Cheng Ji Ming was smart, but who was Tie Mo? How could Cheng Ji Ming take the lead? He notified the governor Qin Meng early in the morning and personally went to Shuntian Mansion. So Du Linghe, the head of the Criminal Department
When they arrived at Shuntian Prefecture, they only saw a wooden board with the body on it. The body had long since disappeared. Du Linghe's face darkened and he said angrily to Deng Kuan, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture: "Master Deng, where is Wu Changdi's body? Didn't the Criminal Department have it early?
Is there a warrant for Shuntian Mansion to protect the body?"
"This..." Deng Kuan frowned, feeling quite displeased. Everyone was a fourth-rank official, but Du Linghe yelled, making him look like Deng Kuan was a subordinate of the Ministry of Punishment.
However, Deng Kuan could only complain in his heart and dare not say anything on the surface. This is the tragedy of being a capital official. The prefect of one place is placed elsewhere, but he is the official of the border area, one of the top figures. Except for the chief envoy of the third division, the inspector
As envoy, other officials have to bow their heads when meeting the prefect. But in the capital, the prefect is nothing. He guards the officials of the six cabinet departments, so what is the prefect? Sometimes the other party is clearly inferior to me in rank, but I still have to be careful with him. There is no way. Many times
You have to rely on others to live your life. Just like the Du Linghe in front of you, in terms of official position, he might as well wait for someone, but he is from the Ministry of Punishment. Every three years, the Ministry of Punishment reviews the merits, and Du Linghe is involved.
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After hesitating for a moment, Deng Kuan said with an expression of embarrassment: "Qin Meng, the governor of the town, came in person. He took the Jinyiwei's warrant and forcibly took the body away. I can't fight with the Jinyiwei people because of this matter."
?And...Qin Meng is not only followed by the Jinyi Guards, but also some army sergeants."
There was a trace of disdain in Deng Kuan's eyes and he was just being tough with his words. You, Mr. Du, would probably be worse off if you encountered that kind of situation. Du Linghe was shocked, and did not bother to fight with Deng Kuan, so he hurried back to inform Cheng.
Killed.
The Jinyiwei Xicheng Hundred Households Residence is not too far from Zhengyangmen Street. After Tie Mo received the message from Xiao Ruxue, he rushed to the Xicheng Hundred Households Residence as soon as he had time. Wu Changdi's body is the only clue at the moment.
Tie Mo didn't dare to put the body in the Jinyiwei Town Fusi. Considering the Jinyiwei's urinary properties, the body was placed in the Zhenfusi and would probably be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment soon. He had no choice but to put it in the Xicheng Hundred Household Office.
, this is the area under the jurisdiction of Qin Meng, the governor of the town. As long as Tie Mo is there to support him, no one can go to Baihu Station to demand people by force.
After entering the mortuary, he lifted the drapery on the body and after just one glance, the corners of Tie Mo's mouth twitched. Xiao Ruxue was even more unbearable and had already run outside and vomited. Wu Changdi's entire face was rotten.
It looked like it was scratched by the claws of a wild beast. There were claw marks on his face and body, and there was a huge bite mark on his neck. After comparing the marks, a cold wind swept over Tie Mo's forehead. What kind of thing has such a big mouth? Don't.
It was a human being, but even a dog didn't have such a big mouth. Wu Changdi's death was really tragic, but Tie Mo felt that Zhou Dingshan didn't ask him to come here to help solve the case. There must be another reason.
After shooing away the other Jinyi captains, Zhou Dingshan pulled Tie Mo into a corner and whispered, "Supervisor, Wu Changdi got the map last night."
"Where's the map now?"
"This is why my subordinate came to you. When we found Wu Changdi's body, he was already like this. As for the map... That's why I hope that His Highness will find a way. It doesn't matter whether the case is solved or not.
The important thing is that we must find Wu Changdi's clothes before other people in the government office. If my subordinates are not mistaken, the map should be placed in Wu Changdi's robe."
After listening to Zhou Dingshan's words, Tie Mo finally understood why he was asked to come, "You mean Wu Changdi's body looked like this when it was found?"
"Yes, our people were the first to arrive at the scene, so there should be no problem!" Zhou Dingshan looked very bad. He hesitated, frowned and said, "Supervisor, do you think someone discovered us?
The purpose is to deal with Wu Changdi before us..."
Tie Mo shook his head gently, "No, this possibility is very small. Look at the wounds on Wu Changdi's body. It's definitely not for the map. It's probably an accident."
