Detective in the Red Chamber

Twelfth lunar month 23, Xiaonian.

The heavy snowfall that arrived as promised failed to stop people's yearning and enthusiasm for the New Year's Eve. The long street in front of the government office was still crowded with people, and the half-foot-long snow-covered plains soon turned into a crowd of people. ground mud.

"A bitch!"

As soon as Qiu Yunfei jumped out of the carriage, a few spots of mud fell on his buckskin boots. He cursed uncleanly, and the man who drove the carriage rolled up his sleeves to wipe it off, but unexpectedly he pushed it away. He staggered, and then scolded, "Young Master, show your courtesy, hurry up and drive the carriage to the back!"

The man naturally didn't dare to provoke him, so he hurriedly led the carriage obediently.

Only then did Qiu Yunfei break free and enter the government office to report to the office.

"Yo~ Xiao Ya Nei came early enough today!"

The little official who was in charge of counting the booklet hurriedly offered the booklet with both hands, pointed to the blank space on the top, and said with a smile on his face, "You sign here, remember the time, and it will definitely be the first copy in our mansion! "

Since childhood, Qiu Yunfei has never suffered any kind of flattery?

He didn't even have an expression, so he took the brush and signed his name casually, then turned around and left without saying a word.

"Slow down, little yamen!"

The little official chased him enthusiastically, until he watched Qiu Yunfei's back disappear behind the moon gate, then his face became pale, and he turned his back and spat viciously, "I'm yuck~ what virtue!"

However, Qiu Yunfei walked all the way, no matter how other people saluted and greeted him, they all turned a deaf ear to him, stepped on the creaking snow, and headed straight to the backyard of the government office.

When he got near the morgue, his face became warmer. Before he entered, he yelled, "Old Xu, let's see what good things I brought you!"

Old Xu is the master of Shuntian Mansion.

At this time, he was sweeping snow in the yard. He was wrapped in a patched padded jacket, with bald boots on his feet, but his hair was combed meticulously.

Hearing Qiu Yunfei's shout, some doubts flashed across his dull face, he raised his head and saw that Qiu Yunfei had rushed in from the outside, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Didn't you say you're going to take a rest today?"

"Stop it, a bunch of shitty relatives will come to your door before dawn, using me as an excuse to talk nonsense, it's annoying to death, why don't you come here and hide in peace!"

Qiu Yunfei flinched, then went to grab the broom in Lao Xu's hand, threw it out of the gate, and said angrily, "Except for you and me, there are not many living people in this yard all day long. What is there to sweep?" ?”

Old Xu picked up the broom in a calm manner, and smiled naively, "Is it idle anyway?"

With that said, he was about to start sweeping snow again.

Qiu Yunfei snatched the broom again, threw it into the corner of the wall, and said depressedly, "I beg you, don't sweep it now, can you? Talk to me, my mother is in a panic!"

It can be said that one thing is one thing, Qiu Yunfei usually has eyes on the top of the sky, even in the same level of the government, there are few people who can catch his eyes-but for more than half a month, in the morgue and Lao Xu After getting along day and night, it was unbelievable that he lost his temper with him.

It can only be said that the fate between people is really unimaginably tight.

Hearing what he said, Lao Xu stepped forward to put the broom in order, then peeled off the sheepskin covers on his hands, and then said with a naive smile, "I've been saying that I'm depressed these days, and I don't know when you will be able to feel better."

"Which day?"

Qiu Yunfei gritted his teeth and said, "Wait until I come up with an idea to let that surnamed Sun kneel down and call him Grandpa, it will be really refreshing!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand again, and said proudly, "At that time, I won't do this kind of bird inspection, and you should stop doing it, and go back with me to eat delicious food and spicy food. I'm sure I won't treat you badly!"

Old Xu smiled noncommittally at these words, wiped off the mud on the soles of his shoes on the steps, and stepped into the house dull-headed.

The yard is quite spacious, and the three main rooms with air leakage in the middle are the special morgues, and the side rooms on both sides are disposed of by Wu at will.

The room that Lao Xu chose was the farthest from the place where the body was buried, and it was also his usual resting place.

Knowing that this old Xu likes to be clean on weekdays, Qiu Yunfei hurriedly wiped off the soles of his shoes, so he followed in.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Old Xu was twisting out three sticks of sandalwood from the incense box, ready to insert them into the incense burner in front of the shrine, so he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Okay, my mother is used to the ghost smell of this bird place. Let your baby be used by others!"

That being said, if it was really summer, and the corpses had been parked in the main room for seven days, it is estimated that this kid would not even dare to enter the courtyard gate.

Lao Xu kept silent again, stuffed the sandalwood back, and then sat down opposite Qiu Yunfei with his hands folded, waiting for him to speak.

Every time he faced this dull expression, Qiu Yunfei would be a little annoyed at first, then discouraged, and finally said with little confidence, "Don't believe me, one day I will definitely make that person surnamed Sun kneel down and beg for mercy!"

As he said that, he said indignantly, "My old man didn't know why he was so mad that he forced me to come here to do a bird inspection, saying that he was honing and improving his skills with that surnamed Sun—this mother How can you grow a fart by guarding several roads during the day?!"

