"Why did he jump over there?" Uncle Qi thought for a while and said, "Could it be that someone pushed him over?" ”

"How to go down, you have to use evidence to speak. If a man as strong as cow dung falls into the manure tank, he must struggle to climb up, in that case, the water in the manure tank will definitely be muddy, but only the manure around the corpse in the manure tank is muddy, which means that the deceased did not struggle after falling into the water, or did not struggle much. Why is that? ”

Several people shook their heads together.

Zhuo Qiaoniang, who had been following several women next to her, said boldly: "Did you pass out before you fell?" ”

"That's right!" Leng Yi glanced at his wife approvingly, squatted down, pulled up the clothes on the back of the corpse, and said, "Look at what this is?" ”

Several people squatted down to take a look, only to see that there was a black and purple spot the size of a bowl on the back of the deceased.

"What is this?" Uncle Qi and the others asked in surprise.

"The killer slammed the deceased into the back with something and knocked the deceased into the manure tank, which was a blunt force wound left by the impact. It was precisely because of this violent impact that his spine was knocked out and dislocated, leaving him paralyzed in his lower limbs, unable to move, unable to struggle, so he quickly drowned. ”

Uncle Qi reached out and touched the deceased's lower back, nodded and said, "That's right, the back lumbar vertebrae of cow dung are dislocated." -- This shows that cow dung was really murdered! ”

Everyone present was shocked by this result, there had never been a murder in the mountain village, not even petty theft, and they were all stunned for a moment when they suddenly encountered such a thing.

Jiao Lao's third daughter-in-law said: "Could it be that someone passing by did it?" ”

Jiao Laosan was angry and said to his daughter-in-law: "What are the people passing by doing if they hit him and drown?" ”

"I accidentally touched it!"

"You pig brain. It's all said, it's not touched, it's bumped down with something! ”

Jiao's third daughter-in-law didn't dare to speak.

Leng Yi looked down around the old locust tree, and soon, he found a large stone that was almost oval in shape underneath the tree. Compare it with the impact marks on the deceased's back, and sure enough, the shape matches!

The murder weapon has been found!

Luo Panya said: "The murderer must be holding a big stone, hiding behind the old locust tree, taking advantage of the cow dung standing next to the manure tank to scoop the dung, holding this big stone, rushing over and slamming it, knocking the cow dung out of the air, falling on the side of the manure tank, knocking the lumbar vertebrae into a dislocation, unable to move, and drowned." ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

Leng Yi said: "Using this method to kill people from behind shows that it is unlikely that it was done by robbers who robbed houses, - they will use knives." It is also unlikely that a passer-by and cow dung had a verbal altercation with each other for some reason, in which case there should have been a fight injury. So, most likely, it was a premeditated murder. Since it was a deliberate murder, it could be someone who had a grudge against the deceased, that is, the murderer was likely to be someone who knew the deceased! ”

Uncle Qi glared and said, "Brother Leng, you mean that the murderer may be one of us?" ”

"To be precise, it is probably one of the people who know cow dung. Including, but not limited to, you. ”

Uncle Qi said: "Anyway, it's not me, we went home together last night, so I fell asleep, and I didn't get up until it was almost dawn." ”

"The deceased died just before dawn." Leng Yi said.

"Brother Leng, what you said is not right, are you the one who suspects me of killing?"

"It's not to suspect you, uncle, but to check everyone one by one." Leng Yi said, "Now the chief has not come, and the people from the yamen have not come, and the murderer is likely to be hidden among us, if possible, I suggest that we investigate each other, find out the murderer, and send the yamen." Otherwise, the murderer may kill further! ”

Leng Yi came out this time, mainly to avoid the assassins, for the convenience of movement, he did not carry the county seal, left it to Master Dong to deal with official business, although some of them had gone to the county town to pay New Year's greetings to themselves, know themselves, and could take off the mask to prove their identity, but he was not ready to do this, he didn't want to expose his whereabouts and leave clues for the assassins, so he did not reveal his identity to investigate the case.

Uncle Qi nodded: "That's right, how to investigate?" ”

"It takes a lot of strength to knock people out of such a distance, so the old man and young children, as well as the woodcutter Ma brother who has a broken leg and can't move, are not included in the list of suspects for the time being, and the others are talking about what they were doing when the sun just rose? Who can testify. - Let me start by saying that I was drunk last night and slept until dawn, and when I woke up, my wife was picking up rice seeds at the door with my sister-in-law of the Qi family. They can testify. ”

Sun said: "That's right, Brother Leng's daughter-in-law got up when the morning was about to dawn, I was in Chungmi, she told me that the quilt was a little thin, it was cold in the morning, and her husband slept alone worried about freezing, and there was no extra quilt to add a bed." I took a quilt for her, and we went to the room together to cover the quilt for Brother Leng, and I could testify to their husband and wife, and they were in my room when it was almost dawn. Then he looked at his husband Uncle Qi and said, "Our child's father didn't get up in the morning, we picked up seeds in front, and he went to fetch water, and filled the water tank, and it was already dawn at that time." We've all seen it. Right, the daughter-in-law of the Leng family? ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, I can prove to Uncle Qi that he has been carrying water in the house at that time." ”

Jiao Laosan said: "When the sky is not dawning, I am sleeping. I drank too much last night. ”

"Who can prove it?" Leng Yi asked.

