When Zhao Zhixian's brain was in a state of confusion, Zhu Pingan spoke, "Mr. Zhao, how many people are engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County, including making coffins, setting and marking graves, funerals, moving tombs, playing, playing and singing, etc.
, be sure to make a detailed statistics, please send someone to invite them all to the county government now, so that no one is left behind."
Although Zhao Zhixian didn’t understand Zhu Ping’s purpose of asking about the funeral business, he still opened his mouth and answered: “Sir, there are eight coffin shops in Yiwu County, including three in the county and five in the towns below;
There are many people who order graves, from all three religions and nine streams. This has been registered in the county government, and there are about 20 or 30 people. Most of the people who undertake funerals are people from Yizhuang. There are five Yizhuangs in Yiwu County. In addition to Yizhuang, Zha
Louzi shroud shops are also responsible for funeral arrangements. There are about a dozen Zhalouzi shroud shops in Yiwu County; there are about a dozen players who play, play and sing, and most of them do both weddings and funerals."
It can be seen that Zhao Zhixian's work in Yiwu is still very solid, and he basically has a good idea of all aspects of Yiwu.
Zhu Ping'an's evaluation of Zhao Zhixian was a little higher. There are really not many county magistrates who have achieved this level.
In the future, Zhao Zhixian’s achievements will definitely not be limited to the county magistrate.
"Sir, these people are not a minority. Do they all need to be invited to the county government?" Zhao Zhixian asked uncertainly.
"Master Zhao, after inviting them to the county government, sent a clerk to inquire in detail and record whether they had undertaken funerals or moved graves in the two months before and after the incident last year. If they had undertaken funerals or moved graves during this period,
It is necessary to record in detail who they are hosting for, and to ask them if there is anything suspicious or strange during the hosting period. No matter how outrageous, they must be recorded in detail, and finally ask them to sign and sign."
Zhu Pingan continued.
"I obey." Magistrate Zhao nodded vigorously, turned around and arranged for the officers to go to the county government office to retrieve the funeral industry files, compare the files, and invite all those engaged in the funeral industry to the government office.
After Zhao Zhixian arranged the matter, he couldn't restrain the doubts in his heart. He raised his hand and asked Zhu Pingan for advice, "Sir, I am a stupid official. I don't know what the purpose of asking people in the funeral industry is."
Chen Dacheng and others were also confused and didn't know what Zhu Pingan's intention was.
"Look for the victim's head." Zhu Ping'an said in shock.
"Ah?" Zhao Zhixian was indeed shocked. The confusion in his mind became even more blurry, and there were more question marks.
"Master Zhao, I suspect that the victim in this case is not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang, but someone else."
Zhu Ping'an whispered in Zhao Zhixian's ear.
If the murderer was Chen Erlang, there was no need for Chen Erlang to cut off his wife's head and throw it away. Even if it was to vent his anger, it would be unreasonable to just throw away the head. On the contrary, if the murderer was not Chen Erlang, then why would he cut off his head and throw it away?
The murderer must have had a purpose to hide the heads. To collect the heads? This can basically be ruled out. If there is such a perverted collecting habit, there must be more than this case of victims in Yiwu County who had their heads cut off, but Zhu
Ping An also learned that there was only one case in Yiwu County in which the head was cut off after being killed. Therefore, Zhu Ping An suspected that the murderer cut off the head and hid it because he definitely did not want everyone to see the victim's head and the victim.
The murderer's head was to cover up something. Following this line of thinking, Zhu Ping'an made a bold guess.
Zhu Ping'an's first reaction was that the murderer might be trying to conceal the identity of the victim. Perhaps the victim was not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang at all. So if the victim was not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang, who was it?
This question will be answered once the victim's head is found.
"Ah?! What?!"
Zhu Ping'an's words were more shocking than thunder. Zhao Zhixian almost jumped up in surprise.
"Shh, keep your voice low, don't make any noise, so as not to alert others." Zhu Pingan gently patted Zhixian Zhao on the shoulder.
"Yes, yes." Zhixian Zhao nodded repeatedly, but he couldn't help but whisper in Zhu Ping'an's ear, "But sir, in the two months before and after Chen Erlang's murder of his wife, there was no murder in our Yiwu County
Case."
"It is precisely because there is no homicide that I am more certain of my guess." Zhu Pingan said.
Upon hearing this, Zhixian Zhao was thoughtful and stunned for a long time. A light seemed to flash in his mind, and he seemed to understand something.
If the victim was someone else, then it would make sense to cut off the head and hide it.
If the victim is someone else and no one reports the crime.
So this real murder case was buried normally by the murderer in a non-homicide case.
After all, the death of a person cannot be contained by paper. Only a normal funeral can calm down the fire.
The body is in Chen Erlang's house, and there is only one head. How can the murderer be buried in a normal way? It must be covered up. But no matter how hard it is covered up, it is impossible to cover everything. There will definitely be some strange things during the funeral.
Therefore, Mr. Zhu asked himself to send people to ask people in the funeral industry whether they had undertaken funerals, tomb relocations, etc. during the period when the incident occurred, and specifically asked whether there was anything suspicious or strange during the period.
"Sir, I seem to understand." Zhao Zhixian looked at Zhu Pingan.
"Just understand it and don't need to explain it in words, so as not to offend the enemy." Zhu Pingan nodded slightly.
"Yes." Zhao Zhixian nodded.
"Let's go back to the county office and wait for news." Zhu Ping'an said to Magistrate Zhao, "There are some questions that we need to ask them further."
When Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Zhixian left, Chen Dacheng also took several tribesmen with him to the county government office. Now that his brother's case finally had hope, he was worried about how he could sit at home.
They don’t want to miss any detail, and secondly, they also want to contribute their efforts to the case.
The Yiwu County Government Office was very efficient, and soon all the people engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County were invited to the County Government Office by the officials.
County Magistrate Zhao checked it and confirmed that all the people engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County were present and there were no omissions.
The clerks of the county government followed the instructions and asked them one by one whether they had handled funeral matters within a period of time when the crime occurred, and whether there were any suspicious or strange things during the period, and recorded them in detail.
Because there were many people engaged in the funeral industry and there were not enough clerks in the yamen, in order to improve the efficiency of case handling, Zhu Ping'an and Magistrate Zhao also went to the scene to inquire and record the records.
Zhao Zhixian ended up questioning five people, two of whom had been engaged in funeral matters during the time when the crime occurred. However, after careful recall, they all said that there was nothing suspicious or strange during the funeral process.
County Magistrate Zhao noticed that none of the other scribes at the scene seemed to have recorded any suspicious or strange funeral matters.
Could it be that Mr. Zhu is going in the wrong direction?
Just when Zhao Zhixian was suspicious again, he saw a clerk standing up with a transcript and walking towards him with a somewhat excited expression.
(End of chapter)
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