Liu Lao Er hurriedly agreed, thought about it and said: "I went to the field to work that day, I was busy very late, and it was already the second watch when I returned to the village, and I was tired and tired. Because I have a hill field quite far away from our village, it takes about an hour to walk a trip, and it is not possible to take care of it, so every time I go there to take care of the crops, I have to see the stars at both ends. When I got home, I had a hurried meal, and I felt very tired, so I wanted to drink some wine to relieve my fatigue, so I went to the wine shop at the widow's house. When I came, there was no one in the winery, and only Pang Yan and Sister Chang were left. Pang Yan was already drunk at that time, squinting drunk, and seeing me just smiled and didn't say hello. Sister Chang said that I came just in time, and she wanted to help Pang Yan go back, but Pang Yan was unwilling to go, so I also persuaded him that it was time to go back late at night, so as not to worry the family. I persuaded a few words, but Pang Yan got angry and said that I would either stay and drink or get out, so I didn't dare to persuade him anymore. ”

Lu Jinping said: "Where were you sitting at that time? ”

"In the window position of the winery, after drinking, it is hot and breathable, which is Pang Yan's favorite place to sit. He was fat, the most afraid of heat, and every time he sat there. ”

Lu Jinping looked at him and said, "But, just now Widow Chang said that he didn't sit there, he sat in the position I am sitting in now, who of you can say for sure?" ”

Xiong Zhutou listened to it on the side, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, glanced at Lu Jinping, and thought to himself that Lu Jinping didn't ask Peng Yan where he was sitting just now, why did Lu Jinping say such a thing at this moment?

He soon knew the answer. Because Liu Lao Er was obviously stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "I remember that he was sitting in that position, am I mistaken?" Maybe I was a little drunk after drinking a lot of glasses that day, maybe I remember it wrong, and what he said prevailed. ”

Lu Jinping smiled faintly: "You go on, what about later?" ”

Liu Lao Er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Later, we drank together, and when we drank about the fourth watch, Pang Yan was already so drunk that he vomited. Sister Chang took a wooden basin and fetched water to catch the vomiting filth for him. Then, the two of us discussed helping him go back, but Pang Yan shook his head and said no, he was going to sleep here today, and whoever sent him back would be in a hurry. I said no, Sister Chang has never left drinkers here for the night, so it's good to say that it's not good, so I'd better go back quickly, but he refused. I told Sister Chang that if you don't let her sleep here, let's just sleep separately, and I can testify for her. Sister Chang had no choice but to agree. So the two of us helped him into the back room and lay down on the bed, and then, Sister Chang slept in the wine cellar, and I slept in the hall. I stayed so that no one would gossip about her. Later......"

"Wait!" Lu Jinping interrupted him, "Did you take off his pants when you helped him into the house?" ”

Liu Lao Er was stunned for a moment and said, "I didn't take it off, how could it be?" Sister Chang was able to leave him here for the night, it was already very difficult, how could it be possible to let him take off his clothes and pants and lie on his bed, if he was seen, he couldn't tell clearly, so he would never do this. ”

"Is this your guess or did you see it?" Lu Jinping looked at him with a sneer, and there was a bit of narrowness in his words.

Liu Lao Er was a little frightened and said, "Yes, I saw it." Of course I saw it! I didn't see Sister Chang take off her pants, and of course I didn't, I just said this. Sister Chang wouldn't do that. Hehe. ”

Lu Jinping stared at his eyes and said slowly: "However, your sister Chang, that is, the widow Chang, said that Pang Yan's pants were soiled by vomit that night, so she took them off for him and washed the dirty places." I dried it and prepared it for him to wear the next day, but when I found out that he was dead, I hurriedly put it on for him again. How can this be explained? ”

Xiong Zhutou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, Lu Jinping had asked Widow Chang this question before. But Widow Chang made it clear that she didn't take off his pants, but Lu Jinping made up this fact and said that Widow Chang said that she took off his pants. But with the previous experience, he quickly understood that Lu Jinping was testing Liu Lao Er, so he restrained himself this time and did not turn his head to look at Lu Jinping, still looking at Liu Lao Er's face quietly, and a little more with a mocking look.

"Is there such a thing? How I don't remember. Liu Lao Er looked very uneasy.

"Do you really not remember, or do you not know at all?"

"Know! Of course I do, how could I not know that I was here that night! ”

Lu Jinping sneered, and said in a light tone: "Okay, then you go on, what about later?" ”

"I slept in the hall, and when it was almost dawn, I thought that if I waited until dawn before I went out with Pang Yan, in case someone was seen, someone would chew my tongue in the back. The people in the village are staring at her, and the so-called widow has a lot of rights and wrongs in front of the door, so she can't make trouble for Sister Chang. Therefore, I thought that before dawn, I quickly helped Pang Yan out to send him home. When I entered Sister Chang's room, I saw Pang Yan lying motionless on the ground at the head of the bed, which startled me. Sister Chang said that he drank so much wine, he must have been drunk to death. Hurry up to find Lang Zhong and tell Zhou Yuanwai. That's the way it is. ”

"What did you look like when you saw the body? Come in and show me. ”

Liu Lao Er followed Lu Jinping to the back room, and said while gesturing: "Right here, just lying on my stomach." As he spoke, he made a general movement on the ground, indicating that Pang Yan was lying on the ground like this at that time.

Lu Jinping sneered and said, "That's not right! Just now, the widow said that the body was not in this position, but over there, on the ground by the window, lying on its back to the sky, not lying on its stomach, how can this be explained? ”

Xiong Zhutou chuckled in his heart, and was a little strange about Lu Jinping's question, because what Widow Chang described just now was indeed the same as what Liu Lao Er said, lying in front of the bed like this, which is also consistent with what Zhou Yuanwai said later, why did Lord Lu have to lie that he was over there? I don't understand the intention.

This time, Liu Lao Er immediately retorted: "Impossible! I saw with my own eyes, the corpse lying on its stomach like this, absolutely untouched. Sister Chang said that she hadn't moved either, so how could she lie there facing the sky? ”

"Sister Chang said she hadn't moved?" Lu Jinping couldn't help but sneer, "This means that before you found the body, Sister Chang had already found the body, and didn't you just say that you were the first to find it?" ”

Liu Lao Er was a little flustered: "I'...... I mean, no one has moved, neither of us has touched the corpse, until Zhou Yuan came outside, the corpse was like that, it is impossible to be like what the old man said just now, and Sister Chang should not say that. ”

Lu Jinping asked: "Who else is there in your family besides you?" ”

"There's my daughter-in-law, a son, who is five years old, and my father and mother, but we've split up, and the two of them live across the street from the old house."

Lu Jinping turned his head to Xiong Zhutou and said, "You send someone to take Liu Lao Er outside to guard him, and he is not allowed to talk to anyone." ”

Xiong Zhutou promised to arrest him quickly and escorted him out.