仵作daily [traveling]
Chapter 39 The Female Corpse in the Study Room
The author has something to say: put a timetable.
From 23 to 1 o'clock
1-3 o'clock when ugly
Yinshi 3~5 o'clock
5-7 o'clock at Mao
Chenshi 7~9 o'clock
9-11:[-] pm
11-13:[-] noon
From 13 to 15:[-]
From 15 to 17:[-]
17-19 o'clock in the unitary time
19~21:[-] Xu time
21-23:[-] hrs
I released the pre-received copy, and I have saved [-] manuscripts. Students who like sci-fi counterattacks can bookmark it o(≧ω≦)o——"The Counterattack Has Not Succeeded [Interstellar]"
The temperature in the prison dropped sharply, and many prisoners huddled together. When they opened their eyes to look at them, the ground was slightly stained with water, and every step they took was uncomfortable and sticky. There was a strong fishy smell in the air. The cells on both sides poured out, Du Si followed behind the jailer, full of thoughts, the footsteps of the two echoed in Nuo Da's cell very clearly.
Suddenly, a pair of hands stretched out from the gap in the prison door and tightly grasped the jailer's calf.
"Let me out!" shouted a disheveled man.
"Fuck you!" the jailer cursed, and pulled out his whip from his waist. The man saw him and immediately rolled back to the corner, but the jailer didn't pursue him, and led Dusi to continue forward, and soon came to the front of the three-person prison .
"Remember, it's half a stick of incense time." The jailer ordered again and left, leaving Du Si in prison.
After not seeing each other for a day, these three people seemed to have new wounds on their bodies. Bloody marks appeared on the prison uniforms, and they looked horrific. They were lying on a pile of straw, with their backs facing Dusi.
Du Si was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice.
"I came here today to trouble the three of you to provide testimony so that you can clear up your grievances as soon as possible and get out of here."
All three were silent, as if they had passed out, but one of them was shaking and his breathing was unstable.
"I know you are innocent. The murderer in Qin's case is someone else, but there is not enough evidence." Du Si paused slightly, and said truthfully, "The three accused cannot be cleared."
"You and that dog official are in the same group. What are you pretending to be here?" Zheng Qiu moved for a long time, finally turned his body upright, and looked at Du Si suspiciously, "Aren't you here to persuade us to sign a pledge and confess our guilt as soon as possible?"
"I have no other intentions, I just want to help you get out of prison." Du Si said.
"Help?" Zheng Qiu was furious, and his voice was much louder, "Because of your 'gang', we got beaten again!"
At this time, the other two also turned around, and the three of them looked at Du Si together, not knowing what it meant in their eyes.
"I only have half a stick of incense, do you want to say it or not."
Zheng Qiu glanced at his face and sneered, "No need."
"Can you think of your parents at home?" Du Si asked back, his tone was very cold, "They have worked so hard to bring you up, and now you are in jail, but you can't save yourself. Get a 'no need'?"
"You!" Zheng Qiu was out of breath, opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak, after a while, he lowered his head, Du Si raised his eyes to look carefully, Zheng Qiu sobbed, and actually shed two lines of tears.
"Since the day I left home, I have missed them all the time. When I came to Yecheng, I wanted to do something big, but I was cheated by the Qin family, and now I am in prison again..." Zheng Qiu raised his head, his eyes were red, "I am ashamed I am ashamed to see them for my kindness in nurturing my parents!"
"According to what you mean, you want to die here." Du Si smiled slightly, and took out the letter that Zheng Qiu gave him from his robe, "Since you have no desire to survive, this letter... I think You don’t have to hand it over to them.”
After all, Du Si was about to tear up the letter.
"Slow—" Zheng Qiu hurriedly stopped, even crawled to the prison door, "I beg you, send the letter there!"
"It depends on your performance. It's useless to talk too much. You have to think about it and tell me after you think it over." The letter in Du Si's hand shook and he stuffed it back into his robe.
Zheng Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, lying on the ground silently, tossing about for some time, Du Si was a little discouraged, running this trip might be a waste of time, but Yinger and Li Ge were careless and cooperated very well.
The confession this time is the same as before, except that Du Si asked very carefully and paid great attention to the time to stay in the study. Li Ge's testimony has not changed, but Ying'er has hesitated.
"You were standing outside the study, how could you see the incense candles in the room and determine the time?" Li Ge entered the study and could see the incense in the incense burner, but Ying'er claimed that she only stayed outside the study for a while before going back, and Did not enter the study.
"I remember seeing incense candles at that time..." Yinger tried hard to recall the scene that day, "By the way, there were candles burning in the study, and the shadow of the incense candles was cast on the door of the study. I glanced briefly, and it was Yinshi Three quarters."
"How do you determine that it is Yin's time?" Du Si asked.
"After I got up, I just heard the sound of the watch, so I knew it was Yin's time..." Ying'er stopped suddenly as she was talking, and soon, she seemed to remember something, and exclaimed at Du Si.
"It didn't take me three quarters to walk from the main entrance to the study!"
Du Si took out the bloody joss stick from his robe again, "I found this in the incense burner in the study, can you remember anything?"
Ying'er shook her head in doubt, Du Si was not discouraged, and continued to ask.
"You handed the tea to Mrs. Qin, did you find that she was different from usual?"
Ying'er shook her head again, Du thought for a while, and reminded, "Is it different from the usual when you served tea that night?"
"My lady that night...seemed to be a lot taller. I raised the teacup very high to reach my lady's hand." Ying'er thought about it for a while, and suddenly looked at Du Si with a terrified expression.
"Ying'er, there is only one door between you and the murderer." Du Si sighed, "This case has nothing to do with you. It only depends on how long it takes to bring the murderer to justice."
He smiled at the three of them, immediately soothing the uneasiness in their hearts.
And the words that followed completely calmed the hearts of the three of them.
"The government is a place to punish rape and eradicate evil. The real murderer will never be allowed to go unpunished. You are innocent, but you have been wronged. No matter what Song Zhixian decides, I will never watch your corpses be separated."
As soon as Du Si finished speaking, the prison chief's shouts sounded.
"It's time for half a stick of incense—"
Two jailers stepped forward and took Dusi out of the prison.
Outside the prison, Mao Yi stood beside him with a face full of joy, and beside him stood the ruler who led the land of Yecheng—— Song County Magistrate.
"I've seen the two adults." Du Si saluted, his face unchanged.
"Bold Dusi, dare to openly break into the important place of the Yamen, do you think this is still Longhua?" Mao Yi exaggerated.
Song Zhixian glared at him and waved him to back away.
"Brother Du, how did you get in?" Song Zhixian pretended to be puzzled, "No one is allowed to enter here unless you are idle. Did you have someone's order..."
"My lord, to be honest, the brothers in Yecheng Yamen saw the villain like old friends, and couldn't help but let me go. Please forgive me." Du Si said with a smile.
"Oh?" Zhixian Song raised his eyebrows, and looked at the jailer who was watching from the side.
The jailer coughed, pretending to be ignorant, but clasped his hands tightly around his waist.
Song Zhixian understood immediately, looked at Du Si again, and said with a smile, "I can't tell, although Brother Du is dressed plainly, his purse is bulging, and he really doesn't show his wealth."
"My lord, the villain has empty sleeves and only a few copper coins on his body. This is a reward from a nobleman." Du Si looked at the trader who was holding back his anger and smiled.
"Who is that noble man? Such a kind heart?" Song Zhixian cheered up, his eyes shining brightly.
"It's the magnanimous owner of the Zhuang Mansion——Zhuang Hui." Du Siding looked at the magistrate Song, meaning something.
Sure enough, the county magistrate of Song felt a little flustered, but he soon calmed down, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.
"My lord seems to be feeling unwell, so I won't bother you, please leave—"
Du Si left just like that, and Mao jumped up angrily, complaining to Song Zhixian again and again.