Zhou Dingshan went out for a while and then returned to the mortuary. This time he also brought the man in charge of the autopsy. He didn't know who the young man in front of him was, but Qin Meng didn't stop him. He just said it again.
"My lords, this is the first time I have seen such a tragic scene after decades of autopsy. Look at this wound. There is still some mud on the inside of the wound. It can be seen that it is the claw of some kind of animal. And this bite mark is really too big.
If you say it's a dog, it doesn't look like it."
Looking at Old Wu Zuo, Tie Mo asked kindly, "Wu Zuo, can you tell what kind of animal this bite mark is from?"
"Sorry for my blindness, I really can't tell the difference."
After asking Wu Zuo to retreat, Tie Mo said to Qin Meng, the governor of the town, "Qin Meng, please send some men to the towns outside the city to get these hunters!"
"Well, I'll go right away..." Before Qin Meng finished speaking, he saw a school captain running in in a panic, "Sir Qin, it's not good, Taipingfang, Guangdefang, Tong
Three murder cases were also discovered in Yifang, and the victims’ death conditions were exactly the same as Wu Changdi’s!”
Upon hearing what the yamen officer said, Zhou Dingshan breathed a sigh of relief, and even muttered "Great" in a low voice. Zhou Dingshan's abnormal behavior is understandable. Although there were three more murders, it was also understandable from another aspect.
This shows that the perpetrator did not simply go for Wu Changdi, and the possibility of going for the map is even slimmer.
After hearing the report, Zhou Dingshan and Tie Mo rushed to the scene quickly. As the captain said before, the deceased was indeed the same as Wu Changdi. In addition to the body, there were many claw marks on the ground, which were obviously left by the victim's resistance. Find them
I checked the roofs on both sides with the ladder, and found some abnormalities. In one place, the tiles had been trampled to pieces, and there were some animal hairs hidden in the cracks of the tiles. I put away the animal hairs and took the
We went to the other three scenes, and just like before, the beasts attacked from the roof.
When we returned to Baihu Station, there were already several hunters waiting there.
There are many mountains near the capital, especially Nanshan Forest Garden, which was a famous hunting ground in the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, although many places were no longer as glorious as before, there were still many hunters who made a living by hunting.
The corpse was placed on the wooden bed, and several hunters looked at it one by one. After reading it, these hunters all had the same expression, that is, they were puzzled and puzzled.
Qin Meng invited several hunters to the side, raised his hands and asked, "Can you see any clues among the warriors? What kind of beast caused this wound?"
Hearing Qin Meng's words, an older hunter bowed his hands and said in return, "General, were all these people killed in the city?"
"Can this be false? The scene has been surveyed and the possibility of dumping the body later has been ruled out. Why do you ask this, strong man?"
"General, in this case, the young men will not hide it. Based on our many years of hunting experience, this wound should be caused by a big insect. However, these big insects are mostly in the mountains and are very rare. How could they appear in the capital?
?Because things are too strange, that’s why I just asked.”
"Big bug?" Qin Meng shuddered suddenly, and then thought it was ridiculous, "How is this possible? How could a big bug come to the city and hurt people? Did the warriors see it wrong?"
"General, you guys can be sure of this." At this time, the elder pointed at a burly young man and said, "Sir, please ask Qin Er. He hunted a big insect last year, and his chest was also covered by a big insect.
The wounds were very similar to those of the people who died just now."
"This..." At this point, Qin Meng also started to believe what the hunters said, but how should he tell others? Should he tell others that there was a big insect causing trouble in the capital? Then Shuntian Mansion would be in chaos.
Just when he was hesitating, Zhou Dingshan walked over quickly. When he saw the older hunter, he pinched out a few soft animal hairs and whispered, "Strong man, you have seen this before. What animal does this hair come from?"
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The older man finally touched the animal hair and rubbed it on the palm of his hand. After consulting with several hunters, he said seriously, "General, if this animal hair fell from that beast, then
There should be no mistake, this is the hair on the big insect. It is possible to make a mistake in terms of wounds, but the hair on the big bug is so precious that we will never make a mistake. But it’s strange..."
"Big brother has something to say, but it doesn't matter. Is there anything strange about it?"
"It's just that the hair of this big insect looks old. It doesn't look like it comes from a living animal." After listening to the hunter's narration, San Dezi took the animal hair and walked towards his class room. At this time, Tie Mo in the class room
I am looking at the autopsy records carefully. It seems that the old man is also a rigorous person. The location of the crime, the details of the wounds on the body, and the approximate time of death are all recorded.
