Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 112: Silencing the Witness

As the weather grew warmer, Lin Feng took Bai Jing for a horseback ride on the country paths.

Following behind them were Fan Jinsong and Xie Zhong. Li Hu and Wei Bao were both placed in the team and independently led a team of 100 people.

Lin Feng carefully selected thirty soldiers from among the soldiers as his guards.

These thirty men were all well-equipped with long swords, round shields, hard bows and crossbows.

Twenty horse-drawn carriages followed behind him, carrying food, fodder and necessary materials.

Qingshui City was jointly guarded by Qin Fang and Hu Jincai, while Lin Feng returned to Lingdouzi Castle to continue technical construction.

He wanted to complete the transition from passive defense to active offense within half a year.

Because the dirt road was difficult to travel on, it took two days for Lin Feng to bring his men back to Lingdouzi Castle.

Everything remains the same as before, and migrant workers are still busy with their work.

Many thatched houses were converted into red brick and tile houses.

According to Lin Feng's design drawings, all the tiled houses are spacious and bright.

But he still hasn't figured out the glass-making process.

Of course, there is no time.

As soon as Bai Jing returned to the castle, she turned around and went to the construction site. She was thinking about those new and magical objects.

Lin Feng was busy writing and drawing at his desk, with chaotic lines filling up the white papers.

Before noon, Bai Jing ran into the house with a pale face.

She stood beside Lin Feng, watching him busy himself silently.

Lin Feng didn't hear any sound for a long time, and looked up at Bai Jing in surprise.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Brother, Goudan is dead..."

"What's that dog, cat, and egg thing?"

"Are you still thinking about that little boy? The one who said someone was going to kick my ass?"

Lin Feng's mind was full of things, and he finally remembered them after she reminded him.

"Oh, that dirty boy of seven or eight years old, how did he die?"

Bai Jing took a deep breath.

"His father said that Goudan drowned in the artificial lake behind our castle."

"and then?"

"The person has been buried by the lake."

Lin Feng nodded: "Children aged seven or eight are very naughty, and if there is no one to look after them, accidents are very likely to happen."

"Brother, do you think it was an accident?"

"if not?"

Lin Feng threw down his brush and stretched his body.

"If you have something to say, just say it all at once. Don't make me guess, okay?"

"Well, brother, don't you think Gou Dan's death is related to what happened before?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and carefully recalled what had happened before.

"Huh? Sure enough, there are some problems."

The artificial lake behind the castle was a huge earth pit dug by Lin Fengcai for digging earth to build the city and storing water. It has two functions.

If the boy hadn't told Bai Jing that someone was going to kick her butt.

A little boy drowned while playing in the water, it was just an accident.

But, it's a bit weird when you think about it.

"You mean, Goudan's death is related to the person who wanted to kick you, right?"

Bai Jing nodded.

Lin Feng frowned and analyzed, "This man dared to attack you. He is very brave. He must have seen some of the world and is not an ordinary civilian. But why is he dissatisfied with you?"

"You're just dissatisfied, but you don't want to kick me into the brick kiln, right?"

"That's hatred."

"Yes, he must have hated me to the extreme to risk attacking me."

"If it's hatred, then it means I know you."

"Of course he knows me. I hang around the construction site all day long."

"No, I knew you before."

Lin Feng had heard Bai Jing talk about this before, and although he went to investigate personally, he didn't take it as a big deal.

Because his mind is full of important things.

But the situation is different now. That person actually killed someone, and the matter is serious.

"When did this happen?"

"On the evening of the second day after we left, when Gou Dan's father was having dinner, he didn't see the child come back, so he went to look for him."

Lin Feng counted on his fingers and found that the child had been dead for more than twenty days.

"Go ask if there's anyone in our castle who's ever worked as a coroner."

"Brother, do you want to examine the body?"

"What else can we do? Let's find out how he died. If he really drowned, it was probably an accident."

"But what if there's no coroner?"

Lin Feng sighed: "Well, then let me try."

There were some memories in his brain that he often watched news about children drowning in his previous life.

Anyone who drowns usually drinks a lot of water into their stomach and has a lot of water in their lungs.

If someone is killed and then thrown into the water, there will not be much water in the stomach and no water in the lungs.

Of course, so much time has passed that Lin Feng doesn’t know what the condition of the corpse will be.

When Bai Jing heard him say this, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Brother, have you ever worked as a coroner?"

"What the hell, can't you?"

"Brother, what did you do before?"

"Farmers who cultivate the land, then enlist in the army and fight against the Tartar invasion at the beacon tower."

Bai Jing rolled her eyes at him.

"Do farmers who grow crops know everything?"

"Is it okay to be gifted?"

"Oh, okay."

Bai Jing had no choice but to turn around and look for Li Xiong.

She asked Li Xiong to inquire about the coroner's affairs and try not to let a general of the Wuwei Army do the job of digging out rotten corpses.

In less than an hour, Li Xiong actually found someone who had worked as a coroner.

A middle-aged man, although wearing the uniform made by the castle, was very sloppy.

He followed Li Xiong timidly and came to Lin Feng's command center.

After Lin Feng asked him a few questions, he immediately decided to open the coffin and perform an autopsy.

Goudan's father didn't dare to say anything. Seeing a dozen armed soldiers standing around, he had no choice but to take Lin Feng and others to find Goudan's burial place.

When the coffin was opened, it was discovered that Goudan's body was wrapped in a straw mat and buried at the edge of a huge puddle.

The body had already rotted, with bones exposed in many places.

The abdomen was very swollen, as if it was filled with water.

The coroner borrowed a dagger and began to dissect the body.

Seeing that he was not afraid of the stench of the corpse, Lin Feng felt that he was quite reliable.

Bai Jing had already hidden far away and covered her mouth and nose with her hands.

Seeing Lin Feng standing aside, Li Xiong did not dare to hide and watched the coroner work with gritted teeth.

When the coroner tried to cut open Goudan's stomach with a knife, as soon as the knife entered, there was a "bang" and the stomach burst open.

Everyone screamed and stepped back.

Lin Feng also took a step back and looked at Goudan's body with a frown.

It turns out that the belly is so big because it is full of gas but no excess water.

This coroner is not very good. He can't even figure out this common sense question.

At this time, the coroner's face and body were covered with rotten flesh.

Without further ado, it is likely that this bastard was killed and his body was thrown into the water.

"Let's move him to another place, into the cemetery outside the castle."

Lin Feng said.

On the way back, Bai Jing came up to Lin Feng and whispered.

"Brother, I'm afraid I've harmed Goudan."

"I didn't expect this person to dare to silence me. I was careless."

"How do we find this bad guy?"

Lin Feng shook his head slightly.

"I have no idea now."

"Brother, is there anything you can't do?"

“Yeah, it really is.”

"Brother~"

Lin Feng quickly waved his hand: "Let me think about it carefully."

"Think quickly, it will be my turn next."

"You're not a bitch, you can't be killed that easily."

"Of course not. He almost kicked me into the brick kiln that day."

“Then don’t go to the brick kiln.”

"A lime kiln can burn people to death."

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and said, "Don't hang around the construction site anymore."

"I am the butler and must be in charge of all matters inside and outside the castle."

Bai Jing puffed out her chest and said proudly.

Lin Feng looked at her plump figure and suddenly asked.

"You knew this man before. Could he be a bandit from Helm Mountain?"