Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2600 Fatal Back of the Head

When Tui Guan Liu saw the approval document from the Minister of Justice, he suddenly felt a headache.

If the other party does not agree, the prisoner must be convinced to agree.

He had to get Liu Gen out of prison again.

At this time, Liu Gen looked fine.

At least it's much better than it was a few days ago.

It seems that he heard something in prison.

"Liu Gen, you said you didn't kill anyone, but do you know who might have killed him?"

Liu Gen hurriedly said, "My Lord, I don't know either."

"You don't know either?"

"The deceased lived in your house, how could you not know?"

"I often don't go home at night, so I really don't know what happened to the deceased at night." Liu Gen said later.

"Then your father didn't find anything?" asked Liu Tuiguan again.

"My father is old and hard of hearing. He snores when he sleeps, and I didn't even notice it."

"Then tell me in detail what happened at that time."

After hearing this, Liu Gen recounted the situation in detail.

"This guest stayed in my house for three days."

"He said he would leave the city on the third morning, and asked me to call him."

"When I went to call him, I found that the guest was already dead and his body was cold."

"What time was it?" asked Liu Tuiguan.

"Probably Chenshi (Chenshi is from 7 to 9 o'clock)." Liu Gen thought for a while and then said.

"I wanted to call for help, but I was afraid of being blackmailed and wrongly accused."

“So I didn’t dare to report it to the police.”

"Humph, you also saw the silver and documents on the guest's body, right?" Tuiguan Liu said coldly.

"Yes, yes, I was greedy, but I definitely didn't kill anyone! If I had killed anyone, let me..." Liu Gen said as he was about to swear.

"Okay, don't swear." Liu Tuiguan shook his head and said, "If you behave yourself, no one will blackmail you."

"I know, it's all my fault." Liu Gen also felt very regretful after hearing this.

If he hadn't been greedy, things wouldn't have come to this.

Because even if he buried the person secretly, as long as he did not touch the money and documents, he would have no motive to kill.

With the ability of Judge Liu, he would be able to sense that the murderer was someone else at the first moment.

Liu Tuiguan began to ponder.

At this time, Liu Gen saw hope of survival, and looked at the other party anxiously.

Of course he didn't dare look directly at the judge.

"If that's the case, then we have to go back to the most basic process of solving a case." Tui Guan Liu thought for a while and sighed helplessly.

He thought he could get lucky again and catch the murderer.

The result is good, but still not good.

In fact, Wen Rensheng knew that even the smallest case in this world had a routine.

It’s not like in the real world, where the murderer kills someone, escapes, and is caught three days later.

There are no such smooth cases.

In the real world, this is the case in most cases.

Many murderers are stupid and dumb.

Even though they themselves have high qualities, it does not prevent them from being stupid when committing crimes.

For example, there was a female executive who strangled her baby to death in order to prevent it from affecting her promotion. When she was dealing with the funeral, everyone saw it.

His cruelty and stupidity are evident from this, the kind of stupidity that no one would believe if it was written into a novel.

However, this is a true story that happened in reality.

Afterwards, Tui Guan Liu went to check the deceased’s information and then looked for the deceased’s social network.

According to the documents, the deceased's surname was Wu.

He came from the capital, which is more than 2000 miles away from this county.

The document stated that this person was going to a fort on the border to serve as a captain, a small leader in charge of 30 people.

After a preliminary inspection, based on the information given on the surface, Tui Guan Liu believed that it was unlikely that this person had any major enemies.

He was a stranger in this county, and it was very unlikely that someone from this county would kill him.

Therefore, Liu Gen is the most suspicious.

If the murderer is from outside, then the most likely possibility is that he is from the capital.

But would people from the capital come from so far away to kill him?

Why not take action in the capital?
This is how cases are handled step by step, which is difficult and cumbersome.

Every detail must be taken into consideration.

Many unsolved cases are solved in this way.

If we can't identify the murderer or the key evidence at the beginning, it will be difficult later.

The longer the time, the more dispersed your energy becomes, the less time you have, and the faster the traces disappear.

The murderer may even escape, die of old age, or die accidentally.

There are too many things to do.

All Liu Tui Guan can do now is to send people to the capital to investigate based on the deceased’s information.

The travel expenses must also be reported to the local county magistrate.

