Chapter 25 The case of the corpse floating in the well

Just when Su Xuan was surprised by her discovery, a large amount of well water flowed out of the deceased's mouth. It can be seen that the deceased should have drowned, but how exactly he drowned is unknown.

"How did you open the manhole cover?" Su Xuan stood up and walked back to the wellhead, stretched out her hand to touch the crack near the wellhead, and asked the man.

The noodle shop boy just told the shopkeeper that the well was opened when the boys needed water to repair the house in the backyard, so it was a bit strange that the body fell into it.

"Because the manhole cover is heavy, the young men used ropes to pass through the holes in the manhole cover, and then used wooden sticks to lift it up together." The guy said immediately, and pointed to the used ropes and wooden sticks on the ground on the left.

At this time, Su Xuan looked at the pores on the stone manhole cover and found traces left by rope friction, which proved that what the man said was indeed true.

So what's going on with the crack at the wellhead? This crack is new, and the stone powder is all over it. It can't be left when the well was built.

The guys used ropes to lift the manhole cover, and since it was not done by one person, the crack had nothing to do with the guys, so the crack was a bit weird.

At this time, Wu Zuo and Qu Baotou from the Yamen came to the scene. When they saw Su Xuan and the others, they immediately knew that they were late. Su Xuan and the others already had all the first-hand information in their hands.

"Master Chi, what did you find?" Master Wu Zuo came up to Su Xuan at this time and asked Su Xuan. He knew very well that Su Xuan's ability to examine corpses was much better than his own.

It would be more practical to ask Su Xuan directly if she was trying to do something in front of her.

"The deceased should be a rich daughter, about fifteen or sixteen years old. Because she was soaked in the water for a certain period of time, the time of death cannot be accurately determined. The preliminary judgment is that it is about three days!" Su Xuan immediately said to Master Zuo,

"There is water oozing out when squeezing the abdomen. He must have drowned. The deceased had valuable jewelry with him, so the suspicion of murder cannot be ruled out!"

"So, this woman must have lost her footing and fell into the water and drowned?" Master Wu Zuo continued to ask.

"It's hard to tell now. The man said that the well was sealed before the water was drawn. As soon as he opened it, he saw the deceased, and there was a baby who was more than three months old in the deceased's belly. You can check which officials or official families nearby have a young lady.

Missing, and the situation is similar to this!" Su Xuan wiped her hands and said to Master Wu Zuo and Qu Baotou.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chi, I will definitely find out the matter about the missing lady in Yuzhou City!" Qu said immediately. It seemed that he had no significance for Su Xuan's ability to handle the case, and he also acquiesced that the case would be handed over to Su Xuan.

Already.

After all, their fishing master is not the material to do this. In the hands of the fishing master, the case is simply a tool to make money and has no other use, let alone such an unsolved case.

Therefore, Qu Baotou said this to Su Xuan without any hesitation.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any impression of the deceased?" Su Xuan immediately asked the noodle shop shopkeeper.

Considering that the person died in the backyard of the noodle shop, it seemed unreasonable to say that he had nothing to do with the noodle shop owner, so she felt that the noodle shop owner might be familiar with the deceased.

"Although the business of the small shop is not bad, and there are many customers coming and going, I have been running a noodle shop for many years, so I will have some impressions of the customers who have come to the shop. However, the appearance of the person in front of me is difficult to recognize. Please forgive me.

Unrecognizable!" The shopkeeper immediately said to Su Xuan.

"Don't you have any impression of this kind of hairpin and bracelet?" Su Xuan continued to ask, you must know that the jewelry worn by all ladies is custom-purchased, and the style and production are of the highest quality. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a one-of-a-kind piece.

Wearing these things in front of others should be used as a basis for judgment.

"I've never seen this before, and when it comes to welcoming customers, I only pay attention to the faces of the patrons, and usually don't notice what kind of jewelry they are wearing!" the shopkeeper said to Su Xuan immediately.

"If any of you have seen these two things, please tell us!" Su Xuan said to everyone present at this time, wanting to see if anyone else knew any clues.

Just when Su Xuan was asking, one of the waiters had a look of fear on his face and said in a trembling voice: "It must be an evil spirit seeking life. She's here, she must be here!"

"Shut up!" After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately scolded the clerk, as if the clerk had said something he shouldn't have said, and wanted to immediately use tape to block the clerk's mouth.

"What's going on?" Seeing this situation, Su Xuan immediately asked the shopkeeper. She didn't allow anyone to plot in front of her, so she directly asked the shopkeeper what was going on about the waiter.

"Five years ago, I bought this shop to open a noodle shop. Because the price was cheap, I thought we were cheap, but I didn't want to do it. After I bought the shop, I heard that the backyard was haunted, saying that it was caused by someone who had died before.

There was a woman who often heard the sound of crying in the middle of the night.

As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles away. Suddenly, everyone knew that the backyard was haunted, and there were even rumors of innocent ghosts seeking lives, making the backyard a forbidden place and no strangers should be allowed to approach it.

And Xiao Lao'er is a foreigner who came to do business, so the previous shopkeeper was willing to sell it to Xiao Lao'er and me at a low price. It's strange to say that after buying this store, Xiao Lao'er didn't know what to do.

However, the little old man had never heard of ghosts crying at night, so he naturally thought that it was a rumor, which was different from reality, and gradually forgot about it.

Later, when the noodle shop opened, business was booming, and more and more people were invited. Naturally, when it got busy, no one remembered the legend of the backyard anymore.

But when something happened today, it’s not surprising that some people think of the rumors of innocent ghosts seeking their lives!” The little old man explained this to Su Xuan at this time.

"In that case, why didn't you let the waiter finish his sentence just now, but stopped him from continuing?" Su Xuan continued to ask, obviously she was doubting the shopkeeper's intentions.

"The little old man is in business. The death in the backyard has already affected the business. It's hard to say whether anyone will dare to come to eat noodles in the future. If it is related to the legend of the innocent ghost seeking his life, the little old man's business

Do you want to do it again?" The shopkeeper immediately explained to Su Xuan.

"The story about the dead man in the backyard was talking about this well?" When Su Xuan heard this, she thought of the legend and asked the shopkeeper.

"This little old man doesn't know. Besides, it's just a legend. There's no need to take it seriously!" Quan, the shopkeeper, thought that the legend was just a joke, so he didn't take it seriously. He just said this to Su Xuan.

"Agent Fang, please go down to the well and check the situation!" Su Xuan immediately said to Agent Fang. Regardless of whether this rumor was true or not, she felt it was necessary to check it out. After all, this is also a matter of human life.

No carelessness is allowed.

"Yes!" Agent Fang responded immediately, and followed Su Xuan's instructions to enter the well again to check the situation inside.

"Sir, this is..." Seeing Su Xuan's serious attitude, the shopkeeper really didn't know what to say. You must know that in his opinion, these are nonsense and not worth taking seriously, so she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart.

He scolded Su Xuan for making a fuss out of a molehill.

"Master Chi, is there no need for this? The rumors are really unbelievable!" Mr. Qu persuaded him at this time. He seemed to think that Su Xuan's brain was damaged in solving the case, thinking that there were corpses everywhere and they were crime scenes.

Of course it was you who didn't dare to say what was in his heart. He just showed a kind reminder and persuaded Su Xuan.

But at this moment, Agent Fang who went down to investigate quickly reported the situation underground to Captain Lu. Captain Lu immediately came to Su Xuan in a hurry and said to Su Xuan seriously: "Sir, underground

I really found something..."
Chapter completed!