"Oh no, several bodies were found in Beiqu River!"
The detective who came in spoke breathlessly to everyone.
Nangong Xue looked at Zheng Jun and said: "Zheng Jun, Beiquhe is the area you are responsible for. You take Xue Baihu there, let's go."
With that said, she took the lead and left.
Zheng Jun also immediately cheered up: "Brothers, let's get to work! Keep your spirits up!"
Then he looked at Xue Mu and said, "Xue Baihu, we have to go there together."
In this way, the detectives who were competing with each other just now became serious immediately when they encountered a case.
On the way there, Chen Baiming, Zhu Ziyue and others also apologized to Xue Mu.
"Xue Baihu, before that we were too blind to recognize Mount Tai, thinking"
Xue Mu laughed at this time and said, "You think I'm just a blind man with no power to tie a chicken?"
At this time, Chen Baiming did not dare to say anything.
How dare he say this in front of Xue Mu.
But Xue Mu didn't care and said, "Actually, it's normal. If I were you, I wouldn't be convinced either."
"I also hope that Master Xue Baihu will not be the same as us." Zhu Ziyue explained awkwardly.
"Don't worry, your Xue Baihu is a very kind person. He won't take these things to heart." At this time, Nangong Xue, who was walking at the front, suddenly said.
After everyone heard this sentence, a big stone fell in their hearts.
Zhou Fu asked curiously: "Nangong Qianhu, you just said that you and Xue Baihu were in the bandits' lair and it was Xue Baihu who saved you. Can you tell us about the situation at that time?"
At this time, Nangong Xue remembered the scene when the two were locked in a small room, and she even got angry for a moment and put her long legs around his neck.
If he hadn't been blind, he might have been able to see the absolute realm in the skirt.
She coughed lightly and said, "You can ask Xue Baihu yourself later, but get down to business now."
As she spoke, she quickened her pace again.
At this time, everyone else also looked at Xue Mu.
Zhou Fu also asked Xue Mu blankly: "Xue Baihu, why don't you tell us."
"Ahem." Xue Mu had long heard Nangong Xue's cough in front.
He could only say awkwardly: "Let's talk about this later, later"
Later, Xue Mu asked Zheng Jun about Beiquhe.
"Are we responsible for Beiquhe?" Xue Mu asked curiously.
Zheng Jun replied: "We have ten divisions in total, and they are responsible for ten areas in the capital at the same time. If there are cases or changes in any area, the detective in that area will be responsible."
"So that's the case, so Beiquhe belongs to the ten areas?" Xue Mu asked.
Zheng Jun nodded: "Yes, so let's go and see the situation now."
But he added in the next sentence: "But generally speaking, if Nangong Qianhu doesn't go with us, why today?"
"Nangong Qianhu doesn't usually go out with you to handle cases?" Xue Mu was a little confused.
Zheng Jun shook his head: "If there is a case usually, Baihu will lead the police from all over the place to handle the case. If there is a big and difficult case, it will be reported to Nangong Qianhu or Zuo Deputy Envoy immediately. Uh. , deputy envoy Zuo is gone now so he should report it to Nangong Qianhu."
He became curious: "So it's a little strange that Nangong Qianhu went to the scene with us today."
Xue Mu didn't care: "I guess there are a few corpses. By the way, how many corpses appear at once? Is it serious or not serious?"
"Xue Baihu, you have been in the prison before and don't know much about it."
At this time, Chen Baiming said: "If this incident happened outside the capital, let alone a few corpses, it would be normal to have more than a dozen corpses. There is a famine now, and many people have died of starvation and freezing. .”
"But Beiquhe is within the capital. Generally speaking, few refugees enter the capital, so it's really hard to tell about these corpses."
After a brief understanding, Xue Mu finally understood the case-handling process of this special case.
The co-author is the police.
Out of curiosity, he followed them to the crime scene.
Beiquhe is located in the north of the capital. Because there are some woods nearby, the number of people living there is somewhat sparse compared to other places.
But there is a North Street near Beiquhe River.
It was precisely because Xue Mu had given Chen Tai of Hukou Hall an idea before, asking him to turn the entire North Street into a good place for business transactions.
As a result, North Street is filled with busy people and all kinds of goods.
