Xiaowu's words were immediately approved by all his companions, and they all said that Li Lao Liu would never do such a thing, and Li Lao Liu and the shopkeeper had a relatively harmonious relationship on weekdays, even if there was a dispute, Li Lao Liu would often back down first, and it would never develop to the point of killing.

"In addition to the competitors in the business, who does the shopkeeper Wu have a bad relationship with? Have you ever had a grudge against anyone? Shen Huan then asked.

When the guys heard Shen Huan ask, they waved their hands again and again: "How is this possible!" There is a way to make money with harmony, and the most taboo thing in doing business is to offend people, and Shopkeeper Wu knows this best! On weekdays, except for a few of our brothers who quarrel with him over trivial things, I haven't heard of him offending anyone. ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! Everyone responded and confirmed the little guy's words.

However, at this moment, the little guy was suddenly startled, and seemed to suddenly think of something: "Childe, if you don't say that, I really can't remember, there was indeed a person who had a conflict with Shopkeeper Wu!" And once threatened to kill him! ”

"Oh? When?! Shen Huan hurriedly asked.

"Just a few months ago, a group of people from Chuzhou came to work in our place, and among them was a thirty-one-year-old man, who came to us every day to look for them.... Oh! Why are you kicking me?! ”

Before the little guy finished speaking, he was interrupted by the person next to him, he just wanted to ask his companion why he kicked him, but he noticed the look of his companion's envoy, and immediately came to his senses, and changed his words to Shen Huan: "Hey! Childe, I'm just talking nonsense, that person did have a conflict with the shopkeeper Wu, and did say that he was going to kill him, but it was just because of the salary, and the quarrel was just like that, and the people have been gone for several months, and the wages have all been settled, eighty percent has nothing to do with this matter, and this matter is some chicken woman gossip, nothing to hear. ”

Seeing him say this, Shen Huan did not continue to ask, although there will occasionally be some bloodshed when migrant workers ask for wages, but in this case, the dispute has ended, the wages have been settled, and the contradiction has dissipated, and it is impossible for someone to run here from Chuzhou to kill people for the sake of a momentary anger.

Shen Huan asked again, "Then when was the last time you saw Shopkeeper Wu?"

Everyone thought for a while and said: "Of course, when he and the sixth went to Suzhou to buy goods, we watched them go that day, and we haven't seen them since then, we saw that only the sixth person came back and felt strange, everyone was guessing whether he went to his brother's house halfway, and then the government posted a notice, and after Wu shopkeeper and his daughter-in-law went to identify the body, we all knew that he had an accident." ”

"Oh...... That's it...... Did you notice anything unusual before Mr. Wu left? Is there anything that is different from usual? ”

"I don't see anything wrong...... It's pretty much the same as usual......"

The little guy scratched his head, he really couldn't think of anything unusual about Shopkeeper Wu, but at this moment, a guy next to him suddenly said: "Childe, I really think it's a little weird when you say that!" On weekdays, the shopkeeper Wu would scold us when he saw us working a little lazy, but in the days before the accident, he suddenly stopped scolding! Once we put a horse of Hangsi in the wrong lake, we thought we would be scolded, but I didn't expect that the shopkeeper Wu seemed to be a different person, just let me pull things out again and forget it. I remember thinking it was strange at the time, could it be that this old man has changed his temper? ”

"Yes, if you don't say it, I forgot, the shopkeeper Wu did feel a little strange in those days, sometimes I couldn't hear the voice of the shopkeeper Wu all day, if he wasn't sitting in the store, we thought he didn't come!" The rest chimed in.

"Hey! When you say that, I am reminded of a strange thing! ”

The little guy patted his head, recalled and said: "I remember a few days before the shopkeeper Wu left, I was taking inventory in the store that day, because the business in the store was too busy, it was already late when I went back after the inventory." That night, I seemed to see the shopkeeper Wu running out of the back alley with some things on his back, I called him a few times but didn't answer, as if I was afraid of being seen by others, it was too dark at that time, so I didn't care about him. This old man is the brother-in-law of the owner, and he touched something in the store to get a little oil and water, and he has not done this before, and the owner is also blind to it, so we don't bother to chew the root of the tongue. ”

Before he came here, his mother opened a tobacco shop at home, since he fell in love, his girlfriend's brother ran to their house to get cigarettes in three days, saying that he was talking about keeping accounts, and he would give them together in the future, but for more than three years, let alone pay off the debt, in the end, he didn't even keep the account, he took it and left, which was exactly the same as his own home! It seems that this nepotism is still the same no matter where it goes...... However, this passage of the little guy attracted Shen Huan's attention, in his experience, the brother-in-law's fishing for oil and water is basically above board, Wu shopkeeper didn't want to hide from others before, why was he afraid of being discovered that time?

After saying goodbye to everyone and leaving the silk village, Shen Huan went directly to the back alley that the little guy said. The back alley of the silk village is not big, there are no people, a tall wall is located at the end of the alley, it is a dead end, there is a door at the back of the silk village that leads directly to the firewood house of the silk village, and there is no one else except for some donkey carts that sell swill.

The back alley never seemed to have been cleaned, and the smell and appearance of the mud and some rotten leaves, mixed with the dried swill, were very touching......

Pinching his nose and looking at the ground carefully, Shen Huan found many footprints, which were all overlapping each other, and there were ruts left by two wheeled donkey carts on the side of these footprints. In addition, in the corner of the wall, there were several buckets of swill, and at a glance it was clear that they were left by the coolies who collected the swill.

