The place where the headless body was found was on a small road on the outskirts of the city. This small road intersected with the official road that Gongsun and the others had entered the city yesterday. There was a dense forest in front and a small river behind. It was in a remote location.
It is said that a nearby farmer found it when he went here to carry water.
Zhao Pu asked Liu Xie for a local topographic map, checked it out, and found that this forest is connected with a whole mountain forest behind, next to the official road, and it is possible to enter or leave the city from many places. No wonder they ran into that strange man holding a human head on the road last night So it seems that there is no need to ask, maybe the winged monster killed someone?
Gongsun walked over and squatted next to the corpse to inspect it. The corpse was not in a hurry, and there was a lot of blood and mud. It seemed that he had struggled before he died, and he was not captured easily.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang observed the terrain outside, there were bloodstains on the ground, they dragged out the elders, and led them to the official road.
"People's heads are torn off immediately after being alive or dead." Gongsun looked at the bloody mouth, "And it's not torn off with a knife."
"Take it off alive?" All the people who knew martial arts at the scene asked in unison, thinking who is this person? This movement is not something that can be done with strength alone. Could it be a martial arts master, or a real monster!
"The deceased was a man, about forty-five to fifty years old, with a fat body. He was well dressed, but his hands had thin calluses. He should have worked hard before, but later his family was rich." He picked up the jade pendant and money bag from the man's waist, and showed it to everyone, "It doesn't look like robbery."
Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked Liu Xie, "Do you know this person?"
Liu Xie stared at the fat headless corpse on the ground for a long time, then nodded, "I seem to know him. This is a squire from Xinghua County. His surname is Qian Dayouit should be him."
Liu Xie said, and asked someone to go to Qian Dayou's house to have a look. If he was really lost, he would call a family member to identify the body.
"This Qian Dayou is one of the richest people in Xinghua County." Liu Xie briefly introduced the possible identity of the deceased to Zhan Zhao and the others. It is said that he used to be quite mean, and would occasionally do things like beating foremen and robbing men and women. I have taught him a few times, but recently he has restrained himself I heard that he has returned from evil. It may be because he came to a middle-aged home The youngest son died unexpectedly. He thought it was retribution, so he suddenly changed and started doing good deeds."
"For example, what good things did he do?" Zhao Pu was curious.
"Heh." Liu Xie was also happy, "The area in the south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, and I have countless fertile fields and forests in Xinghua, as well as fishing and silk tradingso there are basically no victims of disasters."
Zhan Zhao and the others all nodded. They went around in the past few days. Not to mention the disaster victims in Xinghua County, there was not even a beggar, and they were all passing by. There were absolutely no locals.
"Master Liu is well-governed." Zhao Pu seems to appreciate Liu Xie very much. He is low-key and humble. The people who govern the county are simple and the life is rich. It is just like Master Bao said, young and promising I don't know if there will be any in the future. The plan to develop into the military.
Liu Xie shook his head embarrassingly, "My lord, I will remember my teacher's instruction to make every commoner in the jurisdiction live well It's a pity that such a shocking case happened, and it was added back and forth. Get up, six or seven people are dead."
The yamen servants behind him were also a little frustrated.
Afterwards, everyone continued to search for clues at the scene.
Gongsun drew the situation on the scene, including the shape of Qian Dayou and the surrounding environment when he died. This is a method that Gongsun has recently researched. After drawing it, you can look at the details of the scene from time to time to avoid omissions.
Zhan Zhao and the others turned around and found that the bloodstains did continue all the way to the official road, and then stopped suddenly, which should be the place where the strange man flew directly into the forest.
"Master Liu, have there been any people with wings in Xinghua?" Bai Yutang asked Liu Xie.
Liu Xie froze for a moment, frowned and hesitated, "Is this"
"Is there?" Zhan Zhao saw that he had a solemn expression, so he probably did, so he asked.
Liu Xie nodded, "It hasn't been long since I took over Xinghua County, and I found that there are many strange rumors in this county. Many people who went into the mountains said that they had seen strange people with wings, but that person moved very fast. It disappeared in a flash."
