"This hand is in vain!" Li Zhang followed Han Qi's fearful gaze, and then couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He saw a floating corpse floating above the river. Although it seemed that the floating corpse had not rotted yet, Li Zhang still felt a little disgusting when he thought about washing his hands in the river just now.

"Don't you want to hear some autopsy? Now I can tell you that this corpse must be a man!" Li Zhang stood up and patted Han Qi on the shoulder, and then wiped the river water in his hand. Then he shouted into the woods behind him. After calling the yamen runners, he immediately asked them to notify Han County Wei, Lu Wu and others.

"Man? How do you know it's a man?" Han Qi woke up from fear at this time and asked Li Zhang in great confusion. The floating corpse on the river surface face down, only exposed its back, and the style of the clothes was not visible, so it was impossible to judge men and women at all.

Li Zhang smiled mysteriously at this time and did not answer Han Qi. At this time, Han County Wei and Lu Wu also rushed over. Then a yamen runner jumped out of the river and dragged the body to the shore. When he turned the body over, Han Qi found that the other party was indeed a man, and he looked very young, and the body did not look rotten. He must have just died.

"It's really a man, how did you know?" Han Qi couldn't help but ask Li Zhang again when he saw this. At this time, he was not just curious about Li Zhang's ability, but even a little admired.

"For most floating corpses, it is common sense for men to lie down and women to linger!" Li Zhang smiled slightly at Han Qi at this time, and then stepped forward to check the corpse. Han County Wei and Lu Wu took the initiative to stand aside. Now they have no doubts about Li Zhang's ability.

"Huh? There are scratches on his hands!" As soon as Li Zhang squatted down, he immediately found obvious scratches on the deceased's hand, which made Lu Wu immediately come forward and watch carefully, because the deceased was probably the murderer who killed Liu Da.

At that moment, Li Zhang carefully checked the young corpse and found that the other party had died for a short time, and there were no corpse spots on the corpse, but there were already corpse stagnation, and there were mushroom foam on the mouth and nose. In addition, some other characteristics, it can be concluded that the other party drowned. However, there were many scars of the deceased on his body, especially two very obvious palm prints on his ankle, which shows that the other party was probably caught and dragged into the water to drown.

"Go! Call the villagers here to recognize people and see if they know this guy!" Lu Wu immediately ordered the yamen runners. There were many villagers watching the fun around him, but they were blocked by the yamen runners and could not get through. Now that the yamen runners are released, many people immediately surrounded him.

"Isn't this the boss of the Liu Er family?" As soon as the villagers came over, someone immediately recognized the deceased and said.

"Son~" Then a gray-haired old farmer rushed to the body and cried. When he saw this hometown, Han County Wei, Lu Wu and others were stunned because the old farmer was Liu Er, and the one who hanged him before was his brother Liu Da. In other words, the deceased in front of him was the nephew of the previous deceased.

"Uncle Wu, didn't the deceased Liu Da say that he had earned a lot of money to build a house? Have you found this money?" Li Zhang suddenly pulled Lu Wu aside and asked.

"No, I guess the reason why Liu Da was killed was because someone wanted to kill him for money." Lu Wu shook his head and replied.

"That's it. I guess the deceased in front of me was the murderer who killed Liu Da. Before Liu Da died, he drank with his younger brother Liu Er and leaked the news of his wealth. Then Liu Er's son found out that he was determined to kill his uncle. He should have accomplices. Because he was not strife with internal strife, he was dragged into the water and drowned by his accomplices. This accomplice may be one person, and the water is very good, because if there are a few people, there is no need to use the troublesome method of dragging people into the water and drowning. As long as you inquire about the people you usually date, it should not be difficult to find the murderer!" Li Zhang calmly told the case he derived.

"You guys, you can do it. It's a pity to not be a horse. If you recover from your injuries in a few days, follow me to the yamen. Maybe you can still work in Kaifeng Prefecture as a team leader in the future." After hearing Li Zhang's inference, Lu Wu also said in surprise. He originally wanted Li Zhang to make a living with him, but he didn't expect that Li Zhang was much more suitable for this business than he thought.

When Li Zhang heard Lu Wu mention that he wanted to go to the yamen to do things again, Li Zhang still smiled and said nothing. At this time, Lu Wu was also in a hurry to catch the murderer, so he hurried to ask the villagers. However, Li Zhang was a little worried at this time, because Lu Wu didn't care about someone to send him back, so he couldn't stay here all the time, right?

But Li Zhang didn't have to worry about this soon. He saw a ox cart slowly coming. Han Qi in the car shouted to Li Zhang at this time: "Let's come up quickly, my second brother and I are going back, and we can just take you a ride!"

"This..." Li Zhang was a little hesitant when he heard this, because he was worried that Lu Wu would not know that he was leaving and what should he do if he could not find him then?

