Cheng Nianzhen finished examining the corpse, walked out of the room, and let out a long breath.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Zhou Delin, the commander of Qingping County, who had been waiting outside the door.

Zhou Delin is only in his early twenties, the same age as Miss Cheng, white and clean, gentle and elegant, and quite a bit of a scholar.

At this moment, he stepped forward and asked Miss Cheng respectfully, "Auntie, how is the situation?"

When Miss Cheng heard him so respectful, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She knew this Zhou Delin when she was a child, and there is some relationship between the two families.

Zhou Delin's father is a famous doctor in Beijing, working in Tai Hospital, and in his early years, he also invested in the disciple of Cheng Sansi, and is one of the many disciples of Cheng Shenyi.

With this relationship, even though Zhou Delin and Miss Cheng are of the same age, in terms of seniority, he still has to call her "Senior Aunt".

Imperial Physician Zhou only has this one son, so he naturally regards it as a treasure, and even his name is called "Delin", and he is usually very pampered. It's just that this son has no interest in medicine, and he is not willing to inherit his father's family education and learn medicine, so he just closes his door all day long, and studies the books of sages and sages diligently.

When he was fifteen years old, in response to the old saying "can heal but not self-heal", his father unfortunately passed away, and he became the only hope in the family, so he studied harder.

Two years ago, he finally won the gold list in high school, and then was sent to Qingping County as the county magistrate.

When Miss Cheng was a child, she followed her father Doctor Cheng to meet Imperial Doctor Zhou in the capital. Unexpectedly, after many years, when we met again, Zhou Delin had grown into such a young man with a jade tree in the wind, and he was famous, as an official of the imperial court, he really needed to be impressed.

This time, she came to Qingping County and was just passing by, but she didn't expect Zhou Delin to know the news somehow, and took the initiative to come to the door to ask for help.

What he asked for help was the corpse parked in the house at the moment.

Qingping County is located in the middle of nowhere, far away from the chaos of war, coupled with the fertile land and beautiful water, it is a land of fish and rice, the people live a rich life, live and work in peace and contentment, usually even do not close the door at night, even the theft rarely happens, speaking of murder, it is more than ten years have not been.

However, in the early morning of the previous day, an old woman was found lying lying at the intersection of a place called Wuyi Lane, covered with wounds, there were seventeen or eighteen places, obviously killed by someone, and the methods were cruel and outrageous.

The county ordered Zhou Delin to govern the county for two years, but he had no experience in investigating murders, and there was not even a morgue for parking the corpses in the yamen, so he could only temporarily vacate an empty room to park the corpses.

When I was at a loss, I heard that my aunt Cheng Nianzhen was passing by this county, and I was overjoyed that Miss Cheng's medical skills had spread in the rivers and lakes, so I sincerely invited, hoping to find clues from the corpse.

At this moment, Miss Cheng wiped a pair of green and jade hands with wet wipes, and said to Zhou Delin: "You can first tell me about the whole story of this case." ”

Zhou Delin nodded obediently and said, "The deceased's surname is He, he is close to the age of Huajia, and he is an old woman who has lived in Wuyi Lane in this county for generations. Her husband died early, and she relied on the needlework of sewing and mending for others to bring up a pair of children. In addition, this Mrs. He is said to have a special method of midwifery, and the children delivered by her hands have never died young, and she is a well-known stable woman. ”

Miss Cheng frowned: "I see that she is dressed in shabby clothes, and her life seems to be quite difficult." Since she has such a craft, she should live a rich life and have no worries about food and clothing. ”

Zhou Delin sighed and said: "Senior aunt doesn't know, this Qingping County was originally sparsely populated, and there are not many people who produce childbirth every year, if you just rely on this craft, I'm afraid you will starve to death long ago." Therefore, Mrs. He had to sew and mend for others in order to barely survive. ”

Miss Cheng nodded, and continued

Keep listening.

Zhou Delin said: "This old man He is usually kind, and he is obedient when he encounters things, swallows his anger, and never talks too much, and has a good relationship with his neighbors, and has never heard of a grudge with anyone." ”

But at dawn two days ago, he was found lying lying in lay at the mouth of Wuyi Alley, with seventeen or eighteen stabs in his body, and the body was already stiff. The crowd searched for a pair of children who lived with him and disappeared, so they rushed to the yamen to report to the official. ”

"This Mrs. He lives in poverty, obviously she is not robbed of money and killed, she is kind, and it is not like being sought revenge. Coupled with the custom here, if there is nothing important to do after nightfall, why was Mrs. He killed someone at the corner of the street in the middle of the night, the official is really puzzled, so he bothered the aunt and inspected the corpse, hoping to gain something. ”

Miss Cheng nodded and asked, "This Mrs. He died at the corner of the street and didn't return all night, and the pair of children who lived with her not only didn't notice it, but even both of them disappeared, did Lord Zhou send someone to look for it?"

Zhou Delin made a bitter face and sighed and said: "Of course, the official sent someone to look for them as soon as possible, but the strangest thing about this case is this. ”

Miss Cheng asked, "How strange?"

Zhou Delin sighed: "The official just packed up the corpse and carried it back to the yamen, while sending people to find Mrs. He's two children, but at this moment, Mrs. He's son suddenly held a bloody scissors and took the initiative to come to the yamen to surrender, claiming that he had killed his mother by mistake, and was willing to pay for his life." ”

Miss Cheng asked, "Is his word credible?"

