The hall of Mengfu was still the auditorium of the birthday banquet yesterday, but it became a mourning hall with a vegetarian scene, which is really embarrassing. The coffin was placed in the center, and incense, wax, candles, and various offerings were placed.

Old Mrs. Meng sat upright, her expression blank, and her old heart was hit and tormented. She wondered what she had done in her life. The young widow pulled his son, and the son who didn't want to be a high school jinshi died young, leaving two grandchildren to depend on each other. I thought that I should enjoy the happiness of my old age, but I didn't want my grandson to be killed.

The heavy blow has shattered the old man's heart and is full of holes, especially what she can't figure out is that her granddaughter killed her grandson. To be honest, she didn't believe it, but her granddaughter-in-law's conclusive testimony made people have to believe it. Now he is really a lonely old man, but fortunately, there is still an unborn great-grandson in the womb of his granddaughter-in-law, so it's good to be a boy!

Li knelt in front of the spirit and cried into tears, and Mrs. Meng was distressed and hurriedly asked people to come forward to dissuade her. The granddaughter-in-law's belly is too expensive, and she must not make any mistakes due to excessive sadness.

Relatives and friends got the news, and there were not a few people who came to pay their respects, and they all sighed. The Meng family can be regarded as happy and sad this time, and they have lost a lot! It's come to this point, it doesn't matter anymore, the grandson is gone, what's the use of caring about this?

Mrs. Meng's vague teary eyes saw a group of people coming, it seemed that there was Shao Zhixian, and the prince who came to pay his birthday yesterday, how could her grandson's scholar Lin Zhao follow her? There are also many government officers, what is this to do?

The deceased is the greatest, and several people first offer incense and worship in front of the spirit before they come to visit the family of the deceased!

Mrs. Meng said, "How many of you are here to pay tribute to my poor grandson?" ”

"Yes, Brother Meng's untimely death is really sentimental!" Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "People can't be resurrected after death, and please ask the old lady to mourn and change!" ”

"Well, thank you Wang Gongzi!" Mrs. Meng is very strong, wipe away her tears and thank you!

Shao Wenquan stepped forward and said: "Old lady, the next one is to hang Meng Gongzi, and the second is also to investigate the case!" ”

"Investigating the case? Got a result? Mrs. Meng asked tremblingly, the palms of her hands and the backs of her hands were full of meat, and it had been difficult for her to accept the fact that her granddaughter had killed her brother!

"Brother Lin, come on!" Shao Wenquan knew that there was trouble behind him, so he hurriedly threw the hot potato out.

Lin Zhao had no choice but to come forward and say respectfully: "Old lady, the son's death is unknown, and he dreamed of me last night, saying that he was hiding evidence, and asked me to help him avenge his grievances." Therefore, it was reported to Lord Shao, and I implore the old lady to agree, open the coffin and re-examine the autopsy to find evidence! ”

Old Madam Meng wondered: "Hasn't the county government already experienced it?" ”

Lin Zhao replied: "The previous examination was too rough, ignoring many clues. In order to be cautious and look for clues and evidence to avenge Childe, it needs to be re-examined! ”

Old Madam Meng's face showed a confused look, obviously not very willing!

Although the Li family didn't know what Lin Zhao's purpose was, he instinctively objected: "It's too much, the dead are the greatest, and you deceive people too much!" Then he said to the old lady: "Grandmother, my husband has suffered misfortune and has been buried, how can I disturb the peace?" How can you watch them turn their husband's body over and over again? ”

"Old lady, this is also to avenge the son, I hope you understand and agree!" Lin Zhao explained softly.

"What kind of revenge, what benefits have some people promised you? Such is so rude! Li asked in a deep voice.

Lin Zhao didn't answer, and said bluntly: "Old lady, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, don't you want a granddaughter for the sake of the so-called 'great-grandson'?" Aren't you afraid that you will mistakenly harm your granddaughter, mistakenly believe in the villain, and hand over your huge family business to others? ”

"What do you mean?" Old Madam Meng's face gradually became solemn.

Lin Zhao said: "It's true that you feel sorry for your great-grandson, but what if someone is not a descendant of the Meng family in his womb?" ”

"What?" Old Madam Meng was shocked suddenly, and Li's face turned pale instantly!

"Bold fanatics, gibberish......" Chen Xuan received a summons from the Li family and rushed to find out, but found that the atmosphere was a little wrong, but unfortunately it was not easy to leave when he came. Especially as soon as he walked into the mourning hall, he heard Lin Zhao's earth-shattering words, and he couldn't help but be shocked and shouted to stop.

