Master Luo Cao

Sighing with some regret, Fu Yunshu raised his eyes and saw that Kou Luoche had already walked two steps ahead and was waiting for him not far away. Fu Yunshu quickly raised his heels to follow, and the two returned to the mansion silently one after the other.

Aunt Li was nowhere to be seen in the dining room, but the dishes were still placed upright, with little or no heat bubbling away. Kou Luoche stepped forward, touched the rim of the bowl, and said, "Aunt Li must have been overheated." Once again."

"She has a heart." Fu Yunshu lifted the corner of his official uniform, sat down on the stool, put a piece of cake into his mouth, a sweet taste melted in his mouth, Fu Yunshu chewed, but his eyes were Gradually slackened, and finally stopped moving.Kou Luoche filled a bowl of jujube paste and yam porridge for him, pushed it in front of him, and asked, "What did you think of?"

As soon as he made a sound, Fu Yunshu came back to his senses, swallowed the pumpkin cake in his mouth, and said softly: "Of course I'm thinking about the case." His brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes were fixed on the plates on the table Die Die, "I don't believe in ghosts and gods, and I definitely don't think that Shen Xun's body will get up and leave by itself. The body disappeared, and it can only be done on purpose." He put a tea egg into the plate of pumpkin cake, put another piece of pumpkin cake in front of himself, stared at the pumpkin cake and muttered: "It's just who is it and what is the purpose of making such a move?" What about recruiting and stealing?"

Kou Luoche suddenly said: "If according to the facts, someone replaced the pumpkin cake with tea eggs, then adults will not be able to see the pumpkin cakes." He said quietly: "The only thing adults can see is tea eggs."

Fu Yunshu was startled, loosened his hand, and the pumpkin cake he was holding fell into the porridge bowl. He said in a daze, "Brother Kou means...someone wanted me to see the boy's body..."

Kou Luoche took the tea egg, carefully peeled off the shell, put it into the empty plate in front of Fu Yunshu with chopsticks, and took away the pumpkin cake in his porridge bowl, and put it in the He put it in his own mouth, and said vaguely: "Since someone has put in so much effort to deliver something to adults, adults might as well take a look."

Staring at the tea egg on the plate for a while, Fu Yunshu smiled suddenly, glanced at Kou Luoqi, put it to his mouth and took a bite, saying: "There is nothing more important than first love, and first love is more important than inspection (Note 1) ), since they have all come to your door, let’s take a look.” Turning back to the attendant, he said, “What’s the job of Jiuhe County Wu? Go and call him.”

The attendant servant was a little embarrassed and said: "My lord, I'm afraid Wu Zuo won't be able to come..."

Fu Yunshu asked, "Why?"

The little fellow said: "My lord, you don't know. Although there are bandits in our Jiuhe County, the county has always been stable. There are not many murder cases throughout the year. Wu Zuo usually has nothing to do. Xu County Cheng and Zhao County Weiyi together I feel that it is better to spend money to raise a man who is free to eat than to hire another yamen servant with this money, so all the work done by Wang Ma is done by Wang Ma. You just rewarded him with [-] boards. I am afraid that he will not be able to get up this month. ..."

"..." Fu Yunshu.

Kou Luoche, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help laughing.

Fu Yunshu glanced at him sideways, coughed twice in embarrassment, and said, "It's just an autopsy, and it's not a difficult task. Since Jiuhe County doesn't have a serious forensic office, then the county will do the autopsy."

Kou Luoche wondered, "The county magistrate will perform an autopsy?"

Fu Yunshu raised his chest proudly, and said: "Since he is the local parental officer and is in charge of judging public cases in prisons, he should be fully prepared! Besides, my father was the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and his subordinates settled countless cases, so I'm naturally familiar with it."

Kou Luoche listened, the smile on his face froze suddenly.

Fu Yunshu noticed his subtle changes, blinked and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Kou Luoche laughed again, shook his head, and said, "Fu Xiangye has a good reputation, and I have heard many stories about him solving strange cases."

Fu Yunshu bulged his cheeks, and said sullenly: "Although I never said it clearly, you all know my family background as expected."

Kou Luoche said earnestly: "It is a very good thing to come from a noble family and a famous family, but still have a pure heart."

Fu Yunshu's heart moved, Didiu rolled his eyes, glanced at Kou Luoche quietly, and said, "Brother Kou, are you praising me?"

"Yes," Kou Luoche smiled softly, and said every word, "I'm complimenting you."

His frankness made Fu Yunshu a little embarrassed, "Actually, I was just talking on paper. I only followed my father to meet an uncle in Dali Temple when I was young. Then I followed him. Somehow, my mother Suddenly he didn't want me to touch the prison murder case, and I have never seen that uncle again. If the autopsy is really done, it might not be as good as Wang Ma."

"It doesn't matter," Kou Luoche said, "I also happen to know a little about autopsy, and they say that three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, and we don't need to go to war, two cobblers combined, one autopsy should be enough. "

Although it is not yet summer, the weather has gradually turned hot, so the corpses will be rotted with maggots. The two cobblers went to the morgue. The one who temporarily replaced the prince was an old lonely man. Hearing the rumors that the dead body was missing, he dared not enter, and cowered outside the door of the morgue. Seeing Fu Yunshu's tall horse from afar, he hurriedly staggered forward and bowed, "The little old man has seen the county magistrate."

