Go to ancient times to catch fast

When Su Wen sorted out the books for Chu Xiaoyun in the small room, he found the "Frontier Fortress Record" that was pressed underneath, and held it in his hand with emotion: "Mr. Duan even gave us these books before he left. I even gave you a book on martial arts and mental methods. But this "Front Fortress Record" doesn't touch either side, so why did he give this book?"

Chu Xiaoyun looked up at the book in Su Wen's hand, and after a moment of fugue, he replied, "It's also good to increase your knowledge, but it may be that there are too many things you don't want to take away."

Su Wen smiled: "You really know how to think."

As he spoke, he put the book back on the bookshelf, and said sadly: "I never thought that Mr. Duan's family left in such a hurry, and they didn't even have time to say goodbye."

Chu Xiaoyun said: "Life is always about meeting and parting, and there will always be reunion by fate."

Su Wen nodded melancholy.

Chu Xiaoyun asked: "Are you still used to working in the Yamen?"

The murderer who assassinated him has not yet been brought to justice. After Zhihe Bookstore closed, Chu Xiaoyun couldn't rest assured to leave Su Wen at home alone. He urgently needed an environment that was convenient for protection and did not affect his official duties.Before finding a place to resettle, he could only take Su Wen with him.However, he didn't worry about this matter for a few days, and he learned that after the purge of the county magistrate's faction in the yamen, many vacant positions are now in urgent need of manpower.Master Wei also issued a notice that if there is a shortage of personnel in each gatehouse, it can be reported in time.Master Yu is also stepping up to sort out the list of vacancies in the yamen, and will recruit from the public soon.Some civil servants can also participate in the test.

Chu Xiaoyun was very pleasantly surprised when he got the news. According to the recruitment plan given by Master Yu, Su Wen had to prepare for the copywriting positions he could participate in, and finally he was shortlisted in the recruitment.It was logical to enter the yamen to work, and also entered the arresting room where Chu Xiaoyun was.

From then on, Su Wen had a legitimate name to stay by Chu Xiaoyun's side, which was not only convenient for Chu Xiaoyun to take care of his safety, but also for Chu Xiaoyun himself.Su Wen became Chu Xiaoyun's capable helper in official affairs, able to organize and file various documents and files according to Chu Xiaoyun's preferences, and sometimes even give some ideas of his own.

Chu Xiaoyun felt that this was really the best thing. Su Wen was his right and left hand handling the documents and files of the arrest house, so he didn't worry about the secrets being leaked.

After hearing Chu Xiaoyun's question, Su Wen said with a smile: "Of course I'm used to it, I'm doing these things more and more smoothly, and it's nice to be able to stay with my husband every day.

When Chu Xiaoyun heard what Su Wen said, he felt relieved: "That's good. Uncle Yu came across the county to support him, and he revisited the old place again. The yamen let him play here for a few days, and he will return to Yunling tomorrow. , we will give him a farewell party after he is released tonight."

That night, at the famous Yueke Restaurant in Hejing County, Chu Xiaoyun and many colleagues in the yamen had a farewell party for Yu's father.In the middle of the banquet, someone from the arresting house hurriedly came to report: "The arrester, the villagers of Baishui Village came to report, and a dead bone was found on the back hill."

The whole banquet suddenly fell silent.It is indeed a bit unlucky for such a thing to happen at a farewell banquet, but Chu Xiaoyun had to ask: "What's going on? Let's hear it."

"A few villagers from Baishui Village went to do farm work at the foot of the mountain behind their village today, and suddenly an unknown dead bone rushed down from the mountain." The arrester said quickly, "Many people saw it on the spot."

"How did that bone rush down the mountain?" Chu Xiaoyun asked. "How can you tell that it is the nameless dead bone? It is not the clan member buried by the people in their village earlier?"

