At the end of summer, another murder occurred in Qiantang County!

After getting the news of the murder, Su Wuming hurriedly took people to Cao's mansion.

Caofu is engaged in the rice and grain business, and the family business is very large, and when they entered the mansion, they walked through several small courtyards before finally coming to the scene of the murder.

The scene of the murder is the courtyard of Cao Geng's father Cao Yunxing, the courtyard is in the deepest part of Cao's mansion, there are many flowers and trees planted in it, some of the flowers and plants have withered, and some of them should be opened in season, the trees are not very high, but they are very luxuriant, when Su Wuming first entered, there was a feeling that the courtyard was deep and deep.

And in this deep courtyard, there was a headless corpse, the corpse was slightly fat, with fair skin, and the head and neck were full of blood, but at this time the blood had dried up, and some flies that had not yet disappeared were lying on it and buzzing, giving people a feeling of disgust.

Next to the corpse, there were a few people kneeling, these people were crying, and they were crying so badly, so pitiful, Su Wuming glanced at these people, and found that in addition to Cao Geng, there were two women and a man, the man was slightly younger than Cao Geng, about twenty years old, and he was crying on the ground and could hardly get up.

The other two women, one of whom was in his thirties, had willow eyebrows, red lips slightly open, and she was very charming, and she cried the most, almost to the point of hoarseness; And the other woman, over twenty years old, under thirty years old, looks very beautiful, but the charm is not as good as the older woman, although she is also crying, but it gives people a very contrived feeling, and when she is crying, from time to time to look around.

After Su Wuming saw these people, his brows furrowed slightly, and he was about to step forward to perform an autopsy, when Cao Geng suddenly rushed over and knelt down in front of Su Wuming, crying: "Master Su is like a god in solving the case, please be sure to find out the murderer of my father, so that my father can be at peace!" ”

When I saw Cao Geng yesterday, he was still a handsome rich son, but today he was already a lot haggard, Su Wuming helped him up, and said: "Investigating the suspicious case is the duty of Su Wuming, the director of my Dali Temple, if you don't say it, I will also find out the murderer and make him pay!" ”

Cao Geng wiped his tears and nodded: "Grass people...... The grass people thanked Master Su first! ”

Su Wuming bowed slightly, then came to the corpse, and after looking at it carefully, he got up and said: "There have been corpse spots on the corpse, indicating that it has been a few hours since death, and the wounds on the neck are very rough, but the bleeding is not very much, so the deceased's head may have been cut off with a blunt object after the deceased was killed by the murderer." ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, Qian Sheng stretched out his neck and glanced at the corpse, and then hurriedly asked: "Master Su, this wound is very blurry, I think the murderer cut off the head several times, right?" ”

Su Wuming nodded: "What Master Qian said is right, the wound is blurred, it is indeed cut by the murderer several times, and looking at the appearance of the wound, it doesn't look like it was cut with a knife, it is more like an axe!" ”

"Axes?" Everyone was shocked and trembled, they seemed to be able to imagine the murderer holding an axe and constantly chopping the head of the deceased, in the night, the murderer with an axe, squatting next to the corpse and chopping and chopping again and again......

Everyone felt that the air around them was a little condensed, and they felt that their bodies were cold.

And just when everyone was frightened, Su Wuming suddenly asked, "Who first found the corpse?" ”

After Su Wuming asked, the slightly older woman stood up and said, "It's me!" ”

Seeing that it was this charming woman, Su Wuming was a little surprised and asked, "What is your relationship with the deceased?" ”

The woman hesitated slightly, and at this time, Cao Geng hurriedly replied: "Master Su, she is our Aunt Lian, is ...... It's my father's concubine! ”

After Cao Geng finished speaking, Su Wuming's brows furrowed slightly, although he didn't see the head of the deceased Cao Yunxing at this time, but he could have a son like Cao Geng, he should be over fifty years old, and Aunt Lian was only about thirty years old, such a combination is really easy to reminisce.

"Since Aunt Lian is Cao Yunxing's concubine, then presumably the two of you were together last night?"

Hearing Su Wuming ask like this, Aunt Lian's face suddenly turned red, and then she shook her head again and again: "No, master...... The lord never let me stay overnight, I have my own separate yard in front, and usually after serving the lord, I will go back to my house to rest. This morning, I came to bring washing water to the old man, and as soon as I entered the courtyard, I found the old man's body. ”

"Was it last night too?"

"Yes, too!"

"When was the last time you saw Cao Yunxing?"

"After the hour!"

After Aunt Lian answered, her forehead was covered with sweat, and at this time she had long forgotten to cry.

