Plate?

Qin Lin squatted down, brushed off the dust on the fragments of the porcelain plate, and observed carefully.

This broken plate is octagonal, about seven inches in diameter, painted with a flower and bird pattern of blue flowers on a white background, it is the most common Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain in the Ming Dynasty, because the production is coarse, the section is visible to the naked eye smaller bubbles, and the estimated value is not high.

Turning it over, the bottom of the plate is marked with a paragraph: "Ming Wanli Year System".

"Mr. Xu?" Qin Lin took the largest piece of the plate and raised it at Xu Wenchang.

After taking the fragments and looking at them a few times, Xu Wenchang said very firmly: "This is the blue and white porcelain Bafang plate of the folk kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, every year this kind of plate from Jingdezhen, there are not 100,000 but also 80,000, and you can buy six for one or two dollars of silver, which is not a rare commodity." ”

That's the case, Qin Lin scratched his head, if there was nothing special about the plate, it would be too embarrassing.

He still didn't give up, turned the plate over and over again and looked at it a few times: "Is there anything special about this flower and bird pattern?" ”

Xu Wenchang shook his head and sighed: "Sir, this is just the most ordinary weeping flower and bird pattern, in the porcelain produced in Jingdezhen every year, there are 100,000 blue and white porcelain Bafang plates, and in these 100,000 plates, I am afraid that there are 50,000 flower and bird patterns." ”

Grandma's, it's evil! Qin Lin scratched his head when he heard this, he originally thought that there was something strange about this plate, but it turned out to be a big road product on a rotten street, and it was not special at all.

Lu Fatzi rubbed his chin and thought, "Could it be that there is no death message at all, just that it fell from the table when the roof collapsed?" ”

Zeng Xingwu has also been thinking about it, and he couldn't help but say: "Or when the fire started, Liu Liangfu was terrified and accidentally touched it?" Well, this small courtyard is not big, but the house caught fire but the person did not run away, which is very strange! ”

Saying that, Zeng Xingwu looked around suspiciously, and to be honest, he was a little at ease with his old acquaintance Yang Zhaoke now.

Yang Zhao pretended not to know, pretending to be stupid and naïve: "It's also strange, why did Mr. Liu burn him alive?" died young and broke one of the old man's arms, which is really a pity! ”

"Dong Weng, didn't Xu Wenchang admit that he had drunk with Mr. Liu before he died?" Zhao Shichen said in a jackal's voice, and the wasp glared: "Hehe, maybe there's something strange in that wine!" ”

This is why the thief shouted to catch the thief, everyone looked at Xu Wenchang in surprise when they heard this, and Zeng Xingwu smiled: "Mr. Xu, who is famous all over the world, is not likely to do this kind of thing." ”

Zhao Shichen said in a weird manner: "It's hard to say, he had a crazy attack, didn't he kill his stepwife?" ”

Xu Wenchang was told by Zhao Shichen about his sore spots, and he was angry, his eyes were bloodshot, and his chest was full of anger, and he was about to ridicule him.

Unexpectedly, Qin Lin suddenly pulled him and said indifferently: "Mr. Xu doesn't need to be angry, back then, the policy of the imperial emperor was destroyed by a foolish person, and Mr. returned to his hometown depressed and became ill, but he was worried about the country and the people, this matter is known to the world, why bother with shameless villains?" The thousands of miles in your chest are peaceful, and you say that you listen to such bad scenes that only know how to act for the tiger and fill your own pockets, but you are playing the piano to the cow. ”

Xu Wenchang was stunned, the anger in his eyes gradually subsided, he took a deep look at Qin Lin, closed his mouth and stopped paying attention to Zhao Shichen.

was reprimanded by Qin Lin with a gun and a stick, and Zhao Shichen's face was extremely ugly: "What do you mean by acting for the tiger and filling your own pockets?" If Qin Qincha has no real evidence, it is better not to say it too ugly! ”

"Heaven says Zhaozhao, heaven says Zhaozhao!" Yang Zhao looked up to the sky and sighed, shook off his robe, and his face was awe-inspiring: "The old man is an official for one term, guarding the country for the Son of Heaven, although he doesn't dare to mention any credit, but he is also worried all night and dare not be a little negligent. ”

Just looking at it, Governor Yang can simply chase Wen Tianxiang who sighed in the past, and Yue Wumu who can succeed in the Storm Pavilion of Grievances, and that righteousness is about to be "said to be Haoran in people, and full of gloom".

It's a pity that Yang's coercion and inducement of the people to "surrender" is not fake, and it is not fake to accept Wenxiangmen's bribes to forcibly seize Zhou Laohan's land, Qi Jiguang personally said to Qin Lin that Yang someone embezzled food and salary, and it could not be fake!

Qin Linpi looked at Yang Zhao with a smile, looking like he was appreciating the harlequin performance, Yang Zhao had a ghost in his heart after all, and he was empty-hearted, although his face was silent, he couldn't help but be shocked secretly: This surnamed Qin's eyes are so sharp, it makes people tremble...... At this point in the case, Qin Lin encountered a problem.

This case can be inferred to be 100% arson and homicide, but according to the conventional detection method, it can no longer go forward.

First of all, in ordinary fire cases, the primary task is to investigate the fire point, and further look for evidence of whether it is a fire or arson, such as a fire caused by aging electrical appliances and wires in later generations, and you can find the parts of the distribution box that burned and melted.

However, in this case, it was only wood and the like that started the fire, and the entire roof collapsed, and a lot of water was poured on the ground in the process of fighting the fire, so it was very difficult or even impossible to find the fire point and come up with evidence of arson.

