Mo Feipeng said: "We were also suspicious at first, and focused our investigation on the martial artists who did business and ran the rivers and lakes, but we didn't find anything. ”

"Since we're here, let's follow Mo Zhiyi's ideas. Go to the village and investigate. ”

They found Muramasa and explained their intentions. The old man of the village is the old man, who knows Dai Zhutou, but he doesn't know Xiao Jiading yet. After learning that it was the county order's executive clothes, he was very nervous and hurriedly bowed his hand.

Xiao Jiading said: "We are here to investigate the rape and murder of the Lu family. Please take us to Lu's house. "The victim of the first case is surnamed Lu, which Xiao Jiading knew from reading the file.

Mura Zheng agreed, and led Xiao Jiading and them to the Lu family's house.

Although Lu had only recently died, his husband had already found a new wife. I heard that it was to investigate the case of his ex-wife, but this man was a little hesitant and hesitant. Xiao Jiading saw that this man's wife was a big and three rough woman, so he knew that he was afraid of guilt, so he took him to Lizheng's house for questioning. When he got here, the man was obviously relaxed and talked about what had happened.

The man said: "My Hun family went to the ground that day, and I worked in another field, not in one place. When it was almost dark, I came home and found that she had not returned, so I went to the field, and when I saw that the hoe was still in the field, but the man was gone, I cried out loudly, but no one answered. I found that there seemed to be a person lying in the grass outside the ridge, so I went over to look and realized that it was my family, and the person was out of breath, his head was twisted to his shoulder, and his pants were taken off to his knees. I was frightened and screamed loudly. But there was no one around anymore. No one came to help me. I had no choice but to put on my pants and run home with them. Her neck was broken, and her skull was hanging, which was scary. When I got home, I called Muramasa and went to the county government to report the case, but the people from the yamen said that it was dark now and that they would come tomorrow. So at noon the next day, the people from the Yamen came. That's it. ”

Xiao Jiading glanced at Dai Zhutou, and wanted to say that he had received a homicide report. A reconnaissance should be dispatched immediately. But this obviously has the meaning of accusation, if it is in front of outsiders, I am afraid that it will embarrass him, so I will not say it.

But. It had a reproachful look in it. still made Dai Zhutou feel his unhappiness. I made up my mind that if I encounter this kind of thing in the future, I must rush to deal with it in time. Even in the middle of the night.

Xiao Jiading thought about it. asked, "When you took your Hun family back, did her body stiffen?" ”

"The body is not stiff yet, but the hands are already stiff and can't bend up, they are so straight and scary, so I remember it very clearly."

When Xiao Jiading was an undergraduate in law, he studied "Forensic Science" and learned some basic forensic knowledge, such as calculating the time of death through corpse mortis. He knew that mortis, which usually begins two hours after death, and reaches the whole body within twelve hours. Now only the upper limbs are stiff, indicating that the time of death is about six hours. In other words, the deceased was estimated to have been killed at noon.

At noon, he raped and killed a peasant woman in the field, and this man was really bold enough.

Xiao Jiading asked: "Whose land is it near your field?" Was anyone in the ground? ”

"It's the land of the old man and Wu Saburo's family. The people of your yamen have already asked. ”

Dai Zhutou hurriedly said: "Yes, we asked, they were in the field at the time, but they didn't see or hear anything. No strangers were found. ”

Xiao Jiading said: "I still want to ask again." ”

Mura Zheng hurriedly called the old man and Wu Sanlang, and the two of them were very nervous when they heard that the people from the yamen had come to investigate the case again, because they had been arrested by the yamen as suspects and locked up for several days before they were released. Whoever told them to work in the field at that time, and to work all day, closest to the dead? Naturally, it is the focus of suspicion.

As soon as he saw Xiao Jiading, as well as the two tyed clothes catching heads, the old man suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Master, I really didn't rape and kill her!" I'm just working in the fields. Saburo can testify. He can see me. ”

Wu Sanlang wasn't so nervous, but when he saw the old man like this, he also knelt on the ground and said, "Yes, we have already explained last time, the two of us have been in the field that day, and we have spoken, he can see me, and I can see him." We can testify to each other. ”

Dai Zhutou snorted and said, "You can commit the crime together with two people!" ”

This is the reason why the yamen arrested them at that time, suspecting that the two of them committed a crime together and raped and killed the Lu family. So as soon as they heard this, the two of them became even more anxious, they were really frightened, and knelt down and kowtowed vigorously to say that they were wronged.

Xiao Jiading waved his hand and motioned to Dai Zhutou not to say anything. Asked the two of them: "Did you see the Lu family that day?" ”

"See! She also works in the fields. However, the place where they worked was far away from the two of us, about three or four arrows away. So, we didn't speak. ”

"When was the last time you saw her?"

