The sergeant stammered and said, "If you want to ask this, then you have to find Shi Bingcao - the body was taken away by them, and who knows where it went?"

Lin Fanghe listened and hurriedly asked, "Where is Shi Bingcao?"

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Lin Fanghe took Tang Yu and left the stone house, turned the camp tent, and came straight to the house.

When I entered the door, I saw a fat man sitting in a chair in the hall, with a round body, a mass of fat, and a bald scalp. He was not wearing a military uniform, wearing a collarless silk jacket, a hookah on his mouth, and was napping there without a match.

Tang Yu stepped into the hall and asked loudly, "Which one is Shi Bingcao?"

As soon as the fat man opened his eyes and saw the two of them, he laughed first, and said with a dry smile: "It's Shi Chenglong below." What do you two do?"

Lin Fanghe was also polite, picked up a stool and sat down.

He asked himself, "What about the corpse that was brought back with the ship yesterday?"

"Which corpse?" Shi Bingcao blinked.

"It's the water bandit village owner who is about fifty years old, hanged himself to death, and surnamed Zhu......"

"He's been burned early. ”

"What, cremation?" Lin Fanghe was shocked and angry, and said, "Such an important criminal, the cause of death has not yet been ascertained, who let you cremate private......ly?"

Shi Bingcao hurriedly said: "As soon as the man's body was brought in, it began to decompose, and it was covered with purple-red herpes. The smell is unbearable. Because he was afraid of some infectious disease and spreading the plague, Shangfeng ordered it to be incinerated on the spot. ”

"Which one goes to the peak, and who gives the order?" Tang Yu asked.

It was Gu Ming, a Chinese officer beside General Liang. ”

"It's him. Lin Fanghe was surprised, "Then why didn't he say anything when he saw us?"

Shi Bingcao muttered: "Then you go and ask, I don't know." ”

Lin Fanghe nodded slowly and was silent.

Carefully weighing Shi Bingcao's words in his heart, he was full of doubts. Then he asked, "Did the burned prisoner leave anything with him?"

"Nope. ”

"Did you find anything strange during the incineration, such as an unknown scar on your body?"

"No, there isn't. Shi Bing Cao said this, and when he looked up, he saw Lord Lin's eyes like torches, staring at him fixedly, and quickly explained, "There shouldn't be." A dead man, smelling all over, I didn't pay much attention to it......"

"Well, you can take us to the place where the bodies were cremated. Lin Fanghe nodded and got up.

Tang Yu also stood up.

Shi Bingcao glanced at Lin Fanghe, hesitated slightly, and then nodded in agreement.

The three of them walked out of the lobby of the office, walked through the barracks, climbed the back mountain, and soon came to the place where the corpses were burned in the military village. In the col, there is a circular improvised blast furnace, stained with smoke and oil. The original color is not recognizable.

Scattered on the ground around the ground were fragments of human skulls, as well as the remains of leg bones and arm bones that had not yet been fully burned.

An unpleasant smell of burnt dry air wafted through the air.

Lin Fanghe tightened his nose, took two steps closer, looked at it carefully, and asked Shi Bingcao: "Did the soldiers who died in the past also be incinerated here?"

"No, soldiers who died in battle are usually buried in the cemetery on the other side of the hill if they are not claimed by their families. Shi Bing Cao's answer was like a stream.

"So who are the main people smelted here?"

"An internal soldier who dies of a violent illness, or who has an incurable disease such as a plague or an infectious disease. ”

"What do you mean by 'internal'?"

"As you know, the barracks are relatively closed places. Shi Bingcao said, "On weekdays, except for drills, exercises, or going out to fight, I don't have much contact with the outside world. ”

Lin Fanghe thought for a moment and asked: "Since you don't touch the outside, then this water thief leader Zhu Zhichen has committed suicide, why do you insist on bringing it back to the military village?"

"I don't know. Maybe it wasn't convenient to hand over at that time, right?" Shi Bingcao shook his head.

"Inconvenient handover?"

"According to the rules, every time a battle is won, the captured materials, captured prisoners, and the bandits that have been killed must be registered by the military officer one by one before they can be transferred to the local yamen. Because these have to be reported as war exploits......"

Lin Fanghe asked again: "Where are those water bandits and civilians who were arrested and now being held?"

Shi Bingcao took Master Lin and walked a few steps, pointed to the west, and the two followed his gesture to look, and saw a watchtower sentry in the lush woods: "In the prison over there, after screening, interrogation, and torture, the state government was escorted and sentenced and convicted." ”

Lin Fanghe frowned slightly, and said, "Shi Chenglong, you take us back to see General Liang." In this matter, I have to state the situation face to face—"

"Then what's not to do. Shi Bingcao agreed.

The three of them came back along the same road, passed through the servants' room, and returned to the military village office.

Entering the hall, Liang Zongbing saw everyone entering the house, and smiled: "Come back so quickly." Lord Lin, have you worked hard to find what you need?"

Lin Fanghe also smiled faintly and replied, "The general's question is strange. Could it be that you decided in advance that Lin was going to go back empty-handed?"

Mr. Liang was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "What are these words?" I'm just concerned, and if I ask casually, will it also anger the adults?"

Lin Fanghe suppressed his suspicions and said, "When I got off the boat yesterday, I repeatedly asked me to properly keep the body of the bandit leader Zhu Yichen. How could the chief soldier order the burning?"

"I don't know anything about it. His grandmother!" Mr. Liang snorted violently, stretched out his hand and slammed the table, "Who dares to act without authorization, and is bold......

"You want to ask your subordinates?" Lin Fanghe responded indifferently.

Mr. Liang's angry look appeared on his face. He drank to the military academy and shouted, "Let Gu Ming come to see me immediately!"

The military academy took the order and left.

After a while, Gu Ming, a lieutenant officer, brought two colonels to the yahall.

Mr. Liang patted the table and asked, "The bandit leader they caught yesterday was hanged to death, and the body has been incinerated. Is there such a thing?"

"It does. Gu Ming replied with his hand down.

Mr. Liang's face was flushed: "Who told you to do this, did you pass through me? The matter has come to this point, you have to explain it to them in person......

Gu Ming replied: "That's right, last night, the corpse was transported into the barracks and placed in the morgue, and soon after, there were many red spots. After examination, it was suspected that it was a malignant infectious disease, so it was hurriedly burned. ”

"Is there such a thing?" said Mr. Liang's eyes widened.

"Don't forget, my lord, last year the plague spread to the military village and killed more than 200 soldiers. It's to talk about illness and discoloration!" Gu Ming replied.

General Liang looked at the Chinese army sternly, and shouted: "Eliminate disasters and eliminate disasters, everyone agrees." But if you have to report it to me, how can you act ...... privately" (To be continued.) )