Lin Mo looked at Ma Ruoyan and said, "Second Miss, can I ask why you want to help me?" Because of Xin'er's relationship?" Ma Ruoya thought for a while and said, "Yes and no, I will help if you need it." Lin Mo looked at this girl who was one year younger than herself, looking at herself seriously, and her heart was a little touched, although she didn't know why, but subconsciously she was unwilling to refuse her. Lin Mo said: "Then I will thank the second miss first." Ma Ruoya nodded with satisfaction, and the two said goodbye all night.

The next morning, after breakfast, I went straight to Liu's butcher's house. This time, Lin Mo asked a few people to look for clues more carefully, hoping to find some clues quickly.

Lin Mo walked around the room, and then went to the kitchen to take a look. On the kitchen table is a row of knives used to kill pigs and sheep, which looks very penetrating. Suddenly, Lin Mo seemed to have discovered something, and shouted: "Zhao Zhutou is troublesome." ”

When Zhao Zhutou and the others heard this, they immediately rushed over, "What's wrong with Lin Mo, what did you find?" ”

"Zhao Zhutou, was this knife there when I came to check it yesterday?" Lin Mo asked, pointing to a pig-killing knife. "This, did you notice the knife yesterday?" Zhao Zhutou asked the officials, and then one of the officials said that he saw this knife yesterday, and Zhao Zhutou asked, "Is there anything different about this knife?" This is the same as the murder weapon found when he came here to arrest Liu Kui that day, which is an ordinary pig-killing knife. "The knife is a normal knife, but there are some problems with it."

Zhao Zhutou and Ma Ruoyan looked at the table, thought for a while, and then their eyes lit up and said in unison: "This knife is too clean." Lin Mo nodded and said, "Yes, this row of knives basically has more or less oil stains or blood stains, after all, they are used to kill pigs, and it is normal to be stained with lard and pig blood, but only this knife is very clean." ”

Lin Mo continued: "Of course, it can't be ruled out that it was cleaned by itself, but with so many knives, it seems a little unreasonable to wash only one, and this knife is the same as the knife that killed Liu Wang's family." Then several people searched the courtyard again, hoping to find more clues.

Lin Mo At this time, Lin Mo found that there was a shoe print on the dirt in the corner of the wall, Lin Mo squatted down and measured it with his hand, and then called Zhao Zhutou, asked him to compare it and found that it was not his, and then asked the rest of the three to compare it, and found that none of them matched, and then Lin Mo asked people to take out Liu Butcher's shoes from the house and compare them, and found that they did not match.

At this time, the doubts in Lin Mo's heart were finally solved, and the murderer was finally exposed. Lin Mo looked at everyone and said, "Now it can basically be concluded that it was someone else who killed Liu Wang's family and left that day, and Liu Kui was mistaken for a murderer after he came back. Lin Mo continued: "This murderer should be from the town, otherwise he wouldn't have known so quickly last night that we had come to investigate the scene, and put the knife back before us." ”

A few people were even more confused when they heard it. Lin Mo looked at these people and continued; "This knife should have been put back by the murderer over the wall last night, this shoe print is not ours, nor is it Liu Butcher's wife, these days, except for us and Liu Butcher and his wife, it can only be the murderer himself, the murderer took the murder weapon away after killing Liu Wang, and the murderer washed the murder weapon and put it back afterwards. may have known that there were flaws in the case, so in order to cover up the crime, he came back and put the murder weapon back. ”

"However, the murderer was clever at this time, but he was mistaken by being smart, leaving such a big flaw." As he spoke, Lin Mo pointed to the shoe print. Ma Ruoya said: "But this may just be a coincidence, the knife was washed by Liu Tuhu's family, and the shoe prints may have been stepped on by others." Zhao Zhutou nodded when he heard this.

Lin Mo continued: "There is another flaw, Liu Butcher said at the time that he came back from Youshi, which many people can confirm, when Liu Butcher went home and saw Liu Wang's lying in a pool of blood, he was stimulated to cry and scream, which attracted many neighbors, but everyone ignored one point. Then Lin Mo asked Ma Ruoya: "I stabbed you but it wasn't fatal, what would be your reaction." ”

Ma Ruoya thought for a moment and said, "I will resist and call for help." "Yes, normal people will be like this, let alone Liu Wang's family with seven knives in his body. But has anyone heard Liu Wang's cries for help? Lin Mo then explained.

At this time, everyone realized that no one heard Liu Wang's call for help, even if he covered his mouth, it was impossible for no one to hear such a big movement of killing, after all, the traces in the house showed that there was a fight at that time, and there must have been a big movement. Many people heard the cries of Liu Butcher, why no one heard the cries for help and fighting.

Lin Mo looked at everyone's puzzled expressions and said, "Because several families in the vicinity used to work outside during Youshi, and they only came back after Youshi, and there was no one at home before Youshi, so I couldn't hear the cry for help." At this time, everyone realized what Lin Mo meant, and Ma Ruoyan said: "You mean to say that the Liu Wang clan was killed after the former Liu butcher came back in the Youshi period. "Yes, now you know why I said that Butcher Liu was wronged."

Only then did everyone react, and Zhao Zhutou said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and go back and report the matter to Lord Ming County, and let Liu Butcher go." Lin Mo shook his head and said: "Don't be in a hurry for the time being, we have to arrest the murderer, otherwise it may be unfavorable to Liu Butcher if he stays, and we will have to avenge Liu Wang's grievances." Ma Ruoya asked, "Do you know who the murderer is?" I don't know, but it's always caught. Lin Mo replied.

