However, Zhu Peng is an iron rooster who is not plucked, and asking him to take out so much money at once makes him more uncomfortable than cutting off his head, and he is bargaining with a bitter face, so he hears Cheng Luojie next to him angrily and says: "Kill people to pay for your life!" Even if you move a mountain of gold, you don't want to run away! ”

Zhu Peng hugged his head in fright, crying and shouting: "I really didn't do it, really, lord, spare your life!" ”

Leng Yi said: "What do you think of the county's proposal?" ”

When Zhu Peng heard that there was a door, where did he dare to bargain, and quickly agreed: "I'll give, I'll give everything!" Give as much as you want! I'll give it all, including those in neighboring villages! I beg the lord to let me go. ”

"Then it's decided."

Leng Yi turned to Yin Yin and said, "You pull him aside, let him take off his clothes, and check his body to see if there are any injuries." Especially scratch scars. ”

Yin Ying agreed and took Zhu Peng away.

After Yin Vulture took Zhu Peng away, Cheng Luojie asked Leng Yi with a white face: "Husband, do you really want to allow this bully to take money to redeem his life?" That, that's a living life! ”

Leng Yi beckoned her to squat down, took the lantern to inspect the two sets of footprints on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Did you find anything?" ”

Cheng Luojie leaned over, looked at it carefully, and shook her head.

Leng Yi pointed to a footprint and said in a low voice, "Do you see it?" The heel of this footprint is obviously shallower than the previous one, and there is also a slope. -- These two series of shoe prints are like this. What does this mean? ”

Cheng Luojie shook her head.

Leng Yi pointed to the shoe prints left by Zhu Peng on the snow just now, and said in a low voice: "Look at this again, the bottom of this shoe print is very flat, and it is not the same as those shoe prints just now." Do you know what's going on? ”

Cheng Luojie looked at him, thoughtful, as if she had realized, but in the end she still shook her head.

Leng Yi stood up, pointed to the back window, and said in a low voice, "Look here." ”

Cheng Luojie stepped forward to take a closer look, but didn't find anything. looked at Leng Yi suspiciously.

Leng Yi glanced at the house, after all, there were people inside, so he said in a low voice: "This is not the place to speak." Go, change places. He got up and took her hand, and went back to the firewood room, where the body of the pretty girl was still lying quietly. Cheng Luojie's expression darkened, took off her coat, and gently covered her face.

It's a distance from the hall, and even if you speak normally, you can't hear it there.

Leng Yi said: "That shoe print, the heel part is shallower than the front, and it is a slope, which means that the feet of the person wearing this shoe are obviously smaller than the shoes." Small feet wear big shoes, and the back is empty. The pressure is uneven, the soles are soft, and all the backs are raised. And the shoe prints left by Zhu Peng just now, the bottom is flat, and there is no such situation, which can only show one problem, -- the two strings of shoe prints under the window are not left by Zhu Peng! ”

"Huh?"

Cheng Luojie was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to refute, but there was no way to refute it.

Leng Yi said again: "Just now, I showed you the windowsill, did you find any evidence?" ”

"Nope!"

"Nothing found is evidence!" Leng Yi said: "There is snow behind, and Zhu Peng is walking back and forth on the snow." I just went into his room and saw that behind the window was a coffee table and a chair, next to the window. If he wants to go out through the window, he must step on the chair or coffee table. However, I looked closely, and there were no traces of stampede on it! ”

"Will it be wiped off afterwards?"

Leng Yi shook his head and said: "There is dust on the coffee table and the chair, which means that no one has touched it for a while, and if you wipe it, it will definitely leave traces." But I didn't find out. ”

Cheng Luojie thought for a while, and said, "Could it be that he stepped directly over the coffee table?" ”

"Can't do it. The windowsill is relatively high, in that case, he can only step on the windowsill, but I also showed you just now, there is no trace of stepping on the windowsill. Leng Yi saw that she wanted to speak, and added: "There are no traces of wiping on the windowsill." The windows haven't been opened for a long time, and the dust on them is still there. ”

Cheng Luojie's face was a little pale, and she said, "Then, isn't the murderer Zhu Peng?" ”

Leng Yi didn't answer, he walked to the corpse with a lantern, squatted down, picked up the deceased's hands, pointed to the reddish skin-like thing in her nails, and said, "Look, what is this?" ”

"It looks like blood, and scratched skin."