Second, interrogating criminal suspects and questioning eyewitnesses are common methods of criminal investigation, and the two suspects in this case are Yang Zhao, the governor of Jiliao, a member of the imperial court, and his guest Zhao Shichen.

Even if Zhao Shichen is forcibly arrested, before you can use the eighteen sets of criminal laws that Jinyiwei forced to confess, Yang Zhaotie will sue Shangjingshi, and if you can't kick out Zhang Zixuan's forgery of the Shoufu Emperor's decree, there will be no hope of solving the case.

It seems that we still have to find ironclad evidence in order to completely nail Yang Zhao and Zhao Shichen, the two embarrassed beasts, to death on the court!

"There is something strange in this case, wait for the official to go back and think about it carefully," Qin Lin pointed to the scene, "Here, the people brought from the palace by the official's Jinyi captain, Zeng Shilang's personal soldiers, and Zhang's father-in-law ...... Well, plus the soldiers of Governor Yang and the Governor's Mansion of Jiliao, they will be closely guarded together, so as not to be manipulated by anyone. ”

Zeng Xingwu and Zhang Xiaoyang naturally agreed to this arrangement.

Yang Zhao thought for a while and nodded: "That's fine, lest anyone deliberately frame the old man." ”

"Come on, keep this place under strict control, don't be done by anyone to slander our Governor Yang!" Zhao Shichen sharply commanded the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion and faintly reprimanded Qin Lin.

Qin Lin didn't laugh angrily, looking at Zhao Shichen pretending, his smile was full of mockery.

"Brother Qin, I didn't find any evidence, what are you laughing at?" Lu Yuanzhi complained in a low voice beside him, and his mood was a little low.

"Do you look at Zhao Shichen's appearance, does he look like a big crab?" Qin Lin grinned and said, "I suddenly remembered that old saying, and I will look at the crab with cold eyes to see how long he will be rampant!" ”

Back in Qinchaxingyuan, Qin Lin called all his henchmen and brothers into the room, closed the doors and windows mysteriously, and then he took out a pen and paper, brushed and sketched with a pencil, and drew two pictures in a short time.

One is the furnishings and relative position of Liu Liangfu's room, and the other is the octagonal plate, his sketching brushwork is excellent, and his surname is beyond ordinary people, and the actual appearance of the painting is exactly the same, just like a photo.

Even Niu Dali praised: "Tsk, the sir's hand-drawn painting is exactly the same as the real one." ”

Qin Lin smiled: "Don't talk about it at this time, let's take a closer look, what's weird." ”

Lu Fatzi blinked his small eyes: "Brother Qin, why do you think there is a message of death?" ”

"Reasoning."

Master Shaoxing is a kind of elite, and there is a rule that if you make fake accounts, you must leave the truth, Qin Lin can completely speculate that Liu Liangfu has left the truth.

It is estimated that Liu Liangfu's account was not handed over to Yang Zhao and Zhao Shichen, otherwise Yang Zhao, as the governor of Jiliao, would not have used the relatively powerful method of setting fire to the house, and could have adopted other methods to silently ask Liu Liangfu to disappear.

Burning the house, in addition to killing people and destroying mouths, also has another layer of tasks: to burn the bottom account that Liu Liangfu refused to hand over!

Therefore, arson, a method of killing, corroborates Qin Lin's judgment from the other side.

Yang Zhaolao and Zhao Shichen are fierce and vicious, they do absolutely nothing to leak, they really let Liu Liangfu burn alive, and they did not leave a handle in the crime itself.

However, no crime can be perfect, and actions to cover up the crime will always make it easier to expose the crime.

Examining the conclusion that the corpse was burned before death rather than after death, Qin Lin seemed to have witnessed Liu Liangfu's last moment before his death:

Liu Liangfu, who was tied up by some kind of flammable rope, was firmly locked indoors and could not escape, and the flames around the house were flying happily, and the crackling burning sound and the high temperature that scorched the human body made him understand that there was no hope of escape at all...... At this moment, Liu Liangfu must have hated Yang Zhao and Zhao Shichen to the core, helped them make so many false accounts, embezzled a lot of food and salary, but in the end ended up with a tragic fate of being killed and burned alive, isn't his heart full of hatred and resentment, isn't he trying to use all available means to put the two enemies to death?

He will definitely use whatever he has at his disposal to leave as much death message as possible, guide the detectives to find the flaws of Yang Zhao and Zhao Shichen, so as to bring them to justice and avenge himself!

Things such as paper and pen that are easy to leave messages, not only is it impossible for Yang Zhao to leave them for Liu Liangfu, but even if they do, they are burned to ashes by the fire, and if Liu Liangfu wants to leave a death message at the last moment, of course he will not use these flammable materials.

Then, the bowls, plates, copper washbasins, ceramic night pots and other objects placed in the room will not be burned to ashes by the fire, and are most likely to serve as carriers of death messages.

And among these suspicious things, the blue and white porcelain plate that fell to the ground and was very close to Liu Liangfu's head may have the largest surname.

After Qin Lin said this reasoning, everyone was impressed, and Xu Wenchang, Lu Yuanzhi, and Niu Dali all fell into deep thought.

What is it exactly? What a dumb riddle from hell!

Qin Lin pondered for a long time, and Liu Liangfu's scorched mouth appeared in his mind, as if he wanted to tell all the truth to the inquisitor of the Yang Realm, but unfortunately it could no longer make any sound......

(To be continued)