The sound of horses' hooves "clicked" on the bluestone pavement, splashing a little splash.

This light rain came at an inopportune time, and it was not convenient for the investigation and evidence collection.

In the cold wind, the Zhang family's dilapidated house looked particularly desolate.

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Bai Qiuchi and Su Can came to the scene of the crime again.

Before coming out, Su Can confessed to his subordinates to track down more clues about the witnesses who witnessed the tall man and Zhang Feng's borrowing money.

Along the way, the two rode horses and thought, without saying anything all the way.

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"Your Excellency." The officials who stood guard outside the door saluted.

"You've worked hard." Su Can greeted.

The case is not closed, and the murder scene still needs to be protected. In such a cold weather, the officials worked very hard, and every time Su Can asked them to prepare hot water and some medicine in advance in case of emergency.

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The room was not big, and Bai Qiuchi and Su Can observed carefully.

"Lord Su, look!" Bai Qiuchi pointed to the drawer and said.

The Zhang family has a few small pieces of furniture, which are clear at a glance, and the places that can put things are two boxes under the bed and a small cabinet with three drawers.

"There aren't many things, and Cui Jing is such a hard-working person, but the drawer is very messy." Su Can nodded.

They opened the box under the bed again, and after taking out the neatly placed things and rummaging through them, they stuffed them back and covered them.

"There is a high probability that the murderer is looking for something, and he is afraid that someone will find out and it will not be possible to stay for too long, and if he can't find it, he can only put it back."

"That's where the cover comes in." Su Can pondered, "I just don't know if he found what he was looking for." ”

"Lord Su." Bai Qiuchi pointed to a small box in the drawer.

When I opened it, it was a jade bracelet with good condition, and the bracelet was very well preserved, although it was not of the highest grade, but it was worth a lot of money.

"There is nothing valuable at home, and the most valuable thing is probably this, it seems that the murderer's purpose may not be property." Su Can analyzed.

"What the hell is the murderer looking for?"

Whatever it is, this thing is an important clue to solve the case, and perhaps the key to solving the case.

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"My lord, my neighbor Aunt Li is looking for you." The official on duty reported.

"Let's go over there." Su Can said to Bai Qiuchi.

Bai Qiuchi nodded.

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"Aunt Li." Su Can knocked on the door and raised his voice and shouted.

"Master Su, Bai Shaoxia, you are here! You may be seated! When Aunt Li heard this, she came out to greet them very enthusiastically.

"Have you eaten?" The old man brought the tea with a smile, turned around and wanted to prepare food.

"Thank you, we've eaten, don't be busy." Su Can was afraid of troublesome to the old man, so he lied.

Where do they have time to eat?

Drinking warm tea, they felt warmer.

"I didn't dare to delay the adult's time, I was so confused, I was also scared at the time, and I forgot such an important thing." As she spoke, Aunt Li took out a wrapped box from the cabinet, carefully untied it, took out the contents and presented them with both hands.

"I'm tired." Su Can also took it with both hands and looked at it.

"This is ......" The two looked at each other, their expressions stretching a little.

"Thank you, Aunt Li, you have helped us a lot!" The two thanked each other.

"Really? That's great. Aunt Li also smiled.

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What Aunt Li kept was Zhang Feng's account book, which recorded the debts and repayments.

"Aunt Li, how could Zhang Feng's account book be here with you?" Su Can asked.

"This is entrusted to me by Cui Jing, I can't read, and I don't know what it is." Aunt Li recalled, "It was five or six days ago, Cui Jing came to me in a hurry, saying that it was her husband's thing, which was very important, and asked me to temporarily help her keep it for a few days, and I didn't say anything." Usually they take good care of me, so I put it away for them. ”

"Such an important thing, but suddenly entrusted to it. Maybe they felt threatened. "Bai Qiuchi Road.