"Excuse me." Fu Yunshu got off his horse and walked towards the door of the mortuary with Kou Luoche. The old man followed him in fear, trying to stop him but he didn't dare. Fu Yunshu caught a glimpse and asked, "What's wrong? The morgue What happened again?"

"No, no, the little old man has been guarding the door, and no one has ever come in or out!" The old man quickly denied, hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's just that the room is dirty and messy, and the adult is a noble person, so I'm afraid it will dirty the adult's feet." , it’s better to let the little old man clean it first, and then the adults will do the autopsy.”

Fu Yunshu said indifferently: "This county is not a delicate little girl. I am afraid of some mess. The autopsy is important. You just keep guarding outside." Regardless of the old man's obstruction, he pushed open the wooden door and opened the curtain, and got in. In the door of the morgue.

Kou Luoche followed behind and was about to follow, but saw Fu Yunshu's body froze and asked in confusion, "Master, what's wrong?"

Fu Yunshu turned his head slowly, his little white face had turned blue and purple, his expression was strange, his body swayed from side to side, and he plunged into Kou Luocha's arms.Kou Luojia was knocked back two steps before he was able to stabilize himself. He quickly supported Fu Yunshu's waist and asked with concern: "Brother Fu, Brother Fu, are you alright?"

Buried in Kou Luocha's arms, Fu Yunshu shook his head, grabbed his shoulders and got up with difficulty, gasped for breath, recovered after a long while, and said painfully: "I heard that the abalone place is not smelly for a long time, but I'm afraid that the first few days will be a little bit worse." I can't make it through...Brother Kou, this place is really messy."

What he said made Kou Luoche a little curious. He supported Fu Yunshu and waited for him to stand still, and said, "Let me go and check first." When the curtain was lifted, the stench was overwhelming, and Kou Luo was so suffocated. He took a step back unexpectedly and stood still.There are a group of rough men in Qunying Village, and their daily life is naturally not very refined. It is common for the room to become a doghouse in chaos. The owner of Kou Village thinks he is a person who has seen strong winds and waves, but he is still frightened by the prince's nest.

The small morgue was filled with wine jars all over the floor, some of them were accidentally stepped on and smashed, leaving a pile of porcelain scum, and no one cleaned it up.There are a few wine jars placed in the corner, which are filled to the brim, exuding a strong smell of urine, presumably they are all Wang Zi's stock.The unnamed corpse was placed on the wooden board in the middle of the morgue. Kou Luoche tiptoed over there, and accidentally kicked over a wine jar by his feet. The jar overturned, and a group of cockroaches immediately scattered and fled underneath.Fu Yunshu was huddling by the door and poking his head out to look around. Seeing this scene, the corner of his mouth twitched again.

The smell of alcohol, urine, and rotting corpses mixed together and condensed into an indescribable smell, like a steel needle piercing Kou Luoche's nose and eyes, so hot that tears filled his eyes.Holding his mouth and nose, he trudged to the wooden board with difficulty, held a corner of the white cloth, and carefully lifted it to reveal the face of the corpse. It was still the unknown young man from yesterday, staring at him coldly with his eyes wide open. people.

Kou Luoche put the cloth back on again, turned around and made a "yes" gesture to Fu Yunshu, the little county magistrate nodded, and quickly shrank back with a "chiliu", and then his voice came from outside, "Come on, let the people inside the house Bring the corpse back to the county government."

The two of them sat back on their horses, still feeling dizzy and dizzy, and the two sides were silent for a long time, when Fu Yunshu suddenly said in a nasal voice, "I came to the morgue on purpose to check and see if anyone has sneaked in here. Traces of stolen corpses."

Kou Luoche said: "Thinking about it now, the person who can stay here for a while is really a tough guy."

Fu Yunshu laughed dryly, "Then Wang Ma is the most spineless person in the world." After speaking, he immediately suppressed his smile, looked ahead, and said sinisterly, "Let's see how I deal with him."

Kou Luoche said: "I did a general survey just now, because the house is already messy, even if there are any clues left by the corpse robbers, it is difficult to find. What's more, there is only a wooden bolt on the door of the morgue, Wang Ma was so drunk that night, It doesn't even matter whether the door bolt is bolted or not, so the corpse thief can be said to have entered a land without people."

Fu Yunshu said: "Even so, he didn't come and walk empty-handed. Both Shen Xun and the corpse were young and middle-aged men. On the road, it is always eye-catching, even if there are few pedestrians in the middle of the night, if you meet someone..." At this point, he suddenly paused, turned his head and looked at Kou Luoche steadily.

Kou Luoche asked: "Brother Fu, what did you think of?"

"Night guards!" Fu Yunshu smiled like a child who picked up a copper coin. His peach blossom eyes were gurgling and sparkling. In the second half of the night, five groups alternate, and the morgue is the only way to watch the night, you can ask these 15 people if they met any strange people last night!"

Kou Luoche looked at his smiling face and smiled involuntarily, saying: "The county lord is wise."

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Note 1: From Song Song Ci's "Washing Injustice Collection Preface"

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