Chapter Forty-Three: Striking the West

"My lord's meaning isβ€”" He Jiacheng cautiously replied, "The maple leaves that the murderer painted on the master are all seven splits. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info And everyone who was present yesterday should know that the maple leaf is five lobes, and the seven fissures on the red brocade are embroidered wrongly, so the murderer is a person who doesn't know that the maple leaf is five lobes, that is, Bao? ”

Wei Yi said, "Yes. However, yesterday the woman only deliberately misled Lu Tiansheng. In fact, maple leaves are divided into different tree species, with three-lobed, five-lobed, seven-lobed or even non-lobed. The red maple in this forest is the pentagonal maple, which is five lobes, and the red maple on the red brocade is the chicken paw maple born in the land of Jingchu, which is seven lobes. No matter if it is five or seven splits, it belongs to a kind of maple leaf, but you only know one and don't know the other. ”

If he wants to draw a maple leaf for each person, he is afraid that he will expose his intentions and startle the snake. Therefore, he said the truth of painting a "like" to identify the murderer, and drew everyone's attention to Lu Tiansheng. At the same time, it cleverly integrates maple leaves into scenes such as red brocade, wooden swords, and maple forests. Sure enough, on the wooden sword drawn by Dong Laibao, he found a seven-lobed maple leaf.

Everyone was stunned.

Dong Laibao flattened his mouth, stretched out his fingers, opened them, and said aggrievedly, "What is split, Ah Bao doesn't understand, the adult asked Ah Bao to draw the master, Ah Bao painted it, and the adult also said that Ah Bao was the murderer." ”

"Yes, sir." Yao Jinqian said, "Ah Bao just drew the wooden sword in his memory according to what the adult said, and Xiaomin also remembered that the maple leaf on the master's wooden sword was seven cracks. Therefore, Xiaomin thinks that it is too far-fetched for adults to think that Ah Bao is the murderer. ”

"Presumptuous!" Li Zheng on the side shouted with a black face, "Be bold and make wild moves, and drag them all out to slap your mouth!" ”

Wei Yi waved his hand and said, "Dong Laibao, you pretended to be crazy and stupid to deceive the official, and the official also deceived you once, can you be convinced?" ”

Dong Laibao only smiled silently.

Wei Yi said to Yao Jinqian again, "If Dong Laibao is a practitioner, will you still say that the official's inference is too far-fetched?" ”

Yao Jinqian was stunned, and the others were also confused.

"Lian Jiazi?" Yao Jinqian pointed at Dong Laibao, who was drooling, "Dadao Ah Bao knows kung fu?" ”

Dong Laibao was overjoyed, and shouted with both hands, "Kung Fu Bao, I am Kung Fu Bao." ”

Wei Yi raised his eyebrows, "According to this official, it's not just 'will', but at least more than ten years of practice." ”

"Come on." He waved his hand and said two words to Lizheng, who left for a moment and brought back a boulder and a rope.

He hung the rope from the trunk of a tree and attached it to the boulder.

He said, "The deceased Lu was born tall and tall, and he can be called a big man, weighing at least one hundred and eighty pounds. To hang a heavy object weighing 180 pounds on a tree and three feet above the ground is absolutely impossible for people to do. This boulder has been weighed in just one hundred and eighty pounds, and now, who wants to come up and try it? ”

When the words landed, the onlookers were eager to try, and several slightly younger men took the initiative to stand up and pull the ropes one by one, and the boulder rose more than two feet at most before falling.

Wei Yi looked at the kneeling five people again. He Jiacheng took the lead, pulled the boulder hard, rose two feet and fell. Chen Shuli was second, rising and falling. Yao Jinqian was third, rising and falling two zhangs. Zhang Xiuer did not pull the boulder. When it was Dong Laibao's turn, I saw that the green tendons on his forehead were fully displayed, and he was sweating profusely, and he only pulled up a foot.

Yao Jinqian said, "Ah Bao has always only known how to eat and drink, and his hands are not two or two, but the adults have seen it with their own eyes, Ah Bao is only a foot taller than he is able to eat milk." ”

Wei Yi laughed and said, "Do you think that this official asked you to come up and try it, just to test your strength?" ”

Yao Jinqian was stunned, "Isn't it?" ”

Wei Yi snorted, "Then you are underestimating this official." Now, spread your hands and stretch them out, the Maple God has already written the omen in the palm of the murderer's left hand. ”

Several people didn't know what to do, stretched out their hands, and looked at each other with their heads down.

This look shows the difference.

There was a black ink mark on the palms of the five people, the difference was that the other four appeared in the palm of the right hand, while Dong Laibao's was in the palm of the left hand.

"This isβ€”" Yao Jinqian was puzzled.

Wei Yi said to Dong Laibao again, "Dong Laibao, the official deceived you again, and he still used it to attack the west, it seems that there are not many tricks, as long as it works, can you be convinced?" ”

This time, Dong Laibao didn't laugh.

Wei Yi said to everyone, "This official will not be stupid enough to test his strength to find the murderer with a boulder, because this official has long said that the murderer will pretend." So, this time, the same as the last time. In the last test, you thought that the official was going to try your 'Lu Tiansheng', but in fact, the official's purpose was 'Maple Leaf'. And this time, you think that what the official is going to test is your strength, but in fact it is your habitual use of hands.

Everyone has a hand that they are used to, either left or right. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult to change, especially in critical moments. Moreover, this habitual hand is more flexible and powerful than the other hand due to regular use. If it is a person who is accustomed to using his right hand, he will naturally stretch out his right hand first, hold the end of the rope, and stain the palm of his right hand with ink. If you are accustomed to using your left hand, you will naturally stretch out your left hand first and dye the ink with your left hand.

If you think about it, is Dong Laibao the only one among you who is left-handed? ”

Chen Shuli said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, the adults are right, several times Xiaomin and Ah Bao eat together, always arm to arm, at that time Xiaomin also laughed at him, saying that others are stupid, even holding a pair of chopsticks is different from others." ”

Wei Yi said, "And the murderer in this case is also a left-handed person, Dong Laibao, what else do you have to say?" ”

The murderer hated Lu Tiansheng very much and would never give a fatal blow from behind. Especially when Lu Tiansheng has been injured in many places and is dying, the murderer must have hit him from the front. Because he had to watch Lu Tian's life and death with his own eyes, he could vent the hatred in his heart. Therefore, the gavel wound on the right side of Lu Tiansheng's head must have been caused by the murderer's frontal left hand blow, so the murderer must be a person who is accustomed to using his left hand.

"What about the evidence?" Yao Jinqian said again, "My lord, where is the evidence?" Even if Po is the only one who draws a seven-lobed maple leaf, even if Po is the only left-handed person, this can also be called a coincidence. No matter how clever the adult's inference is, it is only an inference, and there is no evidence to forgive the small people for disagreeing. ”

Wei Yi said to Dong Laibao for the third time, "Dong Laibao, this official knows that you are full of resentment, and this official also knows that this Lu Tiansheng is probably innocent of death, but killing someone is killing someone, and if you kill someone, you should pay for your life, and there is no room for forgiveness." However, the official can give you another chance, before the official shows evidence, if you recruit, the official will turn yourself in and spare your life, if you don't recruit, then it is no wonder that the official is untold. ”

Dong Laibao suddenly showed an extremely sad smile.

"My lord, can you eat the evidence?" He asked stupidly.