Chapter 524: The Situation at the Scene
Li Rizhi knew clearly that although Huang Tiandi and Chang Yutang Weng's son-in-law both relied on playing tricks to eat, and Chang Yutang was also proficient in the law, but because of this, the credibility of what the two of them said was the highest!
Basically, the possibility of Huang Tiandi committing the crime can be ruled out, he is so old, it is impossible to beat the car steward and Che Luping, and after the beating, he also hung two people on a tree, which he has no way to do.
And Chang Yutang's suspicion is even less, because the car steward and Che Luping are very likely to have been murdered by someone, because at that time they were carrying a huge amount of silver, hundreds of taels of silver, not to mention in a small place like Qianfeng County, even if it is in Luoyang or Chang'an, it is a lot of money.
It must be very dangerous to go out with such a large sum of money after dark, and the car steward and Che Luping father and son happened to encounter this kind of danger!
But the silver they were carrying was going to be handed over to Chang Yutang, so for Chang Yutang, he only needed to sit at home and collect the money comfortably, maybe he could receive a second payment in the future, and let him murder the car steward and Che Luping, which is also unlikely!
Unless the three of them had a hatred before, after taking the silver, they would take revenge by the way, but it was obvious that Chang Yutang and the car butler Che Luping father and son did not have such hatred.
After Li Rizhi finished asking Chang Yutang, he called the wife of the car butler to ask a few words, and determined the specific time when the car butler and Che Luping went out.
After asking, he decided to go to the scene to take a look, but it is estimated that there are no clues from the scene, and the woods are estimated to be full of footprints, and even if there are any clues, they have all disappeared, but it is still necessary to look at it.
Li Rizhi led a group of people out of the city and went to the woods at the scene of the crime.
The woods next to this town are really small, and the trees inside are not very high, so such woods will definitely not be able to hide people during the day, and if there are thieves who rob the road, then they must only hide in this forest at night.
But if there is really any thief who chooses this woods, it is estimated that he is also a novice, and this is not a place where people go uninhabited, if the robbery is not good, the thief will not be able to escape if he wants to!
Seeing this situation, Li Rizhi was even more sure in his heart, the person who did the case must be an acquaintance, and he must know that the car steward and Che Luping's father and son had silver on them.
However, the murderer did not necessarily wait in the woods, but most likely waited near the car steward's house, saw the father and son go out, and then followed, just in the woods.
After entering the woods, Li Rizhi checked the ground, and it was really as he had estimated in advance, the ground was full of footprints, and he couldn't distinguish anything from the footprints at all.
However, there are two blood stains on the ground, judging from the snow, it should be that the car steward and Che Luping were beaten and vomited blood, but these two blood stains were also stepped on, and they were blurred, and there was no way to deduce anything from these two blood stains.
And the two big trees that hung the car butler and the car road level are nothing special, it is estimated that they are the two big trees that the murderer temporarily found, and there are no clues from the trees.
In the face of such a crime scene, Li Rizhi was helpless, it could be called helpless, but he couldn't blame the people in the town who came to help, after all, the people in the town came to help, and they couldn't have the consciousness to protect the scene.
It is estimated that everyone was in a hurry and panicked at that time, if among the people in the town who came to help, the murderer of the car steward and the murderer of Che Luping were also mixed in, then they would have to destroy the scene even more, so it would be really difficult to find any clues from the scene.
But Li Rizhi did not show that he couldn't find anything, but had a serious expression, walking back and forth in the woods, and whenever he saw something special, such as a big stone or something, he nodded slightly and made a thoughtful expression.
At this time, many people in the town came to see the excitement, although they were blocked by the officers, but the noise was unavoidable.
Li Rizhi had already judged that the murderer was very likely to be an acquaintance at this time, so so many people were watching the excitement, if the murderer was mixed in, he should be afraid when he saw his expression, and if the murderer was afraid, then he would often make some irrational behaviors, such as running away quickly, or asking the errand officer he knew in the yamen to inquire, then these behaviors will bring some clues to solving the case.
Li Rizhi called Che Luping's wife and asked her, "At that time, you saw that your father-in-law and husband were hanging from a tree, right?" ”
Che Luping's wife was in a slightly stable mood at this time, and she replied in a hoarse voice: "Yes, the woman found that her father-in-law and husband were hanging on these two trees, and the woman was passing by outside the woods at that time, because she came out in a hurry, and wanted to go into the woods for convenience, but she didn't think about it, and she saw the bodies of her father-in-law and her husband, dangling from the trees!" ”
When she said this, she couldn't help but cry again, it seemed that this incident had stimulated her too much.
Li Rizhi said: "Where do you see them, you point out that position and let the official take a look!" ”
Che Luping's wife pointed to the side, saying that she saw it there, and that the place she was referring to was entering the woods from the side of the road, but in fact it was only two rows of trees from the side of the road, and did not go deep into the woods, of course, the woods were not deep, and it was impossible to go deep.
Li Rizhi stood in that position, looked at the two big trees, and then walked to the road again, looked into the woods, and then nodded.
If there are the bodies of the car steward and Che Luping hanging on these two big trees, then it is really not easy to find if you don't look inside on the side of the road, but if you walk in, then it is easy to see, which shows that Che Luping's wife is not lying.
Li Rizhi then asked, "When you found the two of them, did they have stones under their feet, or something else?" ”
If two people really hanged themselves, of course, the probability of this hypothesis is very small, but it can't be said that there is no at all, if these two people are really forced to hang themselves in desperation, then if this hypothesis exists, the two people must have something under their feet, otherwise how can they hang themselves, they can't jump into the rope circle together!
Che Luping's wife was slightly stunned, then shook her head in horror and said, "No, there is nothing under the feet of the two of them!" ”
Li Rizhi nodded, then what happened was also ruled out, these two people were definitely not cornered, but murdered, but the murderer was probably not a veteran, and it was estimated that he was also in a hurry at that time.
Although the murderer wanted to make the illusion that two people had hanged themselves, he forgot to put stones under the feet of the two of them, which should be the negligence of the murderer.
This is another affirmation that the murderer is not a habitual offender, as long as he is not a habitual offender, then the chances of solving the case will become very large.
And at the same time, it can prove that the murderer likes to be smart, but he does not have a complete plan, so the possibility of a temporary crime increases.
Li Rizhi silently sorted out in his heart, the murderer should not be a person, it should be two or more strong people, and they all know a little bit about martial arts, but they don't know much about martial arts, they should belong to the kind of three-legged cat.
Moreover, the murderer or one of the murderers has a characteristic, that is, he likes to be smart, and people who like to be smart must like to show themselves in ordinary times, although there may be exceptions, but this exception does not negate that one of the murderers likes to perform!
And people who like to perform, there will always be traces to follow, after all, they can meet the characteristics he analyzed above, and there should not be many such people among the acquaintances of the car butler and Che Luping.
Although Li Rizhi thought of this, he didn't show it, but said expressionlessly: "This official already knows the key point of this case, let's go back to the yamen first!" ”