The first work of the imperial prison

The room was full of misfortune, and the husband and wife held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes. This atmosphere... Shen Jiang felt that he had become that wicked mother-in-law who beat mandarin ducks.

This, this, what can I do?I feel that what both of them said makes sense!No one can rule it out, and no one can be sure. Do you worry about people?

His eyes slipped quietly to Young Master Jiao - what do you say?Do you want to ask a few questions?

Ye Baiting didn't speak, he didn't speak during the whole process just now, and now he turned his head to the commander, as if he was waiting for the other party to make a statement.

The commander quickly expressed his opinion, and he tapped the table with his knuckles: "Press it down, switch off."

Didn't even ask!

Shen Jiang didn't dare to question, so he hurriedly called someone over, took the husband and wife down, and detained them separately, but the question in his heart was not answered, so he asked Young Master Jiao: "What's going on? These two... who is the murderer? Or Accomplice committing the crime?"

Ye Baiting pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "This couple feels very unharmonious."

Shen Jiang hissed: "You don't suspect that there is something hidden in this case. Maybe this couple is not the murderer!"

Ye Baiting gave him an affirmative look of 'you are finally smarter'.

However, Shen Jiang felt that he was going to die. How could a moth come out of this case that was about to be solved?

"But they explained every detail very clearly, how it was planned, what the death scene of the deceased looked like, the knot of the cowhide rope, and the jade pendant that fell in the pool of blood! If you were not careful, the autopsy would not be able to find out, even They all know this kind of thing, how could they not be the murderer?"

Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing: "What do you think?"

Qiu Xunqing: "From the beginning to the end, the two of them never mentioned the matter of poisoning."

"That's right, it's the poison," Ye Baiting said with burning eyes, "According to the logic of the murderer's behavior, the poisoning is an obvious part, and it is impossible to forget. Why didn't Zisu and Chang Shan say anything? When killing Shen Huarong and Zhuang, tied them up, and forced them to kneel and kowtow, according to the footprints, I was still standing not far away for a long time. The murderer stood there and did one thing. This is the murderer. The most important sign is that the behavior has a very clear purpose, why didn't anyone mention Zisu and Changshan?"

It is normal not to remember insignificant things, but this is killing people, it is a picture that has been deduced countless times in my mind, how can I not remember it?The more important the step form, the clearer it is to remember, and you will never forget this if you forget anything.

Qiu Yiqing: "Also, how to lure people into the dark alley."

Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes slightly: "Zisu said that she was seduced by sex, and Chang Shan said that he hinted that there was an appointment, but these are not the reasons for the two deceased to go alone. The former is an emergency for the deceased, and it is impossible to arrange servants in advance. , the latter, is not so private that it can’t even be taken with a close person. Don’t forget—the clothes Shen Huarong wore when he died were pajamas and outer clothes. He got up quietly after going to bed, I went to the appointment alone."

During this invitation process, neither husband nor wife could justify themselves.

Shen Jiang: "But it's still the same problem, they know the details of the murder! That blue bird jade pendant!"

Qiu Yiqing: "Maybe Zisu didn't lie about this matter."

Ye Baiting looked at him and came to the same conclusion: "She probably really saw the killing process."

Shen Jiang was sure: "The murderer is her husband Chang Shan, there is nothing wrong with him!"

Ye Baiting shook his head: "What Chang Shan said didn't solve the problem I raised before."

Qiu Xunqing: "All his descriptions of the killing process are just repetitions of Zisu's words, except for the jade pendant and medical skills."

In the name of "a gift from my wife", Yupei easily took it over to eliminate doubts for the other party. When talking about medical skills, it is to increase the understanding of the human body, suspect murder, and make her words more likely to be trusted.

Shen Jiang finally understood: "That is to say...Chang Shan gave the impression that he knew very well that he did everything, but in fact he didn't know, it was after listening to Zisu that he quickly cleared his mind and gave I found a reasonable logic, and immediately gave an example to refute her?"

"One more thing." Ye Baiting's eyes sparkled with stars, "Do you still remember that when the case was first found out, when the people nearby were questioned, some people said that they didn't sleep well at night, and they heard the strong wind and whimpering. , like someone crying—"

Qiu Yiqing raised her eyebrows: "You doubt?"

Ye Baiting: "I suspect musical instruments that can produce such auspicious sounds, such as the dongxiao, such as the xun—you can send someone to search Chang's house to see if there is anything there."

"There is also the blue bird jade pendant under the quilt, and the footprints in the corner of the crime scene, which need to be confirmed." Qiu Xunqing said, looking at Shen Jiang.

