"They're more complicated, and no one knows what happened to their family. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info It seems that the servants who know the details of the past are no longer in the house, and they themselves do not want to talk about it. However, I heard the third wife mean that the past of their family does not seem to be so simple. ”

Long Zihan frowned, and asked to himself, "Who is a human and a ghost in this Geng family?"

"In that case, it's better to ask the Ma family to ask......"

At this time, a police officer pushed the door in, interrupted Long Zihan's words, and said, "Long Shao, something happened!"

Long Zihan frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The body of Geng Mingjie, the eldest young master of the Geng family, was found in the river not far from home......"

The scene of the crime.

Geng Mingjie's whitened body, blistered by the river, lay flat on the ground, his clothes were torn, and his forehead and arms were injured.

Chu Yiren and Wang Xiaoguang stepped forward to inspect the body, while Long Zihan observed through the guardrail next to the river.

Because it was by the river, the ground under his feet was still relatively wet, and there were many footprints left around the deceased, but these were all footprints left after the body of the deceased was salvaged and brought ashore.

On the side is an arched stone bridge about two meters wide, and many people on the bridge are stopping to look at this side.

The river is not far from the Geng family, and at this time, the people of the Geng family have already received the news and rushed over.

Long Zihan saw the Geng family's housekeeper from the crowd at a glance......

Long Zihan gave Erin a look beside her, and Erin understood, and walked towards the butler on the bridge.

At this time, only the voice of the Chu Yi people sounded.

"The time of death was two hours ago, that is, around ten o'clock. The deceased was drowned if there was mud and sand in his mouth, nose and nails. In the state of hypoxia, vigorous breathing or exercise, under the interaction of inhaled water with alveolar and tracheal exudate, produces fine foam overflowing the mouth, forming mushroom-like foam. ”

Long Zihan said: "The deceased had multiple injuries on his body, and it seems that they were caused before his death. ”

Chu Yiren nodded and said: "Yes, the deceased has many bruises on his forehead, arm, and wrist, and there is a strangulation mark here in the tiger's mouth on his left hand, which should be caused by some strip-shaped object caught before his death." In addition, the deceased had only one foot and had strangulation marks on his ankle. These scars were caused before death. ”

At this time, a police officer Zou came over and said to Long Zihan: "Long Shao, that uncle came over with his grandson to fish, and he called the police after finding the deceased." Would you like to go over and have a look?"

As he spoke, the police officer pointed at the uncle who was recording a statement.

Long Zihan walked over and heard the uncle say, "It was my grandson who saw it, and he pointed to the bridge and said that there was a white thing in the water over there." Let's go over and see. When I take a closer look, it looks like there's a ...... down there."

"Do you know the deceased?"

The uncle said: "I know, Geng Mingjie, the eldest young master of the Geng family, who doesn't know him in this area." When you fished people up, I recognized them at a glance. ”

Listening to the words of the informant and the police, Long Zihan looked at the police officer behind him and asked, "What happened when you salvaged the body?"

The police officer thought for a while and replied seriously: "Because the body of the deceased was under the stone bridge, when it was found, the deceased was caught in the fishing net ditch under the stone bridge, and the whole person fell into the water...... Hey, Long Shao, you are ......."

At this moment, Long Zihan had already taken off his coat and shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and walked towards the river.

The little police officer looked inexplicable, he looked at Mo Bei on the side, and asked, "Brother Mo, what are we doing here?"

Mo Bei said simply and clearly: "Survey." ”

When Long Zihan walked to the center of the harmony, he found that no matter how high his trouser leg rolled, it would not help.

When I came to the bridge, the water was already up to my chest.

After Long Zihan observed the bottom of the bridge for a while, he plunged into the water......

But after a while, he poked his head out of the water and walked out silently.

After walking ashore, I saw him hand Zhao Xiaohu with a fishing net in his hand, and then took out an object and said, "I picked up a pocket watch underneath." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Yiren and asked, "Do you think that the scratch on the tiger's mouth on the deceased's left hand is not caused by a pocket watch chain?"

Chu Yiren took the pocket watch, looked at the half of the chain that was still attached to the end of the pocket watch, and said, "The width is somewhat similar, but this one is not certain." However, the time when the watch was stopped roughly coincided with the time of the deceased's death. ”

Wang Xiaoguang looked at the pocket watch and said: "Middle-to-lower-class brands, ordinary styles, this price should be affordable for many people." ”

Therefore, his master may not be easy to find.

Mo Bei shook his head and said, "It's not ordinary, it's old." There are very few such tables nowadays. More than ten years ago, this kind of watch was still relatively popular. Now that science and technology are advancing, the style of pocket watches is gradually being updated, and the people who still keep this kind of pocket watches and use them are either old or have a bad family background. ”

Isn't that a bit narrower?

Long Zihan didn't respond to the conversation between them, he was thinking about a question: Why the left hand?

At this time, Mo Bei and Liu Yuanheng came over.

I only heard Mo Bei say: "Long Shao, we inquired with the onlookers at the scene, there are no witnesses, basically no clues." ”

Long Zihan looked around and said thoughtfully: "This area is either a tree or a river, if it weren't for the scene of the deceased falling into the water up close, it would really be unclear......

By this time, Erin had returned to the scene of the crime from the bridge.

Long Zihan asked, "What do you say?"

Erin looked at the butler wiping his tears and snot on the bridge, and said unhurriedly: "A handful of old men cried and told me that he loved me as a son, and watched the child who grew up be gone. Of course, the most reliable news is that Geng Mingjie doesn't know how to water. ”

Seeing that Erin had doubts in her heart, Long Zihan frowned and asked, "What did you ask?"

Erin turned her face, looked at Long Zihan, and said, "Didn't you know when you went to Geng's house in the morning? The housekeeper went to look for the eldest young master Wei Mingjie last night, but let him run away. And the housekeeper went back to the house at 11 o'clock last night, and until the accident this morning, the people in the house never saw Geng Mingjie again. ”

"What about the people sent by the Geng family to find Geng Mingjie?" asked Long Zihan with a faint expression.

Erin said: "I haven't found anyone who doesn't say it, this person is like evaporating from the world." It wasn't until just now that the housekeeper received the news that something had happened to the eldest young master of their family, so he rushed here. ”

Long Zihan frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he instructed Erin to say, "Send a few brothers to inquire and see if you can follow the vine." (To be continued.) )