"The murderer is not in the Northwest Army?" While everyone was still shocked by Twilight's speculation, only Yuan Xiu showed joy.

"That's right." Twilight Qing looked at the joy welling up in Yuan Xiu's eyes, and she couldn't bear it, but the facts are the facts, and what should be said is still to be said, she looked at the county magistrate of Fengxian County, "Lord Zhixian." ”

The magistrate of Fengxian County was kneeling so numb that his legs were numb at this time, and when he heard that Dusk Qing was calling him, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly responded, "The lower official is here!" ”

"Please check the county lord, the shopkeeper of this inn, the little maid, the person who came to deliver wine, meat and vegetables yesterday, the tolerance of your county government to help, and the cook you invited and the original cook of this inn, who among these people was once from the Shu family, the family is in the middle of the road, and the family is now doing rough work, and the family is poor. This person is upright, strong, and may have some skills, and he returned home after last night, and the most important thing is that someone in his family was conscripted into the northwest, and he died on the battlefield, and his body or clothes were transported back for burial. ”

As soon as Dui Qing called the magistrate of Fengxian County, Yuan Xiu knew that the murderer could be checked, and he was happy that the murderer was not in the Northwest Army, but she didn't expect her to mention the family members of the military martyrs.

"What do you mean?" It's not that Yuan Xiu doesn't understand, it's just that he can't believe it.

"The murderer is the family of the martyrs of the Northwest Army."

"How so?"

"Those old boots." Du Qing said, although she has not been in the army for a long time, she still knows some things, "The people cannot imitate military boots, and the old and wounded soldiers cannot take away military robes and military boots when they leave the army and return home, only the bones of soldiers who died on the battlefield will be transported back to their hometowns, and if the bones cannot be transported back, the army will also send their old clothes back to their hometowns for burial." The murderer was wearing the old military boots of the Northwest Army, and it could only be the family members of the military martyrs. ”

Although there may be people who privately make a pair of military boots and hide them at home because of their admiration for the Northwest Army, these violations of national law, even if there are those who dare to do it, they must be hidden and dare not wear them out. However, the soles of these military boots are quite worn and worn for a long time, unlike those that can be worn out by hiding them at home or stealing them a few times, so it is unlikely that they will be imitated by the people. When the veteran wounded soldier leaves the army and returns home, he is not allowed to take away the military robe and military boots is also to prevent some people from copying and pretending to be border soldiers, so the old military boots worn by the murderer are most likely to be the relics of the fallen soldiers at the border pass.

"I also suspected that the murderer had brothers or died in battle among the soldiers who entered the city last night, so on the way back to Beijing, I secretly brought old clothes from relatives and friends in my luggage, and deliberately wore old clothes to take revenge when I committed the murder, but later I found that the soldiers in the army did not have the conditions to commit the crime."

"How?" Ji Yan asked, with a thorn in his words, "Didn't General Yingrui deliberately cover up?" In my opinion, as you said, someone came to the inn at night wearing old military clothes, and found that the guards were lazy and drunk, so they killed Master Li, this is also possible, right? ”

As soon as he asked this, before Du Qing could answer, Yuan Xiu's gaze fell on Ji Yan very strongly!

Ji Yan shuddered, only then did he realize that he had lost his words, laughed twice heartlessly, and said: "Brother Yuan, junior brother didn't mean that, your soldiers are definitely not murderers, but they can't keep the subordinates of other generals...... Cough! Right? ”

"You're stunned!" Yuan Xiu was so angry that he burst into a rough voice, and Twilight Qing was sideways to look at him, although he did not have the pampered habits of the nobles of the Shi clan, but in the end, he was born in a family of gate lords, and no matter how bold he was, he was not as foul as a man in the army, and Twilight Qing still heard him speak for the first time.

Ji Yan opened his mouth, as if his chin had been removed.

Yuan Xiu saw Du Qing looking at him, and said to Ji Yan in embarrassment: "What Ying Rui said is always right, just listen to it, don't interrupt!" ”

Ji Yan: "......"

Twilight said: "For the murderer, committing the crime is just time, methods, and routes in and out. We know the method, and we can think about it in time. If someone from the Northwest Army committed a crime, what time would they choose to enter the inn? ”

"Late at night. It's too early, the people in the inn haven't slept, if there is a little noise, not only will the guards be alarmed, but also the left and right houses, the backyard guys, trouble! Moreover, I came out early, and we didn't sleep there, so it was easy to be found during the ward rounds. Yuan Xiu replied.

