Qiu Shuang hurriedly interjected: "Last time, Li Chengwei's wife and wife were also stabbed to death in the back of the neck with a needle, could it be that it has something to do with this doctor, and it was bought by Li Chengwei?" Otherwise, how can there be a person surnamed Li in which place, and where someone is pricked by needles? ”

As she spoke, she suddenly snorted and said: "I see that this auspicious Fu Zhi County, there are really few capable, that day our officials tried the case in Ganzhou, there was no need to stay overnight, and the court called people to confess their guilt on the ground, not to mention that they had all the stolen goods, and there was no unconvinced in the city, but this county magistrate has been tried for a long time, and there has been no result in the trial!" ”

Qiu Yue frowned and said: "How can you say such words, if you let others hear it, you have to laugh at our house and don't know the depths!" ”

Qiu Shuang's mouth was deflated, and he defended: "But I can say a few words in my own house......"

Ji Qingling put down the letter in his hand and said seriously: "Ganzhou is completely different from this case this time, this Jiang Zhixian is not a corpse vegetarian, you heard him try the case today, but what did you hear?" ”

Qiu Shuang shook his head and said: "However, I asked the two families about the case, and a few more witnesses were passed, but there was no progress." ”

Ji Qingling said: "From your point of view, what is the key to this case?" ”

Qiu Shuang said: "Who is the needle!" If you catch the needle, you will know the real murderer, and then you will find the instigator - this Chen Siqu died like the two Li family, and it must be Li Chengwei who is making trouble! ”

Ji Qingling asked, "Then how do you find the real murderer?" ”

Qiu Shuang replied: "The morning hall heard the confession of the Chen family, when Chen Siqu was able to get out of prison, it was the family who brought a carriage to pick him up, and there was no situation along the way, the person was already in a coma at that time, and when he returned home, Dr. Zhang waited aside, and then Chen Siqu never woke up, although there were occasional relatives and friends visiting the door in the first two days, but they were all accompanied, and no one was alone. ”

She analyzed it one by one with her fingers, and at first glance, it sounded very reasonable, and said: "Even if you don't talk about human relations, Chen Siqu is the pillar of the Chen family, and the whole family relies on him to eat. ”

Counting here, she said again: "The Chen family said that since they took Chen Siqu back, for twelve hours a day, there are at least two people guarding in front of the bed, so that the Chen family is no longer suspicious, and there is only one Doctor Zhang left!" ”

Qiu Lu really listened to it and asked, "Then according to what you say, the murderer is Dr. Zhang?" But why did he kill? Could it really be that the Chen family said in the hall today, was instructed by Li Chengwei for his money? ”

Qiu Shuang smiled proudly, shook his head and said, "You all forgot something!" ”

Four of the five fingers on her right have been broken, and at this time, she released the last one, and said with a big slap: "Then Chen Siqu has no one at home who can be killed, but where did he come from?" ”

Qiu Yue said: "I came out of the prison in Xiangfu County. ”

Qiu Shuang's face was "teachable", as if he was talking about a secret, and specially lowered his voice and said: "Yes, once you get out of prison, there are people outside who accompany Chen Siqu all the time, and if you want to start, you will be easily seen." But if he was in prison and no one was watching, Chen Siqu was so sick that he couldn't open his eyelids. ”

"Just now, I was mixed in with the people in the hall, and I heard others say that the Chen family was afraid that Chen Siqu would have a hard time in prison, so they had already bribed the jailer to keep him in a separate room so that he would not be bullied by the rest of the prisoners - you think, if the jailer can buy the Chen family, he can naturally buy the Zhang family, and even more so the Li family!"

"At the foot of Fubo Mountain that day, the medical officer examined the bodies of Li Chengwei's wife and wife, and there was no document later, saying that the person who was pricked by a needle in the Fengfu acupoint did not die immediately, and it may take a few hours to die, or it may take a few days to die."

"I can't say that this Chen Siqu was pricked with a needle by the jailer, but he didn't die, and he was taken out of prison, and he died two days later, and it was the doctor who helped carry the pot!"

The more Qiu Shuang spoke, the more proud he became, and a slap waved again and again in the air, and he actually looked a little scolding Fang Xuan.

Ji Qingling listened to it funny, but did not interject.

