Ma Xiaoling went in and looked around, only to see a man examining the corpse. When the county magistrate saw three faces coming in, his face was displeased, and he said sharply: "Didn't Liu Zhutou say it?" Is no one allowed to enter the scene of the crime? ”

"Your Excellency?" When Liu Zhutou heard the sound, he ran over and whispered in his ear for a while, only to see the county government nodding incessantly.

Ma Xiaoling looked back and saw that Zhao Qingxia and Li Gongzi also came in, and when she saw the gold token in their hands, she knew that Zhao Qingxia took it out again to scare people. This uncle's daughter is really.

The county magistrate looked at Ma Xiaoling and the other three seriously, and said with joy on his face: "The three of them have arrived, and they are really shining." Now, the contemptible person is much easier. ”

Ma Xiaoling glanced at him and raised her eyebrows mockingly. "I think we've done our best," the prefectural order said. This case is indeed very bizarre, I was about to report to Shangfeng, but I didn't expect Shangfeng to be able to pinch and calculate, so I sent someone so soon. ”

Seeing this, Ma Xiaoling smiled and said, "I was also passing by." I saw that there was a homicide here, so I came and took a look. So he asked:

"Sir, didn't you come in a carriage?"

The prefectural commander replied in surprise, "No." ”

Ma Xiaoling asked, "What about your subordinates?" Isn't there either? ”

The county magistrate replied: "No, I said that Zhang is fast, our county is very poor, who has nothing to hire a carriage." ”

Ma Xiaoling said lightly: "Then, let's go to the house and take a look." ”

After Ma Xiaoling asked these incoherent words, she strode into the room. Zhao Qingxia and the others followed behind, with a look of surprise on their faces.

There is a short hallway leading to the kitchen. There was no flat carpet on the aisle floor, and the floor was covered in dust. There is a door on the left and right sides of the aisle. One of them has clearly not been opened for many weeks. The other is the door of the restaurant, where the tragedy took place. Ma Xiaoling walked in, and Zhao Qingxia followed behind her, feeling extremely heavy. This is caused by the dead body.

It is a large square room, which is very large due to its lack of furniture. The walls were covered with cheap flower paper, and in some places there were spots of mold, and in other places large swaths of flat ground were peeling off, revealing the yellow whitewashed walls inside. There is only one window in the house. Exceptionally dirty. As a result, the interior is very dimly lit and has a dull color everywhere. The dust inside the house deepened the mood.

After all, Zhao Qingxia is a golden branch and leaves, and she has rarely seen a dead person. It's a little scary. Unconsciously the footsteps were messed up. collided with Ma Xiaoling in front.

Ma Xiaoling turned back to Zhao Qingxia and said, "Hey, why are you following me?" ”

Zhao Qingxia's face tightened when she heard this. Summoning up the courage to say, "Who is following you?!" His face was filled with indignation. After moving his gaze to the corpse, all his attention was focused on the terrible corpse; He lay frozen on the floor, staring blankly at the roof. The deceased was approximately forty-three or four years of age, of medium build, broad shoulders, black curly hair, and a short, stiff beard, wearing a thick black tweed tuxedo top and waistcoat, and light-colored trousers. There was a neat hat on the floor beside him. The deceased was clenched into fists, arms outstretched, and legs folded, and it seemed that he had struggled painfully when he was dying. There was a look of horror on his stiff face.

According to Ma Xiaoling, this is an expression of resentment, which has never been seen before. The menacing countenance, coupled with the strange appearance of baring teeth and grinning, was terrifying, and with the low forehead, flat nose and protruding chin, it looked very much like a strange-looking flat-nosed ape. Moreover, the extremely unnatural churning posture of pain made its appearance even more terrifying. Always skinny, he was examining the corpse.

The county order said: "This case must stir up the whole town, three." I'm not a novice who hasn't experienced it anymore, but I haven't seen anything like this bizarre. ”

Li Gongzi asked, "There are no clues?" ”

The prefectural magistrate replied, "No clues." ”

Liu Zhutou also echoed and said, "Not at all." ”

Ma Xiaoling walked up to the corpse and knelt down to examine it intently. "Surely you don't have any injuries?" He asked, pointing to the bloodstains around him.

He replied, "Not really." ”

Ma Xiaoling said lightly: "Then, these bloodstains must be another person's, maybe the murderer's." If this is a homicide case, it reminds me of a case that Lord Bao solved before? ”

When everyone heard this, is there still a case to be found?

Ma Xiaoling said: "There is nothing new in the world, it is all done by predecessors. As he spoke, his sensitive fingers touched here and there, and in a moment he unbuttoned the dead man's garment and examined it.