"The autumn rains have been continuous for the past few days. Mountains have collapsed in many places in our county and in Jingxian County. The dead bone was probably washed down the mountain because the rain softened the mountain. They have never buried anyone there in their memory. Moreover, the dead bone was black all over, and it is suspected that he died of poisoning in front of him, but no one in their village has committed suicide by taking poison in recent decades." The police who came to report one by one Come on.

As soon as the policeman said it, Chu Xiaoyun understood that it was a landslide caused by long-term rain, and some buried things were exposed.Since the whole body of the withered bone was black, there were signs of poisoning, and no one in the village committed suicide by taking poison, it seems to be a homicide.

Chu Xiaoyun stood up and bowed to Yu He and Yu's father: "Uncle Yu, there is a case to report in the Yamen, it seems that Xiaoyun will owe you this banquet."

Father of Yu seemed to be fascinated by the police report, and was a little distracted.Hearing Chu Xiaoyun talking to himself, it took a while to come back to his senses: "Ah, oh, it's okay, the yamen's business is important, you go and do it."

Chu Xiaoyun nodded, motioned the arresting officers who were going with him to get up quickly, and said to Yu He: "Yu He, you and the other concierge colleagues should spend more time with Uncle, go to Yunling another day, and I will apologize to Uncle."

"Ah? Oh!" Yu He seemed to be a little distracted, "Then, that's fine..."

Yu He's words were interrupted by Yu's father: "What are you going to do? Yu He, you are also a fast catcher, and the Yamen has official duties, which should be given priority. Go ahead and leave me alone."

Speaking of this, Father Yu said to the other concierges at the same table: "Go back and get busy. We'll stop here today. I, the old man, know what you guys think."

The case is urgent, and the banquet cannot go on.However, Father Yu wanted to beat Yu He up, but Chu Xiaoyun still disagreed: "Uncle, let's go, let Yu He accompany you."

After finishing speaking, he said to Yu He: "It's a long journey, uncle comes here once in a while, and he will go back tomorrow, so you stay and accompany uncle."

Yu He hesitated for a moment: "That's fine, I'll take the old man back to the post first."

The people in the arresting room had all left, and the other gatekeepers had no reason to sit down any longer, and the farewell banquet ended.

Chu Xiaoyun hurried back to the yamen with a group of policemen and Su Wen. On the way, he arranged for Su Wen to stay in the hut. When he returned to the yamen, he was immediately taken to meet the villagers who came to report to the officials.

The few villagers seemed to be quite frightened, and they were stuttering when they spoke.But the advantage is that there are many people, you say what you say, let alone what happened.The content of what he said was similar to what the policeman went to report before. It seemed that the policeman who went to report was careful and did his homework.Chu Xiaoyun was very satisfied with this. Since he became the chief arrester, the arresters have been working more efficiently under his leadership.

"Let's go, go and have a look." Chu Xiaoyun waved his hand, "Bring your assistant."

A group of people headed for Baishui Village mightily.

Arriving at the scene at the foot of the mountain behind Baishui Village, Chu Xiaoyun observed the terrain. The corpse was indeed washed down by a landslide.The appearance of the corpse was indeed as reported by the villagers, the whole body was black and there were signs of poisoning.There were no traces of the prostitution organization on the bones, and it seemed that this person had been dead for a long time.As for how long he has been dead, it has to be verified by Wu.

"Senior, I'm counting on you now." Chu Xiaoyun bowed to the old assistant.Unexpectedly, just after he was released from Danzhou, this old master would run into two important cases one after another.

Having said that, Chu Xiaoyun glanced at the old Wuzuo, still a little worried, in this day and age, can the autopsy of the deceased be able to accurately determine the age of death of the deceased?The number of years of death can play a vital role in the case, and it is a very important condition to determine the identity of the deceased without any clues.

Chu Xiaoyun thought of the old Wu Zuo's accurate verification of the concept of giants in Zhou Ying's case three years ago, and felt that it was feasible.Two kinds of thoughts are mixed, and there are many doubts in my heart.