"Lord Magistrate, why did you let go of such a good opportunity? You finally caught this kid, and you must punish him!" The more Mao Yi spoke, the more angry he became, and he felt that he was not being looked down upon, "My lord , relying on his own backing, he doesn't take me seriously, and even says I'm not as good as a three-year-old child!"
County Magistrate Song gathered himself together, saw Mao Yi's big face in front of him, and said in disgust, "You are the county magistrate of Yecheng, and you can't teach a fifteen-year-old child? Who will believe it if you tell me."
"But my lord, you let him go so easily." Mao Yi said reluctantly.
"You don't understand." Magistrate Song sighed, and then disliked Mao Yi again, "Look at you, you are not as good as a fifteen-year-old child, the government doesn't support idlers, do you usually eat dry food?"
Mao Yi: "..."
"Tomorrow, you will stay in the yamen, and don't do anything without my order." Song Zhixian walked to the prison head and said to Mao Yi.
"My lord, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go to the battle myself, let's see what the hell this kid is doing?" Song Zhixian stretched out his hand towards the jailer, only to see the jailer dawdling a few times, hesitating.
"Take it out quickly, don't think I don't know." Song Zhixian yelled a few times, the cell boss reluctantly pulled out the bank note from his waist, and put both hands in Song Zhixian's palm.
"What brilliant idea did your lord come up with?"
"Brilliant trick?" Song Zhixian stuffed the banknotes into his pocket, his face wrinkled all over with a smile, "Stay unchanged, let him blow the wind and rain, and I will stand still."
"Your Excellency is wise and mighty, and the villain is waiting for the good news in the yamen." Mao Yi stalked behind him, his eyebrows and eyes full of flattery.
The two sang together, and they were in perfect harmony, and their laughter could still be heard after walking many steps.
Seeing the two walk away, the cell leader who forcibly took the banknote spit on the ground.
"Fuck, two dog officials!"
Du Si returned to the inn, immediately wrote the case, and closed the door to see everyone.
"What's wrong, my lord?" Wang Qi asked while holding his job bowl.
"I don't know, I went out with the county magistrate early this morning, and came back like this." Xiao Li was amazed.
"The food is getting cold." Liu Er said from the side.
"I'll go up and ask my lord to have dinner on the first floor." Wang Qi said, and his feet moved accordingly.
"Don't go." Sun Ping, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stopped Wang Qi, "Du Heng has delivered food to Master Du, so let's not disturb him."
"Catcher Sun, but this case..." Xiao Li was very puzzled, and wanted to ask something else.
"Your Excellency doesn't want us to know, just pretend to be deaf and dumb, and don't cause trouble for him." Sun Ping put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said seriously to everyone, "Since this case is beyond the reach of me and others, these few days Rest at the inn every day, and no one is allowed to act without an adult's order."
"How about the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion?" Wang Qi couldn't help asking.
Sun Ping glanced at Du Si's closed door, shook his head and said.
"Life or death depends entirely on the ability of adults."
At this time, Du Si was thinking hard about the testimony, and everyone had different opinions, almost not on one point, which caused him a great headache. The only thing he can be sure of now is that Zhuang Hui behaved differently yesterday. At the time of Qin's death, he had the same words as the other person, and both of them seemed to know when Qin died.
Du Si took out the blood-stained incense candle, the three servants of Zhuang's mansion would never kill Qin Shi, and there are too many people who have feuded with Qin Shi on a daily basis, judging the suspects based on quarrels alone, finding the murderer is like looking for a needle in a haystack, or looking for a moon in a water .
The food delivered by Du Heng at the table was already cold, and Du Si devoured it, but it was tasteless.
After overusing the brain, there is endless emptiness. He slept very late yesterday, and woke up early this morning because of Mao Yi. Now he is tired all over, and the drowsiness hit him like a tide. He couldn't help but fell asleep on the desk , don't think about it all.
In the dream, Yinger, Li Ge and Zheng Qiu who were in prison walked out of the government office and thanked him together. The real murderer was arrested and brought to justice. Zheng Qiu's parents were also present. He also told Du Si that he would go home to stay with his parents from now on. No longer thinking about making big money, peace is a blessing.
A dream is a dream after all. When Du Si was awakened by the sound of turning the pages of the book, he was still immersed in the joy of the Qin case being solved.
At some point in front of the table, another person sat down, carefully reviewing the case files written by Du Si.
Du Si rubbed his eyes, that person was none other than Jing Heng, a newly promoted policeman whom he hadn't seen for a few days.
"Why are you here?" Du Si stretched his body and remembered to pour some water.
Jing Heng handed him a cup of tea, Du thought for a while, then took it and thanked him softly, but he didn't even look away, and kept staring at the contents of the case file.
"The servants who were taken into prison did not have the conditions to kill Qin, they are innocent." Du Si looked at the case and said suddenly.
"Why?" Jing Heng asked.
"The wound that caused Qin's death was on the right neck. It was about five inches long and two inches wide. The wound was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and penetrated extremely deep into the body. From this, it can be judged that the murder weapon should be an axe." Du Si drank his saliva and continued. "At the scene of the crime that day, I saw with my own eyes that Qin's body was lying on its side. Only when it was hit hard from the back would the body fall forward. Qin often reconciles accounts in the study room. Qin's back is turned away, and the person who meets these two conditions must be someone she knows well, so this is determined to be an acquaintance's crime."
In other words, the suspect was hiding in the Zhuang Mansion, but the real time of Qin's death could not be determined, so the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion were suspected of killing Qin.
Du Si stopped talking, and suddenly thought of something, since Xiaosi said that Yinshi saw Zhuang Hui running from the back door, and Zhuang Hui was also in the mansion that day, he has not clearly interrogated the facts that Zhuang Hui concealed.
After having a goal, Du Si couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What are you going to do tomorrow?" Jing Heng looked at Du Si's drooping eyelashes and asked softly.
"Go to Zhuang's mansion and focus on interrogating Zhuang Hui."
"Be careful in everything," he instructed.
Du Si was very surprised, and couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Jing Heng, as if he saw some rare treasure that was rarely seen.
The two are very close at this moment, and Du Si seems to be able to feel each other's aura, and those usually cold pupils are illuminated by the fire, which is extremely bright.
Du Si's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, so that Jing Heng's subsequent words fell on deaf ears, until he lay down on the bed, the sense of strangeness gradually disappeared.
In the darkness, Du Si closed his eyes, silently thinking about the dream he had just had, and soon fell asleep.
Outside the door, Du Yu and Jing Heng, who were guarding the door, faced each other tit for tat. The two did not speak a word. After making eye contact for a while, Jing Heng left. Du Yu let go of his grip on the sword. , she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
On the second day, the county magistrate Mao Yi did not come, but the inn ushered in a big Buddha. The magistrate of Yecheng personally came to the inn and waited for Du Si downstairs.
Du Si hurriedly packed up and went out with Song Zhixian.
The two went to Changle Square first. As soon as the guards of the casino saw Song Zhixian, they immediately notified the boss and asked about Zhuang Hui's itinerary that night.
"Boss Zhuang went out soon after Yinshi, and came back after Yinshi, but the silver was covered with mud and took a long time to wipe clean."
When the two walked out of the gambling house, Song Zhixian was elated. In his opinion, the murderer in this case was the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion in prison. This is a certainty.
"Brother Du, what do you think about this case?" Song Zhixian asked while looking at the roadside scenery.
"Complicated and confusing." Du Si replied.
Song Zhixian smiled, and before he could say anything, Du Si's next sentence blocked him from saying anything.
"But it's not that there is no way to crack it." Du Si responded.
Song Zhixian's smile gradually froze, and he said awkwardly, "Based on what you have seen, where should I go now?"
"Of course it's the Zhuang Mansion." Du Si replied in a deep voice, "Magistrate, can you please grant me a request?"
"You said."
"After going in later, my lord, you can sit on the chair next to me. No matter what I say, you can just nod."
