The murder took place in a house on Taiping Street in Xicheng.

As soon as Xiao Qian and the others arrived, the catcher who was in charge of hitting the front station stepped forward to explain the situation.

"My lord, this family's surname is Meng, a family of seven, two elders, a son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson, and two granddaughters are all dead."

"Identity, what to do for a living." Xiao Qian's expression was grim and he asked as he walked inside.

"According to the neighbors, the old man has a disability and can't work, the wife and daughter-in-law help people wash clothes on weekdays, do some embroidery work to supplement the family, and his son Meng Chao is the main laborer of the family and the guard of Dinghuai Gate."

Lin Yanyan smelled blood outside, and when he entered the yard, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger.

"There is only one entry into this house, the old couple live in the main house, Meng Chao and his wife and three children live in the west chamber, and Xu Cheng is in the west chamber at this time."

Xiao Qian went to the west chamber first, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a middle-aged man lying in a pool of blood, with many blood holes on his body. Everyone carefully avoided the bloodstains and went to the next room, and the situation inside was even more miserable.

One child lay on the ground, and two died on the bed, covered in blood.

"Vomit ......"

Lu Zhaonan had never seen such a bloody scene, and for a while, his stomach was turned upside down, and he ran out to vomit with his mouth covered.

Xu Chengzuo stopped what he was doing and stepped forward to salute: "My lord, the two children on the bed were the youngest, their throats were cut and died, there were blood splashes on the bedding and tent, and the other child was killed on the spot by a knife in the heart. Meng Chao's wife Yue died in her room, stabbed in the abdomen, only Meng Chao fought with the murderer, escaped from the bedroom, and was assassinated in the middle hall. The old couple in the main room should have heard the movement, got up to check, and were killed in the middle hall of the main room...... The time of the murder should have been around the end of last night. ”

"What is the murder weapon?"

"Knives, and sharp knives for killing pigs."

Xiao Qian frowned: "Are you sure?" ”

Xu Cheng made a positive color: "Judging from the wound, the murder weapon is about a foot long, six points wide at the widest point, and the blade is on one side, which is a pig-killing knife." ”

Xiao Qian gave Lin Yanyan a look, and Lin Yanyan understood, and went up to inspect the corpse.

If it were a different person, Xu Chengzuo might be unhappy, how to say that he has also been an old man for more than 30 years, and this judgment ability is still there, but there was a mistake in the last autopsy, but he was tested by Zhen Gongzi, Xu Chengzuo didn't dare to be a little displeased, but was a little worried about whether he would miss something.

After a while, Lin Yanyan finished the inspection and nodded at Xiao Qian, Xu Yanzuo's judgment on the murder weapon was correct.

"Xu Yanzuo, you and Zhen Gongzi will carefully examine it to see if there are any new discoveries." Xiao Qian looked at the corpses of several children with an extremely heavy heart, and the murderer did not even let go of the unarmed children, which was simply unconscionable.

"Yes."

Xiao Qian walked outside, and Lu Zhaonan was still squatting in the corner of the wall and spitting.

But at this time, he was in no mood to laugh at Lu Zhaonan, in fact, he also wanted to vomit, so he was afraid of losing face and endured it.

"Adults, the small ones have been checked, there is no trace of damage to the door, the murderer should have come in over the wall, there are footprints left in the corner, from the footprints, the murderer is about six feet seven inches tall (this is a reference to the size of the Southern Dynasties, one foot is 25.8 centimeters), the house was turned over in a mess, the money box was empty, and the valuable things were gone." Guan Sheng came to report.

Burglary and was discovered by the owner of the house, so the burglar killed the killer?

Xiao Qian raised his eyes and looked around, the old house, the old furniture, just now I saw that the Meng family was wearing the homespun cloth of ordinary people, and the Meng family only had Meng Chao as a laborer, so such a family had no property to steal!

However, it is difficult to say, and it will depend on further investigation.

"Who was the first to discover the murder?"

"It's an old Zhang who makes steamed buns nearby, waiting for the adults to ask."

Xiao Qian patted Lu Zhaonan on the shoulder: "If you can't stand it, go back first." ”

Lu Zhaonan didn't eat breakfast, he vomited all the water, he was uncomfortable to death, he really lost his face before he got out of the school, if he went home like this, he would be laughed at by Xiao Qian for a lifetime.

"I'm fine, mainly because I didn't eat breakfast." Lu Zhaonan beat the spirit.

Xiao Qian didn't poke him out, if he ate breakfast, he was afraid that he would vomit more.

"Then you go and visit the neighborhood and ask the family how the neighborhood is, if there have been any recent conflicts with people, or if there is anything unusual."

"I'll go right away." Lu Zhaonan couldn't wait to leave here quickly.

"Guan Sheng, you take the two brothers to Dinghuaimen and ask Meng Chao's colleagues about the situation, the more detailed the better."

"Yes, let's go."

An hour later, everyone returned to the yamen and sat down to take stock of the clues.

Xiao Qian asked Lin Yanyan to speak first.

Lin Yanyan said: "Meng Chao has a total of fifteen knife wounds on his body, and Meng Chao's wife Yue was stabbed in the heart...... Xu Tong and I inferred that after the murderer sneaked into Meng's house, he went straight to the bedroom of Meng Chao and his wife, Yue's got up in a hurry, and was stabbed by the murderer before he even had time to put on his coat, and fell in front of the bed, Meng Chao found that the situation was wrong, jumped out of bed to fight with the murderer, but was stabbed in the left chest by the other party in the face, Meng Chao escaped with injuries, and was caught up by the murderer, first stabbed in the left back, and then was strangled by the other party with his arm, and stabbed thirteen times in the back, and fell to the ground. At this time, Meng Chao's seven-year-old eldest daughter heard the movement and came out of the southern room, saw that her father was killed, turned around and wanted to run, but was chased by the murderer, and with a knife in her heart, the murderer found that there were two children on the bed, and she cut the throats of both children. Then the murderer found that the lights in the main house were on, which can be seen from the burned candles, and the main house was lit that night, and the candles were extinguished after they were burned out, so the murderer killed the two old men again. ”

"Judging from the wounds of the deceased, all the stab wounds were inserted from the left oblique, and the wounds on the throat were deep on the right and shallow on the left, so it can be inferred that the murderer was left-handed."

"In addition, there is a little doubt, there are only two shoe prints found in the corner, one left and one right, very clear, consistent with the traces caused by jumping over the wall, but recently there has been no rain in the capital, the ground is dry, and the murderer is stained with dust in the corner of the wall It is impossible to leave only a pair of footprints, I have tried, after the soles are stained with dust, at least three or four pairs of distinguishable footprints will be left. Therefore, there is reason to suspect that this pair of footprints is suspicious...... That's all I have to say for the time being, and I'll add to it. ”

Guan Sheng was secretly surprised, Miss Lin was too meticulous! His brother found the footprints, so he was busy judging the height and weight of the murderer from the footprints, and he didn't expect that the footprints were unreasonable.

Xiao Qian only felt that his head was bigger after hearing this, according to what Lin Yanyan said, the height of the murderer judged by the footprints could not be counted, and even the inference of burglary had to be overturned. Footprints are faked, why should they be faked? It may be to cover up his way into the house, or more likely to cover up his true height. A murderer broke into the house late at night and deliberately brought a pair of shoes to give perjury, that is, a purposeful killing.