The body still needs to be examined by a coroner.

But when she heard that she had to cut open the stomach, Aunt Hu San refused to do so.

"My son, you have a miserable life. You were killed by a villain... You won't be at peace even after death..."

She cried louder and louder.

The coroner finally came and concluded that the death was drowning, but there was also a head injury.

Some officials speculated that Hu Qiang was drunk and thought Old Man Chen's house was his own, so he took off his clothes to sleep. However, he woke up in the middle of the night and walked out in a daze. He first went to the river, broke his head, and lost one of his shoes. Later, he walked to the well in a daze without knowing his mind, and fell in without warning.

This speculation is very reasonable, and many people also think so.

Constable Li, however, felt that someone must have knocked Hu Qiang unconscious, carried him to Old Man Chen's abandoned house, stripped him of his clothes, and thrown him into the well.

The constable who had just spoken laughed: "Constable Li, your explanation is far-fetched. If someone wanted revenge, they could just kill him. Why strip him and throw him to Old Man Chen's house? Aren't you afraid of being discovered? And why did they take the body and throw it into the well? That's too weird."

"And Hu Qiang's shoes. The murderer was playing with them. He even took off a pair of shoes and threw them into the river?"

Constable Li was speechless.

Xiaozhuang felt that what they said seemed to make sense, but it was all speculation and there was no evidence.

If Hu Qiang really fell into the well while drunk, why did it take so long for his body to float up?

Finally, the other detectives withdrew, leaving only Xiaozhuang and Li to investigate. Before leaving, Constable Zhang secretly said to Xiaozhuang, "Constable Li molested Su Wei from the Shen family..."

Constable Zhang suspected that Constable Li was not leaving because he wanted to take revenge on Su Wei...

But he couldn't say anything since they worked in the same yamen, so he secretly informed Xiaozhuang to prevent him from being taken advantage of by Constable Li.

Xiaozhuang was very surprised, thinking that it was no wonder that Su Wei and Shen Yan looked a little strange when they went to Shen's house that day...

but……

Constable Li flirted with Su Wei? It was really hard to imagine.

Hu Qiang has many enemies, and Hu Wen, who had just fought with Hu Qiang, became the number one suspect.

Constable Li was very suspicious of him. He was involved in Wang Po's case last time. How could it be such a coincidence?

It is said that Hu Qiang's shoes were also caught by him while fishing...

Hu Wen felt that he was very wronged. Why did he always get involved in all the bad luck?

He had to find a temple to worship, but because his arm was broken, he couldn't kill and dispose of the body, so his suspicion was temporarily cleared...

There is no clue about Hu Qiang's other enemies. After all, it happened many years ago. There is no reason to kill people for such a small matter.

Xiaozhuang quickly found Xu Lan.

"Xu Lan has a younger brother." Xiaozhuang said to Constable Li, "I'll go check it out."

Constable Li said, "Then I'll go find a witness."

There were no witnesses at all. It was the middle of the night and everyone was asleep at home. Who would go out in the middle of the night for no reason?

"Someone went out." Wang Ming said quietly while sitting in the room full of sweat and foot odor.

"Who?" Constable Li asked impatiently.

"Chen Yan."

Wang Ming had been keeping an eye on the Shen family. That day, he wanted to sneak over, but he accidentally kicked over a basin in the yard, making a loud noise.

Wang Ming was startled, thinking he was going to be discovered, but there was no movement in the room.

"They were not in the house. Not long after, I heard footsteps outside, so I ran away. When I got home, I secretly peeked out from the courtyard wall, and sure enough, I saw Chen Yan and Su Wei coming back."

Wang Ming looked at Constable Li with a gloomy expression: "It's so late, what are they doing out there?"

Constable Li narrowed his eyes.

"The day Hu Qiang disappeared?"

"yes."

Wang Ming remembers it very clearly.

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Constable Li felt like he had caught something.

Few villagers go out in the middle of the night. The reason why Chen Yan and Su Wei went out that day must have been related to Hu Qiang.

Wang Ming was speechless: "How could I have known that Hu Qiang would die?"

He saw Chen Yan beating Liang Dayong that day, and he didn't expect this kid to be so vicious.

Before, he didn't think that his mother was killed by Chen Yan. He watched Chen Yan grow up. He was just a little brat who followed behind Shen Dalang and had no future. But now he thinks it is very possible.

Wang Ming's face also turned gloomy. His father died early, and he and his mother depended on each other. The last time his mother came to see him, she was very happy to tell him that there was a way to get money, and when she had enough money, she would take him out.

But I could imagine that it would be the last time we saw each other.

Shen Yan!!!

Wang Ming gritted his teeth and decided that he would never let him go.

Xiaozhuang went to Xu's house.

The Xu family lived at the foot of the mountain at the northernmost end of Nanqiao Village, in a very dilapidated courtyard. Looking at the dilapidated house, Xiaozhuang even wondered if it would collapse after the next rain...

An old man was weaving a basket, and a thin boy was helping him.

After Xiaozhuang entered the room, he smiled and explained his purpose.

Of course, Old Man Xu knew that Hu Qiang was dead. He said in his thick country accent, "It's better for him to die. It's better for him to die. The wicked will be punished by heaven. God has mercy on us."

He made no secret of his hatred for Hu Qiang.

Before Xiaozhuang came, he had already learned about Hu Qiang's past and how Xu Lan died.

If there is anyone who hates Hu Qiang's death the most, it must be Xu Can and Old Man Xu.

Old Man Xu looked genuinely happy, but no matter what Xiaozhuang asked him, he said he didn't know.

Although Xiaozhuang also felt that scum like Hu Qiang deserved to die, he was a constable and had to continue investigating the case.

Xu Can moved a stool for him and smiled at him shyly. Xiaozhuang also smiled at him.

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