Leng Yi regretted that when he crossed, he was on the task of rescuing the hostages, not solving the case, and did not carry the on-site physical evidence investigation box, otherwise, if he extracted the fingerprints on the latch in the latrine, he might have found that without the investigation box now, this work could not be done. I can only rely on my own brain with modern criminal investigation knowledge and logical reasoning.

Leng Yi pondered for a long time, shook his head, and said to Wu Zhutou: "Go and call the person who found the body, I want to ask her some questions." ”

Wu Zhutou hurriedly said: "Back to the master, the one who found the body was the deceased's maid Xinghua, who lived in Kuli Village, more than 30 miles away, and there is no way to call it now." ”

Leng Yi carefully read the transcript of the questioning of the informant again, when she was waiting at the door in front of the latrine, she couldn't wait, so she went to look, and found that the door of the latrine could not be opened, and she didn't listen to the answer, so she went to the class room to call someone, Ding Zhutou used a knife to split the wooden board next to the latrine, and asked the maid Xinghua to reach in and pull out the latch tied inside, open the door, and found that the concubine had died in the latrine, and her lower body was full of blood. Find a knife in a pit full of feces and urine.

Leng Yi thought for a moment, and said to Wu Zhutou and the others: "This county wants to re-question the key witness, that is, the maid Xinghua." The three of you will go to Kuli Village with me early tomorrow morning to inquire about the informant. ”

The two deputy catchers didn't say anything, but the martial catcher muttered: "Didn't you already ask her last time, master?" ”

Leng Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "This county has made it very clear, and this case must be re-investigated by this county." All witnesses are to be re-examined. Check one clue at a time! ”

Wu Zhutou didn't dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly agreed.

Leng Yi asked again: "What about the victim's body?" ”

Wu Zhutou said: "Haven't you already returned it to Lai Yuanwai for burial?" ”

Leng Yi said quietly: "I'm just asking if the body has been buried?" ”

"It's been half a month, and it's definitely been buried."

The deputy catcher next to him said: "Maybe not, I heard that Lai Yuanwai loves him very much as a concubine, and he may stop for a while to mourn." ”

Wu Zhutou was a little dissatisfied with the fixed impact of the deputy head catcher, glared at him, and said, "You saw it?" ”

"No, that's what I just thought."

"What do you think of yourself? It's a homicide! Can you just talk nonsense with your whims? ”

The deputy head of the catcher bowed his head and said nothing.

Leng Yi said: "Of course he can say if he has an opinion, and anyone who has a different opinion on the case can say it." ”

Wu Catcher was a little stupid. The head catcher threw a grateful look at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said: "Let's go, go and sit in your fast catching class, and talk about this case by the way." ”

Wu Catcher and they hurriedly invited Leng Yi to the fast catching room next to the door of the toilet. This class room is several bungalows, one of the large rooms is the office room of the fast catchers, and the other two small rooms, one is the head of the armed catcher, and the other is the head of the two deputy catchers.

Leng Yi sat down in the room where the chief catcher lived, glanced at the three headcatchers, and said, "Now that this murder has happened for so many days, you must have some opinions of your own. Tell me about it. "Look at the head of the martial arts and the two deputy heads, "On the way, Master Dong has already said his opinion, I want to hear the opinions of the three of you." Who says first? ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and Wu Zhutou coughed and said, "I'll talk about it first." I don't think it was done by our yamen, although the case happened in the yamen, but I have been in the yamen of Xiamen in Yinling County for more than 20 years, although the people have changed wave after wave, but I know very well that there are no such bad people. - Not to mention the filth, he also inserted a knife in the lower body of a woman, which only an animal can do! We don't have such animals in our yamen! If there is, I can see it! I can't hide from these eyes of my surname Wu! ”

Leng Yi said: "Good people and bad people, there is no engraving on their faces, and they can't handle cases by feeling." ”

Wu Zhutou straightened his chest unconvinced, and said, "Master, if I look away this time, I will kowtow to you in public and admit your mistake!" ”

"Needless to say!" Leng Yi said expressionlessly: "Do you think it's not from the Yamen, who is the murderer?" ”

"This, I don't know, but I'm sure that it was definitely not done by someone from our yamen!"

