As soon as he opened the dossier, Chi Zheng knew that he had a mistake, this ancient dossier was not at all something that modern people could understand, and the various terms recorded and the dense small characters were still punctuation-free, and he quickly shook his head.

Yang Zimou next to him thought that he was dissatisfied, and hurriedly asked, "Immortal Chief, but there is a problem?"

"No, Yang Xianzun, can you take a look at the map of the whole county. ”

"Good. ”

Yang Zimou nodded to himself, and hurriedly called someone to bring the map.

The map of the whole county was quickly placed in front of Chi Zheng, and he swept it, he didn't have any illusions about the map ability of the ancients, but the general orientation was still no problem.

"When was this map drawn? but the latest?"

"Immortal Chief, according to the decree of the imperial court, the upper county under its jurisdiction is re-verified once a year, and the lower county is re-verified every two years. Yang Zimou replied.

Once the buildings of the ancients were built, as long as they were not war, there might not be any changes in ten or twenty years.

He pointed to the map and said, "Song Zhutou, please mark it on the map in turn according to the order of the deceased's death." ”

The original of this map cannot be smeared at will, and the copy does not matter.

"Yes. ”

Song Zhutou stepped forward, and in this month, in order to investigate the case, he had already memorized all the facts of the case in his mind, picked up a brush, and did not hesitate to mark the order of the deceased's death on the map in accordance with the order.

This mark, Chi Zheng can be seen at a glance.

"What is this first deceased?"

Chi Zheng pointed to the place where the first deceased had found.

"That's ......"

Song Zhutou said: "It's a historian." ”

Yang Zimou opened his mouth to explain at this time: "Immortal Chief, this historian is a big family in our county, and the son of its contemporary head of the family is now serving as a co-governor in Hailiang Prefecture. ”

"It turned out to be the house of the eunuch, who died?"

"The deceased's name is Shi Xuan, one of the stewards of the Shi family, after the funeral, the Shi family is reluctant to publicize it, so he took it for a hasty burial after a little investigation. ”

"Don't you want to publicize it? Didn't the historian urge the yamen to investigate the case?"

Chi Zheng asked suddenly.

“......”

Speaking of this, Yang Zimou and Song Zhutou glanced at each other, and Song Zhutou hesitated: "Immortal Chief, the historian did not urge the yamen, and after initially inspecting the corpse, he changed his mind and no longer let the arresters come to the door, saying that he didn't want to disturb the deceased, and the number of dead increased afterwards, and I wanted to come to the door to ask one or two more, but I was also driven out." ”

"Oh, that's strange," Chi Zheng pondered, "As a big official eunuch, this historian has been killed by a housekeeper, how can he swallow his anger and ignore it?

Song Zhutou smiled bitterly: "I know that the immortal chief also has doubts, but the historian ......."

Chi Zheng also understood what he meant, and even Yang Xianzun next to him was probably reluctant to provoke the Shi family, after all, the son of the head of someone else's family knew the same thing, and he was still above Yang Zimou according to his position, although they did not govern each other, but who knew if the other party was someone in the court?

Offending such a "Shangguan" is not the work of a wise man.

"Yang Xianzun?"

Chi Zheng looked at Yang Zimou.

Yang Zimou bowed his hand heavily: "Immortal Chief, tomorrow I will accompany you to the Shi family to inquire." ”

The historian can drive Song Zhutou out of the gate, but of course he doesn't dare to use such means to deal with Yang Zimou, to put it mildly, no matter what, Yang Zimou is also a local parent official, if he is kicked out, no matter how big his son's official position is, he will be jealous, not to mention that Tongzhi is only one level older than Yang Zimou, and it is not so bad that it makes Yang Zimou frightened.

When he was frightened for a long time tonight, he almost died himself, Yang Zimou still cared about what the same acquaintance, and immediately wanted to accompany Chi Zheng to find trouble with the Shi family.

"Well, that's the time to rest tonight. ”

It was destined to be a night of uneasiness for those present.

On the second day, Yang Zimou, who hadn't fallen asleep much, came together and immediately ordered breakfast.

After eating a rich breakfast, Chi Zheng and Yang Zimou and others took a carriage to Shi's house.

In the early morning, outside Xiahai County, after yesterday's heavy rain, the ground is still a little muddy, but fortunately, most of the streets are paved with bluestone slabs, so that all places are muddy.

But there are still few people who come up to beg for a living, and there are not a few shops that are closed.

When they arrived in front of the red paint of the Zhumen of the Shi family, the carriage stopped, and the little guy who was standing at the door sweeping the floor with his neck bent snorted, and watched Yang Zimou get off the carriage with a sergeant in confusion.

There were many catchers on the left and right, and Song Zhutou stepped forward and shouted: "The county lord has arrived, go and inform you of the head of the Shi family." ”

The little guy hurriedly threw off the broom, opened the small door on the side of the door and got in, and after a while, a housekeeper hurriedly went out, went down the steps, and came to Yang Zimou and bowed his hand: "I don't know that the county lord is here, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

"You're the only one who came out?"

Yang Zimou frowned: "This official wants to see the master of the Shi family." ”

The housekeeper apologized and said: "Lord County, the head of my family was heartbroken because of the death of his mother a few days ago, and unfortunately contracted the wind and cold, and is resting. ”

"Then who is the person in charge of your mansion now?"

It is impossible for Yang Zimou to retreat because of this.

"If the county lord has something important, you can talk to the contemptible person in detail," the butler smiled, "The contemptible person has been gifted the surname Shi by the head of the family, and the cheap name is a cong character." ”

"Steward Shi, this official is here this time, and the matter involved is very important, and he must talk to the master of the Shi family in person, you go and report it quickly. ”

Yang Zimou was impatient, just a housekeeper, it would be good to be able to give this face, if it weren't for the immortal chief by his side, he would have been mad.

"Lord County, this matter is really ......" Shi Cong looked embarrassed.

At this time, Song Zhutou suddenly stepped forward and stared at Shi Cong in a cold voice: "Steward Shi, I recognize you, a housekeeper who died a month ago should be your son, right?"

Shi Cong's color changed suddenly.

Chi Zheng on the side shifted from looking at the decoration of the Shi family's mansion to the housekeeper. It's not unusual, like this, the housekeepers who bestow the lord's family name are all the henchmen of the lord's family, so it is normal for the father to be the housekeeper and the son to be the housekeeper.

Shi Cong's face was ugly, and he reluctantly smiled: "Song Zhutou, you and the county lord came this time, is it for my unsuccessful son?"

"Steward Shi, I don't understand what you think, your sons are dead, the death is so bizarre, you just buried it in a hurry, Ju still doesn't let me track down the real murderer, and repeatedly refuses to see me, what is the reason?"

Song Zhutou stared at Shi Cong coldly.

Shi Cong lost his smile and said expressionlessly: "Where is Song Zhutou, my unsuccessful son, but he died suddenly because of a heart disease, where did he come from?