The first work of the imperial prison

The murder case happened again, among other things, the timeline always had to be checked. Jin Yiwei had a very sufficient and necessary reason to question everyone on the scene.

Not only He Yiming, but Geng Yuanzhong, who is the chief examiner of the imperial examination, may also be involved.

Ye Baiting walked forward side by side with Qiu Yiqing, looked at each other a few times, whispered a few times, stroked each other's thoughts, and could guess the direction of Zhang You's thinking and the general trajectory of behavior in the whole matter.

First of all, he is very old and can't wait anymore. He will not take the imperial examination anymore. He has no family background and cannot be appointed as an official. Tolerant of the world's situation, not hiding it, not making efforts, he can't really enjoy it, he must have a sense of urgency in his heart, and he needs Enke's opportunity very much.

But it was obvious that Geng Yuanzhong's way would not work.

If Geng Yuanzhong stands upright and is impartial in this matter, everyone is the same, must speak with strength, enter the examination room with real skills, Zhang You will not have too much emotion at all, at most he will call him pedantic, will not Said he couldn't help.

When he mentioned Geng Yuanzhong several times, he meant that he was hopeless, that others didn't want to help, not that he couldn't help... He was rejected.

Geng Yuanzhong must have some kind of method, Zhang You knew, but he didn’t know much, for this opportunity, he worked hard and found another way for himself—he secretly observed Geng Yuanzhong’s way, and followed the clues , found He Yiming, and only then did the so-called "sure to win" method.

On Geng Yuanzhong's side, he only dared to come secretly, and he didn't dare to threaten him openly. First, everyone was related, so he had to take care of it. Second, it might be more difficult. Geng Yuanzhong acted more secretly and was not in front of the stage. It's hard to get hold of the substance.

He Yiming is different. When Zhang You provoked him before, he found out that he and Geng Yuanzhong had robbed things. He and Geng must have had a quarrel because of some old things, and Zhang You knew this quarrel, so he could take advantage of it. Geng Yuanzhong's temper, in exchange for some small support.

During this process, Ye Baiting didn't know how Zhang You did it. In short, there must have been unknown hardships, but in the end Zhang You should have succeeded. He got some things and threatened He Yiming to do him a favor and asked him to be listed on the list. famous...

No one likes to be threatened. Even if He Yiming reaches a cooperation with Zhang You, he must be unwilling. Zhang You may think that you have everything in my hands, why are you so crazy? I will press you to do things for me , so the relationship between the two is incompatible, and the atmosphere is not very good when they face each other.

"...So the result now is that Zhang You thinks that he has captured others, that his threat is very useful, and that he will be on the list today, but in fact, he is not on the list, and He Yiming lied to him?"

Ye Baiting's brain turned quickly: "When the list is announced and the ranking is announced, everyone will know it, and he himself will know it. In order to prevent him from causing trouble in the future, does He Yiming have to kill people to silence him?"

The blue eyes of hatred and suspicion darken: "Or——Zhang You can use the 'fraudulent imperial examination' to threaten He Yiming, can He Yiming also use this to threaten people who have used this method before, and help him do it? "

Ye Baiting took a deep breath: "This case... is really difficult."

In all homicide cases, especially serial murder cases, no matter for money or profit, there must be intersections in the social relations of the characters, but the "imperial imperial examination" is buried too deep. The people involved in these cases are not close on the surface, and they seem to be There is no contact, too little contact, and it is still very secretive. It takes more time to visit and investigate and confirm things one by one, but they don't have enough time.

All the motives and results of this case revolve around these four words. If you can’t find out in a day, and if you don’t confirm the details, you will not be able to understand the reasons behind other people’s actions, why they did this, and what they might do in the future...

"Didn't we already find so many clues?" Qiu Xunqing's voice was steady, "Everyone is working hard, and these people will definitely not be able to escape."

"Ah."

Everyone is working hard, and the subtle investigations are still going on. The clues in their hands are gathering more and more day by day. They will definitely find out all the truth. They don't know where this force ends up at present, but He Yiming With the existence of Geng Yuanzhong, the general operation mode and distribution direction of this interest group have almost been revealed.

