Cheng Luojie and the others all showed a look of admiration on their faces, and Yin Eagle said, "Then we will track down people with such characteristics in the whole city." ”

Leng Yi said: "These three people robbed and killed people together, which shows that they should know each other." ”

The prefect Niu Deputy Catcher, who had been silent on the side, suddenly interjected: "According to the words of the eldest master, I know who these three people are!" These three people are the three ruffians mixed in Bazhou, who often fight and cause trouble, and are frequent visitors to the yamen. ”

Leng Yi said: "Then you hurry up and take it to arrest!" ”

Niu Deputy Catcher took Yin Vulture and Cheng Luojie sisters and left in a hurry. Leng Yi ordered the body to be carried back to the yamen and sat and waited for news.

However, what he was waiting for was bad news,—— the three men were dead!

Niu Deputy Catcher took Yin Vulture and them to the house to arrest them, and as a result, the bodies of the three people were found in the big fat man's house.

Leng Yi immediately rushed to the scene of the murder.

It is a simple ordinary house with a small courtyard. As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a pungent smell of blood and the smell of spilled spirits. There were dishes on the table, and empty jars of wine were poured on the floor.

Three bodies lay in the main room, and the crippled man, who had a cripple on his leg, cut off more than half of his neck, fell to the ground, clutching an iron rod tightly in his hand. And in the hand of the tall man, he held an axe, which was dripping with blood, but he had a dagger in the back of his head, and the handle of the knife was in the hand of the big fat man. And the big fat man's round head has become a rotten winter melon at the moment, and the right temple seat has been shattered by a blunt instrument like a long club, and the brain pulp has flowed out.

Judging from the temperature of the corpse, the zombie body, and the corpse spots, the time of death was probably around the middle of last night.

After Leng Yi finished the inspection, he asked, "What do you think?" ”

Cheng Luojie said: "It seems that it should be unevenly divided into dirt and killed each other." ”

Cheng Luoyan also nodded in agreement.

Leng Yi looked at Yin Eagle and said, "What do you think?" ”

Yin Vulture said: "It's to fight each other and die." - The back of the cripple's neck was almost cut off, and the wound was formed at once. Of the three, only the tall man had an axe in his hand, and the other two were armed with iron rods and daggers, so the cripple should have been killed by the tall man. And the fat man's head was broken with a blunt object, and the wound was long and strip-shaped, so it was not the back of the axe, but the iron rod of the cripple. The tall man was pierced in the back of the head with a dagger, and the dagger was in the fat man's hand, and it was clear that the tall man was killed by the fat man's dagger. ”

Leng Yi smiled and said, "You have observed very carefully, and you are worthy of being the head catcher of the six gates of the capital." ”

Yin Vultures hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Leng Yi said: "However, don't you think it's very strange to fight each other and die?" ”

Yin Vulture was stunned for a moment and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"From what you just analyzed, the fat man killed the tall man, the cripple killed the fat man, and the tall man killed the cripple. Three people are a situation of circular killing, right? ”

"Yes."

"But have you noticed, all three of them have only one injury, the injuries are very serious, the back of the cripple's neck and cervical vertebrae are cut off, and he will be incapacitated in an instant, and the temple of the fat man's head is shattered, deep into the head, and the brain is outflowing, such an injury can also make people die in an instant, and it is impossible to carry out any more attacks, the back of the tall man's head was pierced with a dagger, deep into the hilt of the knife, and the entire cerebellum and brain were pierced. Such injuries are also instantaneous. So, all three of them were killed by one blow! The question arises,—— who did it first? ”

Yin Eagle and Cheng Luojie sisters listened to Leng Yi's words, and they were all heartbroken, that's right, the injuries of the three of them were all fatal injuries that killed with one blow, no matter who made the first move, the person who was killed and injured was instantly killed and incapacitated, so it was impossible to cause harm to others. In this way, one of the three must not be hurt by others!

Yin Vulture groaned: "Then there is only one possibility, that is, the three of them will move at the same time, hit each other at the same time, and the three of them will die together." ”

"That's right! However, another problem arose,—— the fat man's injury was on the right temple of the front, and the direction was inclined upward. This kind of injury can only be caused by striking him directly in front of him with a stick in his right hand from the upper right to the lower left. It was the cripple with an iron rod who killed the fat man. Therefore, the fat man and the cripple can only face each other. ”

Leng Yi pulled the three of them to stand and gestured, and continued while setting up his seat: "And the cripple is the back of the neck was cut off and died, and the wound is parallel to the shoulders of the body, which means that the tall man who kills the cripple can only be on the left side of the cripple, and this position is in the right front of the fat man who killed him." However, the tall man's own fatal wound was in the back of the head, and from the fat man's point of view, he couldn't stab him in the back of the head without any means! ”

The three of them looked at their respective seats and nodded slowly. Yin Vulture said: "It is impossible for them to kill people one after another, and it is impossible for them to kill people at the same time, so how did they die?" ”

Leng Yi said in a deep voice: "They were killed by the fourth person present, and then pretended to be like they killed each other and died!" ”

Yin Eagle and the others were taken aback, and said, "This person can kill three people at once, and they are all fatal with one blow, so his martial arts must not be weak." ”

Leng Yi smiled and shook his head: "It's good not to use martial arts, as long as the amount of alcohol is good." ”

"Good amount of alcohol?"

