Midsummer is not going for a long time, the temperature is rising all the time, and Huainan City is getting hotter and hotter.

However, although it was dark, because the people of the Great Song Dynasty were too reserved, there were not many people who really went to bathe in the river.

If it's really hot, it's just a matter of digging some well water at home to wipe your body.

There are a lot of small streams outside Huainan City, usually in the evening at dusk, there will be a lot of women washing clothes next to them, this day two women with basins and clothes to wash again, they chatted and beat, but at this time, not far away suddenly floated something, the two women were very curious, so they found a long stick to look over, and this time, suddenly frightened the two women almost fell into the water.

The two women were so frightened that they hurried away, shouting dead as they ran, dead as they ran.

The news of a corpse floating in a stream outside Huainan City quickly spread throughout Huainan City, and after Sima Guang heard it, he immediately sent someone to invite Hua Lang, and then rushed to the scene of the murder together in the next few days.

At that time, the breeze was blowing, but there was also a trace of coolness, after the official isolated the scene, he jumped into it and fished up the corpse, the corpse was soaked a little white, and the corpse spots were even more obvious, and at a glance, he knew that he had been dead for some time.

After the body was salvaged, Hua Lang immediately began to check, Hua Lang found that the deceased's corpse spots had spread over a large area, probably killed last night, there was a scar on the back of the deceased's body, at this time the wound was rotten, maggots crawled all over, it was very disgusting, Hua Lang frowned slightly, and then got up and said: "The deceased was attacked to death from behind, the time of death should be last night, the deceased did not have any baggage, I don't know if it is still in the river, Lord Sima, send someone to search it." ”

Sima Guang nodded, and then ordered, because it was the height of summer, and it was very late in the dark, so everyone was not in a hurry.

The two women who found the bodies had been sent away, they were just the discoverers, and it was useless to ask them, the suburbs at this time were lush and green, giving people a very comfortable feeling, Hua Lang saw this and said, "Lord Sima, how about walking together?" ”

Sima Guang was only focused on the murder case at this time, and suddenly heard Hua Lang say that he wanted to walk around, and couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Dude, this corpse?" ”

Hua Lang smiled: "The deceased has died last night, but by this time today, no one has reported that the family is missing, I think the deceased may not be from Huainan City, we don't know the identity of the deceased now, but I'm afraid it's not easy to check, why don't Master Sima order down first, and after figuring out the identity of the deceased, we will continue to investigate, how about it?" ”

Sima Guang nodded, and then ordered to go down, and after the order went down, he accompanied Hua Lang to wander around, in fact, it was said to be hanging out, and the two also wanted to find some clues, but it was a pity that nothing was found.

The noise of insects in the suburbs, and the officials over there didn't find anything like a package in the water, Sima Guang frowned slightly, and speculated: "Could it be murder and overkill?" ”

Regarding Sima Guang's proposal, Hua Lang smiled and said, "Did Lord Sima see the palm of the deceased just now?" ”

Sima Guang shook his head, and at this time, Hua Lang said: "I noticed that the deceased's palms were thick and there were calluses on them, and it was obvious that he was a frequent coolie, just imagine how much money such a person can have?" ”

Sima Guang seemed to have an understanding, but he still insisted on his own ideas, and Hua Lang did not veto it, after all, in this world, many people have the opportunity to suddenly get a windfall, and once a person gets a windfall, then the probability of such a catastrophe happening is high.

God is fair to everyone, and has given you a windfall, but you must suffer some misfortune.

After returning to Huainan City from the suburbs, Sima Guang began to investigate the identity of the deceased, but this matter was not easy, and Hua Lang and Sima Guang also knew about it.

So after that day, the official investigated for two or three days, and finally found out a clue, saying that someone had seen this person in Huainan City, but when he saw this person, he was in rags, as if he was begging, and he never saw him again.

This news is very surprising, how could a person who used to beg in Huainan City die later, and when he died, it seems that he was no longer a beggar, because when Hualang and they found the deceased, although the clothes worn by the deceased were not good, they were by no means something that a beggar could afford to wear.

It seems that the deceased did get a windfall, and after Sima Guang got the news, he became more firm in his previous inference, but even so, more news about the deceased could not be obtained again, as if the deceased had only appeared once in Huainan City.

If there are so few people who have seen the deceased, then he must not be from Huainan City, so Hua Lang asked the official to ask the person who had seen the deceased to see if the person knew the deceased's accent, and if he knew the deceased's accent, he might be able to send someone to the deceased's hometown to investigate.

This clue still worked, and the official investigation learned that the deceased spoke Wu language, and the person who had seen the deceased seemed to have a good understanding of this dialect, and he could even say that the deceased's Wu dialect had a Jiangyin accent.

This clue is very important, if the person who has seen the deceased is not wrong, the deceased may be from Jiangyin, for this reason, Hua Lang immediately sent someone to Jiangyin to investigate, to see if he can find out the person who knows the deceased, and in addition, Hua Lang also sent people to look for Jiangyin people in Huainan City, Hua Lang believes that this windfall will not come so strangely, it may be that the deceased can get this windfall, may also be a Jiangyin person, moreover, maybe the deceased came to Huainan to seek refuge in the country, maybe in Huainan City, there are Jiangyin people who know the deceased.

These were all the clues they could have now, so they had to do it anyway in order to be able to investigate this strange murder.

Of course, in addition, Sima Guang is still sending people to investigate to see if there are any witnesses on the night the deceased was killed, it was a suburb, it was so hot, maybe someone couldn't sleep, and maybe he saw nothing.

After this assignment continues, all everyone has to do is wait, waiting for the news from Jiangyin, waiting for the news here in Huainan City, and the news outside Huainan City.

It's just that these news are very slim, at least in the eyes of Hua Lang and Sima Guang and others, it is very slim, but this is the only clue to solve the case.

After two days like this, there was finally news in Huainan City, and this news was very important.