Song Zhixian was a little puzzled, and wanted to refuse, thinking about what someone said to him that day, but he still did it.
So, Song Zhixian sat on a wooden chair with a backrest, and Du Si stood beside him. Zhuang Hui came to the two of them soon after, looking uneasy.
"I have met the magistrate." Zhuang Hui saluted, and the magistrate of Song just waved his hand, and he immediately got up.
"I don't know if the two adults are here today, it really makes the humble house flourish." Zhuang Hui said flatteringly, Song Zhixian looked at Du Si, but didn't say anything.
Seeing that there was no response from the two, Zhuang Hui couldn't help but secretly raised his eyes to wait and see, but he happened to meet Du Si's condensed eyes, and he looked at Song Zhixian who was sitting upright. Although the magistrate looked at him, he had no intention of speaking .
There was a 'click' in Zhuang Hui's heart, and the sweat on his forehead immediately flowed down.
"Today, the county magistrate personally came to the mansion, and he has something to ask you." Du Si slowly came to Zhuang Hui, "You must invite him truthfully."
"Master official! The villain will answer truthfully to prove his innocence!" Zhuang Hui said anxiously.
"I haven't asked yet, but you have already told me everything yourself." Du Si smiled slowly, and suddenly shouted, "Zhuang Hui, why did you kill Mrs. Qin in the study!"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Zhuang Hui was shocked and almost fell to the ground. He looked at Song Zhixian as if asking for help, "Master Zhixian, you have to decide for me! I, Zhuang Hui, have never committed the capital crime of murder. !"
Song Zhixian opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Du Si patted him on the back, Song Zhixian smacked his lips, and looked around the scenery with his eyes.
In Zhuang Hui's eyes, it meant that Song Zhixian had confirmed that he was the murderer. Zhuang Hui almost immediately made up his life after being imprisoned...and beheaded for public display on the street.
"My lord, please do me a favor! Don't blame the innocent, and put this charge on me!" Zhuang Hui made a strong pounce, but was missed by Du Si, who raised his head to look at Du Si with tears in his eyes. Tears and snot all went to one place.
"But someone reported to the county magistrate that after you left the Zhuang mansion in Yinshi, the Qin family died." Du Si smiled slightly, "You are the only one wandering in the Zhuang mansion at Yinshi...It's only right and proper to kill people, Master Zhuang, just admit it. "
"I didn't kill anyone!" Zhuang Hui's face was full of tears, "The Qin family was indeed dead at that time, but I didn't kill him!"
"If the Qin family wasn't killed by you, how would you know she's dead?" Du Si sneered, and walked to the other side of the county magistrate.
"I, I..." Zhuang Hui spoke incoherently and panicked.
"Come here, take Zhuang Hui away." Du Siyang said loudly, the magistrate of Song couldn't help but glance at him, there are only two of them today, where can there be any servants for him.
"Don't, don't!" Zhuang Hui quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "I say, I'm telling the truth! I didn't kill the Qin family!"
Du Si raised a real smile, and stepped forward to gently lift Song Zhixian up.
"Our county magistrate is definitely not someone who believes in one-sided words, and we will definitely not wrongly judge innocent people and create unjust cases." Du Si turned his head and looked at Song Zhixian with a smile, "Is the villain right? Magistrate. "
Song Zhixian rolled his eyes a few times, coughed a few times and nodded.
Zhuang Hui gained confidence and immediately said loudly, "I gambled at Changle Square that night, and I didn't want to spend all my money, so I went back to my house to get it."
He hesitated a few times, closed his eyes and said, "When I passed the study after taking the silver, I saw the light in the room was on, so I wanted to go and see Mrs. Qin. She usually likes to be quiet, but I didn't dare to open the door, so I told her Look through the crack of the door..."
"Who knows, I saw a piece of blood red." Zhuang Hui trembled, terrified, "I was in a daze at the time, so I ran out quickly, and when I walked through the gravel path at the back door, I accidentally dropped the silver on the ground, and returned it to Changlefang. It took a while."
"If I hadn't said earlier, there wouldn't be so much going on." Du Si smiled lightly.
Zhuang Hui looked at Song Zhixian's darkened face, but didn't dare to say anything.
"Did you see the face of the murderer?"
Zhuang Hui shook his head, but provided a piece of information, "I only saw a figure groping in front of the bookshelf, as tall as the shelf."
"Study room..." Du Si thought about it carefully, as if he had thought of something, he immediately walked away.
"Hey, where are you going?" Song Zhixian couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped up from his chair and wanted to follow Du Si, Zhuang Hui followed behind, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
When Du Si came to the study, Zhuang Hui called for the steward and opened the door. Du Si hurried in and began to check the bookshelves. There were four shelves on the shelves, which were arranged very neatly. Due to the inability to clean them in the past few days, there was a little dust .
His height is only on the third floor of the bookshelf, but the murderer is on the fourth floor. This is a crucial clue, but the identity of the murderer cannot be completely determined.
Du Si thought about Zhuang Hui's words, and took a book from the shelf at random, but saw that there were many white papers mixed in the book, which was very chaotic. Du Si opened it up and saw that many pieces of paper with bloody handprints appeared, he paused After a pause, he immediately took off the other books one by one.
Zhuang Hui and Song Zhixian came together to watch together, with doubts on their faces.
"What is this?" Song Zhixian picked up one of the papers, "On the eighth day of August, Shen Teng owed 300 taels of debt but did not repay it. He went to the Zhuang Mansion to work for five years to repay the debt until the limit was full."
"It's all a contract of prostitution." Du Si replied, "It's all messed up."
"How could this be messed up?" Song Zhixian asked in confusion.
"You're going to ask the murderer in the study that day..." Du Si turned to ask Zhuang Hui, "Are there all these deeds of prostitution in the study?"
Zhuang Hui nodded, "There are still some ledgers, which are placed under that table."
The steward took out the ledger, only to see some dust on it. To be on the safe side, the three of them checked the ledger, but the murderer hadn't looked through the ledger, and the dates matched.
"Strange, why did the murderer only find those deeds of prostitution, but did not move these books?" Song Zhixian asked, the account books are much more important than the deeds of prostitution.
"Since the murderer knows that there is a deed of sale hidden on the bookshelf in the study, he must also know the location of the ledger. The motive may have something to do with the deed of sale." Du Si recalled the bloody incense stick again, "He most likely knew that the incense stick was placed where."
There is another person who knows the time of Qin's death like Zhuang Hui, Du Si recalled, and yesterday...he lied.
After sorting out the books, Du Si and Song Zhixian left the Zhuang Mansion and returned to the Yamen.
"Today's trip, I gained very little." Song Zhixian gave Du Si a sideways look.
"Isn't it less? A villain can gain a lot." Du Si straightened his body and met the inquiring eyes of Shang Song Zhixian.
"Then I'll ask Brother Du to explain a thing or two." Song Zhixian said with a smile.
"From the testimonies, it is possible to determine the time of Qin's death. Brother Li left the study at the second moment of Chouzheng. Zhuang Huiyin saw that Qin was dead before that time. Qin died between the second moment of Chouzheng and the beginning of Yin. Strong and tall, it couldn't be easier to kill a powerless woman in just two moments."
"But Ying'er, Qin's personal servant girl, said that she only went to the study to deliver tea at three quarters of the hour. Qin was not dead at that time?" Song Zhixian became more and more confused the more he heard.
"My lord, have you asked, Ying'er heard the sound of Yinshi's watch when she just got up, and it took her less than three minutes to get from her residence to her study."
Du Siding looked at Song Zhixian with obvious accusations in his eyes.
"This this…"
"My lord, you know that they are not the murderers, but you insist on putting the blame on them. If these three people had no backbone, their heads would have been moved and their bodies would have been separated."
"I, how do I know they are not murderers? Don't talk nonsense!" Song Zhixian shouted.
"I don't know?" Du Si smiled coldly, and took a step forward, "Both the villain and Ren Fuzhi know that those three people are innocent, sir, you really don't know?"
