Cheng Xiao rubbed his two injured fingers and was about to have an attack, but after hearing Xu Zhen's words, he had to suppress his secret anger.
"Captain Cheng," Xu Zhen also rubbed his red throat and pointed to a small table in the cell. "When we entered the scene yesterday, this table was overturned, right?"
Since I wrote a complaint here yesterday, a small table was placed in the cell with pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other items.
After the incident, the table overturned and the items were scattered on the floor, and they are still in the same condition to this day.
"Table?" Cheng Xiao frowned, "What does this prove? The old man was forced to take poison, and when the poison was active, he kicked the table over. Isn't it normal?"
"No," Xu Zhen objected, "This table is located deep in the cell. If the old man is controlled from the prison railing, he will definitely not be able to kick it."
"Fool," a policeman next to him sneered, "after you gave the old man poison, wouldn't you let go? After you let go, the poison was released, and the old man kicked down the table."
"Oh? Really?" Xu Zhen pointed to his mouth and said bluntly, "In that case... wouldn't he be able to shout?"
oh……
In one sentence, Cheng Xiao and others understood it instantly.
This cell is very close to the prison hall. If the old man shouts loudly, it is impossible for people outside not to hear him.
Not to mention shouting, even if the table turns over, you should be able to hear it.
"Then..." a young detective next to him speculated, "could it be that after giving the old man poison, the murderer blocked the old man's mouth until he died, so he couldn't say... oh... oh..."
The next words naturally don't make sense, because then the table will not be overturned.
"So..." Xu Zhen said, "If there is a murderer, he must enter this cell, pinch the old man's mouth, feed him poison, and then block his mouth to prevent him from making any sound, and then..."
"Then..." Cheng Xiao gritted his teeth and continued, "After the person died, the murderer deliberately knocked over the table?
"This is nonsense!" Cheng Xiao said angrily, "It's not suicide, it's not pretending to commit suicide, it's homicide, and it's such a troublesome thing, why not just break the neck? What on earth did the murderer want to do?"
"Captain Cheng," Xu Zhen reminded extra calmly, "Actually... the reason why it is so troublesome is that the murderer's purpose can still be guessed. Have you forgotten... what we all said yesterday?"
"Ah?" Cheng Xiao was startled at first, and then felt a chill running down his spine. Only then did he understand what Xu Zhen meant.
yes!
The murderer made it so troublesome to kill because he wanted to create the illusion that Old Man Li was killed and silenced by the Yamen, so that the Yamen could not get rid of the relationship.
Bang...
Cheng Xiao clenched his fists loudly and ordered to his guards: "Hurry and take these two jailers to the prison cell to be tortured. If you can't find anything out, I will let you have a taste of being tortured too."
taste!"
"Yes! Yes, yes..." Several police officers were frightened and quickly pulled the two jailers out.
The two jailers were already frightened, crying for their fathers and mothers, shouting that they were wronged, but it didn't help...
"Okay," Cheng Xiao turned around again and said coldly to Xu Zhen, "You have to be patient! But don't think that you can go to heaven just by fooling the old man. Is this case what you said?
, not necessarily! Huh!”
Cheng Xiao finished humming and turned to leave.
Xu Zhen didn't want to pay attention to him and just wanted to examine the body.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a government official suddenly ran out and said that the county magistrate had returned and was eager to see Xu Zhen and Cheng Xiao.
…
In the inner hall, the county magistrate Song Zhili slammed the teacup on the table and said angrily:
"What a stubborn guy! I treated him politely and tried to persuade him with kind words, but he...he finally came to his post. He was simply...unruly!"
In just a few angry words, Xu Zhen roughly understood that Magistrate Song must have had a bad experience with Qiu Batian.
In fact, Xu Zhen had already concluded that Qiu Batian was not responsible for this case.
The reason why he still encouraged Magistrate Song to inquire in person was because he wanted to use Magistrate Song's mouth to probe Qiu Batian's tone and obtain more information about the case.
"Master Song, please don't get angry with that guy," Chen Xian Cheng, who was sitting next to him, comforted him. "This Qiu Batian is famous for being violent and domineering. Since he doesn't take us seriously, then we...
Let’s…um…”
Obviously, Chen Xiancheng wanted to say: We don't have to be polite, but when he thought of Qiu Batian's strong backing, he couldn't continue.
"Sir," Xu Zhen couldn't help but ask, "What exactly did Qiu Batian say?"
"Huh, it's all your good idea!" Song Zhili's face darkened, and he leaned on the back of the chair and said angrily, "I went to ask him, and he actually asked me to go to the bedroom without any clothes on, and hugged him
Looking at those two golden-haired cats is simply... it's simply degrading and indecent..."
At this point, Song Zhili realized that the topic was indecent and hurriedly skipped this section and continued: "I told him everything about Old Man Li and his daughter, and asked him what was going on.
"In the end, instead of giving any explanation, he said that our yamen deliberately harmed him, scolded him, and even threatened and intimidated him. Alas..."
It can be seen from the sigh that Song Zhili's next words should be: It has brought shame to our yamen...
"Then what?" Xu Zhen asked.
"What?" Song Zhili glared, "Do you think I have to lick my face and continue to ask questions?"
"Did Qiu Batian drink too much?" Xu Zhen suddenly asked.
"Yes," Song Zhili nodded, "otherwise, how could he be so ridiculous? I don't know how much he drank. I think his tongue is tied when he talks."
"Oh..." Xu Zhen frowned in thought.
But just at this moment, a person ran in in the turmoil outside, it was the old detective Chen Tiefeng.
"Master Song, Mr. Cheng..." he reported with regret, "I heard in the morning that the villagers were going to the county government to file a complaint, so I went to chase and investigate, but they may have taken a detour, and they were never seen.
!”
After saying that, he saw the county magistrate Chen Houlu and quickly saluted with his fists clasped and shouted "Lord County Magistrate".
When he turned around again, he saw Xu Zhen and was immediately furious with pain. He rushed over, grabbed Xu Zhen's collar and cursed loudly:
"You bastard, how dare you frame me!?"
As he spoke, he raised his fist as if to strike.
"Stop!" Magistrate Song darkened his face and shouted, "Don't ignore the occasion!"
"Yes!" Chen Tiefeng realized that he was too impulsive and hurriedly let go of his hand, but still gave Xu Zhen a murderous look.
"Tie Feng," Song Zhili asked, "what did you mean just now? Why are the villagers going to file a complaint?"
"Oh Lord Song..." Upon hearing this, the county magistrate Chen Houlu told Song Zhili that the information about Old Man Li's death was leaked and that the villagers were going to the county government to file a complaint.
After listening to this, Song Zhili's face became even more gloomy.
Cheng Xiao suddenly became excited and hurriedly asked Xu Zhen: "Xu Zhen, you went to Old Man Li's house last night. Needless to say, you leaked the news that Old Man Li died in the county government, right?"
When Cheng Xiao said this, everyone looked at Xu Zhen questioningly.
Xu Zhen, however, was calm and said, "I remember that we were not the only people from the county government who saw Old Man Li die in the South Prison yesterday, right?"
In one sentence, Cheng Xiao's question was powerfully dismissed.
Yes, Qiu Batian and his men went to the South Prison yesterday, so how could this news be blocked?
"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili looked at Xu Zhen with a gloomy face and said, "Ignore the leak in advance, but don't forget what you said yesterday?
"Now that I have talked with Qiu Batian, didn't you say that the rest of the matter will be left to you?"
"Master Song," Xu Zhen stood among a few people. He scanned everyone first and then said with certainty, "I can tell that the case involving Old Man Li and his daughter was definitely not done by Qiu Batian!"