My Endless Life

"Itinerant envoy?"

A rich voice came from behind the screen.

Through the gauze of the screen, Mr. Liu could vaguely see the outline of the county magistrate.

He had a big belly, full of fat intestines, and there was a slender figure who looked like a maid beside him, feeding him something that looked like grapes.

Master Liu was envious of such a gesture of enjoyment. However, realizing the identity of the other party, Master Liu did not dare to show it on the surface. He bowed and saluted:

"He is indeed a patrol envoy. Lord Jiang Ming came here with a token."

"Why did the wandering envoy come here?"

There was confusion and displeasure in the tone of the fat-bellied magistrate, and he seemed to dislike the visiting envoys.

Although Liu Zhi knew that the county magistrate was not asking himself, but was asking himself, he also responded:

"This...little one doesn't know."

"That's all." The county magistrate waved his hand, sat upright, took a bite of the fruit handed over by the maid next to him, and muttered:

"Give them the body, and send some gifts to the patrol envoy, so that he doesn't involve me."

"yes!"

Hearing that the county magistrate was relieved, Master Liu also relaxed.

If the county magistrate insists on holding on to the two corpses and provokes the patrol envoy to come to the door, he will definitely be the first to suffer.

Even though Liu Zhi held a high position in the county government and even Jiang Ming, a seventh-grade official, dared to shout around, in the final analysis he was just a high-level slave.

The fate of the slave is not a matter of words from above.

Master Liu received the order from the county magistrate and was about to leave, but before leaving, he heard the county magistrate say:

"By the way, go and have someone check the identity of the traveling envoy."

"yes."

Liu Zhi responded.

He did understand the county magistrate's order.

Xiangzhou is not a big state, and Linbian City is not a big city either. It is only slightly better than an average county town.

There was no oil and water, and even the six doors were temporarily set up because there were no six doors around to supervise them.

It is located in a remote area and there are no decent martial arts sects around. Even the Feisha Gang, which seems to be somewhat famous and is a member of the 'Thirty-Six Gang', was supported by the county magistrate.

In the final analysis, he is half of the imperial court.

It's really strange that a wandering messenger suddenly appears in this place where birds don't poop.

But the token was not fake, and the county magistrate couldn't say anything. He could only give the body to the other party first, and then investigate secretly.

No matter what, this body must be given away.

Liu Zhi left with the order. After leaving the county magistrate's mansion, he couldn't help but sneeze.

"Oh, with a beauty by your side and fragrance filling the house...this is how people live..."

Recalling the magistrate's enjoying attitude, Liu Zhi couldn't help but sigh with envy.

I don’t know when Liu Zhi will be able to live such a life.

…

As soon as Jiang Ming went to the county government office to ask for the body, the county government office sent the corpse over.

But when he saw the two corpses, Jiang Ming suddenly became angry.

He pointed at Liu Zhi and said:

"Okay, Liu Zhi! I asked you to bring the body of the deceased policeman, so you can find me two rotting corpses to make up for it, right?! Where is the real body?!"

"Oh, Captain Jiang, these are the two agents!"

Liu Zhi responded with a grimace.

With the patrolling envoy nearby, Jiang Ming could not show too much kindness to Liu Zhi. He said angrily:

"Who are you lying to? The body that was delivered this morning was not even past noon! It can be so rotten! Are you pretending that your Excellency and I have never seen a body?!"

"Captain Jiang...Master Jiang! Alas...and Mr. Li! What a pity! These two people are indeed the two arresters sent in the morning! Everything the official said is true, you two adults know it!"

"you--!"

Jiang Ming still didn't believe it and was about to continue roaring.

Li Qi stopped Jiang Ming and said:

"Okay, he didn't lie."

"What? But... Sir, even though it's summer, it will take at least a few days for the body to decompose to this extent, but it's not even half a day yet!"

Jiang Ming meant that half a day had passed since the body of the policeman was delivered to the county government and brought back.

Let alone half a day, I'm afraid not even three hours.

How could it be rotten like this?

Li Qi remained silent while listening to Jiang Ming's words. He endured the rotten smell in the air and looked at the two unrecognizable corpses in front of him.

For Li Qi, who has superpowers, ordinary people's lies cannot be hidden from his eyes, unless the other party knows what kind of abilities he has and exercises targeted restraint.

But Liu Zhi is obviously not such a person, and Liu Zhi, whose martial arts is only at the ninth level, cannot disguise his body's instinctive reaction.

So Li Qi can conclude that Liu Zhi did not lie.

These two corpses were the two policemen who were sent to the county government office in the morning.

Of course, the possibility of someone switching packages in the middle is not ruled out.

Li Qi thought for a while and said to Jiang Ming:

"Does anyone know these two? Have someone come out and identify them."

Jiang Ming looked at Liu Zhi. Liu Zhi glanced left and right in front of the two people and then said:

"Let me think about it for a moment...Oh! The head of the government office, Yan, must be familiar with these two people!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you call him over?" Jiang Ming glared at Liu Zhi.

Liu Zhi resisted the desire to retort and sent the county government officer to call Yan Captou.

After about half a quarter of an hour, the county government's head officer Yan arrived in front of several people.