This is the difficulty of being a magistrate, as you have to rely on local people to handle everything.

Why can’t the magistrate directly control the money and people?
This is obviously a form of checks and balances.

The prosecutor can decide life and death, and he controls money and people. Doesn't that mean he can fabricate any case he wants?

Therefore, the prosecutors in this world only have some subordinates who assist in the clerical work.

Other military forces are under the control of others and require coordination and various exchanges.

There are many constraints in doing things.

Fortunately, this time, because the case happened in this county, the county magistrate was very cooperative.

What’s more, the dead person was from the capital.

If the other party has some background, he won’t be able to get promoted in the future.

It's good to have a flat adjustment until old age.

The two detectives rode fast horses all the way to the capital, and it took them seven full days to arrive.

Wen Rensheng followed as one of the detectives.

Of course he was traveling, but the other constable was really unlucky.

In ancient times, such long journeys could easily result in death.

Therefore, whether it was the soldiers, the civilians, or even the administrators, they were all very afraid of long-distance migration.

After arriving in the capital, the two men made a simple handover with the local government, mainly to prevent themselves from being mistaken for outsiders and spies and being dealt with by their own people.

Naturally, the government office in the capital didn't care about them and just gave them a pass.

You have to take care of your own food and accommodation.

Then they went to the deceased's home address, spent three cents of silver to hire a local guide, and searched all the way there.

Finally, we found a large courtyard.

Then they asked if anyone with the surname Wu had ever lived here.

When someone saw them, they were shocked and ran quickly into a room.

At this time, people in the yard gathered around.

"Why are you looking for someone named Wu?" someone asked angrily.

Wen Rensheng immediately knew that something was going on.

The other constable was outspoken and asked directly: "Wu Dafa died in our Qingshui County. Now the master wants to find out who killed him."

"His body is in our county. If any of you are his family or friends, please send someone over to take a look."

"Well, Old Wu has no family, and he has no friends here." The man said unhappily, "You guys should leave quickly."

"Old Wu has no family. Why would he write about this place if he has no family?" the constable said depressedly.

"Well, we are all outsiders, and we came to the capital to find work."

"This is the slum that we rented collectively," the man said perfunctorily.

But Wen Rensheng noticed that the courtyard was full of strong men in their twenties and thirties, without a single old, weak, or disabled person. He immediately knew what was going on.

But the constable didn't feel anything and just urged:

"In that case, do you have any fellow villagers or friends who are familiar with him and would like to go and collect his body?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Is this constable a fool?
If an ordinary person encounters this situation, he won’t even have time to hide.

If they did not have other identities, they would have hidden themselves in their rooms and pretended to be unaware.

Just when everyone was silent, a burly man who looked like a leader finally walked out from the innermost part of the compound.

"Old Wu is dead. When did he die and how did he die?"

Seeing the strong man come out, everyone seemed to have found their backbone, and they all retreated behind him.

"He's been dead for more than 10 days. He was murdered. We just found the murderer, but he refused to admit it. So we came here to check him out." The detective had no sense of keeping a secret and told everything at once.

Then the constable asked again: "Do you know who else he knows and who he has offended?"

"Who did you offend?" The strong man thought for a moment, and then said to the two of them:
"Old Wu is an experienced man, it is impossible for him to offend anyone."

"Forget it, I'll go with you guys and at least collect his body."

"Ah, that's good." The constable said impatiently.

So I ended up here when I visited Lao Wu’s hometown.

The constable couldn't wait to take the strong man with him and went straight back to the county town without asking Wen Rensheng's opinion.

It took them another seven days to reach the county.

This speed is actually very fast.

This is all thanks to the support of the post station and the prosperity of this world, where there is no shortage of food.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to have such good road conditions.

After arriving at the county, the strong man was called away by Liu Tuiguan before he had even had time to rest.

When Liu Tuiguan met him, he just exchanged a few pleasantries and then asked directly: "Hey, old man, who are you to Old Wu?"

"I dare not let the master call me that. I am considered a friend of Brother Wu."

"We were originally a group of refugees from various places. We gathered together and came to the capital to live."

"Later, I found a job and registered my household registration in the capital. We cooked together, rented a house together, and worked together. We looked after each other." The strong man spoke clearly.

After seeing this, Liu Tuiguan immediately shook his head.

