Although the banquet has passed, Chen Hao's name has attracted everyone's attention and discussion. During the period, the limelight directly surpassed the three major celebrities in the county, and the limelight was unparalleled for a while.

Chen's house, which is usually sparsely visited, is now flooded with people asking for help. There are people who ask Chen Hao for help, and naturally there are also people who come to visit Chen Hao because of his reputation. After all, he can outshine Wang Caijun, a talented man from this county. In Taihe County, Chen Hao

It's the only one.

In this way, Chen Hao spent his first year in Datang. Although he was not used to it, it was still fulfilling.

On this day, a civil case had just been handled in the courtroom, and it was noon. I was about to take a break, but I heard an official coming to report outside the door.

"Sir, there are two people outside the Yamen who want to see you!"

"Oh? Then bring the person in!" Wang Baichuan, who looked tired, had just stood up and now sat down firmly.

After a while, two people came from outside. One was a Confucian scholar dressed in his forties, and the other was dressed as a short-term government servant. The two stepped forward to salute, and the leading Confucian scholar said sincerely: "Sir, I am from Anfeng Township.

This is Lixu Liusheng. Today, in front of the Tianxian Temple in our Anfeng Township, there is a well. People in this street eat the water from there. However, when someone got up early this morning, someone was fetching water and saw a dead body inside. I don’t know who threw it?

The servant came here specifically to report to the master."

"Oh? Lead the way from the front!" Wang Baichuan was surprised and solemn when he heard about the murder. He immediately rushed to the scene with his yamen servant Zuo Zuo to investigate.

After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at the scene of the Tianxian Temple case. At this time, officials from this department had already set up a corpse shed and prepared a case. Lines had been drawn around it to prevent other people from approaching. Wang Baichuan moved over.

When he got close, he ordered people to go down and fish out the dead body. The servants had already been waiting and had prepared the rope basket.

The people who went down fished in the well for a while, and found the body of a young woman, about twenty years old, whose appearance was soaked in water and slightly swollen.

Just when the person pulling the rope was about to pull the officer out of the well, the officer who retrieved the body exclaimed: "There is another dead body in the well. Please tell me."

Wang Baichuan couldn't help but turned pale when he heard this. The two lives in a row were a bit tricky, so he said with a heavy face: "Go down and fish out the dead bodies in the well."

When the officer picked it up, he found that there was no head and it looked like a man. Wang Baichuan sent Liu Wu to do an examination. After a while, Liu Wu finished the examination and came to Wang Baichuan and said: "There are strangulation marks on the neck of the female corpse. She was strangled with a rope."

, the male corpse was killed with a knife, but judging from the uneven knife marks on the wound, it should be possible to judge that the murder weapon was definitely not a special weapon... Please let me make your decision."

Wang Baichuan twirled his beard and nodded, then ordered the subordinates in the execution room to fill in the body and present it.

Wang Baichuan frowned and said thoughtfully: "Such a murder occurred not long after New Year's Day and before the middle of winter. It is really outrageous! You must step up the investigation and find the murderer to ensure the peace of the place!"

County Lieutenant Zhao nodded with a look of shame. As the captain of a county, he should have the responsibility to find out the real culprit and vindicate the deceased. So County Lieutenant Zhao ordered the officials to transport the two corpses back to the county and buy them.

Put the two coffins into the coffin, and then temporarily store the coffins in the temple in the city until the identity of the deceased is known, and then the family members can take them back.

At dusk on the second day, an old man came to the county government office to report the case. Magistrate Wang then went to court to hear the case. He saw the man below who was complaining about injustice. He was over sixty years old. He was in good spirits. He was wearing a moon-white cloth gown and trousers, white socks and blue shoes, and was kneeling on his knees.

He fell to the ground, with tears streaming down his face, and said, "Jiang Qing, the little man, come and bow to the great master!"

"Old man, what grievances can you tell me about?" Wang Baichuan saw that he was an old man, so he asked with a pleasant look.

"The villain lives in He Village, and they are a couple. They have a daughter named Ju Niang, who is married to Xu Guangyuan of this village. The couple is very harmonious. Today I went to see my daughter and saw that the door of his room was open and there were many people in the house.

No one was there. The villain thought, it must be my daughter who went to my house.