Although it is inappropriate to say this sentence, Zhang You's death did help them clarify a more accurate direction.

check!A bunch of people with ulterior motives dog-eat-dog, each using their own means to cross the sea, and their Jinyiwei is not a dry meal, whoever looks down on them, I will investigate you, and I will definitely find out!

The investigation work on the roof of the fourth floor is in progress, and the investigation work around the corpse on the ground has not yet been left behind. Soon, the corpse will be collected and cleaned up, and sent back to Beizhen Fusi. Ye Baiting will also be busy by then, and he doesn't have much time.

"Ask He Yiming first?"

This is the person and information he is most concerned about at present.

Qiu Xunqing: "Okay."

But if He Yiming was to be questioned, his identity was already sensitive, and he was worried that in the middle of the interrogation, he would stir up inappropriate emotions, and the other party would not cooperate, so Ye Baiting did not follow Qiu Yiqing, but hid in a corner outside the window. Afterwards, let Qiu Yiqing ask alone, and he watched from the sidelines.

Qiu Xunqing arranged a chair, stuffed a cup of hot tea, sat until he could see his direction, and then asked someone to bring He Yiming over.

He Yiming didn't have martial arts, so he couldn't sense the existence of the third person, and he sat at a slightly special angle, so he didn't know that Ye Baiting was there.

Qiu Xunqing began to ask: "When Zhang You's accident happened, were you downstairs?"

"Yes," He Yiming said with slender eyebrows, a cold face, and a very stable personality, "I have just said that I am deeply sorry for this incident, and it is a pity that I have not seen anything suspicious. The person who heard something special - didn't my righteous brother help the commander to detect it, and Zhang You just fell down the stairs accidentally by himself?"

Qiu Yiqing didn't answer his words at all, neither approved nor objected, but continued with a serious expression: "You two had a quarrel in the teahouse before, do you have a bad relationship with him?"

He Yiming's eyes lowered slightly: "It's not good. Headstrong, arrogant and arrogant, don't know how to be low-key and humble, don't know how to reflect on oneself-I never associate with such people."

"The envoy heard the conversation between the two of you. He said that you snatched something from Geng Yuanzhong. What is it?"

"It turns out that the Commander is interested in this question," He Yiming said with a smile on his lips, "To tell you the truth, Commander, I also really want to know about this matter, but it's a pity that Zhang You is dead, so I can't tell you any more. If you are tired Legs and feet, go ask Geng Yuanzhong himself?"

It's not ignorance, it's provocation.

The blue-eyed and suspicious pupils came over, and the voice was calm: "The person who should ask, the envoy will ask, and now it is you."

With a simple glance and a simple sentence, He Yiming felt his scalp tense, like a blade, as if the person who was threatening and provoking was not himself, but the other party. If he didn't speak well, the other party would really kill someone!

"In the ups and downs of the officialdom, chances and dangers abound, you never know when you accidentally do something wrong and offend someone," He Yiming put away some of the previous lazy teasing, looking into Qiu Suqing's eyes, it seems very Sincerely, very frankly, "I really don't know about this matter, and I really want to know why Mr. Zhang hates me so much and always looks down on me. I really look forward to someone who can explain it to me."

Qiu Yiqing: "Are you not familiar with Geng Yuanzhong?"

"Familiar, why not?" He Yiming curled his lips again, "Like me and my righteous brother, the commander thinks, am I familiar with him?"

The dark color in the blue eyes of hatred surged slightly, and the momentum was slightly stern.

He Yiming: "Working in the same officialdom, a lot of official duties need to be handed over, bow your head but don't look up... Say we are familiar with each other, but in fact we don't have many contacts, only in a certain time period, on a specific occasion, we have contacts, other things, Living habits, personal preferences, are all incompatible, he may not like me, and I may not like him—I answer this way, the commander should understand?"

The question is answered, but it is also deliberately stimulating hatred, using Ye Baiting as a person.