"Huh?" Zhao Qingxia's face blushed, this ...... This, after all, is a yellow flower girl, where has she ever seen a smooth body, let alone a dead person.

There was a blank look in his eyes. Ma Xiaoling's examination was very swift, and it was unexpectedly meticulous and serious. Finally, she sniffed the dead man and glanced at the soles of the deceased's boots.

Ma Xiaoling asked, "Has the corpse never moved?" ”

He was originally angry, but the prefectural commander already knew that he was sent by the upper peak, so he replied, "Except for the necessary inspection of us, we haven't moved." ”

As the dead body was moved, one of the rings rolled to the ground. Zhao Qingxia hurriedly picked it up and looked at it inexplicably.

"There must be a woman here," she shouted. It's a woman's ring. "Rich kids naturally recognize these pieces of jewelry.

As she spoke, she extended her hand holding the ring to show it. The crowd gathered around to see it. This modest gold ring was undoubtedly worn by women.

"In this way, it complicates the case even more, and God knows, this case is already complicated enough," the county order said. ”

Ma Xiaoling said: "How do you know that this ring can't make this case clearer?" It's no use staring at it like that. What did you check out in your pocket? ”

"It's all here," said the servant, pointing to a small pile of things on the table, "a heavy, strong gold chain." A gold ring with the emblem of Chen Kee engraved on it. A gold needle with the head of a tiger dog on it, and two rubies in the dog's eyes. The official ultimatum has "Yin Mingqiang, people from Guangzhou City, etc." There is no purse, only some change, a total of seven taels and 23 yuan. In addition, there were two letters—one addressed to Liu Chuan and one addressed to Chen Da. ”

"Where did you send it?"

"Both letters were sent from the post station, informing them of the start of construction. It can be seen that this unlucky guy is about to go back to Guangzhou. ”

"Have you ever investigated Chen Da?"

"Of course, I immediately looked into it." Liu Zhutou said.

"Have you contacted him?"

"This is difficult, after all, there is still a distance from Guangzhou." The prefectural magistrate replied.

Ma Xiaoling nodded, and suddenly the case entered a dead end, what should I do? It would be nice if the little fish woke up.

At this time, Zhao Qingxia came over and said, "My lord, I just discovered something very important. If I hadn't examined the wall closely, it would have slipped through. His eyes sparkled as he spoke, apparently smug because he had outwitted his colleagues.

"Come here," he said, quickly returning to the front room. Now that the body had been carried away, the air in the room seemed much fresher. "Okay, please stand there!"

She took out the fire fold from her bosom, blew it and burned it, and held it up to shine against the wall.

"Look at that!" She said smugly.

As mentioned earlier, the flower paper on the wall has peeled off in many places. In this corner, where a large piece of flower paper had peeled off, a rough yellow powder wall was revealed. On this wall, where there is no flower paper, there is a text scrawled in blood:

Bihe

"What do you think of this word?" Zhao Qingxia said loudly like the owner of a circus troupe boasting about his tricks, "This word is so ignored because it is in the darkest corner of the house, and no one has thought of coming here to see it." It was written by the murderer in his or her own blood. Lo and behold, there are traces of blood flowing down the wall! From this it can be seen that this is not suicide in any way. Why did you choose this corner to write about it? I can tell you that you look at the candlestick on the candlestick. It was lit at the time, and if it was, then the corner would be the brightest, not the darkest. ”

Liu Zhutou said contemptuously: "However, you just found this handwriting, what's the point?" ”

"What's the point? This shows that the person who wrote was going to write a woman's name, Bihe, but something disturbed him, so he or she didn't have time to finish it. If you take my word to heart, when the whole case is clarified, you will definitely be able to find out that a woman named Bihe has something to do with this case. You can laugh at me now, Ma Xiaoling; You may be very smart and capable, but at the end of the day, ginger is still old and spicy. ”

Ma Xiaoling couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "I'm really sorry! You were indeed the first of the three of us to discover this handwriting, and we owe it to you. And, as you said, it is abundantly clear from this that this was written by another person in the tragedy last night. I haven't had time to inspect this room yet. If you allow it, I'm going to check it now. ”

Ma Xiaoling began to seriously inspect the scene, walking around the house silently, sometimes standing, sometimes kneeling, and once she actually fell to the ground. She was so engrossed in her work that she seemed to have forgotten them all; He had been muttering to himself, sometimes exclaiming, sometimes sighing, sometimes whistling, sometimes whispering as if he were hopeful and encouraged.

Zhao Qingxia clasped her hands on her chest and snorted: "So it's mysterious." (To be continued......)