Now that the investigation is complete, Lu Jinping returned home to inspect the samples.

After testing the bloodstains at the scene, it was confirmed that they all belonged to the deceased. and examined the yin of the dead. Dao swab and no sperm was found. The child exists.

The results of the previous separate questioning of the informants also came out, and what the informants said was consistent with each other, proving that they were indeed found by passing by at that time.

The ensuing visit was fruitless, and two days passed without any progress.

Luo Judicial is very anxious, in ancient times, there were also requirements similar to the current murder cases that must be solved, if they can't be solved, it will affect their political performance, Feng Tingshi is urging every day, but there is no progress in the direction of investigation arranged by Lu Jinping. The bears hunted the head, and they took the portraits of the dead and searched all over the city for the wandering escapees to check, but no one knew them.

When Xiong Zhutou found Lu Jinping with a sad face, Lu Jinping felt a little strange, could it be that he had misjudged? Judging from the deceased's clothing and appearance, he really looks like a person who is fleeing from the famine and begging for food, even if ordinary people are sloppy and dirty, it is impossible to dress like this. Moreover, the deceased's right leg was fractured and splinted for bandaging, which should have been done in the pharmacy of the medical center, why did he visit these places without any news? What went wrong?

He asked the bear catcher to show him the portrait of the deceased. After seeing this, I immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that the portrait was painted a little like the deceased, in order to show the dirtiness of the face, a lot of dry ink was painted, and the technique of draping and wrinkling in the landscape painting was used.

This portrait is not to be shown to those wanderers for identification, even if it is shown to Lu Jinping, if he does not tell him who it is, he will suddenly not recognize the deceased who he has dissected.

Identifying people with flat images is inherently difficult, and even in the modern world, people on wanted notices may not be able to accurately identify them as wanted criminals if they change their hairstyle, wear beards and glasses, and become fat or thin. What's more, Chinese painting pays attention to freehand and does not pay much attention to realism. The white line drawing technique is mostly used for figure painting, which is far inferior to the current photographic technology. Therefore, it is simply impossible to identify people by painting.

After Lu Jinping found out about this problem, he said to Xiong Zhutou: "Don't use the portrait to find it, you put the corpse in a flatbed truck, and transport the corpse directly to the city for them to identify, don't touch her clothes." ”

Xiong Zhutou patted his head: "Why didn't I think of this trick?" I'll go. ”

Lu Jinping's trick worked very well, and it only took half a day for Xiong Zhutou to take two beggars to the pharmacy between the medicinal materials warehouse of the Yamen Medical Center to find Lu Jinping, and said: "The two of them said that they knew the deceased, and they were still asking for food on the same street three days ago. ”

Lu Jinping immediately asked the two beggars: "Tell me about this woman's situation." ”

The older beggar said, "This woman is a fool, she only giggles and cannot speak, she eats what others give, and if she does not give it, she is hungry and does not ask for food. I don't know where she came from. ”

Lu Jinping said: "Do you know about her leg injury? ”

The two beggars shook their heads and said, "I don't know, the last time I saw her was three days ago, when her hands and feet were intact, it was about late evening that day, she left by herself, and I don't know where she went." That was the last time we saw her. ”

"Does she have any other relatives or good people?"

The two beggars shook their heads and said, "We don't know, but she has been eating with us for more than a month, and she can't speak on that street, so I don't know if she has any family or friends." But it shouldn't be, because for more than a month, I haven't seen anyone come to him. ”

"In which direction did he go when he left?"

"It's toward the east street, along the side to the east side."

Lu Jinping asked some more questions, but the two beggars knew so much, so they gave them a reward and let them go.

Lu Jinping said to Xiong Zhutou: "Now you drag the victim's body on a cart, follow the direction that the two beggars said just now, and ask the shops and homes on the street along the way if you have seen the deceased." Since the time I had just spoken of by the two beggars was about the same as I had estimated the time of death, I guess her fracture must have been caused at that time. Ask and see if you can find any clues. ”

Xiong Zhutou agreed, and was about to push the corpse away, but was stopped by Lu Jinping again, and asked, "You went to check the pharmacy and the medical center, is there any news?" ”

The bear scratched his head and said, "No." Those Lang Zhong said that there were people who had fled the famine and visited their clinics and pharmacies, both men and women, but very few were injured, especially those who were so badly fractured, and if they were, they would definitely have an impression. But it is true that no such person has come to see the fracture in the past few days. Moreover, they will definitely not treat the wound so hastily, and will definitely stop the bleeding. So they concluded that this should not be handled by the medical hall or the pharmacy, but it was possible to do something like those swaggering and deceitful bell doctors who walked the streets, so let's go and ask these people. We have been looking for these people all over the city to identify them at the Yamen. A few came, and they all said that they didn't know the deceased, and they were still looking for it, so they didn't report it to you, sir. ”

Lu Jinping frowned, and waved his hand to let him do what he explained.

Soon, the findings came. A couple who was in charge of an oil and salt shop said that they had seen the dead beggar three nights before.

Lu Jinping couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately rode his horse to the oil and salt shop.

In front of the oil and salt shop, there was also a flatbed truck with the corpse of a female beggar, covered with a white sheet, and there were many people watching the excitement around.

After Lu Jinping dismounted, the bear catcher who was waiting there hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and followed Lu Jinping into the oil and salt shop.

The owner and wife of the oil and salt shop looked at him humbly and smiled, because they saw that the head catcher in Tongzhou was full of flattering smiles on this young man, and knew that the young man who came had a great background.

Lu Jinping asked: "Did you two see it?" ”

The middle-aged man was busy laughing and said, "Only the villain and my family have seen it." My two children were sleeping in the house. "So, when you saw the beggar, it was already dark?"

"Yes, it was about the third watch at that time, we had already closed the door of the shop, and I went to a friend's house to visit the door and came back, and when I opened the door, I happened to see her, and she was hit by a carriage."

Lu Jinping's heart moved, and he remembered the strip-like bruises on the arms and inner thighs of the deceased, weren't they formed by the impact of the huge carriage wheels in ancient times? Hurriedly said: "The carriage crashed?" What's going on? You tell me what happened, in as much detail as possible. ”

"Okay, I had just entered the house, and I was about to close the door, when I saw a figure walking past my door, staggering, because there was no one on the street at this time, and I took a closer look, and it was the woman who asked for food, she was a madman, and I knew her. She walked past my house and walked very fast. As I was about to close the door, I heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing towards me in the distance, and someone shouted, 'Get out of the way, get out of the way, the horses are coming, get out of the way!' As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was the eldest young master of the Yun family who was driving the carriage and running wild on the street. At this moment, I heard a bang, and then the sound of horses' hooves stopped, I felt as if the carriage had hit someone, so I quickly opened the door and went out to look, only to see that on the street not far away, the red horse of the eldest young master of the Yun family stopped in the middle of the road, and the eldest young master of the Yun family jumped down from the car. I didn't dare to meddle with my business, so I closed the door and went to sleep. ”

"How's the beggar?"

"I didn't see it because it was dark. I originally wanted to go over to check, but my lady grabbed me and said, don't mess with the affairs of the eldest young master of the Yun family, and then I closed the door of the room, and after a while, I heard the carriage of the eldest young master of the Yun family running past the door. Then I went back to my house and went to sleep, and that's it. ”

"Can you be sure that the beggar who walked past your door was hit by that carriage?"

"I can't say for sure, but I heard the eldest young master of the Yun family shouting out of the way, and then I heard a bang, as if I had hit something, and then it stopped immediately, and I guess it might have hit her. It's right in front there. The shopkeeper said, gesturing to the street ahead.

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