Qiu Yiqing knew that he would not cooperate, and was too lazy to deal with him, so he directly cut to the point: "Is Zhang You blackmailing you?"

He Yiming paused for a moment, and his smile grew wider: "The commander made this interesting. Why did Mr. Zhang blackmail me? I have nothing to do with him. I only have occasional disagreements. I am a bright person and do things frankly. What can he get?" Something, to threaten to blackmail me?"

Be bright and act frankly...

If it weren't for Ye Baiting's strong psychological quality, I'm afraid he would have laughed out loud on the spot. How dare he use these eight words to describe himself for such a thing?

His fingers holding the teacup were tight, afraid of dropping the cup, he simply put it aside and stopped drinking.

Qiu Yiqing glanced over the window without a trace, and returned to the table: "Why is Zhang You so sure that Enke will be on the list this time?"

He Yiming: "It's useless for the commander to ask him this question, but to ask me."

"It's not just Zhang You," Qiu Xingqing frowned, "I have checked the imperial examinations one year ago and four years ago, and more than one person has said such words before and after the exam. Contacted you during that time—how do you explain it?"

He Yiming was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the topic to change so quickly, wasn't he just talking about dead people, Ye Baiting?Turning to the past suddenly, when it came to this point, he was a little unresponsive.

I can't react to this, and I don't know how to deal with it. It's like a guilty conscience.

Don't need to look at Qiu Yiqing's expression, he also knew that he had made a mistake, so he simply acted out with a surprised expression: "There is such a thing? Who are they, how come I don't know?"

Qiu Xingqing tea cup was placed on the table, when he raised his eyes, there was a sharp light in his eyes: "How much do you know about the 'imperial examination'?"

He Yiming closed his eyes, and licked his lower lip: "That's right, you Jinyiwei, you just swear that there is fraud, why don't you ask? But it's been so long, the commander must have checked my yard, my side Is there a person? How is it, is there a problem?"

Without waiting for Qiu Xunqing to answer, he squinted his eyes directly: "There is no problem at all in my exam paper! My talent should be worthy of that ranking. It is only natural for me to be on the list, and it is only natural for me to be an official! If you have doubts, you can turn to Get out my papers from back then, and find a great Confucian to analyze and compare, and see if there was even a single bit of confusion! Qiu Xunqing, don’t frame me with such things, heaven and earth, I don’t believe there is no reason !"

"Your test paper is fine, what about your people?" Suspicious green eyebrows, "Beizhen Fusi never doubts anyone for no reason, you don't need to talk about him, what is your problem, you and I know clear."

He Yiming lowered his eyebrows and snorted: "No matter what you suspect, it has nothing to do with me."

Qiu Yiqing glanced over the corner of the window, paused, and carefully looked at He Yiming's robe: "Your clothes seem to be very neat."

He Yiming raised his eyebrows: "I'm a particular person, I don't live a rough life like others, can't I?"

Qiu Xunqing: "Just now the list was posted outside, and the crowd was crowded. You also said that you were joining in the fun, and everyone would inevitably rub against each other. Even Geng Yuanzhong, the chief examiner who insisted on his identity and didn't go downstairs, had his sleeves twitched when he came down the stairs. Crooked, why are you so neat?"

He Yiming gritted his teeth: "I've sorted it out, can't I?"

Qiu Xunqing: "You usually like to wear bamboo and green round-neck gowns, but it seems that you haven't worn them recently?"

He Yiming was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes, and sneered: "Whether the commander cares too much about me, he even knows what clothes I like to wear on weekdays, you look like this... Does my foster brother know? Don't be afraid of him Jealous, making trouble with you?"

Qiu Su's green eyebrows were cold and cold: "You are worthy?"

