Chapter 18 Honest people lie
"Merely making inferences based on the wounds on the corpse is not accurate." Yun Xi quickly waved her hand, "nor can it be used as a basis for solving the case."
Not to mention it cannot be written in the official document file for solving the case.
"An inference is better than no inference!" Magistrate Song's desire to recruit people came to the fore again.
Lu Qingfan glanced at Magistrate Song with a half-smile. Magistrate Song quickly coughed and restrained his neck that was stretched out too eagerly.
Yun Xi pondered for a moment, "Previously, the prefect's Yamen targeted Zhang Ye as a suspect. Firstly, it was because the iron saw as the murder weapon was caught on the riverside passing by Zhang's house. Secondly, because Zhang Ye was strong and strong, and could cut
The skull is strong enough.”
However, after the autopsy, it was confirmed that the two deceased people had no injuries from a struggle before death and were in a state of drunkenness or coma. Zhang Ye's physical appearance and strength were not sufficient evidence.
"The iron saw used in the murder has no special characteristics. Anyone who knows some carpentry work at home may have an iron saw."
It is also possible that the murderer abandoned the murder weapon and threw it in the river in order to deliberately frame Zhang Ye.
In this way, anyone who passes by the river and has an iron saw at home will be suspected.
"I speculate that the suspect is a man about five feet three inches tall, with the same build and strength as an ordinary person. He is familiar with money, Wu's drinking capacity, the restaurant where the three often meet for dinner, and the route they take home."
Only those who understand these can accurately use the wine to knock down three people, including Zhang Ye.
"Yun Wuzuo is saying that the person who brewed the wine is most likely the murderer?" Magistrate Song's mind trembled, but he connected all the previously hidden clues together.
No wonder the strange wine in the Yamen just now made everyone think that this was a deliberate murder.
"Will it be divided into two groups? One group or group of people will prepare wine, and the other group will kill people and hide their heads?" Lu Qingfan asked in a deep voice.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is definitely one person who committed the murder." Yun Xi said firmly: "The injuries on the corpse were basically made by one person."
Magistrate Song thought of money, and all the jewelry and money bags on Wu and Wu's body were missing. It should be as the previous inference, the murderer was trying to delay the time to solve the case.
"Does that rule out that the suspect was motivated by money?"
"Yes." Lu Qingfan judged that the purpose of taking away the valuable belongings of the deceased was similar to that of changing the corpse's clothes, both of which were to disrupt the direction of the government's investigation of the case.
After the autopsy and evidence collection, there are still many mysteries that have not been solved: For example, what is the deep hatred between the murderer and Qian, and Wu? Is the death of the two related to those strange worshipers?
Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Wu seem to be deliberately hiding something. Does what they conceal have anything to do with the murderer?
For a moment, everyone on the carriage was lost in thought without speaking.
When the carriage stopped on the country road outside the city, Magistrate Song said with a hint of displeasure: "Master Lu, you said you were going to come to Sanghumen's house to search for heads!"
"Why did Governor Song say this?" Lu Qingfan frowned slightly, "Is there any difficulty in searching Sanghu?"
"Here... there are more than a hundred households in the front, dozens of households in the back, and the yamen have searched every house! None!"
After all, Magistrate Song was an official of one parent. He had no ability to solve strange cases, but he certainly had basic investigative skills.
He didn't expect that Lu Qingfan would do such a thing again, showing his unhappiness for the first time.
Lu Qingfan was startled, then said: "Then check it again."
During the initial investigation, the Sanghu who really had a problem would definitely guard the Yamen tightly. Now that the case has passed a few days, the Sanghu has relaxed his vigilance and may find something useful if he searches again.
"How easy is it to check these two hundred households again?" Magistrate Song did not want to go through the trouble again.
An idea came to Yun Xi's mind, she blinked with clear eyes, and pulled the reluctant Magistrate Song to the side to talk.
She whispered a few words softly, and Magistrate Song was surprised at first, then nodded in agreement, then turned around to find the leading officers and ordered them to gather people and prepare to search the households.
Yun Xi walked back with her little hands behind her back and smiled, "If Mr. Lu wants to search, I'm afraid there won't be enough people. Let's wait a moment?"
Lu Qingfan didn't ask Yun Xi how he persuaded Magistrate Song. He nodded and said, "Okay."
"Miss Yun, what did you just say to Magistrate Song?" Lu Qingfan didn't ask, but that doesn't mean Leng Hai didn't ask.
He came closer with a playful smile, waiting for Yun Xi to clear up his doubts.
Beside them, Lu Qingfan, who had a deep look on his face, and Leng Chuan, who was pretending to be calm, also quietly raised their ears.
"I told Mr. Song that I had read a case in the story book before," Yun Xi pointed at the large number of mulberry households: "The mulberry households got up early and worked hard day and night, but they were squeezed out of the money by the cruel Yuanwai master.
They had to pay extra land tax and silver. The households were so miserable that they killed the Yuanwai master on a dark and windy night. They happily circulated the Yuanwai master's head at home and taught their children: You can't get anything in this life.
Wealth from righteousness, otherwise I will suffer the end of my life."
Yun Xi's story is simple and profound, but it reminds the Song magistrate: the resentment of the sanguine households towards Qian and Wu is just like the hatred of the sanguin households towards the Yuanwai master in the storybook.
"The first time we searched house to house, the households were likely to hide their heads and get away with it; this time we didn't leave any house and searched collectively. With such a huge momentum, even if we guessed wrong, we would be more likely to panic.
Useful clues were obtained from the Sanghu account."
The prefect of Song Dynasty would rather cause more trouble than let go of Sang Hu who was suspected of hiding the head, so he naturally went to recruit people.
Leng Hai gave a thumbs up, "Wow, Miss Yun is far-sighted! Which story book did you read this story from?"
Miss Yun is so smart and amazing!
"Pfft, there is no story book, I made up this story right now!" Yun Xi squinted her eyes and smiled slyly, Qingguo was already bent over with joy.
Leng Hai was startled and said dumbly: "It turns out that an honest person can cheat someone to death by lying!"
Leng Chuan grinned silently, and Lu Qingfan looked at Yun Xi's smile and curled his thin lips quietly.
This little girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.
The prefect of Song Dynasty was frightened by Yun Xi, and he was no longer afraid of "mobilizing troops". He summoned all the idle people he could mobilize and the commanding officers he had made friends with, and ordered all the sanghus to light up their lamps and go out, so that the people from the Yamen could come in and search the heads.
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It was almost time to go to bed, and the sanghus were standing sparsely on the roadside in the countryside with their coats on their coats and their hair disheveled. When they arrived and saw so many people from the government dispatched to search, no one was sleepy.
"The government has just come, why do they need to search again?"
"It seems that we still want to find the head of the deceased. You said you wanted to find the head instead of going to the mass grave. Why are you here?"
"Who died in such a big battle?"
"I'm not the master of the Qian family yet..."
The sanghus became quieter and quieter, but more and more people were whispering.
Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan kept observing the households: some were confused, some were panicked, and some were restlessly watching the guards as they left this house and went to that house...
"You, you, and you, where do you live?" Lu Qingfan named the three most suspicious-looking Sanghus.
As soon as Lu Qingfan finished speaking, the three mulberry households turned around and hid in the fields without answering!
"Catch them!" Lu Qingfan gave the order and took the lead in using his skills to fly past.
Chapter completed!