Concubine

Chapter 505 Corpse Source
Xing'er said: "When I was cutting the insoles, I compared them with your shoes. At that time you went out to work."

"I can't tell, you little girl is still clever. Then I have to wear it." Yang Tashan put the two pairs of insoles on the table, took off the boots on his feet, and took the pair embroidered with lotus flowers. The insole took a look, and clicked his tongue twice: "Such a beautiful insole is simply a work of art. It's a pity to use it to cushion shoes. It's a bit of a pity."

Xing'er blushed, put down the cattail fan, took the fast boots and insoles from Yang Tashan, helped him to put them up, and said: "If the young master has a good eye, Xing'er will make you a few more pairs in the future."

Yang Tashan put on the boots, took a few steps back and forth, and nodded: "Well, it's really good, it fits well and is comfortable."

"That's good." Xing'er was very happy, "Master, I'll go wash your changed clothes." After finishing speaking, she went into the bathroom.

Yang Tashan continued to lie on the grand teacher's chair, shaking the cattail fan to enjoy the shade, thinking about the case that happened during the day.At this moment, Xing'er's voice was heard: "Master, why do you have the portrait of this eldest sister?"

When Yang Tashan turned his head, he saw Xing'er holding a piece of paper in his hand. It was the portrait of the murder victim today. He brought it back from the yamen to ponder the case. After taking off his clothes just now, he put it in the bathroom.

Hearing Xing'er's words, Yang Tashan's heart moved, and he asked, "What? Do you know this woman?"

Xing'er nodded: "My mother and I fled famine to Qingyang last year. At that time, there were a lot of victims, and the food from the court had not yet arrived. My mother and I lived in the Temple of the City God. This elder sister also fled from the famine. My mother and I I was really hungry, and it was the eldest sister who survived after sharing half of our buns."

Yang Tashan was very excited and hurriedly asked: "Who is this eldest sister? What is her name? Where is she from?"

Xing'er shook her head apologetically: "I only know that she also came to Qingyang with her family fleeing famine, and she also lived in the Town God's Temple, but at that time there were too many victims and the Town God's Temple was chaotic. I went out to beg for food, and I never saw her again."

"Are you sure it's her?"

"I'm sure, she is the savior of my mother and me, how could I forget it. Later, my mother and I were begging in the city, and we never saw her again."

"Can you tell where she is from by her accent?"

"I remember that her accent seems to be from Shaanxi, where exactly is from Shaanxi, because we only said a few words and she left. At that time, my mother and I were almost hungry and fainted, so we didn't carefully distinguish her accent. .”

Shaanxi?This range is too large.Yang Tashan asked: "Think about it again and see if you can think of anything that can tell the identity of this woman?"

Xing'er asked nervously, "Is something wrong with this eldest sister?"

"She was killed, and her body was found in Pingtougou outside Nancheng. This is the case I went to solve today."

Xing'er let out an ah, holding the paper, tears streaming down her face.

Yang Tashan stood up and walked over, gently hugging Xing'er's shoulder: "The young master will definitely catch the murderer and avenge this kind elder sister."

Xing'er nodded with tears in her eyes, sobbing softly.

Yang Tashan said: "Think about it carefully, how can we find out the origin of this eldest sister's identity, because we now suspect that this eldest sister died of love murder, we need to find her relatives."

Xing'er thought for a while: "It seems that she escaped from the famine with a man at that time, I don't know if it is his husband."

"A man?" Yang Tashan asked hastily, "What kind of man? Have you seen him?"

Xing'er shook her head: "Looking at it from a distance, the man called her outside the Town God's Temple, and she left. I didn't see the man's appearance clearly."

Yang Tashan was a little disappointed, and asked, "Did that man escape from famine?"

"Judging from her clothes, she is fleeing famine. Her accent is similar to that of the eldest sister. I don't know if it is his husband or brother."

That's all Xing'er can remember, Yang Tashan saw that it was still early, and decided to report the news to Cheng Ziqin immediately.

Hearing that Yang Tashan was going out again, Xing'er hurried to get Yang Tashan's waist knife, waist badge and iron ruler.Yang Tashan hurried to the prefect's yamen arrest squad.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the thin monkey walking out in a hurry, and the two almost bumped into each other. When the thin monkey saw Yang Tashan, he said happily: "Catcher Yang, catcher Cheng wants me to go find you, so you come here." Yes, that's great, go in quickly. Headhunter Cheng is waiting for you in the living room."

When Yang Tashan came to the living room, Cheng Ziqin was a little surprised: "Hey, why are you here so quickly?"

Yang Tashan said: "I have something to report about the female corpse case, so I came here."