"Chen Xuan, it's just in time! What does this matter have to do with you? Why are you so nervous? Lin Zhao asked two questions, then he didn't pay attention to him, and said instead: "Old lady, I know this is cruel to you, but the kid still has to be outspoken." Someone killed your grandchildren with cruel means, and then used wild seeds to pretend to be the orphans of the Meng family to seize the property of the Meng family, can you agree? ”

"What did you say?" Old Madam Meng trembled, Li glared at Lin Zhao fiercely, stepped forward and said, "Grandmother, don't listen to his nonsense, don't be angry!" ”

Old Madam Meng was much stronger than she imagined, waved her hand to push the Li family away, looked at Lin Zhao, and shouted: "Say it clearly!" ”

Lin Zhao said: "After the Shangyuan Festival, Gongzi had several friends from Xuanzhou, and Gongzi accompanied him to Jiangning, and he never went home for many days. Later, because of the hard study and writing, he stayed in the state school until yesterday, and he didn't come back until yesterday's birthday of the old lady, and all these things were known to the whole house. So when did the young lady get pregnant? ”

"The young lady has been pregnant for more than a month, and some time ago the son went back to the house to stay overnight, it seems to be the first day of February!" Xiao Tao rushed to answer, with a faint hint of joy at the corner of her mouth, the time was just right.

Lin Zhao asked in a deep voice, "Young lady, are you sure you were pregnant that night?" ”

"You...... How can you be so rude? ”

"Answer me!" Lin Zhao shouted.

Li Shi was shocked, and couldn't help but tremble, and said: "That's exactly what it said, the husband stayed at home and left incense for the Meng family!" ”

"You're lying!" Lin Zhao said coldly: "You yourself admit that in the past two months, the son has only stayed in the mansion on the first day of the second month. It's a pity that the son studied hard, so he got a good article, and he read at night, and he didn't even go to bed! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, what are the credentials?"

Lin Zhao held up a book and said, "Do you want a certificate?" Good! Childe has the habit of taking notes when he reads, and this book was found in the study, with notes made by Childe reading that night, and marked with time, the first day of February! Early in the morning of the second year of junior high school, I went to the study, and my son was still napping in the study! ”

"Uh......" Li Shi was suddenly startled, and when he saw Chen Xuan's face in a panic, he forced himself to calm down: "How can outsiders know about our husband and wife's boudoir?" Some so-called evidence, aren't you making it up? ”

"Hey, okay! Let's not! Lin Zhao smiled faintly and said: "I think of another thing, the young lady took the decoction by chance, I don't know if it is effective!" ”

Li Shi chuckled in his heart, and replied lightly: "Naturally, they are some nourishing herbs, why do you ask this?" ”

Lin Zhao said with a smile: "On the morning of the second day of the second month of February, I went to the study to see my son, and when I left the courtyard, I was hung by the flower branches in the courtyard and my clothes were torn, and I accidentally saw a pile of medicine residue dumped under the flower tree. Curious, I collected them and dried them, mainly these herbs: cork, comfrey, silkworm cloth, peilan, raccoon grass, borneol...... I don't know how to use medicine, so I went to a doctor to consult and told me that it was a contraceptive pill, but I don't know who took it? Young lady? ”

"Nonsense, the young lady is pregnant, how can she take this medicine......" Xiao Tao panicked in her heart and rushed to refute.

Lin Zhao smiled: "Yes, how can the young lady take birth control pills?" Who in the mansion doesn't know that the old lady is waiting to hold her great-grandson! ”

Or Li Shi was smart, and said coldly: "I don't know where you got a pair of medicine residue and slandered me, what is your intention?" ”

Lin Zhao said: "Young lady, dare to ask where is the medicine jar where you boiled the medicine before?" ”

"Medicine jars? How could I know such a trivial matter! Li ignored it.

"Little Peach, then you must know ......"

"I ...... I ......"

"I just asked the rest of the housekeeper about the utensils, and the medicine jar used by the young lady is celadon material, and a month ago I knocked out a piece and replaced it with a new one...... Coincidentally, I happened to find this in the pile of dregs! As he spoke, he held up a celadon piece, presented it to everyone, and said, "Let Steward Yu identify it to see if it is a fragment of the young lady's?" You can't forge anything like that! ”

"This ......" Li didn't know how to justify it in a panic, Xiao Tao was even more panicked, the medicine residue was dealt with by him, he thought it was very hidden, but he didn't want to be discovered by Lin Zhao.

That Chen Xuan had already realized that it was a big mistake to come here today, and said calmly: "What can a piece of porcelain prove? Maybe it's because you replaced your sister-in-law's tonic residue, but I don't know......"

"Well said! It's a possibility. So under the request for an open coffin autopsy, in order to corroborate! Lin Shen said: "If I am wrong, I am willing to bear the crime of slander and let it be disposed of!" ”

After speaking, she quietly looked at Mrs. Meng, these two pieces of evidence are not absolute ironclad, and they are not rigorous enough. But it is inevitable that doubts have been planted in the hearts of everyone, and that is enough. Mrs. Meng is no exception, the inheritance of the Meng family's incense is a major event, not to mention that it is also related to the lives of her grandchildren, she has to be cautious!

Mrs. Meng was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Open the coffin!" ”

"Grandmother ......" Li was just about to dissuade him, but was stopped by Chen Xuan with a look, and at this time, he wanted to cover up and make it even more suspicious. In his opinion, it doesn't matter if the coffin is opened for an autopsy, nothing is found in the pretense, what can Lin Zhao do? Without ironclad evidence, what can I do if I don't admit it?

After Mrs. Meng agreed, the messenger of the county government stepped forward to open the lid of the coffin. Lin Zhao stepped forward and saw Meng Ruogu's pale face, his expression was slightly gloomy, but now was not the time to be sad. He immediately called him to do an autopsy with him.

