The young man with the big squirrel on his shoulder was called Zhou Manxing, and when he saw him sitting on the ground, his expression was extremely panicked, and the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang exploded with a bang: "Puppet accomplice? Are you talking about squirrels? ”

"Zhou Manxing has been raising that squirrel for two years! Footprints on the chimney bricks, which look a bit like squirrel ......"

Li Chang Zhou Yude's heart shrank violently, and he secretly looked at Qin Lin in disbelief, and glanced at several green-skinned descendants.

Someone in the crowd immediately shouted: "Although the squirrel is clever, he is a brute after all, how can he help him kill people?" ”

"Zhou Laohan was obviously forced to commit suicide by the government, but now he wants to rely on others, it is really the protection of officials and officials!"

When the people heard this, they were confused, they "contributed" the fields to Wenxiangmen, and did not pay grain and taxes for several years, although Wenxiangmen also had to collect "land rent", but they saved the taxes handed over to the imperial court, and they were flat when they entered and exited; Now this new lord Wang implements the new policy of Nalao Shizi, clears the acres of land, and collects taxes, and there is no mercy at all, and the land that has been donated to Wenxiangmen also has to pay taxes, and from the bottom of his heart, the people really don't like him.

The people were afraid of officials, and they were originally afraid that Wang Xiangqian was the governor of Benzhou, and no one dared to fight with him, but now that the teachers have moved the people and torn their faces, the people have nothing to hear.

Wang Xiangqian was so angry that his face was red, he sulked with his mouth, and said to himself: "This official has a great reputation in Wenxi County, but when he came to Jizhou, he met this group of Diao people who believe in the evil gods and foreign ways, it is really unreasonable!" If you collect taxes according to the rules, you will be punished by the palace ban, and if you can't complete the assessment, you can't explain to Zhang Xiangye, and you won't have a good ...... in front of the people."

When Qin Lin heard this, he took a deep look at Wang Xiangqian, this Wang Zhizhou is a little interesting, what he said, it is even more interesting!

Smiling slightly, Qin Lin stretched out his hands and pressed them down, and when he was a little quieter, he patted Asha's head and said loudly: "Asha, you just said that the footprints on this brick are rabbits or mice, but you didn't say it accurately!" ”

Knowing that Qin Lin had to cooperate with acting to have such a good attitude, Asha gave him a blank look, and finally pretended to be innocent honestly: "Hey, it's not a mouse, it's not a rabbit, so what is it?" ”

"I'll show you the answer right away," Qin Lin smiled and gave Ah Sha a thumbs up, praised her for drilling the chimney well, and made a gesture to the captain of the pro-soldier school, and said sharply: "Zhou Manxing, hand over your accomplice!" ”

The pro-soldier captain immediately grabbed Zhou Manxing, and snatched the big squirrel on his shoulder without saying anything.

Qin Lin instructed Niu Dali to take another brick that was stained with soot but had no animal footprints, pressed the squirrel to this side, and asked Asha to lead the rhubarb behind the squirrel.

As soon as the dog saw the squirrel, it began to grin, which frightened the big squirrel and struggled as hard as it could, but it was a pity that Qin Lin pressed its big furry tail and couldn't run away.

Qin Lin saw that it was almost there, so he let go of his hand, and the big squirrel slipped out and stepped on the bricks stained with soot.

"Ah, the footprints on these two bricks are exactly the same!" Asha pointed to two bricks, one was the one that had been taken down and left the footprints, and the other was the brick that the squirrel had just run over, and the footprints on it were like small flowers, exactly the same!

The acting skills are good, Qin Lin smiled and rubbed her head melon seeds, causing Asha to glare at him again.

When the people saw it, there was indeed no difference between the footprints on the two bricks, and the few green-skinned offspring who had just fanned the flames were all speechless.

Zhou Manxing was suddenly broken by Qin Lin's joints and fell to the ground in fright, but as the saying goes, if you don't see the Yellow River, you won't die, and if you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears. Jizhou is close to the outside of the border, and it is not uncommon for small squirrels to be raised, and they were raised two years ago, not recently, how can they use it to kill people? There are a lot of squirrels here, and the footprints in the chimney are probably left by other squirrels. ”

"Bold!" Niu Dali shouted like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which shook people's ears and scolded: "Are you a good pastime for our Beizhen Fusi?" Arrest you back, there are a thousand and ten thousand ways to make you speak obediently! ”

Qin Lin waved his hand, convincing people with reason, now judging from the embarrassing situation of Wang Xiangqian of Zhizhou, we not only have to find out the facts of the case and seek justice for Zhou Laohan and the dog, but also compete with some hidden forces with ulterior motives to win the hearts of the people, and we can't let the villagers be fooled by them all the time!

"Proof, don't you? Very simple! Qin Lin looked at Zhou Manxing's gaze, like a cat playing with a dying mouse: "Come on, search him, and find out what feeds the squirrel!" ”

"Be honest!" Lu Yuanzhi walked up, touched it in Zhou Manxing's arms, and soon found a small paper bag, opened it and saw that it was wrapped in pine nuts.

According to Qin Lin's instructions, Asha tied a thin thread to the squirrel, then stepped on a ladder to climb to the roof of the house and put the big squirrel through the chimney.

