Four hundred and thirty-eight, oil lamps

"And what kind of lamp oil does his house use?" Zhang Ziquan was annoyed by his inattentiveness, and he would have to grow up in the future.

"Master Zhang thinks that what kind of lamp can be used in the case of the widow's house." No rhetorical questions.

Zhang Ziquan just shook his head when he heard this, he really didn't understand a boy who opened his mouth from a small brocade and jade food, and stretched out his hand.

Lin Chaoge stretched out a pair of slender and white hands, took a sip of the sweet tea that had been completely warmed, and then pointed to the tea Ge who had gone in with him and motioned for him to speak.

Cha Ge looked at the stunned Zhang Ziquan, and rolled his eyes: "Although Widow Wang's family didn't dare to buy soybean oil and other expensive oils, she didn't mix tung oil with sesame oil, so she didn't smoke the child's eyes." Sesame oil is used alone, it is consumed very quickly, since Widow Wang is willing to use it like this, where does the surplus money come from, Yang San and Zhang Da are generally imprisoned, and Widow Wang heard that there is only one concubine Zhang Da, and the others are afraid of Zhang Da even if they want to get involved. ”

"The best sesame oil on the market is ten taels a catty, and the last time it costs a tael of silver and a catty, Widow Wang's family is just a tofu seller, in addition to supporting her son's education and family livelihood on weekdays, where can there be so much spare money, of course, it is not excluded that when Zhang Da was imprisoned, he hooked up with other people." Cha Ge was also not at ease, and added a sentence at the end, when Ma got it, he wronged a good person.

Zhang Ziquan, who was still a little stunned when he heard it, suddenly became enlightened. The situation of the Yang family and the Zhang family is different, so observing their signs, we should also consider the family background, the third wife of Yang can afford to wear embroidered shoes, but they are not willing to change the clothes of the previous year when they are dirty, although the Zhang family is poor, but he is good at the widow Wang's household is sesame oil, but although he is not afraid of consumption, compared with the two, Zhang is very suspicious.

"It was written in the case file that the Zhang family's harvest was used, and Zhang Dashi was hungry and worried, and he did not have the courage and strength to kill the treasurer, which is also one of the reasons why the county officials did not dare to sentence easily." Lin Chaoge said again, "Therefore, you can go to the county now and ask them to examine the body again, after all, everything can be faked." "Identity, character, habits, even the human heart.

"Even if Zhang Da is a drinker on weekdays, if he doesn't have a little spare money, how can he catch up with a beautiful widow, I'm afraid it's not necessarily pretending to be in front of people." People live in the world, and who doesn't pretend to wear several masks to survive.

She beckoned Zhang Ziquan to come over, and said a few words in a low voice beside her, Lin Chaoge immediately straightened her clothes and said, "The next thing is up to you, Master Zhang." ”

There is no intention of grabbing credit.

Dali Temple or officials of the Criminal Department occasionally go to investigate, but they usually issue orders first, and it is not a violation, Qingshui County is within the jurisdiction of Chang'an, and the officials are willing to come to investigate, and the county will only compliment, but every time you get a cold sweat, you can be scared out of a cold sweat.

Zhang Ziquan went to the Qingshui County Yazhong to reveal his identity and asked for another examination of the deceased's body. It is also thanks to the fact that Qingshui County is close to Chang'an, and the temperature is low in winter, and the corpse is still well preserved.

"During the initial inspection and re-examination, the relatives and neighbors of the deceased were all present, and each document was filled in in detail and detailed, and there was absolutely nothing to hide." When the county magistrate heard that Zhang Ziquan wanted to see the corpse again, he was afraid that he would have to be responsible, so he defended while walking, and on a big winter day, he was still sweating.

"Don't worry, this official is just a visit, and there is no other major matter." Zhang Ziquan put his hands behind and bowed slightly.

When he arrived at Yizhuang, where the mortuary was stopped, Zhang Ziquan asked the coroner to turn the body over, and first looked at the traces on the back of the head, because there was hair covering it, there was no blood/shade/traces, only blood stains.

According to speculation, this treasurer was the man who was killed by hitting the back of the head from behind with a stick, and he thought of the last time the Heavenly Spirit Cover was nailed to death, and said in a deep voice; "Shaved all the hair of the deceased."

"My lord, this...."

"The official will do whatever you want you to do, and the official will be responsible for anything that happens." With a serious face, the official authority is revealed.

After the last hair on the back of the deceased's head was shaved, Zhang Ziquan turned the body back and touched the belly that was still swollen even after six or seven days. He slapped his belly a few times, and heard it thump like a ripe watermelon, and asked, "Have you asked the deceased how much food he usually ate?" ”

Everyone was stunned and hurriedly shook their heads: "No." ”

"No, but ......" The coroner was a little aware of Zhang Ziquan's meaning, and twisted his eyebrows for a while before saying;" The wine and rice have been eaten, the crockpot containing the wine has traces, the original is full, the deceased is also on an errand in the county office, that night is the day he was on duty, now you can send someone to ask the amount of wine and food, my lord, do you mean that he did not die from a stick blow? ”

"Today, I secretly visited the homes of Zhang and Yang with a good friend, and found that although the Yang family still has some foundation, it is so embarrassed that his wife has no shoes to change into five clothes to wear. Zhang Da was alone and should have been poorer because of his addiction to alcohol, but there was a tofu seller in the town, and the widow's family was poor, but when she read books and lit lamp oil, she used sesame oil, unlike ordinary poor people mixed with some tung oil. Zhang Ziquan sorted out what he and Cha Ge had found, as well as the words that Lin Chaoge had said to him.