"How about going to the mountain to have a look?" Zhao Pu suggested, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both agreed, but Liu Xie hurriedly stopped him, "Oh, I can't go if I can't go!"
Everyone was puzzled, "Why? There are so many of us"
"It doesn't matter how many people there are, you really can't go!" Liu Xie shook his head, "You have to find a good guide to enter.?The people decided to keep the stone statue, and then sent people to ambush here. If anyone came again at night, they would all be arrested and brought back to the county government office for interrogation.
Liu Xie felt that it might just be some kind of ritual performed by some young people seeking excitement, and had nothing to do with the murder of the hidden mountain monster. Everyone naturally hoped so too But looking at the stone statue again, they felt faintly that there was something strange about that thing.
At noon, everyone finally returned to the Yamen.
Entering the yard, I saw that the fourth son had already put on his clothes and got out of bed, strolling in the yard. Gongsun ran over and picked him up to check his pulse, and found that the typhoid fever was cured, so he felt relieved to let him play.
Zhan Zhao waited to sit down to eat, and Bai Yutang sat on the left side. Zhan Zhao just wanted to sit next to him, but the fourth son snatched that seat.
Zhan Zhao looked at him puzzled, Gongsun Xiang said that the fourth son was rude, so Zhao Pra stopped him, and winked at Gongsun - don't worry about it, let him go.
Xiao Si pointed to another seat next to him, "Sit here, Meow Meow."
Zhan Zhao sat down, and now he became the fourth son sitting between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. Everyone thought they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the fourth son was acting like a baby with the two of them, so they didn't ask much. They were all starving and had to eat early, and Gongsun had to go to the autopsy after dinner.
"Baibai." The fourth son called Bai Yutang while scooping up egg custard with a spoon.
"Huh?" Bai Yutang was thinking while eating, with hidden mountains and cats in his mind in a mess. When the fourth son called him, he absent-mindedly agreed.
"Is your sweetheart a man or a woman?" the fourth son suddenly asked.
"Ahem"
Bai Yutang was not on guard, choked on a mouthful of food, coughed and looked at the fourth son.
The shadow guards at the table next to them ate in suspense, and Zhao Pu picked up a chopstick dish for Gongsun¡ªthe little thing asked the point.
Zhan Zhao was on the sidelines picking up vegetables for the fourth son, and helping Bai Yutang out of the siege, "Fourth son, my sweetheart is naturally a woman."
"Why? Both Daddy and Jiujiu are men, and so are Xiaosi and Xiaoliangzi." Xiaosi retorted
Xiao Liang eats happily, my sweethearthaha.
Zhan Zhao was stunned after hearing this, and looked at Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang touched his nose in embarrassment, why did this little thing ask this question as soon as he came up.
Xiao Si knew it in his heart, just now Xiao Liangzi analyzed it with him, Bai Bai's sweetheart described it as meow! Make sure he admits it this time!
"Bai Bai, what's the last name of your sweetheart?" The fourth son rubbed against Bai Yutang and asked, "Is he good-looking? Is he handsome? Is he good at martial arts? Is he famous? Is he good?" Meow likes to run around like this?"
"Cough cough." All the shadow guards worked hard to eat like buckets, their shoulders were shaking so as not to let themselves spit out, and Ziying looked suspiciously at the crowd with the vegetables in their hands. Why did they just eat and not eat vegetables?
"Baibai, uh"
The fourth son still wanted to ask, but Bai Yutang quickly picked up a spare rib and stuffed it into his mouth, stretched out his hand to pinch his cheek, "eat."
The fourth son squinted at him, saw that Bai Yutang's ears were red and he bowed his head to eat, so he knew he had guessed right, oh! Bai Bai seems to know that he likes Miaomiao, so he shifted his gaze to Zhan Zhao.
At this time, Zhan Zhao was even more disturbed, right Bai Yutang's sweetheart is a man or a woman? There are really many famous and beautiful men in the Jianghu So Zhan Zhao became even more depressed