At this time, both the government and the people, all held their breath, only heard the big squirrel dragging the string, in the flue all know the rope crawling, the sound is extremely subtle, if you don't listen carefully, you can't hear, it is conceivable, Zhou Laohan and the dog in the sleep will never notice.

Lu Yuanzhi found a door bar from next door, walked into the house where the Zhou family's grandfather and grandson were killed, and bolted the door from the inside.

The supporting roles were in place, and Qin Lin, who was the protagonist, made a grand debut, he took the bag of pine nuts, squatted in front of the door and pushed it inward, so there was a gap under the door that could accommodate a fist.

At this time, Qin Lin uncovered the paper bag wrapped in pine nuts, put it in the gap, and then waited unhurriedly.

Seeing this, large beads of sweat on Zhou Manxing's forehead and sideburns came out, dripping down from the tip of his nose and chin.

After a while, the squirrel was lured by the smell of food, and dragged a thin thread out of the gap, holding the pine nuts in Qin Lin's palm, and gnawed them with relish!

The people exclaimed, by now they have fully understood the truth of the case!

"Do you want me to continue to demonstrate how you stuffed that big mass of rags into the kang hole of Zhou Laohan's house?" Qin Lin looked at Zhou Manxing with a smile, but his eyes were full of coldness.

Zhou Manxing's face was like ashes, his eyes didn't dare to touch Qin Lin at all, and he collapsed directly on the ground.

"Well, the squirrel is your accomplice, it can't speak, but I can also ask you another accomplice," Qin Lin sneered and looked at Zhou Yude: "To be precise, it should be the mastermind of this case, Zhou Yude Zhou Lichang, do you think what this official said is right or wrong?" ”

Zhou Yude stared at Qin Lin deeply, he claimed to be insidious and vicious, he originally thought that this matter had been done seamlessly, and arranged several stratagem changes for the surname, which was enough to play with all parties involved in applause; Unexpectedly, because he underestimated Qin Lin's ability to solve the case and arrest the murderer, he was unexpectedly recognized by him in the first link, so that the schemes arranged later became all foolish dreams and scheming!

Finally, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "To be honest, today's squirrel is faster than last night, probably last night, and it is already familiar." ”

The audience was in an uproar, knowing what Zhou Yude meant by saying this, several old elders jumped up and pointed at him and scolded angrily: "Zhou Yude, are you crazy? What kind of enmity do you have against your grandfather and grandson, and you want to kill them? ”

"You are still the elder brother of Wenxiangmen in Qizhou, and you are said to burn incense and chant Buddha to persuade people to be good, but I didn't expect you to be a snake in your mouth, and you are vicious! The scriptures are read into the dog's belly! ”

Qin Lin pressed down with both hands, and said loudly: "Don't be impatient, wait for the official to explain the case, and finally solve the mystery!" ”

Blocking the chimney is a prank of some naughty children in the countryside, which often leads to smoke backing up, choking people indoors and scolding their mothers.

How did this kind of prank become a means of killing?

First of all, Zhou Yude and Zhou Manxing used the squirrel as an accomplice, pulled the thin line from the chimney and drilled out of the door, and then used the thin line to make a live buckle on the large mass of rags, the rags were put in from the chimney, and the murderer stood at the door and dragged them, calculating the length of the string to estimate the position of the rag in the flue, and when they got to the place where they wanted it to stop, they pulled it hard, and the thin line was pulled out after it was loosened, and the rag was left there, blocking the flue of air circulation!

Yes, usually the doors and windows are open, and blocking the chimney will only allow the smoke to pour back and choke the people in the house.

But Zhou Laohan's house is a common style of earth walls and bricks with flat roofs in this area, unlike tiled houses with so many gaps, in addition, Jizhou is cold in winter, and the windows are nailed from the inside, at this time the flue is blocked, as long as the murderer at the door closes the door tightly, after the fist-sized gap disappears, the room is completely closed, and there is no air exchange with the outside world.

At this time, the charcoal in the stove was still burning, so a large amount of carbon poison, that is, carbon monoxide, was generated in the anoxic environment, poisoning the grandchildren in their sleep!

After Qin Lin finished talking about the detailed process of the case, the audience was silent, and he stared at Zhou Yude with an awe-inspiring expression: "As for why this Zhou Lichang committed murder, I think it has a lot to do with Zhou Laohan's boasting that he knows his own official and Wang Zhizhou's investigation of acres of land and taxes!" What the hell, hum, let's ask Zhou Lichang to answer the questions of the villagers! ”

Zhou Yude looked at Qin Lin with vicious eyes, and only then did he hear Qin Lin tell what happened to the case, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, he was really a little unconvinced: "General Qin, the little confession and submission to the law, there is only one question I want to ask you, that is, when did you start to suspect the villain, did you deliberately pretend to be dissatisfied with Wang Zhizhou?" ”

"From the beginning of the meeting," Qin Lin smiled teasingly: "You are so self-conscious, I led a large number of Jinyi lieutenants to come, and the people were very surprised, but you looked like a matter of course, as if you had expected me to come!" A lieutenant commander actually threw down Zhizhou and ignored it to answer Jinyiwei, which is even more suspicious! Since then, the official has paid more attention, and of course, after that, you will reveal more and more flaws! ”

(To be continued)