After Meng Shisan asked Shangchun to go to Jiang Mansion to deliver a message to Jiang Ziyao, she left the hospital and went to the upper room to pay her respects to Mrs. Meng.
At the same time, Meng Meijing also left the hospital and went to her uncle's house.
At this time, Wu Pinbai was having a headache over the death of Shopkeeper Liu. After conducting an autopsy, Wu told him that Shopkeeper Liu died from a cut in the throat with a sword, and then his body was thrown into the Guangguang River.
When he first received the report, the case was assigned to him as the presiding officer. Before seeing the body, he thought it was an accident that caused him to slip and drown. Unexpectedly, after seeing the body, the experienced police officer A quick look revealed the fatal wound on Shopkeeper Liu's throat.
Obviously, the case was a homicide and not an accident as he initially thought.
This made him think of the just-concluded case of Mrs. Qiao suing Miss Xi, which was presided over by Lu Fuyin himself. Miss Qiao also drowned, but she drowned for real.
At that time, Wu Zuo also examined Miss Qiao’s body and found that she had indeed died of suffocation in the water.
“Why are two recent cases related to water?” Wu Pinbai murmured to himself.
Captain Qi next to him quickly took over: "Sir, this is murder, and it was killed with one sword. The person who wanted to kill Shopkeeper Liu is very skilled."
"If it is just The skill is not low, but it is easy to handle. I am afraid that in addition to the skill, there are also people behind the scenes. There is a master, and the master's status is not low, so it will be difficult to handle. "Wu Pinbai has been an official for many years, his name is Jingguan, and he has entered the Jingya government office that everyone admires, but he has received many honors and honors over the years. Gui's pain was that every time he encountered someone behind the murderer, he had to turn a blind eye.
However, this is easier said than done.
He is an honest official. Although he has been able to close his eyes for many years in order to protect himself and his family, but after so many years, he is really filled with grievances.
When I first took over the case of Shopkeeper Liu’s death, I thought it was an accident, so it was just a formality. However, the policeman found out that it was a homicide, so we had to seriously find out the murderer behind the scenes.
The culprit behind this is difficult to find.
Captain Qi has been following Wu Pinbai for a long time. In fact, Wu Pinbai’s situation is similar to that of his fellow detectives. Sometimes, he even feels that Wu Pinbai’s life as an official , not as happy as him.
Every time he saw Wu Tuiguan's sad face and filled with righteous indignation, he knew that Wu Tuiguan had to swallow a lot of anger and lose a few hairs in order to bring the murderer to justice. If you pursue it to the end, you have to close the case.
"Why don't you hand over this case, sir?" Detective Qi tried to persuade.
Wu Pinbai shook his head: "Shopkeeper Liu was killed. Even now, the corpse's eyes still can't be closed. Even Big Goose stroked his eyelids three times, and he had to start again three times. When he opened his eyes, he obviously refused to close his eyes. He died unjustly, or he may still have some unfulfilled wishes. Since it is a case assigned to me and the deceased is so strange, I cannot hand it over. I have to investigate the case thoroughly and get to the bottom of it. "
Big Goose is the nickname of Jing Yamen.
I don’t know when it started, but everyone in the capital government called him by his nickname, and rarely called him by his real name.
Although Agent Qi did not see that scene with his own eyes, just listening to Wu Pinbai's words, he could imagine the scene where Shopkeeper Liu refused to close his eyes. When he came to be a policeman, he thought about it and got goosebumps.
He also did not persuade Wu Pinbai to hand over the case.
It’s not like Wu Tuiguan has never taken on cases like this. In addition to blocking Wu Tuiguan’s promotion path, it doesn’t seem to endanger Wu Tuiguan’s life or that of his family. safety.
After all, Wu Tuiguan’s biological sister is the second wife of the Meng family! Being related to the Meng Mansion, even after all these years, he could see clearly that the high marriage of Wu Tuiguan's sister did not bring much convenience to Wu Tuiguan's career, resulting in Wu Tuiguan still only being in the sixth rank. Official, but there are benefits.
At least no one dared to touch Official Wu.
What Captain Qi was thinking, Wu Pinbai actually understood it very well, just like Ming Jing.
Therefore, over the years, Mrs. Wu rarely went back to her parents’ home to see her brother. Even her two nephews and nieces, Meng Meili and Meng Renkang, were never close to his uncle, and they were extremely He can understand even if he rarely sets foot in Wu's house.
In other words, if he had a useless uncle, he would not keep close contact with him.
Shopkeeper Liu’s death was handled very cleanly. Apart from the fatal wounds on his body, there were no other clues. Wu Pinbai took Captain Qi to Kuangguang River twice, but failed to find any useful clues. .
Although the body was found in Kuangguang River, the crime scene is not necessarily in Kuangguang River. Kuangguang River is probably just a place where the body was dumped.
Based on this possibility, Wu Pinbai asked Qi Qi to take two quickies to search near Kuangguang River, and also visited the houses near the river bank to see if there were any witnesses.
And he himself arrived at Kunzheng Pavilion.
Unfortunately, Shopkeeper Liu lived alone and had not been in the shop for two days before his death. When the clerks asked what was unusual about Shopkeeper Liu, they failed to provide any useful information. .
After all the hard work, he failed to find any clues about the death of shopkeeper Liu. When he returned to the capital for a meeting, he learned that Agent Qi had made no progress.
Wu Pinbai dragged his tired body back to Wu's house.
After Meng Meili entered Wu's house in the afternoon, she had been waiting for Wu Pinbai to return home from the office. When it was time to light the lantern, she finally arrived at Wu Pinbai. She flew to Wu Pinbai happily: "Uncle! You are back!"
Aunt Wen, who followed her out of the main room, looked worried.
"...Sister Jing?" Wu Pinbai was stunned for a moment, then Fang Luo came back to his senses, "Why are you here? But is there something wrong with your mother?"
Wu Pinbai Mr. Wu has been married for more than ten years, and every time he goes back to his parents' home, Mr. Wu is in trouble, or if he is upset, he comes back to Mr. Wen to cry out and complain. That's why he would ask questions like this, just because he is used to it.
As a daughter, Meng Meili knew her mother's situation every time she returned to her parents' home. She didn't think it was strange when her uncle asked her like this. She just shook her head sincerely: "It's okay, my mother is very good. Come to the beautiful scenery." I'm looking for my uncle because Meimei has something to ask my uncle. It has nothing to do with my mother."
When Wu Pinbai heard this, he couldn't help but glance at his wife Wen Shi behind Meng Meimei.
Mr. Wen shook her head at him: "Sister Jing, I have to wait for you to come back before I say anything."
Meng Meili stepped forward and took Wu Pinbai's arm, and said affectionately: "Uncle, look What is my aunt doing? I want to ask my uncle about the beautiful scenery. My aunt doesn’t know about this.”
She has always been an outgoing person, but her enthusiasm has never been at her uncle’s house because she felt that her enthusiasm would not be reciprocated by her uncle. He is too lazy to be worldly.