The leader of the Tu Gang pointed to the two wooden basins on the ground and said, "This basin is upside down, did you do it?" ”

The two looked at the wooden basin, looked at each other again, and shook their heads together: "No! Ma face said: "The little one remembers, before the accident, the little one gave the second master water to wash his face, and the second master said that he was tired of reading and wanted to wash his face soberly." After washing your face, the washbasin is placed on a wooden shelf in the corner of the house. ”

"Where's the footbasin?"

"The footbasin has been placed under the shelf."

"How did that get to the ground?"

Ma Yan shook his head in fear: "I don't know. ”

Leng Yi pointed to the messy table again, the bronze mirrors, combs, hair oil, and tea cups on it were lying on the table in a mess, and said: "It is obviously impossible to put money on this table, if you are a thief, will you turn them upside down?" ”

Governor Liao's heart sank, and he looked at the Tu gang leader.

The Tu gang leader asked Ma Mian and Xiao Shun again, "What's going on?" ”

Xiao Shun shook his head in fear and said: "The little one doesn't know, but the little one remembers it very clearly, not long before the incident, when the two of us served the second master to wash his face, the things on the table were still in good shape." I don't know how it came to be. ”

Ma Mian also nodded: "Yes, it was good before." ”

Liao Zhifu waved his hand to let the two out, looked at Leng Yi, and said, "Leng Zhixian is saying that these places have been turned over, indicating that the murderer disguised the scene?" ”

"That's right!" Leng Yi said: "Distinguish between internal thieves and external thieves, the traces of turning over the scene are very telling, if it is an external thief, because they are not familiar with the placement of property on the scene, they will rummage around." And if it is an internal thief, because they know where to put their belongings, they often go straight to the target and take it and leave. However, if the thief is more intelligent, he will carry out some camouflage on the scene, and disguise the scene of the internal theft as an external thief, that is, turn over the items at the scene at will, creating the illusion of an external thief, so as to attract the attention of the detection. -- However, a place like a table or a wooden basin where you can see nothing at a glance will not be turned over under normal circumstances, whether it is an internal thief or an external thief. There is only one situation that will be like this, and that is the camouflage scene! And it was the scene where the internal thief disguised the external thief, because the camouflage technique was not clever, revealing this flaw. ”

Governor Liao nodded frequently: "The place where it is obviously impossible to store treasures has also been turned into a mess." Therefore, the thief is forging the scene to become an external thief, and in turn, it can be concluded that the thief and murderer are actually internal thieves, that is, people inside the mansion did it. ”

The Tu Gang Master hugged his shoulders, thought for a moment, and said, "This is also reasonable, I was a little suspicious before, and I felt that something was wrong, but I didn't know what was wrong. Now that I think about it, it's really wrong to flip the scene. It feels like the murderer is not rummaging through the property, but deliberately turning things upside down, so that people feel like robbers from outside have sneaked in to do it. ――Master Leng, have you found out who the murderer is? ”

After listening to Leng Yi's analysis, the Tu gang leader felt that Leng Yi had grasped the key to the problem at once, and it was really extraordinary, and he couldn't help but change his tone. It's been renamed the big man.

Leng Yi said: "It's hard to say now, but since the scope of solving the case has been locked among the people in the house, it is relatively easier to solve the case." In order to find out the real culprit, if I can, I would like to stay in your mansion for a few days and conduct a detailed investigation, I don't know if it is convenient? ”

Tu Gang Master hurriedly said: "It's convenient!" Nothing inconvenient. There are guest rooms in the inner house, and the eldest lord can live there. ”

Leng Yi shook his head and said, "I want to live in that small courtyard at the murder scene, okay?" ”

The Tu gang leader was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "There has just been a homicide there, where does the eldest master live, I'm just afraid that it will be inappropriate......"

"Hehe, solve the case and arrest the murderer, if even the dead are afraid, then how can you investigate the case? Besides, there are a few of them in close protection, and what else is scary. ”

"This ......"

Leng Yi looked at him: "Isn't there anything inconvenient about the helper?" ”

"No, not at all," Gang Leader Tu smiled and said, "Then Master Leng, you live in that small courtyard." I'll call someone to clean up right away......"

"No, that's fine, I can still think about the crime scene at any time. I saw that there were a few wings in the courtyard, and we would live there. ”

Governor Liao didn't expect Leng Yi to decide to live in the Tu Gang Master's house. This means that Leng Yi is determined to solve this case. That's okay, judging from Leng Yi's analysis, he seems to have found the direction of the case, if this case is solved, it will be equivalent to doing himself a big favor. Governor Liao took his leave and left the Tu gang leader's house.

After going back, Governor Liao instructed his master to send all the materials of this case, including interrogation records, corpses, etc., to Leng Yi to him.

The Tu gang leader transferred two maids to serve Leng Yi, conveyed the news or something, and informed the whole mansion, saying that the magistrate of Yinling County was investigating the case in the house, and if he asked anything, he had to answer seriously. There must be no disrespect. At the same time, tell the official family that if Master Leng has any needs, he will do it.

