Before Song Ruilong's eyes turned to Tie Chong's face, Tie Chong had already taken out a piece of rice paper and laid it out, he glanced at the words on the paper a few times, and said, "The harvest on our side is not big." When we visited Fanjiazhuang, the people there said that they did not seem to hear any suspicious movements at night, nor did they see a single monk passing by. However, some villagers reported that on about the fourth watch, the dogs in the village barked very badly, and they barked for about half an hour before stopping. ”

Song Ruilong looked at Tie Chong and said, "Have you found out which streets the dogs barked very badly?" ”

Tie Chong was a little surprised and said, "This... Oh, my subordinates will check it out. ”

Song Ruilong said a little angrily: "Handle the case, don't be sloppy, don't let go of any detail." Those dogs have the most sensitive sense of hearing, and must be the first to hear the most ferocious dog barking abnormal sounds, according to this clue, you can find out which homes are problematic, and then focus on the investigation. ”

Song Ruilong looked at Su Xianrong and said, "Rongrong, tell me about the situation on our side." ”

"Hmm" Su Xianrong nodded and said, "Brother Song and I found a major clue in Chenjia Village. According to Chen Changmao's confession in Room No. 5 of Group 5 of Chenjia Village, there was a monk dressed as a woman today, wearing a red shroud embroidered with a mandarin duck pattern, a gold necklace around his neck, a silver hairpin on his head, gold earrings on his ears, and a pair of gold bracelets at his ankles. After the monk went out, he changed the shroud on his body, which means that the tattered clothes worn by the deceased were Chen Changmao's. ”

Liu Tianxiong asked in surprise: "It's incredible that a monk can wear a shroud, and it's a woman's shroud!" ”

Tie Chong also said strangely: "Where did the monk's own clothes go?" What did the monk do last night? ”

Song Ruilong said: "This is exactly the problem that all of us here want to solve. ”

Song Ruilong's eyes shifted to Tie Chong and Shen Jing, and said, "The two of you continue to visit Fanjiazhuang, focusing on those who have sudden changes. For example, if a family leaves suddenly, and their yard and house have undergone major repairs, as long as they encounter such a family, they must be investigated in detail, and if they can't give a suitable reason, they will immediately bring it back to the county government for questioning. Also, the gold necklace on the monk's body and the gold bracelet on his ankle and wrist are missing, and if anyone has these things at home, they should also inquire about the source of the things in detail. If you can't say one, two, three, you have to bring it back to the yamen for questioning. ”

Tie Chong and Shen Jing felt that their direction of handling the case was very clear, so they mustered up their enthusiasm and said, "Yes, let's investigate." ”

Tie Chong and Shen Jing were about to leave, and Song Ruilong said, "Wait, wait for that Qing Shui monk to confirm the identity of the deceased, and then you can leave." ”

After Song Ruilong asked Monk Qing Shui to take him to the morgue, after he carefully identified it, he said affirmatively: "This is our senior brother Qingxiu of Mengzhen Temple." Yesterday, after Senior Brother Qing Xiu and the little monk finished buying vegetables and food at the Fengyun Department Store, he said that if there was something to ask the little monk to pull the vegetables and food back first, he didn't know where to go. ”

Song Ruilong said: "When he left, did he go in that direction?" ”

Monk Qing Shui said: "When the little monk and the senior brother Qingxiu came out of the Fengyun Department Store, they walked south along Pingyun Road, but when they arrived at Pinghe Lane, the little monk's senior brother said that he was going there to do something, and he might go back later in the evening. But who knows, in the evening, Uncle Puji, who was doing the rounds, did not make rounds, and the little monk did not report the fact that Qingxiu had never returned, and who knew that today, Senior Brother Qingxiu passed away. ”

After Monk Qing Shui said those words, he felt very uncomfortable.

Song Ruilong said in a low voice: "You mean that your senior brother Qingxiu walked into Pinghe Lane from Pingyun Road, right?"

Monk Qing Shui nodded and said, "Exactly."

Song Ruilong said, "Then how is your senior brother Qingxiu's usual style?"

After Monk Qing Shui stabilized his emotions a little, he said: "Senior Brother Qingxiu usually doesn't like the rules in the temple, but after going down the Immortal Mountain, he eats everything and does everything in Ping'an County. He also went to the land of fireworks, and listened to him show off himself, as if there was a woman in the county town who had a close relationship with her, and those of us who were junior disciples were very envious of his life, and asked him who the woman was, and he kept silent. Only the little monk walked closest to him, so he knew that he might have a good friend in Pinghe Lane. As for who is the best friend, the little monk is not clear. ”

Song Ruilong said to Liu Tianxiong and Bi Xiao: "The two of you immediately go to Pinghe Lane, Pingyun Road, and check all the 150 households on both sides of that alley. Focus on screening those whose husbands have not been at home for many years, or whose husbands have died, who have not remarried for many years, and women who do not abide by women's morals and have a bad reputation. ”

Liu Tianxiong and Wei Bixiao received the task and went.

Tie Chong and Shen Jing took the monk to Fanjiazhuang to investigate the case.

After Su Xianrong and Song Ruilong walked out of the morgue, they both took a long breath and felt much more comfortable.

Su Xianrong said, "Brother Song, what are we going to check now?"

Song Ruilong said: "Let's check what happened to the shroud on that monk's body first."

Su Xianrong pondered and said, "This monk is wearing a shroud, and it is also a woman's shroud, I think there is a big problem." First of all, we have to find out whether the shroud on this monk's body was put on by himself or someone else helped him put it on. If the monk himself put it on, it means that he is a sober person. Second, if someone helped the monk put it on, it means that the monk is already a 'dead man'. ”

Song Ruilong rubbed his nose with his hand and said, "The abnormality in this monk is the focus of our case." What we want to check now is which family the shroud was made from, I think the monk is a dead man, and the earrings and silver hairpins and other jewelry on his body are all worn by others. Because, if a monk wants to disguise himself as a woman to steal, he will not be able to steal in a shroud, and if the monk succeeds in stealing, he will not be able to wear gold and silver jewelry in the most conspicuous position, he will definitely use a cloth bag to pack the gold and silver. ”

Su Xianrong exclaimed: "Brother Song is reasonable."

Song Ruilong put the red shroud into a black cloth bag, and was about to investigate the case, when suddenly the rumors of grievances outside the court rang out.