"I'm afraid your relationship with each other is more than just brothers and friends on the surface?"

It is natural that Tui Guan Liu would doubt this.

Not to mention ancient times, even if ordinary people in modern times encounter such cases involving deaths, unless they are relatives or friends, it is impossible for them to get involved.

Not to mention traveling thousands of miles to collect the bodies.

Apart from anything else, how much would the light transport cost?
The pressure of dealing with this matter is enormous.

They also had to deal with the extortion and flattery of the yamen runners.

Fortunately, the yamen runners in this world are much more restrained.

After all, cases do not discriminate between people.

Of course, there were also yamen runners who didn't care and continued to extort money as usual.

After all, death is death, but money cannot be lost for a day.

"You'd better honestly admit what the relationship between you two is." Tui Guan Liu shook his head.

"Well, actually he is my sworn brother. We look after each other so that we can survive the hard times in the capital."

"There are ten of us brothers in total, and we are all sworn brothers."

"I see. It seems that you are their leader, which is why you traveled thousands of miles to help him restrain himself." Liu Tuiguan nodded.

"Yes, that's it." The sturdy man bowed.

"Well, think about it, do you, your sworn brother, have any enemies?" asked Liu Tuiguan again.

"I don't have a fixed enemy. I might have offended some people in order to win over this small border official."

"Please find the murderer." The strong man pleaded.

"I will naturally do this, but you also need to cooperate with the murderer."

"Common people, I will fully cooperate."

Liu Tuiguan nodded and said to him, "Okay, then come with me to see your brother's body."

"Yes, my lord."

"But when you go to see the corpse, you have to be prepared. The corpse has been buried for many days and is already highly decomposed," reminded Officer Liu.

"Thank you for the reminder, sir. I have a close relationship with Brother Wu, and I must find the murderer!"

Then the strong man followed Officer Liu to the morgue where the coroner was.

A white cloth was covering the dead man named Wu.

The stench was overwhelming.

Flies were flying around and maggots were crawling everywhere.

In short, Wen Rensheng would not go in to see that scene.

After all, he came here to travel, not to suffer.

"Damn it! If I had seen it earlier, maybe I would have known who killed my brother." The sturdy man couldn't help but blurt out when he saw the corpse so rotten.

When Liu Tuiguan heard this, he was slightly stunned.

He had already heard that this man was not an ordinary farmhand.

In fact, just by looking at the other person's body, you can tell that this person is definitely not a person who can endure hardship.

But a warrior who has trained hard.

The opponent is strong and powerful.

And he is not afraid of the government.

This person definitely has a background and is definitely not an ordinary person.

Then the coroner was called.

"Have you figured out the cause of this man's death?" asked Judge Liu.

"Please look, sir. The cause of death of this man is a knife wound to the throat." The coroner carefully felt the body and took out two pairs of cowhide gloves and put them on.

He felt around the throat and showed it to the two of them.

Sure enough, traces of knife wounds could be seen on the rotten throat.

Half of his neck was almost cut off.

However, the sturdy man frowned and said nothing.

"Is this the cause of death?" he asked doubtfully.

"The situation at that time was that Liu Gen's father had not heard any noise of murder. This is why Liu Gen is the biggest suspect," said Judge Liu.

Wen Rensheng knew that the strong man was right to be suspicious.

Many people believe that cutting the throat can be instantly fatal, and this is often shown in television dramas where a person falls to the ground immediately after their throat is cut, without any movement.

This is actually wrong.

After the throat is cut, the person will suffer for at least ten more seconds.

Even if it is the carotid artery, it will take at least a few seconds to torment.

The strong man was obviously experienced and knew this.

The only way is to die immediately, without stagnation.

That means directly damaging the back of the head.

People will die instantly.

If the brain stem is directly destroyed, the person's physiological activities will be stopped, and it will be impossible for the brain to issue commands.

It is impossible for the whole person to make any sound or any movement.

This is also why the strong man was suspicious.

So the strong man shook his head and said: "No, the fatal injury is not in the front, but in the back."

As he said this, the sturdy man couldn't help but take a pair of leather gloves, and then turned the rotten head over.

At the back of the head, among a mass of rotten things, a knife mark could be faintly seen on the white bones.

The mark was very shallow.

It should have brushed against the back of the skull.

The blow was fatal, extremely brutal.

(End of this chapter)