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Chapter 24 The Murderer
The old man's words made Zhu You's face completely changed. This means that Wang Tianbei is really dead. Is it really a ghost?

The county magistrate Hu and the other two yamen servants are three cowards. Looking at the pair of tombs at the moment, they dare not breathe out, for fear that if they make any noise, the ghosts in the tomb will be disturbed and they will rush out to claim their lives. There was silence.

The old man sighed and said, "That's all, leave as soon as you finish worshiping. It's strange, why are there so many people worshiping recently."

Ye Ke quickly grabbed the old man who was about to leave and asked curiously, "Grandfather, did you just say that there are still people worshiping?"

The old man nodded and said: "Yes, just two days ago, someone worshiped in the forest ahead, which is strange. There are obviously no graves there. Fortunately, the old man stopped him cleverly, otherwise I'm afraid It will cause a wildfire."

Following the direction the old man pointed, Ye Ke saw that it was a low-growing grove with many bushes, and it didn't look very strange.

"Do you remember what that person looks like?" Ye Ke asked.

The old man shook his head: "I can't see clearly, old man, my old eyes are dizzy, so I called him and he left."

The old man was thinking about his sheep, and he didn't want to say any more, so he left with a stick.

Ye Ke crawled towards the grove at the fastest speed, Zhu You's heart moved, and he hurried to catch up.

In the woods, Ye Ke found a flat land covered with embers of paper money, some of which were very old, and a pile that was still very new. The wind blows everywhere.

"It seems that there have been more than one worship." Zhu You stared at the paper money scattered all over the place, and then looked around. There were no graves, and his face was puzzled.

Ye Ke walked forward and walked around to the other side of the embers, where a huge rock blocked his view. Ye Ke squatted down at that position, imitating the appearance of worship, and then looked around, suddenly his eyes changed. up.

"My lord, come and see!!!"

Zhu You hurried to Ye Ke's side, but was pulled by Ye Ke to squat down. Suddenly, Zhu You's eyes became excited.

Because, looking towards the cemetery over there from his current position, he couldn't see any other tombs, only a tomb with no name on the tombstone.

"Found it!" Zhu You said excitedly.

Ye Ke got up, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said, "That survivor must have come back every year to pay homage. Out of caution, he chose this position. It is extremely difficult to find, and it can serve the purpose of worship."

Zhu You was shocked in his heart, glanced at Ye Ke, and thought: I really found a treasure, this cheap sister-in-law is really capable!

"Master Hu, the third row, the second grave, dig it up for me!!" Zhu You stood up and gave orders to the three county magistrates immediately.

How could the three of them dare to be negligent, and immediately began to dig with their hoes. Zhu You and Ye Ke also rushed over to help together. After a while, the grave was dug up, revealing a rotten straw mat. , faintly visible white bones.

Ye Ke spread out a white cloth and told them to back away. He put on his gloves and carefully picked up the bones from the grave onto the white cloth.

At this time, Mr. Hu and the two yamen servants were no longer so afraid. The graves were dug by others, and the pots were broken, so they came to watch the fun.

Zhu You looked at Ye Ke and asked, "Now, he has become a skeleton, how can he identify his identity?"

Ye Ke looked at the corpse by himself, and replied without raising his head: "Actually, it can be distinguished. Look, my lord, this corpse has bone hyperplasia on all ten fingers and fingertips. em is his fingertips. Broken, and then a new layer of bone grows over it."

Following Ye Ke's explanation, Zhu You really found that there were corresponding marks on the ten finger bones, nodded, and couldn't help admiring Ye Ke again.

"However, this alone is not enough to prove his identity. We can also find out his age range by looking at the pubic symphysis!" Ye Ke said.

Zhu You's eyes were even more surprised, "White bones can also tell age?"

Ye Ke smiled, and thought to himself: These are the blind spots of ancient knowledge. Even a powerful forensic doctor can infer a person's age, height, and weight from his footprints.

"Of course!"

The two yamen servants and the county magistrate, Mr. Hu, were stunned. Now they finally understand why the majestic Jingji criminal officer brought a woman to handle the case. This is a very capable person. That author, apart from writing about dying from drowning and subcutaneous hemorrhage, can do nothing.

Zhu You asked curiously, "What is the meaning of pubic symphysis?"

Ye Ke pointed to the position of the pelvis and explained to Zhu You: "The pubic symphysis is located at the front of the pelvis. There is a gap in the middle instead of being close together. You can roughly judge it according to the degree of wear and tear on it. According to the information given by Yunmeng before, Wang Tianbei was around 50 years old when he resigned from office, but according to the traces on the bones, it was around 45 to 55 years old."

Ye Ke stood up, took a breath of the cold mountain wind, and said, "That is to say, this corpse is Wang Tianbei!"

"My lord, who is that outside!" Hu Sihai said tremblingly.

Flipping through the household registration book in his hand, Zhu You didn't answer directly. After looking at it for a while, he said: "There is one person missing in the household registration book, but there is no Wang Tianbei's name, and there is one missing on these tombstones." Name, a name that has a great relationship with Wang Tianbei!"

"Zhang Cheng!"

Ye Ke said in a deep voice: "The murderer is this Zhang Cheng. He comes here every year to worship. His kung fu must have been taught by Wang Tianbei! They are not only relatives, but also a master-student relationship."

At this time, Zhu You said with an ugly face: "That is to say, our information is wrong, and the murderer is not in the imperial city at all, but why can't we find it?"

Ye Ke suddenly thought of a guess that made her scalp tingle.

After a pause, Ye Ke slowly said: "My lord, didn't you say before that you think we are being targeted? Someone even assassinated me"

Zhu You glanced at Ye Ke suspiciously, and then said: "Yes, otherwise, how could Uncle Guang be killed when we just tracked down the medicinal materials? What a coincidence, but"

"However, if someone follows and monitors, with Jian Jiu's kung fu, it's impossible not to know, right?" Ye Ke's face became more and more ugly.

Zhu You nodded, pondered for a while and said, "That's right. Otherwise, how could the murderer know about our actions? He's not my prisoner." How stupid, how stupid, I should have thought of it earlier!"

"Wu Zuo Lao Zhang!!!"

(End of this chapter)