Wang Laohu asked his personal guards and Tujia people to continue to make big kites, and he put down his work and came to the council hall.

In addition to the craftsman in the council room, there were also Buni, Hou Yin and others.

If you look closely, there is still something covered with a white cloth on the floor of the council hall today, and looking at his shape, it looks like a human corpse.

A bad thought arose in Wang Laohu's mind, could this corpse covered with a white cloth be Gucciton?

Hou Ping had already sent someone to the stone pillar and sent someone to bring the body of Guchedon. If, as Wang Laohu himself guessed, Hou Ping came to demonstrate to Tujiazhai.

Jiang Pei said: "Tiger God, come and see." ”

The craftsman took Wang Laohu to something covered with a white cloth and ordered: "Take this white cloth off." ”

A Tujia family stepped forward and slowly removed the white cloth covering the things. This revelation made Wang Laohu's heart hang all of a sudden, if it was really like his own guess, how could he hold down the emotions of the Tujia people next?

The white cloth was slowly removed from the hands of the Tujia people, revealing a person's hair.

Wang Laohu guessed correctly, this thing is really a person's corpse.

The white cloth was slowly removed, and Wang Laohu's heart was pulled to his throat.

The white cloth faded, revealing a man's face.

This person was a woman, and it was not what Wang Laohu had guessed, and his heart finally fell.

"What's going on?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Tiger God, someone found Sister-in-law Ling's body on the side of the road in the village today." Smith replied.

Such an answer made Wang Laohu understand that this person called Ling's sister-in-law died unexpectedly.

Wang Laohu leaned down and saw that this woman was about forty years old, with messy hair, closed eyes, and several red marks on her neck, which were clearly human handprints.

She was strangled to death.

The external trouble has not been solved, but there has been a homicide in Shizhu Tuzhai.

"Judging from the scars on her neck, Sister-in-law Ling was strangled to death?" Wang Laohu blurted out.

"We also looked at Sister-in-law Ling's body just now, and found no other injuries, and we also estimate that she was strangled to death." Craftsman said.

"Our Tujia family has always been harmonious, there should not be such a great hatred between people, and there has been no major homicide for hundreds of years." Bunney Road.

That being said, this sister-in-law Ling did die in the village, and she died unexpectedly.

"What kind of enemies does Sister-in-law Ling have?" Wang Laohu asked.

"This sister-in-law Ling is from the Thirteen Villages, and her husband died a few years ago and is a widow." Craftsman said.

Thirteen villages, it won't be so coincidental, Sister-in-law Ling is also from Thirteen Villages.

Why did this person kill Sister-in-law Ling?

Of course, there is no motive for the murder before the investigation.

"Have you ever looked at the scene?" Wang Laohu asked.

"We didn't go to the site." "As soon as I heard the news that someone had been killed, I ordered the body to be brought back. ”

To investigate a murder case, how important is this exploration site, but I didn't expect that the people in Tujiazhai had not explored the scene.

"I'm going to the scene of the crime." Wang Laohu said.

Accompanied by the Tujia family, Wang Laohu, Jiang Pei and others came to the place where the body was found.

Wang Laohu looked around carefully, this place is a remote place, behind this used to be a mountain road in the mountains, and the road at this end leads to the village.

A Tujia said: "Sister-in-law Ling's body was found under this tree, and she was sitting under the tree at that time. ”

This is a small tree, Wang Laohu looked around it and looked at it, thinking about the situation when Sister-in-law Ling was killed, if what the Tujia family said was true, Sister-in-law Ling should be leaning against this tree at that time, the murderer was two steps away from her, holding Sister-in-law Ling's throat with both hands, Sister-in-law Ling struggled beside the tree, and the murderer did not give up until Sister-in-law Ling finally lost her breath.

With imagination, Wang Laohu took a closer look at the scene of the crime, and a new wave of doubts surfaced in Wang Laohu's mind. There were no signs of a fight around the tree, not even a struggle under the tree.

Wang Laohu said: "Send someone to find Bei Bu for me." ”

Bebe soon arrives at the scene of the crime.

"Bei Bu, today someone found that Sister-in-law Ling of the Thirteen Villages was strangled to death next to this tree, take a closer look, if there are any clues that we don't know." Wang Laohu said.

Bebe looked carefully at the edge of the tree, along with the dirt beside him.

