Master Luo Cao

The male corpse lying on the straw mat was young and handsome. Looking at about seventeen or eighteen years old, he was clearly at an age full of vigor and vitality, but at the moment he was gloomy and lifeless, with a pair of muddy and gloomy eyes. His eyes stared blankly at the beam above his head.

The two officials in Bodhi Town looked at each other with horrified expressions, and one of them tremblingly said: "No...impossible, no...it's impossible! The body we carried to the morgue yesterday was obviously Shen Xun's body. ...Who is this?"

The audience was in an uproar, and no one was confused about how the county magistrate knew Shen Xun.

Only Zhao Si bounced up from the ground like a dead body, jumped three feet high, and shouted: "I'll say it! I'll say it! Good people don't live long and cause trouble for thousands of years! How can a quack doctor be so easy?! Okay." Alright, I'm leaving, I haven't had breakfast today!" He patted his butt and walked towards the gate of the county government office.

Fu Yunshu said coldly: "Stop."

Immediately, two police officers rushed out and pressed Zhao Si to the ground.

Zhao Si was dragged back with his face on the ground, yelling unwillingly: "Why are you still arresting me? It's not Shen Xun who died! What does it have to do with me?" The two policemen who twisted Zhao Si stopped quickly, He raised his head slightly, and a pair of clean black boots appeared in his sight. Looking up along the boots, he saw a gentle and handsome young man with a gentle smile on his face, "Don't make any noise in the courtroom." He said I took it out of my sleeve and took out a ball of black cloth that I don't know what it was used for, and said with a smile and kindness: "Otherwise, I will stuff this thing down your throat and teach you to taste it." This is the taste of 'breakfast'."

Zhao Si swallowed, and closed his mouth obediently.

Seeing that he knew the current affairs, Kou Luoche snorted coldly and took the things back.He has been a bandit for a long time, and he has some problems. He always has to carry a few things on his body to feel at ease.

Fu Yunshu looked at the two officials in Puti County, and said, "Is this the corpse you brought over from Puti Town?"

One of the officials categorically denied it, saying: "Reporting to my lord, this is absolutely impossible! The people of Bodhi County are simple and honest, and there are very few murders. Over the years, only yesterday's one happened in total. Because Lord Qian... Qian Yu had stipulated when he was in office , as long as a homicide occurs, no matter when and where, the prisoner and the body will be transferred to the county for interrogation after roughly cross-examination, so that the county magistrate can interrogate as soon as possible, so yesterday we took Zhao Xuanfu back for interrogation, and asked several witnesses After confirmation, he took Shen Xun to the county government office. Shen Xun is the only doctor in Bodhi Town, everyone knows him, there is absolutely no reason for us to make a mistake!"

"That's right, my lord," another official said, "We sent Shen Xun's body to the morgue and made a special confirmation. There is no doubt that it was Shen Xun who was sent there!"

Fu Yunshu's scrutinizing eyes slid around the faces of the two officials in Bodhi Town, lowered his eyes halfway, and said, "Bring the guards from the mortuary over here!"

Almost as soon as the words fell, a figure scrambled in and ran in, knelt down in front of Fu Yunshu, "Little Wang Ma, I have met Master Fu!"

Fu Yunshu frowned slightly in bewilderment, "Why did you come so fast?" After thinking about it, he said in a cold voice, "But you've noticed something different about the corpse, so you waited outside early?"

"No, no!" Wang Ma hastily denied, "Someone from the county government came to summon the villain earlier, so the villain has been waiting outside for orders from the adults."

"A person from the county government office?" Fu Yunshu murmured, then turned his head and looked at Kou Luoche questioningly.Kou Luoche smiled slightly, admitting it.

As early as when Fu Yunshu stated that the corpse was not Shen Xun, Kou Luochao had already sent someone to quietly bring the guards of the mortuary, and it was Wang Ma in front of him.Wang Ma is known as Wang Da/Mazi, his nose is like a loofah with a glistening waist, and his eyes are like cracked jujubes. In one word, he is ugly.Ugly is fine, but he lives up to his name, his face is covered with grotesque freckles, which is daunting and makes ghosts worry about seeing him. No one in Jiuhe County is better than him for the job of guarding the mortuary. Therefore, the county magistrate under the plaque hanging high in the mirror in the county government has been replaced by a dozen like running water, and the guards in the corpse mountain among the grass mats in the mortuary stand like iron camps.

Fu Yunshu said: "Look at this corpse, but is it the one that the Bodhi Town officials handed over to you last night?"

Wang Da/Mazi cautiously moved over to take a look, then shook his head firmly, "No, although they are all handsome young men, they are obviously not alone."

"But," Fu Yunshu pointed to the corpse covered with white cloth under the hall, "it was this one that was brought over from you earlier. Since you all admit that this is not Shen Xun, then whose corpse is it? "

Wang Da/Mazi turned pale with shock when he heard the words, the pockmarks on his face turned pale, he hurriedly rushed to the side of the corpse, lifted the white cloth, and carefully touched it from head to toe with his eyes, almost missed it .But let him stare at him for a long time, but the appearance of the corpse still hasn't changed at all. Wang Da/Mazi's hand trembled, and the white cloth covered the corpse again. Then he turned around tremblingly and looked at the corpse in horror. Fu Yunshu said: "If you go back to the magistrate of the county, the villain... the villain doesn't know who he is..."

The gavel slapped the table and made a loud bang, Fu Yunshu stood up abruptly, and said word by word: "Shen Xun's body disappeared and turned into this nameless corpse. I can only say that I don’t know, is it possible that this corpse can escape by itself?”

