Yan Qi changed out of the autopsy clothes and went to Li Mobai's study.
At this time, Li Mobai had asked Little Goat to take out all the documents and autopsy reports related to the three murder cases.
Everyone else in the yamen has also arrived.
"Mr. Seven, come quickly, this seat is reserved for you!"
Li Mobai said enthusiastically.
The recently hired master Zhuge Lei was also there.
This master was originally a scholar who studied hard but never achieved success. He was full of feudal ideas and dogmatism.
I couldn't tolerate the fact that the yamen's widower was a woman, so I always had a bad attitude toward Yan Qi.
Now that he had no place to sit, the seat was actually given to a low-class female widow, so Zhuge Lei became dissatisfied: "It's against the rules!"
Yan Qi ignored him and sat down directly, and no one paid any attention to the master.
Zhuge Lei felt angry and depressed, but he couldn't do anything.
Li Mobai went directly to the topic: "Three cases of pregnant women drowning in rivers. In the first case, the deceased's maiden name was Wang He, the second deceased's name was Xie Ping, and now this one's name is Xu Lan. The dates were July 13th, September 8th and early October respectively. Nine."
"These three cases all have common characteristics: first, the deceased all drowned in the river, second, the deceased were all pregnant, and third, the deceased had not yet left the court. From the perspective of time, the three cases span a long time, but Because these three things have something in common and are very likely to be related to each other, they can be investigated together!"
Yan Qi added: "The third deceased, Xu Lan, was about to get married."
Wang Erhu added: "Before the provincial examination and after the second corpse recovery, Mr. Li ordered me to investigate secretly! As far as I know, the second deceased Xie Ping probably had a lover, a young scholar!"
Li Mobai nodded and said, "Who has any questions or suggestions?"
The little goat stood up and said: "Sir, I think this case needs to be carefully investigated by Wang He, the first deceased."
Li Mobai nodded and asked him to continue.
"The first case happened first, and it is the cause. As the saying goes, everything happens for a reason! So it is very likely that it has the greatest relationship with the murderer."
After the little goat finished speaking, he explained: "The murderer is most likely because of the first case, and then he targeted women in similar situations, and finally took action!"
"Probably the word hands-on isn't the right word!"
Yan Qi said this after the little goat finished speaking.
Zhuge Lei immediately objected: "What's inappropriate? These girls were all killed by murderers!"
Yan Qi glanced at him and said calmly: "Because these women may also commit suicide!"
The topography of Dongping County is that a river passes through the city, and there are households and businesses on both sides. If someone pushed someone into the river, the victim would definitely struggle and shout, and he would have been discovered long ago.
Those corpses will never be fished out until they are highly decomposed!
Her explanation made Zhuge Lei shut up.
After final discussion, they decided to secretly inquire in the name of the government.
Li Mobai then decided, but he looked at Yan Qi again: "What else do you think about this case?"
Yan Qi pondered for a moment: "I think these three cases are all related to water. The first case occurred by the river, and the second and third cases both occurred in the water. Does this mean that the murderer is related to water?"
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. Zhuge Lei sneered and said, "You mean the murderer is a monster in the water?"
Yan Qi glanced at him lightly and said, "I just said it might be related to water, but I didn't say the murderer was a monster!"
Li Mobai nodded and said: "We really need to investigate this case carefully. Little Goat, you are responsible for investigating the details of the deceased Wang He in the first case. Wang Erhu, you are responsible for investigating Xu Lan and see if there are any Other clues!”
The two yamen servants each responded and expressed their understanding.
Li Mobai added: "Everyone should act independently now. If there are any clues, report them immediately."
So everyone left one after another.
Li Mobai left Yan Qi alone in the study.
Li Mobai looked at her and said, "Do you really think these three cases are suicides?"
Yan Qi said calmly: "I'm just saying it's possible! After all, these women have all undergone autopsies and drowned in rivers, and they have something in common. But the possibility of homicide cannot be ruled out."
Li Mobai sighed and said: "Yes, the situation of these girls is actually very pitiful. They became pregnant out of wedlock and drowned in the river! If they were really killed by someone, I will definitely do my best to find out the real culprit and give them justice." An explanation!”
The two were silent for a while, and Yan Qi suddenly said, "Did you notice Zhuge Lei's reaction?"
Li Mobai said: "He has always disliked you!"
Yan Qidao: "I think he is overreacting. I am just a coward and will not take his position at all. Why should he be so hostile to me?"
Li Mobai said: "He used to be the master of a large county magistrate, but he was dismissed. He always felt that he was wronged when he was dismissed, so now that he sees you, he feels that you must be here to steal his position again. "
Yan Qi smiled faintly: "It's so funny! He's just a master, not a high official."
