At the foot of Yinling Mountain in Bazhou, Sichuan, after seeing them off in the gloomy mountain song, Yang Qiuchi and his party returned to Bazhou City, and it was already afternoon.

Yang Qiuchi was in a very bad mood, he was speechless all the way, and several girls didn't dare to provoke him to speak.

Zhan Zhutou came to report, saying that he had taken control of all the nine craftsmen in Liuli Village according to Yang Qiuchi's instructions, and all their knives had been searched.

Yang Qiuchi was hoping to adjust his mood with his busy work, so he took those knives to the forensic office of his internal office, where he tested the simulated cutting marks, and then compared and identified.

The test reached the third one, and the surprise finally came!

After the third knife cuts the copper wire, the traces left behind by the microscope intercept the picture and compare it with the traces of the broken iron chain on the laptop, which can be basically consistent, and a number of important details are completely consistent, according to which it is judged that this thin iron chain is cut by the third knife!

He picked up the knife and looked at it, it was heavy, the edge of the knife was also very sharp, and a small cloth belt was wrapped around the handle, on which it was written that the name of the owner of the knife was "Sun Laosan." ”

Yang Qiuchi ordered the sedan chair to be prepared, took Song Yun'er, Shuang'er, and Xue'er, and led the people of the capture and escort brigade to Liuli Village. Under the leadership of Su Lizheng, he came to the house of Sun Laosan and Sun Ming.

All the craftsmen in this village have been controlled by the righteous people of Suli.

When Sun Mingjiang saw that the old man of Zhizhou, who had been investigating the case in the village for the past two days, went straight to him with a catcher, he was so frightened that his knees weakened and he knelt on the ground.

Yang Qiuchi sat down on the Taishi chair that the people had set up in the courtyard, and threw the two iron chains in front of Craftsman Sun: "Say! Did you cut it and steal it? ”

Craftsman Sun Mingchi didn't know how Yang Qiuchi knew, but since the official master had found him so surely, how could Craftsman Sun Mingjiang dare to hide it, and said in a trembling voice: "Villain...... Damn the villain...... It was the villain who secretly cut it down in the courtyard of Huo Xiaosi's house and took it away......"

"How?"

"I ...... And I put the chains on the ground, and cut them with a knife, and the chains were so thin that they broke with a sword on the ground. ”

"Why didn't you come out and confess two days ago? Do you have to wait for the official to find you out? What a fucking Diao Min! Yang Qiuchi slapped heavily on the armrest of the Taishi chair and shouted: "Come on, how did you make money and kill Li Hanbao?" Say! ”

Hearing this, Sun Mingjiang was terrified, raised his head and shouted: "Master, the villain is wronged!" That Li Hanbao really wasn't killed by a villain. ”

"The chains you cut and stole were used to tie stones around the necks of the deceased, and the stolen goods are all there, and you are fucking hard-mouthed!" Yang Qiuchi was furious and shouted: "Drag me down and hit the thirty boards!" ”

Yunlu's matter has made him feel very bad, and in the past few days, hundreds of cases of trace comparison have been carried out, making him dizzy and dizzy, remembering that he looked at the village like a fool two days ago, this Sun Mingjiang knew that he was investigating who cut the iron chain, he just didn't come out to confess, he was watching the joke, and now he refused to admit his guilt, he couldn't help but make him angry from the heart, and the evil was born to the side of the guts, and he called the catchers to beat this Sun Mingjiang's ass.

The officials agreed in unison, stepped forward to grab the craftsman, dragged him aside, and beat him to the ground, beating him so much that his nose and saliva were flying, and his father and mother screamed miserably.

Shuang'er was a little unbearable, and while fanning Yang Qiuchi, she leaned over and whispered: "Master, let's check it out first, and then talk about it, as soon as you come up, you will hit the board......"

Yang Qiuchi glared: "Do you need to teach me how to do it?" Well? ”

After all, Shuang'er is a girl from the Miao family, she grew up in Miao Village since she was a child, and she has not been strictly educated by the ethics of the Han people, so last time in Miao Village, only a slave like her would jokingly teach the master to sing love songs, which led to that big misunderstanding.

Now she saw that Yang Qiuchi couldn't help but say that she was going to beat someone, she couldn't bear it in her heart, and she had the courage to persuade her, but she didn't expect that the old man, who had always been kind and pleasant, and never looked at them as a person, would reprimand herself in public, and her pretty face suddenly turned red, and her mouth was deflated, and she was about to cry.

As soon as Yang Qiuchi said that, he immediately regretted it, seeing that she was about to cry with a miserable face, he was even more apologetic, stretched out his hand to pull Shuang'er in front of him, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Shuang'er, I've been a little annoyed in the past two days, and I've spoken a little heavily, don't you mind." He immediately waved his hand and told the officials to stop fighting.

Although Shuang'er does not strictly abide by the hierarchy like Han women, she also knows how to respect and be orderly, but Yang Qiuchi is amiable when she talks to them, Shuang'er and Xue'er regard him more as a brother, rather than an official master, and now Yang Qiuchi suddenly lost his temper, no wonder Shuang'er was wronged, but he also knew that he couldn't talk to the master like this according to the rules.

