The post-disaster reconstruction took Leng Yi a lot of time, and he was busy all day long.

The work of rewarding meritorious deeds is also going on, and if the rewards and punishments are not clear, don't expect others to work hard in the future. Therefore, Leng Yi rewarded and punished in a timely manner. Reward some meritorious people who deserve to be rewarded, and promote those who deserve to be promoted. Of course, the punishment is resolutely punished.

Hong Jie is the first person he promoted, this young man is very good, Leng Yi thinks that only those who can stand up at a critical time can be of great use.

However, on the night of Hong Jie's promotion, Hong Jie had an outstanding event!

On this day, Leng Yi was talking to Zhuo Qiaoniang in the house, and the porter hurriedly came to report the murder! Moreover, the murderer has been caught red-handed, and the murderer turned out to be Hong Jie, the deputy head catcher he had just promoted!

Leng Yi hurriedly left the house and came to the yamen.

In the yamen class room, Hong Jie's head and face were covered with blood, he was tied up by five flowers, pressed and knelt on the ground, he struggled desperately, several big men shouted for him not to move, but he was still struggling. Behind him, a chubby middle-aged man stood, howling and beating Hong Jie with a stick in his hand.

"Stop!" Leng Yi said sharply: "Put the stick down!" ”

The catcher next to him hurriedly said: "The master is here, don't put the stick away!" ”

The fat man hurriedly threw the stick on the ground, and cried and said to Leng Yi: "Master, this guy broke into my house, killed my wife, and was caught red-handed by my family. ”

Leng Yi looked at Hong Jie and said to the few big men who were pressing him: "Let him go!" ”

The big men tightened up and let go, Hong Jie struggled to stand up, and said to Leng Yi: "Master! The subordinates have been wronged! I didn't kill her! It was the shopkeeper Xie who strangled himself! He framed me! I was wronged! Big man! ”

Leng Yi said: "Don't worry, what's going on?" Take your time. ”

"Good!" Hong Jie spat a mouthful of bloody spit on the ground, and said, "Just now, I was in Sister Huang, -- this is the shopkeeper Xie's house, with Sister Huang, Shopkeeper Xie suddenly knocked on the door......"

"What are you doing at Shopkeeper Xie's house?" Leng Yi asked.

Shopkeeper Xie also hated and said: "That's right! What are you doing in my house in the middle of the night? And it's still in my bedroom, and I don't want to take advantage of my absence to rape my lady! Hum! You're not fooling yourself! ”

Leng Yi glanced at him and said coldly: "This official asks, others are not allowed to interject!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly retreated with a smiling face.

Leng Yi looked at Hong Jie and said, "Say, what are you doing at his house so late?" ”

"I'm ......, I'm ......" Hong Jie blushed and looked left and right at the brothers in the fast room.

This matter may involve the deceased's **, it is not appropriate for too many people to know, Leng Yi said to everyone: "Everyone else will go out!" ”

The catchers all went out in a hurry, and the big men of the shopkeeper Xie also went out, and in the class room, there were only Leng Yi, Hong Jie and the shopkeeper Xie.

Hong Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister Huang thinks I'm a younger brother, so she often asks me to go to their house to play, and we just talk together." Nothing else was done. ”

Leng Yi saw that the shopkeeper Xie next to him was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks and wanted to speak, but just now he forbade him to ask questions casually, so he shut up and said to the shopkeeper Xie: "What do you want to say?" ”

Shopkeeper Xie said loudly: "He lied! There is no such thing at all! If my wife thinks he is a younger brother, I will definitely know. But I've never heard my lady say that. ”

Hong Jie said: "It's true! I didn't lie to you? ”

Leng Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this yet, - Shopkeeper Xie, please tell me what happened first." ”

"Okay," Xie shopkeeper said: "Tonight, I have something to do outside, about the second watch, my guy suddenly came to me, I happened to go home, met on the way, said that there is a big matter at home, and I want to rush there immediately." When I heard this, I was startled, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, and they said, my lady ......, and my lady was killed by a yamen! The person had been caught red-handed and asked me what to do, and when I heard this, I was sad and angry, and I hurried home, and saw my wife dead in bed, naked. And this silver thief has been tied up. I hugged my wife and cried, and then escorted him to the yamen to report to the official. That's the way it is. ”

Leng Yi looked at Hong Jie again: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

"That's the case, today I was blessed by the grace of the eldest lord and promoted me to be the deputy head catcher, I am very happy, because Sister Huang recognizes me as a younger brother, such good news, I want to tell her first, so I ran to find her. We were talking in the room and she was very happy after listening to me. We were chatting when we heard shopkeeper Xie knock on the door. Sister Huang was very nervous, she said that Shopkeeper Xie was very cautious, and if he saw the two of us in the bedroom, he would definitely think about it, so she asked me to hide in the closet. I'll be out when he's gone. I quickly hid in the closet. Then, Sister Huang went to open the door. Then the shopkeeper Xie came in, and after they had talked, they took off their clothes and went to bed, and they ...... and they were in bed...... Sex ....... ”

