Lu Jinping didn't interrupt him, listened to him quietly, and finally asked, "Are you finished?" ”

Butcher Qu nodded at first, then seemed to suddenly remember something, and then continued: "There is one more thing, -- I always feel that Chunya's death is very strange. Chunya is a strong woman, she will not commit suicide easily, and she knows that I am a person who does what I say, and I will definitely do what I promise, whether it is about money or fists, I have a way to snatch her from Shi Jingsheng. So she will definitely wait for me and will definitely not kill herself. Then there must be something strange about how she died, I hope the eldest master will find out, if she is really murdered, no matter who it is, I must pay for her life! Even if I die, I will go to him to ask for my life when I become a powerful ghost in the underworld! ”

Lu Jinping pondered for a moment and said, "Did you tell the people in the yamen about these things you said before?" ”

"Of course I said it, I said it more than once, but no one listened. They only thought that I had killed Shi Jingsheng's father, because Shi Jingsheng said that he had seen it with his own eyes, but in fact he had wronged me, and I had not killed his father at all. I don't know where he got my pig-killing knife and axe, but I admit that the pig-killing knife and axe were mine. ”

Lu Jinping asked: "I was about to ask you this question, how many axes do you have, how many pig-killing knives do you have?" ”

"There are several, the weight and strength are different, killing pigs and cattle, there are many knives with different weights and needs, so I have all kinds of axes and pig-killing knives at home. However, my knives and axes have been lost in slaughterhouses and pork shops on more than one occasion. I don't know who stole it, it's not worth anything, and I don't bother to report it to the official. ”

After Lu Jinping finished questioning, he took the fingerprints and palm prints of Qu Butcher's hands and returned to his house, and returned to the Yamen signing room with his forensic investigation box. The axe and the pig-killing knife in this case were still in his signing room.

He called the bear catcher and asked him to pick up all the fingerprints of the pig killer who had come into contact with the physical evidence and kill the knife.

Then he closed the door and carefully swept out the powder from the seams of the handle of the pig-killing knife with a fine-bristled brush. Especially inside the collar with copper inlays for the handle. Then the soil sample extracted from the gate of Qu Butcher's courtyard was extracted with a spectrometer to extract the spectrum of the soil, and then compared with the spectrum extracted from the trace amount of soil extracted from the handle of the knife, and the results made Lu Jinping very excited, and he finally saw an important piece of evidence to support his speculation.

Followed by. He still needs to search for further evidence.

He took out the fluorescence-enhancing glasses from the forensic investigation box, put them on, then took out the ultraviolet laser forensic scanner, and began to carefully examine the handle of the pig-killing knife. Multiple fingerprints were found on the hilt of his knife. I took pictures with a digital camera and entered them into a microcomputer.

At this time, the fingerprints of the yamen were sent one after another.

Lu Jinping entered the extracted fingerprints into the microcomputer for comparison, and the results were. Most of the fingerprints on the dagger were left by the butcher, and some of them belonged to the Yamen's catchers and scribes.

All the fingerprints that could be identified were checked, and none of them were extracted from the fingerprints of the murderer that Lu Jinping hoped for.

He had expected this outcome, so he didn't get too frustrated about it, and he had to reload it for new clues, so he went back to the handle to look carefully for all kinds of marks, including patterns that didn't indicate that they were eligible for identification.

It took him nearly an hour to finally confirm a small piece of palm print on the outside of his palm on a very vague line.

The palm print on the palm of the hand and the fingerprint on the finger are also specific and unique, and can be identified in the same way. The point is that the palm lines on the outside of this small piece of palm are very blurred. Moreover, the area is too small and has too few characteristic points, which is not enough to meet the requirements of uniformity.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jinping extracted all the fingerprints on the handle of the axe that could be identified for comparison, and also found a vague superimposed fingerprint, which also did not meet the conditions for identification. However, after careful observation and confirmation, it was confirmed that it was a blur caused by the superposition of fingerprints, and it was a mixed pattern formed by the superposition of three fingerprints. He decided to strip the three fingerprints out to see if they were ready for identification.

The range of palmprints that can be identified is too small, and it is feared that the same node that is required for the same needs will not meet the evidentiary requirements. But what Lu Jinping needs is not the standard of evidence that meets the requirements of the purpose of evidence in the modern Criminal Procedure Law, what he needs is evidence that makes him feel conviction in his heart, and this standard of evidence is lower.

But the problem he faces now is to make this blurry fingerprint clear and separate the two superimposed fingerprints.

It was a very difficult job for him. Because he is not an expert in fingerprint identification, but a forensic doctor, but he knows the basic principles of fingerprint identification, and his microcomputer has a set of fingerprint identification software, and he first has to learn how to use this software, and the software comes with an instruction manual. It's a pity that it's all in English, and his English can't be handy, so he struggles to read the operating instructions.

This work continued until late at night, and he finally mastered the main use of this complex software imported from abroad, that is, how to make the blurry palm prints clear and the superimposed fingerprints separated.

