Detective in the Red Chamber

puff~

Before the words fell, the dozens of people in front of them all became shorter!

The old man in the lead threw himself to the ground, and said in great panic, "I don't know if it's Master Qingtian who made such remarks in front of me, so please forgive me!"

Everyone in the back is begging for mercy

"My lord, please forgive me!"

"Master, we are also fighting for that brother Zhang, that's why we are like this... Don't dare to offend Master Tongju!"

If it is placed in modern society, I am afraid that even the leaders of the country will not be able to scare so many people to their knees and beg for mercy with just one name!

For the people, this is definitely a great tragedy.

But for officials...

It's such a good feeling to be in awe of others!

Although he has been educated by the party for many years, Sun Shaozong still inevitably has some sense of accomplishment—compared to those seniors who preached equality everywhere after time travel and strictly ordered others not to kneel to him, his ideological consciousness is really too low .

However, Sun Shaozong didn't mean to 'correct' for the time being, but he was a little happy.

He didn't even think about getting those men and women to stand up first, so he pointed to the woman in the bamboo cage and asked condescendingly, "You said just now that she murdered her husband, and she took the stolen goods—could someone have seen it with her own eyes?" Until she killed her husband?"

"This……"

The old man hesitated a little, then lay on the ground and turned to look at a disheveled man behind him.

The man was timid at first, but when he forced him with his eyes, he had no choice but to take a few steps forward and stammered, "Return...Report to Master Tongju, although the villain has never seen my face with his own eyes. Brother was killed by her, but it is almost as if he saw it with his own eyes!"

As he spoke, he danced and told what happened.

But it turns out that this guy's name is Zhang Dalong, and he and the deceased Zhang Erhu are brothers of the same mother.

The two brothers lived in the same alley, separated only by a low wall.

Last year, Zhang Erhu followed the firm to go out of the mouth, and was not at home for more than half a year. His wife, Li, took the opportunity to hook up with other people without any innocence, and a lot of rumors spread.

After Zhang Erhu returned home, he naturally refused to let her go, so in the past few months, the couple often fought at home.

In the evening, when Zhang Dalong had nothing to do, he was chatting with his mother-in-law on the kang, when he heard fierce quarrels coming from the next door - because Zhang Erhu and his wife had quarreled countless times, and the more people persuaded The more they quarreled, the two of them didn't bother to persuade them.

It didn't take long for the next door to calm down, so Zhang Dalong and his wife didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, at this stall, there was an extremely shrill scream from the next door, followed by the sound of smashing open the door and running wildly!

Zhang Dalong and his wife were startled, they quickly put on their clothes and rushed to the door, only to see Zhang Erhu's wife, Li Shi, running wildly in the alley with her hands covered in blood.

Zhang Dalong stopped Li Shi and asked what happened, but Li said that Zhang Erhu had been killed and she was going to hunt down the real culprit!

Zhang Dalong hurried to the next door, and he found his younger brother lying in the yard with a pointed kitchen knife stuck in his heart!

Having said that, Zhang Dalong stopped stammering, raised his head angrily and said, "This wicked woman is obviously the only one in the alley, where is the real murderer?! Besides, I heard her and Erhu quarreled and fought again. , that kitchen knife is also her daily use, it is clear that this vicious woman is resentful, murdered my brother, and wants to blame others!"

The old man in the lead also chimed in and said, "Master, Mrs. Li keeps saying that someone else killed him, but he can't tell whether the murderer is a man, a woman, or a young man. This is not prevarication, what else can it be?"

This sounds like a bit of convincing evidence.

But thinking of Li Shi's unwilling and angry stare, Sun Shaozong felt that she didn't look like the person who just killed her husband.

Therefore, after a little hesitation, someone got the woman out of the bamboo cage and brought her to his side.

"Master, master! I have been wronged!"

As soon as the towel was ripped off from her mouth, Mrs. Li raised her head desperately and shouted for innocence.

Sun Shaozong was refreshed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "What grievance do you have, please tell me quickly!"

Who would have thought that the woman would actually reply, "I didn't steal the man, I really didn't steal the man! It's all because others have falsely accused me!"

speechless...

