When Governor Liao came to the room where the corpse was parked, everyone had already arrived. The first thing he asked was, "Who is the murderer?" ”

Leng Yi said: "Don't worry, my lord, if I say it directly, you will definitely ask, why him?" Therefore, I will first talk about my process of solving the case and summarize my ideas for solving the case, so that there can be a conclusion, and then according to this conclusion, you can deduce who is the murderer. ”

"Okay, you say." The Tu Gang Master said eagerly.

Leng Yi said: "At the beginning, by surveying the scene, I found obvious traces of camouflaged theft at the scene, and deduced that it was possible that this was an internal theft carried out by someone who was familiar with the property situation at the scene. Because the lady often comes to the small courtyard to visit the second master, the people who follow her may also know. From this, I made a list of criminal suspects, that is, the lady's maid Xiaoping who was at the scene at the time, the old woman in the porter who guarded the small courtyard, the second master who claimed to have fallen asleep reading a book in the study, the two male servants Ma Mian and Xiaoshun who followed the second master, and the male servant Tuwa who followed the lady. However, when I investigated further, I reached an impasse. ”

Leng Yi glanced at Tu Er and said, "Originally, I thought you were the most suspicious of your crime. However, I soon found out that you were not at the scene of the crime, because you said that you were reading the Analects before you went to bed, but your desk was clean and there was not even a single book. I knew you weren't at the scene of the crime. I also quickly found out that you asked Xiaoping and Tuwa to help you lie. - If you weren't there, you couldn't be a criminal. ”

Leng Yi looked at the maid Xiaoping again, and said: "You and the porter Liu Po are both at the scene of the crime, you are naturally the most suspected, but you are powerless, and you can't complete the act of strangling Mrs. alone." Therefore, it is not possible for you to commit crimes. I excluded you. ”

The maid Xiaoping's eyes were red and she whispered, "How can I kill Madame?" Madame has been so gracious to me. ”

Leng Yi ignored her, looked at Ma Mian, Xiaoshun and Tuwa, and said, "The three of you were the first to find the body, and when you went in, the victim was already dead, and the three of you can testify to each other, so I excluded you." ”

Speaking of this, Leng Yi smiled and said, "At this time, I found that I had reached a stalemate, and all the suspects in my list were excluded. Could it be that the suspects I listed in the first place were wrong? Is it an outsider who kills people at all? Is it a Jiangyang thief who sneaked into the slaughterhouse to steal? ”

Governor Liao twisted his beard, quite complacent and at the same time regretful, and said: This government has long judged this. ”

Leng Yi shook his head and said, "Later, an accidental incident made me realize that it was not my detection direction and the suspects in my column that went wrong, but my reasoning itself. Leng Yi looked at the maid Xiaoping, "That accidental thing is that I heard that you have an ambiguous relationship with Tuwa, and this seems to be an open secret in the Tu Mansion." Right? ”

The maid Xiaoping's face immediately flushed, glanced at Tuwa, and said: "When I reached the age of leaving the cabinet, my wife said that I can choose my husband's ...... among the domestic servants."

"That's why you colluded and killed Madame!" Leng Yi's words were as cold as a blade.

Xiaoping and Tuwa were both frightened, and hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No! We don't! ”

Leng Yi turned to look at Ma Mian and Xiao Shun, and said, "You can tell me again about the situation when you came back and saw Madame lying in the lobby." ”

Ma face said: "We came in, Tuwa walked in front, he saw the lady lying in the lobby at a glance, and then exclaimed, ran in and probed the lady's snort, shook it twice, the lady did not move, he shouted, said that the lady is dead, let us hurry up and call someone." ”

"Where exactly were you two at the time? Did you enter the lobby? ”

"No," said Xiao Shun, "Tuwa walked in front, and when he called, we had just gone up the stairs to the door, and when we heard that Madame was dead, and when we saw that it was Madame, we panicked, and ran to call someone." ”

"Do you see Madame's face clearly?" Leng Yi said, "What I'm asking about is Madame's face!" ”

The two looked at each other and shook their heads together.

Leng Yi nodded: "This makes sense." ”

The Tuwa next to her blushed and said: "Master, I was wronged, I came to the small courtyard with Ma Mian and Xiao Shun, before I came, Madame came to look for us, she was still alive at that time, after she left, I have been with Ma Mian and them, until I came to the small courtyard to find that Madam had died tragically." I don't have time to kill! ”

"You have!" Leng Yi said, "You just need your sweetheart Xiaoping, who is on the scene, to do you a small favor." ”

Governor Liao looked at Leng Yi in amazement and said, "No matter how you help, he can't be the murderer who killed Madame, because when he came, Madame had already been killed, and the three of them were the first to see Madame's body." ”

"They didn't see Madame's body!" Leng Yi pointed at the maid Xiaoping with his hand, "It's hers!" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Xiaoping's face was even more pale and bloodless.

