Yin Seventeen looked at Hua Zilai's eyes as if he was asking for help, and said after considering his words:

"I hope it's nothing, but you can touch it...... See if you touch anyone......"

Hua Zilai was taken aback: "People? Who? ”

Yin Qiqi lowered his eyes slightly: "Tie Ziwang's father Ye Hai ......"

Ye Hai?

The father of Tie Ziwang who was accidentally disfigured since he was a child?

Hua Zilai understood, and his face was not good:

"I know, I hope I can't touch anything. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

However, it backfired - Ye Hai found it.

Hua Zilai did not go down to the pond in person, but the four officials touched the pond for about half an hour, and carried out Ye Hai, who had been killed, in the not too big pond.

He was also hit in the head and bleeding profusely from the back of his head.

But Ye Hai was not as lucky as Tie Ziwang, because he was thrown into the pond, he couldn't be found in time.

Hua Zilai took the official to dispose of Ye Hai's body and transported it back to the county government for a detailed autopsy.

The neighbors near Tie Shi Niang's house had already heard about the tragic situation of Tie Shi Niang's family, and they all stood in front of Tie Shi Niang's house and watched all morning.

It took a lot of effort to evacuate the onlookers, and he was so tired and sweating profusely:

"Brother Zhan, seventeen, then I'll go back to the yamen first, and I'll come back in the afternoon!"

After the flowers left, the onlookers did not dare to approach the pond again, and only the two nearest families stood in front of their houses and looked out over the place.

Only Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen were left at the edge of the pond.

Yin Seventeen said: "Last night, before we entered Tie Shi Niang's house, the murderer was still at the scene of the crime...... Still hiding in Tie Ziwang's room! However, when searching the house...... I ignored it! ”

This is undoubtedly a fatal omission.

She was depressed, her fists clenched, her eyes lowered and she landed on the edge of the pond that the murderer had cleaned clean.

Zhan Yan understood Yin Seventeen's mood and persuaded:

"When everyone is careless, not to mention that even if I was in the right side of the room at the time, I saw the millet cylinder at first sight, and probably the first thought at the first time would be as unconcerned as you......"

Yin Seventeen didn't listen to it very much, and sneered:

"The murderer is close at hand, but I don't know it!"

Zhan Yan said: "Unless the murderer is a child of a few years old, no one would have expected that the murderer would shrink his bones...... Seventeen, the most important thing now is to catch this person as soon as possible! ”

Yin Seventeen raised his eyes to look at Zhan Yan and nodded slowly.

There are no clues found in the pond, but it is not right to say that the murderer did not leave any clues, there are still some.

For example, the murderer will do kung fu such as bone shrinking.

For example, what is the meaning of the word "Yan" to the murderer, or is it really a word in the murderer's name?

Yin Seventeen didn't waste any more time regretting and blaming herself for her own negligence, she carefully sorted out all the things that happened after the death of the widow Miao.

The two simply sat down on the big rock by the pond.

Yin Qiqi thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhan, what do you say the murderer's purpose would be?" ”

Zhan Yan also thought about this question: "First the right arm of Widow Miao, then the left arm of Tie Shi Niang, but Ye Hai was smashed in the head and thrown into the pond and finally died, why did the murderer cut off the right arm and left arm of the first two deceased people successively?" Why didn't the murderer do the same thing to Ye Hai? ”

Yin Seventeen exhaled softly: "Yes, why? Why didn't the murderer cut off any of Ye Hai's limbs like he cut off the right arm of Widow Miao and cut off the left arm of Tie Shi Niang? ”

The two thought that it would be absolutely crucial to unravel why the murderer cut off the deceased's arm.

The two were silent for a while at the same time, and Yin Seventeen spoke first:

"I've always thought it was a bit strange that Zhu Song and Miao Da drowned two years ago......"

Zhan Yan knew about these two accidental drownings, and he and Hua Zilai also deliberately checked in the Yamen Archives for a long time, but did not find any report records about the drowning of Zhu Song and Miao Da.

At this moment, Yin Seventeen suddenly brought it up, and Zhan Yan felt that she had discovered something, so she asked.

Yin Seventeen shook his head: "It's just an intuition, just like I thought Yao was very suspicious at the beginning...... No evidence, just a pure sixth sense. ”

Zhan Yan said: "It has been more than a year or two since the deaths of Zhu Song and Miao Da, and even the bodies have not been found at that time, so it may be difficult to investigate them again now." ”

It's not hard, it's hard.

She understood.

But she still wants to investigate, and she will still connect the deaths of Zhu Song and Miao Da with the murders of Widow Miao and Tie Shi Niang, she always feels that there must be some connection between them, a connection that she has not yet found.

