Hearing the sound of words, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, retracted his concentrated movements and looked at the place where the sound came from.
I saw a man in ragged clothes, with white hair that had almost eroded the black hair, an old face, a big mole on the left side of his face, a very long beard, and a tight knot on his left hand. Holding a crutch tightly, he stood in front of a pile of dug graves, with some fear and hatred in his eyes.
Looking at such a person, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, looked at him with a smile on his face, but said nothing.
Seeing that the man in official uniform in front of him said nothing, the old man was so anxious that he hurried over with a cane.
Looking at the tombs with open coffins, the old man became angry and said: "This...this...how can this open the coffin?!"
"Why can't the coffin be opened?" Guo Yushi said confidently.
Seeing such an unreasonable person, the old man said, "Did you know? Opening a coffin is a taboo thing?!"
"I know." Guo Yushi continued confidently.
"You know what you're doing?! Lid the coffin!"
After finishing speaking, the old man walked to the open coffin, holding a crutch in one hand, closing his eyes, and pushing the coffin lid with the other hand.
After a lot of effort, this half has not been covered.
Seeing such a person, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, asked in confusion: "I am an official sent by the imperial court. Can you still control me?"
"I don't care who you are!" the old man said.
These words immediately made Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, feel very unhappy.
"How unreasonable! How dare you speak to me like this!" Guo Yushi said angrily.
After hearing this, the old man glanced at Guo Yushi and continued to push the coffin lid hard.
Seeing all the old man's actions made Guo Yushi feel very unhappy.
"stop!"
With these words, the old man looked at Guo Yushi with some annoyance, looked at it with disdain, and continued to push the coffin lid.
"I am a dignified second-grade Zuodu censor. I came to investigate the case. If you dare to obstruct my investigation, do you know what the crime is?!"
"No matter what case you investigate, the dead one is the most important!"
Seeing such a stubborn old man, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was helpless.
Seeing the old man's actions, he couldn't stop himself much. Guo Yushi's angry face dropped a bit and asked: "Where did you come from?"
The old man ignored him and continued to close the coffin. This time, a coffin had already been covered.
Thinking that the old man was deaf and did not hear, Guo Kang asked again: "Where did you come from?"
I saw that the old man still didn't respond to his words.
The anxious Zuodu Yushi walked over, grabbed the old man's arm, and asked again: "Where did you come from?"
The old man glanced at Guo Yushi with hatred in his eyes, and tried to break free from Guo Kang's hand with all his strength.
But I am old and don’t have much strength left, so I can’t break free at all.
The old man glanced at his crutch, handed it to him with the other hand, and swung the crutch towards Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, hitting his head.
It hurt so much that Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, wanted to give him two big mouths.
"Why are you still beating people? You!" Guo Yushi said angrily.
"The dead are the most important," the old man said.
Just when Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was about to give him some measures, the steward Yin Xing happened to come.
"Master!" Butler Yin Xing shouted with a smile on his face.
Seeing the face of the master, and then the face of the old man, the housekeeper Yin Xing pulled out the long knife, walked quickly, put the knife on the old man's neck, and shouted: "What are you doing?!"
"Yin Xing, take him into custody and don't let him cause trouble."
"Yes, sir."
How could the old man's strength surpass that of the young man? He was subdued within a few strokes.
Butler Yin Xing escorted the old man to the side, watched the old man looking at his work, and introduced himself.
"Master, this is the young man who found Qiu Zuo in the nearby Guandong Prefecture." After speaking, the steward Yin Xing introduced the master again: "This is the Zuodu Censor from the capital, Guo Censor, who came here to investigate the case. .”
Listening to the introduction by the housekeeper Yin Xing, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, looked at the middle-aged man Qiu Wuzuo from top to bottom with his eyes.
"Qiu Wuzuo, come and see why these dead people died."
"Okay, Censor Guo."
After speaking, Qiu Wuzuo placed the large box he was carrying on the ground, opened the box, took out three incense sticks, lit them with a match, walked to several tombs, and worshiped.
Seeing Wu Zuo like this, Guo Yushi was so anxious that he could no longer be anxious.
"Qiu Wuzuo, these are unnecessary. Check it out quickly."
Looking at Guo Yushi's anxious face, Qiu Zuo said solemnly: "Guo Yushi, the dead one is the most important."
Again, the deceased is the most important. Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, has heard this many times.
"Okay, okay, hurry up."
After the worship, Qiu Wuzuo inserted three unburned incense sticks into the soil beside him, walked to the coffin, and began to examine it.
Walking to a coffin, Qiu Fusaku first checked the injury, and then used a knife, measuring tape, etc. to check it.
