Dali Temple has his Lord Luo

Chapter 31 Reanalysis
The victim has appeared for four days, and ten days have passed since Dong Wuzuo's expected death date. But who is this person?
Luo Ning came to Dali Temple today and immediately opened the map of Anyang City and the autopsy report done by Dong Wu.

Let’s look through the missing persons records compiled yesterday again.

Still clueless.

Song Zhuer saw Luo Ning frowning: "Sir, are you okay?"

Luo Ning rubbed his eyebrows:

"Zhu'er, look at the map of Anyang City. It's surrounded by Tai Lake on three sides. It can't be a corpse floating here from other areas, so the victims must still be people from Anyang City."

Song Zhuer nodded: "But why do the clues provided by the people not match the victim?"

"There is only one possibility. The family members are also involved, so we don't want people to know the identity of the victim. Our direction was wrong from the beginning..."

Luo Ning talked to himself while flipping through the files.

At this time, Wei Si walked in with disappointment on his face: "Sir, I took my mother-in-law to Jingzhao Mansion to identify the body early in the morning. She is very sure that the victim is not her son!"

Luo Ning was not disappointed with this result. If her analysis this morning was true, then the deceased was definitely not on the list of missing persons reported voluntarily.

Song Zhuer seemed to understand what Luo Ning meant: "Sir, are you saying that the victim and the murderer knew each other?"

"Not only do we know each other, I think they are probably relatives."

Luo Ning felt a little heavy about this idea:

"Jewel, let's analyze it. If someone at home doesn't show up for several days, what will most people do?"

"I must have been searching day and night. I reported it to Jingzhao Mansion because there was really no hope." Wei Yan stood at the door and rushed to answer when he heard Luo Ning analyzing the case.

"Yes, and at that time, did I place my hope on the government office or hope to find someone."

"When it is confirmed in the future that it can no longer be found, you can still receive pensions after half a year."

Song Zhuer agreed.

"Then on the other hand, what happens if a relative disappears and doesn't report to Jingzhao Mansion?" Luo Ning asked.

"In two cases, I search hard, and if I can't find it, I don't want the pension. In the other case, I don't want to search, and I don't want people to know that the person is gone, but this way..."

"Yes, if the first situation shows that there is still hope, then the second situation shows that the family members are aware of the victim's death!"

Song Zhuer was so surprised that she opened her mouth wide: "So, it is possible that he participated in the murder or covered up the victim's death?"

"It's very possible, so let's follow this idea and take another look at this case."

Luo Ning pulled out the autopsy report:

"Look here, eighteen stabs in the chest, but one stab in the back is fatal. Let's think about it..."

"Look here again, Gu Dongwu made an analysis. After the victim died, in order to hide the body, stones were tied to the ankles and sunk into Taihu Lake. Is it necessary to have suitable tools to transport the person outside the city?"

"The victim resisted, so why was he still stabbed countless times?"

"Hypothetically, if one stab in the back is fatal, then the other eighteen stabs must be struck first, and the victim is resisting. Why are the injured parts in the front?"

"Conversely, if the stabbing in the back is the first to kill, then the remaining eighteen stabbings will be done after the deceased..."

Luo Ning seemed to be talking to Song Zhuer, but also seemed to be asking and answering questions, thinking and talking about his own thoughts.

Having said this, she looked up at Song Zhuer:

"What kind of hatred do you have to vent your hatred like this?"

Luo Ning closed the file and fell silent.

Song Zhuer also found it incredible. She took out the list of missing persons reported by Anyang City and flipped through it.

The three of them fell silent for a moment.

Until Qin Zhao walked in: "Master Luo? Do you have a direction?"

Luo Ning shook his head, and Qin Zhao handed the food box to Song Zhuer: "Take it and distribute it to the brothers."

Song Zhuer Le Diantian took over. Ever since Mr. Luo and Mr. Qin came back from Chuzhou, Song Zhuer became more and more pleased with Mr. Qin, especially recently when Dali Temple and Beizhen Fusi moved frequently.

Even handling the case is much smoother than before.

Qin Zhao saw Song Zhuer walking out and asked Luo Ning, "What did you find?"

Luo Ning shook his head and just told Qin Zhao what he had just thought. No, when Qin Zhao heard Luo Ning's thoughts, this was a reasonable guess!

Reliable!My admiration for Mr. Luo increased even more.

Qin Zhao thought about it: "How about I add fuel to the fire!"

"Oh? What does your lord mean?" Luo Ning was puzzled.

"The murderer wanted to hide the body, so we made the matter public. Previously, our reward notices were vague and only said to provide the missing person. If the murderer is lucky and thinks that he will not be discovered, in fact we are very passive."

Luo Ning agreed with Qin Zhao.

"I went to publicize it and said that the body was found and asked the people to pay attention to the people around them. I don't believe it. There is no acquaintance of the deceased?"

"Then how to promote it?"

Qin Zhao pretended to be mysterious: "Leave it to me, Mr. Luo."

After that, he left in a hurry.

Looking at Qin Zhaoyuan's back, Luo Ning felt more and more that he had changed, or did he not understand him at all before?
Half an hour later, Luo Ning heard a commotion outside Dali Temple, and Song Zhuer rushed in: "Sir, Master Qin has a solution. Many people have come to provide clues."

