mother's illness, He Tian insisted on going to Lai County to find Han Yu to return the twenty taels of silver he had thrown." Song Ning said, "But according to Han Yu's account at the time, He Tian did not come to him. ”

"According to the records of the county government, He Tian's body was found on the beach on the morning of June 23, and the official did an autopsy, and from various clues, it was inferred that He Tian was killed that night, and after someone killed him, he was frozen in an extremely cold ice cellar, and in today's high temperature, the body that has been frozen for a day and a night will quickly rot if it is released."

Yuan Chengqiao and Su Yong were both standing against the wall.

It's like a gentleman who was punished by his husband to stand.

Su Yong frowned, he seemed to remember such an incident, but it was clear that the result reported below was accidental drowning.

How could it be that he killed?

"When I learned about this case, the first thing I thought was strange, what was the murderer's motive for killing the victim, and why he froze the dead in the ice cellar." Song Ning said.

Everyone listened to her, and she quickly brought her into the case, and someone said: "Could it be that the matter of not allowing him to be killed is exposed for the time being?" ”

"I've thought about it too." Song Ning replied, "Then what is the matter with He Tian that the other party must hide his corpse?" ”

Everyone is also puzzled.

Song Ning asked Su Yong: "Does Master Su know?" ”

Su Yong shook his head.

Song Ning then asked Yuan Chengqiao: "Do you know? ”

"Why does this official know?" Yuan Chengqiao scolded.

Song Ning looked at the Yatang, all the Lai County Ya Arresters and miscellaneous servants, and asked, "Do you know about this case?" ”

There was a catcher in his early twenties, Ying He said: "I know, I know, when I found the body that morning, it was, it was a villain. ”

"What was it like? Tell me about it. ”

Xiao Yu quickly replied: "At that time, the deceased was not wearing shoes, his body was very smelly, his face was swollen, his abdomen was swollen, and there were flies flying around. The deceased's hair was disheveled, but his clothes were dry. ”

"Others, because there were many people when they were found at the time, no other useful clues were found."

Song Ning bowed slightly. When she went to the autopsy, the corpse was even more decomposing, because there was a gap of more than a dozen hours.

"The clothes on the deceased were dry, and according to the time of the rising and low-tide here, the deceased should have been thrown on the shore when he was too late." Song Ning said, "Why this time, why is it this time that is separated by a day and a night?" ”

Everyone was puzzled and shook their heads with Song Ning.

"I also thought it was strange, so I asked Qiu Zhukuai and Gu Zhutou from Lai County to check all the ice cellars along the coast, but unfortunately, Qiu Zhukuai did not find any clues related to the deceased in the ice cellars in that area."

"However, when we went to Tao Village, we learned from the villagers that the people who went to chase He Tian that night found traces on the beach about three feet wide and three inches deep, as if someone was pushing a box on the beach."

So the official made a bold guess. That night, someone pushed the box past the beach and went to the sea, and happened to be bumped into by He Tian, who went to Laixian to ask for money. ”

So the other party killed him, and feared that He Tian's death would attract suspicion, so he temporarily threw his body in the ice cellar.

After she finished speaking, experienced people could immediately find the loophole, and Yuan Chengqiao said coldly: "Occasionally you will be killed when you push a box?" Besides, why did the murderer knock the box into the sea? ”

Song Ning looked at Yuan Chengqiao: "Congratulations to Lord Yuan for not being stupid, his brain can still think at this moment." ”

"Presumptuous!" Yuan Chengqiao wants to save face, so many people are here, just let him stand against the wall, and actually ridicule him!

Song Ning sneered: "You adapt first, after all, the embarrassing thing is still to come." ”

She continued: "Lord Yuan's words are not rough, and the question he asked is exactly what this official also finds strange. ”

Who's talking nonsense? Yuan Chengqiao had a headache.

"So this official overturned the box, but what do you have to push to make He Tian get to the point where he will be killed at a glance?" Song Ning said slightly.

Someone asked, "What?" ”

Song Ning said: "Ice cubes! ”

"The transparent ice cube contains something unsightly, so the other party killed He Tian."

Everyone suddenly realized, and then someone said, "What is in the ice?" ”

There are indeed a lot of ice cellars in that area, and it makes sense that there are ice cubes. This is also in line with what Song Ning said about the deceased He Tian being frozen.

"Silver ingots! Sparkling silver ingots in the night. ”

"Moving in ice cubes that slide easily."

"When the tide is high, push the melted ice and carry the silver ingots onto the ship."

After she finished speaking, there was silence inside and outside the still noisy and silent yatang, and a needle drop could be heard.

Until this moment, people finally understood why Lord Song said the murder case first, and it turned out that the convergence point of the two things was here.

Yuan Chengqiao and Su Yong also glanced at each other, and neither of them thought that Song Ning's investigation of the homicide would be related to silver in the end.

Silver is the most important thing right now.

"Song, Lord Song, what you said about the silver ingots in the ice cubes has something to do with the shares sold by the Jinsha Mine?" Su Yong asked.

Song Ning looked at Su Yong and said, "That's right! ”

Everyone was cold, even Yuan Chengqiao stumbled, and Gu Chen asked, "Lord Song, do you mean that someone is smuggling silver?" ”

"Yes, someone is smuggling silver." Song Ning said.

"Who is it? Han Yu? Someone asked.

Immediately afterwards, someone replied: "It must be Han Yu, He Tian was going to find Han Yu that night." ”

"That's right, it's Han Yu."

"The adult accompanied the deceased's sister to report to the official, isn't it Han Yu?"

"Oh, yes, yes!" Someone said, "But my lord, things are back to square one, and Han Yu is missing." ”

"Yes, Han Yu is missing." Song Ning suddenly looked at Yuan Chengqiao: "How did Han Yu disappear, can you find someone to come out and talk about it?" ”

"I—I said." Gu Chen talked in detail about the murder and theft of Yinzhuang, the fact that he sent someone to find Han Yu, the discovery that Han Yu was missing, and the fact that Han Yu and Yinzhuang took money.

Gu Chen said: "That's how things happened, the four corpses were still examined by you. ”

"I know, this official performed the autopsy." Song Ning said to Gu Chen, "Then let's go and bring He Xiden and He Ying's father and son, the silver is theirs, and they definitely need to replenish it." ”

Gu Chen looked at the door, he couldn't get out at all.

"Let's go!" The people outside the gate replied, "Let's go and ask for Hedong's house." ”

Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Waiting for He Xideng's time, Song Ning asked Yuan Chengqiao: "My lord still remembers, in Lord Wang's public house, the first question I asked you, my friend was cheated of money, who is responsible?" ”

Yuan Chengqiao shook.

"In the current situation, if the adult says something that has nothing to do with you, who is deceived and who is going to go like this, do you dare to imagine the result?

Yuan Chengqiao said angrily: "Song Shi'an, you are just waiting to see my jokes, and now you still want to fall into the ground?" ”

"I don't know how to describe you! If I hadn't been here, guess you, would you have been torn apart by the angry people, or would you have been cut down by the Holy One after a while? ”

"That's so much money, it's enough to cut you a hundred and eighty times, right?"

Yuan Chengqiao stood completely against the wall, his legs shaking.

At this moment, someone shouted at the door: "He Dong's family has arrived." ”

(End of chapter)