"Huh?" Huo Xiaosi was shocked, "I'...... I didn't kill Li Hanbao! I...... I really didn't have ......."

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "I didn't say that you killed it, I just asked you, how did the chain of your dog run to the neck of the deceased Li Hanbao?" Say! ”

"I ...... I really don't know...... I didn't notice the chain, and I was busy working in the fields. ”

"Really?" Yang Qiuchi sneered, "Let me ask you, what were you doing the evening before yesterday?" ”

"Unitary time?" Huo Xiaosi was already flustered, and he couldn't react for a long time with a stupid head, "Youshi, I'm in ...... when you're unitary, what am I doing when you're unitary......?" "I slapped my head, but all of a sudden my head was empty, and I couldn't remember anything.

His wife hurriedly said behind him: "Back to the eldest lord, the day before yesterday, my husband and I took the child to Bazhou City early in the morning to celebrate the child's grandmother's birthday, and I didn't come back until this morning." ”

"Yes, yes," Huo Xiaosi wiped a cold sweat, also recalled, and said repeatedly, "We went to Bazhou City to celebrate the birthday of the child's grandmother, and we also visited the temple fair." ”

Yes? Yang Qiuchi was a little dumbfounded, he went to Bazhou City early the morning before yesterday and only came back this morning? And the deceased died the evening before yesterday near the lime kiln in Liuli Village, outside the city, so to speak, Huo Xiaosi's family didn't have time to commit the crime at all!

Yang Qiuchi sank down and said, "You are in Bazhou City, have you ever been out of the city?" ”

"The day before yesterday was the child's grandmother's birthday, we went to her old man's birthday celebration, the whole day and night were busy with the birthday, never left the house half a step, many relatives and friends can testify."

Yang Qiuchi heard what he said, and it seemed that it was really like that, so he said, "Don't you want to get by!" The official will send someone to verify. If it is proved that you have told a lie, this official will not spare you! ”

"Don't dare...... What the villain said is true, and he will never dare to lie, the eldest master can send someone to investigate, and he will know as soon as he asks.

Su Li Zheng also said on the side: "I remember, there is such a thing, that morning, I met their family out of the village, and said hello, indeed said that they were going to celebrate the child's grandmother's birthday. ”

With human evidence, it means that this matter is likely to be true, but it is also possible that Huo Xiaosi slipped out halfway to kill someone, which must be verified. Yang Qiuchi asked Huo Xiaosi to tell him the address of his child's grandmother, and immediately sent a few arresters to their grandmother's house to find out.

Yang Qiuchi turned his head and asked Su Lizheng: "When you took this iron chain, how did the end of the iron chain be bolted?" ”

"Back to the eldest lord, it is locked to the post of the firewood shed next to the courtyard with a lock. We asked Huo Xiaosi to bring the key and open it. That's all that was left for that subsection. ”

Yang Qiuchi picked up the small half of the chain and looked at it carefully.

There is a small ring connected between the two oval rings adjacent to this thin iron chain, and this small ring is just enough for the two oval rings to pass through, so although most of the oval rings that have been cut off have fractures, they are not easy to fall off, and they are still hanging on the small rings that are connected.

In addition, the small half-cut ring that remained in the courtyard of Huo Xiaosi's house, because no one had touched it, and the small circle connected had little activity space, so the remaining small oval ring did not fall off.

He looked at the traces of the broken two iron chains, which were very new, they should have been cut not long ago, and asked Huo Xiaosi: "When did your iron chain be cut?" Who cut it? ”

"I ...... I really don't know......" Huo Xiaosi's tortured head was sweating, and he couldn't figure out the southeast and northwest, "That dog has been dead for a long time and hasn't bought a new one, so I don't care about the chain." I didn't notice when someone cut it down. ”

A relatively big child kneeling behind Huo Xiaosi said, "Dad, when we went to grandma's house, the chains were still there." My brother and I also said that we would take it to Bazhou and buy a new dog to leash back. ”

Huo Xiaosi's wife also said: "Yes, I remember, my son said it, and I also said that this time I went to give my grandmother a birthday, and I didn't have time to buy a dog." ”

After being reminded by his mother and son, Huo Xiaosi also remembered and patted his head: "Yes, there is such a thing, I didn't allow it at the time, my son was crying, and I slapped him." ”

In this way, if what Huo Xiaosi said is true, then this iron chain has not been cut at least the morning before yesterday. Could it be that when the murderer was preparing the tools of murder in the evening, he found this iron chain and temporarily cut it down for the corpse to be sunk?

Chopping chains? Yang Qiuchi pondered, although this iron chain is relatively thin, it is also similar to the thin hairpin on a woman's head, and the iron is relatively hard, this fracture is very neat, obviously cut with a knife, which shows that not only the force used should be relatively large, but also the chopping tool should be heavier, and the ordinary small knife is constantly chopping.

