In order to end the case as much as possible, Li Zhutou called two more carriages and carried the relevant people and others to leave first. Nie Shuyao and Pang Yujuan both had their own carriages, and they followed.

The pencil pavilion opened today, and there were many people who came to see it, and I heard Li Zhutou say at the door that the Desheng Building was on fire, so they followed one after another, so the group walked towards the Desheng Building.

Desheng Building is still being rectified, and the relevant people in this case have also been invited to the lobby of the store. Although it was clean, I could still smell the smell of burnt smoke.

The fire started in the backyard in the hallway leading to the store, and although the blackened wood was still very strong, it was clear that the fire must have been very large, but fortunately it was saved in time.

But in Nie Shuyao's opinion, although the fire was fierce, it was quite well controlled, only the cloth curtain and the wooden door were destroyed. Now the carpenter is making the same door on the side.

The lobby was bustling, and there were too many people coming, and Li Zhutou was thinking about who could come in and who had to wait outside.

Nie Shuyao had already instructed Yuqin to tell her to sue Li Zhutou, the fewer people watching the better, this is not a serious court trial after all. She turned her head to look at Pang Yujuan, who was on the rise, and went to the backyard alone.

The backyard of Desheng Building is similar to the layout of Zhenwei House, and the wing room and kitchen where various ingredients are stored are here, but there is no room for living in the backyard here. Chefs close their kitchens after a busy day, and there are many of these kitchenettes.

Nie Shuyao looked at it, there were five rooms in total, lined up.

When I came to the courtyard where there was only one big elm tree, the soles of my feet were paved with green bricks, and in the middle of the courtyard I saw some places similar to black ash, where the oil was splashed, but this oil stain was very strange, only the middle place was a large piece, because of the topography, it slowly flowed like a stream to the only passage in the front yard, where there happened to be a small canal.

She squatted down and dipped her hand in the oil, and smelled peanut oil, which was not cheap. After the fingers were crushed, there was ash left on the fingers, which were ashes from dry straw firewood.

Then, she closed her eyes and demonstrated the scene of the fire.

Because neither of the two cooks mentioned the dry firewood in their confessions, the possibility of arson can be ruled out from the point of view of the ashes of the plants. So why did Desheng Building still catch fire? There's only one possibility, and that's when they're gone, someone else comes in.

The man took the long straw from the wood-house and put it on the oil, which flowed like a stream into the aisle. Extend the straw all the way to the curtain of the aisle and put some extra hay here. The curtain is hung outside, and the door is usually not closed, and the door is open inward.

Then the man lit the fire, using the water-stained and oil-stained veil as a guide. Then the arsonist left, and the fire slowly burned to the curtain.

In this way, the arsonist would have evidence of an alibi.

But Nie Shuyao felt that this person's arson was not the goal, in order to use this fire to achieve other purposes, or coercion, or blackmail.

At this point in the reasoning, the answer is almost coming out, but Nie Shuyao still needs to make a final judgment, she has to meet all the people involved in the case and listen to their statements.

At this moment, Yuqin walked over.

"Miss, it's all right over there, I'm waiting for you." She came over and straightened the hat for Nie Shuyao.

Nie Shuyao opened her eyes, nodded, and followed her into the lobby.

The lobby of Desheng Building has been properly arranged, and there is a small square table on the periphery, which is full of celebrities and elders from the county. There is a circle in the middle that is reserved for them.

The two cooks also sit, and even the shopkeeper who had a firefighting merit and witness was also sitting, and in front of Nie Shuyao and Li Zhutou was a long table and a round stool, a table of several people, tea on the table, and from time to time a shopkeeper came to add water.

Everyone sat down, and the suspect and the witness also sat opposite Nie Shuyao and the others, so that the unique reasoning meeting began.

Nie Shuyao looked at the shopkeeper who was talking to Li Zhutou on the side, and said in his heart: "It is worthy of being a shopkeeper, and I don't forget to do business at any time, but unfortunately, the reputation of this store cannot be saved with a cup of tea." ”

Looking at the onlookers again, they were whispering something, and some of the old pedants were frowning. Nie Shuyao knew that they disliked the presence of women, but didn't they know that today's protagonists were two women?

Seeing that Song Yunfei also occupied a table below, standing next to him were Song Qing and Lengzi, not to mention, Song Yunfei at this time did have the style of a rich son, waving a fist to cheer her on!

Nie Shuyao also hugged his hand at him, asking him to relax, and she won the competition.

Li Zhutou saw that everyone was together, cleared his throat and got up and said, "Everyone, we invite everyone here today to talk about the fire in Desheng Tower. This matter has been handed over to these people to deal with, please be quiet during the trial, and then we will talk about it, how about it? ”

Shen Xinlu also got up and bowed his hand to everyone, and said: "Neighbors, Shen Xinlu took over the case with the fancy of the county master, and asked you to give Shen a certain face, if there is a problem later, we will talk about it later." ”

The scene chattered in approval, and the old pedants also frowned and looked down.

Nie Shuyao felt that if it wasn't for the thousand taels, she wouldn't come, although there were only a dozen people watching, but the impact was not good. She is not Pang Yujuan who has a bad reputation, but fortunately, she put on a hat when she got out of the carriage.

Pang Yujuan didn't wear this thing, she came here to be in the limelight, and Chunliu was originally from the market, so she didn't have this awareness, let alone remind her.

