Sanssouci County morgue.

The lights in the room were dim and flickering, and the shadows were swaying on a corpse covered with a white cloth, and I felt that the corpse under the white cloth was still slightly undulating.

The thin and tall catcher hid behind the door, not daring to go in, although Si Ying was afraid of this kind of scene, he was really much bolder than him.

Feng leaned and stood beside the corpse, her eyebrows were condensed, her eyes were as dark as night, she did not rush to lift the white cloth to see the appearance of the corpse, but looked back at the catcher and asked, "It's so late, who found out that the corpse was sewn on?" ”

"It's the old king, he's in charge of the morgue." The tall and thin head showed only one face in the doorway.

"Call him, I have something to ask him."

When the tall thin catcher heard this, he immediately turned his head and shouted at the top of his voice: "Old Wangtou, old Wangtou, someone is here to find him." ”

Not long after his words fell, the yacha carried an old man as thin as hay to the door of the morgue.

Feng leaned out of the door, frowned and looked at the old man who fell to the ground, and when the tall and thin catcher saw this, he immediately put on a smiling face, helped him up, patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "Old Wangtou, tell me how you found out that the body was sewn on?" ”

The old king's head was frightened, his body was still trembling, and his withered body seemed to be about to fall down at any moment.

"You mean!" Seeing that he didn't speak, the tall and thin catcher couldn't help but push him. The old king jumped up at this time, pointed to the corpse in the morgue and said, "Cat, cat, it's a cat!" ”

The old king's weird scream seemed to have his throat cut, and everyone couldn't help but tremble, Feng leaned forward and pressed his shoulder, and comforted: "Uncle, don't be afraid, you and I have a good talk, what's going on?" What does this have to do with cats? ”

Feng's calm voice gradually quieted the old king, he wiped a handful of cold sweat, and took a few breaths before saying, "It was really the cat who found out." ”

"Cats?" Feng tilted his eyes and thought for a moment before he said, "You mean, it was the cat that broke into the morgue, and when you went to look for the cat, you found that the corpse had been sewn together?" ”

Listening to her words, the old Wang Tou nodded again and again, Feng Qian withdrew his hand and looked at the corpse in the morgue, and suddenly, the old Wang Tou suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed: "By the way, when I came out of the morgue, I was already so frightened that my soul was scattered, but in a trance, I seemed to see a shadow flashing from here to the backyard, and it flashed, and I don't know if I was dazzled." ”

Feng tilted his heart with a twinkle in his eyes, and immediately turned his head to the thin and tall catcher and ordered: "Send a few people to the backyard to check, and send more people to find the fish seller as soon as possible." ”

"Yes. I'll go personally! The slender and tall catcher agreed, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and looked up at Feng Qian and asked, "Is the girl suspicious of the fish seller?" ”

Feng nodded heartily, but the tall and thin head shook his head and said, "Girl, I don't think it's very likely." ”

"Why?"

"Although I haven't found the vendor yet, I have found out that the fish vendor is a small child, probably only about 10 years old."

"Kid?" Feng was shocked and muttered, "It's a child." ”

"Yes, he is also a hard-working child, he has no mother since he was a child, he wanders around with his father who fishes for a living, he has no fixed residence, and he only settled here two years ago, but he didn't expect his father to die of illness last year, and those peers looked at him pitifully, so they mixed the stream to fish for him, so that he could have something to eat."

Feng lowered her eyes and pondered, and after a while, she raised her head and asked, "Then at the time of the crime, did anyone from the fishmonger in the stall next to him see the process of killing?" ”

The tall and thin catcher shook his head, a little disappointed: "I asked them, at that time, the bridge had just opened, and it was the busiest time of the day, so I didn't have time to take care of the side. ”

Feng Tianxin didn't say anything, but walked into the morgue with his legs raised and lifted the white cloth on the corpse.

Suddenly, a bloody breath filled the air, Si Ying didn't feel that he had taken a step back, Feng leaned down and looked down carefully, the head of the corpse was sewn with thread one by one, the stitches were fine and symmetrical, the stitching technique was very skillful, and the corners of the deceased's mouth were also picked up with threads and sewn on the flesh of the face, forming a weird smile.

Si Ying, who was behind him, couldn't help but shudder when he looked at the strange appearance of the corpse, he looked at Feng's attentive side face and couldn't help but ask, "Tilting, what did you find?" ”

"It's a fishing line."

"Fishing line?" Si Ying was stunned and said: "Could it be that the corpse was sewn with a fishing line, so the murderer still has something to do with the fishmonger." ”

"It's a pity that this fishmonger is a child." Feng leaned in a deep voice: "At that time, when this woman squatted down to pick fish, this was the most defenseless time, and the fishmonger only needed to stand sideways beside him, and he could kill her with one knife. ”

"Perhaps, someone stabbed her from behind?"

