The deceased was a spice merchant in Chongzhou Prefecture, surnamed Hao, a man, now Chinese New Year's Eve seven years old, of medium height, and when he died, black blood flowed from his ears, nose, eyes, and mouth.

The appearance of the death can be said to be exactly the same as the death of the previous people.

It can be said that the death of this shopkeeper Hao must be obviously related to several previous cases of dead people, and it should be committed by the same person.

However, whether it was before Lu Shaoye came, whether it was the prefect of Chongzhou Mansion, or the people sent by Lu Shaoye later, they were at a loss from all aspects of investigation.

After all, if it is a serial murder case, there must be something related to it.

If it was for money, the people killed would inevitably be either rich or expensive, and there would be a loss of money, but not to mention that these deceased families did not have any loss of money, and even among the two people who died, one was a beggar on the street, and the other was an ordinary farmer, both of whom were very poor.

If one person has no money, it can also be said that he killed by mistake or was bumped into to kill someone, but if there are two people, it should not be a coincidence, since there are two poor people, and the money is not lost, it means that this person did not commit the murder for money.

And another possibility is vendetta killing, there was a festival in the past, and it is not impossible to deliberately kill people for a long time.

However, among the six people who have died so far, a peasant in Lijia Village, a beggar in Fucheng, a nephew of Wei Guogong, a shopkeeper Liu who sells wontons on the street, an errand officer who works at a post station, and this shopkeeper Hao who sells spices is the sixth.

This makes things very difficult.

It's not for money, it's not for vendetta, and there is a huge disparity in identity between each other, they don't know each other, and they don't have any mutual relationship, which almost excludes this dispute, love murder and other possibilities.

What made Lu Shaoye even more annoyed was that six people had died, and he couldn't find out what the cause of death of the dead was.

If it is said to be poison, the blood that flows out should be a dull dark red, and the silver needle test poison should also be tested, but the blood that flows out is bright red, and the silver needle test poison test has no half reaction, even the things they ate that day were eaten with others, and others were all safe.

And Lu Shaoye asked people to collect all the blood shed by the dead people, mix it in food and feed it to the dogs, and did not find half of the abnormality, which shows that this person did not die of poisoning, and almost ruled out the possibility of poisoning by others.

If it is not poisoning, it is very likely to be an external force or an illness.

But these six people did not show any signs of being hit by external forces on their bodies, nor did they have half a scar, so it was naturally ruled out that it was due to external forces.

As for the onset of the disease......

The beggars and farmers didn't know, and the nephew of the Duke of Wei, as well as the shopkeeper of Hao, both went to see the doctor not long ago because of the wind and cold, and the other because of the broken foot, and the final result was that the former was because of the cold, and the latter did not damage the bones, and there were no side problems, and they were all well after taking medicine, and they had been in good health before they died, and there was no abnormality at all.

And if it is said that one person and two people get sick, it is really impossible for six people to get sick at the same time, and the same disease.

The possibility of the onset of the disease is almost ruled out.

"Lord Lu, will it be too strange for you to say this, this is not for money, it is not for vendetta, and the six people do not know each other, and this killing method is even more strange, not beating with a knife, let alone poisoning to death, how did this kill people, and why did those people die?"

The prefect of Chongzhou Mansion is named Wu Rumin, who was originally a military general, and his ancestors also followed Taizu to fight in the south and the north to pacify the world, just because the world was stable after the founding of the country, and most of the former military generals also arranged civilian positions, and the Wu family was like this, urging their children and grandchildren to study and govern.

It's just that in the end, it is a military general, the tradition passed down from generation to generation, you can read books, but this kung fu can not be lost, and the art of war strategy must be remembered, so although the descendants of the Wu family say that most of them are scholars, and there are many civil servants, they are rough and heroic people, and they are very conspicuous in this court.

And this Wu Rumin is a typical son of the Wu family, although he is in his thirties at this time, he does not have the calmness that he should have at this age, only shouting here, full of complaints.

Wu Rumin has a straightforward temperament and has no city government, but many things are comprehensive, thoughtful, and very honest with Lu Shaoye, Lu Shaoye likes Wu Rumin's temperament quite a lot, and the two of them can talk quite well.

Now seeing Wu Rumin's appearance, Lu Shaoye laughed: "Governor Wu is a little restless, there is no impermeable wall in everything, and naturally there is no case that cannot be investigated, and this matter will come to light sooner or later." ”

Seeing that Lu Shaoye was calm and relaxed, as if he was in danger, Wu Rumin suddenly felt that he was too impatient, and he was suddenly a little ashamed: "I'm just panicking, this trial case is too troublesome, more troublesome than holding a pen and writing, it's really annoying." ”

"Speaking of which, doesn't Lord Lu think this is strange? I can't find out anything, it's not this or that, isn't it that this person was killed casually, just left on the street, looking at people everywhere, and killing whoever is not pleasing to the eye? ”

"And the murder method, it's not this or that, isn't it the ghost who came out of the underworld, casually hooked people's souls?" Wu Rumin scratched her head as she spoke.

Lu Shaoye laughed, but his heart was cold.

This Wu Rumin is complaining, but if you think about it carefully, she also feels that it makes sense.

Didn't this person kill him casually? Isn't this murder method the ghost hooking the soul and not succeeding, doesn't it seem too ridiculous to say this?

But if you don't explain it that way, it seems that there is no explanation for it.

Lu Shaoye was very puzzled in his heart, but his face was silent, he only patted Wu Rumin and said: "Wu Governor should not be impatient, the meal should be eaten one bite at a time, this case naturally has to be investigated little by little, if we can't find anything now, it must be our investigation method and direction Something is wrong, now the plan, I don't think we should be bored here, it is better to go and see the situation at the scene again, and then look at the testimony of the people around us at that time, and then comb through it carefully to see if we have missed something." ”