Chapter 42: Identifying the Murderer
"Yes, third junior brother, you acted impulsively, and repeatedly broke the master's law, yesterday you jumped out and snatched the red brocade in the woman's hand, and the master scolded you after going back, and you were not convinced, so you killed the master!" Chen Shuli mends the knife. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yao Jinqian laughed, "What a senior brother and a second senior brother, that's how you treat me, the third junior brother!" Well, since your lord has commanded us to tell the truth, let's tell the truth! I hate that Lu Tiansheng so much, but don't you two hate it? Senior Brother Dao and Second Senior Brother have a motive, but Senior Brother doesn't have it? When the master dies, who will the money in his baggage go to? Second Senior Brother Dao: Senior Brother Dao has time, but Second Senior Brother doesn't? Last night, the second senior brother saw the senior brother stab the master, and I later saw the second senior brother pick up another brick and walk into the master's room. Senior brother, second senior brother, now the three of my brothers are all fifty steps and a hundred steps, and no one should point at anyone. ”
"I haven't lost any money or magic weapons, and Master's death has nothing to do with me!" He Jiacheng shouted and pounced on Yao Jinqian.
"Master didn't kill me!" Chen Shuli also shouted loudly and joined the battle.
The three of them fought again, and Zhang Xiu'er on the side looked flustered, "babbling" with her mouth open, wanting to stop it but not knowing how to reach out.
Wei Yi frowned.
Another mute girl!
Dong Laibao on the other side shouted and jumped excitedly, watching the lively people gather more and more.
Wei Yi's thoughts are flying, dumb girl, red maple, red maple forest, hatred, iron hammer, Taoist priest, what is the connection between them?
Suddenly, Dong Laibao pointed to the red maple forest and shouted, "The maple god has descended and punished the master, the next step, it will be our turn, it will be our turn!" ”
The onlookers exploded the pot at once, and the noise was everywhere.
"My lord, this fool is right, the fake Taoist priest was killed by the Feng God!" A man in the crowd shouted.
"Yes, yes, this fake Taoist priest pretended to be a god and deceived our silver, he was cursed by the Feng God, he should have died a long time ago!" Everyone echoed and the scene was chaotic.
"Silence! Quiet! Li Zheng shouted, "Don't get in the way of adults' cases!" ”
Wei Yi heard the door and asked Zhang Lao'er, "They said that this Lu Tiansheng was a fake Taoist priest, deceived their silver, and was cursed by the Feng God, do they have a credential?" ”
Zhang Lao'er told Shen Yueran about the process of exposing Lu Tiansheng yesterday.
Wei Yi couldn't help but be happy after hearing it.
This woman is very ghostly.
Using the common sense that maple leaves have five lobes and seven lobes, coupled with a little caution, Lu Tiansheng easily jumped into the trap.
- Wait a minute!
Five-fissure, seven-fissure.
Wei Yi's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly walked to the body of Lu Tiansheng, who had been put down, and bent down to inspect it.
Really!
He actually missed this!
If it weren't for what the woman said, he would have missed it!
The real murderer is among the five!
His mind was spinning and he had an idea.
He said aloud, "Okay, don't fight, don't argue." Since you all said that Lu Tiansheng's death has nothing to do with you, how about we come to the test? ”
When everyone heard about the test, they held their breath in curiosity.
Wei Yi took out five pieces of white paper and asked the five people to hold a piece of paper each, back to back, round, facing outward.
He said as he paced, "As the old saying goes, the appearance of a person is determined by the heart, if this person is kind, he is a good person, and if this person is disgusting, he is evil." However, this official has been adjudicating the case for many years, and countless murderers have been arrested, but he knows very well that this 'appearance' can sometimes be disguised. A good person may have a fierce appearance, a wicked person, but he can pretend to be innocent and innocent.
On the contrary, there is another 'likeness', the 'likeness' of painting 'likeness', which few people can disguise. Because the 'likeness' is born from the hand, and the hand goes straight to the bottom of the heart, the so-called palm of the hand, this is the principle.
