Gu Qingjue understood Zeng Shengji's current mood.

"Then go check it out."

There has just been a homicide case, and the county government must be crowded with people now, although this person is the daughter of the county master, as long as it is determined that it is an accidental death, it will have to be tried in court.

When they arrived at the county office, it was already completely dark.

But there are still crowds outside the county office, and they all want to know the follow-up results, and they want to know if the woman who died in the river was killed by him.

Qiu Hong looked at the corpse that was brought back, the white cloth was lifted, and it was that familiar face.

The whole person's body kept shaking, and he touched his forehead with his right hand, looking like he was about to faint at any time.

"Sister Rong, how could you die?"

Qiu Hong was really sad, and after saying that, the huge tears fell down, regardless of the fact that so many people were outside, and wiped his tears with the sleeves of his official robe.

"Ding Chengzuo, is Ding Chengzuo here?"

After crying for a while, Qiu Hong finally remembered that he was the county magistrate, and even though he was grief-stricken, he still remembered to check the cause of his daughter's death.

Ding Chengzuo is an old man over fifty years old, but his body is tough, and when he heard the county master shouting to himself, he trotted over from the side with a toolbox on his back: "Adult, villain is here!" ”

"You, you come to the autopsy, be sure to find the cause of the little girl's death."

"Yes."

Post-mortems have been used since ancient times, but the ancients paid attention to the parents of the body, so they were extremely reluctant to be dissected after death.

Even in the Song Dynasty, there was already an extremely strict autopsy process, which was still not accepted by the people.

Now, the daughter of the county magistrate died, and the county magistrate conducted an autopsy in public, which touched the hearts of the people who were watching.

An autopsy may be one of the most advantageous ways to find out the murderer.

"It's him."

Zeng Shengji, who was mixed in the crowd, said to Gu Qingjue: "It's him Qiu Hong." ”

"Master, even if it's a former old friend, with your current situation, you can't rashly recognize each other, let's take a look before we make a calculation."

"Hmm."

In the past six months, Zeng Shengji has also understood his apprentice, who is delicate and extremely intelligent, and he must have a reason for saying this.

Mingguang County is very prosperous, there is no curfew at night, even if it is already dark, it still can't stop everyone from watching the excitement.

Because of the autopsy, two officials pulled up a white cloth at the scene, and another waited with a pen and ink.

The candles at the scene increased several times, very bright, and Ding Yanzuo's every move was reflected on the white cloth, and the people standing outside to watch the excitement were all staring at the shadows on the white cloth.

Each step of the test is read aloud, and then recorded by the officials waiting aside.

The people who couldn't read the big characters couldn't understand the words, and some people who read books could understand them, but those who didn't know how to do the autopsy didn't know what they were saying, even if they could understand what they were saying.

Unconsciously, half an hour passed, the white cloth in front of her was removed, and the girl Qiu who was autopsied had been covered with a white cloth.

Ding Chengzuo put away the tools of the autopsy, stepped over the brazier that had already been burned, and cleaned up his body, and then returned to summarize the cause of Miss Qiu's death.

In a word: drowning after death.

Eating at the inn before, the man dressed in wolf smoke said: "I'll just say, this must have been murdered, and it is estimated that it is the scholar." ”

Gu Qingjue's brows moved slightly, and he asked as if unintentionally, "Why do you suspect that scholar?" ”

"It must be a grudge!"

I only heard the man say with a little excitement on his face: "No one else knows about this, but I know some, my eldest brother is working at the county master's house." ”

The man spoke of two months ago.

That day, the Qiu girl knelt on the ground and begged the county magistrate to fulfill her and the scholar, and the county magistrate was very dissatisfied with the scholar, not only because the scholar was poor, but also because he was weak and weak, what was the use of such a man?

Therefore, in front of the people in the house, he scolded the scholar mercilessly, and the scholar was also a little angry, and immediately threw off his sleeves and left.

Miss Qiu tried to catch up, but was stopped and locked in the room.

The next day, Miss Qiu disappeared, but she left a letter in the room, stating that she went to find the scholar, and she believed that the scholar would definitely go to high school and would treat her well.

Qiu Hong's own daughter eloped with someone, and Qiu Hong didn't want people to know about such a scandal.

I secretly went to the inn where the scholar lived, but I didn't expect people to go to the empty building.

This further confirms that Miss Qiu left with him.

Qiu Hong immediately sent two groups of people, one to the scholar's hometown, and the other to Kaifeng Mansion to find the scholar, wanting to bring Miss Qiu back.

But these two groups of people are trying to find this scholar, and they don't see the shadow of Miss Qiu.

After hearing this, Sanqi asked puzzledly: "In this case, Miss Qiu left with that scholar, why did she suddenly appear in the river in Mingguang County today?" ”

"Little brother, that's a good question."

"If I want to guess, it must be that the scholar's identity is fake, he didn't want to go to Kaifeng Mansion at all, but took Miss Qiu to other places, and this person likes the new and hates the old, and he has a grudge against the humiliating words of Qiu County's order that day. Anyway, now everyone doesn't know where she is, so they just kill people and throw them into the river. ”

The man raised his eyebrows and looked at Sanqi: "How about little brother, is my inference reasonable, compared to Bao Gong of Luzhou Mansion, is it not too reckless?" ”

Gu Qingjue raised his eyebrows: "As I said just now, Miss Qiu had a blow wound on the back of her head and a broken arm, but other than that, there were no other traces of beating and abuse on her body. ”

"Huh? What do you mean by this? ”

Zeng Shengji was also asked with a puzzled face, he felt that this man's analysis was very reasonable, now he only needs to search for the scholar in the whole city and arrest him, and everything will be clear.

"If the scholar was dissatisfied with Miss Qiu, he had to add punches and kicks, but there was only one blow wound in the back of her head, and according to what she said, Miss Qiu's fatal injury was this bruise. If it was a scholar, where did his weak body come from with so much strength? ”

Listening to what Gu Qingjue said, Zeng Shengji felt that what he said also made sense.

The man in the wolf's smoke-colored brocade robe retorted: "A man, even if he is weak, wants to sneak attack an unsuspecting woman, it's not difficult, right?" ”

Gu Qingjue smiled: "What you said is not unreasonable. ”

"It was."

Zeng Shengji cares about Qiu Hong, after all, he used to be a close friend, and if he can help find the murderer, it will be a comfort to him.

"Ziyuan, can you help find out the murderer of Miss Qiu?"

Zeng Shengji had already spoken, he was his own master, Gu Qingjue had a reason to refuse, so he and Zeng Shengji walked forward and came to the front.

Zeng Shengji raised the volume and shouted inside: "Brother Da." ”

Qiu Hong was in grief, suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door, looked up, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and waved his hand to let Zeng Shengji and them in.

(End of chapter)