The villagers couldn't help but crane their necks and prick up their ears intently to hear what was going on. Originally, I thought that the officers and soldiers were here to suppress the village.

Later, I learned that everyone was driven out to 'eat melons'.

The sky seemed to flash with snow, dark clouds gathered, and the Tianshan Mountains thundered, and it seemed that there would be a heavy wind and rain.

"One day, a strange thing happened. Xiaozi's younger brother came back from the dead, reappeared in front of Xiaozi's eyes, and followed his mother every day. ”

"It's incredible. How can a person be resurrected after death? Vice General Lin couldn't help but speak.

Shunhua took over the conversation and continued as he spoke.

"Yes, who doesn't feel surprised that my brother, who has been dead for so long, reappears in front of my eyes, who doesn't feel weird. However, the filial son's mother didn't think so. ”

Shunhua lowered his eyes, as if he was saying something very sad.

"The mother quickly accepted the matter, and as long as her son was alive and could return to her, even if he was a fool, she would have no regrets."

As soon as the words fell, the villagers gasped, 'fools'?

Isn't the 'fool' the old widow's crooked calf from her family?

They looked at the fainted old widow and the drooling Qu calf with anxiety, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva and take two steps back.

But Xiaozi clearly knew that his younger brother was already dead. It was only because his mother was getting better that he ignored the matter. But the cruel and terrible thing finally happened. ”

"He died for the first bride his brother married, and he was strangled to death."

"Was he strangled to death by that filial son?" The Nine Princes asked suspiciously.

Shunhua replied calmly: "No, no." ”

The county official Li frowned and couldn't help but interject.

"Stop playing tricks, hurry up and say, who is the murderer?"

"Don't worry, the climax of the story hasn't reached yet."

Shunhua exhaled slightly and told the rest of the story.

"The filial son realized that this fool was not a good person at all, but because his mother's life was still in his hands, he could only let him threaten him, and this beast hiding under the mask, pretending to be crazy and stupid, finally showed its vicious fangs."

Everyone listened with bated breath, for fear of missing any details.

He kept threatening this dutiful son, asking him to find more young and beautiful girls for him to bully! So there are these five female corpses under the moat who died tragically and hatefully! ”

Shunhua's words were like a noisy drum, beating everyone's heart hard.

The villagers couldn't help whispering, and Yu Shilang led the officials to step forward and escorted Qu Xiaoniu to the Nine Princes.

"Lord Qi, Qu Xiaoniu has been arrested."

The Nine Princes looked at this middle-aged old man with a stupid face in disbelief.

"He's the killer of a serial murder?"

The county official Li pursed his eyes, thinking that he had found an opportunity to fight against the first army.

He stood up excitedly, pointed at Shunhua and retorted loudly:

"Hahahaha, this official knows it. You can't find the murderer, so you're going to find a fool to be a substitute for the dead, and the fool won't defend himself, right? Fortunately, the official who is as clear as a mirror is here, otherwise, wouldn't this fool be wronged and let you be beaten in vain. ”

"He's stupid? Hahahaha..."

Shun Hua looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and accused him eloquently:

"Qu Xiaoniu, you must not be stupid! On the contrary, you are still very smart, you have already recognized me the moment you found me hiding behind the wall, and you deliberately reminded the old widow that she was being watched. The reason why you pretend to be crazy and stupid is just to hide your identity as a flower thief Jia Nineteen. ”

"Flower thief A nineteen?"

The flower thief who has been wanted for several years, bullied women, and used cruel methods to pick flowers.

The county official Li looked at Qu Xiaoniu's appearance intently, suddenly patted his forehead, and sat down.

Yu Xiangfeng opened the warrant, and the portrait painted on it was indeed seven or eight points similar to Qu Xiaoniu, and he shouted loudly:

"This man is the flower thief Jiaxi, who, after bullying women, will strangle them with his hands, leaving two finger prints between the necks of the deceased."

There was a lot of excitement around, and I couldn't help but come forward to observe, Qu Xiaoniu lowered his head and knelt on the ground deafly.

The Nine Princes opened a pair of eagle eyes, examined the wanted notice, and nodded suspiciously.

"If he was able to hide it so well, how did you find out?"

"Actually, this is just an accident, if the grass people didn't turn over Qu Xiaoniu's spirit card at Qu Da Niu's house, they wouldn't have suspected that there are people in the world who are so scheming, in order to cover up the identity of the wanted criminal, they actually pretend to be crazy and stupid and pretend to be a 'dead man'."

Shunhua smiled lightly, "However, what really exposes his identity is his only remaining 'conscience'?" ”

"Remember the silver jade bracelet on the female corpse's hand? That's the burial goods in my mother's grave! ”

Her voice grew higher and higher, like a huge wave that was about to devour the sinful soul in front of her.

"Qu Xiaoniu, Master Ben recalls the first time I saw you, you were wearing a shroud and stealing hibiscus flowers near my mother's grave, how could Master Ben be so stupid, you are stealing flowers? Hmph, you're burying stolen goods! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the jade servant waved his hand and motioned for the officials to carry up boxes of jewels and utensils.

The eyes of the county official Li widened, his eyes were both surprised and sour, if this batch of thieves was from him, then the court would reward him, and he would be rich if he was not promoted.

Her indignant accusations are imprinted in people's hearts every word.