"Zhang Feng's family are good people and often lend money to others. He didn't care very much, but Cui Jing was more careful, so he recorded them one by one. I haven't heard of any threats against them, but there are some people who don't pay their debts and play scoundrels, and Cui Jing has complained to me before that it's hard to be a good person. Aunt Li thought for a while and said.

"Do you know who they are?" Su Can asked.

"I don't remember the name very well." Aunt Li pointed to the account book.

Bai Qiuchi knew that Aunt Li was illiterate, so he picked up the account book and read it.

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"Yes, this Sun Dahua!" Aunt Li heard the name and recalled, "This person lives in Luwei Lane, and he often owes debts and does not pay them. ”

Su Can wrote down the name.

"Wait, there's also this Ah Sheng, a fish seller, who lives on the back street."

Fish sellers! Quite possibly.

Bai Qiuchi continued to read the name, and Aunt Li interrupted a few more times, and then memorized the names of five or six people and some information. 、

"I don't know the rest." Aunt Li has been concentrating for so long, and she looks a little tired.

"Thank you so much." Su Can and Bai Qiuchi thanked each other.

"It's good to be able to help, it's good to be able to help." Aunt Li was very pleased, "My lord, have you eaten?" ”

The old man had forgotten the question again, and she had asked it several times.

"We've eaten, let's go investigate the case first. Rest well, and if you still remember something, tell the officer on duty. Su Can got up and said goodbye.

"Okay, Master Su, Bai Shaoxia, you go slowly!" Aunt Li also wanted to see her off.

"Don't get up to see us off, just get some rest." Bai Qiuchi hurriedly followed Su Can.

"Okay, okay." Aunt Li was very obedient and watched them leave.

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As soon as he returned to the Yamen, Su Can immediately ordered to go down and send someone to investigate the few people who had written down their names.

At this time, someone came to report that the bloody clothes discarded by the murderer of the Chengtang Village extermination case appeared, to be exact, not discarded, but placed at the door of the yamen like the anonymous letter.

"It was during the time when the adults and Bai Shaoxia left, a masked man rode by on a fast horse, smashed this burden and left, we chased after him, but the person disappeared all of a sudden. Later, we opened the baggage and found that it was a bloody coat. "Wei Changdao.

The front of the clothes was almost splashed with blood, the blood on it had coagulated, and the back could be seen to be a light gray, and the word "琤" outlined with blood was shocking. It should have been deliberately told that this was the bloody clothes of the Chengtang Village extermination case.

"Eighty percent of the people who sent the bloody clothes were murderers. This man has good martial arts, is ruthless, and is keeping a close eye on our progress. Su Can frowned.

"My lord, he's provoking us!" Ah Rong was indignant.

"I think he wants to remind us of something." Bai Qiuchi pointed to the side of the word "琤", a small water drop shape.

"What does that mean?" Xiaozhou asked.

"It's unclear what that means." Su Can shook his head.

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After a series of investigations, when Zhang Feng's family was wiped out, Sun Dahua and Ah Sheng were the only ones left without an alibi.

Sun Dahua and Ah Sheng are both very tall. According to the testimony of his neighbors, Sun Dahua was a vicious man who often got into fights, while Ah Sheng was a very serious businessman, just a gambler and owed a lot of foreign debts. The two admitted that they had borrowed a lot of money from Zhang Feng and did not pay him back, but neither admitted that they had killed someone.

"Lao Tzu didn't kill anyone, he just didn't kill anyone!" Sun Dahua took a sip, "You dog officials slander people!" ”

"Adult, small wrong! The little one didn't kill anyone! Ah Sheng was a ripple of tears.

The two form a strong contrast.

"Go and bring Van Gogh." Su Can instructed Ah Shui.

"That's it...... That's him! Fan Gao came to the yamen, but his trembling hand pointed at Ah Sheng.