It should be the only one who is investigating, he is just a make-up from beginning to end, although he is a little dissatisfied, but this is the case.

"Zhang's family is poor and addicted to alcohol, although he has grown a big head, the neighbors in the township have never seen anyone blushing with him, Xu is still a good-looking person who will not blush at will. However, under normal circumstances, I am afraid that he would not dare to kill people, but if that day and night the treasurer asked him for some bread to eat, and then he ate too much, and his heart and lungs were swollen and died. Therefore, is it possible for Zhang Da to forge and take advantage of the opportunity to steal, and take advantage of his death to create a stick mark on the back of his head, arranged like a robber robbery. It's just that he didn't expect that the county magistrate deduced from the traces on the ground who the murderer might be, and still classified him as a suspect.

"The widow Wang, who is good friends with Zhang Da, may also know about it, but she doesn't dare to reveal it, and she still sells tofu for a living, and she doesn't dare to buy super qualifications, but it is inevitable that her feet will be exposed in the details. If this is the case, ask the deceased about his usual diet, and then perform a caesarean section on the stomach to know the real cause of death. And the widow of the king, who is a good friend, may know something, if you can pretend that Zhang Da has confessed her guilt, and then use the matter of lamp oil to deceive her, and examine her feelings, and look at her color, there will be omissions in those who are weak-hearted. "A person who has been in the criminal department for a long time may not be a straw bag.

"Master Zhang is really observant! Xia Guan admired. The county magistrate praised it, and quickly ordered the people to go to the relatives and friends of the treasurer to ask about it.

The treasurer's colleagues were in the county office, and they dined together on weekdays, called to ask, and then checked the food in the stomach, and sure enough, there was a suspicion of death from excessive drinking and eating.

This alone cannot be determined to be Zhang Da's doing, but the behavior of the widow is very suspicious, and you can find out if you want to ask about it.

Zhang Ziquan hurriedly walked back to the carriage that stopped not far away, and saw Lin Chaoge in a fake sleep, and he didn't know whether he should speak or not for a while.

Even the car curtain that was originally lifted was lowered, for fear that the cold wind outside would blow into the inside and wake people up.

"But there are any clues?" Lin Chaoge woke up faintly as early as when he approached the carriage, but his brain was still in chaos and he didn't want to open his eyes.

"It's just as you expected, now you just need to cheat the widow king."

"Hmm." Lin Chaoge, who had just woken up, involuntarily appeared on his white porcelain cheeks, just like a trembling and bright peach blossom on the branch that bloomed in March.

Zhang Ziquan looked a little uncomfortable and looked away, but his body was a little stiff, unable to move, his eyes were erratic, and he waited until Lin Chaoge took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "I have re-examined the deceased, it is true that he did not die from a stick blow, I have already made an appointment with the county official to ask Yang San's wife." ”

Lin Chaoge straightened his hair again and looked at the sun outside that had not set, "Yes, you can wait until you return home after the interrogation." "Didn't you just say it, why do you do it again?

Zhang Ziquan saw that she raised her hand to fix her hair, revealing a section of her wrist, which was also the same fair, not as soft as a woman, and the back of her hand had a faint cyan, which was beautiful between male and female.

"Where did Chaoge guess that the widow Wang was suspicious?" After enduring it all the way for so long, Zhang Ziquan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Tung oil burns up with a lot of smoke, and it is easy to smoke the eyes red after a long time, and generally only poor families and scholars will have this oil as a lamp." In the past, when I was in Luoyang, there were many poor but studious students in the school, and I once heard them say it and wrote it down.

Lin Chaoge didn't look at the later development, and locked himself in the carriage to deal with the affairs that he took out of the city together.

Zhang Ziquan opened the door a crack, and the county officials led a few officials in blue and black hoods to stand in front of Widow Zhang, and said with a fierce and calm face: "Wang, we reported the case of murder and theft of the county treasury to Dali Temple, and now the law temple conducts an autopsy again, and it has been found that the deceased did not die of a stick execution, and after the retrial, Zhang Da has recruited people, it is he who took advantage of the death of the deceased, forged robbers to kill people, and all the stolen goods are kept by you, and this is to take you to get the stolen goods." ”

Widow Wang is just an ordinary ordinary person, and her heart trembles a few times when she deals with the government on weekdays, and it is no longer a matter of holding back so many days without letting others see it, and at this time, she was cheated, and her expression panicked.

But Zhang Da said before he went in, he wouldn't recruit him no matter what, and when the time came, the money would be the two of them, and they would take the money and fly away with it when the incident subsided.

However, if there is an interrogation by Qingtian from Beijing, who knows if he will be able to endure it.... Or is it that Zhang Da has really been recruited.

The county lieutenant Ma who had a small mustache pointed to the small half lamp oil on the table and said with a cold face: "The face is silent and the same as usual, but you are willing to use this lamp oil, and you don't even mix tung oil, how many taels do you have to use a day?" Do you know how much it will cost, Widow King? "When I say the word money, the volume rises a lot.