Yin Seventeen said: "Zhu Song and Miao Da both drowned in the Liuhe, and their bodies have not been found so far, even if they are found now, they are just two skeletons that are difficult to identify...... I wondered, if we really found the two skeletons in Liuhe and confirmed that they were Zhu Song and Miao Da, would their limbs also be mutilated? ”

Her assumption is very bold, and it is something that Zhan Yan has never imagined.

He looked at her, a little surprised.

Yin Seventeen realized Zhanyan's gaze, and looked at him with a side face:

"Brother Zhan, do you think I'm probably thinking too much? No, I don't think so, I've always felt that when you look into anything, you have to 'make bold assumptions and be careful to verify'. ”

Bold assumptions, careful verification?

Zhan Yan silently recited this sentence in his heart, and he nodded to Yin Seventeen:

"You're right."

He agreed with her.

If the bold assumption is true, then the next step is to carefully verify it.

One of the two best blacksmiths mentioned by the village chief Miao had died, and there was only one Miao Tie left.

Yin Seventeen got up and turned around to leave the pond, saying that he was going to Bianye Village to find Miao Tie.

Except for Ye Hai's body, there was nothing to be found in the pond.

If there is, it is the blood-stained hammer that Zhan Yan inadvertently stepped on and brought back to the yamen last night.

Obviously, the small hammer was the murder weapon used by the murderer to attack Ye Hai.

Zhan Yan also got up and followed Shang Yin Seventeen, and said as he walked:

"That little hammer must have been thrown by the murderer by the pond in a panic, probably at that time there was some unexpected situation that the murderer couldn't take care of, what could be the unexpected situation that made the murderer so careless?"

Yin Seventeen looked back at the place where the bloodstained small hammer was found by the pond, and then looked at Tie Shi Niang's house, estimating the distance between the pond and Tie Shi Niang's house:

"The top of the sky is only about 20 zhang...... Except that Tie Shi Niang's house is closest to this pond, what could have happened at that time? And when did it happen? ”

Zhan Yan said: "I asked the neighbors, and they all said that we didn't hear any unusual movements at night, but when we went to Tie Shi Niang's house last night, it was only at three o'clock in the morning, although many families were resting at that hour, but what really happened, it was not so sleepy that I couldn't even hear the slightest movement......

Yin Seventeen said: "What if there is no movement at all? ”

What do you mean?

Zhan Yan looked at her.

Yin XVII explained: "What if it is an acquaintance? As you said, what was the unexpected situation that caused the murderer to dispose of the murder weapon in a panic and threw the blood-stained hammer on the edge of the pond? On the basis of the fact that the murderer was an acquaintance of Tie Shi Niang's family, I made an assumption......"

Suppose the murderer arrived at Tie Shi Niang's house after dusk, and then walked to the pond with Ye Hai for some reason, and the murderer took a small hammer in his hand among the old iron tools in the yard when he was out of Tie Shi Niang's house, and moved it at any time.

As a result, Ye Hai was defenseless, and was knocked on the back of the head by the murderer himself, and then thrown into the pond by the murderer and threw his body.

And at this time, because of something in Tie Shi Niang's house, Tie Shi Niang shouted Ye Hai and the murderer, or both of them shouted, but only the murderer returned to Tie Shi Niang's house.

The murderer used reasons that were convincing enough to convince Tie Shi Niang to believe Tie Shi Niang, and thought that Ye Hai had not returned home with the murderer because of something delayed, and he did not suspect it.

After listening to the hypothesis of Yin Seventeen, Zhan Yan wanted to ask why she assumed that it was Ye Hai and the murderer shouted by Tie Shi Niang, not Tie Ziwang?

Then he thought that the window of Tie Ziwang's room was tightly sealed, and he thought that according to Tie Ziwang's degree of not wanting to see the light, he should not step out of the door to call someone.

It is also true that Yin Seventeen thought of the fact that when Tie Ziwang met her that night, he didn't want people to see his face and the window in his room was tightly sealed, and she eliminated the possibility that Tie Ziwang was shouting.

Zhan Yan asked, "And what about after that?" The murderer re-entered Tie Shi Niang's house, first attacked Tie Ziwang until he fell unconscious and stuffed him into the hearth of the big stove, and then attacked Tie Shi Niang, cutting off her left arm, and then noticed ......"

Yin Seventeen continued: "Aware of our arrival! ”

The murderer didn't have time to leave the scene of the crime, so he hid in the room of Tie Ziwang, who killed Tie Shi Niang.

And the hiding place is the little millet tank that Yin Seventeen and Zhanyan couldn't think of at that time!

In the end, the two left, and the killer fled.

