Anminfang, on the bank of the Lingjiang River.

A group of officials are trying to maintain order.

A body salvaged from the water was lying on the embankment on the bank of the Lingjiang River.

Zhou Ang tried several times, but finally sighed in vain.

Although the time spent in the water should not be too long, the corpse was still swollen quite ugly, but it was still easy to tell that the deceased was Huo Dalang.

This is the third major case that happened this afternoon, and the fourth person died.

So, what is this?

Because the neighbor next door was too noisy, he killed people in a fit of rage, and even chased and killed a third person, and then his anger was vented, and he calmed down and thought about it, regretted it, and then committed suicide in fear of sin?

It's a pity that this time Zhou Ang's backtracking ability is useless.

He couldn't see where Huo Dalang threw himself into the river, how he threw himself into the river, and he couldn't see whether he voluntarily threw himself into the river.

He guessed that it was the flowing water of the Lingjiang River that brought him away from the place of his real death, or was it that the flowing water had a blocking effect on his ability to go back?

In short, the previous two times were very clever backtracking, and this time it is not easy to use.

Nothing to see.

Du Yi, who rushed over with Zhou Ang, also frowned, squatting not far from the corpse, looking at the corpse still dripping on the ground, and then at the surging Lingjiang under his feet, speechless for a long time.

So the current situation is that the periphery is surrounded by people on the inner and outer three floors, many of whom are shippers, shipwrights, and laborers who run goods at the wharf, etc., the soldiers of the county Zhu Yamen and the officials of the county government block the periphery, and Wei Ci is asking the boatmen who have scooped up the body of the dead from the river, and here, a group of people in the county Zhu Yamen, including Gao Jing, Du Yi, Zhou Ang and others, are all silent in the face of Huo Dalang's corpse.

After a long time, Du Yi was the first to speak.

"First of all," he said, "according to the boatmen, when they saw the bodies on the river, they looked like this, and there were obviously no stones or anything like that...... Although, this is not at all possible to confirm that he really committed suicide...... Yes...... I don't know what to say anymore. ”

Yes, everyone understands his feelings.

If everyone is not from the county Zhu Yamen, if there are no mysterious forces in this world, if the deceased Huo Dalang hadn't behaved too strong when he killed Du Er, the butcher shopkeeper, when he killed the butcher shop guy Du Er before, then this case couldn't be simpler.

This is a case of murder followed by suicide.

The case was closed, and there was nothing to blame from top to bottom.

But the fact that he easily broke open another man's chest with one hand, and ripped out his heart and devoured it in the street was enough to veto all plausible logic.

This is not an ordinary vendetta between ordinary people.

This is a case involving a practitioner and a mystical power.

Therefore, although there are no stones, sacks, etc. tied to the deceased's body, which clearly represents evidence that he was sunk and not committed suicide, no one can be sure that he really committed suicide.

After a while, Zuo Ci over there asked, walked over slowly, glanced at the corpse on the ground again, turned his head to the side, called the person in charge of the autopsy, asked a few more words in a low voice, and then waved his hand to signal that it was okay, walked over here, and reported to Gao Jing: "It seems that ...... Nothing out of the ordinary. ”

Du Yi immediately responded: "It's because it's too normal, so it's wrong." ”

Everyone nodded.

Gao Jing let out a long breath and said, "What about it, disembowel, and see what is left in his stomach." When everyone heard this, they all looked up at him, and then they all nodded one after another, so Zuo Ci opened his mouth and called him over and ordered him to disembowel.

The servant agreed, beckoned his assistant to come over, and forcefully and directly ripped off Huo Dalang's clothes, and quickly got off the knife. He was very skillful, and after cutting open the abdomen of the deceased, he easily found what everyone was looking for—a mass that had been half digested, but was now completely soaked in filth.

When the stomach mixed with river water, blood water, stomach acid, etc., was almost clean, the face did not show any disgust, carefully checked it, raised his head, and said respectfully: "County wishes, officials, this should be the same heart." ”

Well, that is, another hypothesis is overturned.

At least judging from the evidence on the surface, the deceased Huo Dalang in front of him is undoubtedly the murderer who killed Du Er, and coupled with the situation seen by Zhou Angna's retrospective ability that he has not told anyone for the time being, it can be 100% concluded that the murderers of the two murders this afternoon are undoubtedly him.

So the problem is, the case seems to be more and more unquestionable.

But why did he, a person who was probably a cultivator, suddenly burst out and killed three people in a row, and why did he commit suicide by jumping into the river so neatly?

Full of suspicions.

Everyone was silent for a long time, but they just looked at the man and wiped his hands, and quietly retreated, but they couldn't speak.

After a while, Gao Jing let out a long breath and said, "Collect the corpse too!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all answered "no" in a low tone, and then they got up and went about their work.

At this time, they suddenly heard a commotion outside, and everyone turned their heads in amazement, only to see someone walking in separately - this person Zhou Ang knew, it was the priest of the county Zhu Yamen who he saw last time when the fox demon and the lover were killed together in the inn.

The priest, as the name suggests, is the official in charge of the sacrifice.

This official position is one of the important members of the county Zhu Yamen, and in terms of rank, it is roughly regarded as the level of Gao Jing, the county Zhu of the same level.

Seeing that it was him who came in, Gao Jing and Du Yi's faces changed slightly.

