Granny Han originally knelt on the ground and straightened her waist, but when she heard this, she was so frightened that she prostrated herself on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "The old man spares his life, and the old man tells the truth." -- It was almost noon when my husband got up, and he liked to sleep lazy, and when he got up, he said that he wanted to go out for a walk, and then he went out, and came back after about half an hour. Because he had been sleeping at home before, I thought that it would be okay to go out for most of the hour, so I kept it a secret. I begged the lord to spare my life, I didn't mean to hide it. ”

Lu Jinping didn't expect that a new situation suddenly appeared at this time, and this news was too important. That old man has always been the focus of Lu Jinping's attention, because before this, Jia Feng and his father had mentioned that this old man abused his daughter-in-law.

Lu Jinping immediately interrogated Han Yuanwai.

Han Yuanwai has been paying attention to the situation over there from afar. He saw that his wife kept kowtowing to Lu Jinping, and was talking about something in a hurry, but he couldn't hear it from a distance, but from his expression, he felt that it was not a good thing, so when he came over, the old man's face was ugly. When I got closer, I was trembling, and I didn't know whether to kneel or bow.

Lu Jinping said: "Han Yuanwai, I just learned that you went out for most of the hour near noon, and you didn't tell this official before, do you have anything to hide?" - I'm telling you, you're suspected of committing a major crime, and I have enough evidence to arrest you! Do you say it yourself, or do you wait for the punishment after you go to the yamen? ”

Han Yuanwai's forehead was covered with cold sweat, his white beard trembled, and finally his feet were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and said, "Sir, I said." However, I really didn't kill my daughter-in-law. I did go out to find her. Because after I got up, my wife told me that Shi Niang had gone out and went to Jia Feng to borrow some rice and noodles and come back. However, she estimated that the old thing in Shopkeeper Jia might still use the excuse to sleep with Eleven Niang, maybe she could come up with more money this time. ”

Lu Jinping interjected and asked: "Do you know that Shopkeeper Jia used money to seduce Eleven Niang?" ”

"It was my wife who told me. Because she once forced Shopkeeper Jia to take five times of money back, and the money was almost used. In the past few days, we have discussed privately how to ask Shopkeeper Jia to knock on a sum of money again, this time to knock a little bigger, and then, yes, take a sum of money to do some business and revive the family business. So I thought about it and wanted to go around the neighborhood of Shopkeeper Jia's house. Let's see if I can catch one or something, and then I can make some money. So, I went to the back of their house not far away, and I saw his son Jia Feng squatting under a willow tree near their house, and I didn't know what he was doing, so I dodged and went over the other side. However, I listened to them for a long time at the root of the wall of their house. I didn't hear any movement. ”

Lu Jinping interjected: "Did you see Jia Feng squatting under the willow tree at that time? Are you sure it's him? ”

"That's right, he's sideways. I could see that it was him, but he didn't look at me, so he didn't notice me, and as soon as I saw him, I hid immediately. ”

"When was that?"

"It's almost noon."

Lu Jinping chuckled in his heart, saying this, Jia Feng's suspicion of committing the crime can be ruled out. Because the old man inadvertently became his witness, proving that he was under the willow tree at the time and had no time to commit the crime. ”

Lu Jinping said: "You go on." ”

"I'm squatting in their backyard and listening, if there's any movement, I'll go in and catch the traitor, or I'll fall into the trap if I pounce on it. But at this moment. Mrs. Zhang and her son came out of the village, saw me squatting there from a distance, and asked me what I was doing. I said it was okay, I was tired and squatted for a while, and then followed Mrs. Zhang to the outside of the village. When asked what she was doing, she said she was going to the same state to talk to the media. Speaking of the matchmaker, I asked my daughter-in-law if she had found her mother-in-law's house? Do you have any intention of giving her a promise? She also said that the price I offered was too high, and if I could reduce it, she would have several families to help find it. Then, he nagged me about the situation of those families, and I casually responded until we reached our door, and we talked for about half an hour along the way before parting. As soon as I got home, my wife said that my daughter-in-law had never come, would it be what happened to the shopkeeper Jia? Or look for it, it's a cash cow. So the two of us went out and searched all the way. When I found the shopkeeper Jia, the shopkeeper Jia said that we didn't see it, so we just looked around and found her body in the toilet, and that's it. ”

"What about the matchmaker? Did you go to the same state? ”

"She said she was going to the same state, but it wasn't. It's to go to the neighboring village to talk about the matchmaker. She likes to brag nonsense, praising her own ability to tell the matchmaker, and always saying that she went to Tongzhou to tell the matchmaker to a large family, in fact, it was just to tell the matchmaker to some farmers in the village. She came back in the afternoon, and just now I saw her watching the excitement in front of her, with her son. ”

Lu Jinping immediately instructed Mura Zheng to call Mrs. Zhang and her son for questioning separately. Sure enough, it is consistent with what Han Yuanwai said.