Shen Jiang: ...

That's enough, I get it, the errands are all my job!

"Subordinates, go now!"

"By the way, there is also Xuan Pinghou," Ye Baiting reminded, "Aren't they all awake and able to go out? Then you can ask if you need to."

Qiu Yiqing picked up the Xiuchun knife: "This envoy will go in person."

The case has made great progress, and Shen Jiang was in high spirits, without stopping for a moment, and went to Changshan's house in the dark.The house is not big, not too far from the medical center, it is clean and tidy, the hall is kept in an orderly manner, and the medicines are dried outside in the main room, and there are many musical instruments in the west room, such as qinse, pipa, konghou, There are bells, snare drums, all kinds of things, but there are no such things as Dong Xiao and Xun that Young Master Jiao said.

Going to the inner room, it is the bedroom of the husband and wife. There is half a cup of tea on the table, and an open book. I don’t know who is reading it before going out. There is a Babu bed on the north wall. The head of the bed is next to the wall. ...

Shen Jiang lifted the mattress and found a blue bird jade pendant!

The jade pendant was mottled with blood, it was obvious where it had been dropped!

He felt that it was true, he didn't doubt that the couple was going to die, and he took people to search the house three times, and found everything, but unfortunately, nothing else was found except these.

It was daylight outside.

"It's just right, don't rest anymore, go to the scene of the previous crime with Ben Baihu, and find the footprints under the wall!" He didn't believe it, the case was still unsolved!

Shen Baihu led his men and set off aggressively to inspect the scene of the crime again. A long fence was stretched around.

Under the darkness of night, Xuanpinghou Mansion.

Qiu Yiqing stepped on the table with his left foot and fell to the ground facing him, his face was still flushed with alcohol, and his eyes were full of frost: "Master Hou is sober?"

Xuan Pinghou really didn't want to provoke this evil star: "I didn't know that the commander was coming, I was negligent. As soon as you left, I gave me hangover soup, woke up, all woke up." He got up in embarrassment. He straightened his collar, "The murderer has been caught, shouldn't the case be closed? Commander Qiu is here again...do you want Ben Hou to identify the murderer?"

"Whether the case is closed or not is not something that Lord Hou should care about," Qiu Yiqing sneered coldly, "Master Hou still pays attention to his own safety, don't go out if you have nothing to do, so as not to be sought for revenge."

"This……"

"Stop talking nonsense, and answer the envoy's question!"

……

Jin Yiwei was busy, Ye Baiting had nothing to do, he opened the small door and went back by himself.

Gouzi was really waiting behind the small door. Perhaps he had waited for too long and fell asleep. He rubbed his head abruptly to wake him up. By the way, he rubbed the dog from the beginning to the end. Straight hum.

When he returned to the cell, he fell asleep and slept for a long time. He slept directly after lunch, and woke up to find that not only he hadn't eaten, but the neighbors on the left and right hadn't eaten either.

"Master, you are awake. Shen Baihu didn't come today, and his younger brother Niu Dayong seems to have been sent out on errands. No one cares about our meals!"

"Don't talk about meat, there is no bad rice."

Ye Baiting came to his senses all of a sudden, it shouldn't be, since the autopsy began to solve the case, he basically didn't worry about food, especially after Shen Jiang was promoted to a hundred households, he had more power and more control, and he didn't have to come in person, he just ordered everyone Ji, the little brothers can handle it well, today's...you can tell there is a problem at a glance.

Thinking of the same treatment last time, I immediately understood, who else could it be except Chai Pengyi?

In the negotiation field, I didn't lose. If others want to get back their face, of course they have to do something, but every time they can only do something on this issue, isn't it too small to make a fuss?Chai Peng Yi Zui Pao is so powerful that he can only do this?I don't know if he has a way to get delicious food?

There are no hundreds of households and no younger brothers, and it is not difficult for Ye Baiting, he also has the dog general Xuanfeng.Except for a short period of time in the morning and evening, it runs to the prison more than a dozen times a day. Basically, as long as he is awake, it will come to beg for masturbation. When it feels good, it will lie beside him and wait for the next masturbation. I can't sleep all the time, it's over, the dog is in a hurry, it's true that he doesn't dare to quarrel with him, and it's true that he ran over more diligently.

No, when he woke up, the dog seemed to have heard it from afar, and ran over in a short while, and rushed towards him affectionately: "Wow! Wooow! Wooow!"

Ye Baiting licked it from the beginning to the end, sat cross-legged, propped his elbows on his knees, and rested his chin on his palm: "I'm hungry, Xuanfeng, what should I do?"

