Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Zhao Ergou told Wen Yu exactly what happened that night, including the reason why they went to the bamboo forest, how they found the corpse, and every detail was taken into account.

Wen Yu had an idea in mind after listening to it, so he asked, "Do you remember when the two of you went to the bamboo forest?"

Zhao Ergou thought for a while and replied: "After the third watch, the villain and my brother came out of the second watch. Our village does not grow much bamboo like the neighboring Yazhu Village. You have to go far to the west to see a piece of bamboo. Bamboo forest. It’s going to be the third watch when we get to the bamboo forest.”

Wen Yu thought in her heart, the evening drum was sounded at [-]:[-] am in this city, the city gates were closed and curfew started, judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, he should have been killed today, so the time of death should be between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] last night.

After thinking about it for a second, that's not right. Although Jiang Lei has a residence in the city, he still spends most of his weekdays in the inspection department outside the city.If the murderer was from outside the city and the scene of the crime was deserted, it would be hard to say the time of death.

Thinking of this, Wen Yu turned around and asked Li Tieniu: "But the first corpse you found, did you notice anything unusual at that time?"

Li Tie was clumsy, and he was not as clever as Zhao Ergou. Seeing Wen Yu's questioning, he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.Zhao Ergou glared at him for several times, and finally couldn't help it, and cursed angrily: "What are you doing with the ink! Answer what your lord asks you!"

Li Tieniu murmured for a long time, then scratched his head and said, "I went to pick up the bamboo that day, but the bamboo was still some distance away from the corpse, the place was quite deep, and there was a pile of small bamboos in front of it, but The boss knows me, I was born with a good nose, and I felt something was wrong with the smell of blood, and I was frightened when I first saw me, and I couldn’t move for a long time until the boss came to look for me.”

Although Li Tieniu spoke upside down, Wen Yu quickly grasped the point: "You mean, the original crime scene was blocked?"

"Yes, there were not many people going to that place, and there was a pile of fine bamboos in front of it. I thought it was troublesome to push the bamboos away, or I might not be able to find them even if I passed by during the day." Li Tieniu replied.

Wen Yu always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't think of anything, so he could only put it there first.

Wen Yu saw that the two of them had explained everything they knew, and they couldn't find anything if they asked again. It seemed that the two of them had nothing to do with the case, so he let them go back and sent someone to keep an eye on them to prevent accidents.

After sending the two of them away, before Wen Yu could breathe a sigh of relief, the yamen servant told Mr. Xu to see him, and Wen Yu hurriedly invited them in.

Xu Jing still had the same indifferent expression. When he saw Wen Yu, he bowed first, and then explained his intentions directly, "I think your lord may have to run errands when investigating the case. The inspection department has nothing to do recently. It’s better to come and help the adults fight.”

Wen Yu knew that he was worried about the case, and it happened that she had a lot of doubts, so she followed the trend.

Neither of them had the temperament of liking to be false and submissive, so Wen Yu asked straight to the point: "I don't know if Mr. Xu knows if Jiang Lei has any enemies in Mengyang?"

Xu Jing replied: "I've thought about it for a long time. Jiang Lei seldom argues with others. Even if there is a conflict, he prefers to be behind the scenes. The other party may not know what's going on from the beginning to the end. The previous inspection When dealing with cases, he often relies on him to solve problems in this way.”

Wen Yu "..." Why does it feel like your inspection department is so villainous.

Xu Jing went on to say: "If you want to talk about enemies, there must be, but they are not in Mengyang. After all, we have only been here for a short time. Although Jiang Lei is a native of Mengyang, he traveled abroad that year. After returning to Mengyang, he I have met with a few old acquaintances, and I have never heard of conflicts."

Hearing what he said, Wen Yu felt even more strange, and couldn't help asking Xu Jing: "This is very strange. If there is no deep hatred, why did the murderer use such cruel methods?"

Xu Jing answered from the side: "Maybe he wants to cover up something."

Wen Yu shook her head: "If you really want to cover up, there is a more convenient way. It's just thankless. Why?"

Wen Yu felt that the case revealed a sense of inexplicable weirdness from the beginning to the end, and the information he had now was still too little, which made it difficult for him to come to a conclusion. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing in such a long time , can not help but feel a little frustrated.

Xu Jing stood aside silently, saw Wen Yu's impetuous look, and said to him: "If you go to the scene with your lord, you may find something." "Alright." Wen Yu nodded.

The two left the city like this and walked towards Zhaojia Village along the bumpy dirt road.

When he arrived at the murder site, Wen Yu followed the direction of the bloodstain a few times. According to the autopsy documents written by Wu, this was the scene of the first crime.

Apart from the huge fatal wound, Jiang Lei only had some small scars. After identification, most of them were scratches from branches or signs of binding. The real cause of death was the one that everyone saw.

It's a pity that because Jiang Lei's stomach was cut open, his internal organs could no longer be seen, so it was impossible to verify whether he had been poisoned before.

In fact, Wen Yu was more inclined to poison Jiang Lei.He had inquired before that although Jiang Lei's martial arts skills were inferior to Xu Jing and Wang Huike's, he was still outstanding in his fists and feet, and he was still able to do so in the inspection department. hold him.

What's more, if Jiang Lei was sober, the murderer would definitely scream during the murder. Although the environment here is remote, the possibility of being exposed is still too high.

Wen Yu shared his ideas with Xu Jing, and Xu Jing also agreed with his conjecture, adding: "Jiang Lei is not only good at martial arts, but also very smart. In order to suppress the water bandits, his only son went to the water bandits village to pretend to be The secret work has not been exposed for half a year, if it is really poisoned, it is likely to be the people around."