"Oh? What's going on?" Luo Ning stood up and walked out.

"I don't know. It seems to encourage everyone to pay attention to the people around them. If you haven't seen them for more than ten days, you can come to the three houses to report."

Luo Ning walked to the front hall of Dali Temple, where Wei Sizhi was receiving several people and taking notes.

Luo Ning saw one of the men rushing to report, so he walked over and asked him:

"How did you think of coming to Dali Temple to provide clues?"

This man is embarrassed:
"The Jinyi Guards and the Gyeonggi Guards were patrolling Zhuque Street. They said that a corpse was found in Dali Temple. It was inhumane. They asked everyone to pay attention to who was around them. They didn't show up for more than ten days, so I came."

The man scratched his head and said to Luo Ning.

Luo Ning didn't expect Qin Zhao's method to be simple, crude, and so direct.

"What do you do? Who hasn't shown up in a few days?"

The man was waiting in line, but he didn't expect this adult to be working on the spot. He grinned: "Actually, I don't know if he is missing."

"It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want."

The man cleared his throat: "I have been at the east corner of the city all year round and am the groom there. We are all familiar with each other, but Zhang Qiu hasn't been here for a while."

Zhang Qiu?Where have you heard this name?

Luo Ning didn't think about it for a moment and signaled the man to continue talking.

"Yes, I met his wife a few days ago. When I asked her, she said she was traveling far away. However, I don't know why, I just felt something was wrong."

"Are you familiar with Zhang Qiu?"

The man chuckled: "Actually, I'm not familiar with him either. He's quite introverted, but he works in the east of the city and we see him often."

East of the city?This reminded Luo Ning, Aunt Wang, yes, that was the second house she and Qin Zhao went to during the investigation that day.

Zhang Qiu was a coachman. On that day, his wife said that she had gone out of town. Aunt Wang was their neighbor. She found that Zhang Qiu had not been seen for a few days, so in order to get two taels of silver, Aunt Wang went to Jingzhao Mansion to provide clues.

It seems that someone still noticed him with this ball.

"What does Zhang Qiu look like?"

"Well... I'm not tall, but okay, neither fat nor thin."

"Who else is in his family?"

"It seems that he only has one wife. For a while, his wife often came to bring him food, which made us bachelors very envious."

"What's your name?"

"Everyone calls me Hu San. My surname is Hu, and I am the third eldest child in my family."

"Hu San, how is Zhang Qiu usually doing?"

"That's okay. He works quietly and diligently."

"Have you ever seen him fighting with others? Or did you feel like someone hated him?"

"That shouldn't happen, sir. In fact, he and I are not very familiar with each other. Lord Jin Yiwei said that there would be rewards for providing clues, so I... Your Excellency also knows that we actually don't have much income from pulling a carriage once. We just make ends meet... …”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Luo Ning embarrassedly.

Understanding what he meant, Luo Ning nodded and said to Hu San:

"The clues you provided are very useful. I'll register there later. If the case is finally solved because of your clues, the Director of Dali Temple will personally give you the money."

Upon hearing this, Hu San smiled all over his face: "Then thank you so much, sir, thank you sir!"

Song Zhuer followed Luo Ning, seeing that Luo Ning was very concerned about this clue, she asked softly, "My lord, what Hu San said...is it useful?"

"Up to now, two people have discovered that Zhang Qiu is missing. People's premonitions are sometimes very useful."

Luo Ning didn't say it was useful or useless, but Song Zhuer understood the meaning and it was fun.

Luo Ning returned to the room and took out Aunt Wang's records of missing persons that day, as well as the list of people she investigated, and looked at them carefully.

After a while, Luo Ning stood up: "Zhu'er, let's go to Aunt Wang's house!"

Aunt Wang saw Luo Ning coming for the second time, and her hope was once again ignited. Is this a gift of money?
He came over with a smile: "Sir, do you have any clues? Have you used the clues I provided?"

Luo Ning smiled bitterly: "Aunt Wang, listen to me. I have to ask you to do something very important today. If it is confirmed, you can get the money when you come back."

"Really?" Aunt Wang was very happy: "Come on, tell me, what do you want me to do? I'm telling you, the ball is really gone. No one has been seen in the past few days."

Luo Ning knew that it would be really difficult for other people to come forward if they were not family members, but Zhang Qiu's case was special, so she had to come to Aunt Wang to try.

There was something fishy about the whole case, and she hoped that Aunt Wang would have the courage to go to Jingzhao Mansion for the sake of two taels of silver.

Luo Ning also plucked up the courage: "Aunt Wang, we found a body, and now we suspect it is Zhang Qiu. I would like to ask Aunt Wang to go to Jingzhao Mansion to confirm!"

"Ah? Are you asking me to identify the body?" Aunt Wang was shocked.

Luo Ning saw Aunt Wang's expression and comforted her:
"Auntie, you have provided useful clues for the case, but now for some reasons, I can't go to Zhang Qiu's family to identify, so..."

Aunt Wang said cruelly: "Will you give me the money soon?"

"Of course." Luo Ning said without hesitation.

Aunt Wang hesitated for a while and finally gritted her teeth:

"go!"

(End of this chapter)