The old shopkeeper's story gave Chen Hao a preliminary understanding of the case, but he knew that if he wanted to sort out the matter in detail, he could only know when he waited for dawn to check the files at Runan County Government Office.

He was speechless all night. At noon at dawn, the county magistrate of Runan County, Wan Baoshan, led a group of officials to wait outside the inn. The left-behind master passed by Runan County. How could Wan Baoshan, the county magistrate, not know? So yesterday he led a group of officials to wait outside the county town for Chen Hao. However, he did not expect that the left-behind master would not be seen until the evening. Later, the yamen runners came to report that he realized that the left-behind master was temporarily resting in the inn.

So Wan Baoshan did not dare to neglect, so he brought a team of people to welcome the left-behind adult Chen Hao early in the morning. Seeing that the county magistrate Wan Baoshan came uninvited, Chen Hao thought that it would save him a lot of trouble.

Chen Hao asked Wan Baoshan in the inn: "Mr. Wan County, it is said that you solved a murder case a few days ago. I wonder if this is the case?"

Wan Baoshan was stunned when he heard this, thinking that the left-behind master would ask about this matter. Although he was confused, he did not dare to neglect it. So he responded solemnly: "Sir, there is indeed this matter. I wonder how did you know about it?"

After responding to Chen Hao's words, Wan Baoshan couldn't help but think about how this left-behind master learned about the murder case of the county a few days ago. The first thing he thought of was Meng Huo, the servant of Meng Zhihuan's family, because the deceased was Meng Huo's wife. If Lord Chen was unhappy, he would just pick his black veil and get rid of it. Now Chen Hao's deeds are no longer a secret. When he was inspecting Huainan, he could have deposed the governors of several states at will. What else could he, a small county magistrate of Runan County, counted?

Chen Hao did not respond to Wanbaoshan’s inquiry, but asked again: “Mr. Wan County is not sure what is suspicious about this case?”

Seeing Chen Hao saying this, Wan Baoshan felt a little nervous, so he hurriedly replied: "Please forgive me for being foolish. The case files are now in the county government. It is better for the adults to move the county government first, so the official can also explain the case to the adults..."

"Well, that's fine, but since the new tomb is near, the Japanese official will conduct an autopsy first. You can send someone to inform his family members, so as not to be too abrupt." Chen Hao gave a few simple instructions after pondering, and then left the inn and headed towards the sorghum field.

Wan Baoshan sighed with a heavy face, shook his head helplessly and followed. The group arrived at Gao Liang's tomb outside the north gate, and Chen Hao ordered everyone to dig a grave for autopsy.

After the yamen runners dug open the tomb and lifted the coffin out and opened it, Chen Hao was about to go forward to investigate, but was persuaded by Wan Baoshan: "Sir, the coroner has already recorded the test case in this matter. You can explain the details after returning to the county government. Besides, it has been ten days since then, and it is probably inconvenient for the body to be rotten, so why should you do it yourself?"

"What are you afraid of just a corpse?" Chen Hao smiled lightly and came to the coffin regardless of the persuasion of the county magistrate Wan. Chen Hao looked up and saw that the woman's skin had changed color and her body had a little swelling, but he could tell that she was a beauty during her lifetime. Fortunately, the case happened in winter, which made the body still preserve its prototype despite its stinking and swelling.

At this time, Meng Huo, led by the yamen runner, also came here. Chen Hao called Meng Huo to the coffin and asked in a deep voice: "Is your wife lying in the coffin?"

"When I say that, the person lying in the coffin is the Neizi Zhen family!" Meng Huo saw the young official in front of him asking, so he naturally did not dare to be negligent at all, so he answered respectfully.

Chen Hao nodded without comment, carefully observed the corpse in the coffin, and finally seemed to have thought of something, but he said with some confusion: "Go back to the county government!"

The magistrate of Wan County did not know what Chen Hao sold in his gourd, but he could only follow him and head to the county government. After everyone returned to the county government, Chen Hao wanted to study the file of the case.

After reading the file, Chen Hao finally understood the whole story of the case in detail. According to the file, the murderer of the case was Zhang Luo from Zhangjiazhuang. Zhang Luo is the owner of a restaurant. He is obsessed with antiques and his behavior on weekdays is considered a rule. However, a murder occurred at Meng Huo's house ten days ago, and the murder case was related to this person.

After Meng Huo finished the work in Meng's mansion, he returned home and saw Zhang Luo running away from his room in a panic. Meng Huo was confused and had a trace of ominousness lingered in his heart, so he hurriedly ran into the room, but saw his wife Zhen lying on the ground in a disheveled clothes. There was a rope around his neck, which tightly tied Zhen's neck.

Later, Meng Huo was heartbroken and sued Zhang Luo in the county government. However, Zhang Luo tried his best to complain and refused to admit it. In the end, with conclusive evidence, Zhang Luo was put in prison and could be punished as soon as the official documents of Dali Temple arrived. Chen Hao smiled and said that there was something suspicious about the case.

The jail was dark and moldy. A middle-aged man was curled up in the corner of a cell. His hair was disheveled and his face was as if he had withered, and there were countless blood marks on his body. He saw that he had suffered a lot of torture recently. Chen Hao ordered the prison guards to open the prison door and let everyone disperse and leave only Gao Pian to accompany him. Then he walked inside and squatted down and asked softly: "Are you Zhang Luo?"

Zhang Luo looked up at Chen Hao, and buried his head deeply between his knees. Seeing that the other party ignored him, Chen Hao chuckled and said, "If you really feel wronged, let me tell you about what you see and hear, otherwise no one can save you!"

This official? Zhang Luo was stunned when he heard the young man in front of him claiming to be his official, and then suddenly looked up and asked in confusion: "Who are you?"

"Rareless! I saw that Lord Chen, who was left behind in the East Capital, hadn't seen him yet?" Gao Pian scolded him when he saw Zhang Luo so arrogant.

Seeing that Zhang Luo still had doubts in his eyes, Chen Hao suddenly realized that he was not wearing an official uniform, and then snorted and said with a stern voice: "Except for that body of government, isn't it the imperial official? If you take off that body of tiger skin, you will lose your awe?"

"The grass people have no eyes but don't know that the Lord is coming. Please forgive me!" Seeing that the two people in front of me didn't seem to be talking nonsense, and that they could easily go to the prison, they must be not ordinary people, so they stood up and greeted Chen Hao.

Seeing that Zhang Luo was very frightened, he comforted him: "Although you are a businessman, you are also born in a family of scholars. I came here today to listen to you telling the case one by one..."

Next, Zhang Luo told Chen Hao about what he saw one by one. Although the incident had many similarities with the file, some details were Wei style, and now it can be supplemented by Zhang Luo's words. After listening to Zhang Luo's story, Chen had plans in his heart and had a direction to solve the case.
Chapter completed!