Guo Wei said solemnly: "Sacrifice to heaven and earth, burn yellow paper, drink blood wine... This is probably some kind of cult ritual. No wonder those fishermen thought it was haunted."
Duan Fei didn't expect a cult. He calmed down and said, "Look for something else. If it's a cult ritual, there should be some special markers."
The two of them searched again, even digging a foot into the ground with a hoe, and successively found bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, incense stems, straw ropes and other items. The broken porcelain pieces just made up four large bowls, but there was no murder weapon at the scene.
I wonder if it was thrown into the lake.
"It seems that there are at least four murderers. They are here to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and Lu Lan is the blood sacrifice..." Duan Fei felt a little heavy in his heart. Whether this was a cult ritual or what Duan Fei thought, for Lu Lan
Said to be extremely cruel, the ferocity of these four murderers aroused strong anger in Duan Fei's heart, and he was determined to capture them as quickly as possible!
The two found a sack and packed up the evidence. As soon as they walked out of Changdao, they saw Shi Bin running over panting and shouting to them: "Brother Fei, Capt. Yan asked you to go back to the Yamen quickly. That
Lu Da has been caught..."
On the way back to the Yamen, Duan Fei learned what happened. It turned out that Mr. Lu suddenly returned to the Lu family for some reason. Mrs. Lu, who had just returned from the Yamen, immediately ordered someone to beat him up, then tied him up and carried him to the county.
As if Xu Dianshi had found a treasure, he immediately invited Master Min to sit in the court and interrogate Lu Da.
Duan Fei rushed back to the county government office as quickly as possible, and when he came to the court, he saw a strong man in civilian clothes being tortured with sticks. His ankles were clamped between three wooden sticks and tied with ropes.
, two government servants stood on each side, holding ropes, pulling towards him as hard as tug-of-war. This seemingly simple thing was so powerful that Lu Da was pinched so hard that his feet were bleeding, and he fainted after screaming like ghosts and wolves.
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"The splint was actually moved. It seems that Mr. Xu plans to torture him to extract a confession." Yan Captou said in a low voice.
"I wonder what the evidence is?" Duan Fei asked suspiciously.
Yan Captou said anxiously: "No matter what evidence there is, Lu Da cannot be allowed to continue to be tortured. Once he admits his guilt, it will be difficult to reverse the case!"
Master Xu in the hall was asking Master Min for orders to wake up Lu Da and start torture. Yan Captou waited for an opportunity and took Duan Fei and others forward to report to Master Min: "Sir, we found a man on an isolated island in the lake in the northeast corner of the county.
We visited the murder scene and found incense paper candles, wine glasses, straw ropes and other items. We suspect that there are four murderers. This is not an ordinary murder, it may be the work of a gang! Duan Fei, present the evidence to your Majesty for review.
, please make a clear decision!"
A sack of evidence was presented, and Mr. Min looked at it drowsily for a while before nodding and saying: "Bring the straw rope to me for comparison, Mr. Xu, look..."
Xu Dianshi had already thought of a countermeasure. He stepped forward and said angrily: "Master Min, yesterday at the scene I suspected that it was a gang murder. At that time, Yan Captou and Duan Fei denied it. Now they say it was a gang murder.
Sir, this is clearly evidence they forged in order to gain credit and confuse the public when they saw that I had caught the murderer. Please be careful, Sir!
Yan Captou retorted: "Mr. Xu, what you said is a little inappropriate. These evidences all have their origins. If you don't believe it, Lord Min can send someone to investigate. It is also with Lord Min's permission that we investigate the case in two ways. As soon as possible
Everyone benefits from solving the case, why does Mr. Xu say that we are taking credit? It seems to me that you are rushing to punish Lu Da just to take credit!"
Xu Yu snorted coldly and said: "Captain Yan, I asked Mr. Min to torture Lu Da but there is real evidence. There is a fist mark on the chest of Lu Lan's body. I have tested it and it is consistent with Lu Da's fist.
When Da was arrested, he had a huge amount of stolen money with him. He has also admitted that he had an argument with his boss, injured his boss and then took the money and fled. The evidence is conclusive. Who else is the murderer if Lu Da is not the murderer!"
Duan Fei frowned, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, where did Lu Da admit that he injured Lu Lan?"
Xu Yu's face moved slightly and he said displeased: "He said he was outside the city, so he was severely punished. A person like this who does all kinds of evil will naturally try his best to deny it after killing someone. Duan Fei, you just did it."
