When Jiang Long and Xiao Fan came to the scene of the crime, the inspection had already been completed.

This is a relatively remote street and alley, or a dead end, but due to the reconstruction of all the county seats, the streets and alleys are still relatively spacious and bright, and the light is a little dim when the sky is bright, and it is not clear to see, but as the sun shows its head, people on the side of the road only need to turn their heads to take a look, and they can find two corpses.

This is also the reason why Lingtong County has a large population, and many people get up early, but no one goes to the county office to report the case until after dawn.

Jiang Long looked around to see if there were any traces, and then at the two corpses.

The night was cold, and the two corpses had been frozen to the ground, but it still made people's hearts palpitate, because the gangsters were too ruthless, and they cut the faces of the two with knives, and the eyeballs were also gouged out, and there were no chaotic traces of rolling and twisting on the ground.

"Ask the neighbors if anyone heard any unusual noises last night, or saw any suspicious strangers." Jiang Long opened his mouth and ordered, "Those who provide clues, as long as they are useful, will be rewarded, and the person who went to the county government to report the case, and if the case is found out, if it has nothing to do with him, a reward of 100 copper coins will be awarded." ”

Just report a case and get a reward of 100 yuan?

He Dao was a little surprised.

"If there is a murder case, we must solve the case as soon as possible, otherwise as time goes by, it will be more difficult to find the real culprit! Then the sooner you report the crime, the better. Jiang Long saw it, explained casually, and then walked aside to let him make a report.

"Lord County Commander, let's talk about it first, there are a few officials who are very familiar with the two of them, and they all guess that the two deceased are the county officials, Da Liu and Xiao Yang." He bowed down respectfully and said, "The little one has already asked people to quickly inform the families of the two, and they should be able to recognize it from their clothes and the belongings they carry." ”

"Well, go ahead."

"There was a smell of alcohol in their mouths and noses, they had drunk alcohol before they died, and their faces were slashed by the murderer with a dagger, one had twenty-eight knives on his face, and the other had thirty-one knives on his face, and his eyes were gouged out, both of which should have been done before the deceased died.

In addition, the tendons and tendons were also broken, and the real cause of death was that he was stabbed in the heart......"

As soon as he finished speaking, several figures ran over in a frenzy, saw the corpse, cried and pounced on them, and it didn't take a moment to determine that these two people were the county government officials Da Liu and Xiao Yang, and their relatives knelt in front of Jiang Long after crying bitterly, begging Jiang Long to catch the real murderer and avenge the two.

"Da Qi and Xiao Yang are on an errand in the county government, the official will naturally not let the two of them die in an unknown way, you go home first, within a few days, the official will definitely catch the murderer!" Jiang Long said solemnly. Then he sent someone to a nearby restaurant to check where the two had been drinking last night.

Xiao Fan had been carefully checking with the two corpses nearby, and then walked to Jiang Long's side, there were a few thick brown twine threads between his palms, "The two of them should have been carried here in a sack, and in addition to blood on the ground, there were also a few pools of water stains that were frozen into ice."

I guess the killer first knocked the two unconscious, then doused them with water, and then ......"

Hearing Xiao Fan say this, the murderer's motive was already clear, and Jiang Long said, "It's a vendetta." ”

"Not bad."

"He Dao, you go check and see if the two of them have quarreled with others recently." Jiang Long also ordered, "Including the officers in the county office, they must also be carefully investigated one by one." ”

"Yes!"

He Dao was about to do something, when an errand officer's eyes suddenly lit up, trotted to He Dao, and lowered his voice and said: "Boss, yesterday Steward He was tied back to the county government by Da Liu and Xiao Yang, and then Da Liu and Xiao Yang escorted Steward He to the street. Do you think it will be? ”

"Possibly." After thinking about it seriously, He Dao nodded.

Steward He is a person with status, he was tied up by the servant to the county government and then paraded in the streets, causing the people to laugh at the onlookers and it was very embarrassing, no matter how he also knew the style of his subordinates, if anyone dared not cooperate when arresting people, he would definitely be rewarded with some fists and feet, so Steward He lost face, was beaten again, and then secretly retaliated, which is logical.

So He Dao immediately reported to Jiang Long.

Jiang Long frowned after hearing this, didn't say anything immediately, waved his hand, and motioned He Dao to do things according to his own arrangement first.

"Possibly." He Dao left, Xiao Fan said: "The Qian family is one of the top wealthy families in the capital, and Steward He, as the housekeeper of the Qian Mansion, can walk sideways even in the capital, but as soon as he came to the poor place of Lingtong County, he was tied up on the street by the servant and went to the county office, and then paraded in the street."

He must have felt very humiliated, and it would definitely be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he didn't retaliate. ”

"It was I who sentenced him to be escorted to the streets, but he certainly didn't dare to come to me for trouble." Jiang Long said: "So I found these two officers who kidnapped him on the street." ”

At this point, the facts of the case are basically clear.

"I'm just not sure, does Qian Dai know about this?" Jiang Long wasn't sure.

Xiao Fan couldn't guess either, and shook his head slightly.