"I don't know! A woman and two men are both suspected of killing!" Song Zhixian was forced to retreat again and again, but he didn't let go.
"Can a weak woman who suffers from a cough in winter carry an axe? Can a well-mannered scholar have such a strong psychological quality that Qin can be killed in one blow? The only Chai Fusheng who can use an ax is shorter than ordinary people, and can see it from behind. Did it cut Qin's neck?"
"This, this..." Song Zhixian kept backing up until he hit the wall.
Du Si didn't let Song Magistrate go, and then continued, "Song Zhixian deserves to love the people like a son, and he has praised the people of Yecheng. How can he not let people applaud for such a verdict? Your lord is really wise and powerful, and you can see every detail!"
"You!" Song Zhixian had nothing to say, his face was flushed, "You have the guts to commit the crime!"
"It's better than wrongly judging innocent people and wasting people's lives." Du Si pulled away and left, and finally said coolly, "The three people in the Zhuang family have suffered such wrongs, but the adults can still sit in the soft sedan and drink tea, the villain I really admire it."
When Song Zhixian heard this, he almost passed out out of breath.
After Du Si left, Mao Yi appeared from another place, and he walked towards Song Zhixian with a smile, and said happily, "My lord, how did you deal with that boy?"
"Get out!" Song Zhixian roared like thunder, and rushed away angrily.
Mao Yi who was sprayed all over the face: "???"
Du Si didn't go back to the inn, but turned back to the Zhuang mansion halfway, and met Jing Heng on the way, and the two came to the Zhuang mansion together.
But Zhuang Hui was not in the house. The steward told him that Zhuang Hui had gone to Changlefang and might not come back until dark.
Du Si was not discouraged, he and Jing Heng rushed to Changle Square again, the guard at the gate didn't say much when he saw them, and let them in.
I saw that the inside of Changle Square was resplendent and magnificent, and even the outside was extravagant. Everyone was having fun inside, crying ghosts and howling wolves. Everyone had an endless look on their faces, but they were all obsessed with the same madness.
Du Si frowned, and found a servant to ask Zhuang Hui's whereabouts.
"You mean Boss Zhuang? He's on the dice throwing side on the second floor, just around the corner upstairs."
The two went up to the second floor, only to find that the second floor was even more luxurious than the first floor. The air here was fresh and no one was shouting, which seemed quite elegant.
Du Si looked around the corner, and Zhuang Hui was indeed there. He was sitting on a wooden chair, comparing the dice with other people, and he was spending the money earned by Mrs. Qin, and he was relentless.
Du Si stepped forward and patted Zhuang Hui on the back.
"Who is it?" Zhuang Hui turned his head, and his subordinates lavished money like dirt. When he saw Du Si, he was so frightened that he nearly fell off his chair.
"Officer, official messenger, why is it you?" Zhuang Hui hurriedly got off the chair.
"Come out, I have a few questions for you to interrogate."
The three of them left Changle Square, before they had walked a few steps, Du Si asked sharply.
"Let me ask you, do you know Cui Shengyong?"
"Well, I know him, he is a servant in the villain's house." Zhuang Hui said.
"What has he done usually? How is his relationship with the Qin family?"
"I can't remember..." Zhuang Hui cheered up immediately when he saw Du Si's cold appearance, "The villain must think about it."
After a while, Zhuang Hui finally revealed the second important clue after providing the time of Qin's death.
"I remember, my lord still remembers meeting a villain once? The servant who was ordered by the Qin family to follow me was Cui Shengyong." He paused, and then said, "That night, at the fifth quarter of the first lunar month, Cui Shengyong came to urge me go back."
After thinking about it for a while, Du Si suddenly realized the matter of the bloody incense stick.
"Cui Shengyong works for the Qin family?" He asked again.
"He and the Qin family seem to have known each other before... By the way, tomorrow, people from the Zhuang manor who have contacts with the Qin family will come to the mansion to express their condolences. One of them seems to know Cui Shengyong. I remember what the Qin family said to me, but I can't remember. It's..."
Du Si didn't make things difficult for Zhuang Hui and let him go. Zhuang Hui didn't have any worries after learning that the case had nothing to do with her, and Du Si gave up after a day.
Du Si sighed and went back to the inn with Jing Heng.
"How?" Jing Heng asked.
"I need to go to the Zhuang Mansion tomorrow." Du Si smiled, sweeping away the haze of the past few days, "I have decided on someone in my heart, and I will find out tomorrow."
The corners of Jing Heng's lips were slightly raised, and his eyes looking at Du Si were like pond water by the bridge, extremely sad.
On the second day, Du Si went to Zhuang's mansion alone. As Zhuang Hui said, many mourners came. Led by Zhuang Hui, Du Si found the businessman who knew Cui Shengyong and asked him about Cui Shengyong.
"His original name was not Cui Shengyong, but his original name was Cui Li. He and I lived in the same place. Cui Li had a bad reputation in his hometown. I heard that he likes to gamble. Because he couldn't pay his debts, his wife and son were all arrested to repay the debt, and Tian was also arrested by a group of people." He set the fire on fire, signed a deed of selling himself, and got here somehow...Speaking of which, that gambling house is exactly the same as the Yecheng gambling house, and it is also called Changle Fang." The businessman thought for a while, and then replied, "I I don’t do business here, I just passed by here and happened to deliver goods to Qin Shi a few times before saying a few words, and I just met Cui Shengyong, so I reminded Qin Shi.”
"The Qin family also knows about this?"
"I know, I told her." The businessman wondered, "Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing..." Du Si smiled.
He now knows that the real murderer of the Qin family is that person——
In the middle of the night, Cui Shengyong had just greeted Xiaosi and was about to go to bed. Today's Xiaosi seemed to be different from usual, Cui Shengyong's eyes dimmed, and he finally went to bed.
Suddenly, there was the sound of the watch, followed by the sound of footsteps. Cui Shengyong got up quickly and looked out the window, but there was a row of green bamboos in front of the window, and he couldn't see anything except a figure galloping past.
Cui Shengyong left the house, but he saw several people rushing towards here with torches in their hands.
The head of a tall and burly headhunter rushed to Cui Shengyong and said, "Have you been in the room?"
"Xiaomin has been staying in the room." Cui Shengyong said cautiously.
"Did you see someone running past here?"
Cui Shengyong nodded, "I see, I don't know why all the officials are here."
The head catcher took a few glances at Cui Shengyong, and said loudly.
"Catch fugitives, the guy next to you said that a middle-aged man in his forties just ran past, did you see clearly?" He took a few steps forward, and the accessories on his waist squeaked, "Don't lie, delaying the case will take time." Jail!"
Cui Shengyong looked at his window and said firmly, "There is a row of green bamboos planted in front of Xiaomin's window, so I can't see who is passing by."
"Very good." The head catcher's voice was so rough that the yelling was so loud, "Take him to the yamen!"
A few police officers came forward, surrounded Cui Shengyong, and took him away after a few strokes.
"My lord, did you make a mistake? Why did you arrest Xiaomin?" Cui Shengyong pretended to be calm.
The headhunter ignored him, and a group of Haohao Tangtang came to the Yamen and brought Cui Shengyong to the Wangfa Hall.
Some sleepless people came and watched from the sidelines in their coats.
"Hey, isn't that Cui Shengyong? How did he get caught?"
"Hurry up and call other people, Cui Shengyong is in trouble!"
Because Cui Shengyong was very popular, many people gathered in the hall after a while.
After the staff went to work step by step, Song Zhixian sat behind the case, squinting at Cui Shengyong who was kneeling in the hall.
"Bold civilians, killed the Qin family, and then deceived officials, can you plead guilty?"
"I am wronged, my lord, Xiaomin didn't kill anyone, please learn from me!"
Song Zhixian sneered a few times, "There is no need to quibble, fortunately Du Si is here, otherwise I will make a big mistake and kill innocent people in vain."