But today, as he walked along, he found that the neighborhood had become extremely quiet, with only the faint gurgling sound of the river exuding a strange silence.
"Sir, we are here."
The policeman walking at the front looked back at Nangong Xue and the others.
Nangong Xue raised her eyes and frowned.
Looking from a distance, three corpses were floating in the middle of the silent river.
Their bodies had turned white, and part of their flesh and blood gradually dissipated with the flow of the river, exuding a faint rotten smell.
Two linen boatmen glided their boats past the floating bodies.
He seemed to be used to it, with a tired look on his face.
The fisherman on the shore shouted: "Fetch it out!"
"Why."
One of the boatmen tightened his grip on the oar in his hand. When he tried to get close to a corpse, he was still frowning at the smell of it.
Another boatman tried to calm down and carefully fished it out.
During this process, some people began to gather and point fingers.
They covered their mouths with their hands, disgusted and horrified by what they saw.
Birds are wailing above, as if indicating that the breath of death will linger here for a long time.
Xue Mu found Zhou Fu at this time and asked him to describe everything he saw to him.
I saw Zhou Fu talking in detail.
After the three corpses were fished out, Nangong Xue signaled one of the arresters.
The policeman took out a bunch of copper coins and handed them to the two boatmen.
The boatman left quickly.
Seeing that there were more and more people around, Nangong Xue said to Zheng Jun: "Mr. Zheng Qi, ask the brothers to disperse these villagers, and then randomly check some people and question the witnesses."
"Yes!" Zheng Jun immediately looked at Chen Baiming, Zhu Ziyue and others: "Brothers, disperse! Check them one by one!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Seeing this, Xue Mu also asked Zhou Fu to help.
He carefully came behind Nangong Xue and asked, "Do you need help?"
"You can't see with your eyes. These corpses need to be seen with the naked eye. You can't help. I will tell you when I find out." Nangong Xue explained.
"good."
Xue Mu didn't hold anyone back, he sat calmly behind and waited.
At this time, Nangong Xue carefully observed the situation of the three corpses.
Then, she said: "Two women and one man. Because the bodies have been soaked for too long, the age cannot be determined, but judging from the skeleton, they should not be very old."
Xue Mu knew that there was a policeman who kept recording these things.
But Nangong Xue's speaking volume was obviously louder than usual.
Probably because he wanted to hear it clearly.
So he also began to write down this information in case of emergency.
"The clothes the deceased was wearing were very shabby. Judging from the preliminary judgment, he looked like a refugee who had fled the capital."
After Nangong Xue observed it for a while, he said to Zheng Jun: "Mr. Zheng Qi, send these three corpses back to the Divine Capture Department and ask the widower to come and examine them."
"Yes, sir!"
After a while, the three corpses at the scene were covered with white cloth and sent to the Shenqing Department.
Nangong Xue saw Xue Mu sitting there motionless, so she walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Xue Mu explained: "Your Excellency just asked me to wait aside, so I just sat here honestly."
"You are obedient." Nangong Xue wanted to snicker, but because there were too many people present, she said, "Okay, let's go."
"Is this case settled?" Xue Mu was a little surprised.
Is it so easy to solve crimes in ancient times?
But Nangong Xue said: "It's not that easy, but judging from current observations, these people are probably refugees who escaped from the capital. They probably accidentally fell into the river and drowned."
"If you want to know more specific information, you have to ask a worker to check it, so you have to wait for a day."
Seeing that Xue Mu was experiencing handling a case for the first time, she was curious about his thoughts, so she asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"Me?" Xue Mu laughed: "This is my first time experiencing this kind of thing, and I also have an eye disease and can't see the body. How can I have any ideas."
"Fortunately, you can't see the body. Otherwise, you would have vomited in the scene just now if it was your first time." Nangong Xue explained.
Xue Mu nodded: "That's right, it's the first time, everyone will vomit."
"I didn't." Nangong Xue replied.
"You didn't? You didn't throw up the first time?"
"No, but after seeing it for the first time, I really didn't eat for several days. When I closed my eyes, it was all those corpses. Then I gradually got used to it."
As the two of them chatted, Nangong Xue suddenly thought of something.
She asked Xue Mu: "By the way, do you plan to go and see the Lantern Festival tomorrow night?"
