Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 19 The Double Corpse Mystery Case
The hall of the county government office.

The county magistrate Qiu Yongnian paced back and forth, feeling overwhelmed.

But Xu Zun was sitting on the grand master's chair behind, thinking about this sudden and bizarre case.

"My lord," reported Zhao Yu, "the arresters searched a radius of ten miles, but found no other abnormalities! Now, only a team of people are 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 beside him, "Master Yao, now go and write a letter about the situation we encountered, and then send someone to send it to the sheriff The government, with such a big case, we have to report it!"

"Yes!" Master Yao agreed, turned and left the inner hall.

This person's name is Yao Jin, and he was just Qiu Yongnian's housekeeper before, but because he knew how to write, he was promoted to be a master.

"My lord," Zhao Yu asked, "Where is Master Liu's family, shall we notify now?"

"Who else is in Master Liu's family?" Qiu Yongnian asked.

"There is only one daughter, and she married the old Zhang family who opened the coffin shop!" Zhao Yu replied.

"The coffin shop?" Qiu Yongnian widened his eyes, "What a coincidence?"

"My lord," Zhao Yu understood what Qiu Yongnian meant, and said immediately, "We know the old Zhang's family quite well, so we can't afford such an iron coffin?"

"That's right," Qiu Yongnian said, "Let's not talk about him, I'm afraid that the entire Xinye County can't make such an iron coffin? But, why did Mr. Liu book him... how could... oh... I think it's still Don’t notify me yet, let’s talk about it later!”

"Oh." Zhao Yu promised.

At this time, Qiu Yongnian turned around and looked at Xu Zun with 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 muddled county magistrate who relied on connections to get to the top, so he didn't have much hope for him.

At this moment, I saw Xu Zun frowning, concentrating on something, as if thinking about something.

Therefore, Qiu Yongnian still curiously asked him a classic saying: "Jiying, what do you think of this matter?"

Who knows, Xu Zun was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear it.

"Jiying!?" Qiu Yongnian raised his voice, "What are you thinking?"

"Oh," Xu Zun raised his head and replied, "My lord, this case is very strange. I was thinking, what is the murderer's purpose for doing this?"

"Purpose?"

"Yes," Xu Zun said, "If it's just for killing, then just kill, why do you need such a coffin?
"It doesn't matter if you make a coffin, but it's still an iron coffin. Is it an act of mystery, or is it trying to hint something 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.

"Besides, why are there two corpses in one coffin?" Xu Zun said again, "A Taoist priest with unknown origin is on the top, but our master Liu Zhang is on the bottom!

"What's the relationship between these two people?"

"Master Liu..." Qiu Yongnian said, "He is honest and honest, hard-working, and although he is not very popular, it seems that he has not offended anyone, right?"

"Yeah, it's been so many years," Zhao Yu recalled, hugging his shoulders, "I've never heard that Director Liu had any conflicts with anyone?"

"So, we have a lot of things to do now!" Xu Zun said, "First, we need to find out the origin of that Taoist priest!

"I feel that the murderer must have some purpose for placing the iron coffin and the corpse in Zhangqiao. This Taoist priest may be related to our Xinye County!"

"That makes sense! This person's identity is very important," Qiu Yongnian nodded, and instructed Zhao Yu, "Draw a portrait of this Taoist priest and ask him from door to door!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yu agreed.

"Second," Xu Zun said again, "We need to re-investigate Master Liu's situation to see if there are any secrets about him?"

"Yes," Qiu Yongnian echoed again, "I saw him flustered and absent-minded yesterday, so 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 magistrate!"

"Ah!?" Hearing this, Qiu Yongnian's face changed suddenly, "Jiying, you don't think Luo Xiancheng is in danger, do you?"

"Just in case," Xu Zun said, "As we said before, there are only two people in Xinye County who know the situation of the iron coffin case the most. One is Master Liu, and the other is Luo County Chancellor, so..."

"Understood," Zhao Yu comprehended, "Since something happened to Mr. Liu, then only Luo Xiancheng is left. We can't let him have something to do, otherwise, we don't know what happened back then! Okay, I'll send someone to Luo County Prime Minister's hometown!"

"Yes, this is also the fourth thing we have to do," Xu Zun continued, "We should find out the situation of the iron coffin case as soon as possible, only by understanding the situation can we understand what the murderer wants to do!
"So, we can't just wait for Luo Xiancheng to come back, we have to think of other ways!"

"Okay, it's not too late!" County magistrate Qiu said, "Just do what Ji Ying said, we immediately summoned all the officials and servants of the county government to do these things with all our strength, and try to find out some of them before the magistrate arrives. Eyebrow!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yu agreed, and was about to gather people.

"There is one last thing," Xu Zun stopped him and said again, "Call my boss, we have to examine those two corpses!"

"Oh, the corpse has been transported to Yizhuang," Zhao Yu reported, "Old Wangtou lives there, I guess he has experienced it now!"

As soon as Wu Zuo was mentioned, Xu Zun immediately remembered what happened last night.

He already felt that there was definitely something wrong with this job when it came to examining You Dalang's body.

Just right, I'll meet this man later and see what he means?
"Report," who knows, just as Xu Zun thought of this, a policeman ran in to report, "My lords, Catcher Zhao, we searched the entire Yizhuang, but we didn't find Wang Shuncai!"

"What?" Xu Zun was taken aback for a moment.

"Where did this bald man go?" Zhao Yu asked angrily, and then ordered, "Hurry up and send someone to look for it, this corpse is already stinking!"

"Yes!" The policeman took the lead.

Depend on!
But Xu Zun cursed in his heart, feeling that there was a thick fog in front of him, and he was getting deeper and deeper.

"Okay!" He said to the policeman, "Don't look for it, I'll check it myself!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Zun walked out quickly and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"This..." Magistrate Qiu looked at Xu Zun's back, and muttered, "This Jiying, why does it feel different from before?"

"Yeah," Zhao Yu murmured in agreement, "You Dalang's stick, could it be that he opened his mouth?"

(End of this chapter)