"Why don't you deserve it? It's all taught by a father. Where can it go?" He Yiming's ending was drawn out, and there was a little sarcasm in his words. You can do whatever you want, parents dote on you, and my sister protects me. I am different. There is no need to really love and dote on an adopted foreign surname. If you don’t obey, you will be punished. You don’t necessarily have what you have, but if you have it, others already have it…”

"You see, human life is inherently unfair. It is written at birth. Who wouldn't want to have the chance to change their fate against the sky? I still say the same thing. In this case, I advise the commander to be cautious. How much can I investigate?" How much is it, don't be too serious, or you will eat yourself back, and you won't be able to blame others."

At the end, his eyes flickered, and he added: "The gift of fate is not a good thing sometimes. It is really your good luck to think that my brother-in-law is close to you and relies on you? Commander Qiu , humanely you are civil and military, you have the ability to be a minister, you can see thousands of miles away, and you can solve all kinds of worries, don't be trapped by the love of your children, lose your mind, it will die in the wilderness every day, no one cares about it, regret it - also It's late."

He said so much with earnestness, heart-to-heart and points, hinting at a lot of things, and it wasn't like he didn't give out any information, but Qiu Xunqing ignored him, and was not interested in what he thought at all.

"The last time you saw Zhang You was when you went downstairs?"

He Yiming closed his eyes, and his expression was not very easy-going: "Yes, I have been downstairs since then, and I have never gone upstairs."

Qiu Yiqing: "No one has seen you?"

The corners of He Yiming's eyes twitched: "Since I didn't go upstairs, naturally no one saw me. Is it difficult to understand? The commander wants to point me as the murderer, so he uses evidence to speak."

At this moment, Jin Yiwei from outside came in and brought Shen Jiang's note.

He has already conducted simple questioning of several people, including Geng Yuanzhong. Geng Yuanzhong didn't know the existence of Hanrui, but he knew that Zhang You had always had this problem. It's not a thing, he is extraordinarily graceful in this matter, every time he is in love, he only loves one woman, when he loves, he is very in love, very immersed, he is willing to do anything for her, but he is also diligent in changing, every time The time limit is not long, at most half a year to a year, I will get tired of it, and I will change it... The Zhang family has a lot of complaints about this, and they will take care of it when they see it.

Qiu Yiqing knows what Shen Jiang wants to say. When Zhang You is immersed in a relationship between a man and a woman, he will be a little selfless. Someone caught his woman to threaten him and lead him to a high place. He can't even shout. Is it possible? of?

He folded the note, looked at He Yiming's face, not missing every detail of his expression: "Do you know Hanrui?"

He Yiming looked extremely calm: "Hanrui? Who?"

Qiu Yiqing knew it in his heart: "Zhang You's woman."

He Yiming just laughed: "The commander really knows how to joke, how can I know all the women in the capital, but Zhang You?"

……

During the questioning process between the two, Ye Baiting was listening by the window. He also saw most of He Yiming's expressions, and thought about it in his heart, but unfortunately there was only so much time, and he could no longer participate.

The investigation of the traces on the street is half finished, and other work still needs to be continued, but the corpse can be sent back to Beizhen Fusi, and he has to go back as a coordinator.

He stood up and gestured towards Qiu Yiqing.

This time, Qiu Yiqing didn't stop him, because there was a lot of work on site, he couldn't walk away, and couldn't see him off in person, so he just nodded slightly to Ye Baiting from an angle that He Yiming couldn't see.

The carriage didn't stop all the way, and the corpse was sent to the morgue. Ye Baiting also got ready, and quickly tidied up the room and tools, preparing for the autopsy.

"Let me take a good look at—"

The head of the deceased seems to be unrecognizable, most of it is rotten, blood stains everywhere, accompanied by broken bones, brains, nothing special, just the injury caused by falling from a height, but go to the clothes to check the body of the deceased, and found that there is something wrong place.

On the back of the deceased, there were very fresh, well-defined abrasions.

The area is small, with small blood stains, red and swollen edges, and traces of rubbing... This kind of rubbing injury often occurs when people accidentally fall, and most of them are on the hands, arms, shoulders, and legs. When I can't control myself, I will subconsciously adjust my posture and use my hands and feet to resist. The scars appear on the back. It should be that I just fell to the ground or accidentally hit my back against the wall.

