Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 240 The Fourth Person
Xiao Wu scratched his head, thought for a while, and analyzed: "Could it be that Lord Shangshu fled the swamp when he realized that he was discovered by the murderer?"

Kang Xu crossed his arms, shook his head, and said thoughtfully, "I don't think it's possible. The clothes of Mr. Shang Shu were left at the scene, which means that Mr. Shang Shu is very likely to be captured by the murderer."

Kang Xu paced back and forth, constantly thinking about the terrain near the swamp.

The mountain road was rugged and full of thorns, and it was impossible not to leave a trace when night fell.

Kang Xu closed his eyes, trying to imagine what might have happened at that time.

In the dark night, Cui Huan followed two strange figures from a distance.

The two figures seemed to be carrying something, walking through the forest with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Cui Huan is an official of the imperial court, and has seen countless people. He instinctively sensed that these two sneaky figures must be doing some shady things, so he followed the two figures step by step and walked farther and farther.

There was a swamp in front of him. One of the figures stuck a torch on the ground, and then said a few words to the other, and the two immediately pulled out an object from the sack.

With the help of the faint flame, Cui Huan tried his best to open his eyes, and when he saw the object dragged out of the sack, he was startled.

It was clearly a corpse!
The two figures rested for a while, then lifted the body and threw it into the swamp. After doing all this, the two clapped their hands and started walking back holding the torch.

Cui Huan frowned tightly, he couldn't tolerate such careless things about human life.

However, he knew that he was no match for the two, and if he wanted to catch them, he had to go back and find the bodyguards.

However, just as he turned around, he suddenly heard a sharp wind coming from behind.

Then, after a muffled groan, Cui Huan passed out.

Thinking of this, Kang Xu suddenly opened his eyes.

"The fourth person!" Kang Xu suddenly said without thinking.

"What fourth person?" Xiao Wu was a little puzzled.

"In addition to Lord Shang Shu and the two corpse throwers that night, there should be another person, and it was that person who attacked Lord Shang Shu." Kang Xu felt that this guess was reasonable. It was impossible for Cui Huan to follow the two corpse throwers secretly. He was discovered and caught by two corpse throwers without a sound.

The only explanation was that there was another person who followed Cui Huan and took the opportunity to sneak attack him, so there was no trace of a fight at the scene.

In other words, the person who made the sneak attack is likely to be an accomplice to the person who threw the corpse.

The half long gown covering the corpse seems to confirm this point.

The murderer threw Cui Huan's long gown on the dead body, most likely in order to mislead the person who found the body, so that the officials thought Cui Huan fell into a swamp and died accidentally.

However, there was one thing that made Kang Xu very puzzled. After the murder, why did the murderer throw the body into the swamp? Wouldn't it be easier to just burn it?
"Brother Kang, what should we do next?" Xiao Wu looked at Kang Xu who was lost in thought, and couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.

"Master Shangshu is probably still alive, the most important thing right now is to find out the whereabouts of Master Shangshu." Kang Xu mused.

"But we don't have any clues, how do we go to find it? In the past few days, the head hunters have searched through Zhengyang City, but they haven't found the whereabouts of Master Shangshu!" Xiao Wu frowned.

Zhengyang City is neither big nor small, so how easy is it to find a missing person?
What's more, everyone knows well that Master Shangshu will be in danger of his life at any time if he falls into the hands of the criminals, and they don't have enough time left.

Kang Xu rubbed his brows, thought for a while, and said, "It's not that there are no clues. The skeleton in front of me is the best clue."

Xiao Wu looked at him a little puzzled.

Kang Xu moved his neck and explained: "We have to start with this corpse. As long as we find out the identity of the corpse, we can follow the clues to find the murderer. In this way, we can naturally find the whereabouts of Master Shangshu."

Xiao Wu thought for a while, and it seemed that this method was the only way to do it right now. He turned his head to look at the bones on the next case, and said, "I'll check the bones again to see if there are any other discoveries."

Kang Xu nodded, leaving Xiao Wu to continue the autopsy in Yizhuang, and returned to the county government by himself.

Back at the gate of the county government, Kang Xu happened to meet Chang Feng.

After discovering the bones, Chang Feng immediately led people to search for the missing persons in the city, trying to find out the identity of the deceased from the missing persons.

However, there are thousands of people living in Zhengyang County, so it is naturally difficult to investigate.

At this time, Chang Feng had already led the yamen servants to investigate for a day, but they only investigated less than one-tenth of the households.

"Brother Kang, there are at least a thousand people in Zhengyang City. If the investigation continues, if the identity of the deceased is not found, the brothers will be exhausted." Chang Feng sat down on the steps beside the flower bed of the county government office, A depressed expression on his face.

Kang Xu smiled, then sat down, and said, "Old Chang, I also know that you have worked hard, but this matter is of great importance. No matter what, we must find out the identity of the deceased, which will be the key to this case. How about it, I will give you a rough range, and you investigate according to this range."

"Oh? What range?" Chang Feng wondered.

"When Xiao Wu and I examined the corpse, we found many wounds on the body. It is speculated that the deceased should have martial arts skills. It is very likely that he was a soldier who fought in the battlefield, or a person from the Jianghu. You can save a lot of energy by investigating this way."

Chang Feng suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, he jumped up and said: "It's much easier to have a range, wait for my old news!"

Before the words were finished, Chang Feng had already run several feet away.

Kang Xu stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and nodded in satisfaction to Chang Feng's back.

Since Li Canghai beheaded Wang Buquan, Chang Feng's whole person has changed, he is no longer as lazy as before, and his whole body is full of energy.

But soon, Kang Xu frowned.

Even though Chang Feng had drawn up a rough range, the investigation still took time.In order to find out the identity of the deceased, another method needs to be found.

Kang Xu wondered if there was any other way to investigate the identity of the deceased, and casually stepped into the Yamen.

The county office is divided into front and back, the front yard is where the case is handled, and the back yard is where Li Canghai and others live.

At this time, in the backyard, Mrs. Hua was drying the quilts, while the old man was lying on the rocking chair, waving the cattail fan in a peaceful manner.

From time to time, there was a burst of crisp laughter under the wooden rack where the quilts were dried.

Kang Xu followed the laughter and found that Huahua and Xiaohu were playing hide-and-seek in the quilt. The two little guys kept chasing after each other, and the whole backyard echoed their joyful laughter.

Looking at everything in front of him, Kang Xu's mood, which had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly became relaxed.

Too many things have happened recently, and everyone is under too much pressure. Thinking about it, it seems that everyone hasn't smiled knowingly for a long time.

(End of this chapter)