Chapter 182: A Tragedy in Early Winter.

This year's winter is a little cold, in the early winter, the people of Tianchang County have put on thick cotton jackets, every morning, the streets that have been splashed by some unscrupulous people, there will be a thin layer of ice.

Hua Lang and they haven't received a case for several days, but they are not worried, because last time in Huainan, they each got 1,000 taels of silver, and the four of them combined also have 4,000 silver, which can make their winter leisurely.

And in order to get a real leisure, at the beginning of winter, they added fireplaces to various rooms, and replaced the dilapidated things in the house with new ones.

Therefore, when you enter the house, it is warm, and when you go out of the courtyard, it is the cold wind.

No one likes cold wind, unless it's snowing.

And that night, the whole Tianchang County fell with snow all night, and the next day the snow stopped, and Hua Lang and the others walked out of the room and looked at the people in the courtyard, and suddenly there was an indescribable excitement.

The world is covered by a piece of silver, you can't see all the dirt, Wen Meng ran on the snow to his heart's content, Hua Lang stood in the corridor and looked at everything in front of him, and suddenly felt his neck cold, it turned out that Hua Wan'er grabbed a handful of snow and sprinkled it in, Hua Lang's hand was a hand of water, and at this time, Hua Wan'er had already run out of Lu with a smile, Hua Wan'er smiled while running: "Sister Wen, hurry up and come and see, your man is going to bully me." ”

Wen Mengzhi said that Hua Wan'er was joking, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "What, there is a man bullying you, who dares to bully our little sister Hua?" ”

A few people were playing in the small courtyard, looking very excited, and when everyone was playing, Hua Wan'er suddenly slipped and fell carelessly, and the whole person fell to the ground, making snow all over her body, just when she was about to get up, the door of the detective agency suddenly opened, and Gongsun Ce stood at the door and looked at everything inside, a little stunned for a while.

At this time, Hua Wan'er was still sitting on the snow, and when she saw Gongsun Ce, she suddenly lost the wildness just now, she stood up from the ground very cautiously and ladylike, looked at Gongsun Ce and asked, "How could Master think of coming to us?" ”

Gongsun Ce came back to his senses, hurriedly looked at Hua Lang and said: "Yamen took a case this morning, Lord Bao feels that Brother Hua has not received any cases in the past few days, if you are interested, it is better to follow and take a look." ”

As soon as Hua Lang heard that there was a case, he immediately became interested, and hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll go with Mr. Gongsun." ”

The group left the detective agency and walked towards the scene of the crime, and during such a journey, Gongsun Ce told everyone about the problems encountered by Bao Zheng.

"Early this morning, a woman Wang came to report the case, saying that her daughter Wang Yuanyuan was killed in the courtyard, and begged Lord Bao to catch the murderer, Lord Bao has already brought someone there, and I specially came to invite Brother Hua."

There are not many pedestrians on the road, and there is snow on the road, the weather is unusually cold, they walk very slowly, about a stick of incense time, they came to Wang's home, and at this time her daughter's body is lying in the snow, Bao Zheng is checking on the side, he saw Hua Lang and others coming, hurriedly greeted him, said: "Brother Hua is willing to come, this case must not be a problem, I have already asked, Wang opened the door this morning, found that his daughter died in the courtyard, the body has been frozen cold and stiff, After she found out that her daughter had been killed, she left to report the case to the yamen. ”

At this time, the Wang family cried so much, she wanted to rush over to pick up her daughter, but was stopped by the officials, Hua Lang came to the corpse and carefully examined it, and found that the deceased was not wearing a lot of clothes, and it should have been prepared for a small relief at that time, and in addition, there was no external injury on her body, her tongue was outstretched, and her eyes were staring.

After such an examination, Hua Lang got up and said, "I was suffocated by someone covering my mouth." Judging from the situation at the scene, it should be night, Wang Yuanyuan got up to relieve herself, and at this time, the murderer suddenly rushed up and covered her mouth to take her away, which can be seen from the drag marks on the snow, but Wang Yuanyuan swore to death, and the murderer had no choice but to suffocate her. ”

After everyone listened to Hua Lang's words, they looked around, and sure enough, they saw drag marks, and there were footprints, but because people came and went, the footprints were somewhat destroyed.

At this time, Wang suddenly rushed up and cried: "The one who killed a thousand knives wants to kill my daughter, it's easy for us orphans and widows, my lord, you must find the murderer and avenge my daughter." ”

Bao Zheng was also a little unbearable when he saw this situation, and he knew that Wang's husband had been dead for many years, and she had pulled Wang Yuanyuan alone all these years, and now the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, who could endure this grief?

However, now Bao Zheng has no way, because from the scene, he doesn't know who the murderer is, so at this time, Bao Zheng set his eyes on Hua Lang, Hua Lang saw this, and said lightly: "It can be seen from the drag marks on the ground that the snow has stopped when the murderer committed the murder, and the snow stopped before midnight this morning, so Brother Bao didn't want to send someone to inquire. ”

After listening to Hualang's words, Bao Zheng nodded and hurriedly asked people to inquire.

At this time, Hua Lang looked at Wang and asked: "You know your daughter best, you should be very clear about your daughter's affairs, who she usually interacts with, and who she has enmity with, you should know the way, right?" ”

After Hualang finished speaking, Wang's brows suddenly frowned, and said: "The murderer must be the kid Xue Kai of the Xue family, he has always been interested in my daughter, but I think his family is poor and can't give my daughter happiness, so I don't agree, the murderer must be him, he must be forcibly taking away my daughter, but my daughter doesn't agree, so he killed my daughter." ”

After listening to Wang's indignation, Hua Lang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is this another tragedy of love and affection in feudal society?

Thinking like this, Hua Lang looked at Wang and asked, "What do you mean by your daughter, does she like Xue Kai?" ”

Wang hesitated for a while, and after a long time, his face suddenly changed, and said: "How can my daughter like that poor boy, my woman likes Zhang Tianfu, the son of Zhang Yuanwai's family, and I have agreed to Zhang Yuanwai's proposal and accepted their dowry, my daughter doesn't like Xue Kai." ”

Wang's mouth said that her daughter didn't like Xue Kai, but a discerning person could guess at a glance that it must be Wang Yuanyuan and Xue Kai who were in love.

But does this matter have anything to do with Wang Yuanyuan's killing?