County Magistrate Qiu Yongnian paced back and forth, anxious.
Xu Zun was sitting in the Taishi chair at the back, thinking about this sudden and strange case.
"Sir," the head catcher Zhao Yu reported, "the detectives have searched a ten-mile radius and found no other abnormalities! Now, only a team of people is left to search along the river."
"Well, I got it!" Qiu Yongnian rubbed his hands and said to a middle-aged man with a goatee next to him, "Master Yao, now go and write a letter about the situation we encountered, and then send someone to send it to the county magistrate.
The government has such a big case, we have to report it!"
"Yes!" Master Yao promised, turned around and left the inner hall.
This person's name is Yao Jin. He was just Qiu Yongnian's housekeeper before. Because he was good at pen and ink, he was promoted to master.
"Sir," Zhao Yu asked, "where are Master Liu's family members, shall we notify them now?"
"Who else is in Chief Liu's family?" Qiu Yongnian asked.
"I only have one daughter, and she married the old Zhang family who runs a coffin shop!" Zhao Yu replied.
"Coffin shop?" Qiu Yongnian's eyes widened, "What a coincidence?"
"Sir," Zhao Yu understood what Qiu Yongnian meant and immediately said, "We know the old Zhang family quite well, how can we not get such an iron coffin even if we die?"
"That's right," Qiu Yongnian said, "Don't talk about him, I'm afraid the entire Qiuye County can't make such an iron coffin, right? But, why did Mr. Liu... How could he... Sigh... I think, or
Don’t inform me yet, let’s wait and see!”
"Oh." Zhao Yu promised.
At this time, Qiu Yongnian turned around and looked at Xu Zun, with a look of helplessness in his eyes.
As a county lieutenant, Xu Zun handles all criminal cases in the county, so he should be the first person responsible for this case.
However, Qiu Yongnian knew Xu Zun well and knew that he was just a confused county lieutenant who relied on connections to rise to power, so he did not have high hopes for him.
At this moment, Xu Zun's eyebrows were furrowed and he was thinking deeply, as if he was pondering something.
Therefore, Qiu Yongnian curiously asked him a classic saying: "Jiying, what do you think of this matter?"
Unexpectedly, Xu Zun was so lost in thought that he didn't even hear it.
"Ji Ying!?" Qiu Yongnian raised his voice, "What are you thinking about?"
"Oh," Xu Zun then raised his head and replied, "Sir, this case came about strangely. I was wondering, what was the murderer's purpose for doing this?"
"Purpose?"
"Yes," Xu Zun said, "If the purpose is just to kill people, then just kill them. Why do you need such a coffin?
"It's okay to build a coffin, but it's actually an iron coffin. Are you trying to make something mysterious, or are you trying to hint some information to us?"
this……
Xu Zun's words were thought-provoking and immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
"Hint?" Qiu Yongnian was also lost in thought.
"In addition, why are there two corpses in one coffin?" Xu Zun asked again, "There is a Taoist priest of unknown origin on top, but below is our chief secretary Liu Zhang!
"What is the relationship between these two people?"
"Master Liu..." Qiu Yongnian said, "He is honest, honest and conscientious. Although his popularity is not particularly good, he doesn't seem to have offended anyone, right?"
"Yes, after so many years," Zhao Yu recalled, holding his shoulders, "I have never heard of anyone that Mr. Liu had a conflict with?"
"So, we have a lot to do now!" Xu Zun said, "First, we have to check the origin of that Taoist priest!
"I feel that the murderer must have some purpose in placing the iron coffin and the body in Zhangqiao. This Taoist priest may be related to our Qiuye County!"
"It makes sense! This person's identity is very important," Qiu Yongnian nodded and told Zhao Yu, "Draw a portrait of this Taoist priest and ask him from house to house!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu promised.
"Second," Xu Zun said again, "we need to re-investigate Master Liu's situation to see if there are any unknown secrets about him?"
"Yes," Qiu Yongnian agreed again, "I saw him looking flustered and absent-minded yesterday. I really need to check it out!"
"Third," Xu Zun said directly to Zhao Yu, "we'd better send a few people to protect the county magistrate!"
"Ah!?" Upon hearing this, Qiu Yongnian's expression suddenly changed, "Jiying, don't you think that Prime Minister Luo County is also in danger?"
"Just in case," Xu Zun said, "We have said before that there are only two people in the entire Qiuye County who know the situation of the iron coffin case best. One is Chief Secretary Liu and the other is Luo County Cheng, so..."
"Understood," Zhao Yu understood, "since something happened to Master Liu, then only Luo County Cheng is left. We can't let anything happen to him, otherwise, we won't know what happened back then! Okay,
I will send someone to the hometown of Luo County Cheng!"
"Yes, this is also the fourth thing we have to do," Xu Zun continued, "We should figure out the situation of the iron coffin case as soon as possible. Only by understanding the situation can we understand what the murderer wanted to do!
"So, we can't just wait for Luo County Cheng to come back, we have to think of other ways!"
"Okay, let's not delay!" County Magistrate Qiu said, "Just do what Jiying said. We will immediately summon all the county government officials and go all out to handle these things, and try to find out something before the county governor arrives.
My eyebrows are coming!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu promised, preparing to gather people.
"One last thing," Xu Zun stopped him and said, "Call Zuo Zuo, we have to examine those two corpses!"
"Oh, the body has been transported to Yizhuang," Zhao Yu reported back, "Old Wangtou lives there, and he is probably experiencing it now!"
When Xu Zuo was mentioned, Xu Zun immediately thought of what happened last night.
He already felt that there was definitely something wrong with this operation regarding the examination of You Dalang's body.
Just in time, go meet this person later and see what he means?
"Report," unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Zun thought of this, a police officer came in from outside and reported, "Two adults, Capt. Zhao, we searched the entire Yizhuang, but we couldn't find Wang Shuncai!"
"What?" Xu Zun was suddenly stunned.
"Where did this damn bald man wander off to?" Zhao Yu asked angrily, and then ordered, "Send someone to look for him quickly, this corpse already stinks!"
"Yes!" the policeman responded.
Depend on!
Xu Zun cursed in his heart, feeling that his eyes were filled with fog, and he was sinking deeper and deeper into it.
"Okay!" He said to the detective, "Don't look for it, I'll go check it myself!"
After saying that, Xu Zun walked out quickly and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"This..." Magistrate Qiu looked at Xu Zun's retreating back and murmured, "Why does this Jiying feel different from before?"
"Yes," Zhao Yu also murmured in agreement, "Did You Dalang's stick open his body?"
