Regardless of whether they can find clues or not, and whether they can see or guess it, in short, there is nothing wrong with getting out first.

Yu Bantou quickly found something that looked like a shovel, and the two returned to their cells.

Xu Jiaojiao looked at it, it seemed to be a burning tool, and she wanted to reach out and take it, but Yu Bantou waved her hand again and again: "How can you let Mrs. do it herself, you say how to do it, just come and do it." ”

Xu Jiaojiao didn't shirk either, and pointed to the small hole in the corner of the wall where the turtle insect topped out, "Dig up that place and take a look." ”

Yu Bantou squatted down as he said and shoveled up the ground vigorously.

It was easy at first, but after a few shovels, it was not easy to dig, and the original gray-brown dirt became almost black.

Xu Jiaojiao hurriedly said: "Stop, shovel up the black soil and let's take a look." ”

Yu Bantou shoveled down a large piece of black soil hard, and Liao Qing took it.

Xu Jiaojiao also went over, and the two approached the black soil on the shovel together, and sniffed......

Suddenly, the two equally handsome faces, like beginners' oil paintings, wrinkled out of shape.

But they also got the results.

Liao Qing took a step back, "There is a fishy smell, it should be blood, human blood, it has been a long time, it has a rancid smell......"

Xu Jiaojiao took three steps back, "The environment here has not changed much, this blood ...... It should have been more than two months. ”

At this point in time, it was exactly the same time as Zhou Xiaochai's death.

Ji Fu and Yu Bantou glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of surprise in each other's eyes. Neither of them expected that the county master and his wife would have this kind of ability.

There's a reason for that, of course.

Don't look at Liao Qing's current scenery, he doesn't lose his mouth and fights, but he didn't have this ability when he was a child.

At the age of five, he was forcibly driven to the mountains by Liao's mother to hunt.

At this age, what kind of hunting can you take? A rabbit can knock him down, and after all these years, he is already blessed not to die on the mountain.

People are not dead, but bloodshed is indispensable, over time, he has become very familiar with such a thing as blood, at first only his own, and then increased the types, what roe deer and wild boar, I have seen a lot. And he is also a caring person, often analyzing the differences.

People are not born with the ability.

As for Xu Jiaojiao, she can also see the fame, it is purely because she once stood on the shoulders of giants, plus a little experience. For professionals, it's a basic operation, and it's no surprise.

Xu Jiaojiao asked Yu Bantou to continue digging, and finally roughly determined the result.

The black soil covers an area almost two meters long and wide, almost half the size of a cell.

It can be seen from this how much blood Zhou Xiaochai shed at that time!

If there is no accident, it can be judged that Zhou Xiaochai was likely to be seriously injured and lost too much blood at that time, which is the real cause of his death!

Since this is an earthen ground, so much blood cannot be cleaned up, so the murderer has spread another layer of soil on the ground to cover up the truth.

But it was not done carefully enough, and the corners of the wall were not pressed hard enough, and a ground turtle insect was drilled out.

However, this discovery alone is not enough, it can only be said that Zhou Xiaochai's death is strange, and the murderer is not known yet. Moreover, the results of this investigation cannot be used as independent evidence to prove against others, because there are no high-tech testing instruments and professional testing institutions here, which cannot convince others.

For example, the two jailers who were on duty that day could be interrogated, but they could say that the blood in the soil was there a long time ago.

However, through this investigation, at least the real cause of Zhou Xiaochai's death was known, and the direction of the investigation was clarified, which was already a great gain.

Xu Jiaojiao asked Yu Bantou to refill the ground, and the four of them exited the cell.

As soon as he got out of the cell, Liao Qing asked the two jailers who were beaten by the board to be brought in.

The case is not over yet, and although the two jailers were each punished with thirty boards, this is only to punish them for serious dereliction of duty, it is just an appetizer, and if there are other hidden circumstances that involve them, then they must be punished.

The two jailers limped to their knees.

Liao Qing stared at their eyes tightly: "This official went to the cell where Zhou Xiaochai was held just now, you are not small!" beat Zhou Xiaochai to a serious injury but concealed it and did not report it, causing him to bleed to death! You are guilty of deliberately covering up the truth afterwards? ”

The two jailers were shocked, but pleaded, "My lord! Wronged! We didn't hurt him! ”

"My lord, Zhou Xiaochai's death has nothing to do with us!"

Liao Qing heard the implication, "It's not you, who injured him?" And who does it have to do with it? ”

The two jailers looked at each other and hesitated.

These two people are not a good thing, Liao Qing looked at them, and followed closely: "But you must think about it before answering!" If you are worried that someone will trouble you afterwards, then this official advises you, don't think too far! If your answer dissatisfies the officer, he will want both of you to die now! ”

The faces of the two jailers suddenly wrinkled with bitterness.

Do they have any other choice?

One of the jailers spoke first: "My lord, who injured Zhou Xiaochai, we really don't know. However, before Zhou Xiaochai was injured, Zhao Zhutou had taken him out of the yamen once, and he was injured when he came back. We didn't expect him to be so badly injured, we didn't look closely at ...... at the time."

Zhao catches the head?

Liao Qing remembered that Yu Bantou had mentioned this person to him just now, and he was the confidant of Master Zhang.

So the two jailers were re-imprisoned, and Yu Bantou was ordered to immediately bring people and pass Zhao to the court.

After a while, Yu Bantou came to report, saying that no one could be found anywhere, and there was no one at home, as if he was missing.

Is it hiding?

Liao Qing thought about it, there were many people in the yamen, someone must have seen them go to the cell to investigate, so if someone told the truth, this Zhao Zhutou took precautions, and it was not impossible to hide first.

It seems that this group of people, led by the main book, is indeed a bit powerful.

Liao Qing immediately ordered that Zhao Zhutou was wanted in the whole city, and asked Yu Bantou to lead people to search for the whole city.

At the same time, people were sent to guard the gate of the city to prevent Zhao Zhutou from escaping from the city.

In his judgment, he didn't delay much, and Zhao Zhutou shouldn't have time to escape.

Hancheng is almost equivalent to a lonely city, but it is not comparable to the Central Plains, if you flee without adequate preparation, you will die on the road.

He also asked the master to write a few notices and paste them inside the yamen, to the effect that within three days, those who followed the master book would never come if they did not return to work in the yamen.

***

Zhou Laohan's family is too poor.

Almost nothing.

Che Zhengting settled Zhou Laohan, went out to buy him some necessities, food and drink, and visited Zhou Laohan's neighbors by the way.