The dagger is a weapon of murder, and it has long been taken away by the case-handling officials of Dali Temple, at this time Gu Yanzhang asked, Wang Gou recalled for a while, but he didn't remember the place very well.

However, the officials from the Criminal Department thought about it, and everyone saw that there was indeed a blood stain there.

The officials who came with the Criminal Division followed Gu Yanzhang for several months, and they were already quite able to feel the temperament of this Shangguan, and they didn't want him to order, so they immediately took a piece of wooden chip and put it next to the blood stain.

Gu Yanzhang waited for him to put it away, and then Fu Cai carefully avoided the blood stains on the ground and walked around the prison.

There is a vase with red plums inserted in the prison, and the bedding and pillows sent in by the Li family are spread on the bed, and there are a lot of soft ones, and there are braziers, copper basins, night pots, and gong buckets with lids on the ground. There is another big box, in which the clothes sent in by the Li family are neatly folded, and the clothes, shoes and socks are complete, but there is no hat to wear every day.

There is a wooden table in the room, on which there are copper mirrors, wooden combs, perfume to wipe hands and faces, and an incense burner, in which a thick layer of fine ash has accumulated, and there is no residual fragrance exposed outside.

Gu Yanzhang took a wooden chip from the little official's hand, played with it in the incense ash, and found that it was burned clean. I looked for it again in the brazier, but I didn't see anything but charcoal.

He saw the situation in the house clearly, so he stepped aside and said to the officials who followed in the Dali Temple: "Let Li Datian and Li Sheng come in." ”

Li Sheng is the Li in charge.

Zhang Yong followed behind, and he didn't know what he was going to do, but he didn't want to ask, and when he heard his assignment, he also stood aside.

The two were taken to prison one after another.

Gu Yanzhang said to Li Datian: "You said that you ate wine the first night, and you stayed in the gambling house until Chenshi, but today your brain was groggy, and when you woke up, Li Chengwei had already injured his ear and the knife was thrown on the ground, yes or no?" ”

Although the little official who brought people in did not explain, Li Datian saw that Gu Yanzhang was wearing an official uniform, surrounded by several people around him, and he knew that he must be a person who could talk about things, and said again and again: "Exactly!" Precisely! ”

I can't wait to cut off my head.

Gu Yanzhang asked again: "Do you remember whether you stood or sat when you woke up?" Where is it, and what is it? ”

When he suddenly asked like this, Li Datian was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and then said, "I...... Yes! I was sitting, but somehow I woke up...... Such as...... It's like your ass hurts! ”

As if he had suddenly thought of some important clue, Li Datian hurriedly leaned his hand back, turned around, and shouted: "Official, it really hurts in the butt, and it hurts badly now!" ”

Pout your ass.

The little official scolded angrily: "When the official asks, you just need to answer according to your words, what do you do!" ”

He pulled him back and stood up straight.

Li Datian had no choice but to respond, and then said: "My butt hurts badly, it's hot, and I don't know what's going on, so I heard the master's house crying out for pain, and I heard Steward Li scolding, because I couldn't wake up in my head, I just blindly dizzy, and I didn't know what was wrong...... The miscellaneous man surnamed Li was already covering his ears and saying that I hurt him! ”

Then he cried out, "This time I came in, I had everything in my hand, how can I hold a dagger!" Besides, why should I hurt him when I work in his house? ”

One by one.

Gu Yanzhang heard what he said, and asked a few more questions, so he asked someone to pull him down to see the injury on the back of his buttocks.

Although Li Datian is a Lu Han, he was frightened today, for fear that something would happen, and he refused to leave, so he pulled his belt on the spot, pulled his trousers, and didn't want to be embarrassed, pouted with his bare buttocks to show people, touched the sore spot and said: "Official, look, it's here, it's still painful right now, I'm afraid it's already swollen!" ”

Everyone looked over, and sure enough, they saw that the section on the left half of the buttocks, near the waist, was red and swollen, and there were other blood stains, which had dried up, and there were traces in the pants.

A small official stepped forward, looked at it carefully, turned his head and said, "There is an injury in it, it looks like something pierced, but the injury is not deep." ”

On the side, another officer of the Criminal Division took out the pen and ink he had with him, measured the size and position of the wound with a ruler, and wrote it down on the table.

Zhang Yong saw it in his eyes, but he secretly remembered it in his heart, and turned his head to see that the officials he brought over were all not moving, and there was something unpleasant.