"Well...... Jiao Laosan thought for a while and said, "My daughter-in-law can." ”

Uncle Qi snorted and said, "Third daughter-in-law, can you testify?" Didn't you go up the mountain to hunt pigweed before dawn? I didn't come back until dawn, and I asked you. ”

Jiao's third daughter-in-law was a little embarrassed, smiled wryly, and said, "Yes, I went up the mountain to hunt pigweed." ”

Jiao Laosan hurriedly said: "Then my son can prove it." ”

"Your son didn't sleep in the same room with you."

"Then I'm going to have to move when I go out!"

"Children are snooze, where can I hear your movements!"

"Uncle, I didn't kill cow dung! What am I going to do when I kill him? Although he is selfish, I don't like him, and I won't kill him! ”

"Why not!" Uncle Qi said, "You fell ill during the autumn harvest last year, and asked him to help harvest rice, but he didn't do it, and as a result, half of your rice rotted in the ground, didn't you scold your mother angrily, saying that he would be punished one day?" ”

"I said he was going to take revenge, not to kill him."

"Then who knows, you have a grudge against him anyway."

Jiao Laosan said: "I'm not the only one who has a grudge against him, Luo Panya also has a grudge against him!" Not long ago, when the New Year was divided, the cow dung's own quilt was missing, not to say that Luo Panya took an extra bed, the two quarreled, didn't the cow dung give Luo Panya a big mouth? Luo Panya said that he would kill him! ”

Luo Panya hurriedly said: "I was angry at that time, where do I have the courage to kill, I don't dare if you lend me one." ”

Uncle Qi said, "Then you said that when it was almost dawn, where were you?" ”

"Sleep!" Luo Panya said, "It's cold, who has nothing to do when you get up so early." ”

"Who can testify?"

"My daughter-in-law, ah......, ah, no, she picked up cow dung, well, my mother and my father should be able to testify, they fell asleep in the next room. Right, Dad? ”

Luo Panya's father also followed to see the excitement, and when he heard this, he shook his white-haired head and said, "I don't know, I fell asleep and woke up at dawn." -, what about you? ”

Luo Panya's mother also shook her head: "I don't know, I'm asleep too." ”

Luo Panya stomped his feet and said, "You two are old and confused? I'm your son, don't you help me speak...... ”

"Hey!" Uncle Qi glared and said, "What did you say?" What helps you speak? This is an investigation! Human lives matter. Now in the yamen, there is the palm print of the master of Qingtian in Leng Zhi County, he doesn't rub sand in his eyes, if you really kill someone, the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't help you! ”

"I didn't kill anyone, uncle!" Luo Panya said with a bitter face.

"Didn't kill anyone? Why did you ask your parents to give you false testimony if you didn't kill anyone? ”

"I, I'm not in a hurry, I was really sleeping. - Cow dung is dead, or my daughter-in-law was the first to find it! Luo Panya invited the credit, as if he could prove his innocence by taking this credit.

Uncle Qi turned to look at Luo Panya's daughter-in-law and said, "That's right, you were the first to find the body, that is, you have been here, and you are the one who is most likely to kill cow dung!" ”

Banya's daughter-in-law was startled and said: "Uncle He, this is as if I found out that the cow dung died and found it wrong, I didn't kill him, he is a big man, taller than me and stronger than me, I can't kill him." ”

Jiao Laosan said: "That's not necessarily, as I said just now, as long as you hide behind the old locust tree, hold the big stone, and take advantage of the cow dung on your back and don't pay attention, just rush out and hit it violently, you can do this." ”

"Why should I kill him?" Banya's daughter-in-law said menacingly, "Third brother! I didn't recruit you, I didn't mess with you, don't pour the basin and urine jar on my head! ”

"I didn't wrong you!" Jiao Laosan said, "Last autumn harvest, I dragged my illness to beg cow dung to help harvest rice, and on the way I saw you running from his house scolding, your clothes were rotten, and most of your arms were exposed, and I asked you what's wrong?" You said that cow dung is an animal in estrus, and you want to sniff your scratch, and you can't die with a thousand knives. What's going on here? ”

Banya's daughter-in-law blushed a little and said, "It's nothing......

"What's nothing?" Luo Panya slapped his head and face: "No wonder you went to his house to ask for cow dung, you scratched the fox, did you seduce him?" Say! ”

Banya's daughter-in-law was ruthless, hit Luo Panya's stomach headlong, and almost knocked him into the manure tank, Banya's daughter-in-law scolded: "Straight mother thief! Who seduced him? He's the one who wants to harm me! Changed the way to coax me to go to his house, what to discuss the matter of borrowing cattle for spring ploughing, I believed it was true, and he went to the bed, and said to get me once, and lent me the cow for one day, and borrowed it for two days, and I almost burst his cheeks and balls, and ran out. - The old lady worked hard for this family, and almost got on her body, and you still say that about me! I, I'm not alive anymore! ”

Panya's daughter-in-law sat on the edge of the pond and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

(To be continued)