Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What to do if you are beheaded at the beginning?

Di Renjie and Xue Zhengqing came to the Luozhou government office.

Because of the last scholar's riot, the previous Li Jingzhao Yin had been dismissed and exiled. This time, a new one was replaced. His surname was Song. He was from the same family as the Song Zhen, but he was not from the Song family of Fenzhou.

"Song Jingzhao Yin, congratulations."

"Hahaha, Xue Siqing, congratulations."

Both of them were newly appointed officials, so they naturally had to be polite.

Di Renjie sat aside and listened to Xue Zhengqing and Song Jingzhao Yin bragging.

Although Xue Zhengqing was a lazy person, he was a good person and was the kind of person who was familiar with people.

As long as he wanted to get familiar with you, he would always bring up an inexplicable relationship.

Song Jingzhao Yin blinked his eyes, and he was a little suspicious of his ears.

"My son is actually the childhood playmate of the child ... Even Di Renjie was stunned. Old Xue, are you sure you are not fooling people?

"Old Song." After getting familiar with each other, Xue Zhengqing took Song Jingzhaoyin's shoulder and said intimately.

"Look, we have a case in the Dali Temple, and we need your Luozhou government office to cooperate."

"Hey, Old Xue, what is our relationship? Of course we have to cooperate."

"Hahaha, okay. Thank you in advance."

"Okay, okay."

When Di Renjie came out of Luozhou government office, he was completely confused.

Isn't this all too smooth?

He originally thought that it would take some twists and turns, after all, he heard that people in Luozhou government office are not easy to talk to.

He looked at Xue Zhengqing who was whistling leisurely in front of him, thinking to himself.

Although Old Xue doesn't look very reliable, it must be said that he is worth learning in terms of dealing with people.

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Di Renjie returned to Yihe Village with more than 30 officials from Luozhou government office.

"Di Sicheng, the man you described seems to be the fourth boatman."

"The boatman?"

"Yes, his ancestors have been rowing boats on the Yi River for generations, responsible for picking up people to cross the river, and sometimes they also undertake to carry some heavy goods."

Di Renjie, led by the official of Luozhou Prefecture, came to the home of the fourth boatman.

He knocked on the door gently, and an old woman came out.

"This young official, have you found my son?"

"Hmm?" Di Renjie immediately turned back and looked at the official of Luozhou Prefecture.

The leading clerk leader was named Mao Wenlin. He pulled Di Renjie with an embarrassed look: "Di Sicheng, talk over here."

"What's going on?"

"Well, the thing is, after our Luozhou Prefecture received the report from the old woman, we went to the Yi River to look for him, but we really couldn't find him in the vast river, so we hastily closed the case."

Di Renjie was silent. In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with the practice of Luozhou Prefecture.

It is even reasonable.

Why?

This is the unspoken rule of this era. If you have no name or surname and no prominent identity, the officials will basically deal with you casually.

After all, there are so many things to do every day. Who would spend a lot of time, manpower and material resources to investigate for a commoner?

What's more, if the boatman Lao Si really sank into the Yi River, you can't find him.

However, doing this will hurt an old mother.

Di Renjie calmed down and pulled the old man to sit on the bench in the yard.

He asked, "Grandma, when did your son disappear?"

"I'm too old to remember, it seems to be after the Qingming Festival."

"Did anyone special come to your house during that time?"

The old man raised his head and frowned, and recalled seriously: "It seems so. Three men in black clothes and hats."

"What did they come to your house for?"

"It seems to be to discuss some business with my son, I don't know the details."

"Then what?" Di Renjie's eyes lit up, he seemed to have found a breakthrough.

"Then, my son agreed to them. Those people left."

Sure enough! So that's it!

Di Renjie can basically be sure that the three thieves are just crossing the river and destroying the bridge!

In order to avoid being exposed, they brutally killed the fourth tracker.

In this way, they can save money and satisfy their violent desires.

Then the question is?

Why did they beat the fourth tracker to death when they could have simply stabbed him to death?

Is there a possibility?

Did the fourth boatman discover their secret?

From this point of view, the three thieves should be habitual offenders who specialize in stealing important things.

It is very likely that there is actually a buyer hiding in the dark behind them.

Otherwise, and would not stare at the Buddha head of Tian Khan to steal.

However, there is one thing Di Renjie did not understand, why did the other party bury the Buddha head in a lonely grave for half a month?

According to common sense, it should be traded immediately after stealing?

Could it be that there was a problem with the transaction? The price was not agreed upon?

Di Renjie thought of many possibilities at once.

Before leaving, Mao Wenlin whispered: "Di Sicheng, should we tell her the truth?"

"......" Di Renjie didn't know what to do for a while.

If the truth is told directly, the old man is in poor health now, and he may die on the spot because of excessive grief.

If you choose to conceal it, then the old man will not be able to see his son in the end and die regretfully.

No matter which choice is made, it is a tragedy.

And the three thieves are the ones who caused this tragedy!

Then, Di Renjie thought of visiting the young woman next door to Xue Zhong.

He suddenly thought of a plan.

"Why not try what Shouzheng said, fishing enforcement?"

Di Renjie's eyes lit up!

So, he led more than 30 Luozhou government officials openly, so high-profile that you might not see it.

After staying in the house for a long time, he finally came out.

Before leaving, he arranged more Dali Temple officials to ambush around the village, quietly waiting for the fish to take the bait.

At the same time, he spread the word that he had found the Buddha's head and drew a portrait of the thief based on the description of Xue Zhong's neighbor.

After making all these preparations, Di Renjie looked back at Yihe Village and smiled meaningfully.

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Song Zhen came out of Pingkangfang and rode alone to Longmen Grottoes.

Here, it is still in full swing, with about 500 workers from the Ministry of Works working here.

Maybe they don't know that they are doing a very great project.

"Old Song, why are you here?"

Cui Mengzhu jumped down from the wooden frame excitedly when she saw Song Zhen.

She arched her nose and frowned.

"What did you do? Why do you smell so good?"

"I went to examine the corpse. I had no choice but to take a bath in Pingkangfang to get rid of the corpse odor."

"Hmph!"

"Let me see what you are painting?"

"Don't look!" Cui Mengzhu hugged him from behind.

Song Zhen smiled and said, "Okay, okay, then I won't look. I will come with you again in more than 1,400 years, okay?"

Speaking of this, Cui Mengzhu lowered her head, with sadness in her eyes.

"Even if we go back, we are not who we are now."

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