"It's just right, I want to find you too." Cheng Ziqin asked Yang Tashan to sit down, "The brothers sent out have inquired about Lizheng in all the Lizhengs in the city of Qingyang Prefecture and nearby villages, and there are a few missing women. After the portraits, they were all ruled out, but when asked about Lizheng in Xicheng, he said that the woman seemed to have escaped famine and came to Qingyang Mansion. When he counted the victims, he had a little impression, but he was not sure."

"Great, what Li Zheng said should be true, because my maid, Xing'er, once saw this girl when she fled to Qingyang. She killed half of them and saved their lives, so Xing'er remembered the woman's appearance. However, they didn't talk much, and the woman left, and she was never seen again, so she didn't know the identity of the woman. .”

Cheng Ziqin said happily: "If this is the case, there should be a registration of this woman there. At that time, the victims of the disaster relief in Qingyang Prefecture were all registered. Let's go to Li Zheng immediately."

Cheng Ziqin and Yang Tashan hurried to Xicheng with three police officers and found Li Zheng.Zheng's surname here is Zheng, and he is the Lizheng of the Old Town God's Temple, which is equivalent to the current director of the street office.An old man in his fifties.

After Cheng Ziqin briefly stated their speculation, Zheng Lizheng was surprised and happy when he heard that his estimation was correct, and hurriedly dug out the registration stub of the disaster victims during last year's disaster relief.

At that time, there were a lot of victims who fled famine to Qingyang Prefecture. The local districts were registering the victims so that relief food could be distributed according to their hair. There were stubs of the registration of victims in every district, and the originals were to be sent to the magistrate’s office for preservation.

However, although Lizheng had this impression, after half a year, he could no longer remember what the woman's name was. According to the register of disaster victims, there were hundreds of victims registered in the Town God's Temple area at that time, which was a thick book.Since Li Zheng couldn't remember clearly, he could only check one by one.

Cheng Ziqin and other arresting officers were dumbfounded looking at the thick stack of rosters, how could there be so many people check it?
Yang Tashan said: "The deceased was a woman, about 23 years old. Based on these two characteristics, we will conduct investigations and find out possible women first."

According to Yang Tashan's arrangement, several police officers began to investigate. They first separated out all the female victims, and then found out the victims in the age group of 20 to 25 years old according to the age in the registration book. However, there were still 48 victims.The number is still too large to investigate.

Yang Tashan thought for a while, and then said: "According to Xing'er, this woman fled from the famine with another man at that time, and that man may be her husband or brother. And the situation with siblings."

This range is smaller. After investigation, the range was reduced to seventeen.

Yang Tashan said again: "According to Xing'er's recollection, this woman seems to be from Shaanxi with her accent, let's check her place of origin again."

In ancient China, on the one hand, the common people paid great attention to the concept of the countryside, and on the other hand, the government strictly prohibited the peasants from migrating at will. Therefore, this accent can explain the problem very well.The famine this time spread across Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places, and the victims were displaced everywhere, but most of the people who fled to Qingyang Prefecture were local victims of the disaster in Shaanxi.

After the origin investigation, the scope was narrowed down to twelve.

They copied the situation of the twelve women, and then returned to the yamen arrest squad.

Cheng Ziqin said: "Now that the famine has basically passed, these people should have returned to their hometowns. We must immediately send someone to bring portraits to the hometowns of these twelve women to investigate and compare them."

Yang Tashan agreed.

These twelve women belong to different places in Shaanxi, and the farthest journey takes more than 20 days. To be on the safe side, two people need to be sent to each place. There are only 22 arrests in the prefect yamen of Qingyang Prefecture, and they cannot all be dispatched. Besides, Cheng Ziqin and Yang Tashan need to sit in command and wait for news.We had to send a catcher and a Minzhuang to each place.

After the personnel were dispatched, they waited for the news.So busy now, I have something to look forward to.

In the evening, when we were walking around the Yamen, the heat of these days finally attracted a summer rain. The summer rain is just like a child’s face, and it also changes as it says. .

Yang Tashan was standing on the steps of the yamen police squad room. At this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the whole world was shrouded in a white rain curtain. The rainwater dripping from the eaves of the squad room was like broken pearls, forming a There was a bead curtain of rain.After a while, the yard was filled with puddles of various sizes.

Cheng Ziqin lived in the yamen. Seeing this scene, he said to Yang Tashan: "Brother Tashan, come and sit in my room for a while. Anyway, you can't leave now under such heavy rain."

Yang Tashan said: "Okay, but, I'm going to be my sister's boudoir, wouldn't that be great?"

Cheng Ziqin smiled and said, "I've said it all, you are brothers after entering the six doors, but you are so particular, let's go." Walking along the platform to the backyard of the police squad, Yang Tashan followed her later.

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