Since I met you, people are dying every day

The yamen servants were reluctant in their hearts, but no one dared to take the lead in saying no.The last leading arrester stepped forward and handed over a small handful of Qingming grass, "Master, go and get rid of the bad luck."

Ye Sirui was a little annoyed, but he still took the handful of grass and casually looked at the pale yellow flowers. "Where did you get this Qingming grass?"

The policeman said, "I picked it up behind a tree."

Ye Sirui walked around to the place he pointed, squatted down and looked at it, there were indeed some Qingming grasses on the ground, but they were all scattered and did not grow here, because the scattered ground was also stained with blood.He looked around carefully again, but he didn't see Qingming grass growing.

"Strange." He put the grass back on his body. "Okay, let's go search."

Until the evening, Ye Sirui and the others only finished two or three caves.

The caves here are endless, and there are many fork roads, but I don't know where they connect.The number of yamen servants was small, and Ye Sirui didn't dare to separate them. He went too deep, not to mention the yamen servants, Ye Sirui didn't know what to do.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Sirui had no choice but to take them back for dinner.

The yamen servants brought by the owner also came back, but found nothing.

Ye Sirui answered absent-mindedly, and was about to go in for dinner, when he heard someone whisper, "My lord, someone has been waiting for you for two hours."

Before he asked anyone, he saw Xia Shu walking over, the black robe was changed to dark blue, other than that there was no difference. "Why are you here?" Ye Sirui was somewhat surprised to see him here, "Where's Kuang'er?"

"I personally sent him back home." Xia Shu walked to him and sat down.Others were surprised to see that he did not greet the county magistrate with courtesy or greetings.Ye Sirui didn't care about these things, he just had a flash of inspiration, "By the way, come with me to see the corpse."

Xia Shu got up and waited for him.Ye Sirui looked at the owner. "Then what about the corpse of the servant following Miss Liu's family?"

The owner of the villa seemed to be in a dilemma, but he got up and led the way.

The servant's body was collected in an empty house.Ye Sirui called a yamen servant to follow him, and told him: "Keep an eye on the door, and no one else is allowed to come in."

"My lord, this person..." The owner was about to leave, but Xia Shu didn't move, staring at him with dissatisfaction.

"Wu Zuo was hired by the yamen." Ye Sirui said a few words and pulled Xia Shu closer to the corpse.

Xia Shu stepped forward to look at it carefully, then unbuttoned the man's clothes, pressed on different parts of his body, and finally turned him over, looking at the wound on the head for a long time.

"How is it?" Ye Sirui asked.

"Injured by a blunt instrument, something like a stone. The murderer should not be low." Xia Shubi scratched and explained: "The back hurts, and the head hurts, unless the deceased is sitting." He turned over again He touched the coat of the corpse, "No, there is no dust on the back of the clothes, but the front is covered with dust. He was beaten to death standing up and fell down."

Ye Sirui was silent, but he thought of the figures of everyone in Taozhuang one by one.

"It wasn't killed by one blow." Xia Shu said while groping for the arm of the corpse, "Before he turned around after being smashed, the murderer should have embraced him with the other hand and strangled his neck." He gestured again Take action.Ye Sirui nodded. "It's powerful and tall, so it should be done by a man."

"Strange." Xia Shu said suddenly. "What?" Ye Sirui stepped forward.

"Look." Xia Shu stretched out his finger, and there were some milky white hairs on the back of the body's black clothes, which could not be discerned, "What is this?"

Ye Sirui looked at it, but also didn't understand, "Did it touch the ground?" As soon as the words came out, he denied it: "No, he fell forward."

Xia Shu also nodded, "It's hard to say, maybe it was stained somewhere before."

Ye Sirui didn't think it was the same, he thought about it, looked down at his chest, was taken aback for a moment, and took out the Qingming grass. "Look? Is it the same?" He pointed to the creamy white pappus on the flower.

Xia Shu picked some off with his hand, took a closer look, sniffed some, then went to the clothes, nodded affirmatively, "It's hard for you to think, what is this?"

"Qingmingcao, you don't know?" Ye Sirui was surprised.

"What's that?" Xia Shu asked.

"Pluck the Qingming grass tips and wash them, or they can be crushed, and then mixed with glutinous rice ball powder to make Qingming dumplings." Ye Sirui explained.

"So it's Shui Hagi." Xia Shu said casually. "How do I know about the food, but this is a clue."

It's not that simple.Ye Sirui sighed secretly.Qingming dumpling is a seasonal snack, and almost every housewife in Dong'an County can make it.

After the body was examined, both of them were hungry.Seeing that he had waited for him for a long time, Ye Sirui felt a little guilty when he met him and was dragged away for an autopsy, so he sent the others down, and only the two of them ate.The post-mortem was done in consideration of the comfort of the summer, and the dishes served were all vegetarian, but they were the best ingredients selected by Zhuangzi.

Xia Shu ate with gusto.Ye Sirui recalled one incident and said: "I haven't apologized to you yet, just now when the landlord asked about it, he just said that you are a clerk in the yamen in a hurry, it's a temporary expediency, don't be annoyed."

