When I went on the road the next day, there were two buckwheat and green feathers, one with a sore leg and one with a sore hand. What made Hu Yanjin strange was that this time Yi Chengjin didn't frown and dislike them, and followed behind without saying a word.

Gaoyou went to Yangzhou on the official road, and the four of them didn't rest much, but it took an hour longer than Hu Yanjin to rush by himself on weekdays, and when he entered Yangzhou City, it was already noon.

Yangzhou city in the Taizu founding of the country, years of war, has been a ruin, after many years of governance, has already restored the "land of fish and rice" reputation, but also restored it, has always attracted the grace and style of the literati.

went to Yangzhou Mansion, and a Liupintong judge in the house received them: "Lord Yi, Lord Huyan, a few dusty people, do you want to go to the inn to rest first, and then ......?"

Yi Chengjin looked back at Hua Qiao and Tao Qingyu, and said lightly: "Take them to the inn to do a little bit first, and the official and Lord Huyan will go over to see the scene." "It was not easy for the girl to run this way, she did not complain that she was tired, and she was not like six hundred ducks, which made him have a little change in his opinion of women.

"We also went to see the scene...... There are also suspects. Hua Qiao hurriedly said. It has been nearly three days since the child was killed, and no matter how late it is, some traces will not be visible, and Xu Zhijin has also eaten prison food for two days, Hua Qiao is anxious to understand what happened, and even her legs don't feel sore.

"Yes, let's go to see the scene first, it's still early, even if you go to Yizhuang, it's too late." Hu Yanjin added.

"Uh...... Do you still have to go to the autopsy? The work in the government has been experienced, and the post-mortem list is all there, and I will send it to the scene in a while, and you two will conduct an examination? "Yu Tongju has never heard of an adult of high grade, and he will conduct an autopsy himself. Look at the two little followers they brought, the ones with fine skin and tender meat don't look like they are doing it.

"Okay, then let's go to the scene first and watch it." Hu Yanjin couldn't tell the identity of Hua Qiao, so he had to agree first.

Wutong Academy is a little far away from the county government, and the nearby mountains and rivers are beautiful, and it is indeed a good place to only read the books of sages. There are a lot of plane trees planted inside and outside the academy, and the flowering period has long passed at this time, and the palm-sized plane leaves are swaggering, and the eyes are full of green.

It turns out that Third Brother Xu is studying here! There was an indescribable envy in Hua Qiao's heart. Daming women can't go to school, and they are fortunate to meet Mr. Wu, and there is an enlightened father, who is much luckier than ordinary women.

Wutong Academy is much larger than Baoying's Wangnan Academy, and the school where Mr. teaches has two large rooms, with a long corridor on the left and right sides, facing a row of small study houses, which have soft desks, pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, which can be used alone by children in need.

One of the reasons why Wutong Academy is famous is this row of small book houses, in which students will do exam room simulations, coupled with past exam questions and this year's guess questions, so that candidates can not panic when taking the exam.

The scene of the murder was in one of the proposed study rooms on the east corridor.

The autopsy was delivered by an old scribe, dressed in a gray robe, which matched his gray hair and beard. He followed Yu Tong into the house with them, the book room was not big, and the six of them stood inside, feeling that they couldn't move their feet. Because the earth ...... It's actually full.

The old scribe pointed to a circle of marks painted in white ash on the ground and said: "The corpse was lying here on its back at that time, and someone saw the suspect open the door of the study room from the outside, and he was the only one who entered the study house except for the deceased, and he himself did not deny this." The murder weapon was an iron candlestick, which was thrown next to the corpse. ”

"Why are there all these water stains on the ground?" Hu Yanjin asked.

When they first entered the door, everyone felt a chill in the room, as if it was the ghost of the deceased, and they still refused to leave this study room. When I saw that the floor was wet, I thought it was because of the dampness in the house.

The old scribe pointed to the chair that had fallen on the ground, and then they saw that there was an overturned wooden bucket in it, and the water on the ground was flowing from it. As for why there is a bucket of water in the study room, whether it is to soak your feet or wash your face, it is unknown.