Song Yun'er saw that Yang Qiuchi didn't speak for a long time with a gloomy face, it seemed that this case was not as simple as they imagined before, so she was relieved: "Brother, don't worry, even if this Huo Xiaosi is not the murderer, let's investigate slowly, and we can always find the murderer." ”

Shuang'er also shook the fan for Yang Qiuchi and said, "Yes, master, you are so good at investigating the case, there must be a way to find out the real murderer." ”

Seeing them like this, it's not like they believe that they can find out, but they are afraid that they won't be able to find out. However, if you really can't find out, then it's a big shame.

Huo Xiaosi's family has no time to commit the crime, this clue is broken, what should I do? Where to start? Do you want to arrest hundreds of people in this entire village and torture them?

Yang Qiuchi shook his head, picked up the half of the iron chain in his hand, and carefully looked at the broken wound, this iron chain is not a rare thing, and it is not worth a few dollars, and ordinary people will not steal it, this Huo Xiaosi's family is on the edge of the village, and there is a country road next to it, could it be cut by a temporary passerby?

If someone passing by cuts it, it's going to be a problem. Yang Qiuchi frowned, pointed to the path next to him and asked Su Lizheng, "Where is this road going?" ”

"It's to the lime kiln river."

"Lime kiln riverside?" Yang Qiuchi's eyes lit up, cut the iron chain from here, took it to the lime kiln and waited for the deceased to come back, after knocking the deceased unconscious, he went to the river to tie the corpse with a stone and threw it into the river, it was very logical, and hurriedly asked: "When this road reaches the river, does it lead somewhere?" ”

"This path is the end of the lime kiln river, if you go to the neighboring village and Bazhou City, you have to take the road over there." Suri was pointing into the distance.

Yang Qiuchi looked up, and the road that Su Li was pointing to was still a few hundred meters away from here, and it was the same road he had taken when he brought people here from Bazhou. In this way, this path is used by the villagers to wash clothes and vegetables by the river, and outsiders passing by the village will only pass the main road a few hundred meters away, and will not pass this path. Passers-by will not go out of their way to come to these hundreds of meters for an iron chain that does not know any money, so the person who cut this iron chain should still be from the village!

Who could it be?

The fracture of this chain is very neat, and it is cut from one direction to the other direction, which proves that it was cut with a sharp and weighty sharp weapon such as a machete, which was cut in one direction, rather than with pliers in both directions.

Besides, the kitchen knife is too light, and it is difficult to cut it with a knife, and it is unlikely that the soldiers will use the waist knife for combat, because this kind of weapon is controlled, and ordinary people cannot manufacture or buy it, and it is useless for ordinary people to buy this kind of combat waist knife in life, and there is no army stationed nearby, so the chopping tool is most likely to be axes and firewood knives.

Yang Qiuchi instructed Su Li to lead the people to collect all the axes and firewood knives from house to house, and still tied them with strips of cloth and wrote the name of the head of the household.

After a while, Minzhuang and the catchers continued to collect axes and firewood knives, and piled up a large pile.

Yang Qiuchi's head was big when he saw it, how can he check this, he looked at it again, sighed, picked up a firewood knife and looked at it, the front part of this firewood knife was actually bent, a little surprised, pointed to the bent part and asked Su Li Zhengdao: "How is the head of this firewood knife bent?" It's like a scythe. ”

Su Li was hunched down and explained: "Our Bazhou mountain is high and densely forested, overgrown with all kinds of small trees, thorns and low bushes, and we can go in to cut wood. In addition, this bend can also be used as a hoe and sickle, cutting tree roots, cutting thatch, etc. ”

Su Li was gesturing as he spoke, and Yang Qiuchi immediately understood. Then he asked, "Are all the firewood knives in our village like this?" ”

"Don't talk about our village, this kind of firewood knife is used in the whole Bazhou." Suri explained with a smiley face.

Yang Qiuchi nodded, took the firewood knife and walked to the wooden shed post where Huo Xiaosi bundled the iron chain, called Huo Xiaosi, and asked, "How is the iron chain that binds the dog to your family tied to the column?" ”

Huo Xiaosi pointed to the bottom of the column: "Go around here, and then lock it with a lock, and the other one is tied to watch the dog." ”

Yang Qiuchi circled around the pillar to take a closer look, and then squatted down to carefully examine the ground next to the pillar. Song Yun'er also followed, squatted and looked at it for a while, and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

"This chain is not cut with a wood knife." Yang Qiuchi took the crooked firewood knife, compared it, and said affirmatively.

"How do you know?" Song Yun'er asked strangely.

(To be continued)