Where is the Criminal Department more than the Criminal Division? How can even the clerk on the other side do more than three or two points?

After the inspection was completed, Li Datian pulled his pants up, and Gu Yanzhang no longer asked him to go out, but said: "You are standing in the position when you woke up today, if you still remember the movements, they are all the same." ”

Although Li Datian didn't remember much of the movements, he sat on the chair as he said.

When he sat down, the steward Li Sheng was also called in.

Unlike Li Datian, Li Sheng came in very calmly, although he didn't know the positions of Gu Yanzhang and Zhang Yong, it can be seen that the two of them were wearing official uniforms, but when they came forward to salute, they first saluted Gu Yanzhang, and then to Zhang Yong, in addition to being an official, the etiquette was very good, and his words were clear, obviously he was used to dealing with the government.

Gu Yanzhang didn't say much to him, and only asked: "This official just read your confession, and it was Li Datian who suddenly went crazy, pulled out a dagger, and suddenly stepped forward and cut off the right ear of your master's family, yes or no?" ”

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Li Datian on the side could barely sit still, he was about to stand up immediately, and he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, but he was whipped with a stick by the officials on the side, so he had to shut up.

Gu Yanzhang asked again, "Was he sitting here at that time?" ”

Li Sheng looked over and saw Li Datian sitting on the chair, his eyes flashed slightly, and said, "I don't remember much...... The villain was talking to the master's house, and suddenly saw him rushing forward, and he didn't have time to guard for a while, and saw that the master's house had his ears cut off...... I hadn't noticed what he had been doing. ”

Gu Yanzhang didn't comment, looked at the clerk on the side and wrote it down, and then asked, "Were you standing or sitting at that time?" ”

"The villain is standing."

"Are your officials standing or sitting?"

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "...... Ordinary with villains...... Also standing. ”

Gu Yanzhang asked, "Where are you standing?" Let's go to the station. ”

Li Sheng lowered his head, and after a few breaths, he was able to step forward and stand a few steps in front of the chair where Li Datian was sitting, with his back to him.

"Where is Li Chengwei standing?"

Li Sheng thought for a moment, pointed two steps away from him, and said, "The main family was standing here at that time. ”

Gu Yanzhang nodded, and then asked, "Do you remember that there have been any changes in the furnishings here?" ”

Li Sheng looked around and said, "The small ones don't live here, and there are some small things that can't be distinguished for a while." ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "Let's not talk about the small ones for the time being, just say that there are any changes in the placement of this bed, table, chair, plum bottle, and incense burner?" ”

Li Sheng recognized it carefully for a while and said, "It should be the same." ”

For a while, Gu Yanzhang called Wang Gou, Tong Shan, and several officials of the Criminal Department who had entered the prison door today to come in and identify them.

Everyone said there was no change.

When asked about this, two other officials from Dali Temple came in from outside, carrying a box in their hands, and said, "Deputy Envoy Gu ordered to bring today's hurtful dagger, and this is it." ”

As he spoke, he opened the box, and sure enough, he took a dagger.

Although Gu Yanzhang had already learned the details from the inspection documents he had made, he still took two steps forward to take a closer look at it.

I can't see any material for this thing, the handle of the dagger is wooden, and although the blade is not thick, it is quite strong, and the whole thing is only half a hand long. I don't know if it was cut off today, but there is already a roll at the dagger.

He waved his hand and tried it with a dagger wrapped in a cloth, and then asked, "What about the pig's ears?" ”

The clerk carrying the box hurriedly lifted the first lattice of the wooden box, revealing that the second layer contained a small half pig's ear, which had been repaired to resemble a human ear.

At one time, another official took an ordinary dagger, Gu Yanzhang took it, and someone nailed the pig's ear to the wall, and he took the new dagger with the same shape and slashed it from top to bottom.

The blade of this dagger has been sharpened, but it is only an ordinary material, not a sharp weapon for sharpening iron like clay, and the pig's ears are meat, although there is a wall in the air, there is nothing to cushion in the end, and it is not easy to bear the force.

He tried it, then put the dagger aside, pointed to the murder weapon and asked Li Datian, "This dagger is yours?" ”

Li Datian shouted: "It really has nothing to do with the villain, and the villain has never touched it!" ”

Gu Yanzhangfu asked Li Shengdao again: "How did he use the knife?" ”

Li Sheng replied: "Cut from top to bottom." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked again: "How many times did he cut it?" ”

Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Chop it." ”

"After cutting it off?"

