My martial arts rely on solving cases

Chapter 89 The Green Wax Clue
"When did Yang Xiaolan have an accident?" Su Qing asked again.

"It should be yesterday. After Lan'er went out yesterday morning, no one saw her again. When I came back at night, I found that Lan'er hadn't returned home and immediately went to find her. I asked all the people I knew, but I didn't see Lan'er.

At that time, I guessed from the bottom of my heart that something might happen, but I didn't dare to think about it until the official came to the door... My poor girl! "

"Did Yang Xiaolan meet any strangers or strange people recently?"

"No, my niece never talks to anyone who doesn't know who she is, and she's surrounded by neighbors who have watched her grow up, and there are no new strangers in the neighborhood.

My lord, can I see my daughter?Let me take a look, okay? "

Su Qing couldn't bear to hear the other party's pleading.But in the end he gritted his teeth and shook his head indifferently.

"You'd better not look at it. It's not because I'm heartless, but because I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it."

After seeing off Old Fourth Yang, Su Qing returned to the autopsy hall again.

Wu Zuo had already inspected the corpse carefully, but there was nothing special to gain.

"What do you think?" Su Qing asked Zhan Zhao Xue Chonglou.

"I think it might be a cult ritual." Xue Chonglou said thoughtfully, "I traveled all over the world in the early years, and I also met some unorthodox warlocks.

There are the Immortal Invitation Sect in the north, and the God-Descent Sect in the south. They all have some strange rituals, and the evil gods they worship are hideous.Painted with blood on his body and danced a sinister dance, it was so weird anyway.

Make people into sky lanterns and put them in the worship hall of Chenghuang Temple. Could it be to enshrine someone? "

Upon hearing this, Zhan Zhao's eyes burst out brightly, "It makes sense. My lord, should we focus on checking the foreigners who came to Qingle County recently, and the spirit cards of the deceased who were sent to the enshrinement hall recently, are there any aliens?"

Su Qing shook her head slowly, "Looking for it like this is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I think the direction of investigation should be placed on the wax."

"Wax?" Xue Chonglou looked at the forty catties of wax that had been pulled out of Yang Xiaolan's abdomen, and suddenly realized, "Forty catties of wax, at least one hundred taels of silver. The murderer spent a lot of money to make a sky lantern."

"Old people generally use oil lamps to light lamps, and there are not many people who light candles, not to mention buying so much wax at one time must be very few.

In this way, Xue Chonglou, you go to all the shops that sell wax and ask if anyone buys in large quantities.Zhan Zhao, you can ask the local wealthy households to check the number of candles in their homes. Candles are expensive and they will keep accounts to check if there is any shortage.The officer went to the wax workshop to check. "

"Yes!"

Early the next morning, the three acted separately.

Su Qing took a policeman in Tsing Yi and went out quickly.The catcher behind him is called Li Ang, the elder brother of catcher Li.But it is completely opposite to Li Butou's personality, he is a dull gourd who can't hold back a word for a long time.

Li Butou was transferred to Jinghai Mansion as an errand last month, so he was promoted.Before leaving, ask Su Qing to take care of Li Ang, and let him be a follower.

Although Li Ang was dull, he was diligent in doing things, and Su Qing was very satisfied with him.

The wax workshop is located in the outskirts of Qingle County, away from densely populated places.From this point of view, the successive magistrates of Qingle County have done a good job in production safety.

Wax is a combustion aid, and once it burns, the consequences will be disastrous.

When I came to the wax workshop, the autumn wind was blowing cold outside, but the inside of the workshop was full of enthusiasm.Many workers took off their shirts and worked with their arms closed.

Although Su Qing didn't wear an official uniform, Li Ang wore an officer's uniform.When the workshop workers saw it, they hurriedly reported it to the manager.

Before Su Qing approached, a grizzled old man who was over fifty years old hurried out from the depths of the workshop.

"The honored guest is here, the honored guest is here, may I ask where the noble man is from, and what is the purpose of coming here?"

"Old man, my lord is the county magistrate of Qingle." Li Ang said loudly quickly.

The old man's expression changed, and he immediately knelt down on the ground, "Xu Wuyi, a grass-roots man, pay my respects to the magistrate."

"Get up, you don't need to be too polite. The official is here to find something."

Xu Wuyi's face suddenly changed. It must be a big thing for the county magistrate to come and find him in person, and he quickly pondered in his heart.

Have you done nothing recently?No tax evasion, right?

"It's inconvenient to talk here, find a place." Su Qing frowned, the smell in the air was really not pleasant.

The smell of the wax workshop is definitely harmful to the human body.But in this era, people live better than animals.No one would care about these, and besides, it's useless to care, people have to live.

Following Xu Wuyi to the inner hall, Xu Wuyi stood in front of Su Qing with his head resting nervously.

Su Qing took the package from Li Ang and handed it over, "Please help me to see if these waxes are made by your workshop."

Xu Wuyi took the package carefully and unfolded it. The wax in the package was a piece of wax that Su Qing cut off at random, and the light blue color was like sapphire.

I thought Xu Wuyi would check it for a long time, but who knew that after just a glance, he quickly shook his head, "My lord, this is not made by our workshop."

"What's the basis?" Su Qing asked blankly.

"My lord, the wax is light blue in color, which is caused by impurities in the wax that have not been removed, and the craftsmanship that was made three years ago has now been eliminated.

This kind of wax has a faint scorching smell when it burns, and it will make people dizzy after smelling it for a long time. There is no such wax in the regular market for a long time.

Furthermore, since the incident happened in Huai'an Mansion seven years ago, the management of wax in various wax workshops has been very strict.

Every day's incoming and outgoing accounts will be specially recorded and audited, and there will be no more wax leakage.At least, this is the case in our workshop. "

"Then where do you think there is such wax?"

"Either it is in stock for more than three years, or it is made by a black market workshop with backward technology."

Thoughts flickered in Su Qing's eyes, but it was not fruitless.

"You said what happened in Huai'an Mansion seven years ago? What happened?"

"My lords don't know. Ten years ago, half of Jiangzhou's wax came from Huai'an? Back then, there was a wax workshop located in a deep alley in the city.

One day, it was discovered that three hundred catties of green wax had been stolen from the warehouse. Three hundred catties was not a small amount.Immediately, the workshop steward reported to the official.But before the magistrate came to investigate, the workshop caught fire.

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In order to prevent the thieves from escaping, the owner of the workshop left all the workers in the workshop. This fire burned most of the night and killed more than a hundred people, and even dozens of people living nearby were burned to death.

Later, I guessed that this fire did not burn sooner or later, but it happened at that time. Most likely, the thieves were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they just kept doing nothing.

With so many people burned to death, it is naturally impossible to find out who is the thief.The county magistrate lost his official position, and the magistrate also went to other places.

The wax workshops built near residential areas in Huai'an moved out one after another, and we also left Huai'an for Qingle County at that time. "

"Thank you for telling me, sir, I have other things to do, so I'm leaving."

"My lord, don't say that. It's my blessing to answer your questions. I would like to ask, what is this wax related to?"

"No way!"

"Yes yes yes. The villain is talking too much." Xu Wuyi said again and again.

(End of this chapter)