"That's right. It is precisely because of the strict military discipline that the murderer does not dare to come out too early, and he also does not dare to be out for too long. But the murderer's modus operandi is very time-consuming, cutting his tongue and mouth, hiding corpses in the snow, everything is time-consuming. If it's just to vent your anger, it's enough to kill people and cut off your head, so why bother? And the murder weapon is also a big suspicion, if the murderer is a person from the Northwest Army, the killing of the firewood knife can be speculated to cover up the identity, but the firewood knife inn is available in the backyard, so easy to take, why bring it from elsewhere? Wouldn't it be a waste of time? ”

Yuan Xiu pondered for a moment when he heard this, "It makes sense!" But maybe the murderer was afraid that if he took the knife in the backyard of the inn, he would encounter something sudden, so what about the knife taken from elsewhere? For example, the hatchet was taken from our inn over there. ”

"He dared to build a snowman in the backyard, was he afraid that something would happen to him when he got a knife? Moreover, taking the knife from our side is more risky than that of this side, because since the murderer wants to enter the inn to kill people, he did not know in advance that the guards would be lazy and drunk, and he would definitely think of a way to solve the guards before coming to the inn. Since there is a way to solve the guard, then it is convenient for him to take the knife here, we are all our own people over there, he can't attack his own people, and we are strict guards, so his chances of getting a shot are not as great as here. ”

Yuan Xiu didn't speak this time.

Twilight said, "In addition, no firewood knife used in the crime was found at the scene, which means that the murderer took it away or hid it after committing the crime, which is another waste of time." If the murderer is a person in the army, and the purpose of committing the crime with a firewood knife is to cover up his identity, so since the firewood knife cannot reveal his identity, why does he need to take the firewood knife away? Whether it's hiding it or taking it away and throwing it away halfway, it's all a waste of time, so why bother? Drop it on the spot! ”

Yuan Xiu's eyes lit up and he nodded slowly.

Reasonable!

"Therefore, if the murderer is a person in the army, the modus operandi and identity do not match, and there are many contradictions."

Yuan Xiu listened, and the haze in his eyes dissipated layer by layer, gradually revealing a bright light. It's just that this joy has not yet tasted in my heart, and when I think of the family of the military martyrs, I feel sad again. He pondered for a while and asked, "Why are you sure that the murderer is in this inn?" Except for the people in the army, could it be that the other people in the city took advantage of the fact that the guards were asleep and entered the inn at night to kill people? ”

"No way. What would you do if the general wanted to kill a man and entered the enemy camp at night, only to find that there was no one on duty? Twilight asked.

"I won't go in!" Yuan Xiu didn't want to think about it, thousands of troops and horses are not terrible, what is terrible is that there is no sentry, no matter how you look at it, it looks like there is an ambush!

"That's right. If the murderer thinks the same way as you, he wouldn't have come in, and the case wouldn't have happened. If he wanted to venture into the inn, how would he know if there was a change of guard other than the drunken guards in the kitchen? When is the changing of the guard? The murderer's modus operandi is so time-consuming, he is not afraid of a changing of the guard? ”

“……”

"If we live in Fengxian for a few days, then I will infer that the murderer may have come in from outside the inn, because a few days is enough time for the murderer to find out how many people are on duty at the inn every night, and how many guards are guards, where there are sentry posts, and when to change guards. But there was an accident on the night we came to Fengxian, and it was impossible for the murderer to feel it so clearly, and only the people in the inn could know so clearly. Only the people in the inn knew that the guards in the kitchen were two teams of people, the guards and the changing guards, and there was no sentry at night, so they dared to commit crimes for a long time. "Twilight said.

The facts of this case are very simple, and you can understand it at a glance after looking at the body and the scene. She spent so long interrogating in order to eliminate the suspect and narrow the scope of the investigation. When she saw the old military boots, she knew that the murderer was the family of the military martyrs of the Northwest Army, but Yuezhou is adjacent to Gezhou, Fengxian is a small county on the border of Yuezhou, and there must be many people in the city who have been conscripted into the northwest. The date for the holy driver to return to Beijing was set, and it could not be delayed for too long, so she interrogated some people, questioned the case, and narrowed down the scope of suspects to this inn. In this way, the murderer can be found out today!

"It is said that the time for delivering wine, meat and vegetables to the inn is short, and there should be no suspicion of committing a crime, but it is not ruled out that they paid attention to the sentry when they came in, so they should be included in the suspect for investigation, anyway, there are only a few people." Twilight Qing said that, she asked for a cup of tea, and before drinking tea, she remembered something and said to the county magistrate of Fengxian County, "Oh, by the way, there is no needle and thread in the inn, and the firewood knife is also brought by the murderer, so the murderer went out last night after the guards were drunk and asleep." At that time, it was a curfew, there was a curfew in the city, everyone slept in the dead of night, the murderer could not buy a firewood knife, and it was unlikely that he would climb over the wall to steal needlework from someone's house, these things were probably taken from home, remember to ask the neighbors when investigating, I could hear a sound next door last night, and also ask the family members, whether the suspect had come back last night. ”

After saying this, Twilight lowered her head to drink tea, but there was no sound in the lobby, and a pair of eyes looked at her in unison to drink tea.

