Gu Changqing stretched out his hand and touched his nose, thinking carefully.

In a radius of a few meters around the corpse, only he and Xie Ling walked at first, and later they also came in, because of the strict control of the officials, except for carrying the corpse away at the end, they never approached here at all.

And all the moves he and his work here are carefully considered, and they all move around without destroying the scene.

It stands to reason that the extent of damage at the site was minimal. According to the puppet, the time of this man's death was about eight to twelve hours, so that it was night to early morning, during which time even some wild beasts were sleeping, and except for a few animals that moved at night, no one would come to destroy the scene.

But in such a situation, it is impossible to have no traces at all.

Whether the murderer is killing people in this place or just throwing corpses, it is impossible not to leave footsteps, but not only are there no footsteps here, but there are no traces of treatment.

But if you are really injured by a snake, will it be possible?

Gu Changqing frowned and kept thinking about it without saying a word, Xie Ling really couldn't help but ask, "What do you think, if you don't tell me, maybe I can help you?" ”

"The deceased had snake venom on his body, so I wondered if it was really possible that he was injured by a snake and that he didn't kill him, but I have seen everything around here, and there is no trace of a snake at all."

Xie Ling looked at him in surprise and patted him on the shoulder speechlessly, "Are you okay?" Snakes hibernate in winter. ”

"Hibernation?"

For Gu Changqing, who grew up in the southern city, he really didn't understand such a thing.

"Won't hibernation come out?"

"Maybe I'll come out when I'm hungry. But most normal snakes don't come out, but will they be human-raised snakes? ”

Xie Ling's words woke up the person in the dream, and Gu Changqing could already confirm the question in his heart, it was he who killed him. It's more likely to be a corpse dumping site.

Snake venom, snake tooth marks, all this is a disguise. The murderer wanted to use the snake's wound to obfuscate the truth. Let the investigator get into the trap he has made.

Let him think that the man died accidentally, and he can escape.

But why did he press the corpse so redundantly into the ground after throwing it, instead of leaning on the tree normally, acting like an accident.

There is also a question as to why he used snakes to divert attention. Is he, like Gu Changqing, not knowing that snakes need to hibernate, or whether he did it on purpose at all.

Back at the county office, Jiancheng waited at the door, and when he saw Gu Changqing's shadow, he greeted him.

"My lord, we were transported back secretly, no one knows what is here, according to your request, not a trace of wind leaked out."

"Okay, tell the people in the yali not to go out and talk nonsense. Also, did those people let them out? ”

"Who?"

"Oh, the fur dealer you caught the other day?"

"They. No, didn't you confess that you had to be closed for a while? ”

As soon as the case came out, the people in the entire county government were busy, and even Aunt Hua in the kitchen was tired, and she had to eat three meals a day, and she had to prepare things that those who went out to investigate the case had to take away and eat at any time.

Gu Changqing simply ate and went to prison.

Investigations have been conducted on the family and friends of the deceased, and all those who have close ties are in the prison of Yong'an City.

When Gu Changqing entered, the people in that cell were all asleep, completely unaware of what was going on outside, or perhaps, there was a possibility that some people were really asleep, and some people were pretending.

Before the truth of the case is clear, everyone is suspicious, and everyone may be innocent.

He stepped forward, kicked everyone in the ass, and after snorting and scolding, they all woke up.

The man known as the second brother was the first to react, and then looked at Gu Changqing and said, "Lord Gu, why are you here at this time?" ”

Gu Changqing leaned down, fussed the hay on the ground, sat down next to the man, and said, "Why, can't I come here from a small county order?" ”

The man smiled awkwardly, got up and said solemnly, "Lord Gu is joking again, you know I didn't mean that." ”

Gu Changqing lowered his head, patted the place next to him and said, "What are you doing standing, sitting." ”

The man hesitated and didn't know what kind of fart this Lord Gu was holding in his heart, and after sitting down tremblingly, Gu Changqing pretended to be casual and asked, "What about your eldest brother?" Why didn't I see him last time. ”

"Big brother?" When the man heard this, he decisively knelt down in front of Gu Changqing, and kicked the third child next to him, so the prisoners in the whole room knelt down, and before Gu Changqing understood what this meant, the man said, "Lord Gu, we are really wronged." The third child was just talking nonsense that day, and our eldest brother didn't think about robbing the prison. ”

Gu Changqing showed a meaningful smile, he didn't expect that there was such a thing behind this matter.

"Then when do you big brother say you will come to rob the prison?" Gu Changqing asked.

"Master Gu, we really didn't want to do this. My third brother had a fever when he was a child, and his brain was not good. Talking nonsense all day long, and robbing prison? I hadn't seen my big brother in days, and he didn't necessarily know when we came in. ”

"When was the last time you saw your big brother?"

"The last time, I think about it, it seems like the day before we were caught, and he said he found a good place to play and get the goods himself."

"Just him?"

"No, I have to watch the scene at home, the third child is stupid, and the eldest brother thinks he is in the way, so he goes alone." The man also felt that something was wrong at this time, "Master Gu, why are you asking this, did my eldest brother commit something?" ”

Gu Changqing lowered his head, stepped on a piece of hay with the tip of his shoe, and said slowly after a long time, "Your eldest brother, dead." ”

The whole room was amazed, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to say, breaking the terrible silence.

The man sat on the ground all the time, "Master Gu, are you kidding?" My eldest brother, how is that possible? Will you be mistaken? ”

Gu Changqing shook his head, "That's right, someone from our county government has seen him." Another question is, do you have any enemies in the process of doing business? ”

The man shook his head decisively, and there were tears in his eyes that he desperately held back from falling, "No, although the things we do are bloody, we have never been so calculating when doing business, and we have never blushed with anyone." Not to mention the enemy. ”

Gu Changqing got up and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "Okay, don't think about it, I'll find out, I'll ask you if you have any questions." ”

Gu Changqing walked out, suddenly remembered something again, turned around and said, "By the way, do you know who among the people you know who has snakes?" ”

The man shook his head innocently.

Gu Changqing suspected that since it was not a sharp weapon to death, it was likely that an acquaintance committed the crime.