"My lord, the first one to be removed is the old and infirm, and if all the doors, windows, and railings must be repaired overnight, this craftsman must be in the prime of life, otherwise he will not be able to do it at all."

Meng Yan nodded.

"Then he can't have a helper?" Doubts have been raised.

"From our investigation of the site, it is clear that repairing the door frame and railing belongs to one person, and there is no second person, so this is the first thing I want to rule out."

"By the way, how did you get this list?"

"It's very simple, in Suxinzhai as a dot, within a radius of five kilometers, all the carpenters, this is my list." Fan Xiping Road.

"Can't this person be five kilometers away?"

"It's not that there is no such possibility, Lao Fan, how did you delineate this range?" Meng Yan also asked.

"My lord, assuming that Jiao Hong is behind the scenes, I have marked the place where he usually acts, so that I can get such an approximate range."

"This range is not absolute, even if it is Jiao Hong's secret work to find someone to do, how do you think that he is within this range?"

"Because the distance is too far, it is inconvenient to go back and forth, and it is easy to waste time, because their time is very tight, and they can only find someone nearby!"

"There is some truth to this explanation!"

"I would like to remind you that the restoration of the railing and door frame and the changes to the scene of the crime were all completed overnight, so if it were me, I would only be able to find someone nearby in such a short period of time." Meng Yan agreed with Fan Xiping's judgment.

"Jiao Hong's is a little bastard who has nothing to do, and he knows a lot of people. They are all people in the market, and the relationship is complicated, so it is really hard to say who he wants to find to help, so he can only delineate such a range, and the craftsmen in my dynasty have regulations, and it is not difficult to check them, so it is easy for me to get a list! ”

"Could there be anyone who isn't one of them?"

"Listen to Lao Fan first." Meng Yan coughed. Elimination is not a panacea. Sometimes there are accidents, but if you don't try it, how can you say no?

"There are nearly 400 people on the list, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled. There are three hundred and sixty-seven left. Fan Xiping continued.

"Left-handers are excluded below!"

"Why?"

"Because we've had someone do it. The carpenter who repaired the railing was a right-hander. So, left-handed craftsmen can basically be ruled out! ”

"There aren't many left-handed carpenters, right?"

"The average person, normally right-handed. Only people who have been used to using their left hand since childhood will be left-handed, and of course it is not excluded that some people have special preferences. Meng Yan explained.

"After the understanding under the mark, twenty-three of these three hundred and sixty-seven people are left-handed, that is, our range has been narrowed again, and now it is three hundred and forty-four!"

"The so-called things gather by like, people by groups, in our hypothetical situation, if I were Jiao Hong, who would I ask for help, of course, I would be looking for my own kind."

"Many people know that Jiao Hong is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, where did he get the money for him to squander?"

"Aside from what we don't know, loan sharking in casinos is one of the sources of his silver!"

"Therefore, honest people who usually don't like to gamble can be excluded, because these people won't help him."

"Although the words are good, but what kind of person is Jiao Hong, if he uses some coercive means, the coerced person may not help him do things?"

"Lord Zhang, if you were going to do something that you didn't want people to know, would you choose to coerce a stranger?"

Zhang Xuan was silent.

Yes, if you don't have to, normal people won't do this, and if you have a sideline, it will bring trouble to yourself.

"So, two hundred and ninety-three people were excluded at once!" Fan Xiping said, "There are fifty-one people left. ”

"Not all of these fifty-one people are gamblers, but they all have some bad habits."

"Fifty-one people, the range is already very small, and it can be excluded one by one." Fan Xiping said, "First of all, what I want to exclude is that there are old people and young people, although they have some bad habits, but they still know how to be measured, and those who have a solid family, and they will not take this kind of secret work under normal circumstances, unless he has such a case record before." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"So I cut out that part again, and the list was less than half, and the final list was twenty-three." The more Fan Xiping spoke, the brighter his eyes became, and his face became flushed.

Obviously, this time he showed his face, and it was a big face.

"Among these twenty-three, there are those who have something to do with Jiao Hong, those who have not changed their bad habits, and those who have left a criminal record."

"How do you know which one of them you can be sure of twenty-three?" Meng Yan asked.

"Time, fourteen of these twenty-three people have no time to commit crimes, because they have all taken jobs elsewhere, and some are still outside the city, if they take this secret work, then they will not be able to work the next day, I have inquired, the next day they all went to work normally, a person did so much work at night, and did not sleep all night, and the next day it was impossible to work normally."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Fan Xiping's statement.

"There are seven people left!"

"Yes, my lord, there are nine people left, however, one of them was sick in bed at the time, and he was not able to take on this secret job at all, so it can be ruled out, and the remaining eight people ......"

"Wait a minute." Meng Yan stretched out his hand to interrupt Fan Xiping's words, "Have you asked these twenty-three people, what did they do on the night of the eighth day of September last year, no, the year before last?" ”

"Of course, I didn't ask directly, if I asked like this, it would be a surprise, but I learned about this information from other people and asked them to keep it a secret." Fan Xiping Road.

