The paper of this year is not an ordinary object like that of later generations, this year, the four treasures of the study are definitely high-grade goods, the price is naturally more expensive, if it is not a rich family, ordinary people will prepare a lot, are carefully calculated, according to the number of purchases and use. As for the three or five sheets in Li Moyi's hand at this moment, he still got them from Li Yuanfeng.

"It's over, why write a book without paper, let's go buy paper first."

After packing up his things again, Li Mo turned around and went out the door, all the way to the east market. The paper mill is at the easternmost end of the east market, but it is along the road with Junlai Building. It's not too late to visit Su Yulan's little girl first, and then go to the paper shop.

In the early winter, it is warm and cold. Along the way, all the shops and shops opened their doors, but there were not many pedestrians, and the hawkers' cries seemed to be frozen by the air conditioning, and there was no sound.

In a short way, after buying back a few stacks of paper from the street, Li Mo wrote a few hundred-word stories, all of which were polished by his personal experience in the past few months, combined with some stories in Liaozhai.

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Early the next morning.

Guo Beitang found Li Moyi's residence and went to the inn.

Opening the door, Li Moyi said in surprise: "Guo Baitang, why did you come in person." ”

Guo Baotang stood outside the door, followed by two guards as usual, saw Li Moyi, sighed twice, and praised: "Li Moyi, I really didn't see the wrong person, I closed the case in a hurry yesterday, and I didn't have time to reward it carefully, then you also contributed to Xu Yu's case, go, I'll take you to see Lord Song, he has asked you several times." ”

Guo Baitang took Li Moyi to the signing room in the governor's mansion, Governor Song was working in a pile of copywriting, he was old and his eyesight was not good, he almost put his eyes on the official documents, seeing Governor Song like this, Li Mo couldn't help but gloat, who let Governor Song once beat him indiscriminately.

"Lord Song, Li Mo is here!" Guo Beitang said.

Governor Song raised his head and glanced at Li Mo, who was busy and respectfully looked at the Governor.

Governor Song looked Li Mo up and down for half a day, and then he sneered, "Li Moyi? It looks similar, but my lord, I haven't signed and stamped Guo Baitang's recommendation letter yet, why did you secretly get involved in Xu Yu's case? ”

Li Moyi naturally knew what Lord Song meant at this time, what kind of reward was this, it was obviously to give him a dismissal.

It is common for this new guard to have some official authority, and Lord Song is afraid that he will not be able to suppress this kid in the future.

Knowing this, Li Mo smiled and said: "Yes, Lord Song, Xiaomin knows that he is wrong, Xiaomin has already changed his mind, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about the past, Guo Baotang gave Xiaomin a chance, and asked the adults to fulfill it." ”

Guo Beitang also said a few good words for Li Moyi, and Governor Song Zhengse said: "Li Moyi, since you also helped Xu Yu in that case, and the murderer has also been found, you know very well what you were like in the past, don't play tricks on adults and me." ”

"A few days ago, a guard said that he saw you talking in the Junlai Building, and came out with a few strange words, and now, in Anqiu County, your name is probably bigger than Lord Ben, you kid is really majestic!!"

"Although the guard is a tasteless official, it also represents the image of the government, and a big guard runs to tell those small people? It's a shame to say it! Because of this, although Guo Beitang strongly recommended it, your position as a guard ......"

Hearing this, Li Mo had already made a plan in his heart.

Guo Beitang just wanted to open his mouth, but Li Moyi had already said loudly: "My lord, Xiaomin is only telling stories to get close to the people, so the guards are more handy in doing so, and they can ensure harmony and stability under the rule of adults." ”

"Well, I made a note of this, if there is any chaos in Anqiu Town, my lord, I will be the first to hit your board......... Li Moyi, you haven't become a guard yet, the name of this Li has spread all over Anqiu County, look at the outrageous things you have done, fortunately, you kid is a little clever, and you know that you don't leave your full name for people to remember........"

