Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 121 Confession

The entire basement floor of Qingfeng Tea House is used as an ice cellar, which is divided into four parts, one part is used to make various iced drinks, the other part is used to store meat and fish that are relatively easy to perish, and occasionally Some vegetables that are not afraid of freezing are stored in it.The remaining two parts are spares. People in Wuma Town, whoever needs ice cubes, can go to Qingfeng Teahouse to get them without any conditions.

But this time, the bodies of the Jin Guo Mission were transported here. Fortunately, the two spare ice cellars are far away from the two for making ice drinks and storing food, and they are tightly separated in the middle, so there will be no impact. Otherwise, the business of the teahouse owner will definitely not be very good in the future, unless he demolishes the teahouse and starts a new one.

Shen Cha asked Yingliu to go to the Daxia Station and called Jin Miaomiao over. As a direct disciple of Master Huilan, the poison doctor, Jin Miaomiao was also well-informed in autopsy, and she could see things that others would not easily notice. detail.Shen Cha didn't quite believe the conclusions drawn by Wu Mazhen's autopsy. If the two old generals hadn't lied, according to what they said, she doubted that Wanyan and Wen and the Jin Kingdom Mission didn't die in Liao territory at all. The knife wound on the neck was definitely not fatal. Whether the body appeared in the Liao territory or the so-called fatal knife, it was all a cover-up. The purpose was to cover up the real place and cause of death.

Thinking of this, Shen Cha waved at Ying Wu, whispered a few words in his ear, Ying Wu nodded, and left in a hurry.

"Miao Miao is here, let's go down!" Jin Jing, who had been standing by the window, saw her younger sister carrying her small suitcase to the gate of Qingfeng Tea House, turned her head and said to Shen Cha and the two old generals, "Sister She She has a bad temper, so don't make her wait too long."

The three nodded, Shen Cha asked the two old generals to go first, and himself and Jin Jing followed behind them.

"Where's the corpse?" Seeing a few people coming down from the second floor of the teahouse, Jin Miaomiao rushed over, greeted the two old generals Wan Yan Zhanxiong and Yelu Zesheng first, and then grabbed Jin Jing's arm , asked, "Hurry up and take me to see it!"

"My sister, that's a corpse, you can't be so excited?" Jin Jing felt dizzy from being shaken by her, and felt like she was about to vomit, so she quickly stopped her, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there Look!" He smiled shyly at the two old generals, "I'm laughing!"

"It's okay!" Wanyan Zhanxiong waved his hand, expressing that he doesn't care, "The ice cellar is cold, please wear more clothes, so as not to be frozen!"

Hearing this, Jin Miaomiao turned around and put the thick cloak in Ying Liu's hand directly on Shen Cha's body.

"Okay!" Jin Miaomiao patted Shen Cha's shoulder, looked at Wanyan Zhanxiong, "We can go."

Wanyan Zhanxiong nodded, and asked everyone present to follow him downstairs.Just halfway down, a strong chill hit everyone, and everyone couldn't help shrinking. Fortunately, everyone listened to Wanyan Zhanxiong's suggestion and added an extra A cloak or a cloak, or else it would really freeze.

"The corpse is here!" Wanyan Zhanxiong led them to the fourth ice room, gently opened the door, and invited everyone to enter.

Jin Miaomiao entered the ice room and entered a state of ecstasy. She began to look at the first corpse of Wanyan and Wen seriously.

Shen Cha didn't disturb Jin Miaomiao's work, her focus was on the clothes of those corpses, just like what Yelu Zesheng said before, all fifty people were wearing white robes, and she stretched out her hands to feel the thickness of the robes , frowned, the clothes were too thin, clothes of this thickness should be worn indoors, not outdoors.If he dressed like this and walked around in such an extremely cold night, he would freeze himself to death without the need for others to do it.

"This should not be a robe, but... the clothes you wear at home, right?" Jin Jing also came over and touched it, "Our clothes at home are all thicker than this, right? Normal people wouldn't wear this If something dangles outside, at least a coat should be added over this one, and a thicker coat should be added to someone who is afraid of the cold like Master Hou."

"I think so too, if you dress like this and hang around outside, you are looking for death." Shen Cha nodded, "In this way, it is very consistent with our previous speculation. When they died, they should be in the house, not in the house. outdoor."

"That's right!" Jin Jing tapped her palm lightly with her fan, "Moreover, this possibility is very high."

