Seeing that Cheng Zhong was too young, Hai Rui was a little surprised that he could write such an insightful article. He thought it was because he happened to read a similar model essay or heard the theory from hearsay. That¡¯s why I came forward in person to test Cheng Zhong¡¯s depth. The result made Hai Rui very satisfied. Cheng Zhong didn't look like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child at all. His knowledge, composure, and agility in his reactions were far beyond Hai Rui's expectations. This is a reliable talent, and it is precisely because of this that Hai Rui is willing to take the initiative to decide on the title of master and disciple. You must know that Hai Rui is a very serious and mean person. This can be seen from the fact that on the day of the county examination, Zheng Weihan tried to get close to him and even claimed to be a student, Hai Rui scolded him, showing no mercy at all. And Xie Jiangbo basically couldn¡¯t get a word in the conversation between the two, and could only laugh dryly from the sidelines. While we were chatting happily, a prison guard suddenly ran over panting. "Hey, sir, I found you!" The yamen servant's name is Wang Peiqi. He doesn't have much talent, but he is still diligent in his work. Just like today, if something goes wrong and the county magistrate is not in the yamen, Wang Peiqi will most likely be asked to run errands. People often talk about "officials", but in fact, officials and officials are not the same thing at all. Officials are high and officials are low. However, although officials have no rank, they are still official personnel. However, the government officials are different. Not only do they have no rank, but they are also "public servants" and are responsible for standing in the hall, arresting, detaining, urging, collecting food, and detaining people. and other affairs, which is equivalent to the current police station and urban management team. Although the yamen servants usually walk around with knives in their hands, they seem to be very majestic, but just like doing business, the yamen servants are also untouchables and cannot take the imperial examination. The yamen servants are divided into four classes, namely the Zao, Pi, Kuai and Zhuang classes. We usually say "Zao Kuai", but in fact, Pi and Kuai belong to two classes, each with its own class leader. Wang Peiqi belongs to the fast class. "What's wrong? What happened?" Hai Rui asked in surprise. Although Huating County is not rich, it is more stable. Hai Rui has been here for a while, but he has not encountered any difficult matters. It is strange to see Wang Peiqi so out of breath at this time. "Sir, someone just reported that a body was found by the river at the east end of the county." Wang Peiqi said. With human life at stake, Hai Rui suddenly stood up. "What's going on?" He exuded the majesty of a county master, which was completely different from the weather-like rain he had just when he was chatting with Cheng Zhong. Hai Rui stood up, took two steps, turned back to Cheng Zhong and said, "If you are okay, come with us." Of course, Cheng Zhong would not refuse. Because Hai Rui just called Cheng Zhong, Xie Jiangbo couldn't follow him, so they separated and agreed to meet again at the county school someday. The body was found by the Zifen River in the east of Huating County. Of course, the Zhenfen River was not its original name, but it was given this name due to the presence of some overt or covert prostitution houses nearby. When Hai Rui and Cheng Zhong followed Wang Peiqi to the Zifen River, Li Zheng and the county government officials had already arrived, and the body had been fished out. Zhou Huan, the head of the fast class, was directing the government officials to protect the scene. There were many people nearby, pointing and talking. "What's going on?" Hai Rui stepped forward and asked. Zhou Huan hurriedly walked to Hai Rui's side and replied humbly: "To tell you the truth, the person who died was a beggar, dressed in rags." There are sometimes guardrails on the Zifen River, but the guardrails at this section are in disrepair and are broken. It fell. It is estimated that the old beggar accidentally stepped on the ground when he passed by here last night and fell into the river. There was not much water in the river. His head hit the rocks and he died. " As if he wanted to show off in front of Hai Rui, he told him everything he knew and guessed. Hai Rui nodded and turned to Zuo Zuo. The author, Ge Cunzhuang, is in his fifties and originally ran a small drug store. But the business was not very good, so he became a widower in Huating County. Ge Cunzhuang nodded and said: "My lord, the deceased was injured in the back of the head and died from excessive blood loss. No fatal wounds were found in other parts of the body. There were some white fragments in the back of the head. I don't know what they are, but I think they are Debris in the river. "It seems that this is not a criminal case, just an accident. As Zhou Huan said, the beggar probably entered this place by mistake. Because it was dark, he didn't notice the gap in the guardrail, so he lost his footing and fell to his death. "Is Li Zheng here?" Hai Rui asked. "The common people are here." Li Zheng Wang Lianxiong replied quickly. "Do you know this beggar?" "As far as the county is concerned, the common people have never seen this beggar before."