He was wearing a blue policeman's uniform and a coat that represented a headhunter. After seeing a few people, he quickly bowed and saluted:

"My subordinate, Yan Lin, has met several adults!"

"Stop talking nonsense and check these two people quickly to see if they are the detectives you know."

Liu Zhi didn't have a good look on him and gave the order directly.

Yan Captou was not angry and looked down at the two corpses on the straw mat below.

The stench hit his face, and Yan Captou's face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter melon. He pinched his nose and approached, looked left and right around the two people, and finally stood up and said:

"Reporting to you sirs...

"Of these two people, I can't recognize the one on the left, but the one on the right should be the agent Liu Da who was recruited by Mr. Jiang yesterday. His left hand was injured when he was a child, and his thumb joint is wide and protruding, so he can be recognized at a glance."

Hearing what they said, everyone looked at the joint on the man's hand. It was indeed at the thumb knuckle, with a piece protruding outward.

One person's identity can be determined, and the other person's identity is also very different.

At this point, it can be confirmed that these two people are indeed the police officers who were sent there in the morning.

But if this is true, then this matter is too bizarre.

In less than half a day, why did the body rot to this extent?

Li Qi looked at Liu Zhi who breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the identity of the police officer, thought for a moment and asked:

"Where's Wu Zuo?"

"Oh! Yes, yes, Wu Zuo! Where did Wu Zuo die? Let him come over!"

Liu Zhi suddenly realized and summoned Wu Zuo again.

Not long after, a gray-haired old man came to the crowd, saluted as usual, and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone:

"The lower official is Linbian Cheng Zuo Zuo. What are your orders, sir?"

In ordinary dynasties, Wu Zuo basically has no official position, his status is not high, and he cannot call himself a "lower official".

But perhaps because of the prosperity of martial arts in Daqi, battles between rivers and lakes often occur, and once a gangster commits a crime with martial arts, it is difficult for ordinary people to know the cause of the victim's death.

Therefore, those who have experience and know most of the martial arts in the world will have a grade here.

Although he is the lowest ninth-grade official, he can still be regarded as an official.

A little stronger than Yan Captou on the side.

Normal yamen arrests don't have official positions. Those who do have official positions are all in Liumen.

Li Qi looked at the man in front of him.

This is a man from the world of martial arts. Although he is a bit older, he still has a ninth-grade martial arts cultivation level. He should be an experienced old man.

Facing such an ‘old forensic doctor’ who might have examined countless corpses, Li Qi also asked with a little respect:

"Old sir, these two corpses this morning...were they passed through your hands?"

"You are not worthy of being called 'Sir'." The old man saluted slightly first, and then said: "Not only these two, the corpses of the Feisha Gang yesterday were also inspected by the lower officials."

"What did you find?"

"I found that there are indeed some. For example, there are many sharp holes on the bodies of the Feisha Gang. They should be sucked by people using the blood-sucking method... As for these two..."

The old man looked down at the rotting corpses of the gang members and frowned: "When he was brought here, there were no wounds at all on his body, but his body was black and blue, his blood was coagulated, and he was suspected of being poisoned."

"Then the cause of death was poisoning?" Li Qi asked again.

The old man said: "Poisons that can kill people in this way are extremely rare in the world. I only know a few types. However, after inspection by me, they are completely different from the poisons I know... so I know Can't tell."

"Then the corpse was rotting. Did you notice it at the time?"

"No, from the time I checked to the end of the examination, the corpses were all normal, without any abnormality, so I was also very surprised, why did they suddenly become like this?"

The old man frowned in thought, and was extremely puzzled by this matter.

After being silent for a while, Li Qi half-crouched in front of the two corpses and touched the still intact parts of their bodies with his hands.

Then put the fingertips touching the other person's body to the tip of your nose and smell it.

When he smelled the scent on his fingertips, Li Qi's eyes flashed:

“…pig stench.”

"What?"

His voice was too low and Jiang Ming and others did not hear it.

Li Qi casually took the rag and wiped it on his fingers, and said to Jiang Ming:

"They have some pig smell on them."

"?!"

Jiang Ming's eyes widened instantly.

Because he remembered what the two heroes of the Li family at Kit Kat Villa said before they left.

They also smelled pig stench at the site.

That's the smell you can only carry if you've been in a pig pen.

Liu Zhi on the side was startled when he heard this, and then exclaimed as if he thought of something:

"Could that be the work of the butcher in the city?! Quick, quick, quick, go and arrest Butcher Wang in the east of the city...yes, and Butcher Feng in the west of the city! Arrest them!"

"Don't worry." Li Qi stopped Liu Zhi and said to Jiang Ming: "Send someone to take care of these two corpses. You take a few people with me to visit these two butchers."

It's true that he smells like pig, but it's not necessarily the butcher's fault.

After all, if it was really the butcher who did it, then in addition to the stench of pigs, there should also be the bloody smell left over from years of slaughtering pigs.

This bloody smell is different from the bloody smell of human blood, both Li Qi and Li Qiao can tell it.

However, there was not much smell of blood at the scene, so it was not necessarily the work of the butcher.

But having said that, now that I have found the clue, I still want to take a look.

After all, there are no other clues now.