Li You sat on the lobby and waited, and Liu Zhong hurriedly ran up to the lobby about half an hour later.

"Oh no, my lord! Oh no! ”

"What's wrong?" Li You chuckled in his heart.

"Liu Niang, dead!"

"Dead? How did he die? Li You frowned.

"Killed." Liu Zhong hurriedly replied.

"Where is the corpse now?"

"In her house."

Li You stood up and looked at the people in the lobby with cold eyes, and everyone lowered their heads unconsciously. "Lead the way ahead, and the official will personally inspect the scene."

"Yes." Liu Zhong led the way, and Li You followed closely behind.

The two walked for about ten minutes one after the other, and came to a small courtyard. At this time, there was a circle of people watching the excitement at the gate of the small courtyard, and Zhao Wu and Sun Lei, two officials, were carrying lancets on their waists and standing in front of the door with a serious face.

"Let me all go, we've arrived." Liu Zhong shouted loudly, and the people around him immediately gave way to both sides. Li You glanced at everyone expressionlessly, and everyone bowed their heads to dodge. After all, it's dead, and no one wants to cause trouble.

Li You failed to see the suspicious figure, so he focused his attention on the courtyard. The courtyard is just an ordinary courtyard house, and the decoration is not luxurious, but the courtyard walls are exceptionally tall and the gate is also very thick, which arouses Li You's great interest. Could it be that there is still some secret hidden in this courtyard?

"Your Excellency!" When the two officials saw Li You, they immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Guard the gates, no one is allowed to enter!"

"Yes!"

After Li You finished his order, he walked straight into the courtyard, followed by Liu Zhong.

The two officials in the courtyard were standing around a female corpse, and when they saw Li You, they immediately clasped their fists and saluted, Li You nodded and immediately began the autopsy.

The female corpse was lying on the ground, dressed in a tulle skirt, with her hair scattered, and her back was red, apparently killed by someone from behind.

Li You put on his gloves, leaned over to examine the wound further, and after confirming his judgment, ordered the messenger to turn the female corpse over.

The female corpse's eyes were wide open, and although the front was covered with dust, there were no scratches on her face. Li You took off his gloves, tested the temperature, the corpse was still warm, squatted next to the corpse, carefully examined the neck and face, and after making sure that the corpse mortis had not yet appeared, Li You sighed. "Notify the post-mortem."

"Yes." Liu Zhong was ordered to walk out of the courtyard.

After that, Li You led the two officials to carefully inspect the courtyard and rooms. The contents of the house are normal, there is no sign of being turned over, and the items in the house are neat and clean, and someone should clean them from time to time.

Could it be that this Liu Niang is still a diligent housekeeper? Thinking of this, Li You returned to Liu Niang's body again, and after carefully examining Liu Niang's hands, he immediately denied his judgment.

After Li You finished all the examinations, he sighed again.

It seems that this is out of the ghost.

………

Li You sat in the study, deep in thought.

Liu Niang's residence has high walls and heavy doors, which shows that she is an extremely careful person. And Liu Niang was a killer who was suddenly thrown down from behind, so that she died with her eyes wide open and lying on the ground. In this way, this murderer should be familiar with Liu Niang.

Liu Niang's body is still warm, and the corpse mortis has not yet appeared, indicating that the time between Liu Niang's death and her discovery is less than three hours. He ordered Liu Zhong to arrest people at around 2 p.m., and the autopsy began at around 4 p.m., and the time when the murderer killed should have been between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., which coincided with the time when he ordered the arrest of Liu Niang, and the property in the house was not lost, so the murderer should have killed people to kill people. can know that he wants to arrest Liu Niang, and can accurately grasp the time, and take the lead, the murderer is either the people around him, or the people around him are accomplices. If this inner ghost can be dug up, then the case of the mother's murder and Liu Niang's case can be solved.

Thinking of this, Li You actually felt a little excited.

"Wang Miao!"

With a squeak, Wang Miao pushed the door in. "Childe!"

"Immediately order Liu Zhong to come to see me."

"Yes!"

A moment later, Liu Zhong appeared in front of Li You.

"Sir!"

"Liu Zhong, let me ask you, what did you do after you got my order?" Li You stared at Liu Zhong tightly, carefully observing his every move.