"By the way, this time I called you here, in addition to letting your kid relent, it was because of these two invitations........." Lord Song took out two pieces of red invitation-like paper from his big sleeve and handed them to Li Moyi.

Li Mo took it and took a look, only to see that there were indeed two invitations, one was sent by the Xu family, signed by Xu Shan and Xu Wuzhi, and the other was sent by the Wu family, which was a wedding post.

As soon as Li Mo unfolded the Xu family's post, he blurted out: "Divide the family property? ”

Guo Bantang smiled and said: "That's right, I also received an invitation, Xu Xiong is dead, his two sons will have to divide the family property sooner or later, the time is set on the day of the end of Xu Xiong's funeral, that is also more appropriate, the Xu family is here, and they invited Lord Song and some prominent figures to testify, Xu Wuzhi's case was solved by you, and he is grateful to you, so he also invited you." ”

Li Mo nodded, "It's long overdue, I hope Xu Shan won't be too embarrassed for Xu Wuzhi, when the time comes, Lord Song and Guo Beitang will administer justice for that kid." ”

Governor Song hummed noncommittally, and then seemed to think of something, "What about the person next to you?" I heard Guo Beitang say that the kid will do some tricks. ”

"Yi Xian, he has something to go out, and he said that he will come back in three days." Li Moyi replied casually.

"When he returns, bring him into the mansion, and I will see him." After that, Governor Song waved his hand and let the two go down.

There were a lot of cases a few days ago, and I didn't have time to train Li Moyi, but now I was free, and Guo Beitang was also happy to take him a little.

Guo Baotang took Li Moyi around the front yard of the yamen, and walked through the various functional buildings in the governor's residence, from the flower hall, the money and grain hall, the prison cell, the thatched house, the warehouse, the post house to the supervision and arrest hall, and the case file room that he had been to before, when he walked through the pavilion in the courtyard, Li Moyi couldn't help but glance towards the attic, but he just looked at it, and saw that it was quiet and calm, and he didn't ask anything.

Subsequently, Guo Baitang also took Li Moyi to worship in the Chengshan Temple, and there was actually a Chengshan Temple in the governor's mansion, which made Li Moyi feel very fresh, so he sincerely put on three incense sticks.

Guo Baitang also told Li Moyi a lot of things, such as the governor's mansion is usually told every three days, but the Song Mansion is old and his energy is not good, so Anqiu Town is now a five-day report, that is, the official residence is open on the fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth, and thirtieth of each month, and the people will complain, and the rest of the time will deal with some old cases or other official affairs.

And Li Moyi belongs to the special enrollment, except for the announcement day and the occurrence of a major murder, he can usually move freely.

There are still a lot of daily work of the guards, but fortunately, Li Moyi has something to say, and Li Moyi doesn't need to do those long-winded and complicated things.

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The next day, Li Mo went to Junlai Building alone, pushed the storytelling work, and then went to the governor's mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Mo suddenly saw Guo Baitang coming in a hurry, and said: "There is another murder case, a corpse was found in the ruins of Chengshan Temple, Lord Song has already sent someone to investigate the case, let's leave quickly." ”

As soon as Li Mo heard this, he picked up the water and fire stick and left, and said in surprise as he walked: "Which Chengshan temple is it?" ”

"There are only two mountain temples in Anqiu Town." Guo Bantang glanced at Li Moyi, Li Mo's heart jumped, this Chengshan Temple in the governor's mansion is naturally impossible, could it be that the scene of the crime was in the Chengshan Temple where Li Yuanfeng once lived?

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Half an hour later,

When he arrived at the scene of the crime, Li Mo was shocked to find that he had been to this place once, and the scene of the corpse was indeed in the Chengshan Temple where Li Yuanfeng lived a few days ago, many people were watching from a distance, Guo Baitang lined up with everyone, and Li Moyi walked into the gate of the Chengshan Temple that had fallen half of the side, and a stench immediately came to his nose, only to see that under the ruins of the collapsed Chengshan Temple hall, a seriously decomposed corpse was faintly visible.