After a while, Bebe got up and said, "I have already surveyed the area around this tree, and there is no sign of a fight. There are indeed a few footprints under the tree, and together with the footprints of the tiger god, there are a total of five people's footprints. ”

"Footprints of five?" Wang Laohu repeated, "Who are the other four?" ”

Craftsman said: "I once ordered someone to come here to carry Sister-in-law Ling, presumably they left footprints." ”

A Tujia said: "Yes, yes, it is our footprints." ”

Bei Bu looked at the two Tujia people present and said, "These two footprints are indeed theirs, and the remaining two footprints are one on the larger side, which should be a man's footprint, while the other should be left by a woman." ”

"This is very clear, the remaining two footprints, one is the murderer, and the other is Sister-in-law Ling. The one who killed Ling's sister-in-law should have been a man. Craftsman said.

"There are not many footprints on the road, and I guess there are not many people walking on this road." Bey preached.

There are not many people leaving, and the clues left behind are more conducive to solving the case.

According to Bebe, the suspicion in Wang Laohu's mind deepened.

"Where is this place closest to the stockade?" Wang Laohu asked.

"The place where the incident happened is the closest to the place where our Shizhu Village now arranges the people of the Thirteen Villages, and it is almost as long as you walk about 200 steps to get there." Hou Yin said.

More than 200 steps, which is indeed very

It's close. "Oh, from here in the past, it was arranged for the people of the Thirteen Villages to live?" Wang Laohu said.

"Yes." Hou Yin replied affirmatively.

Back in the council room, Sister-in-law Ling's body was still there, Wang Laohu said to everyone: "Leaders, leaders, I am going to examine Sister-in-law Ling's body now, please avoid it." ”

Hearing that Wang Laohu was going to inspect Sister-in-law Ling's body, several leaders expressed their incomprehension. Buni said: "Who is the tiger god, he is the patron saint of our Tujia, and we must obey absolutely what he wants to do." ”

Hearing the old patriarch say this, the others had no choice but to obey.

Wang Laohu left Jiang Pei in the council hall, and after he examined the body, he let the other Tujia people into the hall.

"After I examined Sister-in-law Ling's body just now, I found that there was only one obvious fatal wound on Sister-in-law Ling's body, that is, the pinch mark on her neck, and I initially deduced that she was strangled to death." Wang Laohu said.

"Who is it that has such a deep hatred for her? You have to kill her. Craftsman said.

"Judging from these clues alone, it is difficult to know who the murderer is, and we have to start with the witnesses to see who can provide more clues." Wang Laohu said.

"Tiger God, then we will go to investigate in many ways now, who has Sister-in-law Ling had contact with today." Craftsman said.

"Okay, then we'll go and investigate in a few ways." Wang Laohu and Bei Bu went all the way towards Tujiazhai.

Wang Laohu knew it in his heart. Sister-in-law Ling had just come out of the Thirteen Villages, and the most suspicious person should be the Tujia family who escaped with her, so he focused on the place where the Thirteen Villages lived temporarily.

There are only about a dozen Tujia people who escaped from the thirteen villages, and two are children, so the scope is getting smaller and smaller, and the most suspicious people are only a few people.

When he arrived at the residence of the people of Thirteen Villages, Wang Laohu visited these Tujia families and inquired about the situation, and everyone responded that Ling's sister-in-law did not have any abnormal behavior before she was killed, and there was no dispute with these Tujia people who escaped.

Hearing roughly the same statement, Wang Laohu felt even more strange. Could it be that their thoughts were wrong, the sky immediately darkened, Wang Laohu and Bei Bu planned to go back to the council hall to listen to the other roads, but they ran into Sister-in-law Gui, she also heard that Sister-in-law Ling had an accident, "How could it be?" I just met her in the morning, and she was still talking and laughing. ”

"Yes, life is so impermanent." Wang Laohu said.

"Tiger God, I heard her talk about it today, it seems that there is a person in the village who is pestering her, called Dunga." Sister-in-law Gui said.

"Sister-in-law Gui, the clues you provided are too important." Wang Laohu expressed his gratitude to Sister-in-law Gui.

"Sister-in-law Ling is also my sister, I escaped with her, and I feel sad to see her killed." As she spoke, Sister-in-law Gui burst into tears.

"Sister-in-law Gui, don't worry, we won't let the murderer go unpunished."

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