In fact, it was only an hour or two before dawn.

Soon, the sun rose in the east. The snow finally stopped after a night of snowfall.

Everyone began to look for it again, so their vision was broad, and soon, Lao Liu Tou and Xue Siniang and their group found a small cave, which was very deep. Scattered footprints were also found in the snow at the entrance of the cave. The two shouted loudly and called Leng Yi and them over.

Leng Yi carefully observed the entrance of the cave, and there was a large stone next to it, which seemed to have been moved. There were many footprints on the ground, but they were so scattered that none of them were even complete. Inside, there was no snow and the ground was rocky, so there were no footprints. He threw a stone into it and found it deep.

He Heiyan bent down and was about to break inside, but was stopped by Leng Yi: "Don't mess around!" Beware of miasma in the cave! ”

"What then?"

"Find an animal to try first."

"Where will I find the animals in a while, it's okay, I'll go in!"

"No way!" Leng Yi said: "If your brother has an accident inside, it is likely that there is a miasma inside, and if you go in, you will definitely die!" ”

He Hei looked around at the vast white snow, and said hurriedly: "Then what should I do?" Where to catch animals at this time? ”

Leng Yi thought for a while and said, "It's okay not to use animals, use torches!" - Tie the torch to the front of the long stick, if the torch is not extinguished, it means that it is fine, if it is extinguished, it means that there is miasma inside! You're going to go back right away! ”

"Good!" He said with a black face: "There is a long bamboo on the edge of the cliff, I'll cut it!" ”

Old Liu Tou said: "I'll go back to the cave and get a torch!" ”

When Lao Liu returned to the cave, he saw Damaga lying in the snow, holding a stick in his hand, looking at the snow he had shaved with frustration. -- As soon as it was dawn, he used his stick to dig through the snow little by little, and he dug all the snow near the snowman, but he still couldn't find it.

When Damaga saw Old Liu Tou coming back in a hurry, he asked, "What's wrong?" Did you find him? ”

"Found a cave with footprints at the entrance! Probably his, maybe something happened in the cave. Aren't you going to help? ”

Damaga immediately became excited, as if he saw a new hope, and hurriedly said, "Go! Of course you have to go! Maybe that kid will hide my jewels in that cave! ”

"It's your jewel again!" Old Liu Tou said angrily: "This is a surname!" I don't think about how to save people! Just think about your jewelry! ”

"Nonsense! He stole my jewelry, and I still have to think about him? Let's go! He also went into the cave, took a torch, and followed Lao Liu to the small cave he found.

He Heimian had already cut back a long bamboo, cut off the branches, cut it to a suitable length, tied the torch in front, and slowly walked inside.

Unexpectedly, after only walking a dozen steps, He Heimian saw a person lying on the ground by the light of the torch, dressed in He Erniu!

He shouted, threw away the torch, rushed in, hugged He Erniu, and shook desperately, but He Hei's face did not react, and his body had begun to stiffen.

Hearing the cry and seeing that the torches were still lit inside, Leng Yi said: "There is no miasma inside!" It seems that He Erniu has been discovered, don't come in, so as not to mess up the scene, I'll go in and take a look. ”

With that, he stepped into the cave.

He found that although the torch had not been extinguished, the light seemed to be a little dim, and his head was a little dizzy, and he knew that the air was still a little cloudy, and he had to leave as soon as possible.

He squatted down and checked He Erniu's pulse, which was no longer beating. And the lower body has been stiffened. He said to He Hei face: "You take your brother out, don't let others move, I'll check the ground and come out." ”

He Hei cried and hugged his brother's body out of the cave.

Leng Yi picked up the torch on the ground and carefully inspected the cave. No other murder weapons were found, no signs of a struggle were found, and of course, there was no precious nine-eyed stone. Then, he came out of the cave.

He Hei squatted next to his brother's corpse, wiping his tears. Leng Yi went over, squatted down to investigate, and after only the first glance, his heart sank, - there were obvious pinch marks on the neck of the deceased!

The deceased's face was bruised and swollen, and there were obvious body surface features of death by asphyxiation. Leng Yi carefully observed the neck of the deceased, there were obvious figure-eight pinching marks, and there were also traces of pressure formation on the mouth and nose.

Leng Yi asked several women to avoid it, he took off He Erniu's clothes, and found that the corpse spots appeared on the back of the corpse, that is, judging from the corpse stiffness and corpse spots, the deceased may not have been moved after his death. For other parts of the body, no other signs of trauma were found. The time of death should be four hours ago, and there is about midnight.

When Leng Yi inspected the body, Damaga had already examined the body, but found no jewelry, and went into the cave with a torch, searched carefully, and found nothing. I had to retreat in frustration.

