Although Li Wei is suspected of putting laxatives in Chen Fang's noodles, it cannot be proved that there is a necessary connection with Kong Du's death, and Xia Ji knows that there are still many unknown mysteries to be solved.

After controlling Li Wei, Ling Shi also completed the autopsy and came to report to Xia Ji.

"Mrs. Xia, under is Ling Shi Hanhe, who was ordered to do an autopsy for Kong Du." Ling Shi said after saluting Xia Ji.

"Lord Han has worked hard. Can the autopsy results tell the concubine? ”

"Absolutely. According to the inspection of the lower officials, the rope strangulation marks on Kong Du's neck at the time of his death were around his neck, which is consistent with the characteristics of being strangled with a rope. In the case of hanging, the strangulation marks should be concentrated in the lower jaw and distributed upwards. This shows that he was strangled to death and then hung on the beams of the hut to create the illusion that Kong Du committed suicide. According to the discoloration of the corpse's skin, the time of death was about the fourth watch. ”

"Is there any clue to the murderer?" Ling Shi's autopsy was basically consistent with Xia Ji's previous judgment.

"Xia Guan found a blue twine between Kong Du's fingernails, which should have been scraped off the murderer's clothes by Kong Du while he was struggling."

"Oh, got it." When Xia Ji interrogated Li Wei, she saw that the soldier's clothes he was wearing were gray, and it seemed that the murderer might be someone else.

After Xia Ji and Ling Shi consulted, they decided to gather everyone in the mansion for a meeting, and Ling Shi would find out whose clothes the blue twine came from.

Xia Ji summoned Chen Fang and asked him about him and Li Wei on duty.

"Chen Fang, you tell me all the situation on duty last night."

"Back to Mrs., Li Wei and I were on duty with Kong Du from the first shift last night, and it was normal at the beginning, according to the regulations, Li Wei and I had to look at Kong Du's situation in the hut every other moment, and it was normal to see him."

"How do you measure a moment?"

"There is a special leaky pot to measure the time, and the water above the leaky pot all flows to the bottom for a moment, at this time Li Wei and I went to see the situation in the house." Chen Fang said.

"What kind of lighting is used in the house? Can you see all the places in the house? ”

"The oil lamp used in the house can be seen clearly."

"Has anyone been here during this time?"

"Our ten-step leader came, asked about the situation and left."

"When did the Ten Steps come about? Have you ever said anything to you or Li Wei alone? What did I tell you? ”

"He came when he came to the two watches, he came and asked if there was anything abnormal, and saw that the door of the house that Kong Du closed was too thin, and said that he could kick it open, he said that it was not okay to close it like this, and he had to tie Kong Du's feet with a rope to death, so that Kong Du could only jump and walk, and he couldn't run away, so Li Wei and I went in to tie Kong Du's feet with ropes and tie a dead knot. After a while, he said it was a bit cold and asked me to go to the dorm to get a coat for him, so I went to the dorm to help him get his clothes. ”

"Is the ten-step coat a blue linen garment?" Natsuhime asked.

"Exactly, that dress is not a soldier's clothes, how would you know?" Chen Fang was a little puzzled.

"What's the name of the ten-step length?"

"Wang Xin."

"Come on, take down the ten-step long Wang Xin immediately." Wang Xin was undoubtedly the biggest suspect, and Xia Ji gave orders to the soldiers standing outside.

The two soldiers outside immediately went to the dormitory to arrest Wang Xin. After a while, the two soldiers came back and reported that they had not seen Wang Xin, and that the valuable personal belongings in his dormitory were gone.

At this time, Ling Shi Hanhe also walked in: "Mrs. Xia, I just looked for the source of that twine from the people gathered, but I didn't find any clues, maybe the murderer has left the Xia Mansion." ”

"Lord Han, Wang Xin, the ten-step chief of the Xia Mansion Nursing Courtyard, is a suspect, he went to the detention site before Kong Du's death, and he was wearing blue clothes."

Xia Ji informed Master Ling Shi of the process of questioning the maid, Li Wei, and Chen Fang. Wang Xin apparently fled prepared to flee after killing Kong Du, and it is unknown why he killed Kong Du, whether he was instructed by someone or had other hidden circumstances; And the reason for his escape, whether he heard some rumors or was worried about being confessed by Li Wei, there is no way to know.

"Lord Han, Wang Xin escaped, and now he can only find clues from Li Wei."

"The next official will judge Li Wei." Ling Shi Hanhe said.

In front of Ling Shi, Li Wei no longer concealed his laxatives to Chen Fang this time, but he insisted that it was a prank and wanted to see him embarrassment; And he didn't find out the fact that Kong Du died, and only deduced that he was sleepy and asleep after the third watch, and he didn't know what happened.

Ling Shi informed Xia Ji of the interrogation of Li Wei, because it was related to the family affairs of Xia Mansion and there was no specific evidence of Li Wei's crime, so he had to ask Xia Ji to decide for herself: whether to take Li Wei to the Yamen to await trial or continue to stay in Xia Mansion and detain him.

