Chapter 177: The Bitterness of the Sun
Lu Jinping came to the toilet and stood still, looked up at the crowd around him, raised his voice and said: "Folks, I called you here under this scorching sun, just to tell you who is the murderer in this case. Who was he killed, because everyone is very concerned about this case, and at the same time, the murderer of this case is very bad, if I don't find him out, there may be new people who die under his claws, so this is why everyone is called together, that is, let everyone be vigilant, and don't be the murderer in the future. ”
Lu Jinping said so mysteriously that the villagers of No. 100 who were watching all whispered, but they didn't dare to make a loud voice, and they didn't dare to say anything more after recording a few words, and soon they were quiet, looking at Lu Jinping one by one.
Lu Jinping glanced back, and Ye Qingqing, who was sweating profusely, was standing next to the closed toilet door, and saw that his hair was drenched with sweat, so he stretched out his hand to wipe it for her in distress, and said, "It's hard work, I asked you to do this dirty and tiring work under such a vicious sun." ”
Ye Qingqing said: "It's nothing, it's not bitter, why don't you just bask in the sun." ”
Lu Jinping nodded and smiled approvingly and said, "How is it?" No one has ever been here, has the toilet door never been opened? ”
"No one has been here, I've been here ever since, morning until now, and the door has been closed."
Lu Jinping said: "That's good, then we'll start catching the murderer." ”
Lu Jinping said, looked back at Muramasa, and said, "Bring that pig over." ”
Several servants of the village family came over with the swishing fat pig, which was packed in a pig cage made of bamboo strips, and the front and back feet were firmly tied with ropes, and lay in the pig cage and screamed.
Lu Jinping said: "Carry the pig to the toilet. Put it on the floor, move quickly, and come out right away and close the door. ”
The two servants have big shoulders and round waists, and of course there is no problem in carrying this fat pig, but they don't understand why Lu Jinping gave such an order. Looking at Muramasa in confusion, Muramasa stomped his feet and said, "If you don't hurry up and do it when the lord tells me, what are you doing with me?" Hurry! ”
The two servants hurriedly carried the fat pig to the latrine, and one opened the door of the latrine, and a foul smell came to the face, which made the two big-shouldered and round-waisted family members take several steps back, and even Lu Jinping, who was standing not far away, frowned and retreated a few steps. The two strong men, gritting their teeth, held their breath, put the fat pig in the pig cage on the pier board on the huge manure pit, and then withdrew, and closed the door again.
In just a few moments, the two strong men were so hot that their eyes were hot, and they kept rubbing their eyes.
Lu Jinping smiled. Look at the sky and say aloud, "The sun is a good thing." But the sun is not always a good thing. For example, in ancient times, it was said that there were ten suns in the sky, and these ten suns came out in turn, but one day, they took advantage of their father's lack of attention. Let's go to the sky and play. This is incredible. Ten suns roasted together, scorched the earth to the ground, could not do anything, and many people died. Later, nine of them were shot down by the infinitely powerful Hou Yi, and only the last one remained, and the heavens and the earth were regained their coolness. This is the story of Hou Yi shooting the sun. For our farmer. The sun is more important, without the sun, the farmer will not be able to grow, the sun is hot and there is no rain, and the crops will not grow well. In addition to growing crops, there are many more, the benefits and disadvantages of the sun. Who can tell me what are the advantages and disadvantages of it? ”
Lu Jinping seemed to be in a popular science class, and began to use questions to induce the onlookers to participate, how could these villagers have ever seen such a big lord chatting like a family, so when he heard Lu Jinping's question, no one dared to reply to him.
So, Lu Jinping had a way to draw lots, turned around and said to Mura Zheng first: "You say, you are the head of a village, you come to take the lead, you say the disadvantages of the sun." ”
Murazheng didn't expect Lu Jinping to let him say it in public, and laughed with trepidation, but when he saw Lu Jinping looking at him without blinking, he knew that Lu Jinping was asking him, as a villager, he rarely went out on the ground, and on a hot day when the sun was hot, he had more leisure to stay at home, and he didn't have too deep feelings about the spicy sun, but he had never eaten pork and seen pigs running, and he had heard a lot of stories, so he thought about it and said with a smile: "Sir, I think this sun is too hot, The water in this well dried up quickly, and there was no water to drink, so the people in the village had to wait in a long queue until the evening, and some had to run far away, more than ten miles, to fetch water by the stream, which was still very bitter. ”
Lu Jinping nodded approvingly and said, "I can't imagine that your village can still understand the people's feelings and know the suffering of the villagers, which is very good." Yes, the sun is too hot and too big, the well water is not enough, you can only go to a far place to fetch water, this is very bitter, with such a big sun, who else can say the disadvantages of the sun? ”
Hearing that the lord was very interested in this question, those squires wanted to stammer Lu Jinping, of course, one or two racked their brains to think, and one of them boldly laughed and said: "Sir, I think of the disadvantages of a sun, I don't know if it is or not?" ”
"Tell me about it."