He leaned back on the chair back in various ways, and he didn't know what was in his arms, when suddenly there were two crisp jingling sounds.

"By the way! I brought good things today."

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly sat up straight again, took out two celadon gourds from under the cloak, handed one to Lao Xu, and said proudly, "Here, the 60-year-old Zhuangyuanhong can stand tall in a wine glass when it is poured out! "

Old Xu was not too polite, he stretched out his hand to take the emerald green porcelain bottle, carefully pulled out the stopper, leaned forward and sniffed it vigorously, his face was full of intoxication.

Qiu Yunfei laughed, and was about to tease him a few words, but saw that Lao Xu didn't say anything, and pushed the plug back again.

Qiu Yunfei couldn't help frowning and said, "Why, it doesn't suit you?"

Old Xu shook his head, "It just snowed yesterday, we probably don't have time to drink right now, so we should wait until evening..."

"Old Xu, Old Xu! Come out and receive the goods soon!"

Before the words fell, someone shouted outside.

Old Xu Zhen put the pot of wine in the corner seriously, and was about to go out the door, but Qiu Yunfei rushed out early, raised his eyebrows and yelled, "You bastards, why did you come here to call your souls? ! Hurry up and send it inside!"

Several officers from the Department of Health and Welfare in the courtyard obviously didn't expect that this day would be so long, and the small yamen was still on duty in the morgue, and they hurriedly quieted down, and carried the two frozen corpses into the hospital with a compensating smile. In the morgue.

Qiu Yunfei also followed in carelessly, as if nothing had happened, he leaned in front of the two corpses and glanced at them, then cursed again, "It's another pair of drunkards from Te Niang. ?”

He was cursing and just about to get his pen, ink, paper and inkstone to record the origins of the two corpses, but he saw Lao Xu frowned, leaning over the corpses and constantly searching, as if he had discovered some great secret.

"What's the matter, old Xu?"

It was the first time Qiu Yunfei saw him, showing such an expression in front of the corpse, he hurriedly leaned over and asked curiously, "Could it be that you recognize these two dead ghosts?"

Old Xu shook his head, and said seriously, "Didn't you always want to see Mr. Sun's ability to solve crimes? Today, I probably have a chance!"

Chapter 198

At the end of the year, the officials in the government office became more and more scattered and impetuous.

Sun Shaozong was also not immune to the same. He was always absent-minded when he was on duty in the past few days-but he was not because the New Year was approaching, but because Ruan Rong's due date was approaching.

You must know that giving birth to a child these days is a hurdle for women, and if things go wrong, it will end in two lives.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong always had a sigh of relief in his heart. Even if he invited five stable women to wait at home, it could not be relieved much.

In addition, there is still no news of Wang Xifeng, which also makes Sun Shaozong feel a little uneasy, thinking that this woman will not really give up on him and choose someone else to make a fortune together, right?

During this period, he also visited the Rongguo Mansion twice under the pretext of discussing the marriage, but after all Wang Xifeng and Heing'er are women in deep boudoirs, if they don't take the initiative to pass on the news, it will be difficult for him to pass the news in.

As for this transaction, Sun Shaozong, like Wang Xifeng, did not want Jia's family to get involved, so it was definitely not possible to send a message through Jia Lian.

So after trying twice, he could only continue to wait and see what happened.

However, he said that early this morning, Sun Shaozong finished his official business and was just passing the time with newspapers in his residence, when he suddenly saw a person knocking open the door, and rushed in like a wild monkey, but who else could it be if it wasn't Qiu Yunfei?

I heard him urgently urging, "Hurry up, hurry up, go to the morgue and take a look, Lao Xu found that there are two ways to go..."

"go out."

Sun Shaozong spit out the two words in a neutral manner, and then choked back what Qiu Yunfei was going to say later.

Qiu Yunfei glared at him for a while, seeing that he didn't even lift his head, his molars were itchy with hatred for a moment, but in the end he could only retreat obediently, close the door again, and 'knock knock Knock' knocked a few times.

Only then did Sun Shaozong put down the mansion newspaper in his hand, and said in response, "Come in."

Qiu Yunfei pushed the door open with a livid face, although his nose was neither his face nor his face, but the words he said appeared to be much more polite, "Master Sun, there are two corpses in the morgue that are not quite right. Please go and have a look."

"Oh."

Hearing that it was Wu Zuo's intention, Sun Shaozong got up and said, "I'll clean up first, you go outside and call Zhao Wuwei."

Qiu Yunfei turned his head and left without saying a word. When he reached the outside room, he spat viciously and muttered, "Bah~ what virtue!"

Turning around, seeing Cheng Rixing looking at him in embarrassment, he glared and said, "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and tell me who that mother's 'Zhao Wuwei' is!"

Less gossip.

A moment later, Sun Shaozong rushed to the morgue in the backyard with Zhao Wuwei and Qiu Yunfei.

Along the way, Qiu Yunfei kept his mouth shut and refused to say a single word.

