Da Song Private Investigator

Chapter 238 Drowning.

The originally lively and peaceful spring outing ended in this way.

Who would be in the mood for a spring break when they see a dead body?

And the deceased was a child.

When they saw the child's swollen face, some of the girls who were flying the kite just now and smiling happily were scared and hid back, not even daring to take another look.

The corpse was isolated by the yamen servants. Hualang ordered Renjiang to pull off the clothes on the corpse, and then inspected it carefully, and said while inspecting: "The complexion is slightly red, there is muddy water in the mouth and nose, the abdomen is slightly swollen, and there is water. , there is mud and sand in the nails, and there is a break, and one shoe is missing!"

As soon as he finished speaking like this, Gongsun Ce immediately became suspicious and asked, "Is there any injury on your body!"

Hwarang shook his head: "No!"

Everyone was silent for a moment. If the deceased had no loss, his complexion was reddish, there was muddy water in his mouth and nose, water in his abdomen, and sand in his nails, then it meant that the deceased died by drowning, not murder.

Spring is here, everything recovers, and the children become more and more mischievous, so they come to the stream to play in the water, but they accidentally fall into the water, struggling and drowning.

Things, I am afraid, can only be explained in this way.

After some spectators sighed with regret, they dispersed. If there was no murder, but a child drowned, there was really nothing interesting for them.

But when everyone thought it was drowning, Hwarang frowned and kept shaking his head. Wen dreamed of this and asked, "Why, you have a different opinion!"

Hwarang shrugged: "No, judging from these characteristics, the deceased was indeed drowned, and there was no sign of someone beating him or holding his head and drowning him before throwing him into the water. It's just that he was Drowned, where did the other shoe go!"

Seeing that Hua Lang was only worried about this problem, Wen Meng dismissed it a little, and said: "Isn't it easy to explain, he fell into the water, he must struggle, and it is very possible that the shoes will fall off during the struggle." !"

This explanation does make sense, but Hwarang said again: "But that's where he fell into the water!"

No one knows this, but Wen Meng is too lazy to answer Hwarang's seemingly insignificant questions.

The yamen servant was disposing of the corpse, and the family members of the deceased came to claim the portrait. At this time, Hua Lang came to Bao Zheng and said, "Brother Bao, it seems that I need to trouble the yamen servant brother to salvage the shoes of the deceased here. Must walk around the creek and see if I can spot where the dead fell!"

Although it has been determined that the deceased drowned himself, Bao Zheng is also a cautious person, and naturally he does not dare to be sloppy when it comes to homicide cases. More importantly, he believes in Hwarang. If Hwarang feels the need to continue the investigation, then they The investigation must continue.

For this reason, Bao Zheng divided the yamen servants into two groups, one group went to the city to look for the family members of the deceased, and the other group stayed here to salvage the deceased's shoes.

Although it was the season of warm spring and flowers blooming at this time, the water in the small stream was still a bit icy cold. The government servants salvaged it barefoot, and after a while they couldn't take it anymore and wanted to come out to warm their feet.

The yamen servants salvaged like this, while Hua Lang, Bao Zheng and his party searched slowly along the small stream, but they searched the entire bank for a long time, but there was no trace to be found.

When they came back, the feet of those yamen servants had already started to turn red, but the deceased's shoes were not found. After seeing the feet of these yamen servants, Hwarang frowned, and suddenly patted himself on the head, saying: "How can I So stupid, the deceased didn’t drown today, he probably has been dead for two or three days!”

After hearing Hualang's words, Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce and others all had objections, and Gongsun Ce stood up and said, "Brother Hua, there is something wrong with your words. The deceased died by drowning. It will surface soon, how can you say that the deceased has been dead for several days, could it be that he was thrown here after being killed!"

Hualang smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Brother Gongsun, listen to my explanation. The deceased did drown himself. No one killed him and moved his body here. It's just that the water is still cold at this time of year. People drowned to death at this time of year. It will take several days to float up, but Xiaqiu is very different!"

After hearing what Hwarang said, everyone had no choice but to agree with him, but if the deceased had been dead for several days, why didn't his family and relatives go to the county government to report the case.

It doesn't make sense, and Hwarang can't explain it.

However, the deceased has been dead for several days, which is very helpful to find the place where the deceased fell into the water. The creek has been flowing all the time. It should be possible to roughly know where the body fell into the water.

For this reason, Hualang and others walked up the stream along the small bank, and they stopped after about half a stick of incense, and then Bao Zheng ordered the yamen servants to continue salvaging the shoes of the deceased, while they continued to search for clues.

After walking about a dozen steps, Hwarang and the others found an obvious slipping mark on the bank, and there were some messy footprints on the bank. After careful identification, Hwarang found that besides the footprints of the deceased, there were several other footprints. Judging from the size of the footprints, they should be children in their teens.

Could it be that when the deceased fell into the water, there were other people on the shore, but they did not save the deceased.

There were no other clues nearby, and the yamen servants searched the water for a long time, but found nothing, so it could be said that the deceased was wearing only one shoe when he fell into the water.

This was impossible, of course, but they couldn't salvage the dead man's shoes in the water.

The sky gradually dimmed, the sunset was over, and the servants were shivering from the ice. When they first landed, they all said that after returning home, they must take a pot of hot water and take a good soak.

Seeing everyone working so hard, Hwarang also felt a little embarrassed, so he said, "It's getting late, how about we go drink today!"

Those yamen servants are naturally happy, as long as Hua Lang is willing to pay, they can drink up any amount of wine.

For this meal, Bao Zheng also tacitly agreed. After all, he should reward his subordinates for having suffered so much.

But even so, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce did not go to drink. They need to go back to the county government to see if the other government officials have found the family members of the deceased. If they do, they must ask the family members. Why didn't the child come to the county government office to report the case after he had disappeared for a few days.

If before, Bao Zheng would not have asked, but according to Hwarang's calculations, they really arrived at the place where the deceased fell into the water, which would indirectly prove that the deceased had drowned for several days.