After returning home, the Crown Princess can no longer hide her vest!

Chapter 213 Stealing
His gaze was so focused that Master Liang called him three times before Lu Qian came back to his senses.

Liang Guang's face was full of curiosity, and he followed his gaze and looked in the direction of Master Yuhu, "What is Master Lu looking at?"

Lu Qian couldn't explain this strange feeling.

Staring at the back of Master Jade Fox, I always felt a sense of déjà vu.

He came back to his senses and smiled slightly, "It's okay, Mr. Liang, let's just take a walk along the river."

"Although the corpse floated from the upper stream, it has been floating for two or three days. If there were any traces, it would have been washed away by the current."

Liang Guang shook his head, put his hands behind his back and stepped forward, "We'd better not have too much hope."

On the other side, Yuhu checked the information of the past two days and turned around to look at it, "Have you visited several nearby villages?"

"Well, there is also a fishing village in the west near the upper reaches. I asked their village chief to find out some things. They said that there has been nothing unusual recently, and no new faces have appeared."

"Well, the corpse in front also had multiple fracture marks." Yu Linlang flipped through the autopsy records and rubbed the words with her fingers, "The back of the head is sunken, so it is determined that he was not drowned. He was probably hit by a heavy object or fell from a height. "

"Lord Jade Fox, look." Several guards from the Demon Suppression Department worked together to drag a large, tattered and riddled box ashore.

The box was made of rattan, with half a piece of black cloth hanging on it, as if it was used for covering.

Everyone worked together to drag the broken box ashore. Zhuang Qian took the initiative to inspect it and said with a serious look, "Sir, there are some sticky residual blood stains on the edge of the cane. In addition, I found this."

After saying this, he handed over a jade bracelet with excellent water quality.

Yu Linlang wrapped the evidence with a handkerchief, compared the traces of jewelry on the corpse's wrist, and nodded, "It was something on the deceased woman's hand."

There were some doubts during the autopsy just now. Although the deceased woman's hair was messy, it could still be seen that it was the most popular hairstyle with an upturned bun. This bun must have a hairpin ring to match it, but there was nothing on the deceased woman's head.

I thought it fell into the river, but now it seems that it didn't.

"How many villages are there upstream?"

"On a."

"If you go door to door and search, you may be able to find some belongings on the deceased woman. Bring the thief to me. I have something to ask."

Although everyone didn't know what was going on, they still followed the instructions and went to do the work.

An hour later, the guards from the Demon Suppression Department came back escorting a crying couple.

A lot of gold, silver, pearls and jade were packed in flour bags and presented to Yu Linlang and others for inspection.

Liang Guang and Lu Qian also came back.

They were also at the scene when they were arrested in the upstream search village just now. They could see that the people of the Demon Suppression Department handled the case very neatly and acted very quickly.

Liang Guang's perception of the Demon Suppression Division also changed at this time. Out of curiosity, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Who are these two people?"

The guard pushed the man forward, and the couple turned pale with fright and fell to the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Yu Linlang glanced at the two of them and said in a calm voice, "You won't die if you steal. I brought you here to ask you when the body was found."

The man's eyes were rolling, and he wanted to quibble, but he was interrupted by Yu Linlang before he could speak, "No need to pretend to be confused, I know that you two were the first ones to discover the deceased. If you tell the truth honestly, you can be given a lighter sentence." If you resist, I will punish you for obstructing the Demon Suppression Division's handling of the case." "At that time, you will be sentenced to one to two years for the crime of obstructing my handling of the case. It is not impossible for you and your wife to be reunited in prison for ten years. ”

The couple turned pale and trembled with fright. They kowtowed and begged for mercy, muttering to themselves.

Yu Linlang said coldly, "Aren't you still going to explain?"

"My lord!" the woman cried out, reaching out and punching her husband, "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, my husband and I were dazzled by those gold and silver jewelry, that's why..."

"When did you discover this female body?"

"Yesterday, early yesterday morning." The woman replied cautiously, "My man went out fishing as usual, and after a while he came home and called me as if he had lost his mind."

"We rushed to the waterside and took a look and saw this box..." The woman shed tears as she said, "Sir, we people in the fishing village have never seen such a large sum of gold and silver. At that time, we were really obsessed with money. If you close your eyes, you will be confused for a while.”

Yu Linlang thought her explanation was too long-winded, so she got straight to the point and asked, "When you saw this box, what did it look like specifically?"

Neither of them understood and looked at each other.

Zhuang Qian reminded in a deep voice, "My lord, I want you two to reminisce. When you saw this box by the water, there was nothing unusual about it. Especially you, did you go back and call your mother-in-law after you saw the box?" , so strictly speaking, you are the first witness."

"If there's anything unusual, tell me quickly!" Master Liang asked anxiously.

"No, nothing unusual." The fisherman was stared at by so many people, and his palms were sweating nervously.

"Just tell Master Yuhu exactly what you saw that day." Seeing his panic, Lu Qian sighed and comforted him quietly, "You must tell the truth and don't hide anything."

The man wiped his tears and said, "I only remember that it was dawn and I saw a black thing floating on the river."

"The villain didn't see it clearly at first, but when I found out it was a box covered with black cloth, I quickly chased it. Then I finally used a hook to pull it ashore, but I didn't expect..." The man looked panicked and regretful. , "If I had known that a female corpse was floating in the river, I wouldn't have opened the box. It would be too unlucky, sir."

Master Wei Daunao immediately sneered, "Come on, if you think it's unlucky, why take away someone's body full of gold and silver?"

The couple was crying and their language was confusing.

Yu Linlang grasped the key point and finally got a rough idea, "In other words, you saw the corpse early yesterday morning."

"You dragged the body out of the box and searched for all the valuables on the deceased woman."

The bracelet probably fell off the deceased woman's hand when she was being dragged out of the box.

The two of them were confused or had a guilty conscience. After searching the deceased woman in a hurry, they threw her into the river again, along with the box.

"Sir, we know we were wrong, sir." The two of them burst into tears.

Yu Linlang ignored it, "When you saw the box floating in the river, which direction did it probably come from?"

The fisherman pointed in the direction without hesitation, and Yu Linlang's eyes became a little subtle.

"Master Yuhu, what have you thought of?" Master Liang scratched his head and still didn't understand, but looking at Master Yuhu's eyes, he seemed to have understood.

Yu Linlang pointed and asked Master Liang, "What direction is that?"

"What direction?" Mr. Liang glanced at it, then patted his forehead, "The capital?"