The deceased was in a prone position at the time, and the scars on his back must have nothing to do with the fall, that is, there was some accident before the fall.

Ye Baiting carefully inspected the back of the deceased, the back shoulders, the back waist, the elbows, the calves... All the scars on the deceased's body were very simple and concentrated on the front body, which was fatal in a single fall. Except for the back, there were no other marks on the back body, that is to say , when the scratch on his back formed, he didn't use all his subconscious resistance movements.

Although this injury is not serious, the rubbing marks are very obvious. It is definitely not caused by a single bump. There must be movements of rubbing back and forth twice——

So Zhang You didn't accidentally fall to the ground or wall. He must have had an argument with someone in a certain space. He had moved hands, and the two sides had pushed and shoved, but the magnitude was not large and not very strong. So there are no scars on the body and hands, only the back, because of bumping against the wall or other, left a very shallow scratch.

But this process must be very short, because the murderer has no time.

The scratch on Zhang You's body is very fresh, the surrounding area is slightly swollen, and the blood is bright red. It must have occurred not long before he died, and the injury is not too painful and not too serious in this position. It may be normal to walk, but you have to put on airs Drinking tea at the table must be a little uncomfortable, but Ye Baiting met Zhang You before, when he provoked He Yiming at the table, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, his body movements were smooth and casual, obviously he was not injured.

Therefore, the injury of the deceased, Xu He's "jumping off the building" action, he was first led to another place for a certain reason, and some disputes occurred, and then he fell to his death from the roof of the building.

Did these two actions take place at the same place?Did the meeting and argument, as well as the fall, all take place on the top floor, or are there different locations?

What needs to be noticed here on the top floor is that Jin Yiwei said that there were traces of slipping and stepping on, and the deceased's shoes were indeed crooked. He must have slipped his feet at the moment, but there is no wall on the top floor. If the scratches on the deceased's back occurred on the ground, then the ground There must have been similar dragging marks, and it was impossible for the Jin Yiwei who inspected them not to see them, but they didn't find any similar ones.

That is elsewhere, the teahouse is overcrowded today, there are many people everywhere, even though everyone ran downstairs when the list was released, the shopkeeper Xiaoer was also there, it is not secretive and safe, if someone wants to make an appointment at this time, it must not be very conspicuous Where there must be walls, stairwells?Stair corner?

Such a place has corners and corners, and there are many decorations, so the possibility of leaving traces is even greater...

Ye Baiting quickly wrote down this matter, and immediately reminded Jin Yiwei to search carefully, find the space of this dispute, and see if there are any relevant clues.

After reading the wounds on the body, the clothes and shoes should not be neglected. Because of the question of the "dispute location", he looked very carefully, and found a little red paint marks on the soles of the deceased, not many, not many. Sticky, the traces rubbed on the soles are fresh, but the paint itself is not too fresh, it should be dried for a while after painting, at least [-]% to [-]% dry, the kind that is difficult to rub off without using force.

Force... argue...

On the shoes of the deceased, what about the person who had a dispute with him?

Ye Baiting immediately added this point on the note - must pay attention to investigation.

After checking the clothes of the deceased, the things he brought with him were listed on the table one by one.

There are receipts for restaurant reservations, pick-up slips for jade bracelets, purchase receipts for gold and silver lockets, and Xiqian...

Zhang You was really sure that he would win today, and the celebrations were prepared in advance. He wanted to have a feast for the guests, distribute the wedding money, and even bought a very high-quality and very expensive jade bracelet for the woman he liked.

Ye Baiting looked at these things, thoughtful.

What we know now is that Zhang You died around the time of posting the list on the street, which was very lively, but did he know the result of the posting?

Whether he knows or doesn’t know, his reaction will be completely different. If he doesn’t know before the list is finished, he will still have expectations in his heart, and he will continue the previous small pride. If he knows, He will definitely be very angry and embarrassed, knowing that he has been cheated, will he go to the perpetrator to question him?

In other words, looking for He Yiming?