Of course Gouzi can't understand human words, but it is a dog who knows how to repay his kindness, a dog who really wants to kiss and stick to the young master. He knows how to make the young master feel good!

"Woof!" You wait, I'll be right back!

The dog licked Ye Baiting's face, and ran away.

After a while, he came back with that familiar little basket.

This time it's a basket of delicious pancakes, including scallion pancakes, beef pancakes, pork pancakes, and chive boxes... I don't know where to get them.

Left and right neighbors: ...

Xiang Zi'an's fan fell to the ground: "If you talk about your ability, I am convinced."

He likes this majestic dog the most, and he doesn't know how long he has been drooling, so he wants to pet him, but it's a pity that the dog only has eyes for Young Master Jiao, and he is not worthy.

The master looked at the cakes in the small basket, and tears of sadness flowed from the corners of his mouth.

Qin Gentiane stretched out his hand, took the leek box from Young Master Jiao, bit it down, and smelt the fragrance: "You know fart, the dog is loyal and does not recognize the second master, who is the young master--the meatloaf, give me too one."

"Is your case not urgent?" Xiang Zi'an stretched his head and looked out, "If hundreds of households don't come, neither will your commander."

Ye Baiting counted the time, he fell asleep, others had been spinning around for a long time, and they had to rest to investigate the case, probably in another day, another day, there should be more definite information.

In the end, he was not asked to wait for a day, before it was dark, and before the prison had served dinner, Shen Jiang came over with the huge news that he could not rest and had to work overtime——

Xuan Pinghou is dead!

Ye Baiting was really startled when he heard this: "Dead? Where are Chang Shan and Zisu couple?"

"It's still there! They're locked up separately!" Shen Jiang stomped his feet, "You're right again, the murderer really wasn't them, someone else!"

Ye Baiting pondered for a moment: "Didn't Qiu Yiqing go to ask Xuan Pinghou?"

"It's because the Commander went to question him and reminded him to be careful, it's best not to go out, and he died after leaving some guards around him at all times!"

Shen Jiang's head was getting bigger: "The commander felt that the case was still strange, and his attitude was a bit offensive, but he had a good heart. What's wrong with reminding you to be careful? You shouldn't be guilty of doing bad things. Shouldn’t you be afraid all the time? As a result, Xuan Pinghou is not afraid, thinking that the murderer has been caught and he is safe. He doesn’t want to listen to Jin Yiwei’s words, and he doesn’t obey Jin Yiwei’s control. He even refused our good intentions to help. If all the people are driven out, then something will happen!"

Ye Baiting thought it was Qiu Xingqing after all, he knew that if he continued to guard Xuan Pinghou, as long as the murderer had not been caught, he would definitely kill him, but he couldn't help others and insisted on sending himself to death.

Shen Jiang is really tired: "I went to Changshan's house this time, searched inside and out, and then went to the crime scene to dig deeper. I didn't eat or drink, and I didn't sleep until noon. It was hard. The jade pendant was found, and the footprints under the wall were also confirmed, so it was a waste of work for Lao Tzu to do this!"

He really wanted to scold the street: "Could each one of you make less trouble for me? The words are so clear, why don't you listen? You have to rush to die before you stop!"

Seeing how pitiful he was, Ye Baiting hesitated for a while, and handed Gouzi over the biscuit that he had torn a corner of, "... Calm down."

"Thanks."

Shen Jiang really took it and ate it, he hadn't eaten a few bites today, he was very hungry, but this cake was not something he could chew, and he choked so much that he rolled his eyes.

Ye Baiting pondered for a moment: "Xuan Pinghou, how did you die?"

"Good words are hard to persuade, damn ghost, this grandson knows that there is shit under his ass, and he has never dared to go out before. Now the 'murderer' has been caught by us? Or I caught it with my own hands. He saw it with his own eyes and thought it was safe. I couldn't hold back my temper, so I called a meeting... Oh, this kind of old pervert, sooner or later, he will die from the wind of his horse, no, he is already dead."

Shen Jiang gnawed at the cake: "In short, this kind of person can't stop. Whenever he has a chance, he just thinks about that kind of thing. Everyone knows about his illness, but he can't help it. He gave too much money. There are people who can pick and choose in the building, and there are people who can take on this job, at worst, use a different method, avoid what should be avoided, and what should be guarded against..."

"The buyer wants to buy, and the seller is willing to sell. We can't say anything. The brothers squatting outside the door can't stop them, so they watch a bunch of people go in."

