In the waters and rivers five miles away from the Gaoyou Guard Station, since the looted cargo ship was discovered, the magistrate of Gaoyou took the yamen to investigate the scene, and the Huixian yamen said that he was not ill, and made up his mind to shrink his head. turtle.
There are a lot of cases like this in Jiangnan every year. Sometimes, if they can't solve the case, they will throw the blame on each other, or push the top bag out, but the waterway has never been peaceful.
The officer of the county government knew Luo Dajue, and seeing the poor official's attitude was quite contemptuous: "The county magistrate has already led someone to investigate the scene of the crime. If Luo Dajue wants to see it, be careful not to damage the traces on the ship."
The boat involved in the crime had been dragged from the middle of the river to the bank, and was picked up under a huge weeping willow on the bank. The magistrate of Gaoyou left two police officers to guard the scene. Slack.
Although Luo Dajue is poor and innocent, he is honest and straightforward: "Go back and tell your lords, I will send someone to guard here, and I will go to meet him in person when I watch the scene."
It was the beginning of the new year, and it was cold and wet, but during the day, it was fine. Many people from nearby villages and towns heard the news and came to watch the fun, but after nightfall, the two guarded the ship where the murder occurred, not to mention terrifying. They all suspected that it was a wrongful death, and almost fell into trouble after staying for one night. I wish I had to explain this unfortunate mission and go back early.
When I saw someone coming to take over, I couldn't help being overjoyed, and even the poor military officer Luo Dajue was much more pleasing to the eye: "Since the adults want to protect the scene of the crime, the younger ones will go back and report to the county magistrate first."
After the two officers left, Grand Jue Luo respectfully sent someone to invite Zhao Wu Jiu from a distance to come and investigate the scene.
Bai Shiqi followed behind Zhao Wu Jiu, and the group boarded the boat, the smell of blood wafted from the nostrils, although two days and nights had passed since the incident, the blood on the boat did not diminish.
Zhao Wu Jiu was created by fighting in a sea of blood and corpses, Bai Shiqi is also a character who has been wandering on the tip of the knife all the year round, only Zhao Ziheng is a rich and noble son, and he feels a little uncomfortable when he smells blood. The corpse couldn't take it any longer, turned his head and ran out, standing on the bank, bent over and vomited.
Ba Hongru, magistrate of Gaoyou County, was able to clear the relationship and take credit for others, but he was a cowardly and fearless person. The dead owner on the deck was so frightened that he quickly retreated. Even the post-mortem examination was done by the county captain and Zu Zuo who entered the cabin together. He was just listening to the subordinates about the interior of the cabin, and he was frightened. He waved his hand straight: "Don't talk about it, don't talk about it, it's time to have a nightmare at night, and everything will be left to you to deal with."
The county magistrate Miao Song despised in his heart, but he could only show respect on his face: "If your lord is unwell, why don't you go and rest for the time being."
The person who made the decision went back to the backyard of the county government to recuperate. In addition to the cold weather, the body remained on the boat for the time being.
Shu Changfeng helped Zhao Wu Jiu to walk slowly into the cabin, there were corpses scattered all along the way, he inspected it carefully, and worried that Bai Shiqi would be uncomfortable, so he turned to look and found that Bai Shiqi was wearing one that didn't know how to use it. What kind of leather gloves, I was carefully picking up and inspecting the corpse, with a serious and focused expression, no less than a professional work.
Zhao Wu Jiu: “…”
Shu Changfeng: "…"
Not only did she conduct an autopsy, but she also exchanged clues about the murder case with the two of them, discussed the fatal injuries of the deceased, and speculated on the pre-death experience. She was killed by a knife in the middle, and she even got close to the corpse to smell: "The deceased should have drank a lot of alcohol before his death, and the alcohol has not dissipated, so he was not awakened by the fighting outside..."
Da Jue Luo followed behind the three of them, admiring Zhou Wang's staff: "Mr. Su looks young, but he didn't expect to be so experienced in fatal injuries to corpses. It's really rare."
Bai Shiqi said indifferently: "If you see it more, you will naturally have experience."
Grand Jue Luo: "..." She was only seventeen or eighteen years old. How could she feel that this aide Su grew up at the scene of a murder case and dealt with corpses all the year round, so he could say such horrifying words.
Bai Shiqi inspected the crime scene more carefully than the other three, and did not miss every inch of the cabin. An hour later, she picked up a white pebble the size of a pigeon egg in a very inconspicuous corner of the lowest cargo hold.
This thing is very common along the river, and it comes in all shapes, and it is not surprising that it is sometimes brought into the cabin by the crew with the cargo.
After she picked it up, she didn't take it seriously at first, she just glanced at it out of habitual caution, but looking at the yellow light of the mad wind lamp carried by Luo Dajue, she found that the white pebble was extremely round and seemed to be very round. After being rubbed all the year round, it shows a bit of oil, and there is a little red on the cobblestone, which is extremely familiar.
She stared at the cobblestone with an ever-changing expression, fearing that it was caused by her dazzling eyes, she blinked her eyes hard, and found that the reddish red was the same as before.
Zhao Wu Jiu was very surprised when he saw her look different, "What's wrong?"
Bai Shiqi handed the cobblestone to him, and said with difficulty, "His Royal Highness, help me to see, is there still a word engraved on this cobblestone?"
Only then did Zhao Wu Jiu realize that her hands were extremely cold and trembled slightly, but he has encountered more than one danger in his life, so he took it quietly, turned over and over to bring the pebble close to the lamp to take a closer look, In fact, you don't have to look very carefully, you can feel the words engraved on the back of the stone, which is slightly redder.
He turned it over to look and found a very square character "Cao" engraved. It seems that with age, a layer of old grease has been rubbed off, filling the small gully where the character was carved, and it seems to have written on it. Small black "Cao" characters.
"It's engraved with the word Cao."
Bai Shiqi staggered back, as if his body suddenly lost his focus, he almost sat on top of the dried blood, or Zhao Wu Jiu quickly gave her a hand, "What's wrong?"
She finally stood up straight with Zhao Wu Jiu's strength, her voice was broken: "This stone... is Qiu Ying's thing."
Since Bai Shiqi escaped from death, this name is not unfamiliar to Zhao Wu Jiu, even he once imagined the appearance of that boy in his mind, he always stopped at the most beautiful in Bai Shiqi's mind. The appearance of a teenager made her still obsess over the canal years later, risking her own safety for his death.
"Hasn't he been killed for a long time?"
Bai Shiqi murmured to himself, "Could it be that this group of water bandits are the same water bandits who killed them in the first place?" She tracked down the waterways for several years, but there was no clue, and she thought that she would never find the real murderer in her life. Liu Yinhuaming actually taught her to find the relics of the deceased in Gaoyou.
With her intelligence, there is another answer, but maybe deep down she doesn't want to think about that other answer at all.
Zhao Wu Jiu couldn't bear to refute her - Qiu Ying's belongings reappeared at the murder scene a few years later, one was that the murderer kept Qiu Ying's belongings and accidentally brought them on board; another possibility is that Qiu Ying was not dead at all.
If Qiu Ying hadn't died, then... there was another mystery in the tragedy that year, and the murderer of this ship might have something to do with him.
He couldn't help guessing, perhaps compared to the conclusion that Qiu Ying was not dead, Bai Shiqi would rather that the murderer kept Qiu Ying's relics, which was easier for her to accept.
She tried her best to find out the truth and almost lost her life. How could she accept being deceived and fooled