Chapter 73: The Scene of the Crime
Early the next morning, Li Yuntian went to Lijiazhuang accompanied by Tian Yu, the official of the Pengze County Torture Room. The update is the fastest and most stable, the eye > fast, a large number of novels are free to read.
Since Lijiazhuang is in the lower reaches of the river that flows through Zhaojiabao, the west side of Lijiazhuang is the river, and the river flows quietly.
Li Qing jumped into the river and disappeared without a trace, and it was not until a month later that his body surfaced, unrecognizable, and died a tragic death.
After entering the Li house, the second master of the Li family, that is, Li Qing's own uncle Li Rong, accompanied by the side, went to the courtyard where Li Qingqing's house was located.
Because of Li Qing's inexplicable death, the courtyard has been sealed, and the doors of the rooms inside have also been sealed by the county government.
Since Li Qing's accident, there have been all kinds of rumors about him in the market: some say that he was killed by Li Qing, the white tiger star, some say that he suddenly fell crazy, some say that he was possessed by unclean things, some say that the people who were killed by the Zhao family before came to take revenge, and some say that he was poisoned by someone......
In those rumors, Li Qing's death was shrouded in more and more mystery, and the theory of ghosts and gods became more and more mainstream market, which made the Zhao family annoyed, so he asked Qian Cheng to clear the case and give the Zhao family justice.
As far as Li Yuntian is concerned, because the Pengze County Government has sealed off this courtyard, it is possible to preserve the scene at the time of the crime, which is very contemptuous for understanding the facts of Li Qing's case.
Although Zhou Yuting is bold, she is a girl after all, Li Qing's death is now confusing, with different guesses, coupled with the gloomy and gloomy nature in this courtyard, she couldn't help but feel a burst of hair in her heart, and subconsciously leaned towards Li Yuntian's body.
The first thing Li Yuntian wanted to check was of course the new house where Li Qing and Zhao Yan had stayed, and the officials of Pengze County methodically removed the seal on the door and unlocked the door.
After entering the door, Li Yuntian smelled a musty smell in the air, so he asked people to open the window to ventilate, and a layer of dust fell in the room because no one cleaned it.
Because Li Qingxin had an accident on the second day of his marriage, the new house was seized on the same day, and the house kept the furnishings of Li Qing and Zhao Yan on the day they got married.
Li Yuntian glanced at the room, and didn't find anything special, but there was a row of flower pots on the ground under the window, some large and some small, and there was soil in it but no flowers were planted, which looked a little eye-catching and unusual.
Usually, the pots are placed outside the house, rarely in the house, and it is still a big day.
"Why are the pots here?" Luo Ming noticed that Li Yuntian was looking at those flower pots, he had followed Li Yuntian for so long, so he naturally guessed that Li Yuntian was interested in flower pots, so he asked Li Rong on the side in a deep voice.
Li Rong didn't know the origin of those flower pots, so he called Yahuan, who was serving here at the time, and he felt that Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting and others were very popular, and they looked like they had a lot of backgrounds, not like the officers of the county government of Pengze County.
He is also familiar with the people in the county office, and he has never seen Li Yuntian and others in the county government of Pengze County, and Tian Yu, the official of the torture room, is very respectful to the two.
You must know that Tian Yu is the boss of the county government's torture room, and he is in charge of the county government's errand officers who handle cases, how can he be so respectful to a group of subordinates.
Therefore, he was very curious about the identities of Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting and his party, but it was difficult to ask, so he could only bury his doubts in the bottom of his heart and find an opportunity to inquire about Tian Yu.
"Second master, those flower pots were brought by the young lady, and the young lady also brought some flower seeds, ready to be planted with the young master after the marriage." A maid was soon called over and said to Li Rong.
"Why did they end up in the house?" Hearing this, Luo Ming asked quietly.
"My young master said to let them be happy." Yahuan glanced at Li Rong, and saw that Li Rong bowed slightly, so she said to Luo Ming.
Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then he walked around, and under his signal, the official of Pengze County opened the wardrobe, drawers and boxes in the house, wanting to see if there were any unexpected discoveries.
Those wardrobes, drawers, and boxes were all filled with items used in the newlyweds, and there was nothing suspicious, but when the officials opened the two big red boxes placed side by side in the corner, Li Yuntian couldn't help but feel a little curious, and he found that the clothes in these two boxes were not full, but only half full.
This seems to be a bit unreasonable, the wedding is a festive day, and the box is only half full, which seems a little unlucky.
"Why isn't the box full? Is there any explanation for this? Li Yuntian thought that this might be a local custom, so he looked at Li Rong.
"What's going on?" Li Rong walked over quickly and took a look, and couldn't help but ask the previous maid, it was obvious that there was no such custom in the local area.
"Second master, this is the young lady who came to marry, and the maid is also the first time to see her." Yahuan looked at the clothes that were only half filled in the box, shook her head at Li Rong, and then said, "Maybe the contents have been taken away." ”
Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, the items in the new house have been prepared, and there should be no need to take things out of the wedding box, but he is not sure that the things in the box have not been taken away, and he has to take his time to investigate.
