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Six carriages drove slowly on Youzhou West Road.
The carriage was very large, about one and a half times the usual size. It was pulled by two horses and was eye-catching as it walked on the road.
This carriage is the main tool used by Chen Yutian and others for this patrol.
Although there were six carriages in total, only four of them actually had people on them! The remaining two vehicles did not carry people, but carried all the unsolved unsolved case files in Jiulong Pavilion and the books about the local customs and customs of Youzhou collected by Gongsun.
There was a team of guards in front and behind the carriage.
These are the elite Dragon Guards carefully selected by Xuan Ye for this tour. For this tour, they completely obey Chen Yutian's arrangements.
Between the two teams of guards, four people, Xue Tianhan, Huo Yuanji, Wu Dongtian and Tang Fengling, each rode a horse and moved slowly with the carriage.
They originally set off in a carriage, but staying in the small carriage for several days made these people in the world, especially the always restless Huo Yuanji and Tang Fengling, almost suffocated to death.
Seeing that Youzhou was almost here, they could no longer hold back their impulses, so they each rode their horses and followed the carriage.
In this way, there is no need to be bored in the carriage.
"With another half day's journey, we should be able to reach Youzhou City." Wu Dongtian looked at the road ahead and said calmly.
Hearing this, Huo Yuanji's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is it finally here? It's great, we finally don't have to eat those dry food anymore."
Hearing this, the three people on the horse were immediately speechless.
Really worthy of a foodie!
The three of them looked at Huo Yuanji and cursed.
However, Huo Yuanji obviously didn't care at all about this. Instead, he turned back and looked at the carriage behind him.
In that carriage, four people were sitting.
They are Chen Yutian, Xuan Xi, Bai Fan and Tianying.
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"Brother Chen, this is the letter my second uncle just sent this morning. It details the murder of my cousin." Bai Fan took out an opened letter from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Yutian .
Chen Yutian nodded slightly, took the letter, and read it carefully.
As Bai Fan said, this letter records in detail the murder of his cousin Bai Xiuxiu.
However, perhaps the case is not very clear, so some of the details are very vague.
Things go roughly as follows:
About a few days ago, Bai Fan's cousin Bai Xiuxiu and his personal maid Yu'er did not return home overnight and disappeared mysteriously!
His father and his family searched for him all night without success, and reported the case to the government the next day.
Not long after she reported the case, the government sent someone to inform them that they had found Bai Xiuxiu, but what they found was not her person, but her body.
The body was found in the countryside.
When she was found, Bai Xiuxiu was disheveled and had an obvious palm print on her neck. Therefore, they determined that she was most likely molested by the murderer and strangled to death because she refused to obey!
Seeing his daughter's tragic death, his father was naturally grieved.
But soon, the officials also made new discoveries. They found that the deceased's money bag and jewelry were not on the body. Therefore, they determined that those items were most likely taken away by the murderer.
Based on this, they caught the murderer in this case, Liu Jingyan!
Because Liu Jingyan had the purse and jewelry of the deceased Bai Xiuxiu, he was identified as the murderer. So under severe torture by the government, he had to plead guilty and admitted that he had accidentally killed Bai Xiuxiu.
At this point, the case is almost closed. However, after Bai Xiuxiu's family thought about it carefully, they found that there were still many doubts about the case.
The biggest problem is that the personal maid Yu'er who disappeared with Bai Xiuxiu has not been found yet.
And the reason why he wrote the flying pigeon letter to Bai Fan was because he wanted to use his ability to find the missing Yu'er...
After reading the letter, Chen Yutian sighed slightly.
"What a torture to extract a confession! In this way, how can we know whether the person arrested is the real murderer?"
Bai Fan glanced at him and asked, "Brother Chen is doubting whether Liu Jingyan is the real culprit in this case?"
"Under severe torture, if the prisoner is cowardly and does not want to suffer more, even if he is not the real murderer, he will say that he is the real murderer. This will cause major deviations in the investigation of the entire case."
Chen Yutian shook his head and continued: "But whether Liu Jingyan is the real murderer or not can't be confirmed until we get to Youzhou and see your cousin's body."
Bai Fan and Tianying nodded at the same time,
Chen Yutian added: "However, your uncle is right. The key to this case should be the missing maid!"
Bai Fan also nodded: "I think so too. If she and my cousin disappeared for the same reason that day, then she should know how my cousin died, but I'm afraid... …”
At this point, Bai Fan suddenly stopped talking.
Chen Yutian smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "You're afraid that she will be killed by the murderer like your cousin, right?"
Bai Fan was silent. This possibility was not low. After all, if they disappeared at the same time, even if they were killed by a murderer at the same time, it was not impossible.
"But, have you ever thought about it, if they were really killed by the same person at the same time, there is no reason why Liu Jingyan would confess to the crime of killing your cousin, but conceal the crime of killing the maid. After all, no matter how many people he kills, he can't escape. The crime of murder.”
Chen Yutian suddenly laughed.
When Bai Fan heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed and he said, "You mean... that Liu Jingyan is not the real murderer?"
Chen Yutian shook his head and said, "I said, whether Liu Jingyan is the real murderer can only be confirmed after seeing the body."
"Then what do you mean?" Bai Fan asked in confusion.
Chen Yutian raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "What I mean is... Yu'er should not be dead yet, but simply missing."
"Oh?" Bai Fan raised his eyebrows. Just as he was about to ask for the specific reason, the carriage suddenly stopped.
The four people in the car immediately looked at each other.
"What happened? Why did you stop suddenly?"
Chen Yutian opened the curtains of the car. He originally planned to ask Xue Tianhan who was traveling with the carriage but was riding a horse. However, when he opened the curtains of the car, he found that Xue Tianhan was standing there blankly. Looking at the side of the road, his expression was extremely solemn.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yutian suddenly realized something.
He got out of the car as quickly as possible, walked to the ancient road, and looked in the direction where Xue Tianhan was looking just now.
This look made his pupils suddenly shrink!
I saw a body lying in the weeds beside the road!
A pale young corpse!