"This grandson is a marquis after all, he doesn't want any face at all, he just held back for a while, as if he hadn't seen a woman in 800 years, he called a lot, driving a car, riding a horse, Yingyingyanyan, There are dancers, singers, board players, and opera singers. They flock in. There is no way to check them one by one. I don’t know how many people there are. If something happens, go in and have a look—these girls and opera singers They don't all know each other, and they don't know each other well, and they can't tell when they are around, when they come and when they leave... Anyway, I can't find the murderer, and I can't say whether they are inside or have already left. clear."

Ye Baiting looked pitifully: "Then you guys should have checked."

"Isn't it? It's not impossible to investigate. It's a big matter and a small matter. As long as Jin Yiwei is involved, he will be able to find out the truth, but...it will take time." Shen Jiang looked at Ye Baiting with a flattering look, "I'm going to find you, young master. Are you done? If you go out, it must be easy to catch, what kind of murderer can't go two rounds in front of you!"

Ye Baiting hummed: "Stop talking nonsense, where's the corpse?"

"On the way, come back and enter Wuzuo's room!"

"So smooth?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter who did it himself!"

"Oh, Qiu Yiqing."

Shen Jiang's action of opening the prison door lagged for a moment: "Why can't it be me?"

Ye Baiting didn't speak, just glanced at him with the tip of her eyes, and passed him calmly.

"Well, the commander is still mighty, what about the royal relatives, and what if he has been favored by the emperor? This court is full of civil and military affairs, inside and outside the court, there is no commander who dare not mess with him!" Shen Jiang raised his heels to Master Jiao, " Besides, the scene of the death is too frightening, and no one dares to care about it. What if you cause trouble? The murderer hasn't been caught yet, so we can't let the murderer take revenge just because of this..."

During the conversation, we reached the room of the office, and Ye Baiting understood when he saw the corpse being carried in.

The murderer’s massacre was more cruel and bloody this time. The hands of the deceased were still cut behind the back and tied with a thin cowhide rope like the feet. The leather rope was tightened so tightly that it was not just bruises and blood stains, but bones could be seen faintly. .

He was still kneeling, and paper money was still scattered on his back, but his head was cut off directly, separated from his body, and his face was filled with great fear.

As soon as Shen Jiang turned around, he saw the dead man's head, and stared straight at him: "Damn, who told you to let it go like this! You scared me to death!"

The person who carried the corpse quickly moved the head, moved the corpse to the mortuary table, saluted quickly, and ran away immediately as if being chased by something.

Qiu Xunqing pushed open the door.

He changed his clothes, but he didn't know whether it was his body or this set of clothes, there was a very clean scent of soap, even if it was only for a moment, it washed away the uncomfortable smell in front of the corpse.

Seeing Ye Baiting standing on the mortuary table, he didn't talk nonsense: "Let's get started."

"Yes."

Ye Baiting put on the gloves and began to examine the deceased.Because the mode of death was almost the same, he didn't go into details, and directly untied the clothes of the deceased, and he saw the dense, festering skin and blisters in the private parts.

"The condition of the deceased is very serious. It seems that it is not just flowers and willows, but also mixed with other lesions. The disease has not only developed for half a month, but at least two months. The condition is like this, and it has been repeated. It has not been cured. The deceased should Very tortured."

Look at this familiar pose again——

He asked Shin Kang: "The death scene is the same as before?"

Shen Jiang: "Yes, except for beheading, it's all the same."

Qiu Xunqing added: "The scene of the crime was in the study of the deceased, and no footprints could be found, but the servants on duty outside the hospital testified that they did not hear any struggle or movement. It seemed that there was a whimper, like someone crying. .”

The illness started so early, and the murderer ignored it, not because he forgot or gave up, but just to torture this person for a longer time.

Isn't Hualiu scary?You don't like to do that kind of thing the most, now no one wants to serve you, don't you feel uncomfortable?Do you feel uncomfortable when someone with the same disease is willing to serve you?When Shen Huarong and Zhuang Shi died, were you not afraid?Do you know that you have this day too?I should have thought of it, every day, every day, waiting unconsciously, every day, every day, I found that I survived, is it luck or resentment?

You can get a glimpse of it from his expression when he died.

"The cornea is slightly turbid, the plaques on the corpse are small and streaked, the neck is stiff, the upper limbs are more obvious, and the lower limbs have not yet been affected. The deceased should be newly dead, within one to two hours..." Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes, "Death time The risk of being discovered is obviously different from before, and the murderer is in a hurry."

Shen Jiang: "So, the murderer is among those recruited into the church!"

Qiu Xunqing: "It's been almost a day since the church meeting. The murderer mixed in with the crowd. It should be that he didn't find the right time. He didn't get the chance to strike until a long time in the afternoon."

