After dinner, everyone walked around Luoyang City.

"Are you going to the county office tomorrow morning?" Song Yuanshi asked.

Song Ning nodded: "I went to the county office in the morning to get the file, and it is best to find the person who handled it at that time." ”

The next morning, they went to Luoyang County.

As soon as they entered the door, everyone recognized them, not because of Song Ning's fame in the capital, but because of the fame she had made in Jinan Mansion for two years.

There is no magistrate who does not know her.

A pusher can do her to this extent, which is already the pinnacle.

Wang Yang Dan, the county commander of Luoyang County, said to be from Jiangxi, and his registered age was fifty-one years old, tall and thin, and he looked very loyal and honest. He was a thirty-seven-year-old Jinshi, and he has been released for so many years without being promoted.

Wang Yangdan is timid and cautious in doing things.

When they entered the county office, because they didn't greet them in advance, the entire county government was in chaos, or Zhao Yi sat down in the middle of the courtyard and let everyone kneel, and the yamen was quiet.

He didn't let people get up, ordered to take the file, and asked who handled Su Qingniang's case at that time, so he took Wang Zhutou, who handled it, and went directly to Lizi Village.

Wang Zhutou is also nearly 50 this year, although he has experience in handling cases, but he has seen few people in the world, and he was sincerely scared at first, but after Lu Miaomiao accompanied him for a while, he completely relaxed and introduced the case back and forth.

Wang Zhutou introduced the case as he walked: "The villain still remembers very clearly, it was the deceased's sister-in-law who reported the case, and the two of them made an appointment to shoot pigweed in the morning, Su Qingniang entered the mountain in advance, and Wang Su's went out a quarter of an hour late to feed the child. She walked to the forest for a quarter of an hour, and looked for a while, when she saw the murderer Wang Xuezhu half-kneeling on the ground, looking flustered, and when she saw her coming, her face turned pale and wanted to escape. ”

She walked over and saw that Su Qingniang was lying on the ground, and she was stripped naked at that time. Wang Su shouted for help, and covered Su Qingniang's clothes at the same time. ”

"At that time, it was dawn, and many villagers around came out to do things, and many people came when they shouted. Wang Shishi, the village head, used a mirror to test his breath and said that the person was gone, so he asked people to come to the county government to report to the official, it was a villain who came, and when he arrived, he brought a puppet to check that Su Qingniang had been raped, and he should have been suffocated to death. ”

After she finished speaking, Song Ning asked, "The corpse is written to suffocate to death, why do you say it should?" ”

"My lord, although the villain is not a fool, he has also handled a lot of cases, and how people died, I can always guess eight or nine. Su Qingniang's face was purple, she must have been suffocated, but there were no marks on her face and neck. ”

After he finished speaking, everyone was a little curious: "You mean, there are no traces of pinching, covering, or strangulation on the face and neck?" ”

"That's right! This situation is like strangulation with a quilt, the clothes are too thin, too hard, the kind of soft cotton, covering the person and dying, the villain has also done such a case. But in the woods at the time, there were none of these things. ”

"Will there be a corpse?" Lu Qingqing asked.

Wang Zhutou was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, if Wang Xuezhu comes over with someone on his back, it will not only be Wang Su's who will see it." Besides, Wang Su saw Wang Xuezhu riding on Su Qingniang with his own eyes at that time, and he didn't wear pants, which is ironclad evidence! ”

"Moreover, Su Qingniang's family can prove that she went out at seven o'clock in the morning."

This information is clearly indicated in the dossier. Su Qingniang took the lead in going out after booking a big pigweed with her sister-in-law that morning, and then her sister-in-law Wang Sushi followed, she went out at the end of the day, and walked to the forest for about a quarter of an hour, she didn't find Su Qingniang at first, anyway, it was almost dawn at that time, so she looked for it while mowing the grass.

About a moment later, she found the murderer Wang Xuezhu and the deceased Su Qingniang.

Wang Xuezhu didn't admit that he killed people, he said that he was also playing pigweed at the time, and his stomach just hurt a little, so he wanted to, but he didn't expect to see Su Qingniang naked as soon as he untied his belt.

Because there were eyewitnesses and no one else at the scene, although Wang Xuezhu did not admit that he was the murderer, the case was still decided.

After the case was finalized, the file was handed in, but Wang Xuezhu's cousin Wang Xuebing insisted on appealing, and the case was still finalized after arriving at the government, so he took the file to Dali Temple.

Dali Temple took over the case, which was presided over by Tang Taiwen, and Wang Xuezhu was still convicted of the murderer in the end and beheaded in the autumn of that year.

Dali Temple is the last to go to the public court to verify the yamen, if the Dali Temple is finalized, then if the deceased still wants to appeal, the only way is to knock on the Dengwen drum outside the palace gate.

But the Dengwen drum outside the palace gate of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not sounded since it opened, although there is such a saying, no one has done it.

Therefore, Dali Temple is the final yamen.

"My lord, the villain doesn't understand, it's been four or five years since this case, ...... Why do you feel like you need a review? Did someone complain to you? Wang Zhutou asked.

Song Ning shook his head: "Not really, I occasionally saw this case at that time, and there were a few doubts." ”

"Trying to figure it out, that's all."

