Yan Zhutou said: "No, it has been locked, first, we feel that Liu Kai has no time to commit the crime, and secondly, it seems useless to check this room, Liu Kai said that this house is only opened when relatives and friends come, and it is usually locked, so we didn't check it." ”

Duan Fei took a closer look at the copper lock hanging on the door, there was indeed a lot of dust on the lock, but what made Duan Fei's eyes light up was that a small piece seemed to have been wiped before, so there was only a thin layer of dust, Duan Fei smiled: "It seems that the Liu family has relatives visiting not long ago...... Yan Zhutou, can you open the door and go in and have a look? ”

"This ...... It's okay to open it, but we don't have the key, so we have to ask Liu Wei for it, and he lives at the house of relatives and friends in Shanyang Town, Zhang Jun, go and pass Liu Kai. Yan Zhutou said.

"No, I just want to take a look." Duan Fei poked his finger at the window of the side room, pierced a small hole in the paper-paste window paper, and looked in.

Sure enough, the room was covered with cobwebs, dust, and a wooden bed was empty, and there was nothing Duan Fei imagined, Duan Fei looked at it carefully for a while, and finally made some discoveries, he looked back with a smile and said, "According to the rules...... Liu Kai should be able to live at home, right? The government didn't seal up his home, why did he stay at a friend's house for so long? ”

Yan Zhutou replied: "Maybe it's because of the death, right?" I heard that he was going to sell his house and move somewhere else. ”

"Oh, I'm afraid it's not easy to sell the house of the dead......" Duan Fei said casually, and continued to look east and west in the yard, there was no trace of climbing and stepping on the high wall, which ruled out the possibility of outsiders entering the house to commit murder, Yan Zhutou and Zhang Jun looked into the side room through the window paper pierced by Duan Fei, but found nothing.

Soon, Aunt Hua next door and Sun Laohan on the opposite side of Liu's house were all reported, and Duan Fei borrowed the small room of Old Mother Liu and asked them one by one.

Aunt Hua is about fifty years old, short and stocky, her simple face is faintly afraid, her demeanor is a little trembling, she answers whatever she asks, and she is typical of a small people's true character - afraid of seeing officials.

The questioning ended quickly, and she was the least involved, but she provided some very important information.

"I came to Mama Liu that day, and wanted to go to Zhendong to watch a play with her in the afternoon...... Uh, yes, at first I didn't realize that it was wrong, and as soon as I said it, Liu Wei scolded Mama Liu like crazy, saying that she didn't look good at home, and slipped out to play all day long, giving people a chance or something, I saw that the situation was not good and left, and then I heard that Mama Liu was driven away, alas, she is an honest person. ”

"Give people a chance? Did you hear it right? What else is relevant besides this sentence? As a neighbor, have you heard any rumors about the Liu family? Duan Fei asked.

Aunt Hua frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I haven't heard anything anymore, my lord, do you doubt the Liu family?" Oh, my God? There is no more festive woman in the world than her, she doesn't go out of the door, she can't see her shadow for half a year, Liu Kai has no relatives and friends, how can there be any rumors about her, there are rumors that it is also related to Liu Kai. ”

"Oh? Are there any rumors related to Liu Wei? Let's hear it. Duan Fei said.

"This ...... This...... It's hard to say that the slave family is all neighbors' ......" Aunt Hua hesitated, Yan Zhu sneered, and said: "Sister Hua, this is a homicide case, if you refuse to say it now, then we have to take you back to the county office, and listen to you slowly there!" ”

In these years, no search warrant is required for the search, no arrest warrant is required to arrest people, and whoever wants to be arrested can be arrested, and no one will question it if they are tortured and beaten to death in the county office.

Aunt Hua trembled with fright, and said, "I said, I said...... Liu Kai is often not at home, there are a lot of rumors about him, I heard that he often lingers in the Qinglou when he goes to Suzhou and Hangzhou to do business, and he also chartered a girl in Yangzhou Kuaixuetang, saying that he wants to marry home as a concubine, and ...... There are also rumors that he has a bit of that with the horse widow in town...... It's not clean......"

Duan Fei and Yan Zhutou glanced at each other, Yan Zhutou warned Aunt Hua to be stricter and let her out, and then called Sun Laohan in.

Sun Laohan is only fifty years old, but that face looks like a dried orange peel, it seems that he has had a very difficult life in this life, Duan Fei couldn't help but secretly warn himself that he must not be so down-and-out, and the Yan Zhutou over there has already asked directly: "Sun Laohan, are you guilty!" ”

Sun Laohan was honest, he was scared and immediately shook like chaff, he was originally sitting on a low stool, his body threw forward, and he suddenly fell to the ground, he crawled and shouted in fear: "Adult, the little wrong......"

"Wronged? I ask you, did you really see Liu in the early morning that day? Do you dare to draw a pledge to prove that it is really Liu's? You must know that perjury is punishable by conviction and exile! Yan Zhutou threatened.

Old Man Sun was so frightened that he didn't dare to make a sound for a while, Duan Fei said with a pleasant face: "Uncle Sun, don't be afraid, you can tell me slowly about the situation when you saw Liu Wei go out that day, pay attention, what I want is all the details about that woman, what she wears, how she walks, what she said, what is the difference in her expression and tone?" You have to tell me everything, don't be afraid, as long as you say it clearly, no one will embarrass you. ”

Sun Laohan's mood calmed down a little, he raised his head, recalled and said: "Yes, I got up in the middle of the night to grind beans in the yard, and when I made fresh tofu, the sky was not open, I loaded the tofu cart and went out, and when I turned around and closed the door, I heard the door of Liu's house ringing, Liu Wei walked out of the door, the old man was a little puzzled in his heart, Liu Wei used to go out to do goods either at noon or in the middle of the night, in the past few years, the old man still saw him go out early in the morning for the first time, and what is more strange is that it was not Mama Liu but Liu who came out with him. The old man lived in the opposite door and saw the Liu family marry into the Liu family with his own eyes, but the old man saw the Liu family go out for the third time in a few years, and the old man couldn't help but look at it a few more times......"

Yan Zhutou asked, "Can you see clearly?" Is that really Liu's? ”

Sun Laohan shook his head and said: "The old man's eyes are dizzy, and the sky was not bright at that time, so I really didn't see the woman's face clearly, but her dress was similar to the Liu family I saw half a year ago...... Then she suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, Liu Wei said goodbye to her and said hello to me, and when I looked back, Liu had already gone home and closed the door. ”

"And then suddenly laughed?" Duan Fei muttered to himself, suddenly sneered, and said, "I understand, Sun Laohan, don't tell anyone about what we asked you today, if you go back, if you hear any rumors...... Arrest you and take you as a murderer! ”

"The villain doesn't dare, the little one doesn't dare to ......" Sun Laohan walked away tremblingly, and Yan Zhutou said suspiciously: "Do you suspect that the woman is not Liu?" ”