Song Qing didn't know how to comfort her, more than a year had passed since the case, and there was no evidence at the scene of the crime, and now she could only find clues from elsewhere.

"So, what did your husband do when he came here early in the morning? Did he just come out and hang out?"

"My lord, it's actually a bachelor in our village who wants to eat fish, and he asked us to catch some and sell it to him.

"We were going to do it at home, so we might as well catch more fish so we could sell them to the villagers."

"But who would have thought.... But who would have thought that such a thing would happen now, if I knew it would be like this, I shouldn't have come out at that time, hey, the world is unpredictable.

Song Qing looked at the surface of the water, this pond was very big, I didn't know how deep the water was, and then Song Qing immediately found a wooden stick and inserted it into the water.

When I scoop it up again, the depth of the water is only my chest, and such a small water level cannot drown an adult at all, and this case may have another original end.

"Eldest sister, let me ask you, have you always had so much water in your pond?" She reacted to something, and immediately: "Yes, yes, my lord, besides, there has been a drought on our side in the past two years, and there has been no flood, so it's good if there is no drought."

Song Qingdao: "Since the water level is not high, it means that this person is not drowned, it is possible that he was killed and thrown here, or he may be pressed into the water and drowned, this possibility exists, but the evidence has to be checked little by little."

"Eldest sister, let me ask you, how many people usually walk this path? For example, how many people walk during the day?"

"This... My lord. It is estimated that more than a dozen people pass by here every day, and this place is relatively remote, not to mention pedestrians, even dogs will not pass by. ”

Song Qing thought to himself, there are few people passing by, but it doesn't mean that there is no one walking, this case is in the case! There is a high probability that the deceased was killed.

But who the murderer is, it's hard to say at the moment, and it seems that you have to work hard to find the evidence thoroughly.

"Eldest sister, since that's the case, then you go back, Song already knows about this case, and I will immediately review this case today, as long as your husband is wronged, Song will definitely not let go of the real murderer."

The woman left, and Song Qing looked at her back and fell into deep thought, her eyes were blazing, and she didn't know what was going on in her mind.

Chao said to the deputy general: "My lord, shall we immediately file this case for retrial?" It's a pity that the person concerned has died, and we are now very passive and have no idea what to do.

Song Qingdao: "The case must be filed, otherwise wouldn't this matter be settled?" Okay, you come with me around this pond, about this matter, Song has to find out who the murderer is.

Everyone went around this place in a big circle, but there was still no gain, it had been too long, a year had passed, and it was indeed not easy to find the murderer.

Song Qing is not discouraged, the lack of clues here does not mean that there is no one on the county side, as long as there are loopholes in the file, the case can be excluded.

Returning to the place where the garrison was, everyone cleaned up, and then went to the county seat.

After walking for three hours, they finally arrived at their destination.

There are many pedestrians on the street, all of whom are local residents buying vegetables and other types on the street, which can be regarded as a lively and somewhat prosperous place.

Song Qing and others arranged 10,000 soldiers outside the county seat, and then led dozens of people, walked all the way to ask questions, and finally came to the county yamen.

There is a station official outside, and there is a drum on the side, and from this point alone, this county is much better than other counties.

Song Qing walked up with his subordinates, and when this group of people saw it, they didn't dare to be presumptuous, after all, they were all officials, and they didn't know who had a higher official position than Song Qing and the magistrate.

Entering the interior, Qin Shui, the county governor of Ma Feng, came over, and when he saw Song Qing and the others, he greeted him.

"My lord, I don't know if you are? Why hasn't the official seen you?"

Song Qingdao said: "Lord Zhixian, Song Qing, the criminal officer of the Criminal Department, passed by Guixian today, and planned to come over to have a look, and by the way, I will learn more about the situation."

Qin Shui said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Song who was negligent just now, and he didn't go out to greet him, so I'm really ashamed."

Qin Shui continued: "Song Tixing, I know that you have been on your way for several hours, and you are tired of bumps and bumps along the way, otherwise, come on, hurry up and prepare a table of good dishes, and today the official wants to have a few drinks with Song Tixing." ”

Song Qingdao: "Since this is the case, then thank you to Lord Zhixian, by the way, I don't know if you only need your surname?"

"Song Tixing, the lowly surname is Qin, a single name is a water character, and he has been an official here for more than 20 years, but Song Tixing, seeing that you are young, I can't see that you are still a criminal officer."

Song Qing returned the salute, which can be regarded as accepting Qin Shui's praise. They went into the inner room and sat down looking at each other, very politely.

