Chapter 20: The Scholar's Injustice (5)
"What's going on?" From afar, I saw a large number of people gathered outside the academy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Cheng Yao patted a student on the shoulder and asked.
When the man turned around, it was Zhang Tao. I saw that his eyes were red, and he was very sad about the death of his classmate: "Chen Ruofeng is dead." Obviously, the dean has stopped pursuing it, but he committed suicide by throwing himself into a tree in the back mountain. His parents were in the country, and his aunt and uncle were going to take him back first. ”
"Ruofeng, why can't you think about it like that? You're just dead, so how can my aunt explain to your father! A woman outside the academy was crying, it was Chen Ruofeng's aunt. The uncle of the Chen family on the side was comforting.
"Please mourn!" Jiang Lao said with a sad expression.
"The wind!" The aunt of the Chen family broke free from her husband's support and pounced on Chen Ruofeng's corpse.
The two people who carried the corpse couldn't withstand the sudden force. The door panel where the body was placed was turned over. Chen Ruofeng's body rolled to the ground.
The people around looked at the people they were familiar with, lying on the ground coldly, and couldn't help but cry.
It's a shame to live at such a young age! Hey, what's that?
Cheng Bai saw that his daughter's expression was wrong, and asked curiously, "It's him!" ”
"Dad, do you know him?"
"The day before yesterday, the child who went to dinner with Zhang Tao met once!"
Cheng Yao squatted down and pulled Chen Ruofeng's neckline slightly, and then looked at his hands.
"Lady, don't be sad. Let's take the wind home. The uncle of the Chen family comforted the aunt of the Chen family.
"You can't take him away!"
"Why? Dean Jiang has promised not to pursue it again, is the academy going back on its word and letting us make up for the money he spent? "The uncle of the Chen family blushed, everyone apologized for their deaths, why should they pay for the silver.
"What the old man said naturally counts. The matter of donating silver has long been dismissed. Jiang Lao looked sad, he had good intentions and wanted him to get lost, but he didn't expect it.
"Not because of the money! It is because he did not die by suicide, but by homicide. Cheng Yao said firmly: "Report to the official!" ”
"Are you saying that Feng'er didn't commit suicide by stealing money, he was killed?" Aunt Chen asked with tears in her eyes.
"Is there any basis for that?" Jiang Lao was shocked.
"Naturally, there is a basis. There was only a white strangulation mark on the neck of the deceased. If he hangs himself, the strangulation marks should be dark purple. If the body is hung after death, the strangulation marks will be white. ”
"You say it's hanging yourself, it's dark purple, it's dark purple, who are you! If it weren't for your father and daughter coming to the academy, there wouldn't have been so many things happening. An indignant voice among the students cursed.
"Do you have any other doubts besides this?" Jiang Lao couldn't be sure if Cheng Yao's assertion was correct.
Cheng Yao frowned slightly, not knowing what the autopsy technique was here: "Naturally, I just heard Zhang Tao say that this student threw a ring on a tree in the back mountain." When I had just checked his neck, I touched his clothes and saw that it was slightly damp on the outside and dry on the inside. It rained a lot last night, and if he committed suicide before the rain, then his clothes should be soaking wet. Apparently he only appeared on that tree after the rain. ”
Listening to Cheng Yao's words, Jiang Lao bent down and touched Chen Ruofeng's clothes, and then nodded slightly to everyone.
Cheng Yao raised her eyebrows slightly: "You all went to the back mountain?" ”
"My close classmate is dead, and everyone wants to send him off!" Zhang Tao said.
Cheng Yao sighed and shook his head slightly, and continued: "Look at your shoes, and then look at the shoes of the deceased, they will hang after the rain, and the back mountain will be muddy, if the deceased goes to the back mountain to commit suicide by himself, the shoes cannot be so clean." Someone must have moved the body back the mountain after the rain. Create the illusion that the deceased hanged himself. ”
Everyone looked at their shoes, and then at Chen Ruofeng's shoes. Sure enough, for a while, everyone was in an uproar.
"Shaoting, report to the official immediately!" Jiang Lao commanded solemnly.
"Yes!" Instructor Wu received the order.
"Wait a minute! He can't go! Cheng Yao stopped Teacher Wu, then turned to Jiang Lao and said, "The deceased died in the academy last night, the academy is closed, and everyone in the academy is suspicious. It stands to reason that he could not leave the scene. ”
"You suspect that I killed someone!" Instructor Wu shouted.
"It's not just you, I'm talking about everyone in the academy!" This person has something wrong with his ears, Cheng Yao glared at him.
"That is to say, even the old man is a suspect." Jiang Lao frowned and sighed: "Then what do you say." ”
"Maodou, you and this uncle of the Chen family will go to report the case together! Instructor Wu, please also arrange for all the gentlemen and handymen to be in pairs at will, gather all the students together, and count the number of students. No one is allowed to move around at will until the people from the government are coming. Cheng Yao arranged.
Faculty member Wu looked at Dean Jiang.
"Everything is up to her!" Dean Jiang waved his hand.
"Elder Jiang, what's going on?" After receiving the report, Yao Zhixian brought people to come as soon as possible.
Qinggang County has a simple rural style, and the fact of killing people is rare, let alone learning to kill people in the county. This was enough to shock the people of the county. At this moment, many students, parents and onlookers gathered outside the county school.
"The old man can't say it clearly, let's let the person who says it clearly!" Jiang Lao covered his head and waved his hand.
"Instructor Wu?" Yao Zhixian then asked Instructor Wu.
"It was the Cheng family's father and daughter who said that Chen Ruofeng was killed by him, not by suicide." Instructor Wu retold what Cheng Yao said at the gate of the county school.
"What about the Cheng family's father and daughter?"
"I was here just now, and I don't know where I'm going! Shouldn't I see that things are getting bigger, and I can't close the scene and run away. "Instructor Wu is angry, this father and daughter just need to destroy the county school!
"Who said we ran away! We're just going to the back mountains to find clues! Cheng Bai led Cheng Yao in and sat down by himself
Maodou hurriedly poured a glass of water for Cheng Bai, and then saw Cheng Yao looking at him, so he poured another cup: "Miss drink tea!" ”
"What's the clue then?" Yao Zhixian hurriedly asked. If you can't find the murderer, I don't know if the black gauze hat on his head can be saved.
"The site of the removal of the body has been severely damaged, and there are no useful clues to be found." Cheng Yao sighed and felt helpless, and the footprints of these students were everywhere in the back mountain. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a rope hanging from a tree, she couldn't tell which tree the deceased was hanging on: "Now, I can only see if there are any clues on the corpse." There is also a confession to the people in the academy, and a record of what they did last night and who can testify to it. And see who was the last to see the deceased. And who was the first to find the dead hanging from a tree? ”
"Did you hear that? Send someone to ask Dr. Chen to examine the body, and you guys go and record a confession for the students. Yao Zhixian hurriedly assigned manpower.
Cheng Yao saw that several officials looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "These gentlemen, because of the theft of donated silver last night, they discussed how to teach and educate people in Mr. Chen's courtyard together, and they are no longer suspicious. I can help make a record. ”