Qiu Yue pondered carefully for a while, and asked: "According to what you say, why didn't the jailer poison him, even if he put some crotons, and died directly in the prison, how could there be such trouble?" If it was the jailer's doing, why didn't he pull out the needle, and kept the needle in the neck for someone to check? ”

Qiu Lu also said: "The needle is left inside, and Dr. Zhang wants to apply the needle again, won't he see it?" In this way, it is also exposed. ”

Qiu Shuang shook his head and said, "You think, if Chen Siqu dies in prison, the Chen family also has some power in the local area, and I heard that it is still on the road, how can we get along well?" Besides, if someone dies, the jailer will not be able to explain it. Li Chengwei bribed that doctor, did he give him money for nothing? The surname Zhang already has a reputation in this Xiangfu County, dozens of dollars, he can't be asked to take people's lives, but a few hundred dollars is enough to tell him not to go into the heart to heal, just perfunctory. ”

"In this way, there are jailers killing people inside, and Dr. Zhang is ambushing outside, how can it be found out so seamlessly!"

At first, it was just an inference, but the more Qiu Shuang thought about it, the more he felt that he was a genius, and he felt that this time's words were very credible, so he hurriedly raised his head and asked, "Is what I said reasonable?" ”

Qiu Yue and Qiu Lu couldn't find anything wrong, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was something wrong with them that they couldn't say, so they had to turn back together.

Ji Qingling was stared at by the three of them, and when she saw Qiu Shuang so jubilant, she was very reluctant to hit her, but on the other hand, she had to say: "Let me ask you, is the Chen family familiar with the county officials, or the Li family is familiar with the county officials?" ”

Qiu Shuang said with a smile: "Naturally, the Li family is familiar with the county officials, and he has been doing business here for a long time at home, but he can't talk to the county, and in front of the rest of the county officials and patrol shops, he is somewhat thin." ”

Ji Qingling asked again: "What if you become a jailer?" ”

But it was Qiu Yue who replied: "It's hard to say, I'm afraid that the two families have something to do with the jailer, I can hear the gossip of others today, that Chen Siqu is a hero, and there are many bastards around him, for decades, he has been looking for food in Xiangfu County, and there are many people who are mixed in the market, and they also recognize Chen Siqu as a brother, and they all say that the mouse is the most familiar with the cat, and the Chen family is not familiar with the jailer, and there is also a friendship with the rest of the officials." ”

Ji Qingling said: "If you can really cover the sky with one hand, it is naturally good to kill Chen Siqu in prison, and there is no future trouble, report a dead death to the top, and call the family to collect the body, and you can do it cleanly - but think about it carefully, how did the Li family have such ability at that time?" ”

"Li Chengwei was already in charge that day, how old is he, and how many years has he been in charge?"

Qiu Shuang estimated that he said.

Ji Qingling said again: "How many years has the magistrate of Xiangfu County been an official here? Can you know Li Chengwei in the past? ”

This is something that Qiu Shuang didn't know, she shook her head, indicating that she couldn't answer.

Ji Qingling said: "Xiangfu is a big county, the county magistrate surnamed Deng, called Deng Jingwen, originally a native of Zhangzhou, there are no relatives and friends in Beijing, the first time he was transferred back to Beijing to Xiangfu County. He is sleek and interesting, he has been an official for decades, although he has never been tested for merit, but he has never made a big mistake, at the feet of this day, many people are staring, and he is a newcomer, how can he be careless? ”

"Li Chengwei was young at the time, he had only taken over the family's business for a few years, and he was only engaged in cloth trading, and his connections were not wide, and he was only a rich man, and it was not worth paying attention to that Deng Zhixian."

"There has always been a saying, called the county official is not as good as the current management, Deng Zhixian wants to move the prisoners in the prison, naturally it is impossible to do it in person, he asked someone to find the prison officer, and the prison officer wants to find the cell head, and the cell head is transferred to the jailer - you do the math, how many people will be transferred, but if there is an omission, it will leak the news, not to mention that he has only arrived in Xiangfu County not long ago, if he is caught by the officials, will it not be worth the loss?"

"Although the Li family has opened a shop in this Xiangfu County for many years, the people of the year are long gone, and there is only one Li Chengwei, who is not familiar with the place, how can he compare to the Chen family, who is close to the local area and can say that the old man is a protector? The Li family wants to bribe the jailers, and for a while, they may not be able to find a suitable way. ”

When Ji Qingling said this, seeing that Qiu Shuang's face was a little gray, and he couldn't bear it, he changed his voice and said: "Of course, it's not impossible to buy the jailer, it's just that this kind of killing method is not something that the jailer will do." ”

She said, "Let me ask you, do you know where the Fengfu Cave is?" ”

Qiu Shuang said: "Not at the back of the neck?" ”

Ji Qingling smiled and pointed to Qiu Lu on the side, and said to Qiu Shuang: "There are living people here, you go and try it and find out the Fengfu acupoint." ”

Qiu Lu also thought it was funny, and lowered her head with a smile, holding the hairline on the back of her neck with one hand, exposing the back of her neck.

