"These people can't have jumped out of thin air, there must be some clues that you have overlooked. Rosie paced back and forth, the matter was trickier than he had imagined. Originally, I thought that even if the gang of dozens of people was hidden, it would leave some traces. But what he didn't expect was that he really couldn't find any useful clues. No one knew where these people lived, no one in the farmer's market had ever seen this group of people buying and selling things, and even the private soldiers who had fought with them twice did not know the way this group of people was coming from, they were like air, and in an instant they merged with the entire imperial capital.

Rossi had been in charge of the case for five days, but she didn't have the slightest clue.

"Have you ever done a platoon job?", he paused and looked at a man.

"I did, the residents of the neighborhood and the leading people on the street all asked carefully, and they all appeared and disappeared suddenly, and their behavior was low-key, and few people paid attention to it, and they couldn't ask what was going on. The subordinates thought that they were most likely scattered, concentrated in one place and then quickly appeared on the docks, and then scattered and broke into pieces. During this period of time, there were many strangers from all over the country in the imperial capital, and there were unfamiliar faces on every street, and it was difficult to provide strong information for the investigation work. ”

Sheriff is a general term, like a police officer, whose rank can be distinguished by armbands. Rossi's armband has a gold-painted violet, which represents his identity - similar to that of the deputy director of the Public Security Agency. In the system of sheriffs, this is already a very high position, and at the top is the chief of the sheriff, who is fully responsible for the affairs of the entire imperial capital.

Rosie's statement from his subordinates has also been confirmed by himself, and it is indeed the case. Although it was already February, there were still a large number of outsiders staying in the imperial capital, and they would not return to their hometowns until the end of the month. The large number of outsiders has made the floating population of the imperial capital more complex and changeable, and the streets are full of strangers who come to play or run errands, and no one dares to guarantee that there are any people with ulterior motives among these people, nor dare to say whether any of these people have been here.

Rosie asked, "Did you find anything from the dead people?"

"Nor did ...... To this day, there are a total of fifty-three missing cases in the entire imperial capital, but none of them can match the number of people who have died in armed fights these days. ”

Rosie frowned, "There must be something we overlooked, cheer me up and go through the case." ”

The group split into two teams, one team continued to visit the platoon, while Rossi led the team to re-examine the bodies of those men.

Fortunately, it was winter, the temperature was below freezing, and the speed of corpse decay was unlimitedly slowed down, and in order to prevent these corpses from decomposing and deteriorating, Rosie also ordered someone to pour a little water to form a thin film of ice on the surface of the corpses.

The rows of naked corpses were neatly stacked together, which was particularly shocking. Rossi didn't pay attention to these at this time, he carefully stared at these corpses that had lost their blood color and began to turn blue and black because the total number of bacteria in their bodies continued to rise, and suddenly a flash of inspiration.

He beckoned, and an autopsy officer ran over, "Dissect them all and take out the stomach pouch." ”

The autopsy's face turned pale suddenly, and the autopsy technique was still a whole new category, and the autopsy's job was more to observe the cause of the deceased's death from the outside. In general, no one would have asked for an autopsy, and in the Tullman Empire it was considered disrespectful to the dead. However, the superiors have orders, and the autopsy officer cannot shirk, which is also one of the benefits of the feudal social system. Whether you have a reason or not, you have to obey orders.

During the autopsy's incessant gagging dissection, shriveled and blackened stomach pouches were removed, and Rossi had them gathered together and dissected open.

He put on his rubber gloves and watched the food remaining in each stomach pouch without disgust.

After examining half of the stomach pouches, there was a discovery.

"Look at these things, I haven't had time to digest them yet. Rosie used his hands to lift up something sticky, with some particles as thick as little fingers inside. The staple food of the Tuhrman Empire was wheat products, most of which consisted of bread or steamed wheat kernels, especially in the lower classes, and there were few other non-staple foods. Wheat products are easy to digest, especially bread and wheat kernels, and it doesn't take long for them to be broken down into nutrient solution by stomach acid and absorbed into the intestines, and most of the things that can be retained are difficult to digest, such as meat products.