"Song Tixing, you didn't know where you came from all the way? Or did Emperor Duzong of Song want you to inspect the whole Song Dynasty? This is a hard work, and the world is too big, even if you keep walking every day, and you want to go to every county, then you can't finish it in a year.

Song Qingdao, "Qin Zhi County is serious, this difference is actually not tired, not only to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials along the way, but also to play in the Great Song Dynasty, which is not bad."

However, in Qinzhi County, before Song entered the county seat, he heard some local people talking about an unjust case that appeared here a year ago, and it is said that the murderer in this case has been beheaded. I don't know Qin Zhixian, is this matter true?"

Qin Shui's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't panic at all, he continued: "Song Ti's punishment is actually serious, as for this case, it took a month of thorough investigation at that time, and at the same time, it was approved by the Criminal Department, and the murderer was identified."

"As for the people talking outside, maybe they don't know the facts of this case, and besides, this murderer, he echoed the timing of the crime, and also echoed the motive for the crime, confessed in the cell, and did not use a J-point lynching."

Song Qing couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood of these words, and he didn't know whether what he said was true or not, after all, each had its own rhetoric.

"Okay Qin Zhixian, since this is the case, can you tell me about the matter in detail, Song also knows and knows, are you right?"

Qin Rice: "In this case, let's talk about it, this case happened on August 11 last year, and it was rainy on this day.

"So he immediately inquired about this man, and after he told him, he learned that someone had been killed by the pond twenty miles away from the county seat."

Qin Shui continued: "Song Tixing, about this case, after the humble official arrived at the scene, he found that the deceased died dozens of meters away from the side of the trail, and it had been salvaged at that time."

Song Qing nodded, this person was exactly the same as what the deceased's wife said, and there was no J point error.

"Song Tixing, a normal person in a hurry, how could she fall into a pond dozens of meters away? Even if it was an accident, it was not raining at all, so it could not affect the road at all, and at the same time, the muddy path, even if you fell, you would not fall dozens of meters away.

"Therefore, there were two judgments at that time, one was that the deceased committed suicide, and the other was that someone killed him and threw him into the pond."

Song Qing was more satisfied with this statement, and at this moment he also thought so, and the accident was directly ruled out.

"Qin Zhixian, you go on, talk about the situation at that time, maybe, Song can help you find something.

Qin Shui sighed, "Song mentioned the punishment, and he interrogated him at that time, and passed through the scene of the crime, but the murderer did not leave a single clue, so he put the suspect on the person who reported the official, Hu San. ””

Song Qing had a question, "Then Qin Zhixian, why don't you dare to conclude that this person committed suicide?" It's possible.

"Song Tixing, the lowly duty also had this idea at that time, but it's right, the deceased still has luggage on his body, but it is a cloth bag, and the lowly office thinks that even if this person wants to commit suicide, then how can she commit suicide with a salute? It doesn't make sense!"

"At the same time, Song Tixing, this deceased is from the township next door, twenty miles away from the scene of the crime, she thinks to herself, even if she can't figure out how to commit suicide, as for running here?"

"Also, these two villages are too far away from each other, and they don't know each other at all, why did this person die in the pond, Song Tixing, this is a question."

Song Qing knew that this case was a little more complicated than he imagined, and what the magistrate said was not unreasonable, and now he wants to figure out this case, it seems that it is more complicated. "Qin Zhixian, then how do you conclude that this Hu San is the real murderer?" Qin Shui said: "Don't be in a hurry when Song Ti is sentenced, now I will give you an analysis little by little to see what is going on, and at the same time, we also have to say whether this case is unjust."

"First of all, Song Tixing, the murderer Hu San in this case, did not know the deceased at all, so the possibility of vendetta in this case is relatively small, and at the same time, there is no hatred between the two of them in this case, how can the murder crime on Hu San's head be established?"

"This has to start a few days after the incident, don't you know that when Song Tixing was arrested, he learned from the mouth of others that this person usually likes to gamble, but he lost his family property before.

Song Qingdao: "So the magistrate of the county regarded Hu San as a murderer for money?"

"Yes, Song mentioned the punishment, and after the humiliation, he followed this clue to investigate, first visited the deceased, and learned that the couple did not quarrel, and the deceased took ten taels of silver back to his parents' house.

"The humble came back overnight to examine this Hu San, don't you know, my lord, this person really has ten taels of silver on him." Saying that, Qin Shui swore that he didn't believe that this case was wronged, and he didn't believe it at all.