Therefore, the official asked the five of you to depict a picture immediately, and to draw the deceased in this case, that is, your master Lu Tiansheng, and the title of the painting was written by the official, and then you randomly selected it. After the drawing was made, the official knew who the murderer was at a glance. ”
Wei Yi's voice landed, and the onlookers exploded again.
"I haven't heard of 'like' arguing the real murderer."
"Yes, you can find the murderer with a painting, so what else do you need the yamen to do?"
"This adult is dignified, polite in words and deeds, and seems to be a promising official, why do you do inexplicable things?"
Wei Yi smiled lightly and said to everyone, "What the wicked draw is the fierce appearance, and the good person draws the good appearance, between good and evil, you don't know, the official knows it in his heart." Well, without further ado, let's start drawing lots for portraits. ”
The five people lined up in turn, He Jiacheng drew "meditating in red brocade", Chen Shuli drew "singing lyrics in maple clothes", Yao Jinqian drew "Maple God Possessed Body Manifestation", Dong Laibao drew "Holding a sword and asking the Maple God", and Zhang Xiuer drew "Walking through the maple forest to chant mantras".
The five of them got the painting topic, or frowned, or started to write, only Dong Laibao sucked his saliva, slightly dazed.
Wei Yi soothed him and said, "Don't think too much, the questions that this official came up with are all a few common actions when Lu Tiansheng casts spells, you just need to draw the ones in your memory." ”
Dong Laibao said twice and lowered his head to pick up the pen.
After a cup of tea, all five of them had already drawn it, Wei Yi put away the drawing paper and looked at it one by one.
Seeing the last one, Wei Yi's face changed.
It's him?!
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Master once said that for a murderer, there is no impossibility, and any impossibility is possible as long as evidence is found.
Therefore, even if this person is no longer possible, it may be the real culprit he is looking for.
Wei Yi darkened his eyes and looked at Dong Laibao.
"Dong Laibao, are you guilty?" He asked.
Everyone was in an uproar, and He, Chen, Yao, and Zhang were even more dumbfounded.
"Great, my lord, are you, are you saying that Ah Bao killed Master?" He Jiacheng stammered and asked.
Wei Yi was noncommittal, his sharp eyes locked on Dong Laibao, and asked again, "Dong Laibao, are you guilty?" ”
Dong Laibao suddenly grinned, wiped his snot with his sleeve and said, "My lord, Ah Bao doesn't know about sin - by the way, what is sin, can you eat it?" ”
Wei Yi sneered, "Pretending to be true, this official was almost deceived by you, but pretending is always pretending, and if you are not careful, you will reveal flaws." ”
Dong Laibao smiled again, "What is the flaw, can you eat it?" ”
Wei Yi raised the corners of his lips, "It doesn't matter if you don't recruit, this official only has a way for you to recruit." ”
"How many Taoist children did Lu Tiansheng bring when he used the altar?" He asked.
Everyone glanced at each other, and He Jiacheng, who was a senior brother, said loudly, "Back to my lord, four." The Master usually takes four people out and one person to look after the house. ”
"So who were the four people involved yesterday?" He asked again.
"It's Xiaomin, the second junior brother, the third junior brother and the little junior sister, and it was Bao's turn to guard at home yesterday." He Jiacheng replied.
Wei Yi smiled, "In other words, Dong Laibao is the only one among the five of you who hasn't seen the woman expose Lu Tiansheng's deception, right?" ”
All should be "yes."
"That's right." Wei Yi held up one of the drawing papers, and after inspecting for a week, he said loudly, "So, Dong Laibao is also the only one who has drawn a seven-lobed maple leaf on the drawing paper!" ”
Then, he pointed back, pointed to Lu Tiansheng's corpse, and said, "And the maple leaves painted on the deceased Lu Tiansheng's body are all seven splits!" ”