"Brother Jing Yong, why are you here?"

After asking, Qiu Hong's eyes flashed, then he looked at Gu Qingjue behind him, looked up and down a few times, and then retracted his gaze, and then said: "This is not the place to talk, our brothers will talk about the old later." ”

Zeng Shengji nodded and looked at the girl Qiu who was covered with a white cloth, and pointed to Gu Qingjue who was standing next to him and said: "Brother Da, this is my apprentice Gu Ziyuan, he is talented and intelligent, Sister Rong'er can let him help, and he will be able to find out the real culprit as soon as possible." ”

"Brother Jing Yong actually accepted an apprentice! That's right, your Zeng family's peerless swordsmanship really needs to have an inheritor. ”

Gu Qingjue's eyes fell on Ding Chengzuo, he didn't have Su Yixin's ability to know whether this person was a traitor or an evil person by looking at his face, but his eyes could also read the subtle expressions of a person's face.

"Ding Chengzuo, during the autopsy, can you accurately know where the fatal injuries of the deceased are without an autopsy?"

Ding has been engaged in work for nearly 30 years, and this is the first time he has been suspected, and his face is uneasy: "This Lang Jun is doubting Ding's autopsy skills?" ”

"No, it's just that I have doubts in my heart, so I ask Ding Chengzuo."

Ding Qizuo saw that Gu Qingjue's face was calm, and he didn't seem to be deliberately looking for fault, his face improved a little, he glanced at Miss Qiu who was covered with a white cloth, and said: "Under normal circumstances, it is necessary, but there are no other injuries on Miss Qiu's body, only this one has a serious traumatic injury to the back occipital bone, according to Ding's judgment, this is a fatal injury." ”

In fact, it is not that Ding is unwilling to open his head.

One is that this is in the public court, so many people are watching, and not everyone can stand the craniotomy; The second deceased was the beloved daughter of Qiu County, and he couldn't cut off Qiu's head in front of Qiu County.

"Ding Chengzuo, with all due respect to the boy, is to present the accurate autopsy results in order to help solve the case. Otherwise, it will only bury clues and mislead the direction of the investigation. ”

Ding Chengzuo's face sank again, and he looked at Qiu County Ling on the side.

Qiu County Commander raised his hand to let Ding Chengzuo retreat, announced that the case would be retried the next day, and asked the officials to evacuate the people crowded outside the door, and then his straight back collapsed, and he took Zeng Shengji and Gu Qingjue to the backyard with an old face.

When he arrived at the flower hall and waited for the maid to serve tea, Qiu Hong spoke.

What he said was roughly the same as what the wolf-colored man outside the door had said before, but there were a lot more details.

The scholar's name is Qu Zhisheng, twenty-one years old, a person from Jing County, frail and sickly, but he had to go to Beijing to catch the exam, but when passing through Mingguang County, he fainted in the suburbs and was rescued by Qiu Birong, who was in Zhuangzi outside the city, that is, Qiu girl, when she returned to the city.

Qiu Birong was impressed by Qu Zhisheng's literary talent, and went to visit his inn where he was recuperating every once in a while, and the two of them had feelings for each other.

Qiu Hong has no prejudice against scholars, and his father was not a poor scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam.

But the anger is there, not only the scholar, but the body bones are three points weaker than that of women, and the wind and brain fever are cold and hot at every turn, how can such a body and bones give his daughter happiness.

He can also bear this, but what people can't bear is that Qu Zhisheng actually has a wife at home who has not passed the door.

The two of them have been married since they were children, if it weren't for the scholar's body, the two would have been married a long time ago, and they have been dragging it out, and this time they said that when the scholar is in high school, he will go back to marry someone.

His Qiu Hong's daughter wants to be a concubine?

No, you can't.

So Qu Zhisheng scolded him and drove him out of the house.

At the same time, Qiu Birong was locked up, who would have thought that a daughter's family would escape overnight.

Only one letter was left behind, and there was no whereabouts since.

Qiu Hong's subordinates kept this matter strictly confidential and were not allowed to leak the rumors, and the reason why the man in the wolf-smoke-colored brocade robe knew was also because his eldest brother was the fast catcher of the yamen, and he happened to meet a scholar who came to the door that day.

Therefore, the people of Mingguang County did not know about Qiu Birong's elopement with the scholar.

"Dare to ask Qiu County Ling, does Miss Qiu still have the letter when she left home?"

Qiu Hong nodded: "In the study, I'll let someone pick it up." ”

The letter was quickly taken, and Gu Qingjue quickly read it, which was consistent with Qiu Hong's retelling.

"This Langjun, you said that the little girl was not killed by that Qu Zhisheng, who else could there be? It was he who hid the little girl, and even I, the county magistrate of a city, couldn't find them. ”

"Qiu County Order, as you said, the scholar surnamed Qu is indeed the most suspicious, but if people don't find it, they can't make a conclusion that he is the murderer of Miss Qiu. And the kid thinks that Ding Cheng has to do another autopsy to determine what the real cause of death is Miss Qiu! ”

Qiu Hong frowned: "I still want to check, hasn't it been determined that the fatal injury of the little girl is at the back of the head and neck occipital bone?" Although I am not a fool, I also know that the person who hurts this place cannot still be alive. ”

Zeng Shengji said at this time: "Brother Dazhi, I think if you want to find the murderer of your daughter, you should be cautious, the second autopsy is not disrespectful to her, but it can let her rest in peace in the heavenly spirit!" ”

Qiu Hong took a deep breath: "Since Brother Jing Yong said so, if I don't agree anymore, I can't say it." ”

After he finished speaking, he stood up and said to Gu Qingjue: "This official sees that you are clear and thoughtful, so I specially allow you to work with Xing Zhutou to find out the cause of the little girl's death and give her justice." But if the official wants to give you a time limit to solve the case, can it be ten days? ”

"Five days, the kid will find out the real murderer within five days."

Qiu Hong was stunned for a moment, his shrewd and slightly bloodshot eyes stared at Gu Qingjue, and after a few breaths, he exhaled heavily and nodded: "Okay, five days." The official is waiting for you to catch the real murderer in front of the official. ”

After that, Qiu Hong asked Zeng Shengji how he came here from the capital, and Zeng Shengji shook his head most of the time.

Qiu Hong lost his beloved daughter and was in a bad mental state.

After saying a few words, he got up and said goodbye and prepared to go back to the inn, and before leaving, Gu Qingjue looked at the letter in Qiu Hong's hand and said, "Qiu County Order, can I take this letter away?" ”

"Oh, yes!"

Qiu Hong handed the letter to Gu Qingjue and asked, "What clues does Gu Langjun think he can find from this letter?" ”

"Maybe!"

Gu Qingjue took the letter, put it in his sleeve, and said goodbye to Qiu Hong!

After leaving the county office, Zeng Shengji asked Gu Qingjue: "Ziyuan, why did you say that you would be able to solve the case in five days, and he has been looking for a scholar for so long, but there is no whereabouts, how can you guarantee that he will be found out in five days?" ”

"The master also thinks that the scholar is a murderer?"

"Isn't this obvious, Sister Rong, she just went to find a scholar, she didn't show up for so long, and suddenly died in the river, it wasn't killed by the scholar, who else could there be?"

(End of chapter)