Xia Shu swallowed a mouthful of food slowly, and then said: "You said that I am a coward, why am I angry?"

Ye Sirui was stunned for a moment. "But Wu Zuo is a pariah."

Xia Shu didn't look at him, and slowly shook his head, "I'm a pariah."

Ye Sirui didn't find anything to say for a long time.

After finishing the meal, Ye Sirui finally remembered to ask: "Just now I was in a hurry to drag you to the autopsy, but I never asked, why did you come here suddenly?"

Xia Shu said with a serious expression: "I killed someone two days ago."

Ye Sirui stepped in without knowing, "Well, you told me."

"That man is very skilled, and there are a large number of nursing homes. I have suffered a bit." His tone was neither complacent nor fortunate, and he just glanced at the wound on his shoulder blade.

Ye Sirui already knew about it, but still patiently listened to him.

"I killed him because he raped young children." Xia Shu's eyes were extremely cold when he said this, "I confronted him, stabbed him and he pleaded guilty, so I took his dog's life."

Ye Sirui's heart tightened.He knew that there must be a reason for Xia Shu to kill people, but he didn't expect the reason to be so... so dirty.He thought about it deeply again, and suddenly his heart sank again, and he was even a little afraid to listen to his next words.

"He pleaded guilty, but I didn't find any victimized women in his home. Those people's whereabouts are unknown, and they don't know where they came from." He paused meaningfully, "His servants said that he He has contacts with people from Taohuazhuang."

Ye Sirui clenched his fists.

"I didn't think too much about it, but when Ye Kuang said that his friend got lost in Peach Blossom Village, I thought it was a big deal."

Ye Sirui thought about it and asked again: "Where's his nursing home? Did you kill them all?"

Xia Shu gently and slightly shook his head. "I said, I won't embarrass you."

In the blink of an eye, the simple disappearance case was linked to murder and abduction.Ye Sirui arranged for Xia Shu to rest first, and sat upright in the room with his face sinking like water, making people call the owner of Taohuazhuang.

There are people in Peach Blossom Manor colluding with outsiders, and the owner of the manor is naturally the biggest suspect.

The owner entered the door, first took a few steps hastily into the room, and only after meeting Ye Sirui's cold eyes, he hastily knelt down and saluted. "The villain has seen adults coldly!"

Only then did Ye Sirui show a little smile, and avoided his courtesy, as if he asked casually: "Master Leng's accent doesn't seem to be from Dong'an County, where is his ancestral home?"

Leng Yu quickly replied: "Jingzhou."

The former magistrate of Dong'an County was from Jingzhou. "Has this Peach Blossom Village been open for a while?"

"Back to my lord, it will only be four or five years."

Ye Sirui nodded, and asked a few more random questions, and Leng Yu answered them all.Ye Sirui suddenly changed his tone: "Master Leng, have any children lost in your Peach Blossom Village before?"

Leng Yu suddenly panicked. Although he tried to calm down, he could still feel his voice trembling: "No."

"Oh?" Ye Sirui squinted his eyes, and the air pressure dropped a lot.

The trembling of the gloomy voice became more obvious, "My lord... There are one or two, after all, Taozhuang is built on the mountain, and the children are naughty, so it is inevitable to get lost... And all the young ones have reported to the officials! The official has also come to look for it!" He It seemed that he had suddenly found a backbone, and his voice became much tougher.

"Not found?" Ye Sirui guessed the result.

"Yes...the case has to be closed." The gloomy voice dropped again, and he took two rough breaths.

"En." Ye Sirui couldn't distinguish between joy and anger, just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Ye Sirui asked again: "Why don't you want the county government officer to examine the servant's body?"

Leng Yu frightened and fell down and kowtowed, "My lord is clearly aware! The villain has no such intentions! It's just that I didn't know the identity of the author and rushed into it! My lord, please forgive me!"

Ye Sirui was satisfied with his question, but still didn't show it on his face, he just said plainly: "I know, let's go down."

Leng Yu still had lingering fears, kowtowed and begged for mercy and refused to go down, Ye Sirui frowned slightly, his pair of phoenix eyes were menacing.Leng Yu was still defending himself, and choked when he raised his head occasionally.

"Go down." Ye Sirui said lightly.

After Leng Yu went out, Xia Shu came out from behind the screen.

"Do you think it's him?" Ye Sirui asked with a smile.

Xia Shu shook his head, saw that he didn't look at him, and said, "He doesn't look so bold."

Ye Sirui laughed again, "If you only look at the skin, you will know what kind of heart is inside."

"One or two children are lost. It's normal for the government to find them. There are also some incompetent people." Xia Shu unconsciously argued with him.

"I know very little, but what I see and feel in the government office is incompetent." Ye Sirui didn't shy away from it, and said it openly, "I can't tell, I have to go back. I'm afraid I have to go here. Take care of one or two."

Summer is comfortable.At the end, he said: "Remember to bring a copy back, I can't see everything, I'm afraid I missed something important."