"I originally wanted to buy this land to build a house, so I came to see it in person, but I didn't expect to smell a foul smell from afar, and when I looked closely, I found a corpse under a pile of leaves, so I asked the family to go to the governor's mansion to report the crime, it's really unlucky!" Pei Cheng, a wealthy businessman in Anqiu Town, replied with annoyance during Guo's routine interrogation.

When Guo Bantang asked Pei Cheng, Li Mo listened carefully and observed the surroundings, and couldn't help but remember that he was rushing from Dexin County to Anqiu Town that day, and happened to pass by here, Li Yuanfeng felt that he wanted to live here, and when he saw that there was only one wall left in this temple that had not fallen, he persuaded Li Yuanfeng, but Li Yuanfeng did not listen, and still stayed here for one night. Nothing happened that night.

But the temple, which was fine at that time, is now in ruins, and under the ruins, a corpse has emerged for no reason.

Not only was Li Mo suspicious, but obviously other people were also thinking the same, this place was dangerous, and few people dared to enter the temple that would collapse.

Guo Baotang's eyes glanced at Li Mo from time to time, and Lin Wei's little guard also took the time to come to Li Moyi and asked quietly, "Brother Li, didn't you find a corpse below the day you passed by?" ”

Li Mo shook his head and said: "It's getting late that day, so it's natural to hurry, so I was in a hurry, but I am a little sure that the temple is empty except for weeds, where is there any corpse, this corpse was obviously deliberately hidden by someone later." ”

"That's ........." Lin Wei's little guard tilted his head and thought for a while, Guo Beitang had already instructed: "You, go and find Huang Zhongshi and Li Yuanfeng for questioning, and the two of you, come over and help clean up these things and move the corpses out." ”

"Wait!" Li Mo drank and said, Guo Baitang was stunned, only to see Li Moyi lowered his head and looked at the ground carefully, at this time the sky was fluttering and drizzling, now it is in the rainy season, very humid, the soft mud floor in the temple left a lot of shoe prints, Li Mo asked: "Boss Pei, which footprints on the scene were left by you and your buddies?" ”

Pei Cheng told his family that he couldn't remember clearly, so Li Mo asked them to leave two new footprints on the ground for comparison, and after some comparison, he shook his head in disappointment.

The scene has been destroyed, the shoe prints are stepped on top of each other, and it is impossible to compare, he beckoned to Lin Weixiao's guard, and the two of them held their breath and forbearance to pick up the rotten wood and broken tiles pressed on the rotting corpse one by one, and a corpse that had been decomposing for many days gradually appeared completely in front of everyone.

Just looking at Li Moyi at the first glance, he almost vomited with nausea, the corpse was seriously decomposed, many maggots were crawling on him, his face had already rotted, and he couldn't recognize his original face at all, he could only tell from his clothes that it was a man, and his clothes were torn in many places, it seemed that this person had been stabbed a lot of knives before his death, his head was abnormally crooked, and there were no traces on the ground near the corpse except for footprints.

After coming to the scene, he looked at the carrion and then looked at Li Moyi, who was standing alone near the carrion, and handed over two pills with a smile, and said: "This guard brother, I don't seem to have seen it before, I don't feel it stinky when I plug my nose with these two pills." ”

As soon as Li Mo took it and sniffed it, a pungent smell of spicy garlic mixed with garlic came to him, Li Mo suddenly sneezed a few times, and when he inhaled heavily, he really didn't feel very stinky.

The big boy grinned and said, "It doesn't stink, does it?" My name is Yang Dui, you are Li Moyi, right? I heard that you are quite good at solving cases, did you find anything today? ”

Li Mo turned his head and looked around, "This is just the scene of the abandoned corpse, not the scene of the first crime, the murderer is very careful, and it has been so many days, there are no clues here, and a preliminary judgment can only be made after Yang Yan conducts an autopsy." ”

"Really? Then I'll start the autopsy, you can listen to it........" Yang Dui said triumphantly.