But soon, Gao Jing still gave up his hand and said, "Liu Sishe." ”

The Sishe simply bowed his hand, which was regarded as a return gift, but his face did not even have a smile, and he said loudly: "Liu Wei, the official county secretary, is ordered by the county to ask about this case." ”

The officials of the company are big and small, and it doesn't matter if you have this sentence first.

Because he is now here on behalf of the county.

So the county wished everyone here, and immediately bowed their heads and bowed their hands, indicating their obedience.

Gao Jing quickly replied: "Please go to the county to wish, this government has preliminarily judged that the two murder cases that occurred in the city this afternoon are directly related to this suicide case by throwing himself into the river, so it has been decided to deal with these three cases together. For the specific situation, this government will report the latest progress to the county as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Liu Wei didn't even have a little change in expression on his face, and immediately said: "The county wishes an order, within one day, there are three major cases, and there are even murders on the street, which are so ferocious that they are sensational, so that the public opinion of the people is turbulent, and the people are terrified, so I immediately ordered Lingzhou County Zhu Gaojing to thoroughly investigate the case within three days without delay!"

Everyone was a little dumbfounded.

I thought that this Liu Weiliu Si Society was really here to supervise, considering that there were two homicides in one day, and the county personally sent someone to supervise it, which was also reasonable, but it didn't come to pass, the focus was on "supervising and asking".

This order to solve the case in three days is a bit ruthless.

After a moment of consternation, Zhou Ang turned his head to look at Gao Jing.

Gao Jing was also a little frowned, and after a while, he said: "Liu Sishe, there are many suspicious points in this case, at present, there are no clues to catch, is it ...... to solve the case in three days?"

"How?"

Gao Jing raised his head when he heard this.

That Ryuweiliusa looked at him calmly.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Gao Jing hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Three days is really ......."

Liu Wei immediately unceremoniously interrupted Gao Jing's words again, and said, "The order of the county is here, you have decided...... Or do you want to take it first, and then go to the county for a few more days?"

Gao Jing bowed his head for a moment when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "Since it is a strict order of the county zhu, there is no doubt that this official should respect the order." ”

"Good!"

When that Liu Weiliu Sishe heard this, he immediately put away the seriousness on his body, and said seemingly casually: "Next, this case will be supervised by this official, and if there is any progress in the case, please send someone to inform this official in time." ”

"It's nature. ”

"Good! This official will report accordingly! In this case, this official will not delay your investigation of the case. Farewell!"

After he finished speaking, he was about to turn around, but he suddenly turned around, "Oh, by the way, Gao Xianzhu, there is one more thing to tell you, there is a big case in Gaoyao County, and the local newspaper came up, just now, before the official left over, Shen Junzhu took someone down, it is estimated that it will be ...... If Gao Xianzhu feels that three days is not enough and has to postpone it, I am afraid that he will need to go to Gaoyao County in person. ”

After finishing speaking, he showed a sincere smile at Gao Jing, and then turned around and left.

The scene was quiet for a moment, and then Fang Jun, who was full of anger, was the first to speak, but before he could speak, Gao Jing suddenly raised his hand.

Everyone who had the heart to speak stopped, but they all puffed up.

This is clearly making things difficult.

After a while, Gao Jing turned around and said calmly: "First find out the specific location where Huo Dalang threw himself into the river, Ziyu, don't let any of the informants under your hand be idle." ”

"No!"

"I want to know what kind of person this Huo Dalang is on weekdays, and I want to know if this Du Er's family is hiding any secrets, even if only mice knew before, I want to know. In their neighborhood, one household is counted as one household, and they are checked one by one, and they don't let go of the slightest suspicion. Ziyi and Shuyu, you two are in charge of this matter. ”

"No, no!"

Then Gao Jing turned his head to look at Zhao Zhong and said, "Jinxian." ”

"In. ”

"You are responsible for following up on all interrogations. ”

"No!"

"Meng Qiu, Boju, Dajin ......"

Feng Shan, Fang Jun, and He Yi all bowed down to answer the order.

"The three of you should not be idle, except for taking turns on duty, do what you think you should do, and check what you think you should check. ”

"No!"

After giving these orders, Gao Jing showed a slight smile on his face, and still said calmly: "I know that we are limited to three days to solve the case, which is really a bit difficult." ”

"It's normal for you to be angry, and I'm angry too. However, we have not been doing these things for a day or two, everyone understands it in their hearts. Regardless of whether someone wants to make things difficult or not, this thing itself is what we want to do. Only this time, the time is a little tighter, and it is just a little insufficient. ”

"But solving the case is solving the case, we don't do this for the three-day time limit, and we don't do it because we are afraid of the punishment of our bosses, let's do this just because it's your responsibility and mine!"

"Everyone, encourage me!"

After he finished speaking, everyone was silent, but even Fang Jun, who was the most angry, took a deep breath at this moment, spit it out a long time, and then nodded slowly.

Obviously, everyone understands and agrees with Gao Jing's meaning-

This is a responsibility, a mission, not a requirement or an order.

As for the three-day order to solve the case, it's just something in addition to that.

In itself, that's not a big deal.

Seeing the change in the expressions on everyone's faces, Gao Jing had a smile on his face, then looked at Zhou Ang and said with a smile: "I heard that Zixiu is going to move recently?"

"Uh......" Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "That's right." I'm going to move the day after tomorrow when I'm off, but in this situation, my things ......"

Gao Jing smiled and waved his hand, interrupted him, and said with a smile: "When the time comes, we will all help you move, congratulations on your housewarming!"

Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Thank you for the county wishes!"