??. " Hai Rui nodded again. It seems that he is indeed a beggar and a refugee. This kind of thing is not uncommon. The county government will issue a certificate and go through the formalities, and Li Zheng can take someone to incinerate and bury the body. The reason for incineration is out of fear. The beggar's body would contain infectious diseases like the plague. Hai Rui glanced at Cheng Zhong, but found out that Cheng Zhong seemed to be afraid and deliberately stayed away from the beggar's body. Hai Rui thought to himself. Helping Cheng Zhong overcome the fear in his heart, Hai Rui waved to him and said, "Cheng Zhong, what do you think? " To be honest, Cheng Zhong is indeed a little scared. Although he is much older in his mind than his actual age and is considered well-informed in later generations, he has not been in such close contact with dead people, so it is normal to feel scared. Cheng Zhong leaned forward, feeling even more uncomfortable. But then he thought, why bother? Life and death are always on a thin line. Now he is looking down at the beggar's body, but maybe in the near future. , in this strange world, I will also become a corpse in the eyes of others. I am just a poor girl, so what should I care about? "Teacher, how can students be so stupid?" What do you think? Cheng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I just feel that this beggar's clothes are too thin." The weather hasn't warmed up yet, doesn't he feel cold? " Hai Rui didn't expect that Cheng Zhong's focus was on whether the beggar was cold or not. It seemed that the question he asked was a bit too forced for him. He answered casually: "It is reasonable for a beggar to be poor and not have more clothes. among things. "Hai Rui is used to living a hard life. Even when he is a teacher, because he does not accept the filial piety of his students, he sometimes has no food to eat, let alone a beggar? "The teacher's teachings are very good, but if Students are beggars. In such a cold weather, they will definitely wear everything they can wear. Even if it is a torn sack or an extra piece of cotton, they would like to tie it to their bodies. How have you ever seen someone wearing such thin clothes? " " After what Cheng Zhong said, Hai Rui also felt that something was wrong. Even though he was born in poverty, and even though he claimed to understand the sufferings of the people, he had been an official for a long time, and many small things that he cared about before would be ignored intentionally or unintentionally. Cheng Zhong didn't know that his casual words had touched Hai Rui so much, and he continued: "Although his body is stained with a lot of mud from the river bottom, his nails are very clean. " Being able to discover this is also thanks to Cheng Zhong who stayed in the library for a year. When he had nothing to do, Cheng Zhong also read several detective novels and had some ideas about it. " Talk, keep talking. . "Hai Rui saw that Cheng Zhong had stopped talking and urged him repeatedly. He didn't expect that the details he ignored would be discovered by Cheng Zhong. This kid is really not simple. Before, he only thought that he was knowledgeable, but he didn't think of his His powers of observation are astonishing, and he is very thoughtful. It's amazing. Hai Rui is becoming more and more fond of Cheng Zhong now. Zhou Huan is a little unhappy when Cheng Zhong overturns his judgment, but because of Hai Rui, it's not much better. What to say. ¡°Teacher, what do you want me to say? Cheng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I just say what comes to mind." The beggar's skin was so delicate that a person who had been begging all year round might not have it, so the student thought he was not a beggar. " "What you said makes sense. Hai Rui said approvingly: "Isn't it too strange that he was not a beggar, but he died on the banks of the Rouge River wearing beggar's clothes?" who is he? Who put this outfit on him? Why did he die here? Hum hum, all this shows: this is by no means a simple accident, but a malicious murder! "Hai Rui said loudly. "What? Murder?! Cheng Zhong was shocked. Although he speculated that the deceased was not a beggar, he did not think of murder. But after hearing Hai Rui's inference, he also felt that it was indeed possible. A case of murder and body dumping! Otherwise, we can't say that the deceased was playing some trick to subdue the prostitute, right?