"And this beheading action..." Ye Baiting pointed at the dead man's neck, "What does it mean?"

Shen Jiang looked forward, but saw nothing: "What does it mean?"

Ye Baiting: "Anger."

Qiu Yiqing: "Sarcasm."

Ye Baiting: "I almost slapped Jin Yiwei in the face for provocation, and told you that I found the wrong person, or maybe—"

Qiu Yiqing: "He wants to save people."

Ye Baiting nodded: "The murderer doesn't want to be blamed."

Shen Jiang hei Yiji: "Shouldn't you be happy when someone takes the blame? The murderer can escape! No," he said halfway, before denying himself, "If he escapes, the most important target, Xuan Pinghou, will be killed." I can't kill, I have to give up...The murderer is so angry, it's because Qi Changshan and his wife took the blame too early, they should have taken it a step later? This couple also did it for no reason, why should they take the blame for others?"

Qiu Xunqing glanced at her idiot Baihu and didn't want to speak.

Ye Baiting: "The murderer and this couple are both victims of the Ziyuan case."

Shen Jiang looked at the commander's face, and asked cautiously: "So?"

Ye Baiting: "So they should know each other."

"Ah! That's how it is!" Shen Jiang finally understood. It turned out that they knew each other. That's no wonder.

Ye Baiting looked at the corpse, and suddenly asked a question: "The deceased was also in a kneeling position at the time, where was he going?"

Shen Jiang had a meaningful expression on his face: "That depends on whether you are asking about the head or something else."

Ye Baiting: ...

"Has his head been cut off? He rolled a little far away. His forehead and eyes are not in the same direction as the cavity."

"... cavity."

"here."

Qiu Yiqing understood what Ye Baiting was talking about, and quickly took out the scene map, as well as the street where he was located, and put his fingertips on it: "Shen Huarong is here-"

"Zhuang's is in this direction—"

Ye Baiting's fingers also stretched forward along the street map, and finally touched Qiu Yiqing's fingertips, and they converged at one place.

There is an intersection on the extension line in the direction of the three deceased kowtows!

Ye Baiting's eyes were burning: "Shen Baihu, we can solve this case today."

Qiu Yiqing also had deep eyes: "I will send someone to search for physical evidence immediately."

Shen Jiang looked at Young Master Jiao, and then at his immediate boss, with a confused face, huh?What's the matter!Did he miss something? Why did he solve the case all of a sudden!But the atmosphere suddenly changed to bright moon and stars, brisk and lively, so he didn't dare to ask.

In the next second, he was given a task: "Bring all the suspects here before it's too late."

"Yes!"

Shen Jiang ran out quickly, and Qiu Yiqing looked at Ye Baiting: "The place is not far away, I'll be back in a while, come over after you finish packing, half an hour later, the confession will be closed."

Ye Baiting took off the gloves: "Yes."

After everyone left, he sat in the office room, closed his eyes, and ran through all the clues related to the case in his mind, the relationship between the characters, the performance of the corpse, the witness and evidence... All the corners have been spelled out, and the murderer must be this person !

Half an hour later, it was still the same small hall, everyone gathered together, Ye Baiting looked at the first seated Qiu Xunqing, who obviously didn't want to talk too much, and then looked at Shen Jiang who was running tired and waving his hands again and again. I can't bear it, this time asking for a confession...how about he come?Is it a bit inappropriate?

Qiu Yiqing had already pointed at him: "You ask."

Shen Jiang also nodded repeatedly.

Since no one minded, Ye Baiting turned around and faced all the people involved in the case in front of the hall, "I invite you to come here this time because the case has come to an end."

"Xu Liangxing, Princess Yun'an, Le Ya, Shi Mi, Zisu, Chang Shan—" He called the names of these people one by one, "The murderer is among you."

Following his roll call, the suspects had different expressions, and none of them spoke.

Ye Baiting: "Before that, there is something that I think I should explain to everyone. You should be familiar with the Xishan disappearance case ten years ago and the suffering master Ziyuan?"

Everyone's eyes flickered, some avoided, some trembled slightly, and none of them looked blank.

"It seems that everyone knows it, so they should also know that the so-called Xishan hunting is not an ordinary hunting?"

Ye Baiting's Jiyin suddenly became sharp: "The bitter master Ziyuan was lured into the game without knowing it, and was humiliated to death. No matter how hard her husband Shizhu tried, she failed to get justice, and finally went with her. Time can bury many things , will also make some things become obsessions, which will never go away. Some people have never forgotten this matter. This serial murder case is revenge—"

"The murderer is you."