Seeing Qiu Wuzuo carefully inspecting it, Guo Kang could not rest. He walked to the housekeeper Yin Xing, looked at the white-haired old man who was being escorted, and asked: "Where did you come from?"
The old man still didn't answer.
Guo Yushi glanced at the housekeeper Yin Xing with a confused look: "Pry open his mouth."
After hearing this, the housekeeper Yin Xing put the long knife on the old man's neck again and threatened: "Say! If you don't tell me, wait until your head falls to the ground. I will cut your head into eight pieces and see what's inside." "
The steward Yin Xing's words frightened the old man into hastily replying: "There is a village nearby, and I came from there."
"How did you find this place?" Guo Kang asked.
"Say!" Butler Yin Xing threatened.
The old man had no choice but to answer again: "I was passing by a few days ago and happened to see so many corpses lying on the ground, so I buried them here."
"Did you move this long distance one by one?" Guo Kang asked.
Butler Yinxing's blade moved closer to the old man.
"Yes, yes. There is still another road leading here, and the road you have taken should be the longest."
"Is there a shortcut?" Guo Kang asked.
The old man nodded.
Having said this, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, knew why he had walked for so long before finally ending up. It turned out that this road was a winding road, which lengthened the distance.
"When did you discover these bodies?"
The old man was hesitating, but when the housekeeper threatened him, he was frightened and spoke out in a hurry.
"That day, I was cutting firewood and going home. I met them on the way back. At that time, I saw more than a dozen people lying on the ground, and no one was angry."
"What else was discovered besides these?"
"A dozen bodies were found."
As soon as these words came out, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was speechless.
Guo Yushi had no choice but to reorganize his words and asked again: "Did you find anything else when you found these corpses?"
"There is a sword and there is blood."
"Apart from these, nothing else?" Guo Kang was a little unconvinced.
The old man nodded.
"Then, what happened to those people's clothes?"
"Clothes? What clothes?" The old man looked confused.
Seeing the old man's confused look, Guo Kang came up one by one: "These people are government servants from Lenan Mansion. They should be wearing government uniforms, but now I see all of them wearing commoners, and no one is wearing common clothes." Wearing official uniform."
After hearing this, the old man said firmly: "When I saw the body, it was still in its current clothes."
After asking some questions, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, glanced at the old man and began to think.
Nothing was found except the corpse. Could it be that someone really intercepted this disaster relief food?
After thinking about it, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, continued to ask the old man: "Have you found any relief food?"
As soon as the relief food was mentioned, the old man's face changed, and he continued: "I didn't find anything, I just saw people."
"Really?" Guo Kang didn't believe it.
The old man nodded.
This time, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, intuitively told him that he could not believe this.
"Yinxing."
"The little one is here."
"Take good care of him and don't let him escape. I'll ask you questions later."
"Yes, sir."
After giving the instructions, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, walked towards the pile of graves and looked at the coffins. Based on his own memory, he compared the faces of the deceased with the portraits he had seen before and memorized.
After looking around, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, had determined that these people were all government officials delivering disaster relief grains from Lenan Prefecture. Although they were not wearing government officials' clothes, their faces were not difficult to recognize.
"Qiu Wuzuo." Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, shouted.
After hearing this, Qiu Wuzuo turned around, looked at the face of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and reported what he had discovered.
"Guo Yushi, during the inspection, I found that these deceased people all have one thing in common. They were all killed by arrows." Qiu Wu said.
"Dead by an arrow?" Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, muttered to himself.
Qiu Zuosuo nodded.
"They all died from arrows, and no one died from knife wounds or other injuries?" Guo Yushi asked.
"Guo Yushi, I still have two coffins that have not been inspected. After the inspection is completed, can I tell you one by one?"
"Hey, okay."
After answering, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, watched Wu Zuo's every move.
In an instant, Qiu Wu became the husband of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, seemed to have become his apprentice.
Every step he took, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, followed him.
Finally, with Qiu Zuosuo's careful work, new discoveries were made about the two coffins.
"Guo Yushi, these two people suffered arrow wounds and knife wounds at the same time." After saying this, Qiu Zuo walked to another coffin, looked at the corpse, and said: "This person has the most serious knife wounds, on his arms and chest. The stab wound, and here, in this position, there was an arrow.”
"Then why is the arrow gone?" Guo Kang asked.
"Perhaps the assassins wanted to destroy the evidence, so they tampered with these bodies."
Qiu Zuo's words made Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, nod trustingly.
"It's time to work hard."
"What did Guo Yushi say? You should do your best when handling the case."
After finishing speaking, looking at the dense forest where no sky was visible, Qiu Wuzuo spoke again: "Since the little thing has been done, I will leave first."
"good."
After learning the cause of death of these deceased, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, began to speculate.
