Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 237 Finding clues in the courtyard
That's right, since the corpses were transported here, why is there no trace of blood along the way?

Qin Feng immediately stepped out.

This is the home of Lin Zheng, the treasury officer of the state treasury. His house is remote, and there is only one road to get in. Behind the courtyard is the city wall, which cannot accommodate people, and no one can break in from the rear.

It is unlikely to climb the courtyard wall when transporting the corpse, so the main entrance is the only way to pass.

Qin Feng walked from the place marked by Bai Hui to the main entrance, walked out again, and walked along the road to the intersection, but he didn't find any blood on the ground.

This is too clean...

He stood there, pinching his chin, lost in thought.

Ling Chong, Wu Zuo, and Wan Kunming followed Qin Feng out, and each of them searched for even a speck of blood on the ground, but unfortunately, they found nothing.

"Without blood, the corpse must have been packed in something during the transportation...otherwise it would be difficult to do!"

Qin Feng quickly came to a conclusion.

In ancient times, there were no such things as plastic bags. Whether it was wrapped in straw mats or wrapped in cloth, it could not stop the blood from falling. The only thing that was possible was the container.

"Go look around at home and see if there is anything that can hold a whole person? Barrels! Wine tanks! Big boxes!"

After Qin Feng finished speaking, he turned his head and went back to the official Lin Ku's house, searching around.

Lin Zheng lived alone, and there were not many items in his house.

Occasionally, there are one or two containers that can be used as "containers", but they are also denied by Qin Feng because of their small size - at least they must be able to hold a complete corpse.

"This guy surnamed Lin... is still a modest official, doesn't he take a bath? Doesn't he even have a bucket at home?"

Qin Feng is simply unimaginable.

Wu Zuo and Ling Chong searched around, but found nothing.

Wan Kunming went to check the side of Lin Zheng's house by himself.

suddenly!

"Ah—" came a scream.

Wu Zuo immediately squatted down, covering his face with his hands: "Oh my god! It's over, it's over, the evil spirit has come to settle accounts with us..."

Qin Feng and Ling Chong rushed to the source of the sound immediately.

Turning into the narrow alley on the side of the house, Wan Kunming was nowhere to be seen.

"Old Wan, old Wan?!"

"My lord, I...here, ahem..."

The voice came from the ground in front of them, Qin Feng and the two moved closer, only to see that a large piece of the ground in front of them had sunk, and there was actually a big wine tank buried in the sinkhole. Woke up, covered in stinky blood.

"My lord... here is a wine jar."

"Uh, um, I see, you come out first and then talk about it."

Wan Kunming crawled out of the wine tank, Qin Feng approached and poked the blood on his body, twisted his fingers, the blood had already become thick.

"You go and clean up."

Qin Feng ordered.

"Yes……"

Wan Kunming went to take off his clothes by himself.

"Ling Chong, how long have you been in this city?"

"One year."

"Do you know how many kilns and wineries there are in this city?"

"There are five kilns, all of which are outside Bencheng. There are nine wineries in the counties under the jurisdiction of Bencheng Prefecture."

"Well... too many. Come on, let's dig out this wine vat!"

Qin Feng squatted down and was about to plan. This big wine tank must be very important, otherwise the murderer wouldn't have had to bury him so well to hide it.

There must be clues here!

"it is good."

Ling Chong drew out the knife, handed the scabbard to Qin Feng, and helped him with the knife in his hand.

Wan Kunming took off his coat on the side, and immediately accompanied Qin Feng to dig.

It was only the fifteenth day at this time, and in the early spring, it was warm and cold.

Wan Kunming's robe was a thick piece of clothing. After taking it off, he felt a little cold. He sneezed three times after digging twice.

Ling Chong frowned, stood up and said, "This wine jar is not small, and it's not buried deep enough. It's a waste of time for the three of us to dig it. Why don't I call a few people. By the way, find him some clean clothes."

Qin Feng nodded: "Alright."

Ling Chong went there immediately, and after a while, he brought five or six people over, the leader being Chen Butou from the patrol room of the magistrate's yamen.

He took a piece of clean clothes in his hand, and immediately gave it to Wan Kunming after entering the door, telling him to put it on.

Chen Butou approached and looked at the wine tank under the pit, and said, "Hurry up Ling, you asked me to bring someone here just to dig a wine tank?"

"Yes."

"It's unreasonable! Now that the murder case is happening, the whole city is in panic. We are waiting for the murderer in the whole city. As a policeman, you don't want to catch the murderer, but you dig wine vats here? It's just nonsense!"

Chen Butou is Ling Chong's boss, and he is qualified to reprimand Ling Chong, especially when the magistrate is not around.

It's a pity that Ling Chong doesn't like this.

"Find the murderer? Who is the murderer?"

"The murderer...how do I know who it is?"

"I don't even know who the murderer is, how can I catch him?"

Chen Butou, who Ling Chong asked two questions, was speechless. He looked around at his subordinates, but no one could help him answer, so he could only falter and say: "Although I don't know who the murderer is...but, but, but If you search carefully, you can always find one or two suspicious people... when the time comes..."

After saying a few words, he suddenly realized that he was the head catcher, and this Ling Chong was his subordinate, why should he answer the subordinate's question?

Immediately angry, Chen Butou gritted his teeth, and scolded: "Presumptuous, how dare you rush me? I am your boss! Believe it or not, I will ask the magistrate to dismiss you immediately?"

"Hmph. I'm afraid you don't have that ability."

Ling Chong is not afraid at all.

Qin Feng rolled his eyes when he heard it, but Chen Butou probably didn't know what a "popular man next to the magistrate" was.

"I--"

Chen Butou couldn't beat Ling Chong, and couldn't suppress him, so he could only angrily say to his subordinates: "Okay... I can't cure you, but I can't delay the arrest! Let's go."

Ling Chong frowned: "Stop! This vat may be related to the case and must be dug out."

"Hahahaha! What does a tank have to do with the murder?"

Chen Butou said disapprovingly: "This big wine tank, you have to dig it yourself!"

"let's go!"

Chen Butou waved his hand and took the man away again.

Qin Feng sighed helplessly, looked at Wan Kunming, and then at Ling Chong: Tsk, we took a piece of clothing after running together.

"Don't look at it, dig it yourself. There are four of us, it's just a wine tank, and it's quick to dig out. Lao Wan, go and call the master over to dig it together."

After Qin Feng greeted him, Ling Chong immediately joined the ranks of digging wine vats, and Wan Kunming also went to bring Wu Zuo over.

The four of them were digging furiously, when Chen Butou's men outside went down and came back.

"Master Qin, I'll come over and help..."

Qin Feng glanced at them strangely: "Aren't you not helpful in arresting the head?"

"Ham... We arrest the head to vent our anger on Boss Ling. If Boss Ling is the only one, the head will definitely not let us come back, but Mr. Qin is here, how can we not help him?"

"Okay, let's do it, be quick with your hands and feet."

(End of this chapter)