After a few days of police work, solving the case is not as simple as you think. Can you catch the murderer with a dead pig? It's really fantastic. Don't forget that you still have suspicions that have not been cleared away. If the murderer is not Lu Da, could it be you?
"
Lord Dianshi's sarcastic tone was so obvious that Duan Fei's face couldn't help but change. Shi Bin couldn't help but help: "Sir, it's easy to confirm what Lu Da said. Just ask the soldiers on duty in the north of the city that evening and you will know that Lu Lan is a
When people enter the city, they should enter the city together with Lu Da."
Lord Xu shouted angrily: "Shut up, you have no place to speak here! It's useless to ask who still remembers so much after such a long time."
Yan Captou said: "That's not necessarily the case, Master Min. I propose that Lu Da be temporarily detained pending retrial. I will immediately send someone to the guard station to find Niu Baihu for questioning."
Duan Fei stepped forward and said: "I don't think so. Is Lu Da an idiot? I don't think so. He dared to come back after robbing money and killing people? Unless he is crazy, Mrs. Lu, it was you who tied Lu Da here. I ask
Are you, Lu Da, crazy? How did he come back? And why did he come back?"
Mrs. Lu had been kneeling in the hall for a while. Seeing that Mr. Min did not stop her, she replied: "When the housekeeper told me that Mr. Lu was back, I thought I had heard wrong. But later I saw it was him, and then I believed it was true."
Yes, at that time he was no better than a beggar with unkempt hair, and he was carrying a package...with a lot of silver taels and ingots in it."
"When Lu Da saw me, he cried and said that he was wrong. It was his disobedience that killed the master. I was so angry that I ordered someone to beat him up and then sent him over. Now think about it.
...Maybe he really didn't kill my husband... He was the servant that my husband had brought up since he was a child. Even if he was obsessed with money for a while, he would not kill him after taking the money. Besides, he brought back the money without any change...
"
Mrs. Lu spoke a little hesitantly, but everyone understood. Mr. Xu snorted and said stubbornly: "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe he was obsessed with it that day and got a gust of horns, and completely forgot about it after the murder."
Magistrate Min twirled his beard, looked at his deputy, then at Duan Fei and Yan Captou, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "Everyone's words have some truth, human life is at stake, we still need to be careful to verify it.
Yes, Mr. Yan, you should send someone to the guard station to find Niu Baihu to investigate, and temporarily put Lu Da in prison and withdraw from the court!"
Everyone respectfully sent the county magistrate off. Master Xu looked at Duan Fei and Yan Captou and snorted and walked away. Duan Fei gave a wry smile and said, "Master Xu has such a strong prejudice against me."
Yan Captou curled his lips and said: "Don't worry about him, he is not the one who gets slapped. Solving the case is the real skill. What should we do now?"
Duan Fei said: "What new clues do you have over there?"
Yan Captou said: "No, this Lu Lan is really as his wife said. He is a good old man. When doing business, he would rather lose himself than make grudges with others. In this way, more people are willing to do business with him.
When he got up, his servants all said good things about Lu Lan, and some even burst into tears while talking."
Duan Fei sighed and said: "So those murderers deserve to die even more. Lu Lan died so miserably. He was treated like a sacrifice with his throat cut and blood drank... He was also tortured with three knives and six holes before... these
The murderer really deserves to be chopped alive!"
"Is it really a cult..." Yan Captou's eyes were full of worry. The Ming Dynasty had extremely strict control over religions since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Among them, the White Lotus Sect, the Maitreya Sect and various derived sects were in constant rebellion.
The principle of never letting go of wrongdoing is that once there are traces of a cult, bloody killings often follow, and killings occur all the time. If it is confirmed that this case was committed by a cult, I am afraid that Baoying County will never be able to live in peace again.
"I don't think Nineteen is." Duan Fei said with certainty, "Master Yan, don't worry."
Yan Captou sighed and said: "It's too late, you have to be careful about that Xu Yu. If this is really a cult case, and if we can't solve the case in time, I'm afraid both you and I will die without a burial place."
"Why do you say this, sir?" Duan Fei asked in surprise.
Yan Captou said with a sad face: "Xu Yu may be from Dongchang. Dongchang has spies in every yamen. On weekdays, the prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt have to be reported. What's more, the matter involves a rebel cult... As long as he is in the report
If we mention that we are related to a cult, we will have to shed two layers of skin even if we are not dead, and Mr. Min will not be able to protect himself."
Dongchang... This is a word that is familiar even to Chinese people in the 21st century. Dongchang represents bloodshed and endless injustice. Duan Fei was horrified when he heard that Xu Yu might be from Dongchang.dd