The puppet who was temporarily favored came out of the corner weakly, and finally had the right to speak.

"Well, the deceased was killed by a sword through the throat, and the murder weapon was the small arrow that came in through the window. This arrow is short and powerful, not an ordinary bow and arrow, it should be a small crossbow in the army. He said weakly.

"That's it?" Zhao Liusi saw the short sword beside the corpse, and reached out to take it, but was stopped by several people in unison, "Be careful!" ”

"This one can be toxic." Yan Ran, who was closest to her, almost lifted her up, and then hugged her in her arms, her arms trembling slightly, "Don't move things at the scene of the crime, this is common sense." ”

"I'm sorry." Sensing his fear, Zhao Liusi moved unnaturally.

"I'm not asking you to apologize, it's true,"

"Ahem!"

Before Yan Ran finished speaking, he was interrupted by the coughing sound on the other side, and the two followed the reputation, only to see Zhao Qi by the door coughing unnaturally loudly.

All right.

Zhao Liusi looked up and saw Liu Sheng's gloomy face on the other side, he was clearly saying to Yan Ran, "You are already a dead man."

Zhao Liusi hurriedly struggled out of Yan Ran's embrace, then stood next to him, pretending to be official and asked, "Can you use the murder weapon to find the murderer?" ”

"It's hard." He shook his head, "We don't have strict control over ordnance here, and we used to be called soldiers, so whether it is a wealthy family or a small citizen, it is not uncommon for us to have weapons in private." According to the appearance of this crossbow arrow, the crossbow must have also been altered, and it is difficult to find it. ”

"So this clue is broken again here?" Zhao Liusi couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"No, using a crossbow to make arrows, although the power is great, but it can't be too far away. This man shot so accurately, he must have been very close to us at the time. Yan Ran had already regained his composure, and said very calmly, "Let the people below search around, and there should be a whereabouts soon." ”

Yan Ran's words were too spiritual, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside report from outside, "Report, I found this outside." ”

The person who came was Liu Sheng's guard, Liu Sheng nodded, and the guard presented what he found, which was a damaged crossbow machine. It's extremely delicately made, shorter than a forearm.

"Is that it?" Liu Sheng asked the man to present the things to the servant, and the gloved servant took it, and compared it with the arrow on the ground, and then nodded yes, "Yes, this is it." ”

"Where did you find it?" Yan Ran's voice increased a few points excitedly.

"The chicken coop is there." The visitor replied respectfully, "The little people looked for something unusual in the courtyard, and saw a few chickens in the chicken coop clucking, and when they looked over, they found that someone had thrown this thing in the chicken coop, which frightened the chickens. ”

"Who passed by those chicken coops just now, they all picked out and interrogated carefully." Liu Sheng commanded expressionlessly, Zhao Liusi looked at Zhao Qi, and Zhao Qi quickly nodded when he saw this, "Yes, Ah Sheng is right, you all go and cooperate." ”

"Yes." Chang Sui, who was beside him, responded and went out, and there were a few fewer people in the door.

"This interrogation can't be finished for a while, you go back first, and when the results are available, I will have someone report to you." Zhao Qi said to Zhao Liusi and Liu Sheng, "This corpse is also going to be moved to the Yamen, and it is not a matter of placing it like this again." ”

"When did you come here?" Liu Sheng suddenly opened his mouth and said as if he had discovered a new continent.

"I've been here a long time ago, and I came in with Sisi." Zhao Qi didn't expect that he would be ignored so far, and he was very aggrieved.

"That's not what I'm talking about," Liu Sheng shook his head and looked at Zhao Qi, "It's just an ordinary dead person, why would you work for your master?" ”

"It's not that I met someone at the city gate who informed me that Hu Daniu had been killed and asked me to come and see." Zhao Qi muttered, "I went to the countryside for a day, and I was almost exhausted, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing as soon as I returned to the city." If the car hadn't broken down halfway, it would have been half an hour earlier. ”

"Half an hour," Yan Ran muttered to herself, and Zhao Liusi was excited, "Didn't that arrive at about the same time as us?" ”

"What?" Zhao Qi was still at a loss.

"Dad, there seems to be someone behind the scenes who is very strange, and he has to gather many people, including us, here to watch the death of Hu Aniu." Zhao Liusi told Zhao Qi about the experience of his group, and Zhao Qi was very nervous, "Oh, it's so dangerous, how can I get it if I hurt you." ”

"It's okay, that person is going to Hu Aniu, I was far away at the time." Zhao Liusi comforted the frightened old father, and then asked, "What do you think the murderer is trying to do so much?" ”

"I'm not a murderer, how do I know." Zhao Qi was indifferent to this issue, "This kind of thing will be handed over to the old man to be responsible, we just need to listen to the order." Yan Ran, you hurry up and bring Sisi back, if you bring her to such a dangerous place again, I will take her home. ”

"It's not about my uncle, I'm here myself." Zhao Liusi clarified the misunderstanding for Liu Sheng, but Liu Sheng didn't appreciate it, and it was rare to bow his head to Zhao Qi, "What you said is that I was wrong today, and I won't do it again." ”

"Since there's nothing to see here," when he said this, he gave Yan Ran a special look, and then dragged Zhao Liusi's hand and walked out, "Then we'll go first." ”

"We'll see you next time, then." Zhao Liusi didn't have time to apologize to Yan Ran, so he could only wave his hand and leave this sentence.

