Cure the cold-faced general by solving crimes

Chapter 102 Camphor Tree

Pei Zhizhao walked around the wooden house and found only flint, rope, candles and other emergency items. Jiang Xihe was so tired that he slumped down on the bamboo chair and did not want to move.

Pei Zhizhao looked at her red face and asked with a smile, "Should I go find you some water?"

"No." Jiang Xihe refused, looked around the cabin and hugged his shoulders, "I'm scared to be here alone."

Pei Zhizhao was puzzled, "What are you afraid of in broad daylight? This is a temporary resting place for hunters. Look at the bedding and fur coats. These are all for people who rest temporarily."

Jiang Xihe shook his head and pulled Pei Zhizhao's sleeve, "That's not okay. I just feel uncomfortable. I'm not thirsty. You are not allowed to go anywhere."

Pei Zhizhao pulled up another chair and sat next to Jiang Xihe, "Okay, I'm not going anywhere."

Jiang Xihe leaned closer to him, patted his thigh with one hand, and stretched his other hand towards the gap between Pei Zhizhao's bamboo chairs. There was something shiny between the two bamboo boards.

Jiang Xihe pulled it out, and a long thin needle came into view, "This..."

Pei Zhizhao took it and looked at it, "This is an acupuncture needle. The needle is rusty and looks old."

Jiang Xihe understood, and Pei Zhizhao threw the needle on the table in front of the two people. "I guess the hunters on the mountain were uncomfortable. They used it at the time, right?"

Jiang Xihe's eyes wandered around, following the direction of the acupuncture needle, and found a dark red blood stain on the corner of the table.

"Sir, look!" Jiang Xihe pointed.

Pei Zhizhao came closer and saw that there were indeed blood stains. "This is a temporary resting place for hunters. It is normal to have blood stains." Pei Zhizhao pointed out that the wooden door was open, and the rabbits and pheasants they had hunted were placed on the ground at the door. A large blood stain had appeared on the ground. .

Well, Jiang Xihe could only admit it. Looking at the piled quilts, Jiang Xihe seemed to have seen blood stains, "Sir, let's go. There is blood everywhere here. I'm scared."

Pei Zhizhao attributed these to the prey. When he saw Jiang Xihe's face turned pale, he stood up Cong Shanruliu, "You are so cowardly? You are not afraid of autopsies, why are you afraid of blood?"

Jiang Xihe stood up quickly, "I don't care, I just feel it's eerie here. Let's go back and roast the rabbit."

The two people walked out of the wooden house. Pei Zhizhao closed the door and walked out of the yard with the prey. Pei Zhizhao was suddenly startled.

He looked at the mountain peaks in the distance without moving. Jiang Xihe hugged his arm nervously, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Pei Zhizhao pulled her towards the south, walked through the bushes, and walked for about a tea time. Pei Zhizhao stood on the avenue with a solemn expression.

Jiang Xihe was frightened, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Pei Zhizhao looked at her faintly, pointing to a camphor tree not far away, with tears in his eyes. Jiang Xihe was panicking and held Pei Zhizhao's hand tightly.

Pei Zhizhao took a deep breath and said slowly, "My sister was found under that tree when she was killed."

Jiang Xihe was struck like five thunders.

Pei Zhizhao staggered and almost lost his balance. He tried to calm down and said slowly, "That's where my sister was found disheveled and she suffered inhuman torture before she died..."

Jiang Xihe's lips trembled. She knew that Pei Zhizhao had been sad in his heart over the years, and she knew that he couldn't sleep all night because of this matter.

"Sir, I have sorted out more than half of the files. Although I haven't found the clues from five years ago, I think we can't wait any longer. Since God asked me to come here, I plan to..."

Jiang Xihe pressed against Pei Zhizhao's heart, "I understand what you have been through these years. I want to help you and myself. Since checking it out doesn't help, why don't we face it directly?"

Pei Zhizhao looked at her deeply, "Do you have a good idea?"

Jiang Xihe poked Pei Zhizhao's heart hard with his little hand, "Facing what happened back then, the most sad person is my lord. My lord, can you bear it?" Pei Zhizhao's heart ached. Five years is not a long time, not a short time. This He has been suffering internally for five years. It will be very painful to face the past, but the pain will also bring the truth.

"I promised you that I would marry you gracefully and with no grudges in my heart. Tell me, what do you want to do?" Pei Zhizhao's eyes were heavy.

Jiang Xihe slowly walked to the camphor tree.

Looking up, the camphor branches stretch towards the sky, and the leaves are densely packed to block the sun.

Raising his hand to touch the tree trunk, Jiang Xihe felt the sadness in his heart pouring into his eyes.

It was here that Sister Pei was discovered.

Jiang Xihe couldn't imagine that scene.

She vowed to catch the real culprit!

Walking back to Pei Zhizhao, Jiang Xihe said, "Cast a wide net. Just say that I accepted the complaint and want to restart the investigation of the murder case. Anyone with knowledge will be grateful if they can provide clues."

"But..." Jiang Xihe had tears in his eyes, "This will inevitably lead to a small number of public disclosures about the case. Sir, can you accept it?"

"Let's do it." Pei Zhizhao interrupted her and raised his eyes to look at the desolate sky. "In the past five years, the murderer has also escaped for five years. If he lived a very happy life in these five years, for my sister ,Too cruel."

Jiang Xihe saw the pain but also the hope, "Sir, if the case is reopened and everyone works together, I believe the truth will be found out soon."

Pei Zhizhao's heart ignited hope.

"Sir, what other clues were there back then? Did you ask the detective back then?"

Pei Zhizhao shook his head, "I looked around and found that when Mr. Qi took office, only Liu Qing's brother was still on duty at the Yamen. Unfortunately, his brother passed away two years ago."

"Where's Wu Zuo?"

"Unless you come forward, I have no excuse to investigate the case back then. Besides, you also know the virtue of the gangster in Ping'an County."

Jiang Xihe felt distressed, "It turns out that the master has been investigating in private. It's my fault that I didn't put this matter on the agenda earlier." Thinking of Xu Wuzuo, Jiang Xihe said, "I will go see him tomorrow."

Pei Zhizhao raised his head and touched Jiang Xihe's cheek. She gave him more hope, "Don't worry, everything will come to light when conditions are ripe."

On the way back, Jiang Xihe said nothing and huddled in the hood of Pei Zhizhao's cloak, no longer feeling depressed.

She hugged his waist tightly, buried her face in his heart, and felt real when she listened to his pounding heartbeat.

When he was about to enter the city gate, Pei Zhizhao slowed down his horse. Jiang Xihe raised his head and whispered softly in his ear, "Sir, I have figured it out along the way. When I go back, I will write a complaint first, pretending that the case from that year will be restarted, and then concentrate on finding the case." File, in the process of casting a wide net to collect clues, I will go see Xu Wuzuo again."

Pei Zhizhao lowered his eyes, his obsidian eyes flashing with mist, "Thank you."

Jiang Xihe didn't want to hear such unintentional words, so he pouted and scolded Pei Zhizhao unhappily, "If you continue to be so polite, sir, I don't think we need to get married."

Pei Zhizhao curved his lips and gently kissed Jiang Xihe's hair.

The kiss lasted for a long time, and the deepest part of Pei Zhizhao's heart was filled with tenderness.

(End of this chapter)