"Brother Jingyong, why are you here?"
After asking, Qiu Hong's eyes flashed, then he looked at Gu Qingjue behind him, looked up and down a few times, then looked back, and then said: "This is not the place to talk, we brothers will talk about old times later. "
Zeng Shengji nodded and looked at Miss Qiu, who was covered with white cloth. He pointed at Gu Qingjue standing beside him and said, "Brother Da, this is my apprentice Gu Ziyuan. He is talented and extremely intelligent. Sister Rong's If we can ask him to help, we will be able to find out the real culprit as soon as possible."
"Brother Jing Yong actually accepted a disciple! That's right, your Zeng family's peerless swordsmanship really needs a successor."
Gu Qingjue's eyes fell on Ding Wuzuo. He didn't have Su Yixin's ability to tell whether a person was a traitor or an evil person at a glance, but his eyes could also read the subtle expressions on a person's face.
"Ding Wuzuo, during the autopsy, can we accurately know where the deceased's fatal injuries were without the need for an autopsy?"
In the nearly 30 years since Ding Wuzuo has been engaged in autopsy, this is the first time that he has been suspected by someone, and he has expressed his confusion: "Is this gentleman doubting Mr. Ding's autopsy skills?"
"No, I just had doubts in my heart, so I asked Ding Wuzuo."
Ding Wuzuo saw that Gu Qingjue's face was calm and did not look like he was deliberately looking for trouble. He looked a little better. He glanced at Miss Qiu who was covered by a white cloth and said: "Under normal circumstances, it would be necessary, but there are no other injuries on Miss Qiu's body, only There is severe trauma to the occipital bone here, and according to Mr. Ding’s judgment, this is a fatal injury.”
In fact, it was not that Ding Wuzuo was unwilling to open the skull.
First, this was in the court, with so many people watching, and not everyone could bear a cranial autopsy; second, the deceased was the beloved daughter of Magistrate Qiu, and he could not kill Miss Qiu in front of Magistrate Qiu. The head was cut open.
"Ding Wu Zuo, forgive me for being blunt, Wu Zuo's job is to present accurate autopsy results to help solve the case. Otherwise, it will only bury the clues and mislead the direction of the investigation."
Ding Wuzuo's face darkened again and he looked at Magistrate Qiu aside.
Magistrate Qiu raised his hand to ask Ding Wuzuo to stand down, announced that the case would be retried the next day, and asked the government officials to evacuate the people crowded outside the door. Only then did his straight back collapse, and he led Zeng Shengji and Gu Qing with an old look on his face. Jue went to the backyard.
After arriving at the flower hall and serving tea to the maid, Qiu Hong spoke.
What he said was generally consistent with what the man in black smoke outside the door said before, but with a lot more details.
The scholar's name was Qu Zhisheng. He was twenty-one years old and came from Jing County. He was frail and sick, but he insisted on going to Beijing to take the exam. Unexpectedly, when passing by Mingguang County, he fainted in the suburbs. Qiu Birong, also known as Miss Qiu, who was summering in Zhuangzi outside the city, passed away. Rescued when returning to the city.
Qu Zhisheng grew up in a humble appearance, but his literary talent was outstanding. Qiu Birong was impressed by Qu Zhisheng's literary talent, and visited him at the inn where he was recovering from time to time. The two of them fell in love with each other.
Qiu Hong has no prejudice against scholars. His father was also a poor scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam.
But the anger is there, not only is he a scholar, his body and bones are three points weaker than that of a woman, and he is prone to wind chill and brain heat. How can such a body and bones give his daughter happiness.
He could tolerate this, but what was unbearable was that Qu Zhisheng actually had an unmarried wife at home.
Their family had been engaged in marriage since they were young. If it hadn't been for the scholar's health, the two would have gotten married long ago, but they kept delaying it. This time, they even agreed that when the scholar reaches high school, they will go back and marry someone else.
His daughter, Qiu Hong, wants to be a concubine?
cant.
So he cursed Qu Zhisheng and drove him out of the house.
At the same time, Qiu Birong was imprisoned. Who would have thought that a daughter's family would escape overnight.
Only a letter was left behind, never to be found again.
Qiu Hong kept this matter strictly confidential and was not allowed to let the news out. The man in the wolf-colored brocade robe knew about it because his eldest brother was the policeman of the Yamen and happened to meet the scholar at his door that day.
Therefore, the people in Mingguang County did not know about Qiu Birong's elopement with the scholar.
"May I ask Magistrate Qiu if you still have the letters that Miss Qiu sent when she left home?"
Qiu Hong nodded: "It's in the study, I'll have someone pick it up."
The letter was quickly retrieved, and Gu Qingjue read it quickly, and the content was consistent with Qiu Hong's retelling.
"Mr. Husband, if my little girl wasn't harmed by that Qu Zhisheng, who else could be there? He was the one who hid my little girl. Even I, the county magistrate of this city, couldn't find them."
"Magistrate Qiu, as you said, the scholar surnamed Qu is indeed the most suspect, but until he is found, we cannot make a conclusion that he is the murderer of Miss Qiu. And I think that Ding Wu needs to do another autopsy. , determine the real cause of Miss Qiu’s death!”
Qiu Hong frowned: "We still need to test it, haven't we already confirmed that the fatal injury on the little girl was at the occipital bone of the head and neck? Even though I am not a lawyer, I know that the person who was injured here cannot still be alive."
Zeng Shengji said at this time: "Brother Da, I think we should be more cautious if we want to find the murderer of your daughter. Another autopsy is not disrespectful to her, but allows her soul to rest in peace in heaven!"
Qiu Hong took a deep breath: "Now that Brother Jing Yong has said so, if I continue to disagree, it will be unreasonable."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and said to Gu Qingjue: "I see that your thinking is clear and careful, so I will allow you to work with Mr. Xing to find out the cause of the little girl's death and give her justice. But I want to give you justice." Can the deadline for solving the case be only ten days?"
"Five days, I will find out the real murderer within five days."
Qiu Hong was stunned for a moment, staring at Gu Qingjue with his shrewd and slightly bloodshot eyes. After a few breaths, he exhaled heavily and nodded: "Okay, five days. I am waiting for you to catch the real culprit in front of me. "
Afterwards, Qiu Hong asked Zeng Shengji how he came here from the capital. Zeng Shengji shook his head most of the time.
Qiu Hong lost his beloved daughter and was in a bad mental state.
After saying a few words, he stood up to say goodbye and prepared to return to the inn. Before leaving, Gu Qingjue looked at the letter in Qiu Hong's hand and said, "County Magistrate Qiu, can I take this letter with me?"
"Oh sure!"
Qiu Hong handed the letter to Gu Qingjue and asked, "Do you think Gu Langjun can find any clues from this letter?"
"Maybe!"
Gu Qingjue took the letter, put it in his sleeve, and said goodbye to Qiu Hong!
After leaving the county government office, Zeng Shengji asked Gu Qingjue: "Zi Yuan, why did you say that the case will be solved within five days? The scholar he has been looking for for so long has not been found. How can you guarantee that within five days?" Time to find him out?"
"Master also thinks that the scholar is the murderer?"
"Isn't it obvious? Sister Rong was looking for the scholar. She didn't show up for such a long time, and suddenly died in the river. If the scholar didn't kill her, who else could she be?"
(End of chapter)