Du Si stepped out from the side and saluted Song Zhixian, "Thank you, magistrate.
"Please hurry up, and I will let you describe the case for me, so that these cunning villains will be convinced." Song Zhixian pleaded.
Du Si got up, looking at this kind man whom everyone in the neighborhood praised, his eyes flashed meticulously.
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The temperature in the prison dropped sharply, and many prisoners huddled together. When they opened their eyes to look at them, the ground was slightly stained with water, and every step they took was uncomfortable and sticky. There was a strong fishy smell in the air. The cells on both sides poured out, Du Si followed behind the jailer, full of thoughts, the footsteps of the two echoed in Nuo Da's cell very clearly.
Suddenly, a pair of hands stretched out from the gap in the prison door and tightly grasped the jailer's calf.
"Let me out!" shouted a disheveled man.
"Fuck you!" the jailer cursed, and pulled out his whip from his waist. The man saw him and immediately rolled back to the corner, but the jailer didn't pursue him, and led Dusi to continue forward, and soon came to the front of the three-person prison .
"Remember, it's half a stick of incense time." The jailer ordered again and left, leaving Du Si in prison.
After not seeing each other for a day, these three people seemed to have new wounds on their bodies. Bloody marks appeared on the prison uniforms, and they looked horrific. They were lying on a pile of straw, with their backs facing Dusi.
Du Si was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice.
"I came here today to trouble the three of you to provide testimony so that you can clear up your grievances as soon as possible and get out of here."
All three were silent, as if they had passed out, but one of them was shaking and his breathing was unstable.
"I know you are innocent. The murderer in Qin's case is someone else, but there is not enough evidence." Du Si paused slightly, and said truthfully, "The three accused cannot be cleared."
"You and that dog official are in the same group. What are you pretending to be here?" Zheng Qiu moved for a long time, finally turned his body upright, and looked at Du Si suspiciously, "Aren't you here to persuade us to sign a pledge and confess our guilt as soon as possible?"
"I have no other intentions, I just want to help you get out of prison." Du Si said.
"Help?" Zheng Qiu was furious, and his voice was much louder, "Because of your 'gang', we got beaten again!"
At this time, the other two also turned around, and the three of them looked at Du Si together, not knowing what it meant in their eyes.
"I only have half a stick of incense, do you want to say it or not."
Zheng Qiu glanced at his face and sneered, "No need."
"Can you think of your parents at home?" Du Si asked back, his tone was very cold, "They have worked so hard to bring you up, and now you are in jail, but you can't save yourself. Get a 'no need'?"
"You!" Zheng Qiu was out of breath, opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak, after a while, he lowered his head, Du Si raised his eyes to look carefully, Zheng Qiu sobbed, and actually shed two lines of tears.
"Since the day I left home, I have missed them all the time. When I came to Yecheng, I wanted to do something big, but I was cheated by the Qin family, and now I am in prison again..." Zheng Qiu raised his head, his eyes were red, "I am ashamed I am ashamed to see them for my kindness in nurturing my parents!"
"According to what you mean, you want to die here." Du Si smiled slightly, and took out the letter that Zheng Qiu gave him from his robe, "Since you have no desire to survive, this letter... I think You don’t have to hand it over to them.”
After all, Du Si was about to tear up the letter.
"Slow—" Zheng Qiu hurriedly stopped, even crawled to the prison door, "I beg you, send the letter there!"
"It depends on your performance. It's useless to talk too much. You have to think about it and tell me after you think it over." The letter in Du Si's hand shook and he stuffed it back into his robe.
Zheng Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, lying on the ground silently, tossing about for some time, Du Si was a little discouraged, running this trip might be a waste of time, but Yinger and Li Ge were careless and cooperated very well.
The confession this time is the same as before, except that Du Si asked very carefully and paid great attention to the time to stay in the study. Li Ge's testimony has not changed, but Ying'er has hesitated.
"You were standing outside the study, how could you see the incense candles in the room and determine the time?" Li Ge entered the study and could see the incense in the incense burner, but Ying'er claimed that she only stayed outside the study for a while before going back, and Did not enter the study.
"I remember seeing incense candles at that time..." Yinger tried hard to recall the scene that day, "By the way, there were candles burning in the study, and the shadow of the incense candles was cast on the door of the study. I glanced briefly, and it was Yinshi Three quarters."
"How do you determine that it is Yin's time?" Du Si asked.
"After I got up, I just heard the sound of the watch, so I knew it was Yin's time..." Ying'er stopped suddenly as she was talking, and soon, she seemed to remember something, and exclaimed at Du Si.
"It didn't take me three quarters to walk from the main entrance to the study!"
Du Si took out the bloody joss stick from his robe again, "I found this in the incense burner in the study, can you remember anything?"
Ying'er shook her head in doubt, Du Si was not discouraged, and continued to ask.
"You handed the tea to Mrs. Qin, did you find that she was different from usual?"
Ying'er shook her head again, Du thought for a while, and reminded, "Is it different from the usual when you served tea that night?"
"My lady that night...seemed to be a lot taller. I raised the teacup very high to reach my lady's hand." Ying'er thought about it for a while, and suddenly looked at Du Si with a terrified expression.
"Ying'er, there is only one door between you and the murderer." Du Si sighed, "This case has nothing to do with you. It only depends on how long it takes to bring the murderer to justice."
He smiled at the three of them, immediately soothing the uneasiness in their hearts.
And the words that followed completely calmed the hearts of the three of them.
"The government is a place to punish rape and eradicate evil. The real murderer will never be allowed to go unpunished. You are innocent, but you have been wronged. No matter what Song Zhixian decides, I will never watch your corpses be separated."
As soon as Du Si finished speaking, the prison chief's shouts sounded.
"It's time for half a stick of incense—"
Two jailers stepped forward and took Dusi out of the prison.
Outside the prison, Mao Yi stood beside him with a face full of joy, and beside him stood the ruler who led the land of Yecheng—— Song County Magistrate.
"I've seen the two adults." Du Si saluted, his face unchanged.
"Bold Dusi, dare to openly break into the important place of the Yamen, do you think this is still Longhua?" Mao Yi exaggerated.
Song Zhixian glared at him and waved him to back away.
"Brother Du, how did you get in?" Song Zhixian pretended to be puzzled, "No one is allowed to enter here unless you are idle. Did you have someone's order..."
"My lord, to be honest, the brothers in Yecheng Yamen saw the villain like old friends, and couldn't help but let me go. Please forgive me." Du Si said with a smile.
"Oh?" Zhixian Song raised his eyebrows, and looked at the jailer who was watching from the side.
The jailer coughed, pretending to be ignorant, but clasped his hands tightly around his waist.
Song Zhixian understood immediately, looked at Du Si again, and said with a smile, "I can't tell, although Brother Du is dressed plainly, his purse is bulging, and he really doesn't show his wealth."
"My lord, the villain has empty sleeves and only a few copper coins on his body. This is a reward from a nobleman." Du Si looked at the trader who was holding back his anger and smiled.
"Who is that noble man? Such a kind heart?" Song Zhixian cheered up, his eyes shining brightly.
"It's the magnanimous owner of the Zhuang Mansion——Zhuang Hui." Du Siding looked at the magistrate Song, meaning something.
Sure enough, the county magistrate of Song felt a little flustered, but he soon calmed down, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.
"My lord seems to be feeling unwell, so I won't bother you, please leave—"
Du Si left just like that, and Mao jumped up angrily, complaining to Song Zhixian again and again.
"Lord Magistrate, why did you let go of such a good opportunity? You finally caught this kid, and you must punish him!" The more Mao Yi spoke, the more angry he became, and he felt that he was not being looked down upon, "My lord , relying on his own backing, he doesn't take me seriously, and even says I'm not as good as a three-year-old child!"
County Magistrate Song gathered himself together, saw Mao Yi's big face in front of him, and said in disgust, "You are the county magistrate of Yecheng, and you can't teach a fifteen-year-old child? Who will believe it if you tell me."