Shen Huan cautiously walked slowly from the root of the wall, for fear of destroying the slightest trace, even if there were many footprints on the ground that were worthless, but as a forensic doctor who had been a police officer for many years, he knew very well that often very small details may be the key to a murder! So he still kept his old habits.

Following these traces to the vicinity of the back entrance of the Silk Village, Shen Huan really found a different place! He found a few very clear footprints, but the footprints were relatively shallow, not like coolies who collected swill, nor like the handymen who came out of it to pour swill, there were twenty or thirty people in the silk village, and there were not a few grains consumed every day, and the steps must be heavy when they came out with a bucket full of swill, so they would sink deep into the mud! And these footprints were only half as deep in comparison, which shows that there was nothing heavy on this person at that time!

Shen Huan compared the size of the footprints with his hand, judging that the shoes worn by the person with this footprint were about 42-43 yards, and the height was about 1.73 to 1.76 meters.

I got up and looked up at the fence next to the back door, the fence was not high, but it was about three meters, and it was difficult to climb without footsteps. Thinking about what the little guy said just now, Shen Huan felt that Shopkeeper Wu should have waded through the mud with his burden that day, although the traces of the footprints would not be exactly the same as those of the coolies collecting swill, but the depth should be about the same! But if this is the case, then who will leave these relatively light footprints at the door?

Shen Huan thought so, and he didn't have a clue for a while, so he was looking around, and suddenly he saw an unusual place! It was a stain on the back wall of the Silk Village, and it was different from the mud at the base of the wall, although it was also mud, it was more than a man tall on the wall! Looking at that stain, Shen Huan's eyes lit up! Attention instantly shifted to the swill bucket by the door!

The buckets of swill, though covered with lids, still smelled unpleasant, apparently because the rancid water had been fully fermented...... The bucket of swill is located at the base of the wall, and it is almost impossible for anyone to touch it on a normal day, and because of this, some special traces are often left as a result......

Finding what he was looking for, Shen Huan took a step along the back wall and carefully observed every inch of the ground, and sure enough, he confirmed his guess again not far away......

In addition, he also found that there were traces of swill splashing on the walls and ground here, and this special discovery made Shen Huan suddenly have a premonition! He thinks there might be some special discoveries left here! Really! Upon closer inspection, a peculiar swill stain caught his attention......

Out of the back alley, this time the harvest is not small, he can piece together what happened in this backyard, but all this does not prove anything, let alone prove that Li Laoliu has nothing to do with this case......

Putting aside the matter here, Shen Huan planned to go to the county office to take a look at the corpse next, but he also knew that it was impossible for him to touch the body of the deceased, and the reason was very simple, he must not interfere with the government's handling of the case!

At this moment, Shen Huan is no longer the forensic doctor he used to be, and now he hasn't even passed the Jinshi exam, and he is not even half an official, so how can he talk about judging the murderer, relieving suspicions, redressing grievances, and investigating prisons? However, in order to find out this case, it is necessary to find out the cause of death of Shopkeeper Wu, as well as the date of death! So in desperation, Shen Huan could only find another way......

It's easier said than done, although as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, but looking at the dozen dollars in his pocket, Shen Huan felt that this road would not work, and besides, he was also very disgusted with bribery...... Thinking of sneaking up to the county office, but looking at the high wall, Shen Huan didn't think that his arm strength could pull him up...... wanted to sneak in quietly, but looking at the head catcher with muscles all over his body and eyes wider than copper bells, Shen Huan suddenly felt that it was impossible for him to escape his sight......

Thinking of the end, Shen Huan sighed, and it seemed that he could also go to the bitter master...... As long as the daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper Wu agrees to let her conduct an autopsy, I believe that the magistrate will not stop it more.

I came to the silk village again, and asked where the shopkeeper Wu was, and the little guy told him that the Wu shopkeeper's family lived in the backyard on weekdays, and only went home to live during the New Year's holidays.

According to the instructions of the little maid, I found the home of the shopkeeper Wu, because the approval of the criminal department has not yet been issued, the body of the shopkeeper Wu has not been brought back, and the house only has a spiritual seat, a white flag is hung, and there is no funeral.

"Please report the trouble, in Xia Shenhuan, I am a friend of the shopkeeper Wu before his death, and I have come to condolence when I hear the bad news!"

The family did not go to report, but directly invited Shen Huan in, there are more guests in the past few days, and he did not suspect Shen Huan's intention.

Walking into the courtyard, the spiritual position was placed on the main hall, the smoke was filled, the deceased was big, Shen Huan did not directly explain the intention, but first respectfully put incense on the deceased.

There was an accident in the family, so the men of the Wu family have all returned, there are three brothers in the Wu family, the Wu shopkeeper is the youngest boy in the Wu family, and the two brothers relied on the help of their sister-in-law to buy an industry in other places, and they went away, so he stayed in this ancestral house.

After the condolences were completed, the family invited Shen Huan into the side hall and informed the two brothers of the shopkeeper Wu to receive them on their behalf.

Sitting down with the two brothers of the Wu family in the side hall, after a few greetings and sighs, Shen Huan said to the two brothers of the Wu shopkeeper: "In Xia Shen Huan, in fact, I didn't come to condolence today. ”

The two brothers of the Wu family looked at each other, not knowing what Shen Huan meant, and the eldest brother Wu Fu asked suspiciously, "Then Mr. is here for?"

"I can't hide it, I am a fellow villager and friend with the suspect Li Laoliu, and now I heard that he killed Brother Ling, but I don't believe it, so I want to ask the two of you to do me a favor!"