"I saw that something was wrong, and rushed forward to stop him, but he was young and strong, and he could break away from me, and threw the ear into the brazier."

Gu Yanzhang said: "Which hand was the knife he was holding at that time, how did he cut Li Chengwei's right ear, and where did he run forward, you take it and learn it." As he spoke, his face turned to the side, motioned for the official to take out a wooden chip, and called an attendant about the same size as Li Chengwei to stand up.

Li Sheng watched Gu Yanzhang's movements, and heard him speak like this, somehow, a layer of sweat was already floating on his face, at this time, he took the wooden chip, found a seat to stand, took a breath, pinched the wooden chip and rushed forward, waved his hand and slashed hard at the right ear of the entourage standing where Li Chengwei was standing.

He was half a head taller than Li Datian, and at this time he was holding a wooden chip in his hand, and he had already slashed in front of the official, and when he saw that he was about to put it on his ear, the official couldn't help but dodge back, and grabbed his right hand with both hands.

Li Sheng hurriedly stopped his hand and apologized repeatedly.

Seeing this, many people in the audience had already tasted some tastes, and Zhang Yong bowed slightly.

Gu Yanzhang asked again: "You said that Li Datian cut off his ear, and you couldn't stop him when you stepped forward, so that he could break open and throw his ear into the brazier, so how did you stop it?" ”

This time, Li Datian was finally released and stood in that position as Li Sheng said.

Gu Yanzhang asked, "When you went to stop it, was Li Datian facing Li Chengwei or facing you?" ”

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "It's facing me." ”

"Learn again." Gu Yanzhang ordered.

Li Sheng had no choice but to stand in front of Li Datian, grabbed his hand with his right hand, thought about it, and put his left hand on it again.

"Did he throw his ears at the brazier, or from afar?"

Li Sheng opened his mouth, suddenly closed it again, and said, "...... I threw it next to the brazier. ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "What did he do after he threw it?" ”

Li Sheng said: "He just turned around and looked like us, and a few officials from outside came in." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Gu Yanzhangfu asked a few more questions, listened to him answer them one by one, and took the records of the officials on the side to read them again, and asked someone to read them to Li Datian.

When this place was properly done, one from outside finally came in and said, "That end is already almost the same, but Du Pingshi heard that the prisoner was going to be mentioned here, so he personally brought it over." ”

Not long after, sure enough, Du Tanzhi and several officials who had just tried the case walked in with Li Chengwei in the door.

When the official in charge of the prison saw Du Tanzhi, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and stood on his side.

Du Tan went up to Tong Gu and Zhang to see the courtesy, and he didn't say much, just pointed at Li Chengwei and said, "The person is already here." ”

Li Chengwei covered his ears with one hand, his face was very pale, and he staggered into the prison door. He saw two people in scarlet and green official uniforms on the opposite side from a distance, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and when he raised his head, he was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a familiar face on the other side, and in an instant, even his heartbeat missed a beat, and his brain exploded, and he forgot to open his mouth for a breath.

Fortunately, he was a sophisticated man after all, and he quickly reacted and saluted.

Gu Yanzhang said: "I haven't seen Li Yuanwai for many days, you have injuries on your body, so I won't be embarrassed, so as not to delay your recuperation, just ask a few words, and you can answer truthfully." ”

Li Chengwei hurriedly said: "The villain must answer according to the truth, know everything, and say everything." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked, "You said that Li Datian cut off your right ear with a dagger, but this dagger?" ”

Li Chengwei said: "Exactly." ”

Gu Yanzhang said again: "How did he cut it?" How many slashes? ”

Li Chengwei said: "He rushed over and slashed me on the head, only one slash." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked: "Where were you standing at that time, where was he standing, and where was your housekeeper Li Sheng standing?" ”

Li Chengwei stepped forward and stepped on the place and said, "The villain was standing here at that time. ”

He pointed three or two steps away and said, "Li Sheng, he is standing here." ”

Speaking of this, his eyes turned around in the prison, trying to find Li Sheng, but he didn't find anyone, who had already been taken out by the officials.

He had no choice but to point at Li Datian again, hesitated, pointed to the place in the chair, and said, "He is standing in that place." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked, "Is he standing?" ”