12. Murderers
The dawn of dawn had just illuminated the Shuntian Mansion, and the yamen was already busy. Ding Si saw that his father Ding Qianzhong's face was full of red light, and his face was happy, and he didn't know what happened, and he saw that there were many people next to him, and he couldn't ask. Seeing that his father had nothing to order, he went to the class room to wait.
When he arrived at the class room, Ding Si saw Li Cheng at a glance, hurriedly saluted, and explained the reason why he was not in the yamen for the past two days. Li Cheng should have known that Ding Si was out to deliver the letter, so he didn't ask much.
Ding Si remembered Feng Yue'e's case, so he stepped forward and asked, "I've been out for the past two days, is there any news about the Xiong family's case?" ”
Hearing Ding Si's question, the corners of Li Cheng's mouth already brought a little smile: "Brother, you just returned to the Yamen, and you haven't heard of it, but the case of Feng Yue'e's murder has been investigated clearly and clearly. ”
Ding Si was shocked when he heard this: "But the murderer has a clue?" ”
Seeing Ding Si's eyes open in disbelief, Li Cheng was even more excited: "Not to mention the clues, the murderer has already pleaded guilty yesterday and signed the charge, and this case has been solved." But he didn't talk about who the murderer was, just waiting for Ding Si to ask.
Ding Si hurriedly shouted affectionately: "Good brother, you are really amazing, I went out for two days, and I actually made this case clear and clear, tell me who the murderer is?" How did this case come to light? ”
Seeing that Ding Si was so heartfelt, Li Cheng laughed, and then told the story in a colorful voice:
It turned out that after Ding Si left the day before yesterday, there was a reply to the letter sent to Zhejiang Prefecture, saying that the "wonderful hand" was released in early March, but the "wonderful hand" after being released became a monk for some reason, and now he strikes the bell in the temple every day, and there is no trace of leaving Zhejiang. Ding Qianzhong immediately arranged for Li Cheng to keep an eye on the mighty dart game, and the mighty dart game didn't matter much that day, the front of the door was still deserted, and occasionally I heard Luo Tiancheng scolding and scolding, it was nothing more than how the Juyi Dart Bureau disregarded the morality of the rivers and lakes, and the revenge of the generals, and destroyed the reputation of the dart game, or it was good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the sky spared who and so on. In the middle of the night, Li Chenggang was hazy and sleepy, and was about to wake up the accompanying catcher for a while, but he heard a soft sound at the back door of the Luo family, Li Cheng was completely sleepy in an instant, and saw a person jumping out of the back door of the Luo family. Li Cheng hurriedly woke up the catcher next to him and asked him to hurry to the yamen to find help, and he jumped out and blocked the man's way. The man was also taken aback, and soon revealed his fierce appearance and made a mess with Li Chengdou. The man's martial arts are very strong, a pair of fists dance vigorously, and his body is very flexible, and he almost slipped away a few times. Fortunately, Li Cheng was lucky, and the sound of the battle between the two quickly attracted the officers and soldiers patrolling the city, and the officers and soldiers rushed up, and the man was quickly captured.
Speaking of this, Li Cheng paused and asked, "Brother, can you guess who that person is?" ”
Ding Si hesitated for a long time before answering: "Could it be that Luo Tiancheng?" ”
Li Cheng shook his head: "If it was that coward, I would have arrested him alone, how could I wait for the gang of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses?" ”
Ding Si thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a person, so he said in disbelief: "It can't be the 'smiling judge' Zheng Kui, right?" ”
Li Cheng nodded his head and said, "It's that guy." ”
Ding Si was full of suspicions: "Brother Li, how could Zheng Kui make an enmity with the Xiong family?" How could he kill Feng Yue'e? ”
Li Cheng sighed and continued:
It turned out that after Zheng Kui was arrested that night, he was censored overnight, and Zheng Kui was also happy, and immediately admitted that Feng Yue'e had killed him, and bluntly said that all this had nothing to do with the Luo family brothers, and it was all his own personal work and secretly retaliated. Catching Kuai also searched for a golden hairpin from Zheng Kui, which was identified by Xiong Pingshun as his wife Feng Yue'e.