"Glazed jade cups, jasper money, ivory combs, gold necklaces, night pearls, these are all common funeral items in the graves of rich families, when you hollow out other people's graves, don't you think about how heartache their relatives will be, how sad and angry they will be?!"

Finally, Qu Xiaoniu's hala stopped flowing, and his expression changed.

The county official Li raised his eyebrows, thinking, this must be the real murderer, right?

No, the opportunity has been missed before, and this serial murderer must be locked up in the yamen of their pear thousand city.

The county magistrate of Li preemptively ordered: "Come on, put this evil flower thief in prison and put him in the prison of Liqiancheng, and the official will interrogate him carefully to see what he has done." ”

The Ninth Prince couldn't help frowning, although he had been on the battlefield for so many years, it was the first time he had seen such a strange and tortuous thing.

"Lord Wang."

Shunhua's voice called back the stunned prince, he was stunned, and said: "Since the murderer has been caught, your fifty military sticks naturally do not need to be punished."

Hearing this, Shun Hua pursed his lips and shook his head with a serious expression.

The Nine Princes were angry on the spot.

"It's said that there is no need to be punished, so why are you dissatisfied? Could it be that you still have masochism, and you have to be fined 50 military sticks? ”

I saw that Shunhua replied with a jaw-dropping sentence.

"Back to the prince, among these five people, one of them was not killed by Jia 19."

The Nine Princes said suspiciously: "You want to tell this king that there is another murderer?" ”

"The prince guessed right, this woman, she died differently than the other four, she was strangled to death, and she still has my mother's bracelet on her hand."

"However, haven't you just confirmed that your mother's funeral goods were stolen by Jia 19?"

"That's right, he stole it, and the grass people believe that for some reason, he didn't kill her or didn't have time to kill her, and found out that she was dead."

"According to what you say, this person was not killed by Anineteen?" The Nine Princes asked suspiciously.

"Exactly, a habitual offender will not rashly change the way of killing, which is too inconsistent with his habits."

Suddenly, her voice froze, and an eerie and chaotic atmosphere fell around her.

The villagers heard it in a fog, is there still a murderer?

At this time, she could not see the murderer's face, and she did not know that when he heard this, she would feel fear and regret, because he would soon hear his name in her mouth.

"Remember what the grass people just said about their conscience? Jia Jiu didn't kill him, but secretly brought her a silver jade bracelet before the water burial. ”

Hearing this, someone in the crowd couldn't hold back, and he clutched the back of his hand tightly, and his nails were scratched with blood of different shades.

"There are only three days left, and you can be sure." The Ninth Prince asked with a stern expression.

"In less than three days, he'll be here."

She replied lightly, and suddenly a gust of wind blew in the sky, and the gathered clouds continued to flash with lightning.

The Nine Princes raised their eyes slightly and looked at the sky, "Vice General Lin, pour another pot of tea." ”

"Yes, lord."

Vice General Lin became nervous for some reason.

I thought that the case had been closed by now, but I didn't expect it to be a case within a case.

"The grass people had interrogated the old widow in private, and in her fright, she still denied that she had killed anyone. So, the grass people remembered Qu Da Niu who had come to the old widow's house, so they planned a big drama of 'sending the coffin up the mountain'. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Fu Mujian, who was standing aside, couldn't help but snicker.

According to Shunhua's retelling, everyone's thoughts seemed to come to the night a few days ago, and they came to Qu Daniu's house together.

"But as soon as he found an important clue, he was attacked from behind and fainted. The murderer dragged the grass people to a certain place and planned to bury them alive, but fortunately, the grass people rebelled and inserted a wooden hairpin into his body. So, this murderer is easy to find. ”

Hearing this, the Nine Princes looked up proudly, finally having a chance for him to appear.

"It's simple, Vice General Lin, you send someone..."

"No, because the grass people have figured it out."

The Nine Princes reluctantly put down his hand and asked, "What have you figured out?" ”

"I figured out that the biggest thing in that room was the sleeping baby on the bed."

Infant?

Villagers, you look at my eyes, I look at your eyes, I can't figure it out, what's wrong with the baby sleeping on the bed, if you don't sleep on the bed, can you sleep on the ground?

Until Shunhua said the second half of the sentence.

"What parent would be so relieved that their young children would sleep alone at home in the middle of the night?"

She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, tore open the knot, revealing her empty and godless eyes, raised the white silk, let it float in the wind, and said sharply:

"Sister-in-law Qu, do you dare to look me in the eye! Look directly at the girl you strangled to death! ”

As soon as the words fell, the needle box seemed to be overturned on the ground, and the crowd was restless and exclaimed.

Sister-in-law Qu held her child and stood in the middle of the group, watching the disfigured corpse being carried forward.

The woman's corpse had been fished up from the bottom of the river for many days, and her swollen body had already turned into a crumpled white skin, and flies lingered and the stench was stinking.

She couldn't help but look away and exclaimed.

"Wronged, the official master, the people's woman, the people's woman doesn't know her at all, why do you want to slander the people's women, and say that the people's women kill people, I... Folk women don't even dare to kill chickens on weekdays. ”

She cried pitifully, and the villagers had different opinions, and no one dared to make a rash assertion.

Suddenly, someone yelled behind the crowd.

"It's none of her business! She's not a murderer! I killed people!"

Before the words were finished, Qu Daniu held a bloody axe and rushed towards Shunhua, everyone was unexpected, blood splashed, and Shunhua touched his blood-stained face in amazement.