Jiang Xixi stared at the thing in the stream that looked like a wooden stake for a long time, and finally saw from his swollen head that this was a person, but this "person's" arm had been cut off by something, and the rest of his body was so swollen that he no longer had a bit of "human shape".
Just as she was staring at the "simple" corpse motionlessly, Cheng Muyou also came to the water, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he didn't even have time to catch up with Jiang Xixi, so he hurriedly dragged the corpse from the stream to the shore with Shi Fei, who was following behind him.
Not long after the corpse had been laid on the shore, the flies came in search of it, and gathered in two dense clumps where its two main wounds, where its two arms had disappeared.
Shi Fei pinched his nose, "My lord, this person seems to have been dead for a few days, and I don't know who has such a big enmity with him that he actually cut off all his arms." ” Cheng Muyou looked up along the stream, "Where is the upstream of this stream?"
” Shi Fei thought for a while, "It should be connected to the canal, so it is very likely that this corpse floated here from outside Xin'an City," he patted his head, "My lord, are you thinking that this corpse may belong to the little guy who disappeared from the Qiao family a few days ago?"
” Cheng Muyou ignored the foul smell that came to his nose, squatted down and looked at the corpse, "Although his skin has been completely swollen by blisters, his hair is thick, there is no gray hair, and his spine is straight, there is no sign of rickets, it seems that he should not be more than thirty years old," he picked up a leaf casually and lifted the upper lip of the corpse, "You look at his teeth again, they are intact, they must belong to a young man, plus Miss Qiao came to report the case five days ago, and the degree of corruption of the corpse can also be illuminated, so I think, It is very likely that he is the little guy who disappeared from the Qiao family. ” Jiang Xixi squatted down beside him, "My lord, how did that little guy disappear?"
” Cheng Muyou threw away the leaves and rubbed his hands in the stream, "He went to the Shen family, that is, Miss Qiao's fiancé's house, to deliver things in the afternoon, but in the evening the people have not come back, the Qiao family went to the Shen family to find someone, but the people of the Shen family said that he sent something and sat for a while and went back, as for where he went, they didn't know, the Qiao family looked for another night, and he couldn't be found anywhere, so he came to the government to report the case."
By the way, you know that Miss Qiao, she is Mrs.
Huo, not long after Xiao Zhen's matter was over, she reconciled with Master Huo, and now she has decided on a family affair, and she will marry into the Shen family in a few months. ” "Mrs.
Huo?"
Jiang Xixi exclaimed, "Did she really reconcile with Master Huo?"
I thought she was just talking, and she was a strange woman with such courage. ” She only cared about learning about the case from Cheng Muyou, but forgot Yan Niang, who was still waiting for water to drink on horseback, until Yan Niang walked to the water's edge and glared at her, Jiang Xixi came back to her senses, picked up the water bladder in the stream and smiled at Yan Niang, "Miss Yan, this water is polluted by corpses, do you drink it now or not?"
” Coming out of the room, Miss Qiao's eyes were red, and she bowed her head slightly at Cheng Muyou, "It's Yuan Qi, he has a mole on his neck, I recognize it, my lord, what kind of person is so cruel, not only killed Yuan Qi, but also made his body look like this?"
” Cheng Muyou shook his head, "I just found the corpse, and there are no clues in the case, but don't worry, we will definitely catch the murderer and avenge Yuan Qi." ” Miss Qiao nodded, her thin body seemed to be a little unsupportable, Jiang Xixi hurriedly went over to support her, "Miss Qiao, the last place Yuan Qi went to was the Shen family, so I want to go to the Shen family to have a look, I don't know if it's convenient?"
” "But Master Shi has already been there once, and the Shen family has said everything that should be said, does Master Jiang want to go again?"
"I don't know if I'll be able to ask for valuable clues, but now I don't have a clue about the case, so I can only start with the details."
"If it is helpful to solve the case, Master Jiang can go, although Shen Qing has a strange temperament, he has nothing to shy away from these.
My lord, please come with me, and I will take you to the Shen family. ” Jiang Xixi was about to leave, but was stopped by Cheng Muyou behind him, "It's a pity, the journey is tiring, you rest for a few days first, and leave the affairs in the yamen to Shi Fei and them first." ” She turned around and smiled at him, but she didn't mean to stop at her feet, "I haven't handled the case for a few months, and my hands are itchy, my lord, don't stop me." ” The door of the Shen Mansion was open, there was no one standing outside, because no one reported, Miss Qiao and Jiang Xixi had to walk in by themselves, crossed the threshold, and the two saw a tall and thin man standing in the courtyard, with his back to the door, holding a piece of paper in his hand, and reading the words on it as if no one was around: "500 pieces of house, 30 pieces of jewelry, 50 pieces of pearl cui, 20 treasures, two houses, and a mountain garden" "He's Shen Qing?
What was he reading?
Jiang Xixi was a little puzzled.
Miss Qiao's face was expressionless: "My dowry list." ” Jiang Xixi almost laughed out loud, and said in her heart that this Shen Qing is really unlucky, it is nothing big to study and study the amount of dowry, but let the woman bump into it, and it is impossible to get over it now.
Just thinking about it, Shen Qing heard the movement by the door and turned his head at the two, but the atmosphere was not as awkward as Jiang Xixi thought, he walked towards them casually, and looked at Miss Shen with a confused expression, "Why are you here in person?"
Just tell the matchmaker if you need to prepare, and you don't have to run on your own. ” Miss Qiao recognized her body and pretended not to see the scene just now, "I'm not here today for the two of us.
As she spoke, she tilted her head towards Jiang Xixi.
Jiang Xixi laughed in her heart: Seeing that you have thin eyebrows and thin eyes, soft and weak, I didn't think about it, you can pretend.
She cleared her throat, "I'm a catcher from Xin'an Mansion, and I asked Miss Qiao to bring me over today to investigate the case of Yuan Qi's disappearance." ” "Did you find Yuan Qi's body?"
He blurted out this sentence, which frightened both of them, and Jiang Xixi said, "How do you know?"
The government did not announce the matter. ” Shen Qing frowned, "The people from Xin'an Mansion have already been here a few times, and if it weren't for a new discovery, they would never come again, and if Yuan Qi was alive, the expressions of the two wouldn't be so serious, so I deduce that you must have found his body." ” This inference is reasonable, Jiang Xixi admired him a little, she looked at Shen Qing, "On the day Yuan Qi came to deliver something, did you find anything unusual about him?"
” "No, he put down his things, exchanged a few words with us, and left."
"Then Yuan Qike once said where he was going?"