The villain went home again and saw that my daughter was not at home. I quickly searched everywhere, but she was nowhere to be found. The villain's son-in-law opened a teahouse on Siding Street, Anfeng Township. I went to the shop to look for him, but he was not there either.

I am not in the shop, and I don’t know about my daughter. Therefore, I came to report the case, and I hope that the master can find my daughter as soon as possible for the villain!"

Wang Baichuan couldn't help being startled when he heard this. This is really a strange thing that happens every year, especially this year. The case of corpses dumped in the well has not yet been solved, and now there is another case of missing persons. Thinking of this, Wang Baichuan felt a headache.

So I habitually looked at the place on the right. Seeing that there was no one there, I couldn't help but sigh to myself. It was all because of my unbridled words that I actually granted Chen Hao two months of annual leave!

It turned out that Chen Hao wanted to take leave to review poetry and books at home, but in view of Chen Hao's hard work over the past six months and the fact that the staff position was a non-staff official position and there were no regulations, Wang Baichuan allowed him to take two months' leave. However,

Wang Baichuan, who was used to having Chen Hao by his side, felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

"Jiang Qing, please go back, I will definitely find your daughter for you!" Wang Baichuan comforted him with certainty.

"Thank you, sir! I resign!" Jiang Qing burst into tears with gratitude, kowtowed three times and was about to leave the county government office.

"Hold on! Sir, I have something to tell you!" Just when Jiang Qing was about to leave, Zhao Youcheng stepped forward and saluted.

When Wang Baichuan saw that it was County Lieutenant Zhao, he asked, "You Cheng, please tell me something!"

Zhao Youcheng looked at Jiang Qing, and then said in a deep voice: "Could the female corpse in the well yesterday be the daughter that the father-in-law is looking for?"

As soon as Zhao Youcheng said these words, Jiang Qing looked surprised, then couldn't believe it, and his limbs began to tremble like chaff. Wang Baichuan looked at Jiang Qing's appearance, and the outlines were somewhat similar. So he said in a deep voice:

"Take Jiang Qing to see if she is his daughter!"

"Yes!" Hao Yingjun took Shi Da and Mingbu, who was somewhat lost, to identify the body.

In less than half a stick of incense, Hao Yingjun, Jiang Qing and others returned. Before they arrived at the court, Jiang Qing burst into tears and said, "Master, you have to make the decision for the villain!"

"Is that female corpse confirmed to be your daughter?" Wang Baichuan asked unexpectedly.

"Although it has been swollen, the birthmark on the arm cannot be fake. The female body is the villain's daughter. I don't know who strangled her to death? I beg you and the villain's daughter to take revenge."

Wang Baichuan then asked: "Jiang Qing, do you know who the headless male corpse is?"

Jiang Qing finally calmed down his emotions, and then came back and said: "I don't know the villain!"

Wang Baichuan thought for a moment, and finally said loudly: "Jiang Qing, go back first. You can rest assured that I will give you justice soon!"

"Thank you, sir!" Jiang Qing burst into tears as she stumbled out of the county office step by step. At this moment, Jiang Qing was obviously much older than before.

Watching Jiang Qing leave, Wang Baichuan suddenly felt heavy. Then he looked up at Hao Yingjun and said solemnly: "Captain Hao, the only clue now is this Ju Niang's husband Xu Guangyuan. This person is the most suspicious. You lead someone."

Let me investigate and bring this person to the county government office!"

"Yes!" Hao Yingjun took the order and led a few people out of the county office to capture Xu Guangyuan.

Hao Yingjun and his party came to Siding Street, and then arrived at the teahouse. The guys took a look and greeted them flatteringly: "Hey, some officials

"You're here for tea, come and take a seat!" After saying that, he swept the table in front of him with his towel and motioned for Hao Yingjun and others to sit down.

Hao Yingjun said in a deep voice without a good face: "Where is your boss?"

When the waiter saw that something was wrong in the atmosphere, he changed his face in a cautious manner and said solemnly: "The Huang family is in the east, just north of the sixth family here." Hao Yingjun said: "Take us to find him."

The clerk didn't dare to refuse, so he led a few people to the north of Dongshou Road. They saw the gatehouse with the wall, the door panel was closed, and there were three rooms in the north of the courtyard. There were few people doing business around, so it was quite popular to live here.

It's quite quiet.