"Well, just now, did you find any scratches on Zhu Peng's body?"

Cheng Luojie thought for a while and shook her head: "There are no scars, but will it be blocked by his clothes?" ”

Leng Yi saw Yin Eagle coming over with Zhu Peng, and said, "Let's know this right away." ”

Yin Ying arrived at the firewood room, bowed down and said, "Back to the eldest lord, no injuries were found on the murderer Zhu Peng's body. ”

Cheng Luojie was dumbfounded and looked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said to Yin Ying: "You are in charge of guarding the criminals, tomorrow morning, we will return to Hongsong Village, and first handle the matter of returning the stolen goods and donations." Let's see his attitude. ”

His voice deliberately said very loudly, which made Zhu Peng, who was standing in the distance, tremble again, thinking in his heart about how to make up the money to come out, among them, he had to give Leng Zhixian a heavy bribe, otherwise, this time I am afraid that he will ruin his family.

After Yin Vulture took Zhu Peng away, Cheng Luojie was still in a daze, and said, "Since Zhu Peng has no scratches on his body, where did the blood stains left by the scratches on the deceased's fingernails come from?" - Could it be that it was the assassins who infiltrated the girl who tried to destroy her? ”

"Impossible."

"Why?"

"It was Zhu Peng's trouser belt that strangled the deceased, and Zhu Peng's handkerchief that was stuffed into her mouth—if the murderer was one of those assassins, he had to find a way to steal these things from Zhu Peng's room to stuff her mouth and strangle her neck, and he had to steal Zhu Peng's jade pendant for him to grasp. Is this Assassin sick? ”

Cheng Luojie smiled wryly, nodded and said, "That's right, it shouldn't have been done by the assassin." Who would be the bloody stains left by the scratches on the hands of the deceased? ”

Leng Yi squatted beside the deceased, pointed to the scratches between the corpse's legs and on his chest, and said, "What do you think is going on with this scratch?" ”

Cheng Luojie suddenly woke up, but she couldn't believe this result, as if she was talking to herself, and said, "Could it be that this girl scratched herself?" ”

"Whether that's the case or not, you have to speak with evidence. ――Look closely at the direction of the scratch. ”

Cheng Luojie took a closer look and said, "Between the legs is an inverted figure-eight direction. ** is horizontal. ”

"Well, it's all towards the hands of the dead."

"So, these scratches were all scratched by the deceased himself? Why is that? ”

"Because of your word!"

"Me?" Cheng Luojie was taken aback.

"When you were at the suspension bridge, you said that if Zhu Peng dared to insult this maid, you would hunt him down at the ends of the earth. Right? ”

"I said it."

"Judging from Zhu Peng's previous confession, this maid's family owes Zhu Peng a lot of money, and he can't afford to pay it back, Zhu Peng wants to use this maid ring to pay off the debt, at this time, the maid's father vomited blood and died, although Zhu Peng resolutely denied that it was not they who forced the maid's father to death, but I believe that the two must have a great relationship, so that this maid is actually full of hatred for Zhu Peng, hearing your words, and seeing your performance on the suspension bridge, knowing that you are super strong in martial arts, I hope you will keep your word, so she used her life to achieve revenge."

Cheng Luojie was stunned: "You mean, she actually committed suicide, and then pretended to be Zhu Peng's annihilation of her." The purpose is for me to fulfill my promise and kill Zhu Peng in order to avenge her father? ”

"Hmm." Leng Yi said, "Actually, when I examined her body, I had already affirmed this. - Although the scene was messy, her clothes and pants were also taken off, her legs and ** were scratched, and it seemed that she had resisted fiercely, but she was not very good at faking the scene, and there was no resistance injury on her arm, or she had no way to fake it. This is where the flaw comes in. ”

"Resistance injury?"

"Yes, since the murderer has broken both of her arms, the force used is very large, and it will definitely form some resistance injuries on the arms, that is, the scars left by scratching and pinching, etc., which will generally appear on the arms, neck, etc., and if you roll on the ground, there may be abrasions on the back, buttocks and other parts. None of these were found on the corpses. Of course, the absence of resistance injuries does not mean that there is no rape, and some mental coercion and threats of violence can make the victim dare not resist, so that there are no resistance injuries. But there was one thing that made my suspicions even more skeptical. ”