Wu Sanlang thought for a while and said, "I didn't pay attention, I passed by her when I went down to the ground, saw her in the field, and left without speaking." Later I was just busy with my own things and didn't notice her. ”

The old man said: "I saw her coming near noon, because I was going to pee at that time, and I saw her far away, although it was far away, but I was still embarrassed, so I hid under a tree to pee." After that, I didn't pay attention to her, and I don't know when she was killed. ”

Xiao Jiading secretly thought in his heart, this means that the time of the victim's death was really around noon. This is consistent with my own inference. Xiao Jiading asked again: "Is there anyone else in the field besides the three of you?" ”

"No more! On a cold day, they don't want to work in the fields. It's just us, there is no way, the family is poor, and if we don't think about ideas from the ground, then we really can't live. ”

Xiao Jiading frowned, he had been to that piece of land, surrounded by endless fields and dams, it stands to reason that if someone passed by, or committed violence against the Lu clan in the distance, they should be able to see it. But. Because of the distance, and the fact that they were all concentrating on their own farm work, it was understandable that they did not notice what was happening in the distance.

Xiao Jiading asked again: "Did anyone pass by you at that time?" ”

"I didn't pay attention, I really didn't pay attention." Wu Saburo said.

The old man also nodded frequently, and said, "We don't have a big road there, and the small road only goes to the fields, so no one usually passes there, unless it is a person who goes down to the field." ”

"When did you go back?"

"When the sun was about to set, we walked together."

"You didn't find the corpse of the Lu clan in the grass?"

"We went the other way, we didn't go past her." The two said together.

Xiao Jiading asked again and again. Nothing new. Almost all of them were recorded in the previous interrogation records, except for the fact that the old man said that he saw Lu Shi last time at noon, which was not recorded in the records.

Mo Feipeng and Qiu Zhutou also asked some questions, but there were no new discoveries.

Asked. It's already afternoon. Muramasa had already prepared lunch. It's just that Xiao Jiading and they haven't had time to eat, and now they finally have time to start eating.

During the banquet, Mo Feipeng and Qiu Zhutou asked the village about some bachelors in the village. There are a lot of bachelors in the village, and the village is talking about them one by one. At that time, this was not the direction of the county government's reconnaissance, so there was no careful investigation. So, at Mo Feipeng's request, the village called all the bachelors over, and Mo Feipeng and Qiu Zhutou interrogated them one by one. These people were very nervous, but after asking for a whole afternoon, did they ask anything famous.

Xiao Jiading does not think that this is the key direction of investigation. So he didn't participate, but he didn't stop it, because he didn't have any experience in handling cases after all, this Mo Feipeng seemed to be a veteran, maybe his intuition was right. Unfortunately, there is still no problem with this method.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Mo Feipeng finally gave up, so the four of them returned to the county seat.

Xiao Jiading wanted to invite the two to dinner, but they said that there was something wrong, and they said that they would go to investigate the next morning, and then went back to the inn where they lived.

Xiao Jiading decided to go back to Meimei's place for dinner. After saying goodbye to Dai Zhutou, Xiao Jiading walked alone to Meimei's residence, and just walked out a short distance, he was stopped head-on, looked up, and said in surprise: "Mrs. Huiyi?" ”

The person who came was Huiyi, wearing a fat monk's robe, and said, "Brother Xiao, the things agreed on last time are almost there, let's go up the mountain tomorrow, right?" ”

Xiao Jiading said: "I was about to talk to you about this." You've come just in time. This is not the place to speak, let's find a place to eat, I invite you! ”

"Thank you!" Huiyi followed Xiao Jiading to a private seat in Yizhou Restaurant, and Xiao Jiading asked for a vegetarian banquet, "These days are all big fish and meat, and I also want to eat some vegetarian food." It is a good opportunity to wash the stomach and intestines. ”

Huiyi smiled, glanced at him, and then picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.

Huiyi doesn't drink, and Xiao Jiading himself doesn't want to drink alone, especially in front of other monks.

After eating for a while, Xiao Jiading asked, "A few days ago, did there be a murder in your Emei faction?" ”

Huiyi was slightly surprised, and said, "Yes, how do you know Lu Dao?" ”

"According to the decision of the state government, let me be specifically responsible for the investigation of this case."

"Oh."

"Can you tell me about the case?"

Huiyi nodded: "The one who died is my uncle, whose legal name is Zhixiang." She is a close disciple of my master, only two years older than me, and she is very beautiful. It's a pity that the face is thin. At noon that day, we took a nap and prepared to go to the Buddhist hall to administer sutras. But they didn't see Uncle Zhixiang, and the doorkeeper said that they hadn't seen her go out, so everyone became nervous, searched around, and finally found her body in the weeds behind the meditation room. It's miserable! His neck was all broken, and he was naked, with blood and dirt on his lower body, and the Buddhist beads in his hands were also robbed...... if I caught the murderer, I would definitely break him into pieces! (To be continued......)

PS: ps: About the Emei faction

Some book friends in the book review area said that the Emei faction was only in the Ming Dynasty, and the reason was "Heaven and Dragon Slayer". What I want to say is that it is a novel, and there is no record of the Emei faction in real history. There are no martial arts factions on Emei Mountain. It's all made up by martial arts novelists. Since they are all made up, why can't I make up an Emei faction of the Tang Dynasty? Who can prove that during the Tang Dynasty, there were no temples and no nuns practicing martial arts on Emei Mountain? Besides, YY, why bother with it?