Liu Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard Li You's order, and then frowned, looking like he was trying to remember. "Master, after the subordinates received the order, they went straight to the county office, and the brothers were all there at the time, so I shouted at the top of my voice, saying that the lord had an order to arrest Liu Niang, and after everyone heard it, just, just-"

"That's it?" Li You looked dissatisfied. This Liu Zhong is really not enough to succeed, and there are more than failures. However, Liu Zhong can't be blamed entirely, he still doesn't think about it. Thinking of being taken first by the other party at a critical moment, Li You was a little annoyed.

"They began to coax, and they all rushed to go." Liu Zhong lowered his head embarrassedly. "After all, this woman is famous, and everyone wants to go and see the excitement."

"Hey! And then that? Li You sighed helplessly.

"Then, I called Zhao Wu, Sun Lei, and the two brothers Liu Xiao and Liu Yi—" Liu Zhong said this, his voice getting quieter and quieter, and his face was full of shame. These four people are all good friends with Liu Zhong, especially Liu Xiao and Liu Yi, who are Liu Zhong's nephews.

Serving as a government officer is not a good job, not only is the salary small, but it is not well received, and there is an unwritten rule that those who have served as a government officer in three generations cannot participate in the imperial examination. However, there are still people who are willing to do this business, because in addition to the salary, the officials can also use some bad rules to exploit some extra wealth. Liu Niang is a secret prostitute, and arresting her naturally became a beauty difference.

"Alright, you go down." Li You didn't bother to take care of Liu Zhong anymore, and waved his hand impatiently, Liu Zhong scratched his head embarrassedly, turned around and walked out.

Shengtang County is not wealthy, and Li You's yamen employs more than a dozen officials, but it is not easy to find out the inner ghosts from these dozen people. In this way, this path is no longer feasible.

Ay! Li You sighed again, and couldn't help but think of his experience on the endless staircase. A momentary mistake will incur a terrible price. Now just because of his own thoughtlessness, not only did he kill Liu Niang, but the clues to his mother's murder were also broken.

"Childe, Zhao Wu has arrived."

At this time, Wang Miao walked into the study.

When Li You heard this, he hurriedly sorted out his emotions. At this point, we can only start from another angle. "Okay, let him in."

Wang Miao turned around and walked out of the study, and after a while, Zhao Wu walked in.

"How?" Li You raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Wu.

"The old man is like a god, and the little one admires." Zhao Wu had a look of reverence on his face.

"Can anyone be brought?" Li You was unmoved.

"Waiting outside the door."

"Let her in."

"Yes!" Zhao Wu clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and walked out.

Moments later, a woman in her fifties walked in.

"The people's wife and the princess, see the eldest master." When Wang Po saw Li You, she hurriedly knelt down to meet her.

"Get up and talk back." Li You looked at this princess carefully. Wang Po has a chubby figure, a pair of small eyes that keep blinking, a wide nose and thick lips, and a black mole at the corner of her mouth.

"Thank you, sir!" Wang Po stood up, lowered her head, and placed her fingers in front of her.

Li You looked at it carefully and showed a hint of a smile. "Mrs. Wang, this official has summoned you, do you know what is going on?"

"The woman heard what Zhao Ye said, it's for Liu Niang's business." Wang Po replied immediately.

Liu Niang's home is neat and clean, but her hands are delicate and there are no calluses, which shows that she must have hired someone to clean her room regularly. Through this person, you will be able to find out who is familiar with Liu Niang.

"Hmm. Then you can talk about it, who is familiar with Liu Niang. Li You squinted and looked at Wang Po.

"That's a lot—"

"If you're lying, watch your head!" Wang Po was about to start speaking, Li You immediately interrupted and looked at Wang Po viciously. Wang Po was looking up at Li You at this time, and was frightened by Li You's vicious eyes and cold tone, and her face turned pale and froze in place.

"If you tell the truth, when the official catches the murderer, he will definitely be rewarded!" Li You said as he continued to observe Wang Po's reaction. After hearing the words of reward, Wang Po's face changed color, as if she was pondering something. "Go on."

