Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 109 Wang Lin was murdered (Part [-])
Wu Chen stood up, looked at the stunned Chen Wuzhao expressionlessly, and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

……

Xihui Lane is a relatively remote alley in Yang'an County. Most of the shops in the alley sell utensils for daily affairs. The whole alley is lifeless even in the daytime.

The place where Wang Lin was killed was only an old locust tree. It was cool under the shade, the light was dark, and there were few passers-by. If it weren't for the yamen servants who were anxious to find someone and searched carefully, no one would be able to find it for a while. he.

……

Just as Wu Chen arrived under the big locust tree, Senior Two and Xu Da also arrived on horseback.

Wang Lin was covered with a white sheet. Wu Zuo seemed to have just had an autopsy. Seeing the trembling county magistrate coming, he thought the county magistrate was sad. When Wu Chen asked about the cause of death, Wu Zuo specifically said: "... a knife If you die, you shouldn’t suffer any crime.”

"When did the deceased die?" Wu Chen asked.

Wu Zuo bowed and said: "The palm of the deceased was released. Ziwu Maoyou pinched his middle finger, and Chenxu Chou did not relax his palm. The deceased left the county government in the morning. He should have been killed at Chenshi."

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows, and asked curiously, "What did you recite just now? Did you not recite all the formulas? What's next? Please recite it to me."

Wu Zuo glanced at Chen Wuzhao, Chen Wuzhao's eyes were almost lost at this time, how could he have the energy to pay attention to these things, he could only barely stand with the support of the yamen servants, which was considered the greatest cooperation.

Wu Zuo had no choice but to bow and answer: "This is all taught by the master. Ziwu Maoyou pinches the middle finger, Chenxu Chouwei's palm is relaxed, Yin Shen Sihai clenched his fist, and the deceased died at the right time."

"Are you sure?" Wu Chen asked.

"Uh..." Wu Zuo didn't know how to answer. Only the deceased would know if this matter was accurate, and those who died of illness would not be allowed to see it. That's it.

Wu Chen didn't ask further, he looked around and muttered, "Chen Shi, didn't he run a bit early?"

He hoped that Wang Lin's soul was still there, so he saved a lot of things, but unfortunately Wu Chen looked around and didn't see anything weird.

Chen Wuzhao is not stupid, today Wu Chen asked twice who gave him the idea that five hundred soldiers died in the robbery of the Yin soldiers, how could he have no idea?

Now that Wang Lin died here, Chen Wuzhao had countless hypotheses flashing through his mind, none of which were good, and he felt scared, from the inside out.

Originally, the conversation between Wu Chen and Wu Zuo calmed Chen Wuzhao's mood somewhat, but Wu Chen looked around, squatted down next to the corpse, lifted the white sheet covering the corpse, looked carefully, and put Wu Zuo Called to the side, the two whispered something, Wu Zuo seemed to be preparing to take off Wang Lin's clothes according to Wu Chen's request.

Chen Wuzhao opened his mouth to look at Gao Er and Xu Da, he pointed at Wu Chen, as if asking again: Did you see it?
The second year of high school smiled and said, "Magistrate Chen, don't be surprised. My brother knows a lot, and the autopsy is not surprising."

Xu Da said: "I advise County Magistrate Chen to tell the truth to my brother. We were in Anping County before, and the Anping County Magistrate thought that we could be fooled. As a result... alas, we are now in prison. .”

Chen Wuzhao couldn't stand anymore, he regretted not explaining the benefits just now, if this Mr. Wu took the benefits, then naturally, everything will be fine, what should we do now?

Chen Wuzhao's mind was messed up again, he sometimes thought of the case of the Cao family exterminating the family, and sometimes thought of the five-color jade case, and then went over what Wang Lin said before his death, and Chen Wuzhao's mind began to go blank.

When Wu Chen stood up, Chen Wuzhao was short of breath, his face was pale, and his eyes were blurred. Wu Chen frowned and asked Chen Wuzhao, "Are you going to scare yourself to death?"

Hearing Wu Chen's voice, Chen Wuzhao immediately broke free from the support of the yamen servant, and almost threw himself on Wu Chen's body, saying in a low voice, "A thousand taels of silver can keep Mr. Wu at ease for the rest of his life..."

Wu Chen was taken aback. He was about to push Chen Wuzhao away, but he was afraid that he would not be able to control the strength. The county magistrate obviously felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. If he pushed again, the chance of dying on the spot was quite high.

Wu Chen didn't want to be charged with this crime, and he didn't want to waste all his previous efforts. He comforted Chen Wuzhao and said, "Magistrate Chen, don't worry, you keep your thousand taels of silver. Although I don't know who will get the better one in the end, you have to know some things Money can't solve it, but the truth can."

Chen Wuzhao grabbed Wu Chen's arm tightly, pleading in his eyes, "What I said before was the truth."

"I know, so you're not doing well now? I'm going to interrogate Cao Bingshan in the afternoon. You can follow or not. You are indeed responsible for this matter, but fortunately I'm here, and there is still room for redemption."

"It's up to Mr. Wu to make the decision!" Chen Wuzhao said and wanted to kneel.

Wu Chen didn't want him to kneel, so he couldn't kneel. Wu Chen snorted and asked, "You don't know how to be afraid now? You were afraid of losing your job before, but now you're afraid of losing your life. If you knew losing your job could save your life, wouldn't you be afraid?" Will you find someone to take the blame?"

Chen Wuzhao didn't understand what Wu Chen said at all.

Wu Chen's patience was almost exhausted. He kept Chen Wuzhao to investigate the case, but he had no time to continue acting with him.

Wu Chen turned his head and glanced at the sophomore, who stepped forward and pulled Chen Wuzhao back to his original position, handing him over to the yamen servant.

Wu Chen said, "I'll go back to have dinner first, and then I'll go to the county government office to find County Magistrate Chen."

This was for everyone in the county yamen. After speaking, Wu Chen glanced at the sophomore, who understood that when he was separated from the people in the county yamen, he arranged for the soldiers to go to the county yamen to monitor Chen Wuzhao and Cao Bingshan in prison respectively.

Nowadays, no one dares to stop the policemen from entering the county government office. If someone wants to do something in this situation, it would not be a bad thing for Wu Chen.

……

Back at the house, a soldier stepped forward and reported: Lin Du knew that he had already left for the capital.

Wu Chen nodded and said nothing else.

Gao Er and Xu Da followed Wu Chen into the room, and Datou was snoring everywhere.

Xu Da laughed and said: "Brother Big Head lives the most comfortable life. He sleeps and eats when he is full, and sleeps when he is full, and he has no worries. It is really enviable."

But the sophomore asked Wu Chen: "The county magistrate Chen is not a good official at first glance, why do you keep him?"

"If you don't keep him, how can we continue the investigation?" Wu Chen sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of herbal tea, and drank it all in one gulp: "What Lin Duzhi said is not without reason, but it's just a bit slower."

The sophomore sat next to him and asked: "I think he instigated the murder of the Cao family. He even thought about how to deal with it afterwards. The money of the Cao family must have fallen into his hands."

"It's not him." Wu Chen said firmly.

"How do you know it's not him? Xu Da and I went to the county government office to ask for the file. I saw that the county captain was also very flustered. I took a look at the file and found that he had written a lot. It was all bullshit articles. It said There are seventeen corpses, but we counted them, and there are only fifteen corpses.”

(End of this chapter)