Although the facts of the case are almost clear, evidence is still needed, otherwise even if Steward He is arrested, he will not be able to make a judgment. Jiang Long and Xiao Fan stayed at the scene for a while and returned to the county office. The officers who had followed the order to ask the neighbors and restaurants came back one by one and reported back.

Two families heard a little movement late at night, but the noise was not loud and inaudible, and it was too cold at night to go out to check. Although it is not a clue, it can roughly determine the time of the crime.

None of the people in the vicinity saw any suspicious strangers.

The errand officer who went to the restaurant to inquire came back to report that Da Liu and Xiao Yang had gone to a small restaurant with no name to drink. Da Liu and Xiao Yang are only the lowest servants of the county government, and such restaurants are in line with their status, and they can't afford to consume even the more high-end ones.

Other than that, there are no clues.

Jiang Long would not sit idly by, and immediately dispatched officials to start arresting people.

Recently, all those who have had quarrels with Liu Xiaoyang have all spread to the county government hall.

Steward He waited early in the morning to send Qian Dai to the county office, went back to his house and fell asleep, woke up refreshed, eaten, and dealt with the matters in his hand in the room. He thinks he did a seamless job last night, so he doesn't worry about being found out at all.

It's a pity that the city gate is closed after dark, and he can't open it at all as a housekeeper, otherwise he will directly bury people in the wilderness outside the city, and people can disappear out of thin air. It's safer and more reassuring.

However, before noon, a servant came to the door.

A little guy came in to report, and the pen in Steward He's hand almost fell to the ground when he heard the fright, where did he carelessly show his feet? Was found out by the Jing family boy? It's impossible, Steward He tried his best to stabilize his mind and not let himself panic.

"Let them in."

"Yes."

Not long after the servant retreated, two tall servants walked in.

Steward He raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them, not holding the rope in his hand, and breathed a sigh of relief, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"There was a murder late last night, and two county officials were brutally killed...... "One of the officials replied politely, holding his fists.

Steward He interrupted, "What do you have to do with me?" ”

"The prefectural commander orders all those who had a holiday with the deceased before his death to go to the lobby to listen to the questioning." The other officer immediately replied.

"I don't know them."

"The deceased are the two errands who kidnapped Steward He on the street yesterday and escorted Steward He to the street."

As soon as he heard the word "parade", Steward He was angry, but he tried to suppress it as much as possible, "Such a coincidence? This was unexpected. ”

"Please also ask Steward He to cooperate."

Steward He pointed to the paper and ink pen on the table, "I also want to cooperate with you, but when I first arrived here with Master Qian, there are many things to arrange, and the clue has not been straightened out, so there are a lot of things at hand, so I won't go." ”

"I'm afraid it won't work." The younger servant shook his head.

"No way?" Steward He's face changed.

Another servant, who was nearly forty years old, suddenly changed his face and shouted, "No! In Lingtong County, no one can fail to obey the orders given by the county magistrate! ”

"You, so daring!"

Steward He couldn't help but blush when he was scolded by an ordinary servant, and secretly hated in his heart, when the limelight blew for a while, he had to clean up this bold and blind guy, "Do you believe that I gave an order to let people beat you out?" ”

There are not only rich slaves here, but also guards.

These guards are all armed with waist knives, and if they really want to use their hands, they will definitely see blood.

The young officer was timid, but he was a little scared, but the officer, who was nearly forty years old, snorted coldly, "You really dare to beat us out, the next time you will be the soldiers of the Inspection Division, those soldiers have all changed their personalities since they went to the battlefield not long ago."

Use guns and knives at every turn, if they come over, your men won't be enough to see! ”

Steward He was angry and annoyed when he heard this, but he really didn't dare to let people beat the two out. It's not that I'm really afraid of the soldiers of the Inspection Division, but I already know that my son-in-law and Jiang Long are not in agreement, and I have done something wrong before and was escorted to the street, losing the face of the Qian family.

If you dare to do something wrong, you will be caught by Jiang Long, not to mention how Jiang Long will clean himself up, even his own son-in-law will not be polite.

Qian Dai's methods are known to Steward He, killing people is like killing dogs!

The end is cold-blooded and ruthless.

"Steward He, please take a trip if you are tired." The young servant said politely.

"Humph! Wait for me to change my clothes. Steward He said that he was changing clothes, but after going out, he actually secretly found a few people who went out with him last night, and told them to close their mouths tightly, and they were not allowed to open their mouths no matter what.

Those people all nodded again and again, if they confessed, they would die, and they were not stupid.

By the time Steward He was brought to the county office, it was already noon. Jiang Long glanced at Steward He, who was dressed in splendid clothes, and saw that Steward He was not stage frightened at all, and wanted to slam to the end. After thinking about it, I left everyone in the lobby here and went back to the back hall to eat first.

Steward He and many others who were passed to the lobby could only wait hungry.

An hour later, Jiang Long came to the lobby again for interrogation.

But he bypassed Steward He and interrogated others first, so he went back and forth, and Steward He was a little out of breath.

It was only at this time that Jiang Long finally interrogated Steward He.

The question asked was simple, where was Steward He last night, and who was he with if he went out?

Steward He said that Lu had gone to drink, and then said the names of those people yesterday.