Chapter 10: Another Incident
"What?!" Qu Youying almost jumped up from the bed and looked at him incredulously, "The Wang family is not dead?" β
"Indeed."
Mu Jingzhu got out of bed, walked to the cabinet, opened the cabinet, took out a set of clothes and threw it to her.
Bai Qiu took people to the temple to find out about Wang's burning incense, but found Wang in the temple. It was only because of the heavy rain last night that he could not return, and the news came early this morning. And at the same timeβ"
"At the same time?"
Qu Youying took the clothes he threw over, looked at them, and thought it was good to wear this today, so she put it on her body.
"In the temple, a pilgrim died. It was the elder sister of the Lin family sisters who lived in the temple with the Wang family, Lin Sisi. β
"Talented girl Lin Sisi?" Qu Youying's clothed hands paused, and then said, "She has always had a good relationship with the Wang family, and it is expected that she will go out together, but how could she die?" What was the state of death? β
"Drowned."
Qu Youying frowned, quickly got dressed, and after washing, she found a reason to go out with Mu Jingzhu.
The temple where Wang's incense burns and worships the Buddha is the most famous temple in Xiangling Town, and the incense is very strong.
Fall on the hill at the three-way intersection of the road that Xiangling Town must pass.
Not only is it beautiful, but it is also said to be a treasure trove of feng shui.
Therefore, it is very popular.
Qu Youying has been here before, but she is purely here to enjoy the mountains and rivers.
Especially in the peach forest on the mountain behind the Songzi Temple, many large and sweet peaches grow every year.
She was one of the peach stealers.
But it's the first time I've come here as a servant.
Because the location of the murder is at the entrance of the back mountain, it does not affect the pilgrims in front.
However, for the sake of unnecessary trouble, the yamen also sent additional manpower to guard it.
It is only said to the outside world that there is a respectful guest to the Buddha.
So everyone was kept in the dark.
Mu Jingzhu took Qu Youying to avoid the crowd and went straight to the back mountain, where Bai Qiu was already waiting.
When he saw them, he stretched out his hand and waved it from afar.
"You're here. The corpse was over there. β
He pointed to the edge of the large lake in the back mountain.
A woman was squatting on the ground and sobbing quietly, and it was Lin Sisi who was covered under the white cloth in front of her.
"When was the body found?"
"It's the hour of today."
Qu Youying frowned, "It's Chenshi again?" β
She gritted her teeth, put the toolbox down, crouched down next to the corpse, and looked around.
Because of last night's heavy rain, the land here is very soft, and it is impossible to guess who is who when you step on one footprint.
There was also a long trail of dragging, which was probably caused when the body was brought up.
Other than that, only the wildflowers were discounted and fell to the side, and there was nothing peculiar.
"How did you find the body?"
Seeing Qu Youying wearing gloves and starting to examine the corpse, Mu Jingzhu turned around and asked.
Baiqiu 1510 told what happened.
It turned out that as soon as the hour passed, they began to deal with the road.
At this time, Lin Sisi's sister Lin Jiaojiao came over and told Bai Qiu that her sister was gone.
The two sisters came here with the Wang family, so naturally they also lived together.
Lin Jiaojiao went to bed early last night because she was unwell, and she didn't see Lin Sisi early this morning, so she asked Wang, and Wang also said she didn't know.
So Bai Qiu ordered half of the people to deal with the road, and half of the people to start searching.
As a result, when the little nun in the temple was fetching water in the back mountain, she found a corpse floating on the big lake.
Qu Youying heard it strangely, and interjected, "Last night's rain didn't stop until today, what is she doing in the back mountain alone?" And deliberately barefoot? β
She pointed to the dead man's feet, and the meaning was clear.