When he was in the yard, he pouted and said with a sneer, "Master Sun, Lao Xu saw something wrong with those two corpses just by taking a look. You are the world-famous 'Shenduan', you want to Why don't you just stand in this courtyard and take a look from a distance, lest people say that you are too famous to be worth a job!"

Sun Shaozong seemed to have not heard, and continued to rush in with big strides.

Seeing this, Qiu Yunfei became even more energetic, and provocatively followed along, "I don't even have the confidence to do so, so what's the 'divine judgment' judgment? I'm yuck~!"

As soon as he spit out here, he saw Sun Shaozong suddenly stop in front of the main room.

"What do you want?!"

Qiu Yunfei hastily jumped out of the distance, and was on guard vigilantly.

However, Sun Shaozong seemed to be in a daze for a while, and suddenly said firmly, "These two deceased were all frozen to death after their limbs were broken!"

isn't it? !

Really see it? !

Qiu Yunfei was dumbfounded immediately, and suddenly screamed after a while, "Mother Rut, you... you really have yin and yang eyes!"

When he was provocative just now, he was already exaggerating, but he flattered Lao Xu vigorously—who knows that Sun Shaozong actually glanced at the door twice, and then accurately stated the cause of death of the deceased!

This is not yin and yang eyes, what else could it be?

Sun Shaozong gave him a disdainful glance, and said, "The features of this corpse are so obvious, what kind of yin and yang eyes are there?"

With that said, he walked in on his own.

Zhao Wuwei gave Qiu Yunfei an apologetic laugh, and hurriedly followed in.

Not yin and yang eyes?

Qiu Yunfei also followed Sun Shaozong's example and stood at the door of the main room, staring carefully at the two corpses placed on the bed, but he couldn't see how he could find out how the two died. .

If it wasn't for the fact that Fang was the one who called him himself, now Qiu Yunfei must have thought that Sun Shaozong had used some kind of cheating method, otherwise, how could he know how those two people died just by looking at the door.

Sure enough, you still use yin and yang eyes, right?

Just as he was thinking like this, he heard Sun Shaozong say inside, "The exposed skin of these two people was severely frostbitten, but there was no sign of edema after frostbite on the face, hands, or even torso, which shows that they were injured in a very short period of time. Frozen to death within time."

"However, the joints of their limbs are very swollen, and the sleeves and trousers are stretched tightly."

"Generally speaking, the earliest edema due to frostbite should be the exposed hands and feet. In this case, it can only be inferred that the joints suffered trauma before the frostbite."

"Based on the above, it shouldn't be too difficult to deduce that they were frozen to death after their limbs were broken, right?"

Qiu Yunfei is not a fool. Hearing this, don't you know that Sun Shaozong said it for himself?

It's just that although he couldn't help being subdued by this reasoning, he absolutely refused to think of Sun Shaozong bowing his head, so he shrank his neck as if he didn't hear it.

Xu Zuozuo didn't have such scruples. Seeing Sun Shaozong glanced at the door, he deduced something, and couldn't help admiringly said, "Your Excellency is really as good as a torch. According to the results of the villain's inspection, these two people are indeed killed. After breaking his limbs, he was poured all over with wine, which resulted in him being frozen to death."

After a pause, he added, "However, after the body was frozen, the fracture marks were not too obvious, so the people from the Ministry of Health and Welfare mistakenly took it as an ordinary road and sent it to our mansion—this is also a mistake." Hit it by mistake."

Sun Shaozong nodded, and then asked, "Besides, when you checked the corpse just now, you found other clues."

Qiu Yunfei couldn't help but provocatively said from the side again, "Aren't you as discerning as a torch? See for yourself..."

slap~

Before Qiu Yunfei finished speaking, Sun Shaozong, who had been ignoring him all the time, slapped him on the face with a backhand, and Qiu Yunfei staggered on his feet, and almost fell to his 'corpse'!

"you……"

He covered his face in astonishment and said, "You... how dare you hit me?!"

"If it's just making noise in private, I'm naturally too lazy to pay attention to it." Sun Shaozong said indifferently, "But now that you've delayed your official business, I have to punish you a little bit!"

Leaving him in the morgue these days and ignoring him, Sun Shaozong has roughly tested Qiu Taiwei's determination and bottom line - as long as it is in the name of official business, it is nothing to beat him a few times.

Old Xu on the side also comforted, "Forget it, Mr. Sun didn't use much force anyway, otherwise your brains should be blown out."

Qiu Yunfei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, could this special mother be considered a relief? !

Just wanted to have a few words with Lao Xu, let him know who is close to whom.

Unexpectedly, after that old Xu said this, he ignored Qiu Yunfei and said solemnly, "Master Sun, the villain has indeed discovered a strange place just now, but it is difficult to confirm whether this is a clue or not. "

Chapter 199

"According to the descriptions of the people in the Department of Health and Welfare, the murderer most likely used a carriage to throw the corpse, but because of the heavy snow that has just fallen, it may be difficult to find any clues at the scene of the corpse throwing."

"The wine that was poured on the corpse is the most common Fen wine in restaurants. Now it's the New Year's Eve. I don't know how much this kind of wine is sold in a day, so naturally there is no way to find it."