Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 31
what?
Luo Wanwan's words surprised everyone.

"That is to say..." Zhao Yu was the first to speculate, "At that time, the iron coffin contained not dead people, but living people? It's impossible for dead people to urinate and defecate, right?"

"Of course," Luo Wanwan said, "If there is a dead person inside, why would the murderer come to snatch it?"

"That's right..." Zhao Yu scratched his head, "Killing 37 people just to snatch one corpse is really unreasonable!"

"A living person... lying in the iron coffin?" County magistrate Qiu's eyes lit up, guessing, "Could it be... this iron coffin is not a coffin, but... a prison car!!?"

"Yes," Zhao Yu immediately agreed, "In this way, everything makes sense! The murderer killed to get back the prisoner in the iron coffin, but...but..."

After only two sentences, Zhao Yu couldn't continue!

At the same time, other people's discussions came to an abrupt end.

Because, everyone thinks of an important question:
What kind of person would use an iron coffin as a prison cart?
First of all, prison cars have a fixed scope of use, and only the government will use them!

However, the government has special prison vehicles for transporting prisoners, and they are escorted by officers and soldiers.

If this coffin is really used to escort prisoners, there is only one possibility - to cover up people's eyes and ears!

Or, the prisoners being escorted are not visible, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to know.

Or, the person escorting the prisoner can't see the light, for fear of being known by the government!

But in this way, a more important question will arise, even if the iron coffin is really a prison car, wouldn't it be more convenient to use an ordinary coffin, why use an extremely heavy iron coffin?
Therefore, the theory that the iron coffin is a prison car is simply untenable.

"Let me see..." At this time, Master Yao Jin, who had been silent all this time, said, "The 37 people who died were all young and middle-aged, and there was a mystery hidden in the iron coffin. Such a situation, it looks like a dark dart! "

"Hey?"

Yao Jin's speculation finally turned everyone's thinking back to normal.

This time, Zhao Yu didn't dare to express his opinions indiscriminately, so he quickly shut up.

"Hmm... makes sense!" Luo Wanwan nodded and said, "At the beginning, Master Liu and I also had the same guess.

"Could it be that the iron coffin contains rare treasures, and those dead in mourning are bodyguards?
"Unfortunately, these treasures were robbed. Maybe the feces in the iron coffin were left by the robbers to humiliate the bodyguards?"

"Hmm..." Qiu Yongnian nodded, "It sounds more reasonable! Maybe, what they escorted was some kind of special item, which must be protected with metal, so they specially built an iron coffin!"

"Hey, what you said," Zhao Yu said naively, "the contents may also be some kind of vicious animal! Those feces and urine may not necessarily be human, right?"

When Zhao Yu said this, everyone looked at him in amazement.

Feeling that he was a little outrageous, Zhao Yu suddenly blushed with embarrassment.

"Actually, what Catcher Zhao said...isn't necessarily wrong," County Magistrate Qiu said, "Don't forget that there are partitions in the iron coffin, and even the partitions are made of iron, so a big snake, a big python , or a beast that can eat wood, isn’t it unreasonable?”

"That's right, that's what I mean!" Zhao Yu blushed even more, he knew that Qiu Yongnian was just helping himself out, and his idea was too whimsical.

"Huh? Jiying?" At this moment, Qiu Yongnian finally noticed Xu Zun, and immediately asked, "We've been talking for a long time, why didn't you express your opinion?"

"Me?" Xu Zun straightened up hastily, and said, "I think you guys have a pretty good discussion, isn't it that you can't get in the way!"

This time, he learned from his experience and pretended to be stunned and dazed, not daring to be too shrewd again.

Seeing Xu Zun's performance, Naluo County Prime Minister frowned slightly, revealing a look of contempt.

He usually looks down on Xu Zun, a muddle-headed young man, but he is afraid of Shen Tiande's power, so he has no choice but to forcefully agree.

Now that Xu Zun was confused as usual, he didn't take him seriously.

"Hmm..." Qiu Yongnian didn't bother with Xu Zun any more, and immediately asked everyone a question, "Now, since we already know a little about the situation back then, what's the purpose of the reappearance of the iron coffin this time?"

"Yes, this is the crux of the problem!" Luo Wanwan nodded, "If the murderer had already succeeded last time, why did he put the iron coffin in Zhangqiao for the second time?

"And..." Thinking of this, his expression became gloomy again, "He also killed Mr. Liu and put him in the coffin..."

"Is it..." Yao Jin, the master, interjected, "What does Master Liu have to do with the last case?"

"Nonsense!" Luo Xiancheng got angry instantly and scolded, "I know Mr. Liu best. He is upright and meticulous. How could he have anything to do with those thieves?"

"Yes yes yes..." Yao Jin realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and hurriedly apologized.

"By the way, there is still a Taoist priest in the coffin!" Finally, Xu Zun spoke, and asked Zhao Yu, "Captain Zhao, you said yesterday that the Taoist priest belonged to Qijiawu, how did the investigation go?"

"Oh!" Zhao Yu hurriedly got up and reported the situation of the concept of longevity to everyone.

When everyone learned that the Temple of Longevity had been destroyed by fire, they were all very surprised and felt that the case was even more complicated and confusing.

"By the way," at this moment, Zhao Yu took out a yellowed jade pendant from his bosom, handed it to Xu Zun and said, "Please look, my lord, this jade pendant was picked up from the ruins of a Taoist temple. I don't know if it is the same as that jade pendant." Is it related to the identity of a Taoist?"

Xu Zun took the jade pendant and found that there were indeed traces of being burned on it, and the hollowed out part of the upper part had been broken.

There is no writing on the front of the jade pendant, just a pair of strange symbols engraved on it, which looks like a hideous evil ghost!

Looking at the back, there are some moiré patterns, but the workmanship is very fine.

Xu Zun retrieved the memory, but found nothing in his mind, obviously he had never seen anything like it.

"let me see!"

At this time, Luo Xiancheng impatiently asked for the jade pendant.

Xu Zun handed it to him, and at the same time, County Magistrate Qiu, Yao Jin and others also came up to him to inspect it carefully.

"This..." Luo Xiancheng seemed to be quite good at jade wares. After examining the jade pendant carefully, he said, "This should be a piece of ancient jade, and the value is definitely not cheap! It's just... the pattern on it has never been seen before." Pass!"

"It seems..." Qiu Yongnian also frowned and said, "Isn't this something from Taoism?"

"Yes," Luo Xiancheng said, "This kind of talisman is a bit like the style of the Japanese people in the East China Sea, but I'm not sure. I need to find an expert to have a look. You can ask Lao Li from the pawn shop!"

Japanese?

Xu Zun immediately thought of a certain island country. Could it be that there are similar countries in this world?
"Lord Qiu," Luo Xiancheng said to Qiu Yongnian at this time, "we are running out of time, we must find out the truth before the arrival of the superior officials, even if it is to find out some important clues!

"Otherwise, none of us will have any good fruit to eat!" After speaking, he glanced at Xu Zun and said emphatically, "Especially... the county captain!"

Luo Xiancheng's words obviously had elements of gloating.

Since the county lieutenant is mainly responsible for criminal cases in the county, Xu Zun bears the brunt of it. If the case cannot be solved, he will be punished.

"Um……"

Qiu Yongnian just wanted to say a few words for Xu Zun, but unexpectedly Xu Zun stood up from his chair and said:
"Lord Luo, don't worry! I already know how to investigate this case!"

(End of this chapter)