Zhou Delin shook his head and said: "Mrs. He is covered in bruises, how can she kill someone by mistake and stab her seventeen or eighteen times?" And when asked about the reasons and details, this person kept silent, just said that the situation was chaotic at that time, and he forgot everything, and kept saying that he wanted to fill in his mother's life, but he wanted to die quickly. ”

Miss Cheng muttered, "How can it be so strange?"

Zhou Delin said: "More strange things are yet to come. Not long after the elder brother came to surrender himself, he actually came to the yamen as a younger sister, also holding a pair of bloody scissors, claiming that he had a quarrel with his mother over trivial matters the night before, and on impulse, he stabbed his mother to death by mistake seventeen or eighteen times. Now he has come to surrender, willing to atone for his sins with death. ”

"Oh?" Miss Cheng couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "Is what this daughter said true?"

Zhou Delin said: "According to the official sent people to visit near Wuyi Lane, some people did hear the noise at the street intersection after the third watch that night, but people here never went out at night, so no one went out to see what was going on, so no one knew what the truth was. ”

Miss Cheng said: "No matter who the real murderer of the two brothers and sisters is, killing their biological mother is a great unfilial piety, it is a great unforgivable crime, and the crime should be Ling Chi, what kind of hatred are these two people who will kill their own mother?"

Zhou Delin sighed: "If it's just these two brothers and sisters, it's fine." But in the evening, another man came to Yamen to surrender, saying that he was almost the same as the brother and sister, and also said that he had a quarrel with Mrs. He, and killed Mrs. He by mistake, but this time, he did not have a murder weapon in his hand when he turned himself in. ”

Miss Cheng was stunned: "What? There is another murderer? Who is this person?"

Zhou Delin said: "This person is a small blacksmith in the east of the city, who usually makes a living by striking ironware, and his parents are dead, and he is also a poor person. This man has always been kind, the most enthusiastic to help others, and has a very good reputation among the neighbors, and when it comes to him killing people, no one believes him. ”

Zhou Delin sighed and said: "This person, like the previous two, confessed his guilt and only wanted to die quickly, but refused to say a word about the details of the case. In the face of such a strange case, the official was really helpless, so he came to his aunt for help, hoping to make a breakthrough. ”

Miss Cheng frowned, in one day, one life, two murder weapons, three murderers who surrendered, what is the truth, it is really confusing, no wonder this young county magistrate will feel a headache

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After pondering for a moment, she spoke: "I just examined Mrs. He's body, and the time of her death should not be suspicious, but the strange thing is about the wounds on her body. ”

When Zhou Delin heard that there was something suspicious, he perked up and asked, "What's strange?"

Miss Cheng said: "Although there are as many as seventeen or eighteen wounds on Mrs. He's body, they were indeed caused by murder weapons such as scissors, but only one on her chest was fatal, and all the other wounds were caused by someone after her death. ”

Zhou Delin was stunned: "Senior aunt, are you saying that after her death, the murderer stabbed her corpse more than a dozen times?

Miss Cheng continued: "Also, the fatal wound on the chest and other wounds on the body, although they are all caused by murder weapons such as scissors, they are by no means the same scissors!"

"What?" Zhou Delin was stunned, "You mean there really are two scissors and two murder weapons?

Miss Cheng shrugged her shoulders and said, "I'm just a little familiar with medical skills, and that's all I can see from the corpse, as for what's going on, I don't say I'm good at it, it's up to you to verify it, Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Delin nodded, and his mouth should say "yes, yes, yes", but a pair of eyes stared at Miss Cheng strangely and interestingly.

The daughter of the divine doctor Cheng Sansi and Ye Feng, who is rumored to be the smartest in the world, are a pair of immortal couples who envy others.

Nowadays, in the streets and alleys, those storytellers in the tea shops and inns, in addition to the legends and stories of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, are most enthusiastic about telling the legendary stories of Ye Feng and them.

This is almost known on the streets.

Although Ye Feng is now nowhere to be found, it is said that he has died in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, but the young aunt in front of him has been with him for so long, and he has always learned some skills to solve the case.

Coupled with her medical skills and post-mortem skills, it is simply seamless. If anyone can solve this strange case, it is naturally her.

It seems that this strange case at the moment, I am afraid that I still have to count on this little aunt, Zhou Delin can't help but think so.

Cheng Nianzhen patted the clothes on his body and was about to leave: "If Lord Zhou has nothing else to do, I will go back first." ”

Zhou Delin was stunned, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Senior aunt slow down, I have someone here who is said to be the old friend of my aunt, who came from afar and came to look for my aunt, I don't know if my aunt would like to see it?"

Cheng Nianzhen was stunned for a moment, what is the old man?

At the beginning, she wanted to accompany Ye Feng and them to visit the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum in Xi'an City, but she was stopped by her father and stayed in Xi'an City to deal with the aftermath of the epidemic, and she couldn't make the trip, which was the biggest regret in her heart.

After that, there were boiling rumors that Ye Feng died in the tomb of the Qin Emperor.

Cheng Nian really didn't want to, and would never believe these rumors, she didn't believe that Ye Feng was dead, she was convinced that he must still be alive, waiting for her somewhere.

That's why she left her father and traveled the world, in fact, just to find out the news everywhere, hoping to find Ye Feng one day and see the living Ye Feng again.

Her itinerary along the way was casual, and even she didn't know where she would go next, but not only Zhou Delin could learn that she had come to Qingping County, but now there were even people who came from afar to find her.

Who will it be?

She suddenly felt a nervousness in her heart, could it be Ye Feng?

Thinking of this person who made her think about it day and night, she felt her heart beat suddenly, and there was a feeling of blood gushing.

She held back the excitement in her heart and asked Zhou Delin, "Where is this person now?"