It seems that this woman is also a scumbag, when is this, and she is still entangled in stealing men?The most important thing right now, shouldn't he first prove that he didn't murder his own husband? !

Chapter 41 Wanping County Husband Killing Incident [Part [-]]

Although it is a bit difficult to understand, her brain circuit of wanting fame and not dying.

But the truth still needs to be clarified, so Sun Shaozong said again, "Mr. Zhang Li, if you want to prove that you didn't steal someone, you must first prove that you didn't murder your own husband! Since you keep saying that the perpetrator was someone else, don't Hurry up and tell me the situation at that time in detail?!"

After speaking, he ordered Zhang Dalong and others to untie the rope on her body first.

Although Zhang Dalong and the others were reluctant, but because of Sun Shaozong's name of "God's Judgment", they didn't dare to disobey, so they had to loosen Li's ties in a hurry.

After regaining her freedom, Mrs. Li hurriedly knelt down at Sun Shaozong's feet like others, raised her head, revealing a delicate and slender snowy neck, and said in a high voice, "Master Mingjian, because I don't know where the rumors came from, falsely saying that the little woman does not obey women's morals. My husband became suspicious too, these days he often vents his anger on me, I explain in every possible way, but he just doesn't believe it! This evening..."

Although this woman was covered in blood and bruises all over her body, upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that she had a slim figure and a delicate appearance, especially the provocative charm in her eyebrows and eyes, so it was no wonder that rumors were spread.

Less gossip.

According to Li's words, in the evening, she did have a conflict with Zhang Erhu, and was kicked on the lower abdomen by Zhang Erhu. The pain was so painful that she was sweating coldly, but she didn't dare to speak out, so she could only shrink in the back room and weep.

Vaguely, she heard another argument coming from the courtyard, it seemed that Zhang Erhu had quarreled with someone again, and she was hesitating whether to go out and have a look, when she heard Zhang Erhu's miserable scream!

Mrs. Li was startled, and when she went out to look, she saw that the door panel was still shaking, but Zhang Erhu had already collapsed in a pool of blood.

She went up to check and found that Zhang Erhu was silent. She didn't care about thinking too much for a while, so she chased out desperately, trying to catch the perpetrator—who knew that just after chasing to the door next door, she was caught by her brother. The sister-in-law stopped her, insisting that she murdered her husband, and even asked the neighbors to tie her up, saying that she was going to throw her into the pond to soak the pig cage!

When Sun Shaozong heard this, he already had some speculations in his heart, but he had to watch the scene to be sure of the specifics.

Just at this time, a street inspector from Wanping County arrived after Wen Xun. Hearing that the magistrate of the mansion was here, he rushed forward to pay his respects.

Sun Shaozong was worried that he couldn't control these many people, for fear that the thieves would run away accidentally, and these government servants came at the right time.

So he was not polite, and directly ordered the servants to watch around, and drove this group of people back to the scene of the crime like chasing sheep. Sun Shaozong originally wanted Ruan Rong to go back to the mansion first, but Ruan Rong loved to watch him the most. To settle the case, how can you leave at this time?

Undoubtedly, he was covered with a woolen cloak, and half his face was covered with a silk scarf, and he followed Sun Shaozong in a grandiose manner.

But when it came to the front of Zhang Erhu's house, Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to enter, but first measured the terrain of the alley with his eyes.

This alley is a dead end, there are only about a dozen well-to-do families living there, Zhang Erhu's is near the bottom of the alley, and there are only two families further down the alley, and if you want to enter and exit the alley, you have to pass in front of Zhang Dalong's house.

When entering this alley, Sun Shaozong also took a special look. The outside is a bustling area, especially there is a dried fruit stall near the entrance of the alley—the hostess of the dried fruit stall was also in the pig cage soaking team. According to her, there was no I saw someone rushing out of the alley.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zhang Dalong and his wife firmly believe that Li Shi is the murderer.

Taking care of the whole situation, Sun Shaozong looked like a vulture, and scanned back and forth in front of the gates of Zhang Dalong and Zhang Erhu for a few more times, and then stepped into Zhang Erhu's yard.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, he saw a male corpse lying on his back in the middle of the yard, his eyes wide open, his face full of disbelief - and several neighbors in the yard who were in charge of guarding the corpse had already heard the news and knelt on the ground Welcome to Master Qingtian.