Ling Shi Hanhe immediately retired on the grounds that the yamen had other things to deal with.

Natsuhime knows that this matter is not simple. Wang Xin is just a ten-step leader who guards the courtyard, he should have no interest in Kong Du, and it is very likely that he was instructed to kill Kong Du, but now Wang Xin can't find it, basically the clue is broken.

The next day, Xia Ji continued to call Chen Fang for questioning to see if there were any clues that had been ignored.

"Chen Fang, what kind of person is Wang Xin?" Xia Ji wanted to know the real motive for Wang Xin's killing of Kong Du's death.

"Ten steps long is a very righteous person, if there is kindness, he will repay it, and he will not be stuffy in his heart if he has revenge." Chen Fang said.

"Then he is in Xia Mansion, who does he have the best relationship with?"

"If you want to say who he is good with, it should be Li Wei, the two of them are from the same village and have grown up together since childhood."

"Is Wang Xin married?"

"It's over, someone told him the matchmaker the year before last, that girl is the most beautiful girl in his neighboring village, Wang Xin likes it very much, but the family is rich, and he thinks his family is poor and doesn't want to. The strange thing is that the family seems to have agreed again last year, and they got married not long ago. ”

"Did he borrow foreign debt?"

"I don't know much about this, but he was very close to Kong Mao a while ago, and I haven't seen him interact with Kong Mao before, because everyone doesn't like Kong Mao, and Wang Xin used to hate this person very much, I don't know why they started to contact each other last year."

At this time, Chun'e came to report that Lord Fan Rui was visiting, and Xia Ji conveyed to Chun'e that Lord Fan Rui was patrolling the border and asked Lord Fan Rui to come back another day.

After a while, Chun'e came to report again, saying that Master Fan Rui had something important to see Mrs.

Xia Ji felt strange, so she had to let Chen Fang step back and meet Fan Rui.

"Mrs. Xia is auspicious." Fan Rui saluted.

"Lord Fan is auspicious. Master Sima is not here, does Master Fan have a letter to convey it? Natsuhime asked.

"I came to Mrs. today to ask for a favor for Li Wei, and it is said that he just wanted to play a prank, but he didn't expect such a result." Fan Rui said.

"Huh?" Xia Ji was stunned for a moment, a high-ranking minister actually interceded for a little soldier in the Xia Mansion Nursing Hospital, which was too abnormal, which made Xia Ji even more convinced that this matter was not simple.

"Mrs. Xia may be surprised that I will intercede for a little soldier, in fact, I am entrusted by someone, Li Wei is a relative of my mother-in-law's family, the old man begged me to come forward, and I had to do it out of filial piety." Fan Rui seemed to have guessed Xia Ji's mind and said the reason for interceding for Li Wei, and it seemed that this reason was also impeccable.

Lord Fan personally pleaded, and it is said that there is no reason not to give face. However, this case has not been thoroughly investigated, and I don't dare to make my own decisions as a woman, and when Master Sima returns home, he will definitely solve it properly after asking Li Wei some questions. Natsuhime said.

Mrs. Xia was right. But Li Wei's mother is critically ill, and time is running out, can Mrs. interrogate Li Wei in detail again, if there is no major problem, let him go out to see his old mother first, and then go back to the Xia Mansion to wait for Lord Sima to come back to deal with it. Fan Rui is worthy of being an old fox, on the surface, he seems to follow Xia Ji's intentions, but in fact, he wants to use reason to force Xia Ji to give in and let him go, so that Xia Ji is in a dilemma.

"Master Fan said so, it would be a little unsympathetic if I didn't let people go, but fortunately, Li Wei had no direct evidence of murder. According to what you said, I will release Li Wei immediately, and as for going back to the Xia Mansion and waiting for Lord Sima to come back to deal with the matter, I will take it upon myself to save Lord Fan from coming to the door in person. Xia Ji thought about it, in fact, it was estimated that nothing could be squeezed out of Li Wei, so it was better to plan it, let Li Wei go, give Fan Rui a face, and at the same time send someone to keep an eye on Li Wei, since Li Wei and Wang Xin have a good relationship, maybe they can put a long line to catch a big fish and catch Wang Xin.

"Mrs. Shexia is massive. Then I won't bother Mrs. Xia, and let me leave. Fan Ruiji bowed.

"Okay, Master Fan walks slowly." Natsuhime said.

After Fan Rui left, Xia Ji called Jiang Lu and asked him to find four elite nursing home soldiers who Wang Xin and Li Wei didn't know, let them wear civilian clothes and carry short weapons, and let them memorize Wang Xin's appearance and physical characteristics. Then let Li Wei go, let these four people follow Li Wei with the Xia Mansion token, and once they found out that he was connected with Wang Xin, they would immediately arrest Wang Xin.