"Wine?"

Hearing County Magistrate Wu's words, several members of the Qingxian Society were stunned.

"Lupin."

Lu Xuan beckoned.

"In!"

Lu Zhubo's voice was loud.

"You bring your tools and go down to the river for an autopsy...... Be careful to walk from that side and do not disrupt the scene. ”

Lu Xuan ordered.

"Yes!"

Lu Ping carried a cloth bag containing the tools of the servants, circled around, and approached the corpse in the river.

He flipped the body over and frowned.

After observing the face of the deceased and briefly checking the other party's mouth and nose, Lu Ping said loudly:

"My lord, this guy ...... Drowned! On the body, there is a ...... on the body The smell of alcohol is very strong! ”

The eyes of the people of the Blue Immortal Society widened suddenly.

Lu Xuan was very calm:

"I have a smart nose."

"Master Wu, Master Cheng."

A member of the Blue Immortal Club spoke:

"Although this person drowned and drank alcohol before he died, he didn't necessarily fall into the ditch by himself, right?

Could it be that someone killed him somewhere else and then carried his body on his back and threw it into the ditch? ”

The person who spoke was named Bo Kai, from the Bo family, and several members of the Qingxian Society around him were headed by him.

"Brother Bo's words are not unreasonable."

Cheng Lingzhu nodded:

"However, judging from the evidence present, there was no second person near the river at that time."

She pointed to the footprints on the ground:

"The footprints along the river were not very deep, which matched the thin figure of the deceased...... Later, I can let Lu Zhubo make a comparison of the footprints.

If the murderer had carried the deceased here, the weight of the two would have been much deeper than the footprints on the river. ”

Hearing this, Bo Kai had no choice but to nod:

"Master Cheng is smart, it's me who didn't think it through."

The footprints along the river are clear and intact.

Even though it has been a long time since Li Xian found the body, attracting many nearby residents to come and watch the excitement, the scene is still well preserved.

The reason is that the body was found in the morning, and according to local customs, it is more unlucky to encounter this kind of thing in the morning.

Therefore, although many people are curious, they only dare to watch from afar.

"Lu Ping, can you recognize this person's identity?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"I~ I don't recognize it...... Know! Need, that, that Li ~ idle...... Come here! ”

Lupin replied.

He is not from the east of the city, Qingxian City is a city not a village, and it is impossible for Lu Ping to recognize everyone.

"Bring Li Xian up."

Lu Xuan instructed the officials beside him, and after hearing the order of the county magistrate, several people immediately brought Li Xian to him.

"Li Xian, do you know this person?"

Lu Xuan pointed to the corpse in the river.

Lu Ping had already turned the body over at this time, and he could see the human face.

Although the deceased's face was stained with a lot of mud and sand, the basic facial features were still visible.

Li Xian glanced at it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face:

“…… If you go back to the adult, the grass people know this person, his name is Sun Hong, and his family lives in the east. ”

Lu Xuan: "Tell me about this person's situation." ”

"This ......"

Hearing his words, Li Xian hesitated for a moment and said:

"Hmm...... This person, this person is a gambler. ”

"Gamblers?"

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"My lord, I can't hide it."

李康 says:

"This Sun Hong is addicted to gambling, and he is very good at drinking, he has to drink before gambling money, after gambling money, he has to drink to celebrate when he wins, and he has to drink to eliminate his sorrows when he loses.

He had to go out every night to gamble, and only came back at noon the next day, and the villain had seen this man on the road before.

That's really...... He was so drunk that he couldn't walk, and he walked crookedly, and he could be blown down by a gust of wind.

Because of his gambling addiction, his family is destitute, and there is no one in the nearby village who does not know this person, his hands and feet are not clean, and he has been caught stealing......"

Li Xian said the information he knew.

"Home at noon the next day?"

Lu Xuan bowed slightly, "Lu Ping, when was the deceased's death?" ”

"Back to my lord."

Lu Ping raised his head, "It should be...... Yesterday, at noon. ”

"In this way, Sun Hong died when he went home yesterday."

Cheng Lingzhu said.

"Does Sun Hong have any family?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"He had a wife, and the two had a son, and Sun Hong had not yet contracted the vice of gambling at that time......"

Li Xian recalled:

However, the two of them suffered with Sun Hongke, the family's land depended on the two mothers, not to mention, Sun Hong's daughter-in-law made money by sewing and doing needlework for others, and he also gambled.

After Sun Hong lost the gamble, he would use the strength of the wine to beat and scold his wife and son, I heard that ...... I heard that I was going to sell my daughter-in-law recently......"

"In this way, this Sun Hong is not a good person."

