Jiang Xixi stared at the thing in the stream that looked like a wooden stake in the stream for a long time before finally seeing from his swollen head that this was a person. However, the arm of this "human" had been cut off by something, and other parts of his body were swollen, and there was no "human shape".

Just as she stared at the "simple" body without moving, Cheng Muyou also came to the water. Seeing the scene in front of him, he didn't even have time to reminisce with Jiang Xixi, so he hurriedly dragged the body from the stream.

Not long after the corpse was left on the shore, the flies came to see their taste and gathered at their two main wounds, where their arms disappeared, and piled up into two densely packed balls.

Shi Fei pinched his nose, "Sir, this man seems to have been dead for a few days. I don't know who has such a great grudge against him, but he cut off all his arms."

Cheng Muyou looked up along the stream, "Where is the upstream of this stream?"

Shi Fei thought for a while, "It should be connected to the canal, so it is very likely that this corpse has floated here from outside Xin'an City," he patted his head, "Sir, are you thinking that this corpse may be the servant who disappeared from the Qiao family a few days ago?"

Cheng Muyou squatted down to look at the corpse despite the stench coming from his nose. "Although his skin was completely blistered, his hair was thick, he had no white hair, and his spine was straight, and there was no sign of hunchback. It seemed that he would not be over thirty years old," he picked up a leaf casually and lifted the upper lip of the corpse. "If you look at his teeth, they are intact, they must belong to the young man. In addition, Miss Qiao came to report the case five days ago, and the corpse's corruption can also be reflected, so I think he is very likely the missing servant of the Qiao family."

Jiang Xixi squatted beside him, "Sir, how did that servant disappear?"

Cheng Muyou threw away the leaves and rubbed his hands in the stream. "He went to the Shen family, which is Miss Qiao's fiancé's house in the afternoon to deliver things, but the person had not returned at night. The Qiao family went to the Shen family to find someone, but the Shen family said that he had delivered the things and sat for a while before going back. They didn't know where he went. The Qiao family looked for him for another night and couldn't find him everywhere, so he came to the government to report the case. By the way, Miss Qiao, you know that she is Mrs. Huo. Shortly after Xiao Zhu's business was settled, she divorced Mr. Huo, and now she has made a marriage agreement and will marry the Shen family in a few months."

"Madam Huo?" Jiang Xixi said in surprise, "She is really divorced from Mr. Huo? I thought she was just talking. If she had such courage, she was also a strange woman."

She only cares about learning about the case from Cheng Muyou, but forgot that Yan Niang was still waiting for water to drink on the horse's back. It was not until Yan Niang walked to the water and glared at her. Jiang Xixi recalled the smell and picked up the water bags in the stream and smiled embarrassedly at Yan Niang, "Miss Yan, this water is defiled by the body. Do you drink it now or not?"

***

After coming out of the room, Miss Qiao's eyes turned red. She ran into a slight nodded slightly, "It's Yuan Qi, he has a wrinkle on his neck. I recognize it. Sir, who is so cruel? Not only did he kill Yuan Qi, but he also made his body like this?"

Cheng Muyou shook his head, "I just found the body, and there is no clue in the case yet, but don't worry, we will definitely catch the murderer and avenge Yuan Qi."

Miss Qiao nodded, her thin body seemed to be unable to support her. Jiang Xixi hurried over to support her, "Miss Qiao, the last place Yuan Qi went to is the Shen family, so I want to go to the Shen family to take a look. I wonder if it is convenient?"

"But Lord Shi has been there once, and the Shen family has said everything they should say. Will Lord Jiang go there again?"

"I don't know if I can ask for valuable clues, but now the case is completely clueful, so I can only start from the sidelines."

"If it is helpful for solving the case, Lord Jiang will go. Although Shen Qing is weird, he has no shyness about these things. Lord, please follow me and I will take you to the Shen family now."

Jiang Xixi was about to leave, but Cheng Muyou called out behind him, "Xixi, the road is exhausted. You can rest for a few days first. Leave the matter in the yamen to Shi Fei and the others."

She turned around and smiled at him, but her feet didn't mean to stop, "I've been dealing with the case for several months, and I'm itchy. Sir, don't stop me."

The gate of the Chen Mansion was open, and there was no one standing outside. Since no one reported it, Miss Qiao and Jiang Xixi had to walk in by themselves and crossed the threshold. They saw a tall and thin man standing in the yard, with his back facing the door, holding a piece of paper in his hand, and were chanting the words on it as if no one was there: "The house is 500 stag, thirty pieces of jewelry, fifty pearls and jade, twenty treasures, two houses, and one mountain garden..."

"He is Shen Qing? What are he lying about?" Jiang Xixi was a little puzzled.

Miss Qiao had a blank expression on her face: "My dowry list."

Jiang Xixi almost laughed out loud, thinking that Shen Qing was really unlucky, and it was nothing special to study the dowry, but the woman even caught her. She couldn't get over it.

Just as he was thinking, Shen Qing heard the movements at the door and turned his head to the two of them, but the atmosphere became awkward than Jiang Xixi thought. He walked towards them as if nothing had happened, looking at Miss Chen with a confused look on his face, "Why are you here in person? Just tell the matchmaker if you need preparation, don't have to go there by yourself."

Miss Qiao knew her body and pretended not to see the scene just now. "I'm here today, not for the two of us." As she said that, she turned her head towards Jiang Xixi.

Jiang Xixi smiled in her heart: You have thin eyebrows and thin eyes, soft and weak, but I didn't expect that she could pretend. She cleared her throat, "I am the constable of Xin'an Mansion. I asked Miss Qiao to bring me over today to investigate the case of Yuan Qi's disappearance."

"Have you found Yuan Qi's body?"

He blurted out this sentence, which scared both of them. Jiang Xixi said seriously, "How did you know? The government has not announced this matter to the public."

Shen Qing frowned, "The people from Xin'an Mansion have been here several times. If there were no new discoveries, they would never come again. If Yuan Qi was alive, their expressions would not be so serious, so I infer that you must have found his body."

This inference is reasonable, and Jiang Xixi felt a little admiration for him. She looked at Shen Qing, "Did you find out what was abnormal about him when Yuan Qi came to deliver the goods?"

"No, he put down his things, exchanged a few greetings with us, and then left."

"Did Yuan Qi say where he is going?"
Chapter completed!