Chapter 18: Peeling off the cocoon, Ye Xuan’s discovery!

Chapter 18: Peeling off the silk from the cocoon, Ye Xuan’s discovery!
Ye Xuan first dismissed the people from the yamen, and whispered for a while with several Jinyiwei in disguise. Basically, what was described was not much different from what Zhou Pu's subordinates had described.

At this point, the case seems to have reached a stalemate, but in Ye Xuan's opinion, it is precisely the absence of a problem that makes it seem like a big problem!

The death of Qingquan County Magistrate Zhou Pu was as if there was an invisible and intangible hand behind it, manipulating things.

"It's really watertight..." Looking at Zhou Pu in front of him, whose expression was frozen at the moment of death, Ye Xuan couldn't help but sigh softly with his hands behind his back.

Then he turned his head and looked at the group of people who were looking at him, waiting for a decision.

Ye Xuan waved his hand: "This matter is not simple. Wang Feihu's men are keeping an eye on Zhou Pu's body and they won't leave! From now on, no one is allowed to take anything out of the county government office!"

After that, he said to Song Zhenshan, "Take my order. As long as the death of County Magistrate Zhou Pu is not investigated, no one in the yamen can leave! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"

Hearing this, Song Zhenshan clasped his fists and accepted the order, while his brows also changed.

They all work for the Imperial Guards.

Since Ye Xuan, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, issued such an order, it means that Ye Xuan is convinced that the death of Qingquan County Magistrate Zhou Pu is inseparable from the Qingquan County government?
Seeing that Song Zhenshan was organized and efficient, he repeatedly asked people to leave, summoned people, and guarded the important gates leading out of the yamen.

Ye Xuan left the morgue and once again instructed the two Jinyiwei guards who stayed there not to let anyone touch Zhou Pu's body.

After all, if a breakthrough cannot be found in other places, then we may have to start with Zhou Pu.

Although the case is now confusing, he is still determined in his heart.

In this small piece of land in Qingquan County, to be able to do something so flawlessly, you can just attribute it to the power of Qingquan County!

In Qingquan County, apart from the deceased county magistrate Zhou Pu, who is the most powerful?
If it is not in this yamen, then it must be in Qingquan County!

After thinking for a moment, Ye Xuan waved his hand expressionlessly, "I want to see the file!"

"All the files from Qingquan County in the past half month!"

……

In fact, when Ye Xuan came to the place where the Qingquan County files were stored and saw the files from the past half month, he realized that it was very difficult to find something unusual from the files!
At least it will be difficult until we figure out who killed Zhou Pu.

The narrative of the file is very simple, just about which day, what happened, what happened, etc.

It seems that trying to get what you want from such files is likely to be futile, and may even make things more complicated in the end.

So Ye Xuan made a prompt decision and started reading the file that only recorded the death of County Magistrate Zhou Pu.

Standing under the tall shelf, holding a thick file, Ye Xuan was immersed in it.

Around them, several Jinyiwei were holding knives and standing alert, not allowing anyone to disturb their captain.

a long time.

Ye Xuan withdrew his mind from the file and reviewed the information obtained from the file in his mind.

The cause of all this was that not long ago, homicides began to occur frequently in Qingquan County, which had been peaceful for a long time.

This made Zhou Pu, the magistrate of Qingquan County, very concerned. The crime took place in the woods outside the city, and it happened at night.

Therefore, Zhou Pu ordered the people from the yamen to wait in the grove at nightfall.

However, the reality went against one's wishes. The grove was neither big nor small, and everything became peaceful as soon as the yamen runners left. But if they were withdrawn, someone would die tragically in the woods the next day.

Therefore, the files recorded that the county magistrate Zhou Pu suspected that the murderer had a spy in the county government, and this was the last time, he decided to leave the city by himself!
The only people who knew about this plan were Zhou Liu, the security guard Zhou Pu brought from his hometown, Ma Wu, the servant, and Deng Hu, the county chief constable who was a native of Qingquan County!
The three of them waited in the city, waiting for Zhou Pu to use a flaring arrow as a signal.

However, the three of them did not receive any signal from Zhou Pu until the next day. When they went to check again, Zhou Pu, the county magistrate, had been dead for a long time.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan felt even more certain.

The murderer must be related to some people in the county government, or even someone in the county government!

He finally came to a vague conclusion.

On the night Zhou Pu died, there must be something wrong among the guard Zhou Liu, the servant Ma Wu, and the head of the police Deng Hu!
But we must not alert the enemy now, otherwise all our efforts will be wasted.

Ye Xuan looked up and saw Song Zhenshan waiting not far away. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the crime scene outside the city..."

On the way to the woods outside the city, Ye Xuan told Song Zhenshan and other Jinyiwei some of his conclusions.

This made Song Zhenshan curious.

"According to what you said, the spy on the night Zhou Pu died was Deng Hu? After all, Zhou Liu and Ma Wu both had close ties with Zhou Pu."

When the group arrived at the grove where the crime was committed, Song Zhenshan and several Jinyiwei observed for a moment, then turned to Ye Xuan who was also looking around and said:
"Sir, the footprints are scattered everywhere, and the various traces left are unclear as to what they are. How can we investigate?"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan narrowed his eyes and scanned the surroundings, finally settling his sights on the felled tree not far away: "Look carefully at that tree, there are bloodstains on the bark, and they are still fresh..."

Song Zhenshan and others walked over and took a look, and indeed found bloodstains on the bark of the tree, which were obviously caused not long ago.

Suddenly, several Jinyiwei frowned and looked thoughtful.

Song Zhenshan looked at Ye Xuan in surprise: "How did you know that these bloodstains appeared not long ago? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Of course I didn't see it, but I smelled a faint scent of blood. And you should have noticed that the bloodstains on the tree were very light. According to my speculation, the murderer may have returned here again and set up a maze."

Ye Xuan said seriously: "Now I want to see who is so bold as to attack the magistrate of Qingquan County..."

Song Zhenshan nodded slightly, then said:
"Sir, I will send someone to seal off this forest to prevent the murderer from coming here again. I will also arrange two brothers to secretly investigate the mystery of Zhou Pu's death. Once they find any clues or evidence, they will report to you!"

After saying this, Song Zhenshan ordered people to seal off the forest!

"Well, let's do it."

Ye Xuan nodded, then turned around and walked towards a distance, as if he had an idea.

Looking at Ye Xuan's back, Song Zhenshan admired him in his heart. The captain was often able to unravel a case and get closer to the truth, which was something that his subordinates could never match.

(End of this chapter)