Lu Xuan nodded.

"That's what my lord said."

Li Xian said, "According to the grass people, he has ended up like this now, most likely because the green fairy has eyes and punished this person." ”

Lu Xuan was noncommittal about this:

"Do you know where Sun Hong's home is?"

"Yes, sir."

Human life is at stake, Li Xian does not dare to slack off:

"Sun Hong's house is near here, and the grass people will bring the adults over."

Lu Xuan turned to Bo Kai and other members of the Blue Immortal Society:

"Do you want to go with the officer?"

Several people from the Blue Immortal Society glanced at each other, and Bo Kai shook his head:

"Since there is a high probability that it is an accident, then we will not go, and leave this matter to Master Wu and Master Cheng."

Through Li Xian's description just now, Bo Kai also knew the economic situation of Sun Hong's family.

Orphans and widows, families with four walls, and poverty.

People who can't squeeze oil and water really don't need to go.

"Okay."

Lu Xuan nodded.

Lu Ping was still recording the condition of the corpse, and after instructing him to keep the corpse properly, Lu Xuan left the place with Cheng Lingzhu and several servants.

Under the leadership of Li Xian, everyone walked towards Sun Hong's house.

On the road.

"I don't think Sun Hong died in an accident."

Cheng Lingzhu said.

"How?"

Lu Xuan was interested.

"As Li Xian said, Sun Hong has to go out to gamble every night and don't come back until noon."

程灵竹 says:

"In that case, then he should be very familiar with this road, why did he stumble and fall after walking so many times?"

Lu Xuan nodded:

"And the road by the river is very wide, and there are more than enough carriages, so normal people would not walk on the side like this.

Even if Sun Hong is a drunk, after walking so many times, his body should have developed a habit and will not go to the river by himself. ”

………………

After the time of a stick of incense.

"This Sun Hong's family is really poor."

Lu Xuan said with emotion.

The mud house is dilapidated and old, leaking everywhere, and the roof was originally some thatched, but under the long-term sun and rain, there were several holes.

The fence that served as the "courtyard wall" was crooked, and there were gaps in many places, and the courtyard was empty, except for a few shriveled ears of wheat, which were spread out on the ground to dry, and the number was pitifully small.

Compared with the situation of Sun Hong's family, He Zhao's family, which is located in the Dream Ruins City that never has daylight, can be regarded as a mansion.

Soon, everyone saw Sun Hong's wife, Zhou, and his son Sun Fang.

Zhou is in her Chinese New Year's Eve this year, but her appearance is already very old, and people believe her when she is nearly fifty.

Because of her frequent work, she has thick joints, a lot of calluses on her hands, gray sideburns, and many wrinkles on her face.

Sun Fang is fifteen or sixteen years old, very thin and somewhat malnourished.

His clothes were patched and white, and he had a dirty red rope around his neck, which was supposed to be a longevity lock or something.

Seeing Lu Xuan coming in with a group of big men, Sun Fang's eyes were very vigilant.

After hearing the news of Sun Hong's death, Zhou behaved calmly, just silent and did not speak.

Perhaps before this, in Sun Hong's repeated beatings and scoldings, and in her repeated disappointment with her husband, her tears had already dried up.

Now Sun Hong's death is more like a relief for the mother and son.

The furnishings in the house were very simple, the table of the Eight Immortals was missing a leg, which was tied with a stick instead, and a casserole was placed on the table, and half a pot of medicine was placed in it.

The most valuable thing should be a dressing table with a copper mirror that is not too large.

The dresser was brought by the Zhou family from his mother's house, and Sun Hong wanted to sell it for wine money several times, but was desperately stopped by the Zhou family.

"What were you two doing yesterday at noon?"

Cheng Lingzhu suddenly asked.

"Two adults."

Zhou saluted her and Lu Xuan:

"In the past few days, I have contracted a cold and feel unwell, and I was resting at noon yesterday, and Xiao Fang was boiling medicine for me outside."

When Lu Xuan heard this, he came to the table, he took a closer look at the things in the pot, and nodded:

"It is indeed a decoction for the cold."

Cheng Lingzhu walked around the room, while Lu Xuan looked at the dresser.

He reached out and shook the bronze mirror on it.

After a while, the two looked at each other and left the room.

"Do you see what's coming?"

Lu Xuan leaned over.

Cheng Lingzhu thought for a while:

"Let's go back to the county government first, there should be some discoveries over there in Luping."

………………

Qingxian City.

In the prefectural government.

"Has anyone complained this morning?"

As soon as Lu Xuan entered the lobby, he asked.

"Back to your lordship."