Now Yang Qiuchi apologized to her in turn, and followed his advice to stop playing the board, which really made her a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly said with tears in her eyes: "No, no, it's Shuang'er, how can the master apologize to my little girl?" ”

Yang Qiuchi saw that she was shy and anxious, her face was flushed, and she felt even more apologetic, and said in a low voice: "Shuang'er sings so well and is beautiful, if you want to cry your nose, it won't look good." ”

Thinking of singing mountain songs, and then thinking of Yunlu's desolate gaze when she left, I couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart.

Shuang'er listened to Yang Qiuchi's soft voice to comfort herself, she was aggrieved and happy, nodded gratefully to Yang Qiuchi with tears in her eyes, retreated to the back, and then fanned Yang Qiuchi.

Before half of the thirty boards were played, they were stopped by Yang Qiuchi, but even if they were about a dozen boards, they had already beaten this Sun Mingjiang to the point of crying and calling his mother miserable.

The officials dragged Sun Mingjiang over. Yang Qiuchi asked, "Are you willing to confess?" ”

Sun Mingjiang cried and begged with a sad face: "Big master, big master Qingtian, the villain really didn't kill Li Hanbao." I beg the lord to see it. ”

At the toss just now, Yang Qiuchi had already calmed down and said, "This official asked you, what are you doing with the thin iron chain in Huo Xiaosi's courtyard?" ”

"I was carrying a large bundle of mats to Bazhou to sell at noon that day, and when I passed near Huo Xiaosi's house, the rope that tied the mat suddenly broke, and it was too short to tie up. If you don't bundle up this big roll of cold mats, you can't carry it to Bazhou. I came to Huo Xiaosi's house to borrow a rope. There was no one at home, and I saw a thin chain in the yard to tie the dogs, and they didn't need it anyway, so I ...... So I cut it off, and took it and tied it up. ”

"What are you doing selling mats with a knife?"

"I'm used to it, my scorn knife is usually stuck in the scabbard at the back of the waist, so it's easy to use at any time."

"Hehe, you're still a swordsman." Yang Qiuchi smiled coldly, his face was blank, and then asked, "Where did you run to in the afternoon the day before yesterday?" ”

"...... unitary time?" Sun Mingjiang thought for a moment, "Youshi...... The villain went to Bazhou City to sell mats around noon, and left after dark. ”

He also went to Bazhou? Yang Qiuchi's head is a little big, doesn't he have time to commit crimes? "Who can testify?" he asked. ”

"...... testify?" "I went to eat at noon, and I came back in the evening...... I lived alone on the edge of the village, with no neighbors, no money to marry a wife and have children, and I was alone...... Who will testify to me, but I really didn't kill that Li Hanbao. ”

"You don't have time to witness...... In other words, no one can prove that you are not at the scene of the killing, and the thin iron chain that you cut with a knife appears on the neck of the deceased, you say, what is going on? ”

Listening to what Yang Qiuchi said, Sun Mingjiang seemed to have detained a felony of murder on his head, and he was suddenly frightened, and he kowtowed again and again in a panic, but he didn't know how to wash away his grievances.

Yang Qiuchi also found that there was indeed a grievance here, so he patiently helped him recall: "Think about it, when you left the village at noon, did anyone see you?" ”

Yang Qiuchi's kind attitude made Sun Mingjiang's heart relax a little, thought about it, and shook his head: "I live in the bamboo forest at the edge of the village, there are no neighbors in front and back, and the weather is very hot that day, who will run to the sun at noon." It seems that I haven't seen any acquaintances along the way. ”

"Then can anyone prove that you did sell mats in Bazhou when you were a unitary time?"

"Prove ......, but I ...... But I didn't meet any acquaintances in Bazhou. Sun Mingjiang said with a bitter face, he was very worried that if he couldn't find a witness, he would be arrested and even beheaded for the murder on his head.

His worries were not unfounded, but fortunately he met Yang Qiuchi this time, a judicial worker in the new era who had just received education on the socialist concept of "presumption of innocence," and a modern forensic doctor who was full of confidence and could catch the real culprit. If it were replaced by other ancient bureaucrats, with such strong evidence of guilt, and no time to witness, they would be sentenced to a great punishment and tortured into a trick, and their heads would be hanging.

Yang Qiuchi thought for a moment and asked, "What about the iron chain that tied the mat to you?" ”

"In the afternoon, someone bought all my bundle of mats, and the chains tied the mats, so they were also taken away by the man when he was carrying the mats."

Sun Mingjiang didn't know how important this situation was to him, but Yang Qiuchi knew, and he asked, "Who is that person?" Where to stay? ”

Only then did Sun Mingjiang find out the important surname of this matter from Yang Qiuchi's words, and said in fear: "I...... I don't know that man......"

"Men and women? How old is it? What does it look like? ”

(To be continued)