"The difference is big, if you only call Uncle Zhou, it means that the possibility of Uncle Zhou being the murderer is very high, if it is called the father and son of the Zhou family, it means that they may just be called to ask about the case, of course, it may also show that the father and son of the Zhou family worked together, and both of them are murderers, so it depends on whether the two of them can come out later." Meng Yaqin snatched the explanation.

"Oh, that's right." Apricot suddenly realized.

"What do you think, Uncle Zhou...... Could it be the murderer? Chen Shuang had been thinking about this all the way, and asked the other four people with frowns.

"I don't think so, how can a person with such a good temper kill Uncle Zhou?" Apricot shook her head.

"But I heard that Aunt Zhou is not very good to Uncle Zhou at home, you say, is it possible to accumulate resentment?" Meng Yaqin said with her fingers against her chin.

The crowd was silent.

Yang Jin walked beside Gu Changning, and also listened to their conversation silently, without saying a word.

This matter is still a little difficult for them to accept.

After all, Uncle Zhou is honest, he never blushes with people in the village, and he looks like a person with no temper, how could he suddenly become a murderer.

While Gu Changning and his entourage were still discussing with each other, this matter was also spread privately in the village like a gust of wind.

"Eh, have you heard, Uncle Zhou's father and son were taken away by the people of the Yamen this morning!" A middle-aged woman with a headscarf said.

"No, the father and son of the Zhou family were taken away by the people of the Yamen? What's going on? The village woman in a brown cloth dress asked in surprise.

"You don't know that, do you? It's all been spread all over the place. The third woman took over the conversation and said excitedly, "I was at the head of the village at the time, but I saw it, Uncle Zhou's face was bleak when he came out, a gray color, the whole person looked like he had lost his life, dumb, Zhou Dalang was okay, his expression was as usual, and he couldn't see any nervousness at all, I guessed that most of the time Uncle Zhou had a ghost in his heart." ”

"Really? Did you see that? The woman in the turban spoke with great interest, "So what everyone says is true?" Aunt Zhou was killed by Uncle Zhou? ”

Uncle Zhou's abnormality is in everyone's eyes, compared to Zhou Dalang, who behaves as usual, isn't he the most suspicious?

"I think it's almost inseparable, otherwise how could a good person sleep in his sleep for no reason? Isn't that too weird! The third woman slapped her thigh and said.

"But I heard that in Xiangshui Village twelve years ago, there was also a person who died while sleeping at night......" The brown-clothed woman asked with a slight frowning brow.

As she asked, the other two instantly fell silent, and the air fell into a sudden silence.

The first woman to speak up broke the solidification, and stammered: "This, how can we know the reason for what happened twelve years ago, only now Aunt Zhou's case is different from twelve years ago, otherwise the arrest will not come to the door again." ”

"What I'm saying is, eh, don't you say that I haven't remembered it yet, when you say this, I suddenly thought that Uncle Zhou's appearance was a little wrong when he came to the door two days ago, and I was inexplicably a little nervous, I didn't take it seriously at the time, and I thought that he suddenly saw the official come to the door, and he was afraid, so he was afraid, now that I think about it, isn't it worried that my murder will be revealed?" The third woman was humane.

"Yes, it's no wonder that Uncle Zhou has been urging him to be buried in a hurry since Aunt Zhou's death, but it is a habit in our village to stop the spirit for seven days, even if Uncle Zhou thinks in his heart, he still doesn't dare to show too much and insist on letting Aunt Zhou be buried in advance." The woman in brown clothes is humane.

The custom of Xinghua Village for thousands of years is that after someone in the family dies, the spirit is stopped at home for seven days, and then buried.

If Uncle Zhou behaves too actively, it will inevitably arouse everyone's criticism and make people suspicious, so he doesn't dare to bury Aunt Zhou directly.

"It's strange that when I saw that day when I saw that I was going to take Aunt Zhou's body and go to the county government for inspection, Uncle Zhou's face suddenly became ugly, and he resisted a little, if it wasn't for the poor master who said that this was what the county master meant, I was afraid that he would have to drive a few poor masters out of the door." The third woman nodded.

Several women sighed for a while, as if they couldn't understand how Uncle Zhou, who had always been honest and dutiful, could suddenly do this, and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

Not long after today, Uncle Zhou recruited him in the yamen, and it was indeed Aunt Zhou that he killed.

Because since he came back from marrying Aunt Zhou, his life has become more and more difficult day by day.

Aunt Zhou is not only lazy to eat, but also has all the money in her hands.

Uncle Zhou was fed up at home, and he was ridiculed by the villagers for not being a man enough, and he couldn't even control his own mother-in-law, which made him lose face.

In addition, some time ago, Aunt Zhou made a joke in the village, and she also had a big fight with Mrs. Li, so that he couldn't raise his head, and he was angry for a while, so he killed him.

***

"Boss, what are you thinking?"

After Mrs. Zhou's case was closed, several brothers shouted that they wanted to drink to celebrate, and Xue Mingkai took them to the restaurant he frequented to ask for wine and a few snacks, and then he sat aside and focused on thinking about things.

Just when the rest of the brothers were drinking wine and eating food and chatting, and Li Yuansan was also eating, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Xue Mingkai's heavy expression and asked puzzled.

"I always felt like something wasn't right." Xue Mingkai said with a frown.

