Chapter 2812 Found (Reward for "Wise and Foolish Anchen")
Lord Yu said meaningfully, "He's not necessarily a pervert, nor does he necessarily want to expose his body."
"What's that for?"
"You want someone to find this body." Lord Yu had someone carefully measure the footprints, check the surrounding area, and then measure the snow pit and search inside before giving up.
He found nothing, but he measured the thickness of the snow, waved over the five people standing nearby, and asked with a smile, "Look at how thick the snow is. Has it not melted since the beginning of winter?"
A middle-aged man glanced down and said, "This is a shady place, facing away from the sun. It can melt a little under the sun. This place is difficult. I guess it will have to wait until the temperature rises in spring before it can melt."
Lord Yu asked, "How many times has it snowed this month?"
"Four snowfalls. It only snowed for over an hour last night. Actually, it wasn't that long. The last snowfall was the heaviest. It snowed for most of the day, stopped for the afternoon, and then continued to snow all night. It crushed several houses in the village."
County Magistrate Luo walked up and coughed twice. Those people immediately lowered their heads and dared not speak.
Magistrate Luo forced a smile and said to Lord Yu, "Lord Yu, this year has been a bad year. I have already submitted a letter to report the snowstorm."
Lord Yu smiled and nodded. He stopped questioning the five people and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, just follow me back to the county government office, sign your names, and then have your village headman come and take you back."
Seeing the five people getting nervous, Lord Yu smiled and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, but since you are the ones who discovered the body, you need to sign and seal it. If we have other questions later, we will come to you."
After Lord Yu finished speaking, someone took the five people back to the yamen to wait for the village head to come and pick them up.
County Magistrate Luo couldn't help but say, "Master Yu, their village is not far from Luoyang City. Why bother asking their headman to make another trip? If there are any problems later, just send someone to the village to fetch help. They won't dare not come."
Lord Yu smiled and said, "It's better to follow the procedure. They will have to sign and seal their confession anyway."
But the confession has been recorded on the spot, so you can sign and seal it now.
Magistrate Luo was reluctant to see Lord Yu come into contact with the local village head, but Lord Yu had already turned around and had the body and five eyewitnesses taken back to the county government office.
Master Yu got on the carriage, exhaled, and whispered to the clerk, "This person is incompetent."
The clerk smiled and said, "I checked his evaluation before I came here. He was in the low grade the year before last, but was in the middle grade last year. It seems he is still okay."
Master Yu snorted softly, then sat up straight in an instant. "What did you just say his evaluation score was two years ago?"
"Inferior."
Lord Yu frowned. "Luoyang County is a top-tier county. It has fertile farmland, wealthy merchants, wide streets, and numerous shops. It's one of the most important cities in the Central Plains. It doesn't have to worry about population growth, and it can generally withstand natural disasters. How did it get a low rating?"
The clerk didn't know. He had thought that since he was going to Luoyang to investigate the case, he would look up the information of the Luoyang County Magistrate. When he went to the Ministry of Personnel to check, he saw a low-level and a medium-level one. As for the reason...
The clerk recalled carefully and said uncertainly, "There seemed to be a drought in Luoyang two years ago?"
"It's just a minor drought, not a major one." Lord Yu said, "We have to go to the Governor's Mansion in Luozhou when we get back."
"Isn't Governor He already seriously ill and just waiting for a new official to take over?"
"He only became seriously ill this year. He must still remember what happened last year and the year before, right?"
Lord Yu got angry when talking about this. Governor He submitted a letter of resignation in May, but the court has not yet found someone to succeed him as the Governor of Luozhou.
It’s all Prince Gong’s fault. With him as an obstacle, even though Luozhou is a superior state, no one likes to come here to take office.
I’m afraid that I might accidentally become the second former governor of Yizhou.
No one knows whether the now quiet Prince Gong has really given up. What if not, he is secretly following the Prince of Yizhou's example and planning a rebellion?
At that time, if he goes along with the crowd, that will be the fate of the former governor; if he doesn't, that will be the fate of Bai Qi.
Lord Yu shook his head, getting rid of all the mess in his mind, followed the cart carrying the corpse back to the county government office, and went to see the coroner for an autopsy.
He said to the coroner, "Take a look at the back of his neck. Is there any injury?"
The coroner skinned the body clean and turned it over, shaking his head. "No, but there are bruises on the wrists, and drag marks on the back of the feet and calves. They must have been caused by someone dragging him before he died."
"Then take a look at the head."
The coroner went to check the head and soon said, "There's an injury."
Lord Yu went forward to examine the body, and the coroner said, "It was a blow, but it's not fatal, is it?"
"Can it make someone unconscious?"
"That's possible," the coroner said, glancing at the red spots on his body. "Was he knocked unconscious and then left on the road to freeze to death?"
"No, he was knocked unconscious and thrown into a snowdrift and froze to death."
The coroner shuddered. In this kind of weather, people might freeze to death if they spent the night outside, not to mention being thrown into a pile of snow. If they didn't freeze to death, they might suffocate to death.
"He's been buried in a zhang of snow. Calculate how long he's been dead."
"yes."
Lord Yu left, but did not stay at the county office. Instead, he left a guard behind and said, "Watch and see if there's a village headman coming to take them and verify their identities."
Then he left and went back to find Lord Xia, who was still settling accounts, and said to him, "We have to go visit Governor He."
Lord Xia frowned and said, "Although Governor He still holds the post of Governor, he has long ceased to be in charge of affairs. Didn't we just meet the Chief Secretary of the Governor's Mansion yesterday?"
Lord Yu said, "We are going to visit the sick this time."
There was no way he would believe him, but Lord Xia still stood up.
Doctor Lu also stood up and said quietly, "As for visiting a patient, who else could be more suitable than our doctor?"
Doctor Xiao Tan also said, "Governor He was ill, and His Majesty sent Doctor Shi to see him twice. We have his pulse records in the Imperial Hospital."
Lord Yu sympathized with them after spending most of the day looking at the account books and nodded, saying, "Alright, let's go together."
Governor He was already terminally ill and wanted to return home, but the emperor had not found anyone to replace him, so he could only hold on until his death.
But he had been bedridden for a long time, and the affairs of the Inspectorate were basically handed over to the Chief Secretary.
The servants of the He family led the four people into the main courtyard. If there were not two imperial physicians accompanying them, the wife of the He family might not be willing to let them come in to see people.
With the help of Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Xiao Tan, Lord Yu and Lord Xia successfully met Governor He who was lying on the hospital bed.
Governor He forced himself to open his eyelids and look at them.
Doctor Lu took his pulse, and he and Doctor Xiao Tan prescribed him a prescription, but they were not very optimistic about his condition.
Governor He was not interested in the prescription. No one knew his condition better than him, so he didn't care about the prescription at all. He just asked them breathlessly, "Do you have anything to ask me?"
Although he was too sick to get out of bed, he still heard the report about the angel's arrival in Luoyang and the reason for his visit.
Although you are in the army and may not be able to see it now, I still want to add more chapters. I hope you will come back and see this chapter when you get your phone. It will make you happier.
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