Although this was just a hypothesis, the hearts of both Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen were extremely heavy by this hypothesis.

Step by step, they walked out of Bian Luo Village, passing by the village chief's house on the way, and the two turned in.

Tie Ziwang still hasn't woken up.

After Yin Seventeen went to tell the village chief Miao that she and Zhanyan's meal was not necessary at noon, he set off with Zhanyan to Bianye Village.

The village chief Miao looked dying after seeing Yin Seventeen entering the door, thinking that he was disappointed when he saw Tiezi Wangweisu, so he asked, only to know that Ye Hai was also killed, and found the body in the pond.

The head of Miao Village is old, and he can't stand this kind of parting from life and death, and he is a little unacceptable in an instant, so he turns around and goes to his own room, saying that he wants to lie down for a while.

In addition to asking the neighbors about some homicides that happened last night, and whether anyone heard the possible movements, Zhan Yan also asked Tie Shi Niang's iron striking skills, and the results all said that they had never seen Tie Shi Niang's special iron-striking skills of beating the three-sided water chestnut.

In addition, no trilateral water chestnut similar iron products were found in Tie Shi Niang's house.

In fact, Tie Shi Niang is dead, which means that Tie Shi Niang cannot be a murderer, but it does not mean that Tie Shi Niang is not an accomplice.

It's a pity that the neighbor's statement has not been fully confirmed, and it still needs to be said after Tieziwang wakes up.

And Tie Ziwang, as Tie Shi Niang's biological son, it is still inconclusive whether his words can be believed.

But subconsciously, Yin Seventeen felt that Tie Ziwang's statement was credible.

At least, she believed it.

When I arrived at Bian Luo Village, it was close to noon.

found Miao Tie's house, Miao Tie's family was having lunch in the hall, and Miao Tie and his wife were very frightened by the arrival of Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen.

Zhan Yan said: "Don't panic, we are just here to ask some questions related to the case, and you can answer them truthfully." ”

Yin Seventeen also said: "Yes, you eat first, I and Zhan Zhutou will go to the courtyard to sit for a meeting, and when you finish lunch, we will ask questions." ”

Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen returned to the courtyard, and there was only one low stool in the courtyard where they could sit and do laundry.

Zhan Yan motioned for Yin Seventeen to sit down, but Yin Seventeen shook his head.

Zhan Yan said: "Why don't we find a place to finish lunch first?" ”

Yin Seventeen still shook his head: "Brother Zhan, go, I'll ...... Not hungry. ”

Not hungry?

Early in the morning, I ate a bowl of gruel with some homemade pickles from the village chief Miao's house, and then set off to Tie Shi Niang's house to investigate the case until now, it has been more than two hours since now, how can I not be hungry?

Thinking like this in his heart, but Zhanyan didn't say anything more, he could probably understand Yin Seventeen's mood.

Thinking about how could a sensual person like her choose to embark on the road of being an official?

Is it just because Granny Tao was involved in the murder of Wang Yizhong?

Vaguely, he felt that she must have another reason.

But if she didn't say it, he wouldn't know.

Miao Tie lay down two mouthfuls of rice in the hall, and felt that he couldn't let the two poor masters really stand in the yard and wait for the couple of them, so he and his wife moved a stool out for Zhan Yan and Yin Seventeen, and when they arrived in the courtyard, they accidentally listened to the conversation between the two of them, and they knew that the two had not yet had lunch.

At that moment, Miao Tie motioned to his wife to move the stool back to the hall, and he had just approached Zhanyan and Yin Seventeen:

"Zhan Catcher, Yin Kuaishou, if you don't dislike it, let's have some lunch in Xiaomin's house, it's all coarse tea and light rice, it's just two bad masters!"

Miao Tie said sincerely, and with a little caution, it was obviously really a little scary Zhanyan and Yin Seventeen, the two poor masters from the county government.

At this time, Miao Tie's wife also came out of the hall and said: "Yes, please also invite the two masters to sit in the hall first, and I will go and copy two more dishes!" Soon! ”

Miao Tie's wife's last sentence of "soon" assured that Yin Seventeen heard the meaning of panic, and she couldn't help but smile very kindly and happily at Miao Tie's wife:

"Sister-in-law Miao, don't be busy! It's good that we can have a full meal at your house, and Sister-in-law Miao really doesn't have to go out of her way to copy any more dishes, just the dishes on the table in the hall, thank you very much! ”

At the end, she motioned for Zhan Yan to open her mouth as well.

Zhan Yan realized it, and thought that General Yin Seventeen Fang had said that she was not hungry, and it would be good if she could eat some at Miao Tie's house, so he nodded very cooperatively and said:

"It's hard to resist kindness, so it's going to bother the two of you." (To be continued.) )