Detective Case of Black Belly

The rain turned from heavy to light, so light that it didn't feel like it was falling on his body, but after standing in the open air for a long time, the black coat Wu Yuyan was wearing was getting darker, and his hair was also wet.

"No one came out alive." Wu Yuyan looked at a temporary thatched shed not far away. Under the shed, there were several stretchers covered with white cloth. There were no relatives kneeling and crying beside it, because relatives might also be in the white cloth or under the rocks.

"Brother Wu, why don't you go back to the yamen. All the young and middle-aged people around here have come to help, and there are enough manpower, but the brothers in the yamen are here to guard. In case something happens in the county, Isn't there no one around the adults who can order?" Huang Xiliu rubbed his face indifferently, his face was streaked with gray-black mud, which looked extremely funny, but at this critical juncture, no one had this Thoughts on making fun of him.

"Okay, why don't you go back to the yamen, and I'll continue digging." In the past few days, one case after another, Wu Yuyan felt an indescribable sense of uneasiness in his heart, and he was really worried that Fu Qing would leave the yamen alone.

There was a person who came to report the case earlier, he was a bit stupid, he didn't recognize Fu Qingkai as the county magistrate, he just felt that he had been wronged.After Fu Qingkai asked a few more questions about the case, he felt that Fu Qingkai didn't trust him, so he took a big stone and threw it over.Fortunately, Fu Qing drove fast at that time, and the stone passed by his ears.Wu Yuyan was not there at that time, and when he came back, he only saw Fu Qing's broken right ear.

"Oh brother, there's no need to do this. I'm not tired. You can go back. There is no one in the yamen. Besides, you have a horse, so you can roughly patrol the street along the route back." After a while of preaching, Wu Yuyan felt fresh.

Wu Yuyan let go of the hand holding the knife handle, and made a crisp 'wow' sound as he circled his lower lip.The white horse under the tree tugged at the reins that had been thrown on the tree at will, and ran over with a 'da da da da' in its mouth.

"Let me know if there is anything to do." Wu Yuyan flew onto the horse and stroked the mane on the white horse's neck.

The mist condensed on Wu Yuyan's eyelashes, and he couldn't see clearly what was in front of him. Wu Yuyan didn't dare to ride too fast, and it was because of this that he caught Fu Qingkai's small figure.He was sitting under the eaves of a private house on the side of the road. It was the residential house where everyone was staying on the day they first came to see the landslide.

"Qing Kai?" Wu Yuyan led the horse and walked towards that figure.

Fu Qingkai stood up, turned around, and grabbed his long gown with his right hand to prevent his hem from getting dirty when he squatted just now. "Yu Yan?"

"What are you doing here?" Wu Yuyan asked, Fu Qingkai pointed to the inside of the room.

It turned out that the old man with the wrinkled white beard was sitting in the room that day, "Old man." Wu Yuyan greeted him.

"Wu Butou," the old man nodded, and said to Fu Qing: "Master Fu, this old man only knows about these things, I'm afraid I can't help you with anything else."

"It's delayed your rest, so I'm leaving now." Fu Qing bowed and dusted the hem of his clothes.The ink bamboo embroidered on the hem of his clothes looks more hazy and elegant in the mist and rain.

"You didn't bring an umbrella, nor a coir raincoat, nor a bamboo hat." Wu Yuyan muttered in detail.

"Then which one did you bring?" Fu Qing blocked Wu Yuyan's mouth with a word.

Wu Yuyan rubbed his nose and saw Fu Qingkai picked up a cloak from the back of the chair.

"I'm wearing an extra cloak, may I ask Butou Wu?" Now it's Fu Qing's turn to hold back, and it's no wonder that Wu Yuyan doesn't feel that he is in it. From the perspective of others, he is completely soaked. .

Wu Yuyan knew he was wrong, so he had no choice but to turn his head away, not to meet Fu Qing's gaze.

The two rode back to the yamen on the same horse. Fu Qing pinched Wu Yuyan's clothes and was able to squeeze out water. He was so angry that he twisted the hard flesh around Wu Yuyan's waist, and Wu Yuyan seemed to be creaked by someone. Same, with a laugh.On the contrary, Fu Qingkai felt a dull pain in his fingertips.

When he returned to the yamen, Fu Qingkai poured him another bowl of extremely spicy ginger soup, and Wu Yuyan felt that his throat and nasal cavity were about to puff out smoke.

"What did you talk to that old man? Did you ask about the landslide? Didn't he refuse to talk about it at first?" The person who was wiping his wet hair was not gentle, he pressed a dry towel on top of his head and rubbed it .

"Before, he was a little apprehensive in front of many fellow villagers. Later, I went to him alone. Old man, if he is sweeter, he is willing to talk to you a lot. It's just that I don't know how to speak about this matter. "Fu Qingkai couldn't figure out how to start.

"If you're talking about something with me, maybe you have to make a draft first." Wu Yuyan said doubtfully.

