Probably because of the news of Xu Qizuo, and the fact that she has been recuperating in the past few days, her sunken cheeks, which were angry and angry in the copper mine case before, are also slightly full at this time. In short, under Xiao Qinglang's deliberate connivance and protection, Xu Chu's life is now more and more comfortable, and even investigating cases is much more comfortable than before.

It's a pity that although she gradually opened her heart, she still never thought about the possibility of a future relationship with the proud son of heaven in front of her.

Since the departure from Yunzhou, it has been many days. However, due to the drag of a few cases, they have only gone for the most part so far. Stop and go along the way, and when they arrived at the boundary of Jinzhou City, they were already close to the root of the year, and now a few people could only temporarily settle down in Yunan County, on the edge of Jinzhou City.

It was getting dark in the evening, and the carriage also entered Sanshui Town, which was close to Jinzhou City. Xiao Qinglang counted the hour, if he wanted to hurry, he would probably be able to get to the county seat of Yunan County when it was dark, but he just watched Xu Chu move in a daze, he still ordered: "Wei Guang, find a restaurant nearby and settle down." ”

"Yes."

As soon as they reached the entrance to the town, they heard a commotion ahead, and the carriage stopped. Xiao Qinglang was so puzzled that he opened the curtain, it stands to reason that the guards and secret guards around him are not people who join in the fun, so stopping so suddenly must be a dead end.

Sure enough, the groom dressed as a guard said respectfully: "Childe, the road at the entrance of the town is blocked, I'm afraid it's not easy to get around." ”

At this time, Xu Chu also came to her senses, she raised her eyes and followed to the side of the curtain to look over, but saw a group of people holding guys in front of her, but listening carefully it didn't look like a fight. On the contrary, in the midst of the noise, there were bursts of women's cries, which sounded quite miserable.

"Wei Guang, go over and take a look."

"Yes."

Wei Guang dismounted and went over to the nearest place to inquire, only to know that this was a fatal accident. There are some scattered fields near the entrance of the town, and the guys are carrying the belongings from nearby farmers. The reason why they got together was not for any quarrels and quarrels, but to save people.

It turned out that someone found a corpse in the watering well of the vegetable field early this morning, and shouted in panic to report to the official. At this time, Zhang Li, the daughter-in-law of Zhang San's family, ran over in a hurry, and cried when she looked into the well, saying that it was her own man.

At the moment, the big guy is not persuading her, and some people want to get the corpse up, but the guy with him is short, and he hasn't fished anyone up yet.

"Childe, when my subordinates came back, I saw that there was already an official errand past. It is estimated that after a while, the road will be opened. ”

Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu, who heard Wei Guang's return, couldn't help frowning, especially Xiao Qinglang, and directly ordered: "Get out of the car and take a look." ”

When the two of them went over with Wei Guang, they saw the official who came and asked, "Why did Zhang San come back to the vegetable field on this cold day?" ”

"If you go back to the mission, I have a vegetable field here, and I have a vegetable cellar dug in the field. Last night, my family wanted to eat stewed radish, so didn't he come and get it in the dark? As she spoke, she howled again, patting the mouth of the well and howling sadly, "How do you know if he will go back, I thought he was going to eat and drink again, and I still complained in my heart." How did you know that this person who received a thousand knives actually became a ghost in the well......"

The official looked around the well, and asked a few people nearby, all of whom said that they had not heard any noise last night. So the two of them shook their heads and said, "I'm afraid it's an accident, in the future, you have to block things at the mouth of the well, so that no one will fall into it again......"

When Xiao Qinglang heard this, his brows furrowed more and more tightly, he quietly glanced at the crying embarrassed Zhang Li, and then looked at the well, and said: "It is so easy to determine an accident, do you two think it is too hasty?" ”

As soon as he spoke, the crowd fell silent, and everyone looked back. When they saw Tingting standing there, the three of them who were full of luxury involuntarily took a step back.

"Who are you?" The official was dissatisfied with someone refuting him, and he was displeased at the moment. But when they could see clearly the temperament of the person who came, and then the handsome face that was different from that of the countryman, the two of them still restrained their temper and did not shout at will.

"Passing by, I heard that there was a murder case here, and I was really curious, so I came over." Xiao Qinglang said lightly, and when he saw everyone's expressions of inquiry, he continued, "This little Chu girl next to me who helped Huang Dashan and Huang County Orders solve two strange cases. ”

Since it can be spread in Anping County, in Sanshui Town, which is not far away, there should also be a storyteller to tell a legendary story. Sure enough, as soon as this name came out, the posture of the two officials was much better.

At this moment, it is obvious that the identity of Xu Chu, the servant girl next to the noble son of the capital who will conduct an autopsy and solve the case, is much better than Xiao Qinglang's identity as a young owner.

Sure enough, when everyone heard Xu Chu's identity, they all showed awe, and of course they also had doubts about her being able to perform an autopsy.