"Huh? You should be able to go out. Although you can't see with your eyes, your ears can hear very well." Xue Mu explained.
After hearing this, Nangong Xue wanted to say something: "That"
But he hesitated to speak.
When he finally made up his mind to speak, Zhou Fu ran over behind him: "Nangong Qianhu, Xue Baihu."
After Nangong Xue was interrupted, she asked Zhou Fu: "What's the matter?"
"Just now. Just now we found a hairpin in the deceased's clothes." Zhou Fu stretched out his hand at this time.
Nangong Xue looked at the hairpin wrapped in cloth in her hand.
"This hairpin."
Hearing her tone, Xue Mu asked, "What's wrong?"
"It doesn't seem cheap." Nangong Xue immediately asked, "Did you find it on that girl?"
Zhou Fu shook his head: "No, it was found on one of the boys."
"Boy?" Xue Mu suddenly became confused: "Why is the boy hiding the hairpin? Could it be that he stole a hairpin and wanted to give it to another girl who was traveling with him? But he slipped and fell into the river?"
After hearing this, Nangong Xue nodded: "It's not impossible."
She then said to Zhou Fu: "Put this away first and take it back to the Shenhua Division. I will take a closer look later."
"Yes! Sir." Zhou Fu responded.
"Lord Nangong, what did you want to say just now?" Xue Mu asked after Zhou Fu left.
Nangong Xue was interrupted by Zhou Fu, so she finally made up her mind to say what she wanted to say, and then held it back.
In the end, she could only say: "It's nothing. This case is probably not a difficult matter, so just leave it to Zheng Jun. You have just come to the Shenhua Division, so you'd better get familiar with it first."
"Yes, my lord."
Although this is what Nangong Xue said in the end.
But Xue Mu vaguely felt that this girl seemed to have something to say to him.
But since she didn't say it, there was no need to delve into it.
In the evening, when it was almost time to get off duty, Xue Mu went back to the prison.
Surprisingly.
He is no longer a prisoner now.
But the "Edict of Sin" is still there.
The prisoner information page recorded above is also clearly visible.
This shows that as long as he comes back every once in a while, the "Edict of Sin" can be updated all the time.
To a certain extent, the "Edict of Sin" no longer needs to be a stumbling block for Xue Mu's promotion.
"Sure enough, it's just a matter of course. It's human nature."
During this process, Xue Mu briefly chatted with Hu Daming and others for a while.
Among them, Hu Daming complained dissatisfiedly: "This Zuo Yuheng, ever since he was imprisoned in our prison, he has been shouting to see Nangong Xue and Commander Lu."
"Why?" Xue Mu asked.
"He's calling for injustice. I don't know where he got the right to call for injustice. He was clearly colluding with the bandits and tipping off the news. The most terrible thing is that he is actually an undercover agent of the Great Xia Kingdom! This is simply a shame and a great humiliation! According to me, he is an undercover agent. We are all cheap! We are all weaklings! Even if we die, we are still the people of Daqing!"
"Brother Mu, do you think so?"
Xue Mu listened to Hu Daming's impassioned speech and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Xue Mu: [Are you scolding me again? 】
But he still said: "I also feel the same way. If you are a good Daqing citizen, you have to be an undercover agent."
"That's right, the same goes for those who oppose the imperial court, such as the Demon Sect!" Hu Daming said fiercely.
"Ming dynasty."
"What's wrong, Brother Mu?"
"You talk a bit too much today."
"Really? I think I'm pretty much the same as usual."
Xue Mu left Tianlao.
He also didn't expect that he was about to get off work, and he would be ridiculed severely.
"But he's right."
"If conditions permit, who will be an undercover agent?"
"You're still an undercover agent of the Great Xia Kingdom. I haven't even seen a single undercover colleague. They all seemed to have vanished from the world. They just left me here and ignored me."
"The Empress of Great Xia, if you really want to serve the people, why not give me ten thousand taels of gold and three thousand beauties, and then you will have to serve the people wholeheartedly."
"And that Murong Dai, she hasn't looked for me since Hutuo Mountain disappeared that day, but that's fine, don't look for me if you have nothing to do. Maybe it's another scam."
"I don't know what my sworn master looks like. I didn't even see him that day..."
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a chill in his back.
(End of chapter)
