Shaking her head, Di Ying put back her running thoughts and looked at the case.
In the main hall, it was quiet.
Not sure how much time had passed, Di Ying put down the last case report and looked at Wei Xiuyi, who was still standing there.
He asked aloud: "From August 11th last year to February 26th, a total of nine similar mass murders occurred in Xingzhou City.
Sir Wei, I have discovered that among these nine cases, there are wealthy families, wealthy businessmen, and petty officials... Do you know what characteristics they all have in common? Is there any necessary connection among these nine cases? "
"In each case, an uncrown male child had his lower body removed."
Wei Xiuyi heard this and simply replied.
Di Ying stood up, put her hands behind her back, and walked around the hall.
He asked aloud: "Yes, they all have the characteristics of being a serial case. So, did those boys know each other before they were alive?"
"Returning to Mr. Di: We are acquaintances and are familiar with each other. They were originally dandy young masters in Honshu City, and they would always go horse riding, play with dogs, drink and go shopping together in their daily lives.
But it's not evil. And some also studied in state schools. Some academic achievements are quite good. "
After hearing this, Di Ying paused and asked Wei Xiuyi: "Where are the bodies of the deceased now?"
When Wei Xiuyi heard this, his standing posture remained unchanged.
He just cupped his hands and replied: "Except for the bodies of the deceased members of the Ran family today, the rest have been taken away by their respective relatives and buried in the western suburbs."
"Isn't anyone making any noise?" Di Ying asked.
Wei Xiuyi replied: "The government said that it has been reported to the Ministry of Punishment, but the body cannot be left to rot in the mortuary, so they are asked to bury it in the wild cemetery next to the mass grave in the western suburbs first.
Those people were so anxious to fight for their property that they did not bother to press the state capital. However, the Ministry of Punishment has not yet sent anyone down to investigate, so the subordinates can only wait. "
"Are you waiting?"
Di Ying smiled inexplicably.
He continued: "Just wait, and you won't know where they are buried. Okay, lead the way, I am going to exhume the grave and conduct an autopsy."
"yes."
Wei Xiuyi saluted, turned around, and led the way again.
Not one more word, not one more nonsense. Even though he received seemingly compliments, he was not moved at all.
Di Ying was almost convinced by this guy.
He looks like a clothes hanger and behaves like a clothes hanger. It makes people feel insecure when they look at me like this.
He was no longer interested in talking. The group of people went to the mass grave in the western suburbs in silence.
Mass graves are not just big pits.
Randomly refers to those who are thrown into the big pit randomly;
Burial refers to being buried in a field near a large pit.
But no matter what, a place like this gives people a particularly gloomy feeling, even in broad daylight.
Because of shortage.
There are hills, sparse trees, and flat burial places, but it just gives people a desolate and gloomy feeling. Even if the sun is shining brightly above your head.
Looking at the tall and short grave bags on the ground, the wreaths of white flags on the grave bags, the paper ashes on the ground, unburned pieces of paper, rotten tributes, broken pottery fragments...
No matter how brilliant it is during life, it will be nothing after death.
Only here, in a place like this, are all beings completely equal.
Di Ying sighed with emotion and followed Wei Xiuyi to the back of a hill.
Wei Xiuyi stood on the hillside, pointed to this area and said: "They are all here. They were designated to be buried here. There are monuments and even the youngest children. It is easy to identify."
After saying that, he stood aside with a "dead" look.
Di Ying didn't waste any time with him, took the shovel from Peng Liang, and led the guards to open the grave in chronological order from near to far.
Of course, after the first tomb was opened, Di Ying was only responsible for examining the corpse and bones.
This area was actually well chosen, avoiding living people from three sides who might come in to bury people or cause embarrassment.
So even though they made a lot of noise while digging, they didn't disturb anyone.
Not even the crow on the only tree next to the corpse pit was disturbed.
Graves were dug one by one, corpses and bones were examined, each body was put back to its original place and arranged neatly, and each grave was reburied.
Pieces of wooden plaques bearing the names of the deceased were erected.
Di Ying and the others went to the mountain stream more than a hundred meters away to clean up.
When Peng Liang saw that Wei Xiuyi was still standing like that, he asked his elder in a low voice: "Master Wei, what is going on? Looking at him, it was as if he was looking at this piece of land. It’s scary.”
Di Ying shook her head and replied calmly: "It doesn't matter what happened to him, as long as he doesn't cause any trouble for us."
"ha!"
Nie Bo screamed strangely: "Sir, why are your words the same as those of King Lu? Even the tone is exactly the same. It seems that it is the style of Xingzhou officialdom not to cause trouble, right?"
Di Ying glanced at him: "When did you become wise?"
Nie Bo smiled "hehe".
Di Ying had reason to suspect: if his hands weren't really dirty, Nie Bo would probably be scratching his scalp at this time.
"Sir, why don't you send him back? Seeing him like that makes me uncomfortable."
After Nie Bohan finished laughing, he asked again.
Di Ying: "...let him learn more from me. He is not stupid. In addition to being more disciplined in handling affairs, he also has some of his own ways of handling things.
It's...actually pretty good. I hope that one day, when he is willing to "cause trouble" to Shangguan, he can show his true nature. By then, he should be a good parent official. "
Peng Liang and others took a deep look at their adults and sighed in their hearts: Their adults...
Di Ying also sighed.
How could a case with such obvious characteristics not be solved?
Just because you can't "cause trouble" to Shangguan?
So... how many unsolved cases have accumulated in the Xingzhou government office?
No wonder the Ministry of Punishment didn't send anyone down to investigate. Perhaps they just put it aside and ignored it as soon as they saw the word "Xingzhou" written on the case file, right?
Who is the Minister of Punishment?
Shu Guogong and Wei Juyuan! ! !
Who?
Crown Princess Wei's family member is also one of his confidants.
When Di Ying thought of this, she wanted to curse.
But he held it back.
Anyway, now he can't do anything except solve the case honestly.
Above his head, there is a giant elephant, which can easily crush him to death.
If we want to pull the elephant, we still have a long way to go and many obstacles.
Sighing, Di Ying walked back to Wei Xiuyi's side and told him directly: "For those boys in the nine households who have not been crowned and whose genitals have been removed, go and check what happened to them last year." Before August, had you ever caused any harm related to rape?"
