There was no need for Xiao Qinglang and others to ask again, she made it clear the ins and outs of the future. Not to mention the deliberate display of exaggerated statements, even the details are not hidden.

The woman was about to weep without tears, and she knelt on the ground in fear and waited to be imprisoned. Suddenly, a woman was heard.

"That murder happened when Zhang Cuncai came back from the ground that day?"

"Yes, yes, the woman clearly remembered that he was dragging a hoe and carrying a stinky dung basket that had just been used for dung."

Xu Chu frowned slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Now is the time to dung?" ”

The so-called manure is actually to apply manure to the field, and normally speaking, croppers are used to scattering manure before heavy snow every year. In this way, the manure in the field will be stuffy for a winter, and with the snow water, the land will be much more fertile. But if the manure is too late, it will be counterproductive, and it is likely to roast the seedlings and make the dealer yellow.

The woman saw that Xu Chu's face was not as gloomy as Xiao Qinglang and Tian Xianling, so she hurriedly sighed at her and explained: "Zhang Cuncai's family originally had little land, and he sold another acre of land in order to marry his daughter-in-law, so if he doesn't think about opening up the land at this time, I'm afraid that the rations for the next year will not be able to fall." However, the land on that slope was full of stones, and it was very thin, so he collected manure from house to house, and then went to the central land in advance. ”

After asking about the events of the day, Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chucai entered Zhang Cuncai's house. At this time, there was only a two-year-old boy digging in the vegetable field in the yard, but Zhang Cuncai and his wife were nowhere to be seen.

Xu Chu's eyes swept over the courtyard of the Zhang family, and saw that the courtyard was not large, and there was a grass shed in the corner, in which some farm tools were placed. Among them was a somewhat tattered basket of dung, and a few farm implements, and among those objects, there was an unusually clean hoe that was very eye-catching.

She frowned slightly, and just as she wanted to say something to Xiao Qinglang, she saw him staring directly at the little boy who was digging the soil, and the vegetable field that was not very big.

Planting some melons, fruits and vegetables in the farmhouse yard or outside the wall is a very common thing, not to mention Zhang Cuncai's family, even if it is Xu Chu's family. Being so self-sufficient saves the family a lot of money every year.

So, she didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary.

It's just that Xu Chu also knows that the things that can attract Xiao Qinglang's attention can never be useless to the case. So, she also set her eyes on the boy and the vegetable patch.

But I saw that there were very common cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants and other things planted in the vegetable field, but on one side of the cucumber rack, there were a few melon seedlings that had died. On the dead cucumber vine, there were still a few cucumbers that had grown up, hanging low, and they had turned emerald green to yellow.

According to common sense, looking at the situation of the vegetable garden, it is impossible for the owner to let a few cucumbers that are growing just right to die. Moreover, looking at the melons hanging on it, they did not die of illness or accidentally broke the vine and withered.

Xu Chu's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of something.

After a moment's hesitation, she walked over to the child playing alone on the edge of the vegetable patch and said with a smile, "Little brother, what are you playing?" ”

The boy glanced at her, grinned a little slurred, and said, "Dig a pit." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the pit he had dug himself, "Look at it, the pit ......."

Xu Chu clapped his hands and praised: "Awesome, but what are you going to do when you dig a pit?" ”

"Plant vegetables, plant flowers, and plant dolls for Xiaobao......" The so-called fairy tales are unscrupulous, but when they heard it in Xu Chu's ears, they were cold all over the body.

Xiao Qinglang looked at the vegetable field thoughtfully, looking at the child who was still grinning at Xu Chu with a complicated expression, but he didn't say anything.

At this moment, Zhang Cuncai, who heard the movement, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, who had red eyes, also lifted the curtain and came out of the house one after another.

When the two of them saw so many people suddenly coming in the courtyard, they were stunned, and then their faces turned pale and ugly.

"Wang ...... The prince ......" Zhang Cuncai knelt on the ground with a puff and kowtowed, "The grass people have seen the prince...... I've seen ...... adults."

Obviously, he didn't expect Xiao Qinglang and the others to arrive, and when he spoke at this time, people could hear the obvious sound of teeth hitting each other. And the wife behind him didn't seem to be much better, trembling all over, her lips were pale and she looked very frightened.

There was silence in the courtyard, Xiao Qinglang did not open his mouth to exempt the two of them, nor did he ask the two of them for their guilt. But it was so quiet that the two of them felt unbearable pressure, so much so that they were shaking on their knees.

After being silent for a long time, Xu Chu took the lead in asking, "Zhang Cuncai, are you guilty!" ”

"Grass people, grass people don't know what the girl meant......" Zhang Cuncai's face turned pale and he didn't dare to look up.

