Baishanzhou is the largest land and sea prefecture in the southeast of Xianyan Kingdom. The prefecture consists of four counties, of which Xijin County, which is closest to the two rivers, is the most barren.
Xijin County has a total of 121 villages under its jurisdiction, and whether Heishui Village or Baisan Village is just one of the most inconspicuous ones.
There are not many taxes, and there are not many people, but because it is close to the coast, it is still a bit tricky. At least they have not defaulted on the annual taxes.
The county magistrate of Xijin County is a nine-rank sesame official. Since he came to work in this small and remote place in the backcountry, he has been well-behaved, liaising with gentry and rich businessmen, and dealing with soldiers stationed in the county. Although I don't expect that one day I will be able to face the saint and go to Beijing and be promoted to a few ranks, but I will always seek a job in his position.
He has developed Xijin County, which was commented by those dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River as a "wharf county" in the early years, to a decent level. A few years ago, he even got a plaque from the official department of "well-governed".
The county magistrate of Xijin County is surnamed Song. He has been working in this position as magistrate of Xijin County for twelve years. It can be said that he has never left here since the imperial examination high school.
County Magistrate Song has been suffering from a headache recently, and it hurts so much that his two favorite concubines take turns to press it every day, but they can't handle the pain well.
This headache originated from a female corpse in Baisan Village.
Huang Erbao, the daughter of a fisherman's family.
When the corpse was sent to the yamen, County Magistrate Song didn't think it was a big deal, but he still invited a coroner to do the autopsy according to the rules, either to find out some tricks or to give an explanation to the family of the deceased.
In fact, the first time he saw Huang Erbao's body, County Magistrate Song believed that the other party had hanged himself. There was no other reason. He wanted to die or live, and the female family members of his family also liked to do this, crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves.
This Huang Erbao had obviously come to a dead end. Although she didn't know what caused her to commit suicide, but everyone was dead, so there was no need to pursue it.
The county magistrate Song, who was already an old fried dough stick, was very generous. He even had time to think about whether to eat boiled meat or fried herring for lunch when he was doing the autopsy.
But as he imagined.
After a brief autopsy, the experienced coordinator gave an affirmative answer, yes, it was suicide, and the case could be closed.
County Magistrate Song muttered to himself, "That's right," and picked up the gavel to settle the case... But the villagers of Baisan Village started to make a fuss.
The following developments made the Song county magistrate exhausted.
The villagers in Baisan Village did not accept his autopsy results, and then they pushed out a little boy who was younger than the youngest son of Song County Magistrate's family. Order, must be thoroughly investigated!
County Magistrate Song is very angry, you can check it if you say it? Who is the official and who is the citizen
Then County Magistrate Song almost realized what it means to force the people to rebel against officials...
That's right, the villagers of Baisan Village made things worse, and passed small notes at the gate of the county government office, saying that the county government did not do anything, and they yelled about the flying frost in June, and they will die in peace.
He also said that Huang Erbao's body would be displayed at the gate of the county yamen, and told people everywhere that if Huang Erbao came back to seek revenge, he would find someone in the yamen!
County magistrate Song was so angry that he wanted to arrest all these troublemakers!
But he is smart, if you catch him, he will run away, and if you chase him again, he will simply sit on the street and can't get up, crying and howling, and then attract more passers-by to point and point.
In the end, he cherished the feathers. He had been perfect for twelve years, and he was about to retire in two years. County magistrate Song didn't dare to touch those crocks with his piece of porcelain, so he agreed, let's check.
It was said to be an investigation, but because he felt uncomfortable, County Magistrate Song really didn't do anything practical, and he didn't even send out a yamen servant, so he planned to use the word "drag" when he made it clear.
But the terrible thing is, that bratty little boy called "Little Brother Liu" by the people of Baisan Village, he doesn't want the help of the yamen servants, and he doesn't want the yamen to be the master. Check it out.
After a few days, he really found out that Huang Erbao was related to Sun Ershao of Sun Yuan's family.
that kind of relationship.
However, Sun Yuanwai is his "old friend". County magistrate Song dared not stand by and had to ask.
But it's not easy for him to directly remove the suspicion of the Sun family, so he just waits and sees what happens, and plans to help the Sun family when he has the opportunity.
While County Magistrate Song was thinking about the collusion between the government and the businessman, that little brother Liu led dozens of villagers from Baisan Village to make a fuss in the Sun family. Finally, they found Second Young Master Sun's body.
When the life of the young master of the Sun family was involved, County Magistrate Song finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
On the one hand, the villagers of Baisan Village forced him to give Huang Erbao justice;
County Magistrate Song had one head and two big heads, and then, his precise gaze landed on the little boy known as the "Little Soul Boy".
Perhaps, what else could this child really discover
Thinking of this, County Magistrate Song couldn't wait any longer, changed his previous attitude of fighting against Taiwan, and began to get close and friendly with this little boy seriously.
After all, it was a child, the other party easily let go of the past with him, and revealed many clues of the case to himself.
County magistrate Song was very happy, feeling that everything was going well and the case would be solved soon.
But at this time, the little boy came to the Yamen again, and the first thing he said to him was: "Master County Magistrate, I found another corpse, and it will be delivered tomorrow morning. You can find someone to pick it up."
"What?" Magistrate Song was dumbfounded, his voice trembling: "Little ancestor, what do you think is wrong with you?"
The well-dressed, upright-looking little boy raised his head and said matter-of-factly: "Last night, a man died on the mountain, that is, the mountain behind our Heishui Village. The deceased's name was Gao Huai, a villager from Siji Village, He left the village a long time ago and made a living in the county town."
"Gao Huai?" The magistrate Song's eyes puffed up when his private life was quite chaotic and he knew some pimps: "He died?"
The fair little boy glanced at him and raised his eyebrows: "Just now I went to Sun's house again and got some news that Gao Huai seemed to have a very good relationship with Second Young Master Sun before his death."
That's right, Second Young Master Sun is also a person who loves to find flowers and ask willows, so Gao Huai has many ways to do it.
County Magistrate Song thought about it, and asked, "Do you want to say that Gao Huai's death is also related to the two previous murders?"
"Who knows." The little boy smacked his lips, and his tone was meaningful: "The people I knew died just one after the other, the chance of coincidence is not high, and Gao Huai's death condition was only a little bit better than that of Sun Er. .”
Song County Magistrate immediately thought of Sun Ershao's meat sauce-like appearance, and his face turned pale.
The little boy said again: "I have some opinions, is the magistrate free at the moment?"
County Magistrate Song, who had already left the hall and planned to go home to take care of his concubine, hesitated for a while before nodding dryly: "I'm free."