"Ah Dui, stop talking nonsense, prepare pen and ink records." Lao Yang squatted beside the rotting corpse and looked at it, heard the conversation between Li Mo and the two, and said to Yang Dui in a deep voice.

"Oh........ Get ready, grandpa, to get started. Yang Dui took out his tool and said.

"An unknown male corpse was found under the ruins of the Chengshan Temple in the east of Anqiu Town, the corpse was dressed in a Qianluo Western cloth robe on the outside, and a Luo velvet shirt on the inside, the family should be relatively wealthy, and he may be a businessman."

"Unrecognizable appearance, the preliminary estimate is between forty and sixty years old, the forehead is broken, it is suspected that there were injuries before death, multiple stab wounds on the body, two puncture wounds in the abdomen, but the fatal should be a slash on the neck from left to right, the corpse found signs of fracture in the right forearm, the front end of the fingers is worn and broken, there are mud and grass clippings in the nails, but there is no blood and skin and hair........" Lao Yang said in a row, recording the various signs of the corpse in great detail, which made Li Moyi very surprised, The old man in front of him is so careful and skillful in his skills that it is really eye-opening, but I don't know, how does Yi Xian Xiaodao compare with this old man?

When Li Moyi was sighing, he saw Lao Yang's voice pause, and the hand holding the corpse looked at it for a while, then grabbed the trouser leg of the corpse, looked left and right, and finally continued: "The corpse has traces of straw rope strangulation on the wrists and ankles, and there are mud marks and grass clippings on the knees........ As far as is known, the deceased can be preliminarily concluded to have been killed by others, and he has been dead for about 5 to 10 days. ”

At this time, Lord Song was late, he stood far away, he didn't bother to look at the corpse, Guo Beitang and Lao Yang reported the situation to him, Lord Song called Li Moyi to the front, "Li Moyi, don't get involved in this case, go back to the mansion and find something to do." ”

Guo Beitang was giving Li Mo a look, Li Moyi actually understood better than him, Lao Yang judged that the time of death of the corpse was five to ten days, and five days ago was the time when Li Mo passed through this Chengshan Temple, and it was normal to avoid suspicion at this time.

Li Mo thought for a while and replied: "Lord Song, I passed through here five days ago, I was tired from running around on the road, and I didn't know this deceased person, my lord asked me to avoid suspicion and I agreed, but I don't want to be idle in the governor's mansion, I won't interfere with Guo Xiangtang and their case, please allow me to take a few days off." ”

"Presumptuous, immediately the governor's residence, don't go anywhere!" Lord Song's face was cold, and he said.

"In that case........ I obeyed the order, but because I didn't participate in the investigation, it won't be my turn to play the board........ What did Lord Song say? Li Mo said with a grin.

Lord Song snorted, ignored him, and directly ordered Guo Beitang: "Guo Beitang, Li Moyi and Lin Weixiao's guards should not be involved in this case, as well as that Huang Zhongshi and Li Yuanfeng, take the two of them back to the official residence and detain them temporarily, and they will not be released until the case is clear, Guo Beitang, the crime in this case is brutal, it is by no means comparable to ordinary cases, you can't be slack off for personal gain, now, let's listen to your judgment first." ”

Guo Bantang glanced at Li Mo helplessly, and replied: "Lord Song, the clothes on the corpse show that he has a solid net worth, but he has no property on his body, and he may have been robbed by the murderer, so it is very likely that he robbed money and killed people, but the deceased was bound before his death, and it is very likely that it was a vendetta or love killing........

Guo Beitang hesitated for a moment, and Yang Dui Xiao Zuo interjected: "There is another possibility........

Lao Yang slapped him and said, "What do children know, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Lord Song glared at Lao Yang, "Lao Yang, let him say whatever he wants, is it hard to say that this official will not judge the truth by himself?" ”

"Yes........ Adult........" Lao Yang kicked Yang Dui and glared at him fiercely with his head down.

Yang Dui grinned and stuck out his tongue, "My lord, there are multiple knife wounds on the corpse, most of them are stab wounds, and two are puncture wounds, I suspect ........"