Shen Xinlu said: "Miss Nie, Miss Pang can start." ”

Nie Shuyao nodded and said, "Miss Pang, you can come first." ”

Pang Yujuan nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Who is Chef Shen?" ”

A fat woman in front of her stood up and said, "Little woman is." ”

"Then you are Fang Niangzi?"

"Yes." Fang Niangzi got up, she was a woman with a very good figure, although there was wind and frost on her face, it was difficult to hide her former beauty.

The two cooks are both twenty-four or five years old, and although they are already wives, they can still be said to be reasonable.

Pang Yujuan then asked, "Chef Shen, you can get the water and oil." ”

Chef Shen said: "The little woman deals with these two things every day, how can she not tell the difference. This girl wanted to ask if I had poured the remaining oil in the backyard. ”

"Exactly, let's talk about it."

Chef Shen continued: "That night, the little woman came to look for the lost silver hairpin, and found that Fang Niangzi was walking out with an oil lamp, so I hid. On weekdays, neither of us can get used to seeing each other, and I'll look for her when she's gone. Unexpectedly, Fang Niangzi's oil lamp suddenly fell to the ground when she walked into the courtyard.

Fang Niangzi immediately went to the kitchen and poured a basin of things, but the fire was extinguished, but I smelled that it was not water, it was oil. She also accidentally put the veil into the fire, and for some reason after pouring the oil, the fire on the veil did not ignite. Fang Niangzi sighed and left.

After she left, I wanted to go over to see if it was oil, and when I saw that it was oil, I saw that there was still a little spark on the unburned handkerchief, so I opened my kitchen and poured a basin of water on it, and when I found my own silver hairpin, I left. ”

After saying this, Nie Shuyao frowned slightly, this is not quite the same as the confession.

Pang Yujuan asked again: "What do you say, Fang Niangzi?" ”

Fang Niangzi said: "What happened that day is indeed similar to what Chef Shen said, except that I poured water, and she went back to the room to pour oil." Everyone knows that the dishes I cook are very light cold dishes and pastries, and I usually use very little oil. Even if it's poured, where does a big pot of oil come from? Truth be told, I already felt that someone was watching, so I pretended to leave. As soon as I left, Chef Shen ran over to pick up my handkerchief, and when she saw that there were still sparks, she ran to pour a basin of oil, wanting to let the fire light up quickly. ”

Pang Yujuan really couldn't tell who was lying from their words, frowned and thought for a moment: "Whoever of you leaves last is the one who set the fire." Shop small two! ”

"The little ones are here!"

The shopkeeper is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man, not tall and not big-eyed, and looks very honest.

"You said it wasn't Fang Niangzi who left last."

The shopkeeper scratched his head and said, "The small one, the small one can't be determined." That night, when the little one went out to check whether the door in the backyard was locked, he saw two cooks coming out one after the other, but it was dark at that time and he couldn't see who was first and who was behind, only that it was two cooks. ”

"No, how do you know it's two cooks? Aren't they thieves? Pang Yujuan said sharply.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "This is a man or a woman, the small one can still be divided, and there are only two cooks in our Desheng Building." The other masters have already returned. ”

"You...... Hum! Pang Yujuan was so angry that she couldn't help it, and glared at Nie Shuyao fiercely.

Nie Shuyao glared back, and said in her heart: "You can't ask, why are you staring at me?" ”

"Ahem!" She coughed and said, "Since Miss Big can't push it out, then it's my turn next." ”

"Humph! Be my guest. ”

Nie Shuyao got up and said, "Although this matter is difficult to judge, the little woman still got a lot of clues from the three words. ”

When everyone focused their eyes on her, Nie Shuyao said again: "First of all, we have to talk about this oil and water, and then we know that it is not right for everyone to focus on this at the beginning." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Who doesn't know that oil can ignite, but water cannot. An old pedant said with a gray beard.

Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "Please rest easy, the old gentleman will not be too late to ask questions after I finish speaking." If you really don't understand, we can give it a try. ”

The old pedant sat down reluctantly.

"Li Zhutou and Master Shen still remember the oil and water we talked about last time?"

Li Zhutou frowned, he forgot about it.

Master Shen said: "But oil is lighter than water? ”

Nie Shuyao nodded: "Exactly." Now I'm going to say that water is heavier than oil. ”

Everyone was upside down by her, and their thoughts hadn't followed, and after thinking about it, they realized that it was all the same thing.

She explained: "The oil lamp is just a core of fire, and you must know that if there is no new firewood and grass, this core will be extinguished very quickly, let alone a basin of oil." Because the oil was on the flames and cut off the gas needed for the fire. As you know, when the cellar is not used for a long time, experienced farmers will throw a torch into it before going down, and if the torch is burning, they will go down. Fire is needed when burning...... It's infuriating. ”

"A small handkerchief has just been placed on the core of the oil lamp, and when it has not burned through, another basin of oil will be poured out, and the fire will be extinguished. Even if it is poured water, the fire must be extinguished, and it will be the same for everyone before and after them. Moreover, there is only a little spark, and no matter how much oil or water is poured on it, it can no longer burn. ”

After saying this, Nie Shuyao concluded: "In other words, whether it is Chef Shen or Fang Niangzi, when they leave, this fire is completely extinguished. She wasn't arsonists. ”

After speaking, some people didn't believe it, especially the shopkeeper, he immediately stood up and said: "Who doesn't know that adding fuel to the fire can make the fire even stronger, so how did my store burn?" Maybe that's the little bit of spark that got up. ”

As soon as he spoke, the faces of the two cooks changed, as if they were afraid and angry. R1152