Li Cheng's words were stunned when he heard them, like falling into a cloud for five miles. Ding Si hurriedly pulled Li Cheng and asked: "Brother, you haven't said why Zheng Kui has a grudge against the Xiong family?" ”
Li Cheng shook his head: "It's a long story, Zheng Kui looks delicate and clever, but he is actually an idiot. Luo Yihu and Luo Lao are kind to the Zheng family, and Zheng Kui has always remembered it. Before he died, the old man knew that his two sons were ambitious and talented, so he entrusted the mighty dart bureau to Zheng Kui and implored Zheng Kui to help his son take care of the mighty dart board. But how did the old man of Luo expect that a generation of newcomers in the rivers and lakes replaced the old people, and the Juyi Dart Bureau had become the first dart game in the capital in the past two years, and the mighty dart game was in decline, and it was going to be unable to hold on. Zheng Kui was originally an understanding person, and he knew that the good luck of the mighty dart game had come to an end. How could the Luo brothers have been muttering in their ears that Xiong Pingshun is unkind and unkind, and he doesn't care about the face of Luo Lao's family. Over time, Zheng Kui was naturally dissatisfied with the Juyi Dart Bureau. ”
Ding Si waited for Li Cheng to stop, and hurriedly asked, "But why did Zheng Kui take people away and kill them first?" ”
Li Cheng sighed again: "Alas, Zheng Kui confessed, originally he didn't want to kill Feng Yue'e, but just wanted to take advantage of Xiong Pingshun's absence to kidnap Feng Yue'e. Zheng Kui took advantage of the unpreparedness of people at night, first hid in the Xiong's house, waited for Feng Yue'e to go to bed to rest, secretly ordered her acupoint, and then escaped the Jiading Nursing Courtyard, and took the person to a remote place. Zheng Kui wanted to put Feng Yue'e home when the matter spread, but he didn't want to miscalculate the time of the acupuncture point, and showed Feng Yue'e his face clearly. Feng Yue'e shouted again at that time, and Zheng Kui strangled Feng Yue'e to death in a hurry, and then threw her to the broken pool. ”
Ding Si thought of the Zheng Kui he saw that day, he was obviously also a man, but he didn't expect to act so viciously, and he couldn't help but sigh again.
Li Cheng was also emotional: "Zheng Kui put his net worth and life on the line because of the kindness of Old Man Luo, but unfortunately the Luo family gave birth to two unsuccessful sons, Luo Tiancheng immediately said that this was Zheng Kui's own selfish thoughts, and it had nothing to do with the Luo family, and he drove Zheng Kui's sister out after returning home." It's a pity that Zheng Kui is unladylike. ”
Ding Si couldn't help but be unconvinced: "Zheng Kui deserves it, he knew today, why bother in the first place." However, what did Zheng Kui go out for that night? ”
Li Cheng didn't care about Ding Si's objections, and replied slowly: "That day, Zheng Kui saw that you and I came to visit, and he hesitated to go away that night, but he was in a hurry, so he postponed his absconding until the next day. ”
Ding Si couldn't help but accuse him again: "It can be seen that Zheng Kui is also a turtle with a shrunken head, he is not thoughtful in his work, and he has caused a catastrophe, but he wants to leave it and leave the legacy to the Luo family." Such a person is simply not enough to achieve and more than to lose. According to me, Old Man Luo looked away and entrusted the dart game to such a person. ”
The two sighed for a while, and Ding Si said again: "I haven't congratulated Brother Li yet, this case has been solved, and Brother Li has contributed a lot." ”
Li Cheng hurriedly said: "It's a fluke." But I thought in my heart: This is really a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, if it weren't for Zheng Kui's own thief, he panicked first and jumped out by himself, how could this credit be his turn?