All the people present were silent, and no one dared to make a sound to touch the bad head of the county magistrate with three fires on his head.

Except for one person.

"County Lord," Kou Luoche raised his hand and quietly pulled off Fu Yunshu's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "County Lord calm down."

Fu Yunshu turned his head and glanced at him, his momentum dissipated, and he muttered "Kou...Mr. Kou".Kou Luoche shook his head lightly, and said, "I'll do it." Fu Yunshu then sat down obediently, watched him take a step forward, and said calmly: "Shen Xun is dead, and he will never run away by himself, or be escorted out. There is a problem, or it is because of ineffective supervision that the package was dropped." His eyes fell on the two officials in Bodhi Town, "Can you really confirm that there are no mistakes during the escort?"

The two official servants clapped their chests without hesitation and assured, "Absolutely no problem!"

Kou Luoche's eyes moved to Wang □□zi again, "Wang Ma, you said earlier that the corpse in front of you is not the one that the Bodhi town official sent to you last night?"

Wang Da/Mazi timidly said: "...Yes."

Kou Luoche said: "That is to say, when the Bodhi Town official sent you over, the body was still Shen Xun, and was transferred after you took over?" Yi, said coldly: "If I remember correctly, according to the rules, the guards of the mortuary have to inspect the corpses placed in the room every two hours. Counting from the time of the case, they rushed from Bodhi Town to the county seat It's Xu time, the two officials need to escort the criminal and the body, it should be later, but in any case, it should arrive before Zi time."

The two officials nodded repeatedly, "Yes! It's Haishi when we arrive!"

Kou Luoche looked at the clear sky in the mist of the morning sun, "And now, Moyue is Maoshi, that is to say, it has been four hours since the official sent the body to you, and there will be an inspection in the middle." " He straightened his face, his tone suddenly severe, and shouted: "Wang Ma, let me ask you, have you patrolled according to the rules during these four hours?!"

Wang Da/Mazi's face was earthy, his lips trembled, he struggled for a long time, and finally howled with a mournful face: "My lord, my little one was just fascinated by ghosts yesterday, please see that my little one has worked hard for decades, and he has his share of hard work even if he doesn't have any credit." Let me spare the villain this time! There is an 80-year-old mother on the villain..."

Before he could finish howling, Kou Luoche silently took out the cloth ball that threatened Zhao Si from his sleeve, and threw it in his hand, Wang Da/Mazi immediately shut his mouth tightly.

Fu Yunshu asked: "This county, let me ask you, what were you doing during those four hours?"

Wang Da/Mazi said sobbingly: "I just got the monthly money a few days ago, so the younger one went to buy a jar of wine, and I kept it on and didn't want to drink it. I was woken up last night to pick up the corpse. Seeing the jar of wine on the table, the villain felt like a cat scratching his heart, scratching his heart and liver..."

Fu Yunshu said coldly: "Let's get to the point."

Wang Da/Mazi said: "The little one couldn't hold back and drank a whole jug of wine, and was so drunk that he passed out. It wasn't until the adults ordered someone to come over to carry away Shen Xun's body that he was woken up. The little one never came out. I missed it, so I didn’t check it more, pointed to the stretcher they brought yesterday, and asked them to carry it away.”

"That is to say..." Fu Yunshu's eyes darkened.

Kou Luoche continued: "That is to say, during the four hours you were drunk, even if someone sneaked into the morgue and changed posts, you would not be aware of it."

Wang Da/Mazi trembled all over, and tears filled his cracked jujube-like eyes, "My lord, I have worked for the county government for decades, even if I don't have any credit..."

Before he could finish howling, a command arrow landed lightly and made a crisp sound. Fu Yunshu said: "Wang Ma, the guard of the mortuary, was ineffective in supervision and neglected his duties, causing the body to be lost. He will be fined twenty boards and three months. Come on, drag it down."

Although the officials in Jiuhe County are not good at beating bandits, they are very powerful in beating their own people. As soon as Fu Yunshu finished speaking, two strong and strong officials walked out of the office. Wang's son was dragged outside the hall.

Hearing Wang Ma's mournful cry from outside, the two officials from Bodhi Town looked at each other with lingering fear. Fortunately, this matter was not on their own account.

The voice of the little county magistrate from the other side seemed to be a little tired, and said lightly: "First of all, regardless of how Shen Xun's body was lost and where it is now, this extra body is a bigger problem. You guys Have someone draw a picture of this person and post it on notices everywhere, to see if anyone recognizes this person." He rubbed his brows as he spoke, he stayed up all night, got up early and didn't eat rice, and after such a toss, his heart was born. A lot of tiredness.

The alert yamen servant saw the fatigue of the county magistrate, and said thoughtfully: "It happened suddenly, and I couldn't find any more clues for a while. You might as well retreat first, go back and think carefully before making a decision." Fu Yunshu said to that The yamen servant saw that it was Wang Xiaozhu who blocked himself from the gate of the county yamen that day. After thinking that he had offended the county magistrate, he had been diligently trying to make up for it. Now he finally got a chance and looked at Fu Yunshu with bright eyes.

Fu Yunshu smiled helplessly, and said smoothly, "That's fine, then let's get out." He got up and rolled up his sleeves, touched the rice dumpling hidden in the sleeves, touched it quietly, and it was already completely cold.

The author has something to say:

Regarding the "moving corpse", the brain hole comes from the ninth chapter of "Peng Gong Case" by the Taoist Tanmeng of the Qing Dynasty: Another strange case in the autopsy site, the murder of the thieves and the truth