After Leng Yi lived in the small courtyard, it was already noon, and the Tu gang leader set up a banquet to entertain Leng Yi, Leng Yi just ate a simple meal, didn't even drink wine, and told the Tu gang master that he was busy with his own affairs, and left him alone, and returned to the small courtyard.

Master Dong said: "The eldest master is here to investigate the case, so what should I do if I visit the officials of the prefect?" ”

Leng Yi said: "Mr. Trouble sent the prayer list first, and said that I was investigating a murder case for the prefect, involving the boss of the boat gang, and I can't do it, so I can't visit in person, ask them for forgiveness." When the case is solved, a banquet will be held to make amends. ”

Master Dong said: "It can only be like this." "Anyway, I took the head of the Wu Catcher and the two Yamen Catchers and went to give gifts separately.

After Leng Yi stopped, he read all the information on this case. I thought about it for a while, then I walked around the yard with my hands behind my back. Except for the two personal maids sent by the leader of the Tu gang to follow them, no one followed.

It took Leng Yi an afternoon to visit the Tu Gang Master's mansion. Finally, I walked to the room where Huang Erye was resting.

The personal maid hurriedly introduced Leng Yi's identity. Tu Er already knew that there was a magistrate from Yinling County at home to help investigate the murder of his sister-in-law, so he quickly got up to greet him.

Leng Yi saw that he didn't have anything particularly bad except for his expression being a little sluggish, so he said, "I heard the Tu Gang Leader say that you were sick, but now it seems that your spirit is not bad." ”

Tu Er smiled bitterly and said, "I'm scared, but there's nothing else." ”

"Can you tell me about what happened?"

Tu Er frowned and said, "Didn't Governor Liao already ask before?" ”

"There are some places that are not very well documented, and I want to hear you talk about it. - What were you doing when your sister-in-law was the victim, and when she came to your yard? ”

"I'm sleeping. On the first night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I kept a vigil with everyone, and I didn't sleep all night, I was so sleepy, I wanted to read, and I fell asleep while watching. ”

"So, you didn't know when your sister-in-law came in?"

"I don't know, I read the book and fell asleep."

"Can you tell me what you were reading at the time?"

"The Analects"

"After you fell asleep, who came to tell you that your wife is dead?"

"Tuwa."

"What about when you wake up?"

So I went out, and when I saw my sister-in-law lying dead on the ground, I was terrified. He also passed out at that time. Then they carried me here. ”

"Have you ever been back to the small courtyard since you lived here?"

"Nope."

"Have you read a book?"

"Of course not." Tu Er said: "The eldest master thinks, can I still read books like this?" ”

"That's not right." Leng Yi said: "On the desk in the study, there is no "Analects" you said. ”

"Really? That may be my mistake, I didn't read the Analects at the time, it was the ......, it was the ......."

Leng Yi looked at him patiently.

Tu Er rubbed his forehead, smiled apologetically, and said, "I can't remember what book I was reading at the time, the main thing is that my sister-in-law died, and I was scared, so I forgot." ”

Leng Yi looked at him: "However, on your desk, except for the four treasures of the study, there is not even a single book!" ”

"Huh?" Tu Er obviously didn't expect Leng Yi to observe so carefully, smiled awkwardly, and said, "It should be that they put it away." ”

"No," Leng Yi said, "Your bedroom is so messy, you haven't cleaned up, why just put away the books in your study?" ”

"I don't know about this ......, but after I fainted, I was carried here. I don't know anything about the rest. ”

Leng Yi looked at him and saw that his hair was straight, so he asked again: "How is the relationship between you and your sister-in-law?" ”

"What does the old man mean by asking?" Tu Er's face was a little red, and his expression was quite embarrassed.

"I don't mean anything else," Leng Yi said, "Your sister-in-law often comes to see you study, right?" ”

"Nope!"

"Okay, your brother, that is, the Tu gang leader, said it himself, and you have to deny this? Do you think I'm going to wonder what's wrong with it? ”

"What's the? Even if my sister-in-law often comes to visit me, how can there be anything boring? My eldest sister-in-law is a mother, my mother died, my sister-in-law is like a mother, come and see me! What's wrong with it? ”

"Your sister-in-law doesn't look like a mother, she's young, she's younger than you."

"What's wrong with being younger than me?" Tu Er stood up with a sigh of relief, pointed at Leng Yi and said, "Leng Zhixian, what you say is very strange!" My sister-in-law is younger than me, so I must have something ulterior to her? ”

"Don't get excited, speak slowly." Leng Yi took a moment to say, "I didn't say anything ulterior about you and your young sister-in-law. ”

Tu Er thought about it, but he really didn't say it, he secretly blamed himself for not being able to hold his breath, took the cold tea on his table, and drank it all in one go. Putting the cup on the table, he arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry, my sister-in-law who I respect very much, and I'm also very taboo about other people's suspicions, so it's rude." Please forgive me. ”

(To be continued)