Chapter 347: The Second Murderer
The adults have already said this, and Dongmei also admitted that she was forced by Lu Jitong to do so. Could it be that none of this shows that Lu Ji is a murderer? Tao Youran thought that Li Canghai was exonerating Lu Jitong, and suddenly became a little angry and almost fainted.
Zhang Hebi on the side hurriedly patted Tao Youran's back lightly and said, "Uncle, listen to what the adults have to say." I'm sure the adults will give Zhaoxue justice! ”
Li Canghai nodded approvingly to Zhang Hebi, and then said: "The reason why this official thinks that Lu Jitong is the murderer is that he fell into the game set up by the real murderer. ”
"My lord, the student doesn't understand, all the evidence points to Lu Jitong, why is he not the murderer?" Zhang Hebi asked.
"Yes, all the evidence points to Lu Jitong, which seems to be undoubted. But as Lu Jitong said, when Tao Zhaoxue was killed, Lu Jitong was eating wine in Qifeng Pavilion in the city, how could he commit a crime? Li Canghai asked rhetorically.
"It's also possible that he killed Zhaoxue first, and then sneaked into the city, but I don't know." Zhang Hebi thought about it and said with a frown.
Li Canghai shook his head, refuted his speculation, and said: "The place where Tao Zhaoxue was killed is Hetou Village, and Hetou Village is half a day away from Zhengyang County, and it is impossible for him to return to Zhengyang in such a short time. ”
Li Canghai's words made everyone even more confused.
"But my lord, the fake Taoist priest caught in Hetou Village, he can also prove that Lu Jitong is the murderer who tortured Zhaoxue!" Zhang Hebi also seems to be in a hurry.
Li Canghai picked up a piece of paper, on which a footprint was drawn, and he said, "Don't be in a hurry. After listening to the official for the time being, this is the footprints of the murderer found by the official in the bamboo forest. It can be seen from the degree of force of the footprints. The killer had a slight disability in his right foot. ”
"My lord, based on these few footprints, how can you be sure that the murderer's right foot is disabled?" Zhang Hebi looked at the footprints on the paper and frowned.
Not only Zhang Hebi, but everyone, including Di Qing, looked at the footprints curiously, but they looked at it for a long time, but they didn't see the reason.
Li Canghai smiled slightly: "Because there is a problem with the footprints left by this person, the depth of the left and right feet is different, but the left is deep and the right is shallow." ”
"It is also possible that the murderer carried Zhaoxue on his left shoulder. That's why there are different shades, right? Zhang Hebi thought for a while and said.
Li Canghai shook his head and said: "This official has carefully examined the footprints at the scene, from the beginning when Tao Zhaoxue met the murderer and was forced to retreat, to the footprints left by the murderer who abducted Tao Zhaoxue, all of them are like this. Therefore, the officer concluded that the murderer must have a slight disability in his right foot. ”
Di Qing blinked. Suddenly, he said, "I understand." It is only because the murderer's right foot is disabled that the center of gravity is on the left side when he walks, so that the left is deep and the right is shallow. ”
Li Canghai nodded approvingly at him.
"But he's not disabled, is he?" Di Qing stared at the masked man, frowning slightly.
Just when the masked man was escorted. Everyone saw with their own eyes that he did not have any appearance of disability, which couldn't help but make Di Qing wonder.
"He's just a little disabled. But it's not obvious. If I'm not mistaken, his right heel is the disability. Li Canghai said lightly.
The man wears a mask on his face. I couldn't see the expression, but his shoulders shook involuntarily.
It is often heard. Immediately beckoned to the two officials, held the masked man down, and then took off his shoes.
The eyes widened and they found that the masked man's right heel was really a little disabled, to be precise, a piece of flesh was missing from the back heel.
Chang Feng shook the masked man's shoes, and a small piece of wood was dangled from the shoes.
Li Canghai looked at the half-finger-long, inch-wide wooden block, and said lightly: "This wooden block just makes up for the disabled part of your heel, no wonder it's hard to see." ”
"It's amazing! Canghai, how do you know that he has a disability in his right heel? Di Qing screamed excitedly and couldn't help but ask.
"In fact, it is very simple, the footprints at the bamboo forest site, in addition to the left deep and right shallow, also show a situation of heavy front and light back. On the premise of knowing that he has a disability in his foot, it is easy to infer the disability. Li Canghai said.
Di Qing scratched her bun, but didn't understand.
Looking at Di Qing's dazed expression, Li Canghai smiled and explained, "You can imagine what you would do if your heel hurts?" ”
Di Qing tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "Of course it's walking on tiptoe......." ”
Speaking of this, Di Qing suddenly understood, and she suddenly realized: "I know, it turns out that you got it based on this reverse reasoning!" The front part of the foot is heavy and the back is light, which means that the front part of the foot is intact, while the back part of the foot is unable to fully exert force due to disability, and the force is lighter. That's why you deduce that the disabled part of him is the heel! ”
Hearing Di Qing's explanation, everyone was amazed, and their eyes became strange when they looked at Li Canghai, as if they were looking at a monster.
It is simply incredible to be able to guess a person's hidden disease with just one footprint.
Zhang Hebi and Tao Youran looked at each other, Li Canghai's evidence seemed to be excusing Lu Jitong at all.
"My lord, even if this person has been to the bamboo forest, it is he who kidnapped Zhaoxue, and it is possible that he was instructed by Lu Jitong! Otherwise, why did Dongmei and the false Taoist Liu Tie frame him? Are they all lying? Zhang Hebi thought for a moment and said with a frown.
"Dongmei and Liu Tie didn't lie, even the beggars who stopped you, they didn't lie." Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said.
At this moment, everyone was stunned, and everyone looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
"My lord, you initially believed that Lu Jitong was the murderer because of Dongmei and Liu Tie's testimony. Then, you said that the murderer was someone else, because it was not Lu Jitong who kidnapped Zhaoxue. If the murderer is not Lu Jitong, doesn't it mean that Dongmei and Liu Tie are lying and framing him? But now that you say that Dongmei and Liu Tie are not lying, doesn't this mean that their accusations against Lu Jitong are not wrong? Aren't you contradicting yourself? ”
Fortunately, Zhang Hebi's mind was quite clear and he didn't dizzy himself, but the rest of the people were surrounded by his words.
Li Canghai said lightly: "Dongmei and Liu Tie and the others are indeed not lying, because what they saw is indeed Lu Jitong, but it is not Lu Jitong. ”
These words made everyone even more puzzled.
Di Qing tilted her head and thought that her brain hurt, and she didn't come up with a reason, so she immediately rubbed her eyebrows as Li Canghai rubbed her eyebrows, and said impatiently: "Canghai, you don't want to sell Guanzi, what does it mean to be him or not him?" (To be continued.) )