Xu Chu pointed to the dung basket and hoe in the shed in the corner and said, "All the farm tools are all dirty or dirty, why are these dung baskets and hoes so cleaned?" ”

When Zhang Cuncai heard the question, he was stunned for a moment, and then he forced himself not to fall and said: "That's the frame used by the grass people to carry dung, and the hoe is used to spread the dung before, and the smell is very pungent and unpleasant, so the grass people brushed them after they came back." ”

Seeing that he didn't admit his guilt, Xu Chu couldn't help but sneer, "Even if you wash it cleanly, you can't hide the smell of blood on it." Since you don't want to tell the truth, why don't you tell me what kind of dung you put on that day, so that the cleaned hoes and dung baskets still attract dense flies? ”

"Zhang Cuncai, do you admit it, or do you want me to expose the truth in front of your wife and children?" Suddenly, Xu Chu's voice became gloomy, but he had a bit of Xiao Qinglang's appearance when he was trying the case.

When Zhang Cuncai heard this, his breathing couldn't help but become short, and he pursed his lips and was silent. In the previous trial process of the eldest master, he had already inquired clearly, and the case could not be closed without the head of the others.

Thinking of this, he thought of luck and continued: "The hoe of the grass people has killed pheasants, and the basket has also contained the game that has been killed, and the smell has not yet dissipated, so it attracted flies. ”

When Xu Chu heard his words, he couldn't cry or laugh for a while. She glanced at him and snorted coldly, "You also know that flies will look for the smell of blood......

"Do you know what happens when you bury the head of a deceased person you cut off in front of a two-year-old child? He is still ignorant now, but he has seen the bloody scene with his own eyes, do you think he will not fall a shadow in his heart when he grows up in the future? After Xu Chu finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Qinglang.

With just one look, Xiao Qinglang spoke: "Let people dig deep under those dead cucumber vines......

With just one sentence, Zhang Cuncai and his wife directly knelt in place. And Zhang Cuncai's face directly turned gray, and the whole person trembled like chaff, and he didn't say a word of sophistry for a long time.

He watched in disdain as the men pulled out the cucumber vines, and then turned over the piece of ground that he had specially watered and pretended to be his son digging and playing......

"Lord Wang, my lord, there is something in it." The official exclaimed in surprise and continued to move, but in a moment he scooped out the head of a rotting strip of rotting flesh that had not been wrapped in anything.

"Ah......" The official who had just dragged his head out with his hand in order to show his own personality screamed, and fell to the ground with his head in his hands.

Xu Chu glanced at Zhang Cuncai and his wife with a condensed gaze, and turned around and instructed a seemingly stable official: "Take the child out and send it to Lizheng's house first." ”

The official hurriedly hugged the child, and regardless of his crying, he turned around and ran out.

At this time, I saw Zhang Cuncai's daughter-in-law, who had been silent all the time, suddenly raised her head and knelt forward and cried: "Don't, don't take Bao'er away......"

Xu Chu looked at her coldly, but he really couldn't sympathize. Murder and beheading, falsely accuse others of murder, and even hide the head of the deceased in front of young children. What is there to sympathize with?

Zhang Cuncai's daughter-in-law saw that Xu Chu was unmoved, and continued to kowtow on the ground until her forehead was broken, and she still refused to stop. She burst into tears in fear, choked up and begged in horror: "Everything is the fault of the people's women, please return Bao'er to the people's women!" ”

Xu is saw that Xiao Qinglang was unmoved, she turned to Xu Chu and kowtowed again, "Girl, you pity the poor people's women, Bao'er is only two years old, he can't do without the people's women......"

Xu Chu stood in place, shook his head slightly, and said coldly: "We pity your mother and son, and there are evil and pitiful old fathers, wives and children in Liu Jinshan's family who were killed?" ”

"I let people hold your son, but I don't pity his cruel parents. Do you have to ask the child to stay, watch my autopsy with your own eyes, and ask his father and mother for the blame? ”

Xu Chu's words were not moved at all because the other party was a weak woman and had a heart of motherly love. As parents, you should set an example, even if you are poor, you should not kill people and rob money.

After she finished speaking, she no longer paid attention to the crying Zhang Cuncai and his wife, and walked straight to the head that was still held by the colorless official.

The condition of that skull was much worse than the one that pretended to be Liu Jinshan before, in addition to its own rot and maggots, its facial features, mouth and nose were also covered with mud. The scalp and skull that have fallen out of the hair are full of filth, and the slightest proximity will cause a foul smell.

"Prepare clean water." She looked intently at the skull in her hand, and after a moment's scrutiny, she raised her head and ordered, "Fetch a few more basins of water, hot or cold." ”

When Tian Xianling heard this, he hurriedly took people to fetch water. In case it wasn't enough, he almost asked the official behind him to go to a nearby villager's house to borrow a basin, and then put a basin of cold water.

When everything was ready, Xu Chu got up and washed the head full of dirt and maggots with a basin of water. It wasn't until it was rinsed three times that the flesