Lu Jinping asked the village to get straw mats to enclose the corpse to form a compartment, so that the villagers who were watching from a distance could not see the autopsy in the enclosed fence.

After surrounding, Lu Jinping asked two servants to conduct an autopsy with him, one of them was an assistant, and the other was responsible for the autopsy and filling in the autopsy record.

Lu Jinping first conducted a body surface examination of the corpse, and checked the corpse's temperature, corpse spots, and corpse stiffness, and speculated that he should have been killed at noon.

Lu Jinping then performed an autopsy on the corpse, and the internal organs of the corpse were consistent with the characteristics of mechanical death.

It seems that Han Yuanwai's daughter-in-law died of suffocation.

However, Lu Jinping dissected the erect neck of the corpse and found no throat fracture. A careful examination of the corpse's mouth and nose found no traces of cuffing, no traces of finger pinching on the neck, and of course, death caused by mechanical asphyxiation could be left undetected. For example, cover your mouth and nose with some soft cotton cloth. Or use a thick cotton cloth to pad the neck and then use a rope to strangle, it will not leave obvious marks. Therefore, if pressure marks are found in the mouth and nose, mechanical asphyxiation death can be confirmed, but the absence of this evidence does not rule out that the cause of death was asphyxiation. Because the characteristics of the body surface and internal organs are consistent with death by asphyxiation.

In accordance with the routine requirements of the examination, Lu Jinping extracted the efforts of the deceased for further re-examination in the future.

Then, Lu Jinping began to survey the scene. However, he had no hope in his mind about what kind of useful information the survey would mention. Because, hundreds of people who came to see the excitement carried the body out of the latrine at that time, and the scene of the incident had already been completely destroyed, and it was difficult to extract useful traces.

After inspection, no suspicious traces or remnants were found.

Judging by the autopsy. There were no signs of a struggle found on the deceased's body, could it be that it was someone close to him who killed him? Otherwise, it would not be possible for her to appear in the latrine without any resistance when she is a woman in the toilet.

Therefore, Lu Jinping wants to lock the scope of the key investigation on people with such characteristics, and before that, he must first conduct a peripheral investigation. From this, people with such characteristics are determined.

Lu Jinping walked out of the surrounding pergola. Asked Muramasa, "Are shopkeepers Jia and his son nearby?" ”

Muramasa stepped on his feet and looked, pointed to a fat man standing in the distance and a young man next to him, and said, "Where! ”

"Call them over and call them separately. I'm going to ask his son first, and then his father later. Muramasa hurriedly agreed and ran over to call someone.

Lu Jinping said to Xiong Zhutou again: "You immediately take someone to conduct a relevant investigation of the people in the village, check out who has a grudge against the deceased, or whether anyone has witnessed where she went, and whether anyone has passed by or worked in the vicinity at noon." ”

Shopkeeper Jia and his son Jia Feng were called over first, in the pergola next to the corpse. His eyes were moist, and he had obviously just cried. Lu Jinping said: "It seems that you have a good relationship with this daughter-in-law outside the Korean member, are you crying for her?" ”

Lu Jinping's words made Jia Feng's eyes red again, his voice was a little choked, and he said: "I call her Eleven Niang, because her mother's family called her like this when she was a child, and this is her maiden name." ”

Lu Jinping was stunned for a moment, this young man cared so much about the title. is unwilling to call this dead woman the daughter-in-law of the Han family, which means that his affection for this woman in his heart should be true. If he just coveted her body, he didn't care if the other party was someone else's daughter-in-law at all.

Lu Jinping slowed down his tone and said, "Tell me, what's going on with you?" Did he come to you today? ”

Jia Feng said: "Eleven Niang is very pitiful, in fact, Han Yuanwai treats her very badly and often insults her. She was said to be corrupt and sometimes beaten her, and I had seen her wounds. ”

Lu Jinping immediately interjected and asked, "Have you seen her injuries?" Then your relationship is extraordinary. ”

Jia Feng nodded a little heavily and said, "Yes, now that Eleven Niang is dead, I want to find the real murderer who killed her." I'll tell you the truth about what happened between us. Actually, I got along with Shi Niang's husband before he died, because at that time, her husband often beat her, and her husband was an alcoholic, and when he got drunk, he would beat her for no reason. Once, after a violent beating, in despair, I ran outside the village to hang myself, but I found that something was wrong and kept following, and then persuaded her. She was very grateful to me and secretly got along with me. ”

"I often persuade her, but because she is a married man, I don't dare to persuade her too much, and I don't dare to associate too closely with her. Fortunately, God has eyes, and her vicious husband, after getting drunk, fell off the bridge, broke his neck, and died on the spot. So, I waited for her to expire and then went to propose. I want to marry her. However, her father-in-law and mother-in-law opened a sky-high price, and my father and I were just pawns of the peddlers who sold some things, and people praised us and called us shopkeepers, but in fact, we were just a little more comfortable than other families, and where could we get such a huge dowry to marry Eleven Niang. ”

Eleven Niang was very helpless, she wanted to go back to her parents' house, but her in-laws refused to live or die, and her mother-in-law brother came to pick her up, and her mother-in-law told her brother-in-law that unless the original dowry was doubled, don't expect to take her daughter-in-law back. Her mother's family is also poor, how can she have so much money? I had to give up. ”

When Lu Jinping asked Jia Feng, Han Yuanwai and his wife had already been arrested and were about to be taken to a distant place to wait, so there was no need to worry that they could hear Jia Feng say this. Lu Jinping was a little surprised when he heard this, turned his head to look at the two old men standing with their heads hanging in the distance, and thought, are they all acting in front of them? Who should I trust? The two men said diametrically opposed.