"Hey, the old man told me that we all know that the mountain collapsed and exploded with rocks. This place is Chenjia Village. The few houses at the foot of the mountain were originally abandoned, but some were destroyed later. When a foreigner who was hit by a disaster came to our place, the head of the village, surnamed Chen, decided to rent these pieces of land and a few rooms for this foreigner. The big guy knew it well and lived here. It’s not safe, but it’s all sold, and no one wants to tell those outsiders about it.”

"How to be the leader of a clan if you are so secretive and uneasy in doing things." Wu Yuyan clenched his fist and knocked heavily on the table, making the teapots, cups and other porcelain on the table squeak.

Fu Qing rubbed his head through the towel, and continued, "Patriarch Chen has a son-in-law named Chen Quan. He has a good character. He knows that our county is surrounded by mountains and there is a lot of rain. He is worried about living here. Sooner or later something will happen, so I want to discuss with those families and ask them to move to other places. Originally, those families were willing to move out, but there is an old Lai in Chenjia Village, and the rent of this house is for him. I can get one or two benefits from it. The old Lai was unwilling to lose this job, so he went to those tenants to slander Chen Quan. These families felt that like a father, like a son, Chen Quan I must be playing some bad idea again, and I refuse to move out."

"In order to get this little advantage, he ended up with today's tragedy!" Wu Yuyan became more and more angry when he heard this. The landslide was not only a natural disaster, but it could also be said to be a man-made disaster.

"Then Chen Quan had some ideas. He persuaded him from door to door, and he refused to give up after several rejections. He actually asked him to come up with an idea of ​​planting some vegetation on the hillside, which seems to be a plant called pokeweed. It's just that the season he planted was not right, and the number of phytosanctus survived was not enough, and the effect of soil conservation and soil consolidation has not been achieved." Fu Qing moved the charcoal basin closer, so that Wu Yuyan's leaves could be dried faster Hair, "Actually, this landslide is fierce. Even if all the vegetation he planted survives, the residents at the foot of the mountain may not escape the disaster."

"However, it's a good idea to plant some grass and trees in places prone to landslides, don't you think?" Wu Yuyan stroked his half-dried hair.

"It's a thoughtful idea, and the person who came up with this idea is quite thoughtful." Fu Qingkai wanted to meet him.

The people who died in this landslide were all foreigners, and Chenjia Village was far away, so it didn't cause much trouble in the county.

Most of the funeral expenses of these deceased were paid by Wu Yuyan, and the other policemen also said that they would donate some first. He knew the income of Wu Yuyan's people, so naturally he would not accept their money.

In the afternoon of this day, Fu Qingkai was still discussing with the people from Yizhuang some small details about the affairs behind these people, and the people under him reported that a young man surnamed Chen was coming to visit him.

When Fu Qingkai heard this surname, he had a three-point guess in his heart, and the matter here happened to be discussed, so he asked someone to invite this Mr. Chen to come in quickly.

Mr. Chen was dressed in light brown clothes with only a little bit of auspicious cloud pattern embroidered on the clothes. One look at the clothes showed that he had a good family background, and it could be seen that he didn't like to show off.

He has a smiling face. Generally speaking, Fu Qingkai always has a three-point rejection of those who laugh before saying a word, and always feels that they are not sincere.But this Mr. Chen's smile made people feel like a spring breeze.

As soon as he introduced himself, it was indeed that Mr. Chen Quan.Because Fu Qingkai guessed right, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Chen Quan looked at the young county magistrate with a strange smile, a little confused, "My lord, I came here to give my heart to the few, uh, few people who died in this landslide accident. .”

Chen Quanquan felt guilty, he took out a bulging money bag from his arms, and opened it to Fu Qing with both hands.Because he knew what Chen Quan had done in advance, Fu Qingkai accepted the money without thinking too much. If he didn't accept the money, Chen Quan would feel even more uncomfortable.

"Young Master Chen, you don't have to blame yourself too much, you have tried your best to make up for it." Fu Qing said a few words of persuasion.

"My lord, how do you know, I..." Chen Quan stopped talking, the people in the yamen naturally have his way of investigating things, so it's better not to ask more questions, so he added another sentence, "The villain is more ruthless." , thank you for your words."

Looking at it this way, Chen Quan is not only a good character, but also very well-behaved in his words and deeds. Fu Qingkai couldn't help but think highly of him again. He remembered that Wu Yuyan had praised Chen Quan's methods that day, so he He opened his mouth and said, "I don't know if your Shanglu's method is really useful?"

"It's useful!" Speaking of this, Chen Quan became a little excited, "It's just that the rocks were blown up in the landslide, and the timing of planting pokeweed was not right, so it still didn't work..." Chen Quan When Quan Quan said this, he choked up for a while, but it was a man after all, and he returned to nature after a while, and he continued: "But I planted some pokeweed on one of my hills, and the rain has washed down like this for the past few days. The layers haven't been thinned at all."

"Oh?" Fu Qingkai became more interested, "I have a chance to take a look."

"Your Excellency can come at any time, just tell me. I have a manor over there. It's good to invite you to enjoy the scenery." Chen Quan smiled, and all the haze on his face dissipated.