Chapter 43 Throwing the Corpse
The capital is indeed very prosperous.
While in Anhe Village, Qu Hongling heard Sister Ye say that the land of Gyeonggi is actually a world of fireworks, and the prosperous scenery is spectacular.
There are teahouses and restaurants with endless music and singing, there are tile roofs and bars with a lot of drama, there are rare treasures, a dazzling array of shops and stalls, there are acrobats in the streets and alleys, and the spectators are crowded...
< br>But Qu Hongling, who had longed for it for a long time, was not as excited as he imagined when he actually stepped into this bustling place.
The streets bustling with cars and horses are not as good as the narrow alleys in Anhe Village.
The high-rise buildings with tiled roofs and houses with fluttering dancing sleeves and various plays are not as good as the simple erhu music played by a few old men in the village sitting idle under the eaves.
The flower lake that reflects the stars and the lanterns are not as good as the stream in front of the house.
Not as good as anything, not as good as anything...
Just because there is no longer that figure accompanying her.
Without her little brother Jiang.
After visiting the Chenghuang Temple with Uncle Shen, the disappointed Qu Hongling lost interest and returned to the inn to rest.
Seeing this, Shen Shengyuan felt uncomfortable and simply went to investigate the rabbit demon Xi'er wholeheartedly.
Although the capital city is the important place under the emperor's feet, no evil spirit can infect it in the slightest. But after all, the Monster Clan is huge in power and will always secretly plant some spy bases in various places.
When Qu Hongling was able to successfully kill the former prefect in Qingzhou, the demon spies lurking in the city provided the greatest help.
Early the next morning, Shen Shengyuan returned to the inn.
"The current investigation has revealed that Xi'er came to the capital more than half a month ago to conduct transactions with people from the Xichu Pavilion, but was tricked by the other party."
Shen Shengyuan took over. Qu Hongling poured the tea, paused, and continued, "On the way to escape, Xi'er encountered the dark lights of six doors and was eventually killed. Her whereabouts have not yet been found."
Qu Hongling thought for a moment and said calmly: "Xi'er has the 'Mysterious Thunder Talisman of Life and Death' of our Tianyao Sect on her body. She is not so easy to die. You can use this to track her."
Shen Shengyuan nodded, "I will find her as soon as possible."
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Woke up from a dream again one morning.
Wake up from the broken dream intertwined with the memory of his ex-wife, the sky outside the window is still gloomy.
After Jiang Shouzhong washed up, he was in a daze for a while, then began to gather his thoughts and seriously think about the next step of the investigation.
Although the murder case has been solved, there is no clue to the case of the monster taking out the heart.
According to Li Nanshuang, if the monster that had just possessed Ge Dasheng had taken out Ge Dasheng's heart, it would mean that the monster appeared within about half an hour after Wen Zhaodi left.
Because once it exceeds half an hour, the essence and blood contained in the heart of the deceased will completely dissipate.
For monsters, the heart at this time is of little use.
So there are three guess points.
First, the monster accidentally came to Wufengguan and saw Ge Dasheng who had just died, so he took out his heart.
Second, the monster is hiding in Wufeng Temple and witnesses everything happening.
Three, the monster followed Wen Zhaodi all the way.
Jiang Shouzhong hopes it will be the latter two, after all, the first guess is too random.
If the monster does not commit crimes again, it will be difficult to catch it.
As for the second conjecture.
The murder scene had been investigated at that time and no traces were found. Or maybe you didn’t survey carefully enough and didn’t notice it, so you have to go to the Taoist temple again to have a look.
But if it is the third guess, then we need to investigate the neighbors around Lao Zhang’s house.
After pondering for a long time, Jiang Shouzhong noticed that it was already dawn. The flaming sun leaps out of the east, like molten steel just poured out of a blast furnace, its rays of light spreading out in red waves.
Jiang Shouzhong stretched out, put on thick clothes and prepared to go out to have something to eat before going to Wufeng Temple to investigate.
Unfortunately, Shoehorn Face came.
Jiang Shouzhong squinted at Lu Renjia, who was holding roasted sweet potatoes, and said with a smile: "With his face so red, it seems that someone tasted Qing Niang's meat buns yesterday? I'm so happy and congratulated."
"Taste it! "Lu Renjia threw a hot sweet potato to the other party, twitching his red and cold nose and said, "I went to Chunyu Tower yesterday, but I didn't see Qing Niang."