Hearing what he said, Wen Yu asked hesitantly: "Master Xu, although it's not very good to say this, do you think it's possible that the murderer...is someone from within your inspection department... After all, Jiang Lei spends most of his time as a Stay in the inspection department..."

Xu Jing was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's unlikely."

Wen Yu thought it was because he had a deep relationship with everyone in the inspection department, and couldn't bear to believe that such a thing happened, so he didn't continue talking.

Xu Jing seemed to see what he was thinking, and explained: "Generally, I am in charge of major matters in the inspection department. Wang Huike and Jiang Lei are in charge of training and discipline. Jiang Lei is narrow-minded, and Wang Huike is a brain. I'm so nervous, I'm often teased by Jiang Lei, so most of the things are done by Wang Huike, and Jiang Lei is lazy behind the scenes. If there is really resentment in the bottom, they will kill me and Wang Huike, there is no reason to touch Jiang Lei."

After hearing this, Wen Yu felt that it made sense, so she stopped worrying about it, and worried about other things. "The most fearful thing now is that if the murderer leaves after killing someone, where can we find it?"

Xu Jing looked terrified: "Even if that person escapes to the ends of the earth, I will definitely take his life."

The two of them observed the surrounding area for a while, and after finding nothing, they planned to turn around and return to the city.

It was almost dusk at this time, and the orange sunlight hit the two of them softly, stretching their shadows long.When Wen Yu was going down the mountain, he didn't pay attention, stepped on a rock, sprained his foot, and went straight down the slope, thanks to Xu Jing's support to stabilize him.

Wen Yu wished he could find a crack in the ground and get in. He walked with Xu Jing all the way from the county government office, but he was already too tired to bear it.In his previous life, he had been an otaku for several years. Ever since he crossed over, he had been taken care of by someone who took care of his basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Before he went to the countryside for field trips, he rode a donkey.

Together with Xu Jing, maybe out of inexplicable masculine pride...?Seeing that Xu Jing didn't mention it, he gritted his teeth and followed him.If he took off his shoes and socks now, he might have blisters under his feet.Even now, he couldn't stand up.

Xu Jing helped him to sit on the rock, lifted his leg, pinched his ankle lightly, and said to him: "It seems that it's just twisted, and there should be no problem with the bone. It was my negligence, and I forgot that after all, my lord is with me. This vulgar man is different, it is really difficult for adults to walk so far."

After finishing speaking, he walked up to Wen Yu and squatted down with his back to Wen Yu.

Wen Yu was stunned for a moment: "What is Master Xu doing?"

"It's getting late now. It's not safe to leave Mr. Wen alone on the mountain. I'll carry you down." Due to the backlight, Wen Yu couldn't see Xu Jing's expression clearly, but somehow he could hear it from his voice. A sense of embarrassment.

Wen Yu was a little amused, but didn't think too much about it: "In this case, I will thank Mr. Xu." After saying that, he climbed onto Xu Jing's back.

The two of them were silent all the way, Xu Jing himself was a taciturn person, and it was the first time Wen Yu was carried by a big man in his two lifetimes combined, which always felt a little weird.

Fortunately, there was no one along the way, so he turned his attention to other places. Since the surroundings were surrounded by trees and there was nothing to see, he could only look forward.

At this moment, Wen Yu was surprised to find that Xu Jing had a hole in his left ear!This really surprised Wen Yu. When he was a child, he watched "Legend of the White Snake" to tell the difference between a man and a woman by ear piercing. Could it be that Xu Jing is actually a woman?

Once this conjecture was formed, Wen Yu immediately felt extremely uncomfortable. At first, she felt that Xu Jing's stature and imposing manner did not look like a woman, but then she thought that there seemed to be some girls with strong skeletons and aggressive spirits in modern times. Xu Jing was a woman. Maybe.

So Wen Yu quietly lowered his head and moved closer to Xu Jing's ear, intending to take a closer look.Unexpectedly, at this time Xu Jing suddenly turned his head and met his eyes.

It turned out that Xu Jing heard no sound behind him for a long time, and was a little worried whether Wen Yu was asleep, so he turned his head and looked back. It happened that Wen Yu also came over at this time. Now the tip of their noses was less than half an inch apart, and the scene was silent for a while.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Jing turned his head away first, and continued to walk forward.

Wen Yu coughed a few times uncomfortably, pretending to be nonchalant and said: "It seems that we will reach the city gate soon. When we arrive, Master Xu will put me down, and I will find a gatekeeper to take me back." Xu Jing agreed .

After all, Wen Yu was a little scratching his head, and couldn't figure it out after much deliberation, so he simply asked Xu Jing about his ear piercing.

Xu Jing paused for a moment, then replied: "That's because Xiaguan was in poor health when he was young, and he often fell ill. The elders in the family feared that it would be difficult to support him. Only the left ear has it."

It was only then that Wen Yu realized how outrageous her thoughts were, and she smiled embarrassedly, laughing at herself that she might be stupid watching TV.

After arriving at the city gate, Xu Jing and Wen Yu said goodbye. Before leaving, Wen Yu thanked Xu Jing repeatedly, and agreed that the two would continue to investigate the case together tomorrow.Wen Yu felt that she already had some clues today, and was about to strike while the iron was hot, but Xu Jing persuaded him to go home and rest for a day to raise his feet, and it happened that he also had to deal with internal matters of the inspection department.

Seeing that what he said was reasonable, Wen Yu agreed.

The author has something to say: about male ear piercing

This was relatively common in ancient times, and it was mentioned in "Warning the World Hengyan·Prefect Qiao Disorderly Spotting Mandarin Ducks".But it's all in the left ear

Today, Gongshou pinched feet, held hands, and cuddled, rounding it up was a meat fight hahahahahahaha!do not wake me up!