The first thing to check is the angle of inclination of the wound, which is pierced from the upper right. Examination of other injuries on the body revealed two bruises on both arms, and a small bruise on the outside of the ulna on the right arm, apparently caused by the collision. There is a ring-shaped bruise on the wrist of the left arm, which is somewhat similar in shape to grasping and pinching by hand.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, he really ignored many clues, this little brother Lin really has two hits!

Later, he found that Meng Ruogu's right index finger was extended, but the other fingers were clenched into fists, and Lin Zhao couldn't help but look puzzled. The family member who participated in the funeral said: "Childe's fingers are clenched, we have tried, but we can't open it, so it's just like this!" ”

After Lin Zhao took a closer look, he found some abnormalities. The movement of the index finger is like a recognition or a request for help, so why should the fist be clenched? It's a bit unreasonable! Unless Meng Ruogu did it on purpose, could it be that there were some clues hidden? Lin Zhao's eyes lit up, and he tried to break his fingers, but he was unsuccessful. Instead, I asked about the work, and the result was that it could only be opened by breaking my finger.

Li immediately stopped with tears: "Absolutely not...... The husband is miserable, you open the coffin for an autopsy, and it is just a matter of disturbing the peace! Do you still want to damage your husband's body? It's too much of a deception! ”

The dead are the greatest, such a thing must not be done, but it is not impossible, Lin Zhao ordered the family in a deep voice: "Go and get some ice cubes and hot water!" "Large families have ice cellars for summer heat, which is convenient.

Li asked, "What are you going to do?" After the toss, if there is no result, I won't agree! ”

"Who says there is no result?" Taking advantage of the gap, Lin Zhao said: "Just now I checked Gongzi's wounds and the scars on his body with my servant, and I can already prove a point!" As he spoke, he looked around at everyone and said word by word: "At least it can be proved that the murderer is definitely not the eldest lady!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes widened and their attention was raised!

Shao Wenquan asked, "Brother Lin, what is the basis?" ”

Lin Zhao explained: "Childe's fatal wound was in the neck, and according to the condition of the wound, it can be judged that the spike of the candlestick was pierced from the upper right. ”

"Not bad!" Echo it!

"If so...... Think about it, the eldest lady's height is several inches different from that of the son, if you want to be stabbed, it should be stabbed from the back, and the wound should be from the bottom ......up," Lin Zhao said while gesturing.

Chen Xuan snorted coldly: "Can't she hold the candlestick high and stab it from top to bottom?" Plus the length of your arms isn't enough! ”

Lin Zhao said: "Well said! If so, the chances of hitting a stab are much smaller, or even not hitting at all. In the process of holding the candlestick, Childe is aware of it, and then he will block or dodge! ”

"What if Brother Wakaya doesn't block and dodge, or if he sneaks up from behind?" Chen Xuan cites another possibility.

Lin Zhao shook his head and said, "No, it's not a sneak attack, Gongzi also blocked it!" There is a bruise on the outside of the ulna of Childe's right arm, which was caused by the collision...... To be precise, it should be left behind when the thugs attacked...... There was a ring-shaped bruise on the left arm, which was caused by heavy hand grip. At that time, it should be that Childe failed to block, and his other hand was held vigorously, and he couldn't resist the ...... who was stabbed......

"What do you think about this?" Shao Wenquan asked.

He nodded and said, "Yes, that's right!" Meng Gongzi has bruises on the wall, proving that he had resisted before he died. This will make him already admire Lin Zhao very much, not to mention that this is the case, so he naturally agrees.

At this time, ice cubes and hot water were delivered, and Lin Zhao said: "Excuse me, please do one thing, first use ice cubes to cool down Gongzi's right hand, and then soak it in hot water...... Everyone didn't know why, and their attention was quickly attracted by Lin Zhao.

I only heard him continue: "Judging from the shape and extent of the bruises, the person who holds Childe's arm has more strength than Childe. Childe is a thin scholar, although his strength is not large, but he is better than Miss Meng and a woman, and Qianqian is a weak woman! It can be seen that the murderer cannot be Miss Meng! ”

Lin Zhao explained very clearly, everyone thought about it carefully, it was indeed so! Old Madam Meng asked tremblingly, "Ruoying is wronged?" ”

"Not bad!"

Shao Wenquan was very excited and asked, "Who is the murderer?" ”

Lin Zhao said: "Judging from the direction of the wound penetration, this person should be taller, at least on the same level as Gongzi." The strength is also large enough, and it is inferred that it should be a slightly taller man! Do you agree with that? ”

Shao Wenquan thought about it and nodded: "Yes, it should be a man!" ”

Wang Yan was also full of joy and said with a smile: "Brother Lin's analysis is reasonable!" ”

"Everyone must remember the situation at that time, the princess was killed only a moment after leaving the table and returning to the room, and when Miss Meng entered the door, the princess died of her breath, and then someone arrived. The murderer didn't have time to leave after committing the crime, so he left the scene. Think about who were the first to arrive at the scene? The murderer is about to come out! ”