"What's wrong?" A young catcher who looked to be in his early twenties and had a thin body asked curiously.

"I can't say what is wrong, I always feel that there is not only Uncle Zhou's business here, it seems that there should be a behind-the-scenes promoter."

"What? Boss, do you mean that there are still people in the Zhou family who are also involved in this matter? Li Yuansan immediately widened his eyes and said.

"I didn't mean that......" Xue Mingkai looked at him with a black line on his face and said, "Don't you think it's strange?" Uncle Zhou has endured Aunt Zhou for decades, why is he starting now? ”

"Maybe it's because I can't stand it anymore? Boss, don't underestimate honest people, honest people are angry and fierce. Another square-faced peanut-eating catcher said.

"What are you talking nonsense, when did the boss underestimate honest people." Li Yuansan patted the back of the head of the square face and said seriously.

"Aren't I worried that the boss thinks too well of honest people?" The square face that was slapped on the back of the head quickly rubbed the painful area and muttered.

"I wasn't surprised that Uncle Zhou did this, what surprised me was how he would want to kill Aunt Zhou in this way." Xue Mingkai rubbed his thumb against the rim of the cup, stared down at the dark wooden table with heavy eyes, and said in a calm tone: "There are thousands of ways to kill, how can he come up with this trick......

"What do you mean?" Several catchers sitting around the table looked at Xue Mingkai in a daze, not understanding what he wanted to express.

"I have seen a file from 20 years ago in the county office, on which the deceased behaved exactly the same as Zhou Damiang, uninjured, and both died in a deep sleep, both of them were also healthy people before their deaths, and there were no diseases and disasters." Xue Mingkai looked at the people who nodded and continued, "But in fact, in addition to the same situation in these two cases, there was another one that was exactly the same twelve years ago, and the deceased was also a woman, but the family did not report to the official at that time, so this matter was over." ”

"This ...... Any questions? A lean catcher asked with a frown.

None of these three cases happened at the same time, nor in the same place, there was a gap of 20 years between the earliest and the last case, and there were only three similar cases in 20 years, which is not too much, right?

"I don't know if the first two cases were accidents or man-made, but the third case is obviously man-made, with Uncle Zhou's character, he definitely won't get the inspiration to kill from the first two cases, what I suspect is that someone instigated and instigated to lure/lure Uncle Zhou to do it."

Judging from Uncle Zhou's character, his most likely means of committing the crime is to directly smash him to death, or drown, or hang him with a rope Such a common murder method, like this kind of killing method that completely chooses himself cleanly and neatly, it is not like he came up with it himself, so behind this, is there someone to guide him, and what is the purpose?

After Xue Mingkai finished speaking, he looked at everyone fixedly, and then threw away a doubt, "Besides, I always have one thing to understand, where did the drug/drug that Uncle Zhou used to stun Aunt Zhou come from?" ”

According to Uncle Zhou, it was left over from the bait he had bought to stun the prey on the mountain.

But if you want to make her completely painless coma when she kills Aunt Zhou, the drug/drug is by no means extraordinary, this is not something that can be bought in ordinary pharmacies, where did Uncle Zhou get it?

"Shhh...... Boss, this is good, you gave me goosebumps. Li Yuansan rubbed his goosebumps, and said with a chill on his back.

"Goosebumps mean you wear less, remember to add another coat tomorrow, if you wear less, you will be punished for running laps." Xue Mingkai glanced at him and snorted.

As soon as Li Yuansan heard this, his face drooped, and he wailed: "Boss, one more thing won't be goosebumps, it must be a middle!" ”

"Everything." Xue Mingkai said lightly.

"No, boss!!" Li Yuansan continued to cry and beg Xue Mingkai, trying to impress his head with his pitiful appearance and make him change his mind.

And in the box facing the street of the two-story restaurant not far from this tavern, there are two people standing.

"Childe, my subordinates don't understand, what is the point of you deliberately asking someone to guide that Xue Mingkai to investigate this matter." Yin Liu followed Gongzi to look at Xue Mingkai, and finally couldn't help but ask questions for a while.

"Meaning?" Lin Jun raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and said, "It's probably just idle panic." ”

“…… Yes? Yin Liu was stunned for a moment.

Lin Jun didn't answer this again, but silently looked at the place where the group of hunters gathered, and there was no wave in the black pupils.

When he heard the cause of Zhou Damiang's death in Xinghua Village, he inexplicably felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to investigate, and only then did he find out some clues.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, probably because he was too idle and panicked, and it was said that Xue Zhukuai, who was in the county government, was fair and just, and he was also one of the few people who would make decisions for the people.

So he wanted to see if he would accept it when he learned that it might not be as simple as it seemed.

Now it seems that Xue Mingkai is still what the people say, but this ability to judge cases has to be looked at for the time being.

Xue Mingkai was drinking and chatting with a few brothers, and suddenly looked back as if he was conscious, and he didn't notice that anyone was looking at him for a long time, and he was stunned, wondering if he had drunk and had a false impression.

"Chief, what do you see?" A catcher sitting next to Xue Mingkai saw him looking behind him and asked in wonder.

"Nothing." Xue Mingkai came back to his senses and felt that maybe he really felt wrong, so he replied calmly, and continued to drink and chat with everyone, so lively.