Jiang Shouzhong patted the burnt residue on the sweet potato, took a bite and asked vaguely: "Then what have you been doing all day?"
Lu Renjia saw the newly bought red apricot tea on the table, and subconsciously About to reach out, Jiang Shouzhong glared at him before he retracted his hand and said with a smile:
"I swept away the snow in Qingniang's yard, wiped the tables, chairs, pavilions and corridors, and then went back."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Jiang Shouzhong He extended his thumb and said, "Go on, you should lick like this."
Lu Renjia glared and said: "How can this be called licking? Do you understand this is called dedication? True love requires selfless dedication, waiting for you When you are my age you will understand.”
“Yes, yes, yes”
Jiang Shouzhong nodded in agreement.
Probably realizing that he could not convince the other party, Lu Renjia snorted and stopped arguing on the topic, and asked instead: "Is there any clue about the case?"
"I thought Mr. A had forgotten We are investigating the case."
Jiang Shouzhong said sarcastically.
Jia, who is generous and selfless, also understands that he is in the wrong.
He pointed at the roasted sweet potato in Jiang Shouzhong's hand and said with a smile: "I know that Xiao Jiang has been getting up late these days, so I brought some breakfast to fill my stomach. It will also warm my stomach in the cold weather."
Jiang Shouzhong rolled his eyes, "Let's go to Wufengguan first, and I'll tell you slowly."
The two of them were walking halfway when they met the county government arrest chief Lao Liao, who was gloomily leading a few people The police officers headed towards the county government office.
“Old Liao.”
Lu Renjia’s eyes lit up and he said hello.
When Lao Liao saw the two of them, Jiang Shouzhong, his gloomy face forced a smile, "Are you going to handle the case? Where is Lao Zhang?"
"Lao Zhang is still at home."
Lao Liao smiled and nodded at the other county police officers. After saying hello, he asked in a low voice,
"What's going on, Lao Liao, why are all of them so grim? Could it be that they were scolded by the county magistrate?" How about I go and intercede for you? The county magistrate and I are very familiar with each other.”
Old Liao waved his hand and said angrily:
"Yiguawazi came to report the crime, saying that he saw someone dumping a body in Yunhu Lake in the middle of the night a few days ago. It scared a bunch of us servants and went to Yunhu to look for the body, but we couldn't find it at all.
Oh, by the way, Guawazi said, he looked at the person who dumped the body like Zhao Wanchang, the neighbor of Xiao Zhang’s family..."
Zhao Wanchang?
Jiang Shouzhong’s eyes narrowed.
Currently, he has included Zhao Wancang as one of the targets of the investigation.
On the surface, Zhao Wanchang is not involved in Ge Dasheng's heart-wrenching case. The only doubt is that he, who was supposed to go to his father-in-law's house to persuade his daughter-in-law to return home, returned home in the middle of the night.
Otherwise Zheng Shanqi, the thief, would not have been unlucky enough to be caught.
Hearing what Lao Liao said suddenly at this time, Jiang Shouzhong couldn't help but curiously asked: "Is the person who reported the crime sure you saw it clearly?"
"You saw it clearly!"
Old Liao said angrily, "Yesterday we went to Zhao Wanchang's house to inquire. At first, the man named Zhao looked very panicked and looked like something was wrong. I heard that his wife had returned to her parents' home, so I was going to send someone to confirm.
To be honest, Lao Liao and I have been handling cases for so many years. When I saw Zhao Wancang looking wrong, I guessed that this guy might have really killed his wife and dumped her body. As a result, when he was about to take him to the Yamen for interrogation, his wife came back from her parents' home.
His grandma made us so embarrassed that we wanted to hang up the man who reported the crime.
But it’s our fault for being stupid, this melon boy is not in his right mind, and all his hard work was in vain...”
Listening to Lao Liao’s murmuring complaints, Jiang Shouzhong was thoughtful.
The reason why Zhao Wancang's daughter-in-law returned to her parents' home was because she heard Wen Laoba say that someone was having an affair in Aunt Zhang's mill shed, and the man looked like her husband.
Zhao Wancang ran to persuade his daughter-in-law, but returned in vain.
It has only been a few days, but his wife has already lost her temper?
After Lao Liao left, Jiang Shou weighed the matter carefully and finally decided to focus the investigation on Zhao Wancang first.
(End of this chapter)