After taking the map of the capital, Tie Mo sat down and marked slowly with a brush. Looking at the marks, they seemed to have some regularity, but also seemed to have no regularity at all. It was really a headache. Tie Mo thought carefully, Zhou Dingshan had already pushed
He walked in and closed the door tightly. He said a little anxiously, "Supervisor, you don't know. The hunters just looked at it and they are sure to be a big insect."
"Big insect? Dingshan, are you flooded with water in your head?" Xiao Ruxue thought it was quite ridiculous. The big insect could go to the capital and hurt people, and even get on the roof and come and go without a trace?
Zhou Dingshan knew that Mrs. Xiao was angry, so he did not dare to talk to Xiao Ruxue. He leaned on the case and pinched the bit of animal hair and said seriously, "Supervisor, it's true. Those people have also seen this hair.
It must be from a big insect, but the hunter said that the tiger hair should be from a dead animal."
"From a dead thing?" Tie Mo took the tiger hair and took a closer look. He found that the roots of the hair were very dry, as if they had been specially treated. If it was from a dead thing, that would explain why the tiger was able to get on the roof.
, otherwise, wouldn’t it be better for a tiger to fly over a wall than a cat to climb a tree? Could it be that someone is wearing a tiger skin and doing bad things, but who would do such a thing?
Wearing tiger skin to commit a crime is cumbersome and arouses suspicion. It is really not a good choice, but why did the man still do it? There must be some unexplained reason. Why did the perpetrator wound the victim?
What he did was so horrific, he had to bite him for a while, and the most puzzling thing was that he also took off the victim's clothes. All these behaviors were not done by normal people. Normal people who commit crimes would not do so many useless things.
Yes, only those with special paranoia will do this, just like mysophobia people will clean their wounds, and people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will arrange the scene to be intact. Paranoid people are often crazy, and they are not really crazy.
, he just put himself in an illusion. Is this criminal also a paranoid person? He imitated like this, thinking that he was a tiger?
After thinking a lot, I still can't understand what the perpetrator was thinking. Now Tie Mo really has the urge to kill people. He had a good plan, but he encountered such an unexpected incident. If this case affects the plan to rob the Liubu Treasury,
Wouldn't that be too unfair?
Ask Zhou Dingshan and Xiao Ruxue to stand aside, point to the four crime scenes, frown and ask, "Take a look, which of these four places do you think is the place where the prisoner lives?"
Zhou Dingshan shook his head simply. Xiao Ruxue held her chin, pondered carefully for a while, pointed at the map and said, "The Nu family thinks it's either Guangde Fang or Tongyi Fang."
What Xiao Ruxue said was what Tie Mo thought, so he smiled lightly and said, "Xue'er, tell me your reasons."
"The slave family feels that according to normal rules, since the criminal commits the crime in a series, he will either commit the crime in the house where he lives first, or he will commit it last. According to this principle, it is either Guangde Fang or Tongyi Fang."
What Xiao Ruxue said was not unreasonable. Tie Mo nodded and said, "Xue'er, what you said is very good, but it's not bold enough. The murder investigation and treasure hunting are actually the same thing. You try every means to change yourself."
Become someone else and try to understand other people's thoughts. Let's assume that the perpetrator is a madman who is obsessed with tigers. He thinks that he is a tiger. When a tiger comes out of its cave, it will kill its prey when it sees it. Sometimes tigers hunt for life, not
For food, but to declare one's territory. According to this principle, it must be from near to far, so judging from the time of the crime, it is very likely that the perpetrator lives in Guangdefang."
"Sir, are you sure?"
"Of course I'm not sure. If you want to be sure, you have to wait for the other party to commit the crime again. As long as the next crime occurs and the final location of the crime is Tongyi Fang or Yankang Fang, then you can be 100% sure that the perpetrator is
It's in Guangdefang. But unfortunately, we don't have time to wait for the murderer to commit another crime. We must find the murderer within two days. Without the map of Yankeju, our plan will be ruined."
"What the Superintendent said is true, but the problem is that we don't know how to find people now. Searching in a big way will not be very effective!" Zhou Dingshan has a headache, not to mention the wealthy households in the dozen or so neighborhoods in Xicheng.
, there are also many merchants coming and going. After checking one by one, even if they find the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, they still can't find out the reason.