Yang Qing had no other choice at this time, so he had to wait in the main hall with the master and servant. During this period, other people in the mansion and the neighbors who came to help also came to report new news one after another, but there was not much news among them.

Very valuable. However, Yang Qing did not sit idle and wait. He took the opportunity to ask everyone about Xinlan's basic situation, and he also had a general understanding of the missing maid.

The sky today has been gloomy, and the sun has not penetrated through the thick clouds at noon. Xia Houyue has already asked someone to change a cup of tea for Yang Qing, but Mulan has not returned yet, and no one from the government has appeared.

Just when Yang Qing and others were bored and wanted to go to the courtyard, Aunt Gu and Mulan finally came in with people from the government. He got up and followed Xia Houyue out of the hall door. When he looked up, he found that Zhao Fang was accompanying him.

The leading gentleman turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Ms. Xiahou, this is County Assistant Huang of the county. We have been ordered by County Magistrate Hu to investigate the disappearance of your maidservant." Zhao Fangzheng introduced Xiahouyue.

Xia Houyue stepped forward and bowed: "Young lady, you have seen Huang County Zuo. Please come in and talk."

"Ms. Xiahou is polite. The county magistrate heard about this and was very concerned about it. I have specially ordered you to come and deal with it." After all, the Xiahou family is an official family. Although the family fortune has begun to decline, its heritage can still bless another generation or two. Therefore,

Huang County Zuo was also very polite.

He was about to follow Xia Houyue into the house when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yang Qing standing next to him and hurriedly came over to greet him: "Hey... I never thought that Yang Langjun was also here. I have met Langjun."

Yang Qing smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to be polite, County Assistant Huang. Qing didn't expect that the person coming from the government was actually Huang County Assistant leading the team."

"It turns out that Huang County Assistant and Yang Langjun know each other, and the little girl is about to introduce them. This will save the slave family from wasting their time." Xia Houyue said in surprise.

"Haha, I am familiar with Yang Langjun. Not long ago, it was with Yang Langjun's help that the wife-murder case in Chenjiacun was quickly solved. This time, Yang Langjun happens to be here. I believe he will be able to find it quickly.

It belongs to the missing maid in your mansion." Huang Xianzuo explained to Xia Houyue, then turned to Yang Qing and said: "If County Lieutenant Li knows that Lang Jun is here, it is impossible to say that he is the County Lieutenant who came in person today.

"

"Qing also misses Brother Ziyu very much, and is thinking of visiting him again when he has some free time in the past few days. After today's work, I would like to ask Huang County Zuo to say hello to Brother Ziyu on my behalf."

"sure."

Seeing that everyone had sat down, Yang Qing said, "Huang County Assistant, I'll wait until I have time to talk about gossip. It's better to deal with business first."

"It should be so." Huang County responded: "Ms. Xiahou, I have heard Mulan and Zhao Fangzheng tell me about the matter. I think that my maid Xinlan probably encountered an accident. The key is that Xinlan returned to the mansion after leaving the Wang family's motorcade.

This section of road is basically fixed, so the top priority is to investigate whether Xinlan has seen her on her return journey, the surrounding areas and the people on the roadside."

Yang Qing secretly gave Huang County Zuobi a thumbs up in his heart. This man really had something to offer. He was indeed an experienced official with many years of experience. His ideas for handling cases were quite sophisticated, which could be said to coincide with his own.

"Huang County Assistant, Qing thinks that in addition to the investigation along the street, another key point is the confessions of everyone in the Wang family. From the current point of view, they are the last people to have seen Xinlan. Their stories are very important to what we are waiting for next.

The search is crucial, you may not know where to get clues," Yang Qing added.

Huang County Zuo thought about it for a while and decided to follow Yang Qing's suggestion. He immediately ordered the thieves to search along the route that Xinlan went to chase the carriage last night, and ordered his subordinates to go to the county temple to inform the county lieutenant Li Yu to come.

He was in charge of the overall situation. After all, he had to ask the Wang family, but his identity could not suppress the scene. Moreover, if Li County Lieutenant heard that Yang Qing was here, he would be happy to come, and he had sold himself a small favor.

Osmanthus Alley is a secluded place, and the adjacent streets are mostly residential areas with few commercial activities, so it is much more convenient for the officials to search. Huang County Assistant accompanied Yang Qing and Xia Houyue to sit down

Under a big locust tree, he had ordered someone to report as soon as he had any clues. The waiting at this time was boring, and everyone was silent. Huang County Zuoyou wanted to open his mouth to liven up the atmosphere, but he saw that Yang Qing had already

He began to close his eyes and rest his mind, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva and hold back the words he was about to say.

