Ripe Town 繁城之下 Episode 1

In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, a bizarre murder occurred in the wheat fields of Qijiapu in Jiangnan County. Two detectives from the county government's express team (Qu Sangeng and Gao Shicong) rushed to the scene after receiving the report. There was a neatly dressed scarecrow in the middle of the wheat field. Qu Sandeng used a wooden stick to lift the scarecrow's big straw hat, and a familiar face came into view. The deceased's face was unusually pale. Qu Sandeng immediately collapsed on the ground. This man was tied up as a scarecrow. The corpse in the strange shape turned out to be his master, Leng Wuji.

The news spread like wildfire. Song Chen, the county magistrate, was interrogating a case when he suddenly heard the sad news of Leng Wuji's murder from his subordinates. He didn't show much surprise.

The body was brought back to the county government office, and everyone discovered that Leng Wuji was not tied to a wooden frame, but had a mulberry wood sedan pole running across his body and fixed to the wooden frame. This showed how vicious the murderer was. After analysis, Leng Wuji Wuji's real cause of death was suffocation. After unloading the body, a sentence was engraved on the sedan pole: My way is consistent.

Based on the existing evidence, Wei Zhixian guessed that the murderer might be a bearer of a sedan chair. Qu Sangeng raised objections. Most of the bearers were rough men who didn't know a lot of Chinese characters. However, the murderer quoted a classic and left a sentence. Song Chen analyzed that the murderer It is possible that he was a child scholar.

Master He told Wei Zhixian that Wei Zhixian has always had a rich cultural heritage and a prosperous academic atmosphere. It is said that there are at least five or six hundred young scholars. It is not easy to identify them one by one. Wei Zhixian is in trouble. Seeing Wei Zhixian frowning. Zhan, Master He offered another plan. Why not report the case to the government office and ask for instructions.

Weizhi County finally threw out the hot potato and was very satisfied with Master He's proposal. Song Chen asked Weizhi County for instructions. Leng Wuji was killed and the fast class had no arrests. According to the usual practice, the leader of Zaoban Yi should be temporarily supervised by Weizhi County. There was no time to listen carefully, so he just told Song Chen to make arrangements according to common sense.

Facing Leng Wuji's corpse, Qu Sangen had a lot of thoughts. A year ago, he and Zhang Laosan from the fast class had a dispute because Zhang Laosan took advantage of it and bullied orphans and widows. He couldn't stand it and secretly helped the weak. After Leng Wuji learned about it, not only did he not support Qu Sangeng, but To help Zhang Laosan pay the medical expenses, Qu Sangeng explained again and again, but Leng Wuji just said lightly: Justice is a long way around.

Returning to reality, Qu Sangen asked Squad Leader Yi about his investigation ideas about Leng Wuji's murder. Originally in the fast class, except for Leng Wuji, Qu Sangen was basically the second in charge. In order to establish his prestige, Squad Leader Yi He was indifferent to Qu Sangeng's question and asked Kuaiban about the past investigation process. Qu Sangeng went through it one by one: interviewing the scene, interviewing the victim, interviewing whereabouts, and then looking for a bank to fight.

Squad leader Yi replied to Qu Sangeng that among the above methods, Qu Sangeng was the most convenient to investigate, and he had no way to start. Qu Sangeng saw that the other party was not focused on solving the case at all, so he asked to send at least two or three experienced police officers. Home fort visit.

Bantou Yi became dissatisfied when he saw Qu Sangeng dictating to him. The two got into an argument, but Bantou Kuai Jin Er intervened and the two calmed down.

After leaving the soap class, Qu Sangeng went to Leng Wuji's home to visit his wife. Leng Wuji's daughter Leng Guier went out to greet her and told Qu Sangeng that the most important thing for the family to maintain now was to find the murderer and avenge her father.

In order to understand the meaning of the message on the wooden frame, Qu Sangeng and Gao Shicong went to the school to ask their teacher for help. Their close friend Feng Kechui happened to be passing by. Seeing Qu Sangeng's confusion, he helped to explain it. He talked for a long time without saying a word. Said it into Qu Sangen's heart. But it brings some inspiration. If you want to find the murderer, maybe you should start with the old cases that Leng Wuji has handled.

Qu Sangen checked the files, and Song Chen told Qu Sangen that only the cases that were solved were recorded, so there were not many clues for evidence collection.

Still without any clues, Qu Sangen found Leng Wuji's waistband and was going to clean it and put it away. Gao Shicong suddenly thought that on the day of Leng Wuji's accident, he didn't bring his waistband when he left the express shift. It shouldn't be business. Qu Sangeng I immediately thought of a place to go.

The two rushed to Cuihua Building. Qu Sangeng went directly to Lin Siniang to inquire about the situation. Lin Siniang did not know the news about Leng Wuji's murder. When Qu Sangeng explained her intention, Lin Siniang suddenly lost control of her emotions and kept sobbing. Qu Sangeng had to avoid it first. .

It turned out that Lin Siniang was Leng Wuji's best friend, and the two had always been in contact. After Lin Siniang regained some control over her emotions, she told Qu Sangeng that Leng Wuji had indeed been to Cuihua Building on the day of the accident and mentioned that the newly appointed magistrate of the county government, Wei County, was a cat official.

Leng Wuji has been a head catcher for more than 20 years and has served many magistrates. Therefore, he divided the officials into five categories: wolves, dogs, snakes, rats, and cats. Wolves are ferocious and greedy, dogs are relatively incompetent, snakes are good at avoiding, rats, dogs, and flies. Cats are docile and narcissistic and like to be praised.