The official pointed to the side, "My lord, these corpses were found by several of them. ” Qu Zhengkun looked sideways, and then saw a young man squatting next to the corpse, he was frowning at one of the corpses and pondering, and wiped off the black mud on the corpse's neck without fear, and leaned his face closer to observe carefully.
Behind him, there were three people, two men and one woman, and several of them also looked contemplative, completely different from the ordinary people next to him who were afraid or curious.
Qu Zhengkun cleared his throat, "A few of you are also unruly, these corpses have not been seen by the people of the official mansion, how can you touch them at will?"
” Those people seemed to be completely immersed in their thoughts, and they didn't listen to Qu Zhengkun's words at all, and the man squatting on the ground even pulled up the corpse's head, pulled off his hair and carefully examined the scalp deeper.
Seeing that no one responded to the words of the county commander, the little official walked up to those people and raised his index finger, "A few of you, we dare not listen to the words of Master Qu, it is really a thunderous and bold man." ” A few people who were attentive were startled by his words, the woman in red turned her head, two tears slipped down her face in an instant, she knelt on the ground with a "bang", and kowtowed a few times to Qu Zhengkun, "Lord Qingtian, we came here from Xin'an just to join my distant cousin, who knows, who knows that when I first arrived here, I found that their whole family died, how can we be good." ” Several men next to her also showed sadness on their faces, and some of them kept wiping the corners of their eyes, and they also knelt down, "My lord, please investigate this case and avenge the more than 20 people of the Liu family." ” It turned out that Cheng Muyou was just in the lotus pond, and saw a faint human face in the silt, he was shocked, and he was busy with Jiang Xixi to salvage the person, but when fishing for people, they found that there was far more than one person buried in this lotus pond, and roughly counted, there were more than 20 people, according to the number of corpses and the decomposition situation, Cheng Muyou roughly guessed that they were the missing Liu family children.
After so many deaths, of course, it is impossible not to report to the official, but before reporting to the official, Cheng Muyou has discussed with the three of them, and will not reveal his identity for the time being, only saying that he came here from Xin'an, because the Liu family died really strangely, if the identity is rashly exposed, it will be quite unfavorable to the future investigation of the case, and if the county order has seen the Shi brothers and heard the word Xin'an, he will definitely react, otherwise, Shi Fei Shi must have never been to Liaoyang County.
After this agreement, they called the officials who inspected and worked together to salvage more than 20 people from the Liu family from the lotus pond, but the salvage was only halfway through, Cheng Muyou sensed that something was wrong, and because of this discovery, he was all over his body, and he had a strong fear from the depths of his heart: the Liu family was suffocated to death.
According to normal inference, if you fall into the water and fall into the deep mud, you will be suffocated by the mud and suffocate your mouth and nose.
However, in this pool, there are more than 20 people, although the world is so big, but it is impossible for all 20 people to fall into the pond and suffocate to death.
Besides, this lotus pond is not deep, and adults are fully capable of swimming back to the shore after falling into the water, so how can they let themselves sink to the bottom of the pond and suffocate to death in the mud?
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, so he told the three people around him again, asking them not to reveal their identities, just saying that they were coming to Liaoyang to find relatives, and other things should not be mentioned.
At this moment, Cheng Muyou looked at Qu Zhengkun, the commander of Liaoyang County, who was short in stature, ugly in appearance, and had a pair of mung bean eyes, and made an expression of wanting to cry without tears, and bowed deeply, "My lord, according to the small observation, my cousin's family has no wounds on their bodies, so how did they die?"
It is impossible for so many people to fall into that pond at the same time and drown. ” Qu Zhengkun stroked a few sparse beards and glanced at the little servant, "Is there really no scar on the Liu family?"
” The little servant shook his head, "Lord Hui, there are indeed no traces of injury, and the more than 20 members of the Liu family were suffocated to death." ” Qu Zhengkun was stunned for a moment, his mouth opened round, "You bluff me, Qu Qu's lotus pond is less than five feet, can drown so many people?"
Do you think it's the Yellow River that makes waves?
” The little servant was so anxious that he sweated, "My lord, but there are indeed no scars found on so many people in the Liu family, and judging from their appearance, their mouths and noses are full of mud and sand, and they were suffocated by the mud at the bottom of the pool." ” Qu Zhengkun scratched his head, "This is strange, this official has handled the case for so many years, and he has never seen such a strange thing," he frowned two messy eyebrows, rolled his eyes from side to side twice, and said hurriedly to the officer, "You say, could they be owed money outside, so I can't think about it for a while, and the family committed suicide in the pond behind this house." ” This is full of flaws, don't say that Cheng Muyou and a few people, even the little servant can't look at it, so he hurriedly leaned close to his ear and said, "My lord, this Liu Chengmao's business has become bigger and bigger in recent years, and I have never heard of him having problems in business, and ah, in addition to his own family, there are many maids and servants in the Liu family, if they commit suicide, these people will not follow together." ” Hearing this, Cheng Muyou hurriedly stepped forward, "My cousin had a correspondence with me a month ago, and what was written in his letter was that everything is fine, and there is no such thing as owing money to anyone. ” Hearing them say this, Qu Zhengkun cleared his throat again, "Okay, if it wasn't for suicide, then the Liu family would have been victimized by others, but now that more than half a month has passed since this matter, it will take some effort to investigate."
Don't wait here, find a post house to rest and rest, and if there is news, the people from the county government will go and inform you. ” After speaking, he glanced at the corpses expressionlessly, and then ordered a few words from the little official beside him, and turned around and walked towards the crowd.
Cheng Muyou just wanted to stop him, but he didn't expect that an exclamation came from the crowd one step ahead of him, "No, why isn't the crescent moon here, where is the crescent moon?"
” Qu Zhengkun held his pace impatiently, turned around and shouted at the crowd, "Who is the crescent moon?"
” "Lord Hui, the crescent moon is Liu Chengmao's young daughter, only six years old this year, clever and cute, among the more than 20 corpses that have been salvaged, I haven't seen such a small corpse."