Qiu Shuang had been following Li Chengwei's case for a long time, and when he heard Ji Qingling say it at this time, he pondered it in his mind, and he actually remembered that the Fengfu acupoint was an inch straight in the middle of the human hairline, and when he was full of ambition, he rolled up his sleeves and leaned over his head, stretched out his fingers, and was about to compare, but he saw that the intersection of the hairline at the back of Qiu Lu's neck was a semicircle, and it was easy to find its middle point.

When she barely found a place, she was not sure, so she had to take a box of rouge, pick Qiu Lu's hair with her hand, and point a red dot on her hand, Fu Cai hesitated and asked Ji Qingling: "Madam, how big is this Fengfu acupoint, if it is pierced, it is still useful, can it be dead?" ”

Qiu Lu laughed out loud, stroked his head and stood up straight: "You grass doctor, give me some mess if you don't find a place, be careful that I go to the yamen to sue you for quack doctors!" ”

Ji Qingling also smiled: "Recognition of acupoints is a university question, I read the book and said, even if it is generally tall, short, fat and thin, the acupuncture points may not be in one place, the so-called "straight one inch", not one inch, "Lingshu" is based on the patient's thumb knuckle width of one inch, "Taiping Shenghuifang" is one inch of the second section of the middle finger, as for the size, it is still different from each other. ”

Qiu Yue said thoughtfully: "I can't complain that the doctor will come to prick the needle, so I have to ask while pricking." ”

"Yes." Ji Qingling nodded, "The back of the head is full of acupuncture points, there is a jade pillow on the top of the Feng Mansion, a dumb door below, and there are several Tianzhu and Fengchi are very close to each other, and if you accidentally prick it wrong, it is not a symptom of Chen Siqu's death, such a delicate work, if it is really Li Chengwei's instructions, with his temperament, how can he be handed over to a few unfamiliar officials to do?" ”

Qiu Shuang's head hurt when he heard this, and he said: "You can't kill in prison, and you can't kill at home, so where was Chen Siqu killed?" Could it be that he had pierced the needle himself? ”

"Not necessarily." Ji Qingling glanced down at the letter sent by Du Tanzhi, and said softly: "I see that the inquiry of this pusher is not very detailed, I think there must be endless points in it, there are people staring at it in and out of the prison, it is not convenient, but after Chen Siqu goes home, it is a private house and a family living in one place, as long as you have the heart, you can always find an opportunity." ”

She raised her head and saw that the three little girls all had sad faces, so she smiled and comforted: "Jiang Zhixian is also a pro-people official, and Du Guanren is watching from the sidelines, and when they have their hands freed, they will carefully examine it, and then they will know what the problem is." ”

***

Surprisingly, in the following days, although the officials in the Xiangfu County Yazhong repeatedly inquired, Jiang Chengde, the magistrate of the county, opened two more halls, but failed to make any big progress.

Jiang Chengde and Du Tan are both proficient in criminal names and have tried countless cases, so they are naturally more sophisticated than Ji Qingling. In just over 10 days, he has ordered people to interrogate many people who may be involved in Chen Siqu's case.

Chen Siqu was born as a hero, his old wife was originally the eldest daughter of the butcher in Xiangfu County, and she had a good calculation since she was a child.

According to what she said, the Chen family was already quite wealthy when Chen Siqu was sued by Li Chengwei, and there were more than ten long-term servants, and there were no short-term employees, all of whom were managed by her and her eldest son and daughter-in-law in an orderly manner.

After Chen Siqu returned home, she chose six careful and proper ones, and divided people into three shifts a day, one shift for four hours, except for the servants, at least one or two other families were watching, and they would not leave people when they were idle.

After Chen Siqu made a fortune, old friends, brothers, and even the same clan and clan all came to meet each other, and many of them lived near Zuo. Chen Siqu is the eldest, and there are three younger brothers, all of whom have become families, because of his accident, the younger brothers came to accompany him, and there are three sons and one daughter, not to mention that the daughter is still young, and the son is also accompanied.

After he was released from prison, although he was still in a coma, his relatives, old friends, and brothers also came to visit him. Most of them are in companionship, that is, they are not in companionship, and they are accompanied by family members and servants from beginning to end in the house.

Chen Han has a good memory, he is missing a front tooth, and he can also report a lot of names of people who came to see him that day despite the leakage, and his family members and servants added them one by one, and slowly, he even spelled out the situation of the day by seven or eight points.