Lu Jinping was a little dumbfounded, judging from the time period that the three of them said, at noon, the Korean staff and the matchmaker had been chatting together for half an hour, so he didn't have time to kill people, and his suspicion could be ruled out.

If this is the biggest suspect and is ruled out, then who killed Shi Niang?

At this time, Ye Qingqing also came back and told Lu Jinping that the mother-in-law of the big fat man began to refuse to admit it, so I threatened that if she didn't tell the truth, I would tell his husband about it. She admitted it and begged me to keep it secret, saying that the vegetable farmers were all with him that day, and it wasn't until they heard outside that Eleven Niang was killed in the toilet that they came out in a panic and put on their clothes. The detailed description of what was said is consistent with what the vegetable farmer said, proving that the two were not lying.

Lu Jinping called Han Yuan's neighbors to inquire, and the neighbors testified that they heard Granny Han chopping pigweed and cooking pig food in the yard all morning, saw smoke coming out of their kitchen, and heard her shouting to feed the pigs, proving that she never left from morning to noon.

In this way, the five suspects who are most likely to commit crimes, such as Jia's shopkeeper father and son, Han Yuanwai's husband and wife, and vegetable farmers, have no time to commit crimes.

Who is the murderer?

Lu Jinping was a little dumbfounded, at this time, it was already evening, the sun was gradually going down, and the people around saw that Lu Jinping was just asking questions, and he couldn't hear what they asked at all. I heard that Lu Jinping performed an autopsy on the corpse in the surrounding pergola, which really made these onlookers excited. However, they were blocked by the surrounding mats, and they couldn't see it at all, and soon lost interest, seeing that the sun was about to set. So the onlookers all went home and gradually dispersed.

Mura Zheng said to Lu Jinping with a smile: "Sir, it's getting late, why don't you stay in the cold house for one night, although it's a little simple, but the villain has already made people prepare some game in the mountain village, and the squires also want to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the squire, and toast with you, I don't know if the squire appreciates his face?" ”

Lu Jinping was really hesitant whether to transport the body back directly, or stay and continue to investigate the case.

This village is not far from Tongzhou City, and it doesn't take much time to come and go, but the key thing is that no useful clues have been found until now. All the people suspected of committing crimes, after checking and checking, actually had evidence to prove their alibi, and this case became a headless case. made Lu Jinping a little frustrated, just going back like this, in the end, he was still a little unwilling.

Seeing that the village was speaking politely, and several old men standing not far away all changed into brand new clothes and waited with a smile in their eyes, he also knew that in ancient times, officials were very particular about the reason that the sedan chair was carried by everyone, so he nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then it is bothering." ”

Murazheng has always been worried that Lu Jinping will not agree, and he doesn't know what to do, but now when he heard Lu Jinping say this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered a few squires not far away to come over to greet Lu Jinping, and invited Lu Jinping to the village.

The corpse had already been autopsied, so Lu Jinping called the husband and wife of Han Yuanwai and told them that they could take the corpse back for funeral. Further investigation will be carried out. The old couple was suspected by Lu Jinping of being the suspect before, so they were very nervous for a while, and now, hearing that Lu Jinping no longer mentioned that they might commit the crime, they were a little relieved, thanked them vigorously, and then cried and carried the body home.

Then Lu Jinping took Ye Qingqing and his entourage to catch fast, and arrived at Cunzheng's house in the middle of the village and the squire's stars. At this time, the catchers who had been searching all over the village came back one after another, and there was basically no useful news.

Lu Jinping was very frustrated, so he was not interested in drinking, although the squires made frequent toasts, Lu Jinping reluctantly drank half a jar of wine, and took Ye Qingqing to sleep in the room arranged in the countryside.

There was nothing to say all night, and by dawn the next day, after washing, Lu Jinping wanted to see the scenery of the mountain village, and took Ye Qingqing out to wander around the village at will.

Those squires had already drunk with Lu Jinping the night before, and they didn't get up at the moment, and Mura Zheng was actually drunk, but when he heard the servant say that the lord was going out for a walk, he hurriedly struggled to get up and wanted to accompany Lu Jinping, but Lu Jinping didn't let him follow, just said that he could walk around casually and bring his own maid, and Mura Zheng had to give up.

Lu Jinping took Ye Qingqing to wander slowly in the village, the people in the village are generally used to getting up early, and then go to work in the field, they all know that this is a big official from the state government Yamen, and now seeing him lightly, he actually only brought a little maid to walk in the village, I couldn't help but be surprised and curious, and I stepped forward to give a salute boldly, but more villagers stopped and stood from afar, bowed their heads and waited for him to pass, and then they dared to do their own things. (To be continued......)