Lu Jinping asked again: "Then did she come to you today?" ”

Jia Feng shook his head heavily, and said: "I thought she would come, because a few days ago, she told me that their food was almost exhausted, and after I got along with her, I gave her food, but I told her about this food, don't take it home and give it to those two old things to eat, but she shook her head, after all, it was her father-in-law and mother-in-law, she couldn't do this, so she had to let her." I didn't expect that she didn't come today, I waited until the afternoon, I heard the noise at the entrance of the village, and when I inquired, I learned that Shi Niang died in the thatched toilet on the side of the road in the vegetable farmer's house, as if she was raped and killed. ”

"I suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall, and I ran to see in a panic that there were many people gathered here, three layers inside and three layers outside. I squeezed in desperately, only to see Eleven Niang lying on the grass, her eyes still staring, as if she couldn't die. I cried and fainted, and my father carried me home, and he wouldn't let me come out to see it again. It wasn't until I heard that someone from the Yamen of Tongzhou had come to investigate the case, and I had to come, so my father brought me here. Please, sir, you must find the murderer and avenge Eleven Niang, she ......, she died too miserably......"

Speaking of this, Jia Feng had already cried into a tearful person.

Lu Jinping asked, "Where were you at noon?" Who can testify? ”

When Jia Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "Master, do you suspect that I killed Eleven Niang?" I would rather kill myself than harm her, I am going to marry her as a daughter-in-law, why should I harm her? ”

Lu Jinping frowned and said, "If the official asks you, you answer truthfully." ”

Seeing that Lu Jinping was on the official shelf, Jia Feng quickly shrank his head, his eyes also drooped, and he whispered, "Master forgive me, I said." -- Today, until I heard that something had happened to Eleven Niang, I was waiting for her under the willow tree not far from our house, where we met. But I didn't wait for her to come. What I was waiting for was the news of her murder, my hard-working eleven mother......"

Lu Jinping frowned and said, "You mean you're waiting for her under the willow tree alone, right?" Is there any physical evidence? Proof that you had been under the willow tree at the time. ”

Jia Feng glanced at Lu Jinping, lowered his head and said slowly: "I'm alone, no one else." ”

"Were you there at noon? Didn't go back to eat? ”

"Nope. I've been waiting for Eleven Niang, I don't have anything to eat when I can't see her, my father is busy with business, and he doesn't have time to call me to dinner, so no one cares about me, I have been staying under the willow tree and waiting for him to come, but he has not come. ”

After Lu Jinping finished asking, he ordered the arrester to take him aside and wait for further investigation.

Then, Lu Jinping called Jia Feng's father for interrogation.

Shopkeeper Jia is doing business at a glance, although it is not very high-grade from the perspective of his clothing, but it is much better than the coarse cloth shirts of other people in the village, it seems that their business is still doing well, judging from the appearance of his nodding and waist, he also fully understands the principle of making money with harmony, which is already a habitual smile.

Lu Jinping asked: "Did Eleven Niang come to you today?" ”

"No, indeed not, her father-in-law and mother-in-law came to ask us if we had seen Eleven Niang. I really didn't see it, but she came to borrow rice a few days ago but saw it once, borrowed rice and left, I haven't seen it these days. Alas, poor Eleven Niang, people are still very good, why should they suffer such bad luck? Who's the killer? It's so brutal that it's outrageous! Shopkeeper Jia said as he shook his head, looking distressed.

Lu Jinping said: "Who do you think is likely to commit the crime? ”

Shopkeeper Jia scratched his head, a little embarrassed. Exposing others is contradictory to his business and making money. However, when the government yamen inquired about this, he could only ponder it.

After thinking for a moment, he cautiously said, "If the lord has to ask me to say one or two possible murderers, I think the vegetable farmer is very likely." And her parents-in-law ......"

"Oh? Do you have any proof? ”

"There's no evidence, it's just that I'm speculating. The vegetable farmer was squinting every time he saw Eleven Niang, and he deliberately set it up a few times. Eleven Niang ignored him at all, and even scolded him, and scolded him a few times to make him angry. I once saw him gritting his teeth behind his back and pointing at Eleven Niang and cursing. So, I think it will be because this vegetable farmer is forced to commit adultery and kill people? Besides, Eleven Niang died in his latrine, this is also evidence, right? (To be continued......)