Fortunately, everyone was not kept waiting for too long. A thief came to report that he had found clues in the alley ahead. This made Yang Qing and his party finally able to relax a little, and everyone rushed over without delay.

"Old Li Tou, have you found any clues?" As soon as they arrived at the place, Huang County Assistant couldn't wait to ask an old thief.

"When I returned to Xianzuo, I saw a pile of leaves piled here, but this location was still a few steps away from the locust tree next to it, and the leaves all around were scattered on the ground. I thought there was something fishy here.

, so I dare not move lightly and wait for the county sergeant to come and deal with it." Old Li Tou pointed to a pile of leaves on the ground and said to the county sergeant Huang.

Huang Xianzuo nodded: "Yes, Lao Li, you did a great job. You are worthy of being an old man in the county, and you have rich experience."

"Yang Langjun, what do you think?"

"Haha, Qing doesn't know, but Huang County Assistant still has people sweep the leaves away to prevent me from waiting here to guess." Yang Qing said with a smile.

Qiu Thief, who was present, swept away the leaves in a few moments. Everyone gathered around and looked closely but found nothing. They couldn't help but feel disappointed, but then someone discovered something unusual.

Old Li leaned over and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground with his hands, and held it in front of Huang Xianzuo: "Xianzuo, the land here has just been renovated."

"Huang County Assistant Qing also thought there was something buried underneath, so he asked a few gentlemen to dig it out gently."

Huang County Assistant did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "In that case, Old Li Tou, you guys should dig up the soil quickly."

Lao Li Tou and another Qiu used a hoe to gently dig up the new soil. He didn't dig twice when he felt something hard, and then asked his companion to stop. He slowly pushed the soil aside.

After a few breaths, a stone large enough to be held by one hand was revealed.

When everyone looked at it, they saw that the stone was stained with blood. Seeing the blood-stained stone, Huang County Zuo was immediately excited and immediately ordered the excavation to continue to find more clues. After a while, mixed in the soil,

More than a dozen leaves and thumb-sized rags were dug out. Of course, these leaves and the rag were also stained with blood.

"Everyone, it seems that this place is a murder scene that has been hastily covered up." Yang Qing bent down and picked up the stone and observed it in detail: "The blood stains on the stone are obviously human blood, and this stone is obviously human blood.

It’s the murder weapon. And this place is at the end of an alley. I just saw this alley, and there are uninhabited and dilapidated houses on both sides of the alley. It seems that this is the murder place deliberately chosen by the murderer."

"As for the person who was hit by this stone, Qing thought it was most likely Xinlan." Yang Qing held the piece of rag in his right hand and said to Mulan: "Mulan, I remember you said this morning that Xinlan was the one who was in the body yesterday.

Wearing light green clothes, right?"

Mulan replied with a serious face: "Yes."

"That's right. Nine times out of ten, Xinlan was hit with a stone and bled here."

"Where did the Xinlan people go?" Xia Houyue on the side asked anxiously.

"It's still impossible to tell whether Xinlan was injured and taken away, or whether she was killed and her body was moved to another place?" Yang Qing replied.

Huang Xianzuo interjected at this time: "Yang Langjun, is it possible that Xinlan was killed and still buried here?"

"There is no such possibility. Only the soil under the pile of leaves has been renovated, and the rest of the place has no trace of being renovated. Moreover, the depth of the pit where the murderer buried the murder weapon and blood stains is less than one foot. I think the murderer was afraid that he would be renovated.

When people found it, they had to bury it in a hurry and leave." Yang Qing said.

Huang Xianzuo lightly hit his left palm with his right fist: "I see, but how should we trace Xinlan's trace next?"

Yang Qing sighed softly and said: "At a certain moment, I had no clue, so I had to ask the county magistrate to continue asking the officials to go along the street to ask if anyone had seen Xinlan. The rest was to wait for County Lieutenant Li to come and take me there.

The Wang family asked about it."

I don’t know whether the murderer was intentional or just lucky, but there was no trace of the murderer at the scene. Yang Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly in his heart. According to the scene, the murderer’s method of committing the crime was very simple, that is, he hit Xinlan with a stone. In fact, from a certain
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