"Nope! Not me! Ah Sheng shook his head desperately, "It's not me!" ”

"Sure enough, it's you crumb!" Sun Dahua glared at Ah Sheng fiercely, then turned to Su Can and said, "Lao Tzu can go, right?" ”

"Not yet." Su Can said, "You openly insult the officials and disrupt the order of the court, take it down first, and try it another day!" ”

Sun Dahua is actually a person who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, seeing Su Can's original appearance, his aura is so strong, and his momentum is lost all of a sudden, and he is taken down.

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"Fan Gao, the stakes are high, are you sure?" Su Can asked solemnly.

"Small...... Little really, sure, see him...... I just remembered...... The man hit me, touched him, his hand...... It's all, it's all cocoon......"

They picked up Ah Shui's hand and saw that it was indeed scarred, and there were many calluses left by work.

"Thank you, go down." Su Can nodded at Fan Gao.

Fan Gao breathed a sigh of relief and was escorted away.

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"Now do you have anything else to say?" Su Can looked at Ah Sheng, who lowered his head.

"I ...... I...... For a moment, the ghost was confused...... I...... I didn't know it would happen! When Ah Sheng looked up again, tears flowed down his eyes, and he told the truth in despair.

Zhang Feng ...... He's a good guy. I had a gambling debt, and I heard that he often lent money to others, so I went to him. When he saw that I was pitiful, he lent me money and advised me to stop gambling and sell fish well...... I, I just don't fight, I can't control myself, and I gamble for nothing! Later, the more I borrowed, the more I owed, like a bottomless pit, Zhang Feng was also disappointed in me and didn't want to lend me any more money...... How can you survive if you don't have money? ”

"I heard from people that he had an account book, and I thought that if I destroyed it, I wouldn't know how much I owed. When I chatted with him, I pretended to talk about it casually, and he said that the account book was kept by his wife, and he couldn't care about it. I wrote an anonymous letter to threaten him and ask him to destroy the ledger, but ...... He just ignored it. ”

"I was really desperate, so I had to go and find ...... myself"

"I lied to him about to pay him back, and I gave him fish and meat, and put it in the fish*. I thought that when they ate and fell asleep, I could go and find out the ledger...... The demon sent the god with a knife to kill the fish......" No one interrupted Ah Sheng, so he said slowly, "Who knows...... When I arrived at his house in the evening, it was a sight like this. His wife and children collapsed on the table, but he fell to the ground and did not completely faint. I went in and rummaged through the ledgers, but I couldn't find them, so I had to stuff things back. ”

"I pointed a knife at his unconscious wife and threatened him, asking him where the ledger was, but he wouldn't say. At this time, Zhang Feng struggled to get up and wanted to save his wife, but he couldn't get up, so he wanted to climb out and call for help, I don't see it well, thinking of the extermination case in Chengtang Village a few days ago, I don't know what's going on, my brain is hot, so I went over and cut him...... I'm usually so honest and responsible, I definitely won't find out about my head, and the government must think that the murderous demon king in Chengtang Village did it...... I...... I'm so scared...... It's none of my business, it's the devil, who told them not to hand over the ledger? After Ah Sheng finished speaking, he stood there weakly as if relieved.

"You obviously have a pair of hands that can work, and you can repay your debts with your own skills, but you are deeply involved in gambling and can't extricate yourself, and you blame others for using such a bad method to cut and kill people, and you leave so irresponsibly." Bai Qiuchi stood up, looked at him with a burning gaze and said, "What is the difference between you doing this and the Murder Demon King of Chengtang Village?" ”

"I ...... ZHANG Feng...... I...... I'm sorry for your family! Hearing these words, Ah Sheng knelt on the ground with a "plop", and his heart was like ashes.

"Take it down." Su Can closed his eyes and waved his hand, and Ah Sheng was carried down by the two officials.

Later, the bloody clothes and the fish-killing knife that took the lives of the two people were found, because Ah Sheng was a fish-killer, so he thought that hiding the bloody clothes and the murder knife in his home would not be suspicious, so he did not deal with the evidence of the crime.

The case is closed, and the murderer has been severely punished, but the kind-hearted Zhang Feng family can't come back......