Chapter 40, The First Scene of the Murder
Life and death are important matters, how can they be exported casually?
Not to mention, they also know that this case is not so easy to solve.
Could it be that after half a month, the case can't be solved, so they are waiting to collect the bodies of Uncle Shen's father and son?
Let's not talk about it, can they accept this result emotionally, as far as the Shen family's aunt and the Shen family's little sister are concerned, how can they live?
This father has already folded in, if this son also sends himself in, how will he live this life?
"Xiaobai, you go to my house first to tell my mother, just say that my father is okay for the time being, I have to follow Uncle Xia to investigate this case in the next few days, probably not to go home on time, let her not worry about it at home."
Before going to the scene of the crime with Inspector Xia, Shen Mu instructed Xiaobai to go to his house to report the news, and it was enough to leave Dahu alone to go to the scene of the crime with him.
When Xiaobai saw that Shen Mu told him to go to the Shen family to report the news, he deliberately blinked, and knew that Shen Mu meant to ask him not to tell the Shen family's aunt about Shen Mu's gambling with his life, so as not to make the Shen family's aunt even more worried.
"Okay, boss, I'll go and report to my aunt, you ...... too" Be careful, thinking that the Xia inspection is still there, these three words are difficult for Xiaobai to say after all.
"Well, these days, if there is anything, come to my house at night to find me."
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After Shen Mu finished explaining, he took Dahu to follow Xia Patrol and some of the county government officials to the place where Feng Da and Mei Gongzi's master and servant died.
The reason why the first discoverer at the scene of the crime was the master and servant of the Fang family was really because the Fang family's Zhuangzi was originally very close to the Mei family's Zhuangzi.
The two sides were less than five hundred paces apart.
In this 500-step distance, there is a path that is often walked, if Shen Mu is not mistaken, last night, he and the big tiger and the little cat Niu Dan and the three of them circled around the Mei family's Zhuangzi, and also passed the grass on the side of this path.
But at that time, nothing abnormal was found, let alone seeing a dead person, not even a dead rabbit.
In this way, it can at least be inferred that Feng Da and Mei Gongzi's master and servant had not been killed before they returned home?
Or was it that Mei Gongzi and Feng Da were not killed here, but were moved to this place after their deaths?
But he quickly rejected this conclusion, because after arriving at the site, he examined the scene in great detail.
Judging from the clues at the scene, there were indeed a lot of blood stains in the place where the corpse had been laid, and some even seeped into the grass next to it, indicating that when Feng Da and Mei Gongzi's master and servant were killed, a lot of blood was indeed shed, but no blood stains were found in the surrounding grass paths, which ruled out the possibility that this place was the second scene of the corpse.
Nine times out of ten, it is the first scene where Feng Da and Mei Gongzi were killed.
But the question is, even if it can be found out that this is the first scene where Feng Da and Mei Gongzi were killed, why did the murderer choose this place as the murder scene?
What was Father Shen doing here at that time?
In this era, most people do not have the habit of protecting the crime scene, although it rained the night before, but the amount of precipitation is still limited, and the dirt road skin on the path has long since dried up.
There were some footprints on the side of the grass, but they were very messy, and I don't know if they had been stepped on.
Is it the murderer?
Or is it the three masters and servants of the Fang steward?
Is it Shen's father?
Or the footprints of Fang who had already been to the scene once in the morning?
None of this is known.
Of course, there are still other traces left at the scene, such as the fingerprints on Shen's father's saber, the problem is that there is no clearly recognized fingerprint identification technology in this era.
There is also no fingerprint database, so it is not possible to compare at all.
In this way, the focus of the case is still on the dead Mei Gongzi.
Speaking of Mei Gongzi, people in Taiping County have only heard that this person is the son of an official in Nanjing, but no one knows about this Mei Gongzi's other deeds.
A noble son is not good at home, what is he doing in a small place like Taiping County, although the mountain scenery of Huangshan is very beautiful, but he believes that since Mei Gongzi is mixed with Feng Da and others, it is not to come to Taiping County to see the mountain scenery.
So what are they doing together? Could this be the reason for their deaths?
And Father Shen was framed just at the right time?
What role did the missing Miss Li play in it?
However, although the master and servant of Mei Gongzi are dead, but the dead people, the land is still there, and the Mei family's Zhuangzi is nearby, and those subordinates or tenant farmers on the Mei family's Zhuangzi may know something, and maybe they can provide some useful clues.
Thinking of this, he asked Xia Inspector with a slightly respectful attitude: "Uncle Xia, what do you say about the death of Mei Gongzi and the subordinates of Mei Marrying Zhuangzi?" ”
"Huh? Nephew, when you say this, Uncle Xia also feels strange, from the time the bodies of Feng and Mei were found here to now, a few hours have passed, and the Mei family really hasn't shown up, it's impossible that they haven't gotten the news, right? ”
"It's not good, there may have been an accident in the Mei family's Zhuangzi!" Shen Mu said with a solemn expression.
He got up early in the morning, and after hearing the news that Shen's father was arrested, he hurried to the county government prison to find Shen's father to inquire about the news.
Then, he was blocked by a cadre of officials in the county and a hundred households in brocade clothes and guards in the courtyard of the county jail for a while.
After such a toss, he really didn't pay attention to whether the people of the Mei family were haunted by the county government.
But now that Inspector Xia said that the master of the Mei family was dead, but none of the servants appeared, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, this was too abnormal, too unreasonable.
The masters are all dead, shouldn't they be more honest and scared and force the government to find out the murderer? How can there be no movement?
Moreover, according to common sense, since Father Shen is not a murderer, then the murderer can kill Feng and Mei, maybe it is to kill the mouth, maybe someone in this Zhuangzi also knows the identity of the murderer, and it may be impossible to say if he is killed.
"What? Mei Zhuangzi also had an accident? Inspector Xia asked rhetorically when he heard this.
After coming to the scene of the killing, Xia Inspector couldn't see the reason, he only looked at Shen Mudong and looked west, and suddenly heard Shen Mu say this, and his expression also changed.
"Uncle Xia, anyway, about the death of this Mei Gongzi, sooner or later we will have to go to the Mei family Zhuangzi to investigate, since we are near this Zhuangzi at this moment, it is better to go and check together,
If all the people in this village are safe and sound, it is naturally excellent, but in case something happens, we can also find out early and prepare early.
After all, that Lord of the Jinyi Wei Baihu is in Taiping County. Shen Mu didn't explain the reason, but continued to suggest
"Well, what the virtuous nephew said also has nine points of truth, Fang catches the head and takes the others to the Mei family Zhuangzi."
Following this path, their group soon came to the door of Meijia Zhuangzi.
The door of the village was still as closed as they had seen it last night.
"Go up and knock on the door!" Xia Patrol instructed Fang to catch his head.
At that moment, a servant heard the words and stepped forward and began to slam the door.
After smashing for a while, there was no movement inside.
Seeing this, Xia Inspector and Fang Zhutou glanced at each other, and also felt that something seemed to be wrong.
"Kick the door!" At that moment, the two officials stepped forward and slammed their feet towards the gate at the same time.
The next moment, the door opened, but the two officials were flashed and fell in.