This case, if it weren't for Tang Taiwen presiding over the trial, she would have had a provocative gaze from the beginning of her view, and she would not have noticed any suspicions.

When she saw it, the dossier was already very well written, but there was only one thing.

On the corpse grid, the time of death of the deceased is set at two minutes from the beginning of the hour to the end of the hour.

She then checked the qualifications of the active servant of the Luoyang County Ya, who was nearly 60 years old and had been in this industry for more than 40 years.

Think about it, a person who goes out at six o'clock and is found dead at two o'clock, only four quarters of an hour before and after, and has to go to a quarter of an hour to the place of the incident, and dies in just three quarters of an hour, why does he expand the scope to such a large extent.

A corpse that has just died, and the time of death can be determined to be within three quarters of an hour, there is no time frame at all.

So when she glanced at this post-mortem list, she felt strange.

It's a pity that this guy has been dead for two years, otherwise you can verify with him.

Wang Zhutou nodded and replied: "Then, if the adult needs anything from the villain along the way, just command." ”

"What kind of woman was the deceased?" Song Ning asked.

Wang Zhutou shook his head: "The villain just heard about it." Su Qingniang has an older brother and a younger sister, Su Qingniang is very well-behaved, and she is also very beautiful, she was seventeen years old when she died, and many people in several nearby villages went to talk about family affairs. ”

"After all, she has a good family background, and she is beautiful and capable."

"But I haven't talked about family affairs yet, maybe my vision is too high." Wang Zhutou said.

Song Ning bowed: "What about the murderer Wang Xuezhu?" ”

"The murderer is sullen and doesn't usually talk much in the village. His father died early, his mother's health was not very good, the two of them planted a few acres of land, he didn't study, and the poor old lady in the family was not in good health, so it was not good to talk about family affairs. However, some people in the village said that Wang Xuezhu often peeked at Su Qingniang, and he himself admitted that he liked her, but said that he had only peeked and had not done anything else. ”

"Got it."

Everyone went out of the city together, walked to the left, and when they reached the end of the road, there were several villages around, and there were many forests and mountains in front of and behind each village, and the mountains were not very high, but mostly hillsides.

"My lord, where are you going first?" Wang Zhutou asked Song Ning, and Song Ning said, "Let's go to the scene of the crime first, and then go from the scene to Su Qingniang's house." ”

The group walked along the ridge to the scene of the crime.

It's early spring, and the shrubs in the forest are still lying on the ground, so the sight of the forest is good, but if you enter April or May, it should be verdant.

"Beating pigweed, is to cut some grass and put it in a basket to carry back?" Zhao Yi walked with his hands in his hands, looking around.

Wang Zhutou should be: "The pig raiser should make a basket of pigweed back to feed the pigs in the morning, nothing exactly, as long as there is no poisonous and tender one, the pigs will eat it." ”

"That's it, Lord Wang, look over there." Wang Zhutou pointed to the man with the basket on the ridge.

Zhao Yi picked up the file and patted it: "Why is it not mentioned in the file, how to dispose of the basket that Su Qingniang carried on her back, is there pigweed in it?" ”

"Huh?" Wang Zhutou was shocked, he couldn't help but stop and looked at Zhao Yi, "Su Qingniang's basket? When, then...... Villain ......"

He doesn't remember.

Song Ning's eyes lit up, and he gave Zhao Yi a thumbs up: "Amazing, Lord Wang!" ”

Zhao Yi had a look of assumption.

"I don't remember." Wang Zhutou said, "At that time, I paid attention to the matter of the dead, and no one really paid attention to Su Qingniang's basket." ”

When he thought of this, his original self-confidence suddenly disappeared.

He missed a very important message.

"Remember, remember slowly. Don't reveal this matter for now. Song Ning said.

Wang Zhutou wiped his sweat, and it should be.

But the more I thought about it, the more apprehensive I became, and when I followed them for time, my emotions became serious and I had a sense of participation.

"Right here." The group walked to the innermost, and Wang Zhu's head was compared left and right to determine the position, "At that time, the person was lying with his head facing south and his feet facing north. ”

Song Ning said: "Covered with a gown with blue flowers on a white background? ”

Wang Zhutou nodded.

"Where's the shoes, what's on?"

Wang Zhutou shook his head: "It's not on the feet, a villager picked it up and put it next to the deceased." ”

Song Ning squatted down, she couldn't imagine how tall the bushes were in April and May: "...... How tall is it, three feet? ”

"It's not that tall, three-foot-tall shrubs are cut off in mid-June, but they don't grow that tall before they're cut off." Wang Zhutou said.

Song Ning should be, squatting on the ground and shouting Lu Miaomiao: "Miao Miao!" ”

"Oh, here we are!" Lu Miaomiao should be, pedaling and running to the ground, rolling her eyes to simulate the dead.

Everyone is accustomed to it, but Wang Zhutou has little knowledge and is stunned.

"Wang Xuezhu is about five feet eight inches tall. Where did Wang Zhutou and Wang Su's come from? Song Ning asked.

Wang Zhutou turned around: "From the east." ”

"Then you shouldn't be able to see it, you haven't lifted your pants yet......" Song Ning thought thoughtfully.