"Then Hu Han said, 'Do you know where all this money comes from?' Let me tell you, a few days ago, I met a businessman who was out on business, I killed him, and threw his body into a dry well on the top of the South Mountain, and his money, naturally, was all mine. As soon as Su Chen left Hu Han's house, he went to the county government to report the case, and his father immediately arrested Hu Han for interrogation, and sent people to the dry well in Nanshan to check. ”

Zhang Zhihong paused and continued: "That Hu Han was caught in the lobby, and he was shocked, and the wine also woke up. When his father told Su Chen's report, Hu Han was shocked and kowtowed repeatedly, saying that it was nonsense on the wine table, and the silver in the family was used by his brother-in-law Chen Yi to buy his land. My father asked someone to call Chen Yi for interrogation, which was the same as what Hu Han said. ”

"And then? This case must not be so simple. Shen Tingyu said.

"Yes, at that time, all of us thought that this case was just made up by Hu Han, but we never wanted to send the officials who went to Nanshan to find the corpse when they came back, all of them were as white as dirt, and they looked frightened, and asked them what was going on, and the officials said that they went up to Nanshan and found the dry well, because the dry well was deep and dark, and they couldn't see the situation inside, so they hung it down with a rope, and found that there was indeed a headless corpse in the dry well."

"Then according to what you say, this Hu Han is indeed very suspicious."

"My father also thought he was the most suspicious at that time, so he put him on death row, and the next day, he ordered him to take someone to find the head, but he could not find it, no matter how intimidating he was, even if he was tortured, he only begged for permission to look for him again."

"Oh, why can't you find the head if he really killed the man? Did he forget to throw his head there? Shen Tingyu asked.

My father thought so, too, and thought he had forgotten about himself. So I reported the case and prepared to close it, but I didn't think that the file would go to Lord Taishou, and it was beaten back. ”

"Is it because the head wasn't found?"

"Not only that, Lord Taishou said that there are many doubts in this case, and he ordered my father to retry the case, but my father is not good at judging cases, so I need you to help."

"I also have a general understanding of the situation in this case, Brother Zhang, don't worry, I will help."

"Then thank you Brother Shen."

"Well, you take me to the prison to meet this Hu Han first."

"That's fine."

The two soon came to the prison, and under the leadership of the officials, they came to Hu Han's prison, Shen Tingyu looked at Hu Han in the prison, and found that this Hu Han was tall and muscular, and he looked like a very powerful guy. Shen Tingyu thought for a moment and asked Hu Han, "Tell me honestly, where did you hide your head?" ”

"My lord, I really don't know where the head is."

"You killed the man, how can you not even know where the head is?"

"My lord, I didn't kill anyone, I was wronged!"

Shen Tingyu saw that this Hu Han's expression was firm, not like he was lying, so he immediately shook his head and walked out of the prison.

Then Shen Tingyu, under the leadership of Zhang Zhihong, visited the vicinity of the crime scene, but there were no clues. At this time, Shen Tingyu said to Zhang Zhihong: "Let's go, take me to the autopsy, the corpse is often the biggest clue and evidence." ”

"Well, Brother Shen, come with me to the morgue."

The two came to the morgue and asked the official on the side to lift the white cloth, only to see that the corpse had no head, and the wound on the head was extremely flat, as if it had been cut with a knife, so Shen Tingyu asked: "This person's head wound is flat, it seems that this murderer has a lot of strength." ”

"Yes, and that Huhan does meet that condition."

"Also, it stands to reason that the person Hu Han killed was a businessman, but do you see that this person is dressed so shabby, can he really be a businessman? Still carrying a hundred taels of silver with you? ”

"Yes, and what is even more strange is that even if Hu Han confessed under torture that he was the one who killed him, he just couldn't name the deceased."

"Is it possible that the person who was killed, Hu Han himself did not know? Or maybe he was too flustered when he committed the murder and didn't see clearly who was killed. ”

But if Hu Han is really talking nonsense, then who is the real murderer? What is its purpose? Headless, deep in the mountains and dry wells, is it afraid that the deceased will be recognized? Or is there some deep hatred? Zhang Zhihong feels that there are more and more questions about this case.

"Well, Brother Zhang, look, this person has traces of a fight, but it is not a fatal injury. Therefore, the possibility of a sneak attack from behind can be ruled out, and the deceased should have quarreled with the murderer before the crime or wanted to escape, and then was killed by the murderer. ”

"Brother Shen's analysis is good, so what we can be sure of at present is, first: the murderer's strength is not small, and second: there was a fight with the deceased during the crime, and these clues seem to point to Hu Han. Hu Han is a butcher, his strength is not small, and most importantly, Hu Han knows that the body is at the bottom of the well in Nanshan. ”

"Wait, Brother Zhang, don't you think there is a very suspicious place in this case?"

"Please also ask Brother Shen to solve my doubts."

"This suspicion is: why has no one come to the government to report the case so far?"

"That's true, it's been some time since the crime happened, but I haven't seen anyone related to the deceased to report the crime, is it because I was intimidated by the murderer?"

"There is this possibility, but there is also a possibility that you are a thief! How, let's try to find out. ”

"So what do we do next?"

"Since they didn't come to report the crime, then we had to 'invite' them to come."

"Oh? Please? I don't know how to ask for it? ”

"Brother Zhang, if you are the murderer, now that you have a scapegoat, what else do you want?"

"Settle the case soon!"

"Yes, Brother Zhang might as well post a notice, saying that the murderer has been found, call someone to claim the body, and close the case quickly. Then the fish will naturally take the bait. ”

"Good! Good! Good! Brother Shen is really wise, I'll do what you say now. ”

After coming out of the county office, Shen Tingyu went shopping accompanied by a family member, he walked around the market, remembering the days when his father called him to the market to observe the vendors, he couldn't help but sigh a little, he said to the family: "In the past, I just felt that the market was boring, but now it is a different experience." ”

"Now everyone says that the young master has grown a lot, and the carp is about to turn into a dragon, and the villain thinks it is too."

"Alas, think about ...... originally"

"Who's going to turn into a dragon? Hey, isn't this Shen Gongzi? ”

Shen Tingyu looked at the person who interrupted his words with great disgust, it was Li Wen, and he was drunk and walked out of the restaurant.

"Let's go." Shen Tingyu said to the family on the side.

"Hey, Shen Gongzi, don't be in such a hurry to leave, why don't you go to the restaurant with me for a drink or two?"

"The Tao is different, not conspiratory!"

"Shen Gongzi, don't say that, maybe I have something you are interested in."

"Really? Then I'm going to have to listen to it. ”

So Shen Tingyu and Li Wen walked into the restaurant together, and after entering, Shen Tingyu spoke: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”

"Shen Gongzi, don't worry, in fact, I invited Shen Gongzi to come up just to introduce someone to Shen Gongzi." Immediately, Li Wen shouted at the screen behind him, "Come out." ”

Shen Tingyu looked at the person who walked out behind the screen, it was the manager of Zhou in the Shen family's teahouse, looking at him, Shen Tingyu suddenly trembled in his heart. He said, "Manager Zhou, why are you here?" ”

"Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Zhou is my good brother Li Wen." Then Li Wen deliberately approached Shen Tingyu and said proudly, "Do you know? In order to help me, he secretly stole the title deed of your Shen family's tea mountain. Do you think Mr. Zhou is a friend enough? ”

Shen Tingyu immediately stood up angrily, his eyes widened angrily, and he stared at Manager Zhou.