After hearing Chu Xiaoyun's words, the old Wuzuo was ordered to go forward to check the bones.He took off the box he was carrying with him, took out silver needles from it and stuck them into different places in the bones, and then took out a small hammer and beat them carefully.About half an hour later, the old man got up and reported: "Chu Butou, the time of this corpse's disappointment should be about 20 years ago."

"What?" Chu Xiaoyun was quite surprised, "20 years? Is this number accurate?"

The old Wuzuo calmly replied: "Checking the bone age is a common thing for Wuzuo, and I haven't missed it yet. I just made a rough check at the moment, and I have to wait overnight for a more accurate time."

The old Wu Zuo said as he shook a clay pot in his hand.

"What is this?" Chu Xiaoyun asked suspiciously.

"A small piece that came off the bridge from the dead bone, soaked in the potion." The old man said, "Tomorrow, we can see the state of the bone and know the exact time."

"Hmm." Chu Xiaoyun felt that he had underestimated the ancients a little bit. He stared at the bones, thinking something bad in his heart. Things that happened 20 years ago, time has changed, it is very difficult to check in the modern society of the previous life; with the level of technology in ancient times, it is even more difficult to check.

But since the villagers have reported to the officials, they can't ignore it.Chu Xiaoyun thought for a while: "Get this corpse to the village first, and find a place to store it first. I'll talk about the rest later."

The policemen stepped on the yellow mud, cleaned the bones out of the mud one by one, and moved them to an idle dilapidated house in the village under the guidance of the villagers.

Chu Xiaoyun looked at the cobweb-covered, dilapidated house and frowned, "There's no other decent place? It's raining in this house, so it must rain inside."

The village head laughed and said: "Most of the people in our village live here for generations, and the villagers are not very rich. There are no spare houses to spare. How about I ask some strong young people to cover the roof of this house .”

"Then act quickly, it looks like it's going to rain again today." Speaking of this, there is no other way.Chu Xiaoyun could only ask the village chief to repair the roof.

The village head got the instructions and hurriedly sent people to prepare.

After the villagers left, the policemen began to clean up the things in the house, so that the old man could conduct further autopsy.

"Then how did this room become vacant?" Chu Xiaoyun asked the village chief while checking in the room.

The village chief hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "This house was vacant almost 20 years ago when a young man from other places died of poisoning due to ingestion. Because he died in the house at a young age, no one dared to leave the house afterward. live……"

"20 years ago?" Chu Xiaoyun immediately asked after hearing this time, "Did you die from poisoning?"

The village head was taken aback by the question, and it took him a long time to answer: "Well, yes, it was about that time 20 years ago. He died of poisoning by mistake."

"Then why do you say that there is no memory of anyone in your village being poisoned to death?" Chu Xiaoyun was a little speechless, he pointed to the pile of bones piled up in the house, "Could this bone be the owner of this house 20 years ago? ?”

"Ah? That's not true, absolutely not." The village head quickly waved his hand.

"Why?" Chu Xiaoyun asked, "Isn't this the one who died of poisoning?"

"The place where the young man was buried was on the half slope of the road we came back just now. The grave is still in good condition, not the place where the body was washed down. Moreover, the young man died of poisoning by eating two kinds of food that are incompatible. It won't turn black," the village head explained.Seeing Chu Xiaoyun looking at him with disbelief, he said hastily, "Really, that's what the autopsy said. If you die from food poisoning, your bones won't turn black."

Chu Xiaoyun didn't know much about the field of forensic science, so he looked at the busy old clerk and said, "Sir, is that so?"

"Catch the head." A panting voice approached from far away, interrupting the old Wu Zuo's answer, "How is the situation here? Did you find anything?"

Chu Xiaoyun raised his head when he heard the call, and when he saw the person coming, his voice was surprised with a bit of reproach: "Didn't I ask you to accompany uncle, why are you here?"

It turned out that it was Yu He who came.

The author has something to say: This chapter has been rewritten, the mistakes and omissions in the text have been revised, and some storylines have been added.For the sake of coherence, friends can re-read it.