Li Ming respectfully:

"There were two people who came to report to the official, the first case was a land interest dispute between two neighbors, and the second case was an old woman who sued her son for unfilial piety.

The subordinates followed the instructions of the adults, calmed their emotions, and recorded their narratives for the adults to deal with. ”

"Well done."

Lu Xuan affirmed.

However, there is a murder lawsuit, and he does not plan to deal with these two cases now.

"Is Lupin back?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"Lord Lu has come back and is conducting an autopsy in the backyard."

Li Ming replied.

"Take us there."

"Yes!"

………………

"Sir, sir."

As soon as Lu Zhubo saw Lu Xuan enter the courtyard, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Adult" is an official title.

And "master", one is to represent closeness, and the other is to have the meaning of "blue sky lord".

Although Lu Ping stammered, he did not delay him from patting the county magistrate's ass.

"What did you find? So anxious. ”

Lu Xuan said.

"The subordinates are in ...... Decedent...... In the palm of my hand, I found ...... This one. ”

Lu Ping tried to slow down his speech.

He held a wooden plate in his hand, and in the plate was a copper coin.

"It's ......"

Lu Xuan took the copper coin and looked at it carefully.

"This is a [Ning Yuan Tongbao]."

Li Ming beside him showed a look of surprise, "This kind of old money is rare." ”

"Old money?"

Cheng Lingzhu frowned.

"Ning Yuan is the ...... of today's saint The era name of the emperor's uncle. ”

Li Ming calculated for a while:

"That His Majesty has not been in power for a long time, only three years, during which he issued this Ning Yuan Tongbao.

Later, His Majesty died suddenly, and the crown prince ascended the throne, and he died in less than half a year...... Then it was passed on to the emperor. ”

When it comes to the topic of the emperor, Li Ming points to the end.

But everyone knew what he meant.

The death of Emperor Dakang and his heirs back then was mostly inseparable from the grandfather of the current emperor.

"After His Majesty's imperial grandfather ascended the throne, he changed the name of the era and issued a new Dakang coin, so Ning Yuan Tongbao gradually reduced its circulation...... Why does this Sun Hong have one on him? ”

Li Ming was curious.

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment:

"This copper coin is the evidence of this case, and it will be handed over to me for safekeeping first."

Lu Ping did not doubt that he had him, and handed over the copper coin.

………………

It's noon.

In the middle of the wheat field.

Sun Fang hunched over and cut off a crop of wheat.

Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his forehead and smashed into the dirt.

Sun Fang wiped his sweat, his throat was dry and smoking.

He picked up the kettle next to him and moistened his throat with the last sip of water.

Just as he was about to continue cutting the wheat, two figures appeared in the wheat field.

Sun Fang knew the two men.

The new county master, and his master.

He straightened up, his eyes a little wary.

Lu Xuan walked over slowly and stretched out his hand to Sun Fang:

"Oh, your stuff."

In his hand was a copper coin.

Sun Fang didn't answer, but took a step back:

"County Master...... What does that mean? ”

Lu Xuan pointed to his neck:

"The red rope around your neck...... What's hanging? ”

Hearing this, Sun Fang glanced down:

"It's a talisman for villains."

"Yesterday at noon, you killed Sun Hong, right?"

Cheng Lingzhu said.

"At that time, your mother was resting in the bedroom because of the cold."

Lu Xuan spoke:

"And after you put the soup in the pot on the fire, you quietly left the house.

Because you know that every day at noon, Sun Hong will come back from the road by the river, so he made arrangements in advance. ”

Cheng Lingzhu took over the conversation:

"You want to kill Sun Hong, but you know that your strength is still weak, so you think of a ...... Very ingenious way.

That Ning Yuan Tongbao is your talisman, you took it off and put it on the road along the river.

This is a deliberate attempt to lure Sun Hong, who came back from gambling, to pick it up and let him get close to the riverside.

It's noon, the sun is shining, you stand on a high slope far away from the ditch, and use the bronze mirror at home to shine on Sun Hong.

Sun Hong was so drunk that he walked crookedly, and when he picked up the money, his eyes were caught off guard by the reflection in the mirror, and his body lost his balance, and he stumbled and fell into the ditch. ”

"Master's inference, what's wrong?"

Lu Xuan looked at Sun Fang's eyes.

Sun Fang was silent for a long time.

He reached out, grabbed the red rope around his neck, and tugged hard.

The red rope was pulled down.

It was empty, there was nothing.

Originally, the original plan was to work hard for the last ten days of this month, and eight thousand a day.

Lasted two days and was a bit of a ravin on the third day......

So today I will make up for the four thousand, and tomorrow or the day after tomorrow

(End of chapter)