Xiao Cui was bold enough to get up with her eyes closed and slowly walked towards the deceased. Dahan didn't urge, just followed by the side.

Under the gaze of everyone, Xiao Cui estimated that he came to the side of the body of the male bitter master, tremblingly opened his eyes a slit, only glanced at the bitter master's body and quickly closed it, and his mouth couldn't stop screaming.

Seeing Xiao Cui's funny appearance, a group of young catchers who were used to licking blood with knives couldn't help but laugh.

Li Si took the lead and coaxed: "Xiaocui, you are screaming like this, but you are blinded by chili water?" ”

The big man turned his head and glared at Li Si angrily.

Li Si and a few laughing catchers hurriedly stopped laughing, and only covered their mouths and snickered on the side.

Dahan said softly to Xiao Cui, who was still covering his eyes: "Good boy, this is not the kind of murder scene where flesh and blood fly, it's okay to take a look at it more." ”

Xiao Cui heard everyone making fun of her, and the child's stubborn heart couldn't help but rise from the bottom of her heart, so she simply put down her hands and opened her eyes wide to see the corpse.

When Xiaocui saw the face of the deceased clearly, she couldn't help but exclaim: "Isn't this Ma Gongzi!"

Seeing that Xiaocui knew the identity of the deceased, Dahan was afraid that she would admit her mistake, so he hurriedly asked, "Can you see clearly, this person's surname is Ma?"

Xiao Cui blinked her eyes and replied: "Yes, absolutely yes, my girl has always stayed overnight, except for this Ma Gongzi, so I remember it very clearly, but I suddenly stopped coming three months ago, I really didn't expect it to be him." ”

Dahan was overjoyed, knowing that this was a good start, and asked Xiaocui again: "Do you know the origin of this horse boy?"

Xiao Cui shook her head and thought about it, and then said with a confused face: "I don't know about this." ”

At this time, the old bustard also came to his senses, and driven by curiosity, he leaned behind Xiaocui and looked in.

After listening to Xiaocui, she hurriedly interjected: "I know, he is the second young master of the Guangsheng in the north of the city, and he has been telling me that he wants to redeem Yunlian, and one day about three months ago, he suddenly came to me and said that he was going to run a big deal, and when he came back, he gave me Yunlian's redemption money, but I didn't expect it to be a big talker, and today he took the life of my Yunlian, and I was so miserable......

The more the old bustard talked, the more angry he became, and when he said that, he whimpered again.

Although the old bustard was crying noisily, the identity of the bitter master had gradually become clear, and the big man couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.

The old Wang Tou on the side gasped, and said with worry: "This Guangsheng is a big salt merchant in our Yangzhou City, and today the second young master of his family died on the ground under our control, I am afraid that he will not give up." ”

When the young catchers heard that the bitter master had such a big background, they all thought that today's trip was hot, and they would have to lose their jobs, so they couldn't help but learn from the stupid goose, bowed their heads and shrunk their feet and didn't dare to squeak.

The big man heard the old king say this, this is the province of Guangsheng in Yangzhou City to operate the salt industry for nearly 20 years, strong financial resources, from the nine sides of the sword and sword shadow to the prosperous Yangzhou have their business, there are rumors that this Guangsheng has the support of the powerful in Beijing, and can go straight to the sky, by no means as easy to fool as ordinary merchants.

Thinking of this festival, half of the joy that the big man had just burst out instantly disappeared.

But another thought, he has handled dozens of major cases in the past few years, the tiger head knife in his hand and the meteor hammer on his waist are on both sides of the Megatron Canal, and even Ying Tian Governor Yamen is blue-eyed to himself, and intends to be a chief catcher, although today's case is full of weirdness, but with his enthusiasm and the experience accumulated over the years, how can he be stumped.

Thinking of this, a sense of pride suddenly surged from his abdomen, and he immediately drew a knife in his hand, and said loudly to everyone: "With me Ouyang Bei here, there is no unsolvable case and uncatchable murderer." Regardless of whether he is a human being, a ghost, a god or a monster, as long as he commits a crime on the ground in Yangzhou, my surname Ouyang will definitely arrest him. ”

The crowd quickly looked at the leader with a steel knife in his hand, which was even more dazzling in the noon sun, as if there were ten thousand golden lights around the body, looking like a breathtaking heroism.

Everyone was still looking forward and backward, and their minds were also lifted, and their faith gradually returned.

Ouyang Bei saw that everyone was uplifted, and he and Lao Wang carefully screened the scene.

After seeing that there were no more valuable clues, he beckoned everyone: "Everyone hurry up and clean up the scene, and then go back with me to report to the prefect." ”

The crowd quickly brought the informant Xiaocui and the old bustard to follow Ouyang Bei and hurriedly rushed back.

As soon as the front foot entered the gate of the mansion, Zhang Mazi, who stayed in the gatehouse, came out and stopped: "Oh no, Master Bei, the people from Guangsheng came just now, and now the prefect is losing his temper inside, you have to be careful when you go in!"

Ouyang Bei thought in his heart: "This Guangsheng is coming so fast!", but his face remained silent and said: "I know, the old king will go in with me to meet the prefect, and the others are waiting for my orders in the gatehouse." ”

The young catcher heard that there was no need to go in at this moment to touch the brows of the prefect, and one by one, as if it was an amnesty, they staggered to find a place to sit on the ground in the gatehouse.

Ouyang Bei looked at the appearance of his subordinates, and he was angry, but when he thought that there was still the prefect's big Buddha waiting to be served, he had to suppress his anger, straighten his clothes and hats, and walk towards the yamen with the old king's head.