Sun Shaozong asked a few words briefly to make sure that they did not disturb the corpse and the decorations in the yard, so he waved his hand and ordered them to wait outside the door temporarily.

After clearing the field, Sun Shaozong squatted beside the corpse and observed carefully.

There is no doubt that the fatal injury of the deceased was caused by the pointed kitchen knife that had not been drawn out on his chest.

This knife is just an ordinary kitchen knife, and there is no blood groove on the side, so there are hardly any splashes of blood on the ground, only a large area spread along the chest.

There are a few obvious blood fingerprints on the handle of the knife, but judging from the traces, it should be printed by the deceased with his last effort, not left by the murderer - if there are advanced equipment, perhaps even more obvious fingerprints can be extracted Well, now, I can only give up using fingerprints to catch the murderer.

but……

This kitchen knife still revealed an important message!

"The murderer must be someone else."

Sun Shaozong wrapped the handle of the knife with a handkerchief, pulled it out carefully, held it in his palm, and explained to Ruan Rong, "According to the width, length, and piercing posture of this knife, it should be from the middle of two ribs. , forcibly squeezed in - to do this, at least one rib must be cut or smashed, and Li's weak and weak, I am afraid that he does not have such great strength."

While speaking, he put his finger into the wound again, stirred it up and down a few times, and then said clearly, "It is the fourth rib on the top that was broken by the back of the knife, so the strength required will be even greater." big."

Li Shi and Zhang Dalong were not far behind the two, upon hearing this, one was ecstatic and the other was displeased.

Mrs. Li kept yelling, "Master Qingtian knows how to see the truth", Zhang Dalong held back for a while, seeing her infinite joy, finally couldn't help but argue, "Master! This poisonous woman usually carries water and firewood, what is she doing?" No way? Why is my strength so weak?!"

Sun Shaozong smiled when he heard the words, but he was not in a hurry to argue with him. He first inspected the corpse carefully from top to bottom, and then looked inside and outside the room twice, and then said to Zhang Dalong, "Since you think this evidence is not sufficient , then let’s verify your testimony first.”

"Verify...verify the testimony?"

"Yes, let's re-enact the situation described in your testimony."

Sun Shaozong pointed to the next door, and said, "Take off your coat first, go back to your bed and lie down, and wait until Mrs. Li breaks open the door and escapes, then you put on your clothes and go out to stop her—understand?"

Although that Zhang Dalong didn't understand the meaning of doing so, but Master Tongju gave orders, so he could only follow his orders.

However, he said that accompanied by two yamen servants, he went to his bedroom next door, took off his coat rather awkwardly, and climbed onto the bed stupidly, feeling a little shy for no reason, and quickly wrapped his body with the quilt .

It's just that he's a rough guy, but what's so good about him?

After the two yamen servants waited for him to be ready, one of them went to the next door to report. After a while, they heard a 'banging' sound from the door of the next door, and they were knocked open again!

"Quick, quick, get up!"

The yamen servant first urged, then remembered Sun Shaozong's explanation, and quickly changed his words, "It doesn't have to be too fast, just follow your speed at that time!"

Being urged by him quickly and slowly, Zhang Dalong panicked immediately, which had the same effect as when he heard the screams at the beginning.

It's just that when Zhang Dalong put on his clothes in a panic and rushed out of his courtyard, what he saw immediately made him stand on the spot in a daze!

Chapter 42 Wanping County Husband Killing Incident [Part [-]]

However, Zhang Dalong rushed out of the gate in a hurry, and originally imagined that he would cut Mrs. Li upright like last time, but when he looked up, he saw six or seventy people crowded at the bottom of the alley, but they came to his home from Zhang Erhu's next door. In between, it was empty, and there was no one in sight!

Zhang Dalong was stunned for a moment, and stared at the neighbors across the street, not knowing what to do for a long time.

"Behind you!"

In the end, her wife couldn't bear to see it, and couldn't help reminding her.

Hearing this, Zhang Dalong hurriedly looked back, only to see Mrs. Li stumbled and ran near the entrance of the alley!