"You often have contact with the little girl?" After Zhao Liusi left, the real father Zhao Qi looked at Yan Ran with a thief-like gaze.

"Nope." Yan Ran said without blushing and heartbeat, "It's just a general acquaintance, it seems that because of Aunt Qian's case, she has a special affection for me, and she will always say hello when we meet." ”

"Oh." Zhao Qi groaned, then nodded, bent down and bowed to Yan Ran, "The little girl is acting a little unscrupulously, it is likely that some behaviors will disturb the childe, I will be here to tell you my annoyance now, in case something happens, don't blame her." ”

"How could I be concerned with a little girl, you are too worried." Yan Ran smiled, then observed the corpse on the ground, walked to the side, and chatted with Zhao Qi while looking at his palm, "Zhao Gong, you said that the person called us over, did you specifically let everyone see Hu Aniu's death?" ”

"It looks like so, but what's so nice about it?" Zhao Qi covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, and said unhappily, "A peddler pawn, something that people won't find out if he dies, but today he tossed such a big scene out of thin air." ”

"That's right, it was originally an inconspicuous death, no one found it after death, it took several days to be reported by neighbors, and then the corpse was disposed of casually with a reason, but because of a bunch of fake news, countless people watched, who was spreading this death notice, and what was the picture."

Yan Ran was silent, and Zhao Qi learned Zhao Liusi's words and asked, "If you were a murderer, why would you do this?" ”

"If this Zeng Aniu is a powerful character, then I have to suspect that this is a golden cicada shelling. That is, the killer is Hu Niu himself, and in this way, he has so many people to witness his death, to be sure that he is indeed dead, and then to come back to life in one place. Yan Ran stood up and looked thoughtfully at the corpse on the ground, "But now that this corpse is really here, I don't know how he can "come back from the dead." ”

"What else?" Zhao Qi twisted his beard and listened with relish.

"Beyond that, the killer's possible motive was to create an alibi." Yan Ran smiled, rolled up his sleeves, and said casually, "He was one of the people in our room at that time, we have some kind of relationship with Hu Aniu, if Hu Aniu dies, we will definitely be found, so that we are suspected of being murderers." So we need a big occasion for everyone to see that in my presence, a third party killed Hu Aniu, so that my suspicion would be cleared. ”

"Can this be?" Zhao Qi looked amazed.

"Lord Zhao is an old county lieutenant, and he has not a thousand but eight hundred cases in his hands, haven't you even seen this little trick?" Yan Ran asked with a smile.

"In our countryside, there are few people, and most of the cases are that the east loses the chicken and the west family has less donkeys, and the big deal is that the father-in-law and mother-in-law beat the daughter-in-law, or the daughter-in-law is disobedient and unfilial to beat the mother-in-law. Zhao Qi sighed sincerely, "Fortunately there are you this time, otherwise I don't know what to do." ”

"Zhao Gong is humble, I heard that you are known for being good at judging cases." Yan Ran watched as he cleaned up the corpse and the unlicensed, and the officials followed to move this thing back, so they chatted with Zhao Qi and went out at the same time.

"It's just a vain name, it's just a vain name." Zhao Qi smiled, approached Yan Ran, and lowered his voice, "Those things in the yamen, as long as you are right, someone will naturally investigate the case, where do you need to do it yourself." You're just too honest. You see you are on this business trip, and there are so many old bones in the sixth room that don't move, so you have been sent here to do this thankless job. ”

"Alas, I'm still a newcomer, and I should run more." Yan Ran helped you cross the threshold, and the two went out together.

"Yan Ran, in addition to the two possibilities you said, do you think the murderer killed in front of so many eyes, is there any other possibility?" When he was about to get on the sedan chair, Zhao Qi suddenly stopped and asked again.

"Oh, there's a lot of them, if possible. For example, it may be a ritual for the murderer to do so. He has a grudge against Hu Niu, so he wants to use a particularly big movement to announce Hu Niu's death and achieve his goal. ”

"Of course," Yan Ran looked at Zhao Qi and changed his words, "It could also be a hint." ”

"Hint?"

"He's using the death of the cow to remind us of something."

"What does this mean?" Zhao Qi looked very confused.

"Maybe none of us are the ones he wants to warn, so I can't find this one." Yan Ran smiled, and naturally put his hand on Zhao Qi's shoulder, "What is Zhao Gong asking for?" ”

"Oh, I'm going to see the county magistrate later, I'm afraid he will ask, so I'll find some reason to explain to him when the time comes." Zhao Qi showed that "you know" smile, hurriedly said goodbye to Yan Ran, and turned his head into the sedan chair.

Yan Ran stood in place, looking at their distant backs, the smile on her face became lighter and lighter.