"Yes, don't you smell the strong smell of alcohol from the three deceased? There was also an empty jar on the ground. - The murderer drunk the three and then killed the others with their respective blades, creating the illusion that they were killing each other. However, he didn't think it through, and by chance, he made a loop of killing people and it was impossible to carry out such a big loophole. It shows that although this man is cunning, he is not very careful. The surname should be the kind of big grin. ”

Cheng Luojie said: "This person can get drunk three people by himself, and the amount of alcohol must be not small." ”

"The amount of alcohol must be good, you can know from the empty wine jar, but even if you don't get drunk, adding a little medicine to the wine can achieve the goal, and when people are drunk, it is often not easy to find that something has been dropped."

"Then we just need to find this person who has a lot of alcohol and is very aggressive?"

"With these two alone, it's not easy to find, and you need to add an important restriction, so it's easier to find."

"On what terms?"

"Who could drink with one of these three people at their house?"

Leng Yi was like this, and the three of them immediately understood, and Cheng Luojie said: "It's their friend!" ”

"And relatives!" Cheng Luoyan added.

Leng Yi nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, it's either relatives and friends or friends, look for it in this range, and besides, the time of death of the deceased was probably late at night, so this person didn't go home last night or came home late, and the smell of alcohol on his body has appeared in this area, maybe someone should notice such a person." ”

Yin Vulture nodded and said, "We'll organize an inspection immediately!" ”

After surveying the scene, Cheng Luojie and the others carefully searched the entire scene, including nearby places where things might be hidden. But none of the treasures were found.

After Leng Yi settled in Bazhou, the officials of the yamen took turns to treat Leng Yi and win over the relationship. Leng Yi also began to be busy with various official duties. The position of general judge is not only responsible for the investigation of criminal cases and the trial of civil cases, but also responsible for money valley, household registration, taxation and so on. Because Bazhou has several counties, things are much more complicated than when they were in Yinling. Fortunately, he has Master Dong as a good helper, and many specific affairs are handled by Master Dong, he only needs to check and sign, and this official should be relatively easy.

It's just that the heavy rain made him unable to get up. He went to the Ba River several times and found that the river was rising very quickly, and he was very worried.

On this day, he went out to handle official business and returned to the yamen, sat in the sedan chair, watched the sedan chair driver carry his proud son forward in the rain, the shoes under his feet crackled with rain, looked at the pedestrians hurriedly holding umbrellas on the street, and the blank eyes of the roadside shops, and the anxious passers-by who hid under the eaves without rain gear, Leng Yi's heart was heavy.

Back at the yamen, a following umbrella man held an oil-paper umbrella and gave Leng Yi an umbrella with medicine. Leng Yi took it, supported himself, and did not go back to his office, but went straight to the granary.

The granary of the yamen is a separate courtyard in which the granaries are neatly arranged. There is a row of bungalows at the entrance, where the person in charge of the granary is responsible for the grain and the soaps who are responsible for the safety of the granary work.

Leng Yi came to the door, saw that the door was locked, glanced back, and followed Soap Li hurriedly stepped forward to knock on the door. After a long time, a soap was holding an umbrella, and the boss came out impatiently to open the door, and when he saw that it was Leng Yi, he quickly changed his smile, and said with a huff: "The little one is going to meet the big man!" ”

Leng Yi said: "Where are your food? ”

"He, this, has something to do, do you want the little one to send someone to call?"

"Hmm!" Leng Yi nodded.

The soap li hurriedly ran back and reported the other soap li in the class. So they all came out to meet them. One by one, they held umbrellas and nodded their heads. Another soap li hurriedly ran to call Si Liang.

"Do you have the key to the granary?"

"Yes, yes."

"Bring it, the official wants to see the granary."

One of Leng Yi's general judgment responsibilities is Qian Gu. He inspected the granary or still performed his duty, and Sooli hurriedly ran back, came back with a large set of keys, and opened the first granary.

Leng Yi stepped in and was stunned. The granary was empty. Not even a grain of grain.

Leng Yi didn't speak, and asked the other granaries to be opened and checked one by one, and found that most of the granaries were empty, only a small amount of grain was there, and the quantity was very small.

At this time, Si Liang came panting, holding an umbrella, and said to Leng Yi with a hunched waist: "The villain sees the general judgment master!" ”

Leng Yi pointed to the rows of granaries and said, "Why are they almost empty?" ”

(To be continued)