"But my lord, you let him go so easily." Mao Yi said reluctantly.
"You don't understand." Magistrate Song sighed, and then disliked Mao Yi again, "Look at you, you are not as good as a fifteen-year-old child, the government doesn't support idlers, do you usually eat dry food?"
Mao Yi: "..."
"Tomorrow, you will stay in the yamen, and don't do anything without my order." Song Zhixian walked to the prison head and said to Mao Yi.
"My lord, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go to the battle myself, let's see what the hell this kid is doing?" Song Zhixian stretched out his hand towards the jailer, only to see the jailer dawdling a few times, hesitating.
"Take it out quickly, don't think I don't know." Song Zhixian yelled a few times, the cell boss reluctantly pulled out the bank note from his waist, and put both hands in Song Zhixian's palm.
"What brilliant idea did your lord come up with?"
"Brilliant trick?" Song Zhixian stuffed the banknotes into his pocket, his face wrinkled all over with a smile, "Stay unchanged, let him blow the wind and rain, and I will stand still."
"Your Excellency is wise and mighty, and the villain is waiting for the good news in the yamen." Mao Yi stalked behind him, his eyebrows and eyes full of flattery.
The two sang together, and they were in perfect harmony, and their laughter could still be heard after walking many steps.
Seeing the two walk away, the cell leader who forcibly took the banknote spit on the ground.
"Fuck, two dog officials!"
Du Si returned to the inn, immediately wrote the case, and closed the door to see everyone.
"What's wrong, my lord?" Wang Qi asked while holding his job bowl.
"I don't know, I went out with the county magistrate early this morning, and came back like this." Xiao Li was amazed.
"The food is getting cold." Liu Er said from the side.
"I'll go up and ask my lord to have dinner on the first floor." Wang Qi said, and his feet moved accordingly.
"Don't go." Sun Ping, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stopped Wang Qi, "Du Heng has delivered food to Master Du, so let's not disturb him."
"Catcher Sun, but this case..." Xiao Li was very puzzled, and wanted to ask something else.
"Your Excellency doesn't want us to know, just pretend to be deaf and dumb, and don't cause trouble for him." Sun Ping put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said seriously to everyone, "Since this case is beyond the reach of me and others, these few days Rest at the inn every day, and no one is allowed to act without an adult's order."
"How about the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion?" Wang Qi couldn't help asking.
Sun Ping glanced at Du Si's closed door, shook his head and said.
"Life or death depends entirely on the ability of adults."
At this time, Du Si was thinking hard about the testimony, and everyone had different opinions, almost not on one point, which caused him a great headache. The only thing he can be sure of now is that Zhuang Hui behaved differently yesterday. At the time of Qin's death, he had the same words as the other person, and both of them seemed to know when Qin died.
Du Si took out the blood-stained incense candle, the three servants of Zhuang's mansion would never kill Qin Shi, and there are too many people who have feuded with Qin Shi on a daily basis, judging the suspects based on quarrels alone, finding the murderer is like looking for a needle in a haystack, or looking for a moon in a water .
The food delivered by Du Heng at the table was already cold, and Du Si devoured it, but it was tasteless.
After overusing the brain, there is endless emptiness. He slept very late yesterday, and woke up early this morning because of Mao Yi. Now he is tired all over, and the drowsiness hit him like a tide. He couldn't help but fell asleep on the desk , don't think about it all.
In the dream, Yinger, Li Ge and Zheng Qiu who were in prison walked out of the government office and thanked him together. The real murderer was arrested and brought to justice. Zheng Qiu's parents were also present. He also told Du Si that he would go home to stay with his parents from now on. No longer thinking about making big money, peace is a blessing.
A dream is a dream after all. When Du Si was awakened by the sound of turning the pages of the book, he was still immersed in the joy of the Qin case being solved.
At some point in front of the table, another person sat down, carefully reviewing the case files written by Du Si.
Du Si rubbed his eyes, that person was none other than Jing Heng, a newly promoted policeman whom he hadn't seen for a few days.
"Why are you here?" Du Si stretched his body and remembered to pour some water.
Jing Heng handed him a cup of tea, Du thought for a while, then took it and thanked him softly, but he didn't even look away, and kept staring at the contents of the case file.
"The servants who were taken into prison did not have the conditions to kill Qin, they are innocent." Du Si looked at the case and said suddenly.
"Why?" Jing Heng asked.
"The wound that caused Qin's death was on the right neck. It was about five inches long and two inches wide. The wound was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and penetrated extremely deep into the body. From this, it can be judged that the murder weapon should be an axe." Du Si drank his saliva and continued. "At the scene of the crime that day, I saw with my own eyes that Qin's body was lying on its side. Only when it was hit hard from the back would the body fall forward. Qin often reconciles accounts in the study room. Qin's back is turned away, and the person who meets these two conditions must be someone she knows well, so this is determined to be an acquaintance's crime."
In other words, the suspect was hiding in the Zhuang Mansion, but the real time of Qin's death could not be determined, so the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion were suspected of killing Qin.
Du Si stopped talking, and suddenly thought of something, since Xiaosi said that Yinshi saw Zhuang Hui running from the back door, and Zhuang Hui was also in the mansion that day, he has not clearly interrogated the facts that Zhuang Hui concealed.
After having a goal, Du Si couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What are you going to do tomorrow?" Jing Heng looked at Du Si's drooping eyelashes and asked softly.
"Go to Zhuang's mansion and focus on interrogating Zhuang Hui."
"Be careful in everything," he instructed.
Du Si was very surprised, and couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Jing Heng, as if he saw some rare treasure that was rarely seen.
The two are very close at this moment, and Du Si seems to be able to feel each other's aura, and those usually cold pupils are illuminated by the fire, which is extremely bright.
Du Si's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, so that Jing Heng's subsequent words fell on deaf ears, until he lay down on the bed, the sense of strangeness gradually disappeared.
In the darkness, Du Si closed his eyes, silently thinking about the dream he had just had, and soon fell asleep.
Outside the door, Du Yu and Jing Heng, who were guarding the door, faced each other tit for tat. The two did not speak a word. After making eye contact for a while, Jing Heng left. Du Yu let go of his grip on the sword. , she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
On the second day, the county magistrate Mao Yi did not come, but the inn ushered in a big Buddha. The magistrate of Yecheng personally came to the inn and waited for Du Si downstairs.
Du Si hurriedly packed up and went out with Song Zhixian.
The two went to Changle Square first. As soon as the guards of the casino saw Song Zhixian, they immediately notified the boss and asked about Zhuang Hui's itinerary that night.
"Boss Zhuang went out soon after Yinshi, and came back after Yinshi, but the silver was covered with mud and took a long time to wipe clean."
When the two walked out of the gambling house, Song Zhixian was elated. In his opinion, the murderer in this case was the three servants of the Zhuang Mansion in prison. This is a certainty.
"Brother Du, what do you think about this case?" Song Zhixian asked while looking at the roadside scenery.
"Complicated and confusing." Du Si replied.
Song Zhixian smiled, and before he could say anything, Du Si's next sentence blocked him from saying anything.
"But it's not that there is no way to crack it." Du Si responded.
Song Zhixian's smile gradually froze, and he said awkwardly, "Based on what you have seen, where should I go now?"
"Of course it's the Zhuang Mansion." Du Si replied in a deep voice, "Magistrate, can you please grant me a request?"
"You said."
"After going in later, my lord, you can sit on the chair next to me. No matter what I say, you can just nod."
Song Zhixian was a little puzzled, and wanted to refuse, thinking about what someone said to him that day, but he still did it.
So, Song Zhixian sat on a wooden chair with a backrest, and Du Si stood beside him. Zhuang Hui came to the two of them soon after, looking uneasy.
"I have met the magistrate." Zhuang Hui saluted, and the magistrate of Song just waved his hand, and he immediately got up.