Zhang Lishi, who was sitting on the ground, saw a few strangers speak, and immediately stopped crying, and said angrily: "What a strange case, what is there to investigate when my man stumbles and falls into the well!" Yesterday it was dark, and how many people saw him clamoring to eat stewed radish, is this thing still fake! ”

After speaking, she wiped her face and cried: "My man fell into the well yesterday, counting today and tomorrow, he can still be buried before Chinese New Year's Eve." Could it be that for your sake, my family has to guard the New Year's Festival of this family? ”

But that's the case, no matter who the family is, there is no one who guards the New Year's Eve of a dead man. Especially the Zhang Li family, seeing that their son is about to marry after sixteen, I heard that they are planning to decide things in the first month, which is all seventy-seven, eighty-eight. If people know that there are still corpses at home that have not been buried, I am afraid that the relatives will also be yellow.

There is a custom in the village that it is not unfilial piety to get married within 100 days after the death of the elders, and if it is 100 days later, it will be three years of filial piety.

Thinking about it like this, the big guy has no doubts about Zhang Li's attitude. Instead, they opened their mouths to persuade Xiao Qinglang to come with Xu Chu, so that they should not embarrass the new widow, if they break her son's relatives, I am afraid that they will cause evil.

Xiao Qinglang sneered, not angry, but asked: "Listening to the words of others, as soon as you heard that there was a corpse in the well, you ran in a panic and cried with tears, but what did I say?" ”

"It's not, if you want to say that Zhang Li's is really pitiful, he just lost his early thirties and had no man, how will he live in the future." didn't wait for Zhang Li's reply, and the neighbors on the side answered the conversation with nonsense.

"My man is gone, why don't you cry?" It can be seen that Zhang Li is also a pungent person. At this moment, she didn't cry anymore, she only stared at Xiao Qinglang and the others with angry eyes.

"Then how do you know that it's Zhang San and not someone else?"

"I've been with him for seventeen or eighteen years, and I sleep on a kang every day, let alone a person, even a mole on his buttocks, I can recognize it. Besides, he didn't return all night yesterday, and he was wearing a patched coat of brown coarse cloth, which I had sewn with my own hands, and I could recognize it at a glance! She said angrily.

Although this is vulgar, it is irrefutable in the eyes of others. It's just that Zhang Li's eyes are evaded, obviously he is strong from the outside, and if he is so rude, he is just coaxing the people who don't feel that people's hearts are sinister.

"In that case, it's so bothersome for the two people to come forward to identify them one by one, to see if they can see the appearance of the people underground." Xiao Qinglang looked at the two officials, and his words were calm and unmoved.

The two officials were a little confused about his words, but thinking that the township elders and county magistrates had asked the people of the yamen to be cautious recently, I was afraid that there were adults passing by in the capital, and they were also excited at the moment. The two of them didn't dare to ask more, so they hurriedly beckoned the people who were persuaded by Zhang Li's left and right to come forward to check.

"Poor master, this well is pitch black, I can't see it clearly."

"That's right, the well is too deep, let alone seeing people, I can't even see the clothes in detail."

Everyone was slightly stunned, and instantly understood what Xiao Qinglang meant. The well for watering the ground had been dug several times in the town, and it was so thin and deep that you could see at a glance who was inside.

When the two yacha heard this, they immediately bent forward and looked at it, and they didn't see their appearance for a long time.

"Even if I can't see clearly, but my man has lost his figure since he came to the vegetable field last night, and it just so happens that there is a dead person in the well today, it's not my family, who else can it be?" Zhang Li's slightly arrogant howl, followed by a burst of nonsense crying, between the words it was all because of the death of her own man, and others began to bully her as a widow. "Last night, my woman's family looked for him for the night, and the neighbors didn't know, who didn't knock on the door by me......"

Xiao Qinglang looked at her indifferently and howled, only Xu Chu sneered: "I've only heard of recognizing money but not people, and it's the first time I've seen someone rushing to recognize a corpse." ”

At this juncture, the neighbors who had been salvaging also dragged the body up. That person was Zhang San, who had been missing all night. And this time, Zhang Li's crying voice was several degrees higher, and she couldn't wait for people to see that she was sad and wanted to die.

"Since the case is suspicious, it is better to investigate. Coincidentally, my son-in-law was not unlucky, and allowed me to conduct an autopsy, but I didn't know that I would conduct an autopsy on the spot? With that, Xu Chu had already taken over the toolbox that Wei Guang had already removed, and then put on his gloves and stepped forward.

According to the government's regulations, all the death of a person who is not at the end of his life, whether it is an accident or a suicide, must be examined and verified before it can be determined. In other words, at this time, even if Xu Chu does not conduct an autopsy, he will have to wait for the county government to conduct an inquest.

"Who wants you to conduct an autopsy, it's not like there is no one in our town, what's wrong with you little prostitute from outside. Who knows what kind of heart you have ......"

As he was talking, he saw a forty-year-old man rushing over with a box on his back and sweating profusely, and when he saw the two officials, he said again and again, "I'm sorry for the delay on the way here, sorry." ”

Seeing that the town was coming, Xu Chu no longer rushed to conduct an autopsy, but stood aside and looked at it quietly.

And when he came over, he saw three eyed people standing in the crowd, handsome men and pretty women, with a condensed and solemn expression, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little.