Leng Yi said: "The two of them have already discussed, after Xiaoping followed Madame to the small courtyard, Xiaoping lay on the ground in the lobby and pretended to be a dead lady, - of course, she may have brought Madame's clothes to the scene first or hid them at the scene in advance, and it is not difficult for Madame's personal maid to get Madame's dress." - She immediately changed into her lady's dress and lay down in the lobby pretending to be a dead lady. It was night, and there was only a light under the porch, not in the lobby. I asked where the body was lying, with its feet facing the gate and its head facing inward. Just now, I was sitting under the porch looking at the lobby, and I found that standing in the doorway, I saw the place where the corpse was lying, and I could just see the body of the corpse, but I couldn't see the head of the corpse. Because the head of the corpse was blocked by the wall from the lantern light under the porch, it was in the dark. ”

Governor Liao, they began to understand a little why Leng Yi said this.

Leng Yi pointed at Xiaoping and said: "Let's see, Xiaoping's tall, short, fat and thin are almost the same as Mrs., as long as Tuwa shouts Madame first, others will be immediately misled, because Tuwa is a manservant who follows and serves Madame, he is more familiar with Madame than others, and the 'corpse' on the ground is wearing Madame's dress, so Ma Mian and Xiaoshun mistakenly think that the one lying on the ground is Madame." invisibly became a powerful witness for Tuwa to prove that he was not a murderer. ”

Leng Yi looked at Tuwa, and then said: "After you take Ma Mian and Xiao Shunzhi away, you immediately rush to the place where Madame is hiding, - if I am not mistaken, Madame is hiding in the open space behind the wing. - I don't know why you had to choose there. - Where did you go, strangled Madame, and then followed Xiaoping to carry the body to the lobby, and then you sat under the porch and cried, while Xiaoping went back to the south room and pretended to sleep. Thus completing this impossible murder layout. ”

Everyone in the audience was stunned by Leng Yi's reasoning, which was incredible.

Liao Zhifu said: "Why is Madame hiding in the open space behind the wing room? ”

Leng Yi turned around, bowed to the body of the lady lying on the mourning bed, and said: "I'm really sorry, madam, this involves your **, it stands to reason that I shouldn't reveal the secret of a deceased person, but if you don't say it, you can't explain this important link, so that the reasoning is not convincing, so that you can't expose the criminal and avenge you." So, you can only offend. Please forgive me. ”

After saying that, Leng Yi straightened his waist, looked at the two maids sent to serve him, and said, "Tuwa and Mrs. have an ambiguous relationship, this is what I heard from you. Just now, I was right, right? -- This matter involves finding out the murderer of my wife, and I said that others do not believe it, and it can only be convincing if you two original witnesses come out to prove it. So, I can only let the two of you say it, and be sure to tell the truth! Otherwise, it will be punished as a cover-up! ”

The two maids were frightened, and Knock Knock fell to their knees and kowtowed.

The Tu gang leader's face was pale, staring at the two of them, and said word by word: "If you dare to tell a lie, I will kill you on the spot!" ”

The two maids trembled with fright, prostrate on the ground, unable to say a word.

Leng Yi said to the Tu gang leader: "Gang leader, please understand that they are the ones who helped expose the real murderer of your wife, and you should thank them instead of threatening to persecute them." Therefore, please agree to this point first, otherwise, they will not dare to testify. ”

The Tu Gang Master nodded slowly: "Okay!" I promised not to punish them, no matter what they said. ”

Leng Yi said again: "It's not just a matter of not punishing, they helped the gang leader find out the real culprit, and the gang leader should thank them." ”

The Tu Gang Leader had calmed down a lot and said, "Okay! Say it! ”

Leng Yi said to Governor Liao again: "Lord Liao, please be a supervisor, if these two maids suffer any bad results in the future, please be sure to investigate and deal with them, otherwise, the witnesses will not dare to testify." ”

Governor Liao twisted his beard and said: "This is natural, to help identify the person who committed the crime, the government should protect it." Don't worry, the helper will not embarrass you, just say it. ”

The two maids were shocked for a while. One of them kowtowed and said: "That's the case, once, just a few days ago, Tuwa asked me to help him wash his clothes, when I washed his clothes, I smelled the smell of fragrant powder unique to Mrs. on his underwear, and I heard that Mrs. has a ...... with the handsome personal valet, some of that, so I guessed randomly, the slave was wrong, the slave and the maid will never dare again, beg the master to spare his life!" "After that, there is a sound of kowtowing.

Another maid also kowtowed: "The slave maid also saw it, I saw the soil baby hugging her wife and kissing her mouth, and when she saw me, she immediately separated, that is, two days ago, at the rockery behind the small courtyard, I happened to pass by and saw it." ”

Liao Zhifu slowly walked to Tuwa, who was already paralyzed on the ground in fright.

The leader of the Tu gang slowly grabbed his collar, lifted him up in the air, tore him in the air, tore off his coat, grabbed his small coat and pulled it violently, tearing off a large piece of his chest, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and his face suddenly changed greatly.

The leader of the Tu gang held the earthen doll and said word by word: "Say! What's going on? If you dare to say a lie, I will crush your bones and scatter ashes! ”

(To be continued)