Yang Dui hesitated for a moment before saying, "I suspect that this is the legendary 'two stabbing in the abdomen' punishment........"

"Two stabs in the abdomen?" Lord Song was no stranger to this, and he perked up, "Could it be that the deceased is a member of some gang who was executed by gang rules?" ”

Lao Yang was silent, Xiao Yang seemed to think of something, he was full of remorse, Guo Beitang was speechless, and Lord Song asked again: "Guo Beitang, when did a gang appear in this town?" Do you know? ”

Guo Beitang shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't know........ Li Moyi, do you know? ”

Li Moyi hadn't walked away yet, he replied: "I've only been here for a few days, how do you know this, Lin Wei's little guard, do you know?" ”

Lin Wei's little guard frowned, "No, as far as I know, there shouldn't be any gangs within the jurisdiction of this town. ”

Li Moyi said: "Lord Song, the knife wounds on the corpse are messy, I don't think it may be a gang punishment, but it seems that the murderer who committed the murder for the first time is deliberately imitating something, at this time, a notice should be issued quickly to find out the identity of the deceased, and find the first murder scene, maybe some useful clues will be found........

Lord Song said coldly: "This official doesn't need you to point fingers when handling the case, you go back to the official residence by yourself and stay honestly, otherwise you will be punished for disobedience!" Guo Baotang, you send someone to arrest all the scoundrels nearby, and the official will interrogate him on the spot! ”

Li Mo's heart was a little blocked, and he turned around to leave, when Xiao Yangdui shouted behind him: "Hey, that big brother, wait a minute, let's go together." ”

An old man and a young man of the Yang family drove an ox cart and followed with a corpse wrapped in rags.

"You guys are slow and smelly, so we won't go with you, Brother Li, let's go quickly." Lin Wei's little guard urged.

Li Moyi remembered another thing, and he said to Lin Wei's little guard: "You go back first, I have something I want to talk to Lao Yang." ”

Lin Wei's little guard covered his nose and walked quickly to avoid the plague, and Li Moyi walked slowly with the young and old of the Yang family.

As he walked, Xiao Yang showed his two front teeth and looked at Li Mo one by one, "This big brother, you are very special, not only are you not afraid of smell, but you are also willing to walk with us, aren't you afraid of bad luck?" ”

Li Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not big, the corpse will indeed spread diseases, but as long as you pay attention to it, it will be fine, as for the gossip of others, how can I take it to heart, by the way, Lao Yang, there is something I want to discuss with you, well, the climate in the next few days should be similar to the previous few days, right?" ”

Lao Yang nodded and said, "It should be about the same." ”

Li Mo nodded, and said, "I want to borrow a place in the mortuary........"

"By the way, the last time Xu Yu raised people, was it Lao Yang's corpse?" Previously, Xu Yu's autopsy record was written in a hurry and hastily, and he thought that he was an inexperienced novice, but now, when Li Mo saw Lao Yang's skillful skills, he had to doubt it.

"Oh, you said that case, it's strange to say, Lord Song didn't let us get involved, and another guy invited from other places to do it." Lao Yang replied.

"Specifically ask another servant to do it........ What's the situation......." Li Mo couldn't help frowning, Lao Yang's skills were obviously higher, why did he bother to ask a novice to do an autopsy?

Immediately, Li Moyi felt that although the case was over, the greasy thing in it must be not small, and it might be related to the farewell of the young governor, Lord Song.

"I'll leave it aside for the time being after the last case, I think this case is ......."

Listening to Li Moyi's words, Xiao Yangdui's eyes widened and widened........

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Lord Song ordered Li Mo to stay in the mansion, this was not a special order, Li Moyi did not go back to the governor's mansion immediately, but went to the Xizhen Market in Anqiu Town first.

At the beginning, Li Moyi had been to the East Market many times, and the Xizhen Market had always been something he wanted to take a walk about, and he finally got free, and now Li Moyi naturally wants to go there.