"Well, Old Fan, you can continue." Meng Yan waved his hand, although Fan Xiping's elimination method was not meticulous, but he couldn't be blamed, if he could really find a craftsman who repaired the railings, doors and windows, it would really be considered providence.

"The remaining eight people marked it and brought it back directly!"

"Brought back?"

"Yes. The mark said that our patrol made the yamen need to be renovated, and asked them to help with the work, everyone's craftsmanship is different, as long as it can match the repaired railing, then he is the carpenter who repaired the railing at the scene of the crime! Fan Xiping said.

"Old Fan, are you sure that among these eight people, there is someone we are looking for?" Meng Yan asked slowly.

"I'm not completely sure under the mark, but I think I can give it a try." Fan Xiping took a deep breath and said.

"Well, I agree with Lao Fan's method, find that person, and we can open Jiao Hong's mouth." Meng Yan nodded.

"Whoa!" Fan Xiping heard Meng Yan agree with his approach. Spirits lifted.

"Alright. You are responsible for this matter, and you will report the results to the official immediately. Meng Yan commanded.

Seeing Fan Xiping walk out confidently, Zhang Xuan showed suspicion on his face: "Lord Meng, can Deputy Fan inspect this method?" ”

"Lao Fan's thinking is right. However, the method of elimination is not used carefully enough. But it's rare for him to be able to do this. Maybe the person we're looking for is one of these eight people? Meng Yan said.

"So this is a big luck?"

"Sometimes it depends on luck to solve a case, and you must not underestimate this thing." Meng Yan smiled.

"Lao Fan assumed that Jiao Hong was looking for someone to repair the railing of the crime scene and create a fake scene. Confusing the public, so as long as you find this craftsman, you can deduce that Jiao Hong is a murderer, right? Li Duo said.

"It can be inferred in this way, but there must be evidence, otherwise Jiao Hong cannot be convicted based on a confession alone." Meng Yan Road.

"Lord Meng, the lower officials think that the most important thing is to find the real murder weapon!" King Tui Cheng said solemnly.

"What Elder Wang said is right, we always have to find the murder weapon that really killed Li Chengyan, but the whereabouts of the murder weapon are probably only known to the murderer himself." Meng Yan nodded.

"The scene in Su Xinzhai has been destroyed, and so long has passed since the case, we still don't know what the murder weapon is and who it belongs to, it's too difficult." Li Duo sighed and said.

"Assuming that the murderer is Jiao Hong, where would he hide the murder weapon, or throw it away or bury it?"

"This ......"

"If it's thrown away or buried, it's hard to find."

"This official forgot a place!" Meng Yan suddenly slapped the table and said.

"Where?" Everyone was shocked.

"Disperse the meeting first, go back to the official and then explain, Tianxing prepare, go out with the official." Meng Yan commanded.

"Whoa!" Everyone was confused, but Meng Yan didn't say anything, and they had no choice but to disperse first.

"My lord, where are we?"

"Rivertime Hall!" Meng Yan said softly.

Hejian Hall, located in the bustling East Market, is like a city, back and forth, such as weaving, houses are connected, carved beams and painted walls, very magnificent.

Meng Yan has been coming to the Hejian Hall for the first time since he took over this case, and he always feels that this place should have nothing to do with the case, so there is no need to come.

But now he felt that it was necessary for him to come in person and take a look at the private room where He Wendong, Xi'er and Jiao Hong had a tryst.

Maybe there will be some surprising discoveries?

"Cao Min Liao Junjie has seen Master Meng!"

"Boss Liao knows this official?" Meng Yan was a little surprised, he had never been to this Hejian Guild Hall, and the boss had never seen it, this person actually recognized himself at a glance, which was surprising enough.

"The story of Lord Meng making trouble for his brother and defeating the Eagle Claw King Yinghu spread all over the capital, and the grass people were just fortunate enough to witness Lord Meng's heroic appearance." Liao Junjie said with a smile.

"Yes, you were there that day?" Meng Yan was a little surprised, when he broke into the Beiya, there were no onlookers outside, and there were also Jinyi guards in the Beiya, how could Liao Junjie see this?

"Liao happened to go to Beiya to do something that day, and I was fortunate to witness it." Liao Junjie smiled.

"Are you from Ma Shun?"

"No, no, Lord Meng misunderstood, I'm just a businessman, whether Lord Lu is in charge of the Beiya or Master Fu is in charge of the Beiya, Liao is the same." Liao Junjie hurriedly explained.

Meng Yan nodded, there is no backstage on one acre and three points of land in the capital, and it is almost impossible to mix it up.

This Hejian Hall is so big, I am afraid that it will not work without the support of people in the officialdom behind it.

It's just that if the Jinyi Weibei Ya is behind this Hejian Hall, then how can Jiao Hong and He Wendong, the two people from Dongchang, have a private room here for a long time?

Understood, at that time, Ma Shun was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Lu Zhong was in charge of the Beiya, didn't the Beiya be in the same stream as the East Factory and wear an open crotch pants? (To be continued......)