"Impossible." Feng tilted his head and shook his head: "Don't forget, she was beheaded by someone, the deceased was with his head down at the time, if someone moves from behind, it is difficult to cut off his head with a knife, and you also saw the scene at that time, the head was rolling on the stern of the boat, but the body fell on the head of the boat, which further confirmed that the murderer did it on the side of the deceased." ”

When Si Ying heard this, she immediately furrowed her brows, and said with heavy eyes: "In this way, the murderer followed her to the Qiaotou Fish Market, and did it when she lowered her head to buy fish, which means that there were two people who bought fish at that time. ”

"I don't rule it out."

"Maybe that kid might have witnessed all this, and if he did, would he have been murdered by the murderer!"

Feng looked at the dead woman, sighed lowly, and said, "I'm worried too, I hope he's just afraid to hide." ”

Si Ying also nodded worriedly, but Feng Qianxin suddenly raised his head at this time, and said in a condensed voice: "Cat, why is there a cat?" ”

Si Ying thought for a while and said: "It's the same as raising cats and dogs, basically every family has them, and it's not impossible to happen to be bumped into." ”

Feng tilted his eyes down, but shook his head and said, "The cat may have come with the taste." ”

"Taste, you mean fishy." Si Ying looked down at the fishing line sewn with the corpse sewn and said, "You still suspect fishmongers." ”

Feng Tianxin didn't say anything, his face frowned slightly, he bit his lower lip lightly, and said with a sad brow: "The top priority is to find that child."

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At this moment, the thin and tall catcher ran from the door panting, just stepped into the morgue, and was frightened by the strange appearance of the corpse and retreated, Feng poured the white cloth on the woman's body again, and said in a bad voice when he saw him like this: "What, have you found any clues?" ”

"There's nothing in the backyard."

"Nonsense." Si Ying said helplessly: "If I were the murderer, I would have run away a long time ago, would I be standing in the backyard waiting for you to catch me." ”

The tall and thin catcher gasped, stomped his feet in a hurry, and said, "You let me finish speaking, although there is nothing in the backyard, there is a dog hole under the wall." ”

"Dog hole? You're saying the killer escaped through that dog hole. Si Ying raised her eyebrows.

"How is it possible, that dog hole is so small that only a dog can get out."

Si Ying was also so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Oops. I want to say that there is no figure at all, it is the old king who is dazzled. Unless he is a master, he can fly out from the five-zhang high wall of the county government, but he is really such a master, how can he be seen by the old Wang Tou's old eyes" The thin and tall head wiped his sweat, and finally explained the matter.

Si Ying stared at him and said, "That's all you have to say." ”

The thin and tall catcher was stunned for a moment, and he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks and shook his head: "No." ”

"And what do you want to say?" Si Ying was also angered by him.

"I mean, we found the kid selling fish outside the dog hole, and he was asleep in the haystack......"

Before he finished speaking, Feng Qianxin and Si Ying had already disappeared, and the thin and tall catcher looked at the backs of the two of them who disappeared like a wind, pinched his waist and drooped his head as if he was deflated: "No, I'm going to run back again." ”

The moon had set in the west, and the night was dark, and the twilight was coming up layer by layer, and this gray color looked dirty and suffocating.

The torch in the hand of the yacha was vulnerable in this dark night, the light was very dim, Feng Qian looked at the wall in the backyard of the county government from a distance and seemed to have a very high outline, and when he got closer, he saw that it was four or five yacha leaning together, looking down at something.

Si Ying coughed slightly, and several people immediately dispersed when they heard the sound, and Feng Qian saw a child curled up in the weeds behind them.

She looked at the child huddled in the weeds at a height of a few feet, and she couldn't help but feel distressed in her heart, and ran towards him with her legs raised.

Si Ying looked at a few yacha and couldn't help but scold: "A child, what are you guys doing?" ”

The few people said with a panicked face: "No, Si Gongzi, this child is very special, special ......"

Several people hung their heads and couldn't go on, and Feng Qianxin also let out a low exclamation at this time, Si Ying hurriedly walked over when he heard it, but he couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that the child's body was mostly immersed in darkness, but he was wearing a pointed filial piety hat on his head, and his small body was also covered in a wide white cloth filial piety robe, and the whole person was tightly wrapped in white mourning clothes, revealing only one face outside.

The child's little face was only half exposed by the projection of the torches, and the other half was still buried in the darkness, with long and dark eyes, a straight nose, and a straight jaw, faintly visible in the shaky and eerie light.

Feng Qianxin stretched out his hand and shook the child's small shoulder, the child frowned, slowly opened his eyes, and everyone was even more shocked, what kind of eyes were they, a pair of gray eyes full of heavy and lifeless air, the child was startled when he saw such people looking at him, his eyes kept flashing, and said, "You, who are you?" ”