He began to try to make the blurry fingerprints clear and separate the superimposed fingerprints, as required by the instructions.

Due to his unfamiliarity with software, he continued to work until dawn. Finally, the fingerprints of the first overlapping pattern were stripped away, and two clear fingerprints appeared on the screen. Although it is still vague, it has already met the conditions for identification.

Lu Jinping entered the extracted fingerprints into the laptop computer, and found that one of the fingerprints belonged to the clerk of the Yamen torture room, while the other did not find the same, which made the corners of his mouth smile. Because this strange fingerprint is likely to be left by the murderer who killed Shi Jingsheng's father.

After mastering the use of this set of software, it only took one hour to identify the remaining overlapping fingerprints, and successfully peeled off the three superimposed fingerprints respectively, and after comparison, it was found that two of the fingerprints were left by the Yamen's catcher and the scribe. The remaining one, the bottom one, is a stranger's palm print. And this fingerprint is different from the previous unfamiliar fingerprint, which did not frustrate Lu Jinping, because even if it is the palm of the same person, the fingers are different. Most likely, it was left by two different fingers of the murderer.

Although this result did not allow him to make a final decision, or even provide him with evidence that could be applied in ancient times, it had solved a most crucial problem in his mind, and he was going to further confirm his speculation, and he hoped to solve the mystery before noon.

Lu Jinping pushed the door out from the front, and the guard at the door stepped forward to report that Yun Zi was waiting in the flower hall at dawn, because he knew that he had been busy, so he had been waiting until now. Lu Jinping immediately walked quickly to the flower hall in the front hall, and saw Yunzi, who was pacing back and forth. Yunzi heard the footsteps and saw that it was her, and happily greeted her and said, "Brother, how is the situation?" ”

"Let's go, find Shi Jingsheng. If necessary, I will open the coffin for an autopsy! ”

"Open coffin autopsy?" Yunzi was very excited. From a common sense point of view, this means that there is likely to be significant progress in the case, otherwise such an inquest would not have been conducted.

"Yes! If he doesn't tell the truth, that's all I can do. ”

"Honestly?" Yunzi was a little puzzled, "What truth?" Are you referring to the truth of the case? Does he know the truth of the case? That is to say, is it really a forged case? ”

Lu Jinping smiled slightly and said, "You'll know later." ”

Yunzi glanced at him: "It will sell Guanzi!" ”

Lu Jinping patted the attendant and called the bear to catch the head. Xiong Zhutou was very anxious, and as soon as he saw him, he hurriedly said: "Sir, today is the third day, if you don't execute at noon today, you will miss the hour, it will be a ...... of disobedience to the decree and great trouble!" ”

Xiong Zhutou admires Lu Jinping very much, and he doesn't have to be beaten to solve the case with Lu Jinping, he really doesn't want Lu Jinping to have any mistakes, so he reminds him as soon as they meet.

Lu Jinping said: "This is likely to be a wrongful case, and I am going to get the last evidence now." If there is nothing wrong with this evidence, and it proves that my speculation is correct, then the death sentence cannot be carried out. ”

"But what if you're wrong? That's going to drop the black gauze hat! The bear catcher said anxiously.

Yunzi also said: "Yes, yes, you can't take this risk, it's better to prepare with both hands." ”

Lu Jinping thought for a while and said, "That's fine, then you let them prepare the things on the execution ground, I estimate that they can figure out the final problem at noon." ”

Xiong Zhutou hurriedly said: "Okay! I immediately organized preparations for the execution. The lord can be executed at any time. ”

Lu Jinping originally wanted to say that it was unnecessary, because he was already ninety percent sure that this was an unjust case and the death penalty must be abolished, but seeing Xiong Zhutou and Yunzi, they were very worried about themselves, and they were also very moved in their hearts, and they couldn't bear to save face, so they nodded and agreed.

At that moment, Xiong Zhutou called the two deputy catchers to arrange the preparations on the side of the execution site, and escorted the death row prisoners to the court to prepare for execution. At the same time, he brought a few arresters to follow Lu Jinping to continue to investigate the case.

Lu Jinping carried the forensic investigation box, and took Yunzi, Xiong Zhutou and others to Shi Jingsheng's house, Shi Jingsheng's family was wearing linen and filial piety in the courtyard, and there was a table dedicated to Shi Jingsheng's father's spiritual seat. It's just that they haven't gotten any news of the continuation of the execution so far, so they haven't known what to do, and when they are in the courtyard, they have already sent two people, one to the yamen to inquire about the news, and the other to the crossroads and law fields.

The two sources of news have not yet been reported, because Lu Jinping has not been preparing for the execution, and Shi Jingsheng has not waited for the news of the resumption of the execution, but has waited for Lu Jinping, the chief official of the Yamen Prison, and the people from the Yamen.

Shi Jingsheng welcomed Lu Jinping and the others into the courtyard with some trepidation. He looked at Lu Jinping with expectation and pleading on his face: "Sir, can you execute the thief who killed my father today?" (To be continued.) )