"I don't know if the two adults are here today, it really makes the humble house flourish." Zhuang Hui said flatteringly, Song Zhixian looked at Du Si, but didn't say anything.
Seeing that there was no response from the two, Zhuang Hui couldn't help but secretly raised his eyes to wait and see, but he happened to meet Du Si's condensed eyes, and he looked at Song Zhixian who was sitting upright. Although the magistrate looked at him, he had no intention of speaking .
There was a 'click' in Zhuang Hui's heart, and the sweat on his forehead immediately flowed down.
"Today, the county magistrate personally came to the mansion, and he has something to ask you." Du Si slowly came to Zhuang Hui, "You must invite him truthfully."
"Master official! The villain will answer truthfully to prove his innocence!" Zhuang Hui said anxiously.
"I haven't asked yet, but you have already told me everything yourself." Du Si smiled slowly, and suddenly shouted, "Zhuang Hui, why did you kill Mrs. Qin in the study!"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Zhuang Hui was shocked and almost fell to the ground. He looked at Song Zhixian as if asking for help, "Master Zhixian, you have to decide for me! I, Zhuang Hui, have never committed the capital crime of murder. !"
Song Zhixian opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Du Si patted him on the back, Song Zhixian smacked his lips, and looked around the scenery with his eyes.
In Zhuang Hui's eyes, it meant that Song Zhixian had confirmed that he was the murderer. Zhuang Hui almost immediately made up his life after being imprisoned...and beheaded for public display on the street.
"My lord, please do me a favor! Don't blame the innocent, and put this charge on me!" Zhuang Hui made a strong pounce, but was missed by Du Si, who raised his head to look at Du Si with tears in his eyes. Tears and snot all went to one place.
"But someone reported to the county magistrate that after you left the Zhuang mansion in Yinshi, the Qin family died." Du Si smiled slightly, "You are the only one wandering in the Zhuang mansion at Yinshi...It's only right and proper to kill people, Master Zhuang, just admit it. "
"I didn't kill anyone!" Zhuang Hui's face was full of tears, "The Qin family was indeed dead at that time, but I didn't kill him!"
"If the Qin family wasn't killed by you, how would you know she's dead?" Du Si sneered, and walked to the other side of the county magistrate.
"I, I..." Zhuang Hui spoke incoherently and panicked.
"Come here, take Zhuang Hui away." Du Siyang said loudly, the magistrate of Song couldn't help but glance at him, there are only two of them today, where can there be any servants for him.
"Don't, don't!" Zhuang Hui quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "I say, I'm telling the truth! I didn't kill the Qin family!"
Du Si raised a real smile, and stepped forward to gently lift Song Zhixian up.
"Our county magistrate is definitely not someone who believes in one-sided words, and we will definitely not wrongly judge innocent people and create unjust cases." Du Si turned his head and looked at Song Zhixian with a smile, "Is the villain right? Magistrate. "
Song Zhixian rolled his eyes a few times, coughed a few times and nodded.
Zhuang Hui gained confidence and immediately said loudly, "I gambled at Changle Square that night, and I didn't want to spend all my money, so I went back to my house to get it."
He hesitated a few times, closed his eyes and said, "When I passed the study after taking the silver, I saw the light in the room was on, so I wanted to go and see Mrs. Qin. She usually likes to be quiet, but I didn't dare to open the door, so I told her Look through the crack of the door..."
"Who knows, I saw a piece of blood red." Zhuang Hui trembled, terrified, "I was in a daze at the time, so I ran out quickly, and when I walked through the gravel path at the back door, I accidentally dropped the silver on the ground, and returned it to Changlefang. It took a while."
"If I hadn't said earlier, there wouldn't be so much going on." Du Si smiled lightly.
Zhuang Hui looked at Song Zhixian's darkened face, but didn't dare to say anything.
"Did you see the face of the murderer?"
Zhuang Hui shook his head, but provided a piece of information, "I only saw a figure groping in front of the bookshelf, as tall as the shelf."
"Study room..." Du Si thought about it carefully, as if he had thought of something, he immediately walked away.
"Hey, where are you going?" Song Zhixian couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped up from his chair and wanted to follow Du Si, Zhuang Hui followed behind, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
When Du Si came to the study, Zhuang Hui called for the steward and opened the door. Du Si hurried in and began to check the bookshelves. There were four shelves on the shelves, which were arranged very neatly. Due to the inability to clean them in the past few days, there was a little dust .
His height is only on the third floor of the bookshelf, but the murderer is on the fourth floor. This is a crucial clue, but the identity of the murderer cannot be completely determined.
Du Si thought about Zhuang Hui's words, and took a book from the shelf at random, but saw that there were many white papers mixed in the book, which was very chaotic. Du Si opened it up and saw that many pieces of paper with bloody handprints appeared, he paused After a pause, he immediately took off the other books one by one.
Zhuang Hui and Song Zhixian came together to watch together, with doubts on their faces.
"What is this?" Song Zhixian picked up one of the papers, "On the eighth day of August, Shen Teng owed 300 taels of debt but did not repay it. He went to the Zhuang Mansion to work for five years to repay the debt until the limit was full."
"It's all a contract of prostitution." Du Si replied, "It's all messed up."
"How could this be messed up?" Song Zhixian asked in confusion.
"You're going to ask the murderer in the study that day..." Du Si turned to ask Zhuang Hui, "Are there all these deeds of prostitution in the study?"
Zhuang Hui nodded, "There are still some ledgers, which are placed under that table."
The steward took out the ledger, only to see some dust on it. To be on the safe side, the three of them checked the ledger, but the murderer hadn't looked through the ledger, and the dates matched.
"Strange, why did the murderer only find those deeds of prostitution, but did not move these books?" Song Zhixian asked, the account books are much more important than the deeds of prostitution.
"Since the murderer knows that there is a deed of sale hidden on the bookshelf in the study, he must also know the location of the ledger. The motive may have something to do with the deed of sale." Du Si recalled the bloody incense stick again, "He most likely knew that the incense stick was placed where."
There is another person who knows the time of Qin's death like Zhuang Hui, Du Si recalled, and yesterday...he lied.
After sorting out the books, Du Si and Song Zhixian left the Zhuang Mansion and returned to the Yamen.
"Today's trip, I gained very little." Song Zhixian gave Du Si a sideways look.
"Isn't it less? A villain can gain a lot." Du Si straightened his body and met the inquiring eyes of Shang Song Zhixian.
"Then I'll ask Brother Du to explain a thing or two." Song Zhixian said with a smile.
"From the testimonies, it is possible to determine the time of Qin's death. Brother Li left the study at the second moment of Chouzheng. Zhuang Huiyin saw that Qin was dead before that time. Qin died between the second moment of Chouzheng and the beginning of Yin. Strong and tall, it couldn't be easier to kill a powerless woman in just two moments."
"But Ying'er, Qin's personal servant girl, said that she only went to the study to deliver tea at three quarters of the hour. Qin was not dead at that time?" Song Zhixian became more and more confused the more he heard.
"My lord, have you asked, Ying'er heard the sound of Yinshi's watch when she just got up, and it took her less than three minutes to get from her residence to her study."
Du Siding looked at Song Zhixian with obvious accusations in his eyes.
"This this…"
"My lord, you know that they are not the murderers, but you insist on putting the blame on them. If these three people had no backbone, their heads would have been moved and their bodies would have been separated."
"I, how do I know they are not murderers? Don't talk nonsense!" Song Zhixian shouted.
"I don't know?" Du Si smiled coldly, and took a step forward, "Both the villain and Ren Fuzhi know that those three people are innocent, sir, you really don't know?"
"I don't know! A woman and two men are both suspected of killing!" Song Zhixian was forced to retreat again and again, but he didn't let go.
"Can a weak woman who suffers from a cough in winter carry an axe? Can a well-mannered scholar have such a strong psychological quality that Qin can be killed in one blow? The only Chai Fusheng who can use an ax is shorter than ordinary people, and can see it from behind. Did it cut Qin's neck?"