At this time, Yangzhou City is rich in the world, this mansion is naturally not ordinary, the lobby is magnificent, the second hall is solemn, the inner house is elegant, the carved beams and painted buildings, the corridor is roundabout, and it is a good official atmosphere.

Usually, the prefect Jia Jingzong was in the study on the side of the second hall to do some not very important official business, and the two of them moved from the lobby to the door of the second hall study.

Ouyang Bei stepped forward and gently knocked on the door knocker, and said in a low voice: "Humble Ouyang Bei asks to see your lord." ”

After waiting for a while, a lukewarm response came from the study: "Come in." ”

Ouyang Bei and the others pushed the door in, and saw that Jia Zhifu was sitting behind the desk and looking through the file, and hurriedly bowed and said, "I've seen my lord."

Jia Jingzong looked up at the two of them: "Ouyang doesn't have to be polite, he has something to sit down and say." ”

Ouyang Bei found a chair next to him and sat down, peeking at Jia Zhifu's face as usual, not like he had just lost his temper, and now he was even more apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know how to speak.

Jia Jingzong seemed to see what Ouyang Bei was thinking, so he took a moment to say, "Ouyang Zhutou has something to tell me?"

Ouyang Bei listened to the question, and thought in his heart, "Ouyang Bei, Ouyang Bei, why are you going back more and more." Although this Lord Jia is usually strict, he took advantage of his old friends within a few months of taking office, and he has no deep friendship with him, but he has been a head hunter for several years, and he has been conscientious and fair, and has never hidden his personal interests. At present, it is said that it is a justice for the people of Yangzhou, and at least it is to share the worries and solve problems for the adults.

As soon as his heart opened, Ouyang Bei cleared his throat and said, "My lord, I think you already know what happened to the murder just now, so I am still waiting for your orders." ”

Jia Jingzong smiled slightly: "I know that is my business, but what the case is, I still have to listen to what you tell me." ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Bei said with a straight face: "Yes, my lord, this is a humble thought. Just now, when I received a report that there was a murder in Fengyi Building, I took Song Yanzuo to the scene for an inquest, and found that the deceased Yunlian girl and Ma Gongzi, the second young master of Guangsheng, had been killed for a long time, and they both died of a very domineering kung fu. ”

Jia Jingzong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, do you know who the murderer is?"

Ouyang Bei's old face turned red and said: "The incident happened suddenly, the murderer's modus operandi is extremely rare, and he is still sorting out the case." ”

Jia Jingzong didn't have a seizure, but still said unhurriedly: "With your Ouyang Zhutou's more than ten years of experience in handling cases, you still need to carefully sort out, it seems that this case is indeed tricky." ”

Ouyang Bei's heart felt a little relieved when he heard this.

Master Jia paused for a moment and continued: "However, human life is at stake, not to mention that I, a small prefect, am the governor, and if I don't handle it properly, I am afraid that I will be impeached." ”

"So, Ouyang Zhutou, the burden of solving the case still falls on your head. ”

The old Wang Tou on the side had already heard the sweat on his forehead, and he pinched the sweat for Beiye.

Ouyang Bei was calm in his heart, and he left his seat and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, my lord, if a villain dares to do such a big case on the ground in my Yangzhou, I, Ouyang Bei, will never agree if I have a breath." ”

Jia Jingzong asked: "It's good that Ouyang Zhutou has this determination, but you don't have eyebrows yet, I don't know how you will catch the murderer next?"

Ouyang Bei replied: "Although the murderer has left almost no clues, the kung fu used by the murderer is extremely rare, which is a big clue in itself, so I plan to start by looking for people who know this kind of kung fu." ”

Jia Jingzong said: "Well, this is also a solution. But time waits for no one, no matter what method you use, I wonder how long it will take to solve the case?"

Ouyang Bei thought for a moment and said, "Please give me a month of humiliation." ”

Jia Jingzong snorted, shook his head and said, "A month is too long, I can only give you fifteen days." ”

Ouyang Bei felt deeply embarrassed, and the old king behind him also frequently poked his back with his hand to remind him, so he hesitated a little and said: "This... I'm afraid time is running out. ”

Jia Jingzong's face was solemn, and he said in a resolute tone: "No more, the murderer must be arrested within fifteen days." ”

Ouyang Bei saw that Lord Jia had made up his mind, and knew that it would be useless to say more, so he immediately took out the skills that had been cultivated for many years in the public gate, and bowed down again with a resolute face: "Yes, I will take my life from my humble position." ”

Jia Jingzong nodded with satisfaction, and said in a slow tone: "Ouyang, it's not that I deliberately embarrassed you, it's really not easy to be an official, you see, the letter from the family of this bitter lord asking for the arrest of the murderer and solving the case as soon as possible has been written to me." ”

After that, he raised a few letterheads in his hand to Ouyang Bei, and then beckoned to Ouyang Bei: "Come, there is still a family member of the bitter lord here." ”

Ouyang Bei was slightly stunned, and understood in his heart that this Guangsheng number was indeed a hand and eye to the sky, and the so-called letter, in addition to the paper with a few words written on it, must also have a silver ticket that could be exchanged for silver taels.

This letter is sweet jujube and stick, which is really difficult to accept.

But it was inconvenient to rebel in front of the prefect, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's go down and investigate the case." ”

Coming out of the study to bid farewell to the prefect, as soon as the autumn wind blew, Ouyang Bei felt a slight chill behind him, and the cold sweat was already wet on his back shirt, and he felt that this Jia Jingzong was worthy of being a veteran of officialdom.

The old king came over and complained: "Boss, you shouldn't accept this letter, and you can't agree to the fifteen-day period." ”

Ouyang Bei smiled bitterly: "I don't know. I will not open this letter, and I will return it to Guangsheng at that time, as for the fifteen-day period, can I choose?"