"Okay, bring Mrs. Li back!"

Sun Shaozong gestured to the yamen guards at the entrance of the alley, signaling them to bring Mrs. Li back to the bottom of the alley.

Only then did Zhang Dalong, who was at a loss, spread his hands and said, "Ms. Li is injured now, and her speed may be slower than before, but when you go out, she has already escaped by nearly thirty feet—" —So your confession itself has proved that Mrs. Li is not the one who broke through the courtyard door and escaped."

At this time, Zhang Dalong actually sensed something wrong, but he couldn't get off the stage for a while, so he hesitated for a while, and then choked out another sentence, "But that knife...that kitchen knife is what she often uses!"

"That's it."

Sun Shaozong looked back and pointed to Zhang Erhu's yard, and said, "There is a whetstone under that old pagoda tree. I just saw it. The traces of friction on it are quite obvious. It should have been used not long ago—it is estimated that Zhang Erhu is grinding it in the yard. While holding a knife, he suddenly clashed with someone, and the murderer picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him to death."

At this time, Mrs. Li had also been brought back by the yamen servants.

Sun Shaozong ignored Zhang Dalong, and called Li back to Zhang Erhu's yard, and told her to go back to the back room and wait in the back room as in the testimony, and then perform the demonstration again according to the original situation after hearing someone screaming outside. .

When Mrs. Li was ordered to return to the house, Sun Shaozong chose the one with the most agile legs and feet to play the role of the murderer among several yamen servants.

"start!"

After everything was ready, the yamen servant stood in front of the corpse, pretending to hold a branch and stab it forward, then let out a miserable scream, dropped the branch and ran away!

bang~

Almost as soon as the yamen servant disappeared outside the door, Mrs. Li also rushed out of the room, shouting 'Msang Gong', first threw herself on the corpse and shoved it twice, then jumped up to chase after him. go outside.

"stop!"

As soon as Mrs. Li crossed the threshold, Sun Shaozong yelled immediately. Mrs. Li subconsciously stood still, but the servant who played the role of the murderer couldn't stop the car for a while, and ran forward seven or eight steps before barely stopping at the car. Outside the door of a family, about thirty feet away from the entrance of the alley.

"It's done!"

Sun Shaozong snapped his fingers and said with a proud smile, "It's exactly what I thought! The total length of this alley is about 260 meters. Zhang Erhu's gate is about 45 meters to the east, and there is at least 215 meters away from the exit. It took less than 20 seconds from when the murderer rushed out of the courtyard to when Mrs. Li chased him out. If you want to run out of the alley in such a short period of time, even if Bolt comes, it will be useless!"

"But Li Shi and Zhang Dalong didn't see the murderer at all at that time." Ruan Rong also suddenly said at this time, "So either Li Shi and Zhang Dalong and his wife had lied, or the murderer rushed out and immediately Hide in the neighbor's house!"

"That's right!"

Sun Shaozong pointed to the huddled neighbors at the bottom of the alley, and said, "That's why I insisted on bringing them back together—if it's not as expected, the murderer should be among these people!"

Hearing that he deduced so many clues and even pinpointed the suspect in advance only through the testimony of Li Shi and Zhang Dahu, Ruan Rong's eyes were full of admiration and pride, but she said curiously suddenly, "By the way, 260 What does m mean? Also, who is that Bolt?"

"Uh……"

Only then did Sun Shaozong realize that he had been a little carried away just now, and quickly covered up, "These are not important, right now we have to interrogate the suspect and his family separately, so that they don't collude with each other!"

As he spoke, he ordered the yamen servants to temporarily separate the two families at the bottom of the alley, and the six families on the west side of Zhang Erhu's house, according to the distinction between men, women and children—even including Zhang Dalong's family.

Although the probability is relatively low, the possibility of Zhang Dalong pretending to be innocent after committing the crime cannot be ruled out.

As for the interrogation process, it was quite simple. All the officials were asked to ask the suspect and his family members what they were doing at that time.

Then first eliminate the suspects with obvious alibi, and then continue to ask for details—for example, if he was resting at home, ask the suspect and his family members whether he was lying down or sitting, and where he was resting , What kind of posture and so on.