In the compound of the county government, the snow is getting denser and denser, and a layer of silver has appeared on the huge iron coffin.

Those who stood in the courtyard did not care about the cold weather, and all stood on tiptoe, always paying attention to the changes in the public court.

"Let's start with the iron coffin case!" Xu Zun held up his chest and said loudly, "This case has been confusing and weird from the beginning, which has caused us to never grasp the key point of it and have no way to investigate."

"But in reality, we just ignore the most basic element of this case, and that element is the means of transport!

"We don't know how the murderer managed to transport such a huge and heavy iron coffin to the top of Zhangqiao.

"At that time," Xu Zun said, "we checked the roads on both sides of the bridge, but we couldn't find the corresponding ruts, so we thought that this iron coffin had fallen from the sky!"

"To tell you the truth, this question has been bothering me for a long time, until one day, I finally found the answer." Xu Zun turned around, pointed to the iron coffin in the courtyard and said, "I don't know, do you remember how long it took those workers to transport this iron coffin to the courtyard just now and put it in place?" ”

As soon as Xu Zun said this, everyone followed suit.

"Don't think about it, I'll tell you the answer!" Xu Zun said, "From Yizhuang to the county government to transport the iron coffin, to the final placement, it took them two hours!" ”

Two hours is the modern four hours.

"Oh?" Everyone frowned, obviously not understanding what Xu Zun meant.

"Still don't understand?" Xu Zun Zhengse said, "A few days ago, it took two hours for the people of our county government to transport the iron coffin from Zhangqiao back to Yizhuang, what does this mean?" ”

"Well......" the crowd pondered, and one of the officials muttered to himself, "It seems to be a little farther, doesn't it?" ”

"Yes!" Xu Zun immediately stretched out a thumbs up to this person, "The distance from Zhangqiao to Yizhuang is more than ten times that from Yizhuang to the county government."

"Everyone, it's the same to carry the iron coffin, why did it take the same amount of time twice? Can anyone tell me what this means? ”

"Oh...... I understand! At this time, Chen Taiji, the imperial historian in the public court, thought of the answer, "It's because people are different!" ”

"Amazing," Xu Zun snapped his fingers and praised, "Lord Yushi is on point." Today, the people who are responsible for carrying the iron coffin are all newly hired workers, and they have never carried such a heavy thing before, so they are delayed because of their unskilled operation.

"And the last time I was in charge of transporting, in addition to the hired migrant workers, there were also the officials and catchers of our county government.

"Unexpectedly, it was the first time they carried the iron coffin, but why was it so smooth? That's a ...... Intriguing! ”

Xu Zun deliberately slowed down his speech, and took the opportunity to scan the people in the courtyard to observe their reactions.

"Xu Zun," Li Yan asked, "what do you mean?" Are you saying that there is a problem with the people in your county office? ”

"Lord Thorn Shi, it's a big problem!" Xu Zun's eyes widened and said, "In addition to people, the carriage used to carry the iron coffin at that time was also very problematic.

"I looked closely at the time and found that there were a lot of scratches on the frame, all of which matched the shape of the iron coffin, and the key point was that those scratches were not new.

"Also, the frame is just the right size, and the two old horses pulling the cart seem to be familiar with the road, and it is not the first time that they have pulled such heavy loads......

"So, at that time, I had a bold idea in my head," Xu Zun raised the corners of his mouth and said, "The reason why the murderer who made the iron coffin case did not leave a rut is not because he wanted to make a mystery and create a mystery, but because he didn't want people to find out that the iron coffin was actually pulled by the carriage of the county government!" ”

Wow......

Xu Zun's words were shocking, causing an exclamation again, and some people even made a surprised sound similar to the crowing of a rooster.

"This ...... This is also bizarre, right? The county Cheng Luo Wan wiped his cold sweat and said, "That carriage is used by our county government to pull coal in winter, if the murderer uses that carriage to pull the iron coffin, you ...... Didn't you mean that I ...... the people of our entire county government We ......"

Speaking of this, Luo Million doubted himself for the first time, and his eyes when he looked at Qiu Yongnian also revealed a kind of uncertainty.

"Hahaha......" Xu Zun suddenly laughed, which stopped the noise and discussion at the scene, and he said loudly, "Everyone, don't worry, this is just the beginning, and the show is still to come."

"Qiu County Order," he turned to Qiu Yongnian and said, "If a person does something bad, it may be easy to be exposed, but if a group of people do something bad together, isn't it easy to be discovered?" ”

"You ......" Qiu Yongnian's face was red, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"Do you think that my insistence on investigating the big case of Qijiawu was really my intention? That's just a trick! Xu Zun said fiercely, "At that time, I had already sensed that something was wrong and realized that my opponent was not a person at all.

"Therefore, I can only use the excuse of investigating the big case of Qijiawu to find out what I really want to investigate."

"Oh?" After hearing this, Qiu Yongnian shook slightly, and his body involuntarily became cramped.

"In the archives," Xu Zun continued, "I deliberately knocked down those bookshelves, pretending to be mad because I couldn't find a clue.

"Actually, I quietly opened the latch of the iron window of the archive room, and that night, a friend sneaked into the archive room and took what I wanted!"

Smack, smack!

As he spoke, Xu Zun slapped his palms twice, and a tall woman immediately came in at the door of the public hall, it was the iron umbrella female general Huo Anu!

Huo Anu held a stack of files in his hand, and after entering the court, he threw his head on the ground.

"Lord Qiu, these are the personnel files of our Xinye County, which were personally sorted out by Lord Liu Zhang, the chief bookkeeper." Xu Zun said, "When I looked through these files carefully, I suddenly made an amazing discovery.

"This astonishing discovery is exactly what I had guessed, and from this, I am even more sure that the person who has been behind the scenes is - you !!"

"Huh?" Qiu Yongnian was taken aback again, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Xu Zun, say quickly," At this moment, Li Yan quickly stood up and asked again and again, "What did you find?" ”

"I found that since Lord Qiu came to Xinye County a year ago to take office, he has successively transferred the personnel of the county, and has arranged for more than 20 people to come to the county government to take up posts.

"There are masters, officials, catchers, miscellaneous servants, and of course, jailers." Xu Zun said, "Originally, the new official took office and the new atmosphere, and it was natural for the county magistrate to arrange the position, and there was nothing to say.

"But the strange thing about this is that these people he arranged, without exception, are all foreigners!

"It's all strangers! Lord Qiu is a native of Nangeng, Shangzhou, if these outsiders are fellow villagers of Lord Qiu, it is reasonable.

"But these people are all from different states and counties, which is not very understandable, right?

So, with this question, I asked the fire girl to help me check all walks of life in Xinye County, to see if there were any outsiders who came to the local area to do other jobs before and after Qiu County Ling took office.

"This investigation is terrible, and more than 20 people have been found!

"Among them, almost all walks of life in Xinye County are included, oh yes, there are a few of them that can be named," the corners of Xu Zun's mouth raised, revealing an evil smile, "For example, Liang San, the postman, Cheng Wen, the guy from the post house, and You Dalang and his wife from the Silk Village......"