"What now?" Zhao Zhutou asked. Lin Mo thought about it, and then asked Zhao Zhutou to find some lime water, Lin Mo poured the lime water on the shoe prints and waited for them to dry up, Lin Mo carefully wrapped the shoe prints and put them in the box.

Then let Zhao Zhutou step on a shoe print next to the shoe print, and also extended the shoe print, and also took the shoe print away.

Several people went to Zhao En's place for lunch together, and Lin Mo said to Zhao En: "Brother Zhao, you are now intentionally or unintentionally telling the diners that the evidence of Liu Butcher's murder is conclusive, but if you send a witness who directly witnessed Liu Butcher's murder of his wife, if someone goes to the court to testify, you can immediately convict Liu Butcher and immediately behead him." Zhao En was a little surprised when he heard this, but nodded and said that he would definitely do it.

Ma Ruoyan and Zhao Zhutou were very strange and asked Lin Mo why he said this. Lin Mo said in a low voice: "Now that we are investigating the case here, it means that there are suspicious points in the case, and if Liu Butcher is not convicted, the case will not be closed, and if the case is not closed in a day, the murderer may be found, and the murderer will definitely try his best to make the case end quickly." At this time, if the news is released, the murderer will definitely be moved. If someone really goes to be an eyewitness, this person is either the murderer or has a relationship with the murderer. ”

Zhao Zhutou and Ma Ruoyan were very surprised, but after thinking about it, what Lin Mo said did make sense.

After eating, Lin Mo took a few people straight to the shoe village in the town, now in this era, shoes are different from the previous life, the sole material of shoes in this life is very special, the rich mostly use leather, cotton and linen and other softer materials to make soles, and ordinary civilians mostly use wooden boards to make soles.

The sole of the shoe print from Liu Tuhu's house is not flat, and the shoe print of Zhao Zhutou is very flat, this is because the sole of Zhao Zhutou is made of wood, and it is very flat when stepping on the soil, and the other shoe print should be made of leather or cotton and linen and other high-end materials, although it is more comfortable to wear, but because the sole is soft, the force of the foot is uneven, so it will be a little uneven.

Therefore, Lin Mo is basically sure that it is a relatively wealthy person's shoe print, and the rich people in the town are basically custom-made shoes in this shoe village, and each custom-made person will leave their own shoe samples, Lin Mo took the shoe prints to the shop to compare them one by one, hoping to find a suitable shoe print and determine the candidate.

Lin Mo and the others compared them one by one and finally found four pairs of shoe samples of similar size, Lin Mo frowned when he looked at these four shoe patterns. Zhao Zhutou looked very happy and said: "Lin Mo, you are so smart, you have found the murderer at once, and when I arrest these four people and torture them, I will definitely be able to find the murderer." Lin Mo shook his head and said: "Now you can't startle the snake, after all, even if the murderer is found, if he doesn't admit it, he can't be beaten, and these are still four people, you can't let the rest of the people be innocent, and you can't let them suffer for no reason." ”

Lin Mo thought for a while and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, let me ask you if you know the weight of these four people?" The shopkeeper nodded, and Lin Mo asked Zhao Zhutou: "How much do you weigh Zhao Zhutou?" ”

Zhao Zhutou thought for a while and said, "About one hundred and fifty catties." Lin Mo turned around and asked the shopkeeper: "Which of these people weighs about a hundred pounds." The shopkeeper thought for a moment and pointed to a shoe sample and said, "Only he is a hundred pounds." Lin Mo looked at the name on the shoe, frowned, and regained his composure.

Zhao Zhutou and Ma Ruoyan looked at the names and said, "Who is this person?" Now that we're sure of him, let's arrest him. "Don't worry, let's go back to Chenan tomorrow, he should also go to Chenan tomorrow." After Lin Mo finished speaking, he led a few people back to Liu's butcher's house to search again, and then went back to the inn early to rest, Lin Mo told a few people not to worry, there was no need to rush to arrest people, maybe there would be a surprise tomorrow.

The next day, several people came to Zhao En's place for dinner again, and Lin Mo asked Zhao En how the news of letting him wear it was? Zhao En patted his chest and said, "Xiao Mo, don't worry, half of the town knows the news now, and it is estimated that every town will know it in the afternoon." Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction.

Lin Mo said to the rest of the people: "We are not in a hurry to go back today, and we will wait for the county order to notify us to go back." Ma Ruoyan was a little anxious when she heard this: "Today is the deadline, if you don't go back to the county order, what if you cure Xin'er's father's crime?" ”

Lin Mo looked at Ma Ruoyan and said: "I didn't say that I wouldn't go back today, not surprisingly, this afternoon the county magistrate sent someone to inform us to go back to try the case, if notified, then arrest that person and go back." The rest of the people were a little skeptical.

But Lin Mo's tone was very firm, so he could only believe Lin Mo. Lin Mo led a few people around the town, remembering that he hadn't gone home to see his grandfather for a few days, so he asked Zhao Zhutou to stay in the town and go home to see by himself. Ma Ruoyan had nothing to do, so she had to follow Lin Mo. Lin Mo had no choice but to take her.

The two chatted along the way, Lin Mo was shocked by her knowledge and insight, and she had already been to many places at a young age, such as Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and even Chang'an City. Lin Mo thought that he would definitely go to those thunderous cities when he had the opportunity in the future, and then visit the famous mountains and rivers.