"Dad, am I not filial enough?" Wu Yu squatted down, his indifferent face splashed with blood droplets, "I can't fight back, I can't scold back, why are you still dissatisfied?" ”

"I know you're patriarchal, so I work hard and never dare to eat more, just because I'm afraid you won't like me."

"When did Xia Qiu target you, and I didn't defend you?"

Wu Yu ripped off his collar, revealing a hideous scar, "Do you know what I did to save you from prison?" ”

"Didn't you scrape all my money and now sell my body?"

Her eyes became more and more cold and gloomy, and the whole room was filled with a suffocating chill.

Wu Laosan's frightened pupils became wider and wider.

This kind of look he had seen in Xia Qiu.

Wu Yu, this is to murder his father.

The wine jug in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", Wu Yu slowly stood up, revealing a pure and gloomy smile, "Dad, you take care of your injuries, I will come to see you in a few days." ”

Wu Laosan shuddered.

The lonely figure stepped into the storm again, and the red and bloody stains on his hands were quickly washed away.

After a night of pouring rain, Lu Tingxiu couldn't sleep, and the next day he got up with a stuffy nose and headache, and sneezed non-stop.

Seeing that he was very hard, Xia Qiu specially boiled a bowl of medicine for him to dispel the wind and cold.

After drinking the medicine, he went to the yamen despite the discomfort, and Xu Mingliang was not there to catch him.

Xu Mingliang left a message before going out, saying that there was a murder in the north of the city.

Lu Tingxiu had a headache, and within two days of stopping, he died again.

Summoned a sedan chair, took the officials, and handled the case in the county.

The courtyard where the accident occurred was a separate courtyard of the Hu family, a tea merchant, and the deceased was Hu Donglai, the owner of the Hu family.

When Lu Tingxiu arrived, the courtyard was crowded with onlookers.

Xu Mingliang had already finished inspecting the scene, and was preparing to collect the corpse back to the ya, when he saw the county lord coming, he immediately reported: "The deceased is Master Hu, forty-seven years old this year, from the scene it seems that it was caused by a fire after drinking, but we found an earring under the corpse, it should be that a woman had been in and out before or last night." ”

Fortunately, due to the heavy rain last night, the fire did not affect the neighbors on both sides, but the inside of the yard was badly burned, especially the room that caught fire first, and it was already unexpected.

Lu Tingxiu inspected the scene, and then asked, "What did you find the body?" ”

He hesitated and said, "The burn is too serious, and you have to move back to the yamen before you can check it." ”

Lu Tingxiu asked Xu Mingming, "Did you find anything at the scene?" ”

Xu Mingliang laughed dryly twice and said teasingly: "Then the humble position will be ugly." ”

Lu Ting repaired his head.

"The fire started in the room and spread all the way to the hall. Because the hall is relatively empty, the burn is not serious. There was a wine jug, a few dishes, and a pair of dishes and chopsticks on the table, and it looked as if he was drinking alone, but the strange thing was that it was windy and rainy at night, and before he went back to the house to sleep, why didn't he close the door of the hall tightly? ”

"You think it's murder?"

"Master Hu, this person, has always loved to look for flowers and ask willows, there are countless wives and concubines in the house, and he stayed alone in the courtyard for the night, what is the picture?" Xu Mingliang paused and changed his breath slightly, "In addition, the corpse was lying in the room, and there were no other objects around, but the corpse was burned quite badly, plus the earrings found under the corpse, this was more like arson than an accident." ”

Xu Mingming's judgment surprised Lu Tingxiu, he has finally grown a lot and is willing to work hard.

Since it is murder, you must first distinguish whether it is a vendetta or a love murder before you can find clues.

This doubt, Xu Mingliang sent someone to check it early in the morning. It is common to do business and get into trouble with others, but it has not reached the point of killing people to vent their anger.

The Hu family, the main room eats fasting and recites Buddha all the year round and does not ask about the world, and the relationship with Hu Donglai and his wife is weak, but the aunts are often jealous and noisy.

As for the eyewitnesses, not for the time being. This area is full of rich people to buy the outer house, mostly used to raise the outer room or tryst, idle, etc., it happens that there are no people on the left and right sides, live a little farther away, thunderstorms are closed one by one, early to bed rest.

As he spoke, there was a commotion outside.

Yang, the mother of the Hu family, heard the news of her husband's death and brought her two sons to identify the body.

The crying outside shook the sky, Lu Tingxiu had always been afraid of this face, and sent Xu Mingliang to deal with it.

The charred body was carried out of the courtyard, and Yang cried heartbreakingly, in addition to demanding that the government severely punish the murderer, but also offered to bring the body back to the Hu family.

Xu Mingliang refused, and before the murder case was investigated, the body was kept by the yamen.

Lu Tingxiu, who was mixed with the crowd, watched coldly, seeing that although the Yang family was grief-stricken, there were not a few tears in his eyes, but they were red and swollen.

He pretended to be lively, squeezed through the crowd, and approached Yang quietly, when a faint smell of medicinal oil hit.

Crying heartbreakingly, it's really a deep couple. It's just that this affection is to smoke the eyes with medicinal oil to make people cry.

Men love to look for flowers and ask willows, it is normal for the relationship between husband and wife to be stiff, why does she pretend?

She is so anxious, does she want to cover up, or is she afraid of telling the truth?

When he returned to the Yamen, he did a simple cleanup, and the evidence and post-mortem records were quickly presented.

The burnt black earrings that were picked up at the scene were cleaned and restored to their original appearance.

When he saw its appearance, Lu Tingxiu's whole person was shocked.

This kind of white jade Ping'an buckle earrings, Xia Chubby also has a pair, which was bought in the Treasure Pavilion, the jade is crystal clear, and he has seen her wear it several times.

Produced by the Treasure Pavilion, it is unique, there is no second pair in the world, so the price is not unusual, and it is not ordinary people who can wear it.

In addition, a muslin cloth was tightly bound from the hands of the deceased, which must have been torn from the pulling of people.

After an inquest, the depths of the deceased's mouth and nose were clean and free of ash, and the body was cremated after death. Hit in the brain with a blunt object. Judging from the scars, it matches the shape of the candlestick, and there is no doubt that it is a murder weapon.

Lu Tingxiu was puzzled and asked, "Hu Donglai was not killed by a candlestick?" ”

"Hu Donglai's head injury is not shallow, but from the point of view of the location, it is not enough to cause death, but it is also possible that the brain bruises caused by the blow." He touched his beard and couldn't make up his mind, "He was lying on the ground, the scorched was mainly on the back, and the front was still vague and discernible, I think the death was a little strange, and I needed to dissect the corpse and look at its organs to draw conclusions." ”

Lu Tingxiu ordered to go down and persuade the family of the deceased to dissect the body.

And he picked up the earring and hurried back home.

When he arrived in the backyard, Xia Qiu's change of clothes was drying in the corner, and he couldn't help but walk over and look at her clothes.

The smoked willow-colored cardigan hanging on the penny, the left sleeve was torn apart, and from the perspective of material, it was surprisingly similar to the one in Hu Donglai's hand.

"Click", a piece of gravel scraped in his ear, almost disfigured.

Xia Qiu stood on the fence in the distance, and said in a strange manner: "I didn't expect that Lord Lu has a penchant for peeking at the girl's underwear." ”

Lu Tingxiu grimaced and scolded: "What are you talking nonsense." ”

Xia Qiupi didn't smile, "Then what are you doing standing there?" ”

Lu Tingxiu walked towards her and said with a cold expression, "Where did you go last night?" ”