"Guardians! This is where it is!" The man pointed to a row of houses in front of him.

"Knock on the door! Just say that there are some trivial matters in the teahouse that need to be solved by your boss!" Hao Yingjun frowned and pointed at the door.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The waiter responded with fear in his heart, and stumbled towards the door. However, Hao Yingjun and others were hiding outside the door wall, waiting for the door to open, and several people swarmed in.

Xu Guangyuan was captured.

The waiter came to the door and knocked on the door, only to hear a woman's delicate voice inside saying: "Who are you looking for?" Then he came out and opened the door. He saw a young man dressed as a waiter, who looked quite handsome, so he threw one

She winked and said: "My dear brother, who are you here to see?"

The woman in front of me is about 20 years old. She has a slender figure, her hair is tied in a bun, she wears light makeup, and her eyebrows are lightly applied. She wears a tight-fitting pink flowered jacket and a green tunic. Her skin is as white as snow, her almond-shaped eyes are affectionate, and her cheeks are smiling.

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The waiter was stunned and licked his face and said: "Women are really noble and forgetful about things. I am my boss's waiter in the teahouse. The last time you drank tea in the teahouse, I served you!"

When the woman heard this, she seemed to have such a thing, so she turned around and shouted softly: "Guangyuan, the waiter from the teahouse is looking for you!"

"Let me in!" Xu Guangyuan's lazy voice came from the room.

As soon as Hao Yingjun and others heard the answer from someone in the room, they stopped hiding and rushed into the room: "Are you Yao Guangzhi? Follow me and go to the county government office!" After that, they shook the chain and grabbed Xu Guangyuan.

Lock it.

The woman was so frightened that she shouted, "What's going on?"

Hao Yingjun smiled coldly and said, "You can't run away either! Come on, tie her up too!"

So he took the woman and Xu Guangyuan and went straight to the Taihe County Government Office.

When Wang Baichuan was in court, Hao Yingjun and others brought Xu Guangyuan to the court and responded: "Sir, I am bringing Xu Guangyuan from Siding Street and a woman who lives with him to hear the verdict.

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Wang Baichuan nodded slightly, very satisfied with this. He looked closely at Xu Guangyuan in the hall. He was in his twenties, with a face as white as jade, wearing a blue silk cotton robe, with beautiful eyebrows and bright eyes. He looked quite handsome.

She is handsome. Then she moved her eyes to see that the woman had a better life. She was indeed so charming, with a pair of phoenix wings slanting on her temples and a pair of earrings.

After Wang Baichuan looked at it, he secretly thought that these two people are really a good match, and then said in a deep voice: "Is Xu Guangyuan the one kneeling down?"

Xu Guangyuan agreed tremblingly: "Yes!"

Wang Baichuan asked again: "Where do you live and how do you make a living?"

"The villain lives in Xucun, Anfeng Township, three miles away from home, and opens a tea shop on Siding Street. His parents are dead, and he is alone. He married his wife Jiang."

"Who was your wife Jiang strangled to death and thrown into the well?" When he said this, Wang Baichuan looked deeply at Xu Guangyuan to see what kind of expression he had. Sure enough, when Xu Guangyuan heard this, his eyes were briefly flustered, but he still tried his best to hide it.

"The villain heard about it in the shop today and was thinking of coming to report to the official. I beg the Lord for my grace to avenge the villain's clumsy thorn." As he said this, his eyes were red with tears of pain.

Wang Baichuan looked at the beautiful woman next to Xu Guangyuan with interest and said, "Who are you, that woman? Why are you at her house?"

Before Xu Guangyuan could speak, the woman said: "Little woman Li, he and the little woman's husband are sworn brothers."

Peng Gong slapped the alarm and said, "Don't ask me to talk too much. I'll tell you when I ask you!" Three groups of servants on both sides shouted "Weiwei", which startled the woman!

Xu Guangyuan said quickly: "The villain has a friendship with her husband-in-law Huang Yong. His husband-in-law does business in Huangzhou and often brings tea leaves to the villain from Huangzhou. Today I went to his house to ask if he had any tea, and I met the eldest gentleman.

The noble servant locked me up together with the woman. I just ask the master to release the woman and have nothing to do with her!" When Wang Baichuan heard this, he saw Xu Guangyuan protecting the woman in every way, and he already understood in his heart.
To be continued...