"Yes, sir." Wang Po hurriedly bowed to Li You, and then began to speak. "This lady of the Liu family is a rare character. She looks beautiful and has a nice voice, especially her skin..."

"Hmm!" Li You frowned.

"Master, the people's woman, where did the people's women say wrong?" Wang Po immediately showed a panicked look.

"Let you say that you are familiar with Liu Niang, and the rest, you don't need to say more!"

"The women obeyed." After a pause, she continued. "There are too many people who are familiar with Liu Niang. The woman has to go to her house every two days to clean it, and every time she can meet different men, Zhou Butcher in the market, Feng Er, a gangster, Chu San, a gambler, and even Han Mazi, an old pervert on our street, are all frequent customers. ”

"Anything else?" Li You picked up the brush and wrote down all the names that Wang Po said.

"There is also Liu Si who sells vegetables, Wang Ding, a little tailor, and Shen Wang, who sells oil-" Wang Po let go of her hands, her face was excited, and the more she talked, the more energetic she became.

"Anything else?" Li You looked at Wang Po with an expectant expression, which made Wang Po even more excited.

"Also, there are several brothers of the Yang family in the front yard of our house, the Lou family in the backyard, and the Liu Pozi family who fought with my family-" The more Wang Po spoke, the more excited she became, the more she spoke, the more bold she became, and the spittle stars flew everywhere.

Li You looked at Wang Po with a smile on his face while recording, and when she stopped, he would continue to encourage her, let her continue to speak, and occasionally praise her. This made the princess even more unscrupulous.

Finally, after talking for more than ten minutes, Wang Po stopped.

"Anything else?" Li You had already memorized four papers, but he still looked at Wang Po with an expectant expression. Wang Po didn't know what to do for a while. Presumably she said what she could say, those who had a holiday with her, and those who she didn't like.

"No, no." At this time, Wang Po also found that she was a little forgetful, and couldn't help lowering her head, her eyes turned left and right, as if she was thinking about how to get back.

"Mrs. Wang, you have come forward this time and provided so many clues for the official to solve the case, and the official will definitely praise you." After Li You finished speaking, he put down the brush and stood up from his seat. "Wang Miao!"

"Childe!" Wang Miao pushed open the door and walked in.

"Order Master Yang to make a copy of the book for Wang Po and post it in front of Wang Po's door!"

"Yes!" Wang Miao hurriedly agreed.

"Wang Miao, for the sake of grandeur, after the production of Master Yang's book is completed, you will bring two officials and accompany Wang Po back to post it in the name of the county!" Li You continued to instruct Wang Miao.

"Yes!" Wang Miao looked like Meng Tong, but he still hugged his fists and promised.

"Mrs. Wang, wait in the lobby." Li You turned to Wang Po.

"Sir, this, this-"

"What are you afraid of! You have your own official in charge of everything! ”

Wang Po seemed to realize that something was wrong, and was about to beg Li You, but Li You immediately tightened his face. "Could it be that you have deceived this official somewhere?"

"Ah, no, no." Wang Po should have remembered Li You's initial warning, and hurriedly denied it.

"Good! When the official catches the murderer, he will definitely be rewarded! Let's go down. ”

"Thank you, sir." Wang Po looked frightened, and finally realized that she had stabbed the big basket, but she didn't know how to save it, so she had to walk out stupidly.

"Wang Miao, pass on Liu Zhong, Zhao Wu, Sun Lei, Liu Xiao and Liu Yi."

"Yes!" Wang Miao turned around and walked out of the room.

After a while, the five of them entered Li You's study.

"In the case of Liu Niang's murder, this official has already grasped important clues." Li You said as he observed the reactions of the five people. Some of the five people were surprised, some were calm, and some were confused. "These people are the suspects." Li You picked up the four papers.

"The five of you are divided into four groups and the people on the list are examined one by one, and within two days, they must be investigated for what they did on the date of the crime." Li You said this, looking at the five people with a cold face. "From getting up in the morning to resting at night, every detail of the day must be interrogated. If there is any omission, the official's board is not emotional! ”

"Subordinates obey!" The five of them hurriedly received their orders.

Now that the water is muddy, stir it up a little more. Fishing in troubled waters, I want to see when your fox tail will be revealed.