Speaking of this, Hong Jie's words were a little embarrassed, he lowered his head, paused, and then continued: "When they have sex, I am embarrassed to look at it, and when they are done." Shopkeeper Xie said that he still had something to do, and then put on his clothes and left. But Sister Huang didn't get up. After the shopkeeper Xie left, I was afraid that he would come back, so I waited in the closet for a while, and then I came out and saw Sister Huang lying on her back on the bed motionless. The eyes are wide open. I was startled and quickly called Sister Huang! Didn't hear her promise. I screamed a few more times, but still didn't answer, so I grabbed her hand and shook it, calling her, but still didn't answer. I was scared and reached out to find that she was out of breath. I collapsed on the edge of the bed. It took me a long time to calm down. I hurriedly got up and checked again, and found that there were pinch marks on her neck, because before Shopkeeper Xie came in, Sister Huang was fine, and after he left, Sister Huang died! There is only one possibility, that is, Shopkeeper Xie strangled her! I came out and thought of the yamen to report the crime, and as soon as I opened the door, there was a maid looking at me in the corridor, and then screaming to catch the thief! I hastened to say that I am not a thief! I am the fast catcher of the yamen, your grandmother was strangled to death by your shopkeeper, hurry up and report to the official. She screamed even louder this time, and soon several big men came, and without saying anything, they knocked me down and beat me indiscriminately. Then Shopkeeper Xie came, and instead said that I was a murderer! Send me to the yamen. He is a thief shouting to catch a thief! He himself is the real murderer! -- Judge the big man! Discerning! ”

Shopkeeper Xie said angrily: "You are the one who spews blood!" I haven't been home at all, I've been out all the time, when did I get home? I'm still strangling my wife? Why would I strangle her? It's clear that you killed my mother, but you turned around and said I was a murderer! ”

Leng Yi asked the shopkeeper Xie: "You said you weren't at the scene, so where are you?" ”

"A friend of mine, named Wang Sanlang, he invited guests to dinner, and at his house, their family can testify!" Subsequently, the shopkeeper Xie also said the specific location of Wang Sanlang's house, and at the end, he said: "If the lord doesn't believe it, you can send someone to inquire, and the villain doesn't have half a lie." ”

Leng Yi pondered for a moment and said, "This official is going to the scene to investigate, where is the body now?" ”

Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly said: "I am still in bed at home, I will go to the yamen to report the case first, and then I will go back to the funeral." Just wait for the old man to go to the scene to inspect. ”

Leng Yi said: "Very good! Being able to think of investigating the case first shows that you are still very calm. ”

Leng Yi called Deputy Song to the head catcher and asked him to take someone to the family that the shopkeeper Xie said invited him to eat and drink to verify whether he was at their house at that time.

Deputy Song ordered the head to take people there.

Leng Yi took Wu Zhutou and others, escorted Hong Jie, and under the leadership of Shopkeeper Xie, came to Shopkeeper Xie's house.

The mansion of the shopkeeper Xie is almost close to the city wall, which is relatively remote. The site is on the second floor. The entire second floor is the master bedroom, as well as a study, a living room, and a small room for the maid.

The door to the master bedroom is locked with a brass lock. The corpse was still lying on its back on the bed, its eyes bulging wide, as if it was unwilling.

Leng Yi carefully inspected the neck of the deceased, and sure enough, there were obvious marks, his face was bruised and swollen, and there were scattered bleeding spots on his eyelids and lips. These are obvious signs of strangulation.

Leng Yi carefully examined the deceased's body again, and found obvious bruises on the deceased's arms, indicating that the murderer fixed the deceased's arms at that time, and then strangled her. Other than that, no other injuries were found.

An examination of the deceased's private parts revealed the remains of intercourse.

Leng Yi said to Hong Jie: "Where were you hiding at the time?" ”

Hong Jie said to a one-person-tall wardrobe Nunu in the back: "That's it." ”

Leng Yi carried a lantern, walked over, and opened the closet. Sure enough, I saw that the clothes on one side of the closet were pushed to the side, and the exposed place could stand people. He crouched down and carefully inspected the lower part of the closet, and through various angles, he found several footprints in the lower part of the closet! Moreover, it is a barefoot footprint! Leng Yi asked Hong Jie to take off his shoes and inspect them, and found that the bare footprints in the closet were about the same size as Hong Jie's feet.

Leng Yi looked at Hong Jie and said, "You were standing here barefoot?" ”

"Yes......"

"Why barefoot?"

"Because it's ......, because it's so hot......"

"You're lying!" Leng Yi said coldly: "It's been a long time since the beginning of autumn, it's already cool, and it's night, so you don't need to take off your shoes to cool down, not to mention that you're still wearing boots, and it's very difficult to take off your boots." Need to be so hard to cool off? ”

"I'm ......, I'm afraid of the heat......"

Leng Yi sighed and said, "If you still have this attitude, how can this official find out the truth of the matter?" ”

Hong Jie was shocked, and looked up at Leng Yi, that's right, now, he can't hide it anymore. He raised his head and said, "Yes, sir, I was standing barefoot in this at the time. ”

(To be continued)