Travel to ancient times to be a fast catcher

Chapter 147

It was sunny at noon that day, the weather was warm, and the water was calm. He was taking a boat with his friends who came to Dacheng to increase their knowledge, drinking tea outside the cabin. When the boat arrived in Fangchuan County, I suddenly saw a fisherman rowing a boat and escaping from a fork hidden in the reeds in a panic. When he saw a passing boat in the river, he shouted: "Dead, dead!

" The boats came and went like a cloud, and when they heard the fishermen shouting, many guests who were not in such a hurry asked the boatman to lean on the boat to ask why. Yu He and the others were traveling all the way, and the itinerary was not fixed. When they heard that there was a murder case, they also asked the boatman to pull the boat up.

After listening for a while, Yu He understood what was going on. It turned out that the fisherman who had escaped strayed into a tributary of the Pingjiang River where there was no boat on weekdays. At first, he was a little scared when he remembered some legends in the past, but then he thought that no one came to this waterway. The Pingjiang waterway the boat was going to was much richer, and he stumbled into it by mistake this time, so he might have lost it. With that in mind, I got off the net.

It didn't take long to feel the net sinking, and it seemed that a fish had entered the net. After waiting patiently for a while, I estimated that it was almost time, so I closed the net. Unexpectedly, when the fishing net was pulled up, what he saw was not a net full of fish, but a dead body with a large stone slab tied to its chest.

Seeing clearly what was in his net, the fishermen screamed in fright, threw away the net and fled.

Hearing what the fishermen said, the people on the watching boats reacted differently. Some listened to the story and left to continue on their way; some were timid and wanted to watch the excitement and wandered around; those with a clear mind hurriedly reminded the reporter, but no one wanted to go in to find out the truth.

Perhaps it was due to his previous occupation, but after hearing this, Yu He wanted to see the corpse in the unmanned waterway. He asked the fishermen to lead the way, but the fishermen were afraid to re-enter, so they only told him where the fishing nets were. So Yu He asked the boatman to steer the boat into that hidden waterway.

That waterway is impassable for boats, and it has a bad reputation, and the boatman refused to go there. Yu He doubled the boat fare before the boat owner reluctantly agreed. He also emphasized that if he found something strange, he would return even if he didn't arrive, and the boat fare would not be refunded.

Yu He agreed.

They went in quite smoothly. According to what the fishermen said, they found the fishing nets thrown by the fishermen and hung on the reeds in a place three miles into the waterway.

Yu He asked the boatman to help him, pulled up the fishing net, and indeed saw a dead body tied to a stone slab in the fishing net. Yu He wanted to drag the body onto the boat, but the boatman refused to agree. Yu He knows the charm of money, but he suffers from a lack of pockets. Just when he was distressed, his friend who was traveling with him took out the money, and Yu Chuanjia said he would buy his boat.

Seeing that the money given by the other party can completely build a new boat bigger than his current boat, the boatman couldn't resist the temptation and agreed. So the body was salvaged aboard.

When the body was recovered, as a person who wanted to inherit the mantle and be born as a fast-moving policeman, the first thing to do was to find out the cause of death. Yu He squatted down and turned over the corpse, preparing for the autopsy, but was shocked when he saw the face of the corpse clearly.

How could the steamed stuffed bun peddler who was chased by the Hejing County arrest house a year ago die in this waterway without boats! Whether it was the original case of eating by mistake or the case of Qian Zhu being killed later, it was all related to the Hu people. The imperial court issued arrest documents at sea, but they failed to arrest him. They all thought that the peddler had escaped, but they didn't think that the other party had already died here. I just don't know when the other party died.

Thinking of this, Yu He hurriedly checked the time of the hawker's death. This gave him another surprise. The peddler turned out to have died a year ago, not recently! Presumably the peddler died shortly after he escaped.

After confirming the identity of the deceased, Yu He found that the stone slabs tied to the body of the deceased showed signs of breakage, and the ropes that tied the slabs to the corpse also had empty spaces, which proved that the stone slabs that were originally tied to the corpse were much larger than the ones that were tied now. many. Perhaps it was precisely because of the breakage of the stone slab that the weight of the dead body was reduced so that the body was salvaged by fishermen.

The key witness in the case of Qian Zhu's murder was killed here, and there is nothing unusual behind this incident. I don't know what will be involved.

Yu He left a mark on the spot where the body was salvaged, and told the boatman to turn around and return to Pingjiang. He wanted to send the body to the arrest house in Fangchuan County. As soon as I arrived at the fork, I met a boat from Fangchuan County who had received a report from the boatman and came to investigate the situation. The two of them, together with the boatman and the corpse, were taken to the arrest house by the Fangchuan County police.

The boat owner explained that Yu He added money to let his boat enter the uninhabited waterway to search for corpses, and then gave money to buy his boat. Yu He confessed to this, which made the people of Fangchuan county's arrest house suspicious, and detained the two of them as suspects. In order to find out the truth of the case as soon as possible, Yu He revealed that the deceased was a fugitive witness involved in the case a year ago in Hejing County, which is why Chu Xiaoyun appeared here today.