"Get the owner of the food store and find a few more. ”

Soon, the owners of the nearby food stores were all approached. When they saw the scene here, their faces turned pale, and several of them couldn't help but feel nauseous, and ran to the side and couldn't stop vomiting.

Rosie, regardless of whether they could get used to it or not, called them to his side, pointed to some residue in most of the stomach pouches, and asked, "Look closely, what are these things?" ”

Some people are afraid, and naturally some people are bold, and a boss in his forties put on rubber gloves, put a small undigested particle on the tip of his finger and rubbed it, carefully observing the tissue fibers of these things. He went back and forth through the undigested food of several people, discussed it with his peers around him for a while, and finally came up with an answer.

"Dear Lord Rosie, this looks like dried fish. ”

Rosie raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

A few bosses, you look at me, I look at you, and finally nodded one after another, "It's certain, it's dried fish." ”

The Tuhrman people are not accustomed to eating fish, and inland freshwater fish have many spines, unlike marine fish, and few people like to eat this thing. Moreover, freshwater fish is fishy and does not fit the eating habits of Tullman, of course, this does not mean that no one in the Tullman Empire eats fish.

For example, fishermen who live on the edge of the lake, or boatmen who live in the river Thudorn, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, they are the main eaters of fish. Poor families will eat fish more often, because these things can be regarded as meat, but the price is extremely cheap, compared to beef and mutton, it is as cheap as picking up for nothing.

With this clue, the case full of fog has a clue at once.

Rossi ordered people to arrest all the shop owners who sold fish products in the imperial capital, this is no human rights at all, if you don't come, you will be beaten, if you don't work, you will put on shackles, and drag them will be dragged in.

A group of people gathered in a small courtyard in fear, and when the people were almost here, Rosie took a sip of the teacup, "Has anyone bought a large amount of dried fish recently?"

Merchants, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know how to answer this question.

If the answer is yes, will they involve themselves? After all, providing a large amount of dried fish may also be seen as an act of the enemy.

If the answer is no, if it is found out, I am afraid that it will not end well.

This is a dilemma.

And they haven't figured out what these dried fish have to do with it, and they don't know the size and importance of the matter, so no one dares to speak first.

Rosie pouted, "It's better to confess now than later, and I can assure everyone that I won't be angry." ”

At the same time, in a courtyard in the lower part of the outer city of the imperial capital, more than 30 people sat together, and a large cauldron was set up in the middle, which was filled with wheat kernels and a common vegetable, and there were many dried fish cut to the size of fingers on the cutting board next to it.

"Those people at the dock are not easy to deal with, they don't look like ordinary people, they should be someone's private soldiers, and they are very combative. A dark-skinned strong man said angrily, his voice as loud as a gong and drum.

"The boss is right, they move very neatly and regularly, and several of them are probably retired veterans who are skilled in combat. ”

Another said: "If we don't use muskets, our losses are not small, and in several other places, these people seem to have roots. ”

The black man sneered a few times, "They should be the same as us." ”

"You mean, so do they...... A private soldier of a certain big man?"

The black strong man glanced at the man who spoke, "We must not only have received the task, the master housekeeper told me when he came yesterday that he should eat the dock as soon as possible, and if necessary, other places can be abandoned." ”

A skinny guy's eyes lit up, "You mean the Thudonne?"

The black man nodded, "It's not easy to get in from other places, the bunker in the outer city is a big {} Ma {} annoyance, but the Xiu Dorn River is not so guarded, and you can directly approach the inner city through two streets." ”

The Tullman Empire was originally built on the banks of the Thudogne River, which penetrated a small half of the imperial capital as the city expanded. At first, the Empire also built a number of fortifications along the Shodorne route, but as the Empire stabilized, these fortifications gradually fell into disuse and were left unmanned.

As the Turman Empire grew stronger, the former defenders of the river were moved elsewhere. Some of them went to the border to prevent the empire from flowing down the main river of Thudorn, and some of them were scattered and integrated into the imperial garrison, stationed in the plains outside the imperial capital, which could save a lot of money for the military and finance.