Yu Tong saw that everyone didn't ask, only the little attendant took the autopsy sheet and looked at it again, so he said: "The whole case is sorted out, the morning before yesterday, someone saw Tong Sheng Xu Zhijin open the door and enter the study house, and soon came out to report that Tong Sheng Luo Wenting, who was in retreat in the study house, was killed and died.

After our investigation and interrogation, everyone in the academy had an alibi, and it just so happened that two more children witnessed it with their own eyes, and it was Xu Zhijin who opened the door from the outside and walked in......"

"Open the door from the outside? Could it be that Luo Wenting was locked in the house? Yi Chengjin asked.

"Yes, Luo Wenting has been in retreat in the library since the day before he was killed, this is a test done by the academy to simulate the autumn examination environment, every student has to retreat for three days, and Luo Wenting was killed in the room on the second day of the retreat and imitation exam." Yu Tongju explained.

That is, the day before yesterday, Luo Wenting retreated for the exam, and the morning before yesterday, Xu Zhijin entered the house to kill people. Then why wasn't he killed the day before yesterday, and Xu Zhijin just bumped into him when he came in? Hu Yanjin asked, there are simply too many doubts here, could it be that the government wants to close the case in a hurry because it involves Chen Xuan, an accomplice in the rebellion case?

Yu Tongju took the autopsy sheets from Hua Qiao's hand and handed them to Huyan Jindao: "Lord Huyan, we have a sentence, the murder weapon is an iron candlestick, and the wax needle pierced the deceased's head three times, and the external bleeding is not much, but it directly leads to Luo Wenting's death." The time of death was around the time when Xu Zhijin entered the door the day before yesterday, and the autopsy sheet was clearly recorded. ”

Yi Chengjin glanced at the buckwheat and saw that she was looking at her shoes with her head down, and her right foot was gently touching the water stains on the ground. He raised his head and said to Yu Tongju: "It's better for us to go back to the yamen first and immediately interrogate Xu Zhijin." ”

"No, there's no hurry." Hu Yanjin hurriedly stopped: "Where is Luo Wenting's body?" Let's go to examine the body first, and then go back to confess to Xu Zhijin. He heard from the master that the earlier the autopsy, the more accurate the information he would get, and he believed that this was what Hua Qiao wanted.

"Because the case is decided, the corpse ...... The body has been sent to Yizhuang, and his family has been coffined, just waiting for the first seven days to be buried. Yu Tongju didn't expect them to insist on going to the autopsy, so he thought about it and turned back to the old scribe and said, "Go back and call Wang Chengzuo, the two adults have something to ask." ”

Hua Qiao raised her head, and just met Hu Yanjin's gaze, and the two nodded tacitly.

When they arrived at Yizhuang, they had just explained the situation to the guards of Yizhuang, and Wang Yanzuo and the old scribe also hurried over.

"Three adults, do you have any questions about re-autopsy?" Wang Yanzuo had already heard from the old scribe just now that these two adults were originally here to track down Chen Xuan, who had escaped, but after they came, they only stared at the murder of the children in the academy.

"Lao Wang, it's good that you're here, explain to the two adults, after all, seeing is believing, and the two adults are serious people." After all, the investigation of the case also has to go through the motions, and Yu Tong's judgment can also be understood. It's just that the corpse is a yin person, and if it is touched, it will be ruined, and with the king here, he doesn't need to accompany him to go in and suffer.

The guard had already opened the door, and Wang Chengzuo was the first to walk in, but Yu Tongju was surprised to find that the one who followed Wang Chengzuo closely was the little entourage who had carefully read the autopsy list just now.

Wang Tongzuo opened the coffin board and confirmed that the body inside was the deceased Luo Wenting, so together with the guards and scribes, he carried the body to a special compartment next door, where there was a platform for autopsy, as well as braziers, vinegar, etc., commonly used in autopsy. This is much more convenient than Yizhuang in Baoying County, and the corpse does not need to be carried to the government office.

After parking the corpse, Wang Qizuo lit three incense sticks, bowed to the corpse, and inserted them into the crack in the wall by the door. Seeing that she was ready, she took out her gloves and mask from the rattan box and brought them up.

Wang Chengzuo is also an old man, he looks at these two things a little familiar, and then looks carefully, where is this little entourage? She's not the daughter of Baoying County!