After taking a turn in the room, Li Yuntian didn't find anything else except for the two boxes that looked a little strange, so he walked to a window to breathe, and frowned slightly: What happened to Li Qing that night that made his mind guide confused?
After pondering for a moment, Li Yuntian didn't have the slightest clue, so he went to the other rooms in the courtyard and didn't find any clues.
Just as he was about to leave the small courtyard and go to the living room in the front yard of the Li family to ask the people of the Li family about the wedding day, he couldn't help but stop when he passed a window in the new house, and then walked up and stared at the window to check carefully.
At this time, the doors and windows of the new house had been closed, and Li Yuntian found that there were some small holes in the windows, like traces left by pulling out something nailed to them.
Then he looked at the other windows of the new house, which had small holes left by the nails, and not only the windows, but also the doors, which he had not noticed before.
This is a new house, and nailing things to the doors and windows of the new house is very unlucky, and it is obvious that the Li family knows about it, because nailing things to the doors and windows will definitely alarm others.
"Boss Li, why do you want to seal the doors and windows of the new house?" Judging from the distribution trajectory of those small holes in the doors and windows, Li Yuntian felt as if he had used something to seal the doors and windows from the outside, so he asked Li Rong quietly.
"That's the case, there are rumors that Miss Li is a white tiger star, my sister-in-law is worried about Qing'er's safety, so she asked a fortune teller to resolve it, and the fortune teller said that the evil qi comes from outside, as long as you block the evil qi, you can keep Qing'er safe, so the sister-in-law asked people to nail the doors and windows of the new house, and everyone left the yard, and waited until the fifth watch to go in and open the door."
When Li Rong heard this, he couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said after sighing, "But I didn't think that something had happened to Qing'er, as soon as the door opened, he rushed up from inside, waving the stick in his hand, talking nonsense, and rushed out of the house." ”
Because the matter of sealing the door is not glorious, and spreading it will attract more gossip, so the Li family hid this matter, and it has nothing to do with Li Qing's case anyway.
Li Yuntian was very surprised when he heard this, Li Qing's mother asked a fortune teller to tell fortunes, sealed doors and windows, and Li Qing left Li's house with a stick, he heard about it for the first time, it seems that he doesn't even know about Qian Cheng, otherwise he will definitely sue him.
"Is that stick still there?" After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian asked Li Rong, and he felt that this matter was very strange.
"Yes, after Qing'er jumped into the river, the subordinate who followed him jumped down to save him and scooped up the stick from the river." Li Rong nodded, his expression was a little gloomy, it would be nice if he could save Li Qing at that time.
"Take me to see it." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice.
Li Rong didn't dare to slack off, bowed down and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuntian, and led him to the living room in the front yard, and after the maids served tea, a domestic servant walked in with a stick three or four feet long and put it on the table next to Li Yuntian.
Li Yuntian took a look and found that this stick was very ordinary, except that it had a flat and sharp end, and the scratches caused by friction on the section seemed to be covered with something before.
"Does Boss Li know what this is?" After watching it for a long time, Li Yuntian didn't understand what this stick was for, so he looked up at Li Rong.
Li Rong didn't know what this stick was, and at that time, he patronized to check Li Qing's madness, and no one paid attention to this stick, so he called the servants and maids in Li Qing's yard to identify it.
As a result, no one had ever seen this stick, and it was certain that it was not something in Li Qing's yard, because the sundries in the courtyard were managed by special personnel.
"Go to the fortune teller!" Since everyone didn't know the origin of the stick, Li Yuntian was not ready to dwell on it anymore, so he asked the official of the county government of Pengze County to get up after putting away the stick, ready to meet the fortune teller.
"I don't know everything, since Qing'er's accident, he has been hiding, and he doesn't know where he went." Unexpectedly, before he could take a step, Li Rong said with a wry smile.
After Li Qing's accident, the Li family once went to find the fortune teller, perhaps because they knew that the matter was getting bigger, and the fortune teller ran away without a trace.
Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, then sat down and began to interrogate the Li family, Li Qing and Zhao Yan, about the day they got married.
"Commander Tian, who is that poor master?" While Li Yuntian was busy in the living room, Li Rong called Tian Yu out, quietly stuffed him with a silver ticket of fifty taels, and asked in a low voice, if he couldn't find out Li Yuntian's identity, he was uneasy in his heart, like sitting on pins and needles.
"Our Jiujiang Mansion, which county master is in the limelight now?" Tian Yu glanced at the face of the silver ticket, stuffed it into his arms, and asked quietly.
"It turns out that the master is here!" Li Rong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then reacted, and looked at Tian Yu with a surprised expression, never expecting that the young man in front of him would be the famous Li Yuntian, the magistrate of Hukou County.
"Second Master Li, this time Gongzi Li's grievances can be washed away." Tian Yu smiled slightly, and arched his hand to Li Rong, who in Jiujiang Mansion now doesn't know that Li Yuntian is like a god in judging cases, and any unjust cases and mysterious cases are all at his disposal.
"Thank you, Mr. Tian." Li Rong came back to his senses, arched his hand to Tian Yu, and left in a hurry, going to find his eldest brother Li Ren. One