"It's too hot on this day, the weather is too hot, and I always want to drink water and eat watermelon while sitting at home, and my stomach is swollen and uncomfortable. I'm already fat, and it's even more difficult to walk after eating a stomach full of watermelon water, which is what makes me miserable. ”
Hearing him say this, the villagers around laughed, but many of them smiled bitterly. These rich squires, staying in the house and eating watermelons, still think that watermelons make their bellies round and it is difficult to walk, and how can they ever experience the hardships of ordinary people doing farm work under the sun.
Most of the villagers didn't dare to say this, but in the end, there was still a young man with a flute head who said: "The sun is too poisonous, and I am dizzy when I work in the field, and my skin has to fall off several layers, so that is bitter." ”
Lu Jinping picked up his thumb and said approvingly: "That's right, indeed, the farmer is the most sensitive to the poisonous sun, compared to us who sit in the yamen, it is really a hundred times harder!" ”
Hearing the words of this farmer and being praised by the lord, these villagers suddenly became emotional, and they became bolder, and they talked nonsense one by two, complaining about the vicious day. It is said that working under the sun is really hard.
Speaking of this, an old man exclaimed, "What you are talking about is just scratching the surface, and you don't know what is really vicious." I encountered it when I was younger. At that time, I went to work as a long-term worker in other villages, and it was also in the summer, just like the scorching sun now, working in the field under the poisonous sun, but I passed out in the sun, suffered from heat stroke, and was carried under the tree. I was almost sunburned to death, do you think this day is poisonous? ”
Lu Jinping waved his hand to signal everyone not to say anything yet, and then said loudly: "This uncle, when it comes to the point, what many people said before has only caused inconvenience and hardship in life, but when the sun is strong, it can kill people." Not only heat stroke, but also other possibilities, can also be fatal. For example, the thatched toilet under the scorching sun is a murderous cave! ”
Speaking of this, Lu Jinping turned around and pointed to the latrine with the door closed, and said to the two servants who carried the pig at the door: "Open the door and carry the pig out." ”
The two strong men opened the door of the latrine again, and a foul smell like rotten eggs came to their faces, and everyone frowned and covered their noses. The two strong men still held their breath, went in hard, carried the pig out, put it on the ground, and quickly closed the toilet door again. At this moment, everyone was surprised to find that the fat pig, which was screaming when it was carried in, was lying motionless in the pig cage at this moment.
Lu Jinping just said that the toilet under the sun is a murderous demon cave, which made these people immediately have a thought, could it be that this pig is dead?
Lu Jinping said to the strong man: "Open the pig cage and get the pig out." ”
The two strong men hurriedly opened the pig cage, dragged the pig out, untied the rope on his legs, and kicked hard in the ass a few times. But the fat pig was only kicked a few times by the servant's kick, but he didn't even make a sound. Lu Jinping turned his head to look at the stunned bear and said, "Can you check if this pig is dead?" ”
Xiong Zhutou hurriedly stepped forward, also kicked twice, and pulled out his waist knife and poked twice in the pig's buttocks, these are these two knives, as long as they are alive, even if they are asleep, they will hum a few times, and even jump up and run, but this pig has no reaction.
The bear catcher said, "Back to my lord, this pig is dead." ”
"You open the door of the latrine and see if there's anyone inside?"
Xiong Zhutou hurriedly went up and opened the door of the latrine, and the stench of rotten eggs made him retreat again and again, covering his mouth and nose, squinting his eyes and checking carefully, there was no one in the latrine.
Xiong Zhutou shook his head and said, "Sir, there is no one inside." ”
Lu Jinping raised his voice and said to the onlookers: "Let me tell you, the one who killed this pig is the same murderer who killed Eleven Niang yesterday." This murderer is the dung pit of the latrine! Of course, there are also accomplices, this vicious sun! -- The feces and urine in the dung pit will emit a deadly miasma when the sun is hot, and it will poison people to death. ”
"Yesterday, when Eleven Niang passed by here, she probably wanted to go to the thatched house, because she was a woman, and she couldn't just pull her pants like a man and squat on the side of the road to and pee. Unexpectedly, she couldn't come out again, because the feces and urine of the pit under the scorching sun became a deadly killer, and the poisonous gas smoked her to death in the latrine. ”
"At that time, her skirt was taken off, because it was convenient, convenient and died of miasma. She was not sexually assaulted, as I had already focused on yesterday at the autopsy, and there were no signs of rape on her lower body, nor any resistance injuries on her body. And she was a young woman, and she was doing farm work, and she had some strength. If someone rapes him, he will never leave any scars. However, if it is a fatal miasma, it will silently take her life, and she cannot resist. (To be continued......)