"Don't worry, nothing is wrong now. I had already told him when I met Lu Wu just now!" County Magistrate Han saw Li Zhang's concern at a glance, and said with a smile. After two autopsy exams, he was very curious about Li Zhang, the boy, and even had a good impression of him.

Hearing the words of Han County Magistrate, Li Zhang finally gave up his concerns. Han Qi jumped out of the car and helped him get on the ox cart. Then the old man who was driving the cart raised his whip and made a crisp whip sound. The old cow in front began to move forward slowly. The Song Dynasty lacked horses, and the price of a good horse was not cheaper than a luxury cart in later generations. Moreover, the cost of raising horses was very high. Even officials like Han County Magistrate could not afford to raise horses. They could only hire cheap ox carts or donkey carts when they went out.

"Li Zhang, where is your home?" Han Qi was full of curiosity about Li Zhang at this time. As soon as he got into the car, he immediately asked.

"The charity village outside Bianhe Town." Li Zhang did not hide it, and he felt that there was nothing to be embarrassed about living in the charity village.

"Yizhuang? Isn't that a place where dead people live?" Han Qi couldn't help but shouted in surprise when he heard Li Zhang's answer. He was born into a family of officials. Although his father died when he was three years old, he was usually taken care of by his brothers, so his family was still well off. In addition, he studied hard and rarely contacted the lower class people. He didn't expect that there would be people living in the charity village.

However, Han Qi was extremely smart after all, and he knew that he had said the wrong thing as soon as he spoke. County Magistrate Han glared at him, and then coughed: "The charity village is the place where the yamen temporarily stores the bodies. Your father is a coroner, so it's nothing that your family lives there. It's just that your father has not seen anyone for many years in the past two years, and you can't just raise idle people in the yamen!"

Although County Magistrate Han did not say it clearly, Li Zhang also understood what he meant, just to tell himself that he was not targeting him and Lu Wu today, but to clean up the idle people in the yamen. It can be said that he was doing business in business, and Li Zhang had no reason to blame him.

"The county magistrate is dedicated to serving as a minister, and I admire him very much. Coroner is a duty in the yamen. If my father is not here, I can only do it on my behalf. If the county magistrate needs it in the future, please send you!" Li Zhang also expressed his attitude and said, "He took over the coroner's corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps' corps'

"Okay, I'll be relieved if you say this!" County Magistrate Han also showed an expression of appreciation at this time. Li Zhang could understand the meaning of his words at a young age, and he answered without any leakage. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

What is even more rare is that Li Zhang's father's character is so unbearable, but as a son, he did not complain at all, which made Han County Wei very satisfied. After all, the son did not mention his father's fault, which was also one of the principles of ancient filial piety.

"Li Zhang, I think you are the same age as your sixth brother, and you are smart and sensible. It just so happens that my sixth brother lacks a book... Read with you. If you are willing, why not come to my house to study with my sixth brother. I will fund everything for my daily food, clothing and expenses. In this way, when you take the imperial examination in the future, you may be able to gain a background. I wonder what you think?" County Magistrate Han also became loving talent at this time and couldn't help but speak to Li Zhang again.

Originally, Han County Wei wanted Li Zhang to be Han Qi's book boy, but through today's contact, he found that although Li Zhang was of low origin, he was quite arrogant. The book boy had a low status, which was equivalent to Han Qi's servant. He probably might not be willing, so he changed his words to let Li Zhang be Han Qi's companion. In this way, he and Han Qi are equal in terms of identity, which can also show how Han County Wei values ​​Li Zhang.

"Okay, okay, I'm so bored to study alone. It would be great if I had a companion!" Han Qi was surprised when he heard his brother's words. He got along very happily with Li Zhang today, especially Li Zhang knew a lot of knowledge that he didn't understand. If Li Zhang could be his companion, he could listen to Li Zhang talk about some of this in the future.

"Can the coroner's son also participate in the imperial examination?" Li Zhang looked at Han County Magistrate with a shock at this time and asked. In his impression, the coroner's status was lower than that of the yamen runners and was a low-key servant, so he generally could not participate in the imperial examination.

"Haha, I have no limits on the imperial examinations and the children of ordinary people can participate. As long as they are not prostitutes, actors, sons of criminals, and others are qualified!" County Magistrate Han said proudly at this time.

"So that's it!" Li Zhang finally nodded suddenly when he heard this. In fact, what he didn't know was that the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty were relatively open-minded and had fewer restrictions, but in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the restrictions were relatively large. It was during the Ming and Qing dynasties that the law stipulated that yamen runners, coroners, merchants and other low-court servants could not participate in the imperial examinations for three generations, and they could not even buy officials.
Chapter completed!