Su Wuming thought for a moment, then looked at the others and asked, "After the time, where are you all located?" ”

Seeing Su Wuming asking this question, Cao Geng and the others suddenly became nervous, and after a long time, Cao Geng asked tremblingly: "Lord Su suspects that the murderer is us?" ”

"It's just a routine question, you don't have to be nervous, just answer!"

Cao Geng nodded and said, "At that time, I was resting in the room with my wife, and I didn't go anywhere!" When Cao Geng said this, he pointed to the slightly younger woman, and after the woman heard Cao Geng's words, she hurriedly saluted and replied: "Wei Ying, a folk woman, has been with her husband since yesterday. ”

After Wei Ying finished answering, another man replied: "Cao Yin, the grass man, is the youngest son of the deceased, and I rested in the house after yesterday's o'clock. ”

It was already very late for the people of the Tang Dynasty, and after listening to the words of several of them, Su Wuming felt that he might not be able to verify their alibi with these, so he asked again: "Where are the residences of several of them?" ”

Aunt Lian knew these things best, so she was the first to answer: "When Lord Su entered the mansion just now, I must have seen that there is a big courtyard in our Cao Mansion closest to the gate of the mansion, and there are some subordinates who live there, and going inside, it is where our people live, in order is Cao Yin, Cao Geng, the people's woman, and the innermost is the residence of the master." ”

"What time did you sleep last night?"

"I don't know exactly when, but I fell asleep not long after I got back from my master's place."

"What do you hear before you fall asleep?"

"Nope!"

After Aunt Lian finished speaking, Su Wuming went to ask Cao Geng again, Cao Geng thought about it, and said, "My wife and I slept quite late." After Cao Geng finished speaking, he glanced at Wei Ying, and Wei Ying hurriedly echoed: "That's right, I remember that we hadn't fallen asleep yet. ”

"And what did you two hear during this time?"

Wei Ying thought about it and shook her head: "No!" ”

Finally, there was Cao Yin, but his answer was of little use to Su Wuming, because he said that he had gone to bed early and had not heard any movement.

If Cao Geng and his wife have not slept yet, then if the murderer broke into the house to kill people before Hai Shi, Cao Geng and his wife will definitely be able to find out, that is to say, the murderer was committed after Hai Shi.

Thinking of this, Su Wuming immediately instructed Lin Yunjiangying: "You guys check the surroundings of this courtyard to see if there are any signs of outsiders crossing in." After giving these orders, Su Wuming quickly stepped into Cao Yunxing's room.

Cao Yunxing's room was very rich, and the things inside were very exquisite, after Su Wuming took a look, he immediately ran out again, looked at Aunt Lian and asked, "After you found the body, have you ever entered the room?" ”

Aunt Lian shook her head again and again, saying that everyone was very sad and shocked after finding the body, so they didn't have a chance to go into the house to take a look.

Su Wuming frowned slightly, and asked again: "The deceased's head is missing, how can you be sure that the deceased is Cao Yunxing?" ”

At this time, Cao Geng hurriedly stood up and said, "The problem that Lord Su considered was considered by several of us early on, but when we saw the squirt on the back of our father's hand, we no longer doubted it. ”

After listening to Cao Geng's words, Su Wuming looked at the back of the deceased's hand, only to see that the back of the deceased's hand was indeed a scumbag, and such a thing was the most suitable to confirm the identity.

Su Wuming glanced at the deceased, and then said: "The furnishings in the deceased's house are very neat, and there is no sign of messiness, indicating that the deceased was killed in the courtyard, but it is so late, what did the deceased do in the courtyard?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, but they couldn't answer, Su Wuming saw this, looked at Cao Geng and the others and asked, "You have the closest relationship with the deceased, do you know that he has a habit of coming out at night?" ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Aunt Lian even said: "For some reason, the master didn't let me stay in his room at night, so I don't know much about his habits at night." ”

After Aunt Lian said this, Su Wuming felt even more strange, did Cao Yunxing have any secrets, otherwise why didn't he let the woman stay in his room?

Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Yun and Jiang Ying ran over and reported: "My lord, we have searched all around, and there is no sign of outsiders crossing in. ”

After hearing this answer, Su Wuming's brows were even tighter, if the murderer did not come from the outside, he must have entered from the main gate, and Cao Geng and his wife did not hear the sound around Hai Shi, then the murderer must be the person who came in after Hai Shi to kill.

If this is the case, it is necessary to figure out how the murderer came in, why did the murderer take the head away after the murderer killed, and where is Cao Yunxing's head now!

After glancing at Cao Geng and the others, Su Wuming suddenly had a very strange feeling, he felt that everything was designed, but in the end, it was designed, and he couldn't say why.

At this moment, a sudden gust of wind blew and rustled the leaves in the courtyard.