"It is said that the waterway is evil and no one dares to go there. But I found traces of boats in it." While speaking, Yu He leaned towards Chu Xiaoyun and said in a voice that only he could hear.

"There is such a thing?" Chu Xiaoyun looked at him in surprise, "Could it be the boatman and fishermen who got in by mistake?"

After all, the one who found the peddler's body was also a fisherman.

Yu He shook his head: "When I went in that day, I occasionally saw traces of reeds on both sides of the river bank being crushed. It was definitely not traces caused by fishermen or ordinary passenger boats. I thought about it in my heart. A boat."

While talking, the group had arrived at the pier of Fangchuan County, and the policeman in charge of leading the way told them to dismount and change boats, and the two stopped talking. After boarding the boat, Chu Xiaoyun asked the Fangchuan County police: "Why is the section of the waterway where the body was found not left?"

The policeman from Fangchuan County quickly said: "It's a tributary, the river is extremely narrow but the water depth is abnormal, the underwater situation is complicated, and there are few people on boats. It must be very dangerous to sail a boat. Besides, who would leave the big river outside and take those dangerous roads. It is said that some people used to take shortcuts and take that road, and then there were frequent boats going in and out. Come; some people say that there is only one mouth of the river, which can enter and cannot exit, and those who go in again have no accidents. Almost no one left anymore."

"Almost no one left anymore?" Chu Xiaoyun asked suspiciously, "Who else would leave?"

The policeman was taken aback by the question, and then laughed: " For example, the fishermen who found the corpse this time may have strayed into it; and those who are brave and not afraid of death may go hunting for novelty; well, some people say that they saw a fleet sailing in that waterway in the middle of the night, I guess it's just a rumor."

Chu Xiaoyun said: "Why do you know it's just a rumor?"

The policeman said with a smile: "It's just rumors in the streets and alleys. I don't know who said it. I can't find the source and there are no witnesses. Besides, our arrest room also checked the time of the rumors. During that time, there was no record of the ships coming and going in the county. There was no fleet passing through the county during that time. What else could it be other than rumors."

Chu Xiaoyun didn't say anything, just thinking about the arrest of Fangchuan County. Quick words.

After walking on the Pingjiang River for about half an hour, I saw the forked waterway ahead. There are many reeds growing at the entrance of the waterway. If you are not careful, you will not realize that there is a river hidden inside. I passed by here several times up and down Gyeongju Prefecture, but I didn't notice this waterway, let alone ordinary people.

The boat from the arresting house traveled about three miles, and then I heard Yu He said that it had arrived.

Yu He pointed to the strip of cloth tied to the reed: "The corpse was picked up from here last time."

As he spoke, he went to Chu Xiaoyun's side: "Look, is there a broken reed in front? When we came in just now, did you see the broken reed in the narrow waterway?" Chu Xiaoyun

nodded , indicating that he has noticed.

At this time, Fangchuan county police officers quickly said to them: "The man has been dead for a year, but the body has not been corrupted, but I don't know why? Our county officials can't explain why. They only say that this situation is rare in the water. Yes."

In the county government, their own arresting room has already given a conclusion, even if they still have doubts in their hearts, it is natural for them not to ask others. But he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, now that he had the opportunity to come out, without many restraints, he naturally dared to ask.

In fact, Chu Xiaoyun knows about this problem. This abandoned river is narrow and deep, and the peddlers are thrown into it by tying stone slabs. Soaking in such a river where the water flow is almost static all the year round and isolated from the air, naturally they will not be corrupted. . But in this era, as a policeman, he was still not sure if he knew whether these were super class, so he still looked at Yu He.

Looking at the deep river, Yu He was silent for a moment and said: "Probably it has something to do with the water. Do you know the principle of making pickled vegetables? If you put the vegetables in the water, the vegetables will not be corrupted, but if they are exposed outside, they will soon be spoiled." .This river is narrow and deep, and the water flow is still, which must be more conducive to the preservation of corpses." The

police nodded half understanding.

Chu Xiaoyun concluded from the side: "Based on the introductions of Yu He and my colleagues from Fangchuan County on the way here, two points should be certain. The fisherman was able to pick up the corpse. One is that the corpse was tied More than half of the stone slab was broken, and the weight was reduced a lot, which caused the body to float up and be salvaged by fishermen; another point shows that there were no boats in this river, or only the murderer sailed from here, so that no one found it for more than a year The corpse sinks in the water."

When Chu Xiaoyun said these words, everyone on the boat was stunned. The policeman leading the way in Fangchuan County asked, "What do you think the policeman Chu thinks?"



Chu Xiaoyun said: "If that wasn't the case, why did the deceased die here? Could it be that he or they are not afraid? Since he or they dare to come here to kill people, if they can walk once, they may walk countless times." To the deep river. On the way here, the Fangchuan county policeman once said that there is only one mouth of this river, and you can go in but not out, and nothing happened when you go in. Now he looks at this river. The flow of water is indeed almost forbidden. If it is really a river, how can it be so? Is this river really impassable? But how to explain the fleet of ships that someone saw sailing in this river, or the traces of reeds that they saw on the way here?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiaoyun said: "If you want to solve this case, you have to figure out what's going on with this river. Today, let's take this river through it!"