"As a catcher, it is your first duty to solve the case, and for the case, especially the murder case, no matter what, you must have a way of solving the case, not talking about it in generalities. It is necessary to know not only who it is impossible to be, but also who it is possible, so that the scope of suspects can be delineated and the investigation can be carried out in a targeted manner. ”

Wu Catcher smiled wryly, and said: "Our Yinling County is a place of exile, the people are fierce, and it is not uncommon to fight and kill people, I and the two deputy arresters do not know how many homicide cases have been handled, but in the past, the murders were basically fought and killed, and the murderers knew who they were." It's the first time I've encountered such a bizarre case of killing someone in the house like this, the door being tied up from the inside, and the body still lying behind the door blocking the door. Not to mention encountering it, I haven't even heard of it before! ”

The two deputy catchers also nodded in agreement.

Leng Yi said: "This case is very strange, but since it is already in front of us, we must find a way to solve it!" So, let's talk about how to solve your right case and talk about your opinion. It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want. There is no question of right or wrong. ”

Wu Zhutou clasped his shoulders with both hands, thought for a while, and said: "If I have to say, I will say, I think it was done by a ruffian hooligan who pretended to go to the yamen to do business, and I heard the maid who came with the deceased say that that day, they went to the yamen to find the eldest lord to intercede, saying that the year is not good, and the rent collected is not much, so let the tax be reduced." You didn't say yes, so they came out and prepared to go back. When she got here, the concubine said that she wanted to go to the thatched house, so she went. It must have been at this time, seen by the ruffian, coveting the appearance of this little concubine, so he followed, deceived the door, threatened with a knife, and annihilated the little concubine, in order to kill people, stabbed the concubine in the lower body with a knife, killed her, and then fled. ”

Leng Yi said: "Then have you conducted an investigation among the ruffians and hooligans in this county?" ”

"Checked, checked, grandma, none of these ruffians and hooligans admit it, Lao Tzu arrested them and tortured them, but two of them were tortured, and they confessed, but they were not right, and Master Dong refused to take them to the top of the tank, so he had to let them go."

Leng Yi gave Master Dong an approving glance, and then said coldly to Wu Zhutou: "This county warns you that you are not allowed to torture people to extract confessions in the future!" Otherwise, the county will investigate you! Do you hear that? ”

Wu Zhutou was stunned and said, "Why? ”

In ancient times, extorting confessions by torture was legal and even encouraged, and the magistrate had tortured and tortured criminals before, and even used heavy punishments. This made the second monk of Wu Zhutou a little confused, and couldn't help but ask.

"No why." Leng Yi said lightly, "I am in charge of my territory, who is not willing to do it, you can go!" ”

This sentence immediately choked Nawu's head and twisted his head to the side.

Leng Yi said to Master Dong: "Please sir, pass on my words to the people of the whole yamen, and whoever is found to have tortured someone to extract confessions will be dismissed!" No tolerance! ”

Master Dong hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Leng Yi knew that one of the two deputy catchers was surnamed Song and the other was surnamed Ding, since the tall surname was Ding, the other was naturally surnamed Song, so he turned his head to look at him and said, "Song Zhutou, what is your opinion?" ”

Song Zhutou bowed and said: "My subordinates think that since it is impossible for the murderer to enter the toilet to commit murder, there is only the possibility of suicide." ”

Leng Yi said: "Suicide? ”

Song Zhutou nodded: "My subordinates really can't think of any way to enter the toilet and kill people and leave, but they can tie the door from the inside." So, thinking about it, only this one is relatively reasonable. ”

Wu Zhutou said: "If that's the case, then it's easy to do!" When the report went up, it was said that the concubine had committed suicide. Hehe, but, it seems that Lai Yuanwai doesn't think so, and the prefect doesn't seem to believe this statement. ”

Leng Yi said: "As a suicide, there are indeed many unreasonable places, so many suicide methods, why choose such a way to insert a knife into the lower body?" ”

"This ......, my subordinates don't know."