It has only been an hour since she came to the inn, not only the murderer's motive, crime time, route and murder weapon have been clarified, but even the murderer's family history and experience have been cut off, and even the scope of the suspect has been narrowed down to an inn!

The magistrate of Fengxian County was stunned and didn't move, and Twilight Qing frowned and said, "Why don't you go yet?" Lord Zhixian doesn't want to catch the murderer as soon as possible and give Lord Li justice? Why is it so cold-blooded? ”

"The lower officials don't dare!" The magistrate of Fengxian County was in a cold sweat, knowing that the cold-blooded words were squeezing Liu Huai, and he had to be busy saying that he didn't dare.

"Then go quickly. The Lord of Wangzhi County should keep two points in mind - first, remember to take care of the friendship of comrades and quickly arrest the murderer! Second, remember that the date for returning to the court has been set, and this is a major event that cannot be delayed. Let's go. Twilight didn't lift her head.

Bu Xihuan glanced at her, shook his head and smiled.

The magistrate of Fengxian County knelt on the ground and scolded Liu Huai in his heart - look at the person you offended, this little general is wise and wise, not to mention, he is still a poisonous mouth! You have offended her, and you have made me unlucky!

Liu Huai's cheeks twitched, as if he had been beaten.

Ji Yan's eyes straightened, he approached Du Qing, turned her around and said, "Hey, you are so capable of judging the case, you should investigate the case before you!" How face-saving is it to win? ”

This man has no heart and lungs, and he also drew his sword and threatened to duel, and at this time, there is someone who doesn't know the past, and thinks that he and Twilight are good buddies.

Twilight Qing glanced at Ji Yan in surprise, "I'm sorry, all the cases I have to investigate are special cases, and such simple ordinary murder cases have to be solved immediately, are you sure that I will have face if I win?" ”

Simple? Ordinary?

Ji Yan almost bit his tongue, and when he looked at Du Qing's serious expression, he realized that this kid was not joking.

Liu Huai's face was blue, and he refused to investigate the case immediately, he thought that she was too confident to respond, it turned out that she was too simple, and she was insulting her?

"Haha!" There was a sudden loud laugh in the lobby, and Hu Yanhao looked up and laughed arbitrarily.

In the mountains of Qingzhou, how she solved his case, he could probably imagine it.

Everyone looked different, and the magistrate of Fengxian County took the opportunity to ask for the holy car and withdrew from the lobby.

As soon as he exited, he bumped into a man head-on.

The man was wearing the robe of the Northwest Army, hung his head, and when he saw the magistrate of Fengxian County coming out, he scooped up his official sleeve and asked urgently: "How is the case investigated?" ”

The magistrate didn't dare to slack off, and said: "General Yingrui has almost checked it, and the rest is being handed over to the lower officials." ”

When the soldier heard this, he hurriedly looked fierce and said, "Almost? Say which eight lambs it is! Dare to learn my words to kill, I'm tired of living! ”

Yes?

The magistrate opened his mouth and didn't understand.

The curtain in the lobby was lifted from the inside, and Yuan Xiu strode out and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

As soon as the soldier saw Yuan Xiu, his eyebrows were raised and he drooped down, and he lowered his head and said, "General, I did something stupid." ”

"What's the matter? Something to say! How can you become a mother-in-law and mother when you go out of the border gate! ”

"Hey." The pro-soldier replied and said, "Last night, when I was on duty, I said that there is a clan rule in our village, and if a woman with a long tongue chews the root of her tongue, she will cut off her tongue and sew her mouth up!" This is just a casual remark, but I just heard that this is how Master Li died? ”

Yuan Xiu was stunned, the curtain behind him brushed the ground again, and Twilight Qing walked out and asked, "Why are you saying this?" ”

The pro-soldier knew that there were Hu Yanhao and the officials of the DPRK and China in the lobby, but he straightened his chest and said loudly: "I am not used to discussing peace, so I complained when I was on duty, saying that the Hu people should be killed, and those dog officials who are the main peace in the court should also be killed!" There is a family rule in our village, the long-tongued woman who chews the root of the tongue will cut off the tongue and sew the mouth up! ”

There was a hissing sound in the lobby, and I don't know if Liu Huai and the others were shocked or angry.

Twilight Qing was silent for a while, and when she saw that the magistrate of Fengxian hadn't left yet, she said, "Well, it's clearer now." The scope of the suspect has narrowed down again, and the murderer, in addition to the characteristics I mentioned earlier, also went to the Yongde Inn last night. ”――

Off topic -

I remember that when I first wrote the case two days ago, a few girls guessed that the murderer was a family member of a military martyr, and they were all Conan!

This chapter was from last night, and there will be it tonight.