Chapter 81: Coroner's Autopsy
The guilty look that flashed across Zhang Erdan's face was just blocked by the wheel of the car. Gu Feixue didn't see it, but she was a little puzzled.
"How could this happen? A few days ago, Zhen Liu said he wanted to rush to the farm to watch the cows give birth."
If he didn't go to Zuixianlou for just one day, maybe something happened at home. After all, Zhen Liu still has a mother at home who is in poor health.
But there has been no news for several days. Could something unexpected have happened?
In this cold winter, there are drunk people freezing to death on the streets of the city every day. Gu Feixue couldn't help but have a bad feeling in her heart.
But then he thought about what Zhen Liu had said before, that he had no habit of drinking. After all, he was just a waiter, so where would he get the money to buy alcohol?
So where did he go?
While I was thinking about it, I saw that the new delivery guy Zhang Erdan had already loaded the goods from the farm onto the carriage.
Gu Feixue looked at the calf being cared for by the dairy farmer, gritted her teeth and said to Zhang Erdan:
"How about this? I'll give you a ride and go to the city with you. I can help you watch the milk on the road."
Zhen Liu has always driven the carriage steadily, otherwise Manager Bao would not have let him drive the carriage.
This Zhang Erdan doesn't seem to be very familiar with the job of driving a coach. It seems that he was a waiter at Zuixianlou before.
Zhang Erdan was silent for a few seconds, then he said hesitantly:
"I have to go to other vegetable farmers to collect vegetables later..."
Gu Feixue was determined to go to the city to check the situation and said:
"Nothing, I can wait until you finish picking the vegetables and go together. I won't take up much space in the carriage."
Since Gu Feixue said so, it was naturally difficult for Zhang Erdan to refuse.
I heard the little girl saying goodbye to the dairy farmers nearby and asked them to tell the Gu family that she was going to the city and would be back soon.
Zhang Erdan, who originally wanted to take Gu Feixue directly to Qian Youliang, immediately changed his mind.
For some reason, Zhang Erdan was very nervous throughout the whole process. The other person was obviously just a little girl, but why did he feel panicked when she looked at him?
It was not until Zhang Erdan put away the dishes and took Gu Feixue back to Zuixianlou that the panic in his heart subsided.
"Boss Bao, I'm here today to inquire about Zhen Liu. Why hasn't he come to Zuixianlou these days?"
Bao Hongcai was also puzzled when he heard this:
"I don't know either. Zuixianlou has so many customers lately, and delivering goods is the most important thing. Who would have thought that Zhen Liu would skip work at this time and not come for several days in a row?"
Hearing Bao Hongcai's helpless tone, Gu Feixue felt even more strange.
"Didn't Manager Bao go to Zhen Liu's house to ask?"
Bao Hongcai opened the account book on the table in front of him and sighed:
"Business at Zuixianlou has been booming lately, and everyone's busy. How can we find the time to go to the Zhen Liu family and ask?"
Gu Feixue frowned and was about to say something when a slightly frightened announcement came from behind her.
"Boss, something terrible has happened! Zhen Liu is dead!"
Gu Feixue looked over in surprise, and when she saw that the reporter didn't seem to be joking, she became even more surprised. Zhen Liu was only in his twenties, how could he die?
Then he thought of something and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Zhen Liu delivered goods to her family, but now he is dead. Is his death related to the Gu family?
It is said that Zhen Liu's body was found in the wilderness. He was discovered by a hunter this morning and taken to the government office to report. The tragic death alarmed the prefect.
Someone from the yamen had eaten at Zuixianlou and recognized Zhen Liu immediately.
When Bao Hongcai, Gu Feixue and their group arrived at the yamen, Liang Jianwei was also interrogating the hunter and Zhen Liu's mother who was in poor health.
"Sir, how did my son die? You must give me justice! He is my only son, what should I do in the future..."
I saw a pale old woman kneeling on the ground, crying with a sad look on her face.
Next to her was a strong young man with a look of regret on his face, as if he was very sympathetic to the old woman.
"Silence! I'm asking you, when did your son go missing? Why didn't you report it to the authorities?"
The old woman's face was filled with regret when she heard this. "Five days ago, Liu'er went to work at Zuixianlou this morning and never came home. I thought Zuixianlou was busy during this period, but who would have thought that he would encounter..."
Upon hearing this, Liang Jianwei had someone call over Bao Hongcai, the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou. Unexpectedly, Bao Hongcai arrived at the gate of the yamen. He immediately stepped out and walked into the lobby, saying:
"Reporting to the Lord, Zhen Liu did not come to work at Zuixianlou five days ago. The waiters at these restaurants can testify to this."
Since the exact time of Zhen Liu's disappearance cannot be proven, we can only wait for the coroner to perform an autopsy before making a judgment.
Zhen Liu's mother was reluctant to let the coroner perform an autopsy at first, but she finally agreed after the prefect said that if an autopsy was not performed, the real culprit would not be found.
Gu Feixue wanted to see the corpse. She was a special forces soldier in her previous life and only knew a little about general forensic medicine.
But the yamen has its own rules. Although she has a good relationship with Magistrate Liang, outsiders are not allowed to watch when the coroner is performing an autopsy.
So Gu Feixue could only wait in the lobby of the yamen with everyone else, watching the coroner who hurried over and entered the inner courtyard to examine the body.
For some reason, when Gu Feixue saw the back of the coroner who hurriedly passed by, she felt a sense of familiarity.
Half an hour later, the old coroner with a white beard came out carrying a toolbox.
In front of everyone, he just said:
"According to the prefect, the deceased was infected with the plague and fell unconscious in the mountains, where he was attacked and killed by wild animals. There were many wounds on his body, many of which were animal teeth marks. There were also scratches on his back and head from being hit by tree bark, but there were no signs of fighting or struggling with anyone."
The coroner's words made the common people who were listening outside the yamen hall take two steps back.
Ever since Liangcheng experienced the plague a few months ago, these two words have become the fear in the hearts of all Liangcheng people, and everyone is afraid of being infected.
Gu Feixue listened to the coroner's description, but felt something was wrong.
"Are you sure? If what you said is false, I can punish you."
Liang Jianwei asked as a matter of routine. He knew something about the plague; many people who contracted it at the time did indeed go into a coma; even the Crown Prince had been in a coma for several days.
The old coroner remained expressionless and said firmly:
"I am certain that the deceased died from a wild beast after falling unconscious."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar, and the old woman kneeling on the ground seemed to have aged several years in an instant.
I thought it was a man-made disaster, but I didn't expect it to be a natural disaster.
"You damned beast! If my son dies, I won't live either!"
No one expected that the person kneeling on the ground would stand up and crash into the pillar of the yamen.
It happened in a flash. Gu Feixue had been paying attention to the situation in the hall. Seeing that the old woman was about to commit suicide, she rushed into the yamen and pulled the old woman aside.
Although Gu Feixue appears to be just an eight-year-old girl, when she activates her internal energy, even a grown man would be pulled by her to run.
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