Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people, the county government of Jiankang City is brightly lit, and the county magistrate Liu Shen is wiping the cold sweat that continues to ooze from his forehead, while facing the sharp inquiry of the city lord of Jiankang.

"I heard that the old couple came to the county government to report to the county government on the second day of their grandson's disappearance, and were driven out by you for the arrest of the county office?"

Liu Xian Ling lowered his head again and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "The imperial court stipulates that people over the age of eighteen who have been missing for at least three days can be considered a missing case, and it is indeed difficult to file a case if Tu An is missing for less than a day......

The face of the city lord of Jiankang was still serious, and Liu Shen was frightened for a while, and said in his heart that the body was obviously found in the city lord's mansion, but the city lord did not give an order, and he did not dare to take someone to the city lord's mansion for interrogation, for fear that he would offend the city lord by accident.

"Is there any news about the identity of this corpse now?"

Liu Xianling lowered his eyebrows and said, "Except for the old couple, no one has reported the case for the time being." ”

The Jiankang City Lord's expression was slightly cold: "There is no news from the catchers sent out overnight?"

Liu Xian Ling wiped his forehead: "There is no yet, the number of fast catches is limited, and now the hour is late, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have news......"

"What about the corpse examination?"

"Judging from the circumstances of the death of the corpse, the deceased was killed by being slashed with a dagger while he was conscious...... There were no other wounds on his body except for his chest, and there were no signs of struggle......"

"No signs of struggle?"

Liu Xianling was a little trembling: "No, no, there are no drugs and other substances in the deceased's body, this, this is a suspicious point......"

"What about the other one?"

Liu Xian Ling was excited, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat, and he stumbled: "The city lord is asking...... Tu, Tu An?"

The city lord of Jiankang glanced at him, his eyes were slightly cold, and he was so frightened that Liu Xian Ling almost knelt down and kowtowed.

"Tu, Tu An is the same as the corpse in the well, but the corpse is a little too rotten, according to the old couple, he was alive the afternoon before yesterday, and the time of death was only two days, so there are some corpse spots, and it shouldn't be decomposed to this extent......"

"What do you say?"

"Hey, I'm saying that some potions can also speed up decay, and I'm still examining the corpse......"

"What about the time of death of the other one?"

"It was about the day before yesterday, and it was probably the day of the thirteenth, and from what he was wearing, he didn't look like a rich man, probably a resident of Beggar's Alley......"

Why is Beggars Alley called Beggars Alley, because the alley is full of poor people, and some beggars often gather in the depths of the alley, because the corpses in the well were found, and the alley was arrested and guarded, and those beggars also ran to find other places to hide.

The face of the city lord of Jiankang has been gloomy, and Liu Xian Ling did not dare to continue to speak, but stood quietly aside, squatting on the roof and paying attention to the situation below, Hong Tuo, who had been paying attention to the situation below, had a full view of the situation below, so in this way, these two people were killed at about the same time, so why was one in the well in the city lord's mansion, and the other in the well in the beggar lane in the west of the city? And why Tu An's corpse is more rotten than the other one, there is no water in the dry well where he is, and the other body is soaked in the well, it stands to reason that the water in the well should be more rotten than the dry well, is it really poured with some potion to speed up the decay? Then why is the other body not watered?

"Oh, what else do you have to ask?"

The city lord showed a little tiredness on his face, and sighed: "The people in the city lord's mansion are also suspicious in this matter, so many people are watching, and the lord can't ask too much, I am afraid that it will make people dissatisfied, tomorrow you take some people to the city lord's mansion and interrogate them one by one according to the rules." ”

Liu Xian ordered a spirit, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this is not appropriate......

The city lord of Jiankang waved his hand: "What's wrong or not, you just have to do what I tell you, as long as you prove the innocence of the owner, the owner can better find out the murderer!"

Liu Xian Ling had more cold sweat on his forehead, after all, he was a person who had been wandering in the officialdom for many years, and after understanding the meaning of the Jiankang City Lord, he was busy bending down to receive the order, and seeing that the Jiankang City Lord was tired, he hurriedly opened his mouth and persuaded: "It's not early, the City Lord will go back to rest early, and tomorrow morning, the lower officials will send all the things found out to the City Lord's Mansion." ”

The city lord of Jiankang nodded, got up and walked out of the gate of the county government under the congratulations of the Liu County Order.

After the city lord of Jiankang left, Hong Tuo followed Liu Xianling all the way to the backyard of the county government, the whole courtyard was brightly lit, the master and the catcher were communicating something in a low voice, the door behind them was wide open, and there was a faint smell of decay inside.

It was supposed to be the room where the autopsy was performed, and Hong Tuo probably thought about the scene inside, and followed in.

There are two corpses in it, and two corpses are examined separately, Tu An's one can be checked out without any knife because of the severe decay, and the other one is much more disgusting, because it has been soaked in water, the whole corpse is swollen and white, and the surface of the corpse is covered with grease-like things, reflecting this pale yellow light under the candlelight, and the wooden plank where the whole corpse is sleeping is also wet, and there are water dripping down from time to time in the cracks of the wooden board.

Hong Teasing held back his nausea and leaned over to the head of the corpse, his entire face was swollen, and he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, there was a big hole in his chest, and the incision was very neat and smooth, and it was not difficult to see that it was formed by direct insertion with a dagger.

Liu Xianling's already unsightly face became more and more unsightly when he saw these two corpses, but after looking at it twice, he turned his head and ran out to hold the pillar and vomit for a while, originally most of the important cases in the City Lord's Mansion were handled by the City Lord of Jiankang, and a small number of what he took over were just sitting in the room and waiting for the results to be handed over, but now because it was about the city lord, he had to use all his strength to solve the case, and it was the first time he saw the disgusting part of the corpse.

After vomiting and having nothing to vomit in his abdomen, Liu Xian Ling casually called a small catcher to clean up the things that were spit out, and slowed down at the door for a while before he covered his mouth and nose again and walked into the room, forcibly holding back the sourness in his throat, and asked the two of them.

"What else do you see?"

The man who inspected Tu An's body had a difficult face: "Lord Hui, I didn't see anything new, it seems that it has nothing to do with medicine, he naturally decomposed into such a ......"

Liu Xian Ling reprimanded: "What are these words! On the afternoon of the 13th, there were still people who saw him, and he was killed for two days at most, how could he rot like this, who would believe this!"

The servant lowered his head and continued to inspect the corpse with a sweaty head, and Liu Xianling set his eyes on another servant, who wiped his sweat.

"My lord, judging from the skin and bones, this deceased is a male, and the time of death should have been on the evening of the thirteenth, and he was about twenty to twenty-five years old. ”