After Leng Yi inspected the corpse, stood up, looked around at everyone, and said, "He Erniu was strangled to death in the cave!" ”

Everyone was taken aback.

Leng Yi said: "There are no people in a hundred miles here, so it can basically eliminate the possibility of other people committing crimes." - The murderer is among us! ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Leng Yi said: "I calculated the time of the deceased's death, probably last night. Now, I'm going to investigate the case and find out who is the murderer, is there anyone who disagrees? ”

He said with a black face: "The murderer must be found out!" I'm going to kill him! ”

These people have all seen Leng Yi's martial arts, and now with a He black face, no one dares to say anything.

Leng Yi said: "Since there is no opinion, then let's talk about each other, last night's activities, if I remember correctly, at that time, it seems that all the people went out one after another." So, all of them are suspected of committing crimes! - At that time, I was with my wife and Xue Siniang, and I watched the two of them go behind a big rock. And then come out. There is no time for a cup of tea before and after. That's not enough time to get here from there to kill people. Therefore, they did not have the time to commit the crime, they could be discharged, and I was waiting for them not far away, and the two of them should be able to testify against me, and I did not have the time to commit the crime. ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang and Xue Siniang both nodded and said, "We can testify." ”

Damaga pointed at Xue Siniang and said, "That's not right! She had gone out with the dead before! They were the first to go out! ”

Xue Siniang was angry and funny: "I went out a lot, why don't you say it?" Including us going out and bringing you back! ”

"I don't care, you two went out together anyway!"

"We're back together!

"Figured it out, he came back with me, and he wasn't dead at that time!"

Leng Yi said to Damaga: "What about you? You went out last night, where is the convenience? Does anyone prove it? ”

Damaga said, "I'm right there in the snowdrift. There was no one else at that time. ”

He Hei said with a black face: "You had a fight with my brother, you have a grudge, you must have killed my brother!" ”

Damaga said, "I didn't! I've been guarding the snowdrift and I've never been here at all, how can I kill him? ”

Leng Yi said: "He's right, except for the convenience of about a cup of tea, he has always been next to the snowdrift." And from there to here, a cup of tea is simply not enough time for a round trip. So, he didn't have the time to commit the crime. ”

Damaga didn't expect Leng Yi to help him speak, so he thanked him repeatedly.

He Heimian said unrelentingly: "He didn't have time at that time, it doesn't mean that he won't have it in the future." Perhaps, while we are asleep, he will secretly stay out to kill and then come back. ”

Leng Yi said: "The deceased is likely to have been killed after going out for the second time, otherwise, he should have returned to the cave instead of staying outside all the time." This was also evidenced by an autopsy. And after the second time I went out, everyone went out, including Damaga, he came back soon, after that, we didn't sleep, we were all waiting for He Erniu to come back, after that, we started to look for it, it was all in pairs, and no one had a chance to kill. Therefore, the main scope of our investigation is when He Erniu went out for the second time. When we found out that He Erniu had not returned. You have to prove where you were during this time. Especially to this one. ”

Lao Liu Tou said: "I came here in this direction, but I didn't kill him, because I couldn't kill him." He was strangled to death, and I didn't have the strength to beat him. So it can't be me. ”

Leng Yi said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but it is just a speculation that you can't beat it, and there are many situations where the weak can also defeat the strong." For example, when a strong person loses the ability to resist for some reason. So, everyone has to prove that they didn't have time to kill, or that they weren't there at the time. ”

Old Liu Tou said: "Then there is no one next to me." He thought for a moment and said, "By the way, I saw Sister-in-law Lu behind the big tree below. Oh, that's it. Old Liu Tou pointed to a tree in the distance.

Sister-in-law Lu's face was cold, and she said, "It's convenient for me, what do you see!" Old pervert! ”

"Hey! I didn't deliberately want to see it, I got there first, and you came, holding a torch, as if I was afraid that others wouldn't see it, so I naturally saw it. ”

"If you see it, you should say turn your face and pretend not to see it!" Sister-in-law Lu said: "This is a righteous gentleman!" ”

"I'm turning my face around!"

"Who saw it? If you don't twist it, you can say that it was twisted, who knows? ”

"You are unreasonable! I just saw you squatting in the grass, but I didn't see your white ass, why are you in a hurry? ”

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "Don't make any noise!" Sister-in-law Lu, were you under that tree last night? ”

"Yes."

"Then you should thank him because he helped you prove your alibi while also helping you prove that you were not at the scene of the crime. This also excludes your suspicion of crime. ”

Sister-in-law Lu looks right, and her face is a little better.

(To be continued)