Shen Cha observed the situation of the other corpses, but didn't find much, turned around and said to Yelu Zesheng, "Leave this to Miao Miao, take me to meet the one who found the corpse, Qiu Yi."

Yelu Zesheng nodded, and led a few people out of the ice cellar. Before Shen Cha left, he left the thick cloak on his body to Jin Miaomiao, and left quickly by himself.

After coming out of Qingfeng Teahouse, the sky outside had already darkened. Soldiers from Xia, Liao, and Jin all lit up hundreds of lanterns one after another, and the whole Wuma Town was as bright as day.A group of people quickly passed through the public area and came to the place under the jurisdiction of the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Zesheng had already sent someone to greet the soldiers who were on duty last night. They gathered in the hut where they were on duty that night. When they saw everyone coming in, everyone in the room stood up and saluted them respectfully. .

"Sit down!" Yelu Zesheng asked Yan Zhanxiong, Shen Cha, and Jin Jing to sit down first, ordered someone to serve them hot milk tea, and then waved to the eight soldiers, "Qiu Yi, do you know Yes, tell General Shen what you see."

"Yes!" A thin and not so tall soldier stood up and saluted Shen Cha, "General Shen, subordinate to Qiu Yi."

"Hello!" Shen Cha looked at him for a while, then nodded towards him, "Please sit down, please explain in detail the process of discovering the deceased."

"Okay, General Shen!" Qiu Yi sat down again, straightened his back, looked at Shen Cha with two bright eyes, and said, "At five o'clock this morning, I woke up from a deep sleep and saw The brothers around me seemed to be still sleeping. I wanted to go out for convenience, so in order not to wake up the brothers, I walked quietly to the door. When I opened the door, I saw black and white spots not far away. s things."

"Black and white?" Jin Jing thought for a while, "Oh, it's the contrast between hair and clothes."

"Yes, because I just woke up, so the whole person is still dizzy and not sober. When I saw this for the first time, I thought I was dazzled. When a cold wind blows, I wake up immediately, immediately I saw clearly what those black and white things were. Dozens of corpses lay neatly in the snow, their backs facing the sky, and the white clothes became one with the snow. At that time, I was really scared , If it wasn't for the brothers pushing me, I wouldn't be able to recover."

"It's really exciting to see this scene just after waking up, and it's normal to be frightened." Jin Jing nodded, "Then when you see the corpse, what does the corpse look like... I mean, the face The expression, what kind of state is it?"

"This... I haven't noticed it yet." Qiu Yi shook his head, "Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, everyone is very relaxed, thinking that nothing will happen. So, I saw this scene early in the morning. I was almost scared to death, how could I pay attention to this? I was so frightened at the time, and it was the Shangguan who my brothers helped me to report."

"Yes, General Shen!" A chubby soldier sitting next to Qiu Yi said seriously, "I was the one who told our general!"

"Okay!" Shen Cha wrote down his words in his notebook, and carefully scrutinized the expressions of several soldiers, all of them were very sincere, and no one avoided his gaze. "Now, please describe the situation last night. I talked to General Yelu Zesheng before. According to the information he provided me, eight of you were on duty last night, and four of you were on duty. But, just now When Qiu Yi said that he woke up, you were still sleeping, why? According to common sense, four of you should be awake."

"This is also very strange to us!" Another tall, honest-looking soldier stood up and said, "Since noon yesterday, we have been feeling dizzy and not sober. , this feeling is even stronger. I don't know when they all fell asleep. Anyway, I fell asleep not long after entering this room, and it was very heavy. Generally speaking, this kind of thing doesn't happen. situation."

"Yes!" Everyone else nodded, "We've never slept so deeply, even if we're not on duty, we won't be like this."

"Very good!" Shen Cha carefully wrote down what they said in his notebook, "You can think about it again, is there anything else you need to add?"

The eight soldiers lowered their heads, thought carefully, and shook their heads towards Shen Cha.

"Thank you!" Shen Cha stood up from the chair and bowed slightly to the eight soldiers, "Thank you for your cooperation. If you think of anything, just come to me!"

"General Shen, you're being polite!" The eight soldiers hurriedly stood up and saluted, "This is what we should do."

Shen Cha looked at them, turned and left the hut, followed by the two old generals and Jin Jing.

"Boss!" Seeing them coming out of the house, Ying Liu walked over and whispered in Shen Cha's ear, "We swept away the snow and found no traces, and there was no trace under the snow where we found the corpse." discovery."

"Understood, thank you for your hard work!" Shen Cha and Jin Jing exchanged glances, "It seems that you can go back to the city tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)