"This, this..." Song Zhixian kept backing up until he hit the wall.
Du Si didn't let Song Magistrate go, and then continued, "Song Zhixian deserves to love the people like a son, and he has praised the people of Yecheng. How can he not let people applaud for such a verdict? Your lord is really wise and powerful, and you can see every detail!"
"You!" Song Zhixian had nothing to say, his face was flushed, "You have the guts to commit the crime!"
"It's better than wrongly judging innocent people and wasting people's lives." Du Si pulled away and left, and finally said coolly, "The three people in the Zhuang family have suffered such wrongs, but the adults can still sit in the soft sedan and drink tea, the villain I really admire it."
When Song Zhixian heard this, he almost passed out out of breath.
After Du Si left, Mao Yi appeared from another place, and he walked towards Song Zhixian with a smile, and said happily, "My lord, how did you deal with that boy?"
"Get out!" Song Zhixian roared like thunder, and rushed away angrily.
Mao Yi who was sprayed all over the face: "???"
Du Si didn't go back to the inn, but turned back to the Zhuang mansion halfway, and met Jing Heng on the way, and the two came to the Zhuang mansion together.
But Zhuang Hui was not in the house. The steward told him that Zhuang Hui had gone to Changlefang and might not come back until dark.
Du Si was not discouraged, he and Jing Heng rushed to Changle Square again, the guard at the gate didn't say much when he saw them, and let them in.
I saw that the inside of Changle Square was resplendent and magnificent, and even the outside was extravagant. Everyone was having fun inside, crying ghosts and howling wolves. Everyone had an endless look on their faces, but they were all obsessed with the same madness.
Du Si frowned, and found a servant to ask Zhuang Hui's whereabouts.
"You mean Boss Zhuang? He's on the dice throwing side on the second floor, just around the corner upstairs."
The two went up to the second floor, only to find that the second floor was even more luxurious than the first floor. The air here was fresh and no one was shouting, which seemed quite elegant.
Du Si looked around the corner, and Zhuang Hui was indeed there. He was sitting on a wooden chair, comparing the dice with other people, and he was spending the money earned by Mrs. Qin, and he was relentless.
Du Si stepped forward and patted Zhuang Hui on the back.
"Who is it?" Zhuang Hui turned his head, and his subordinates lavished money like dirt. When he saw Du Si, he was so frightened that he nearly fell off his chair.
"Officer, official messenger, why is it you?" Zhuang Hui hurriedly got off the chair.
"Come out, I have a few questions for you to interrogate."
The three of them left Changle Square, before they had walked a few steps, Du Si asked sharply.
"Let me ask you, do you know Cui Shengyong?"
"Well, I know him, he is a servant in the villain's house." Zhuang Hui said.
"What has he done usually? How is his relationship with the Qin family?"
"I can't remember..." Zhuang Hui cheered up immediately when he saw Du Si's cold appearance, "The villain must think about it."
After a while, Zhuang Hui finally revealed the second important clue after providing the time of Qin's death.
"I remember, my lord still remembers meeting a villain once? The servant who was ordered by the Qin family to follow me was Cui Shengyong." He paused, and then said, "That night, at the fifth quarter of the first lunar month, Cui Shengyong came to urge me go back."
After thinking about it for a while, Du Si suddenly realized the matter of the bloody incense stick.
"Cui Shengyong works for the Qin family?" He asked again.
"He and the Qin family seem to have known each other before... By the way, tomorrow, people from the Zhuang manor who have contacts with the Qin family will come to the mansion to express their condolences. One of them seems to know Cui Shengyong. I remember what the Qin family said to me, but I can't remember. It's..."
Du Si didn't make things difficult for Zhuang Hui and let him go. Zhuang Hui didn't have any worries after learning that the case had nothing to do with her, and Du Si gave up after a day.
Du Si sighed and went back to the inn with Jing Heng.
"How?" Jing Heng asked.
"I need to go to the Zhuang Mansion tomorrow." Du Si smiled, sweeping away the haze of the past few days, "I have decided on someone in my heart, and I will find out tomorrow."
The corners of Jing Heng's lips were slightly raised, and his eyes looking at Du Si were like pond water by the bridge, extremely sad.
On the second day, Du Si went to Zhuang's mansion alone. As Zhuang Hui said, many mourners came. Led by Zhuang Hui, Du Si found the businessman who knew Cui Shengyong and asked him about Cui Shengyong.
"His original name was not Cui Shengyong, but his original name was Cui Li. He and I lived in the same place. Cui Li had a bad reputation in his hometown. I heard that he likes to gamble. Because he couldn't pay his debts, his wife and son were all arrested to repay the debt, and Tian was also arrested by a group of people." He set the fire on fire, signed a deed of selling himself, and got here somehow...Speaking of which, that gambling house is exactly the same as the Yecheng gambling house, and it is also called Changle Fang." The businessman thought for a while, and then replied, "I I don’t do business here, I just passed by here and happened to deliver goods to Qin Shi a few times before saying a few words, and I just met Cui Shengyong, so I reminded Qin Shi.”
"The Qin family also knows about this?"
"I know, I told her." The businessman wondered, "Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing..." Du Si smiled.
He now knows that the real murderer of the Qin family is that person——
In the middle of the night, Cui Shengyong had just greeted Xiaosi and was about to go to bed. Today's Xiaosi seemed to be different from usual, Cui Shengyong's eyes dimmed, and he finally went to bed.
Suddenly, there was the sound of the watch, followed by the sound of footsteps. Cui Shengyong got up quickly and looked out the window, but there was a row of green bamboos in front of the window, and he couldn't see anything except a figure galloping past.
Cui Shengyong left the house, but he saw several people rushing towards here with torches in their hands.
The head of a tall and burly headhunter rushed to Cui Shengyong and said, "Have you been in the room?"
"Xiaomin has been staying in the room." Cui Shengyong said cautiously.
"Did you see someone running past here?"
Cui Shengyong nodded, "I see, I don't know why all the officials are here."
The head catcher took a few glances at Cui Shengyong, and said loudly.
"Catch fugitives, the guy next to you said that a middle-aged man in his forties just ran past, did you see clearly?" He took a few steps forward, and the accessories on his waist squeaked, "Don't lie, delaying the case will take time." Jail!"
Cui Shengyong looked at his window and said firmly, "There is a row of green bamboos planted in front of Xiaomin's window, so I can't see who is passing by."
"Very good." The head catcher's voice was so rough that the yelling was so loud, "Take him to the yamen!"
A few police officers came forward, surrounded Cui Shengyong, and took him away after a few strokes.
"My lord, did you make a mistake? Why did you arrest Xiaomin?" Cui Shengyong pretended to be calm.
The headhunter ignored him, and a group of Haohao Tangtang came to the Yamen and brought Cui Shengyong to the Wangfa Hall.
Some sleepless people came and watched from the sidelines in their coats.
"Hey, isn't that Cui Shengyong? How did he get caught?"
"Hurry up and call other people, Cui Shengyong is in trouble!"
Because Cui Shengyong was very popular, many people gathered in the hall after a while.
After the staff went to work step by step, Song Zhixian sat behind the case, squinting at Cui Shengyong who was kneeling in the hall.
"Bold civilians, killed the Qin family, and then deceived officials, can you plead guilty?"
"I am wronged, my lord, Xiaomin didn't kill anyone, please learn from me!"
Song Zhixian sneered a few times, "There is no need to quibble, fortunately Du Si is here, otherwise I will make a big mistake and kill innocent people in vain."
Du Si stepped out from the side and saluted Song Zhixian, "Thank you, magistrate.
"Please hurry up, and I will let you describe the case for me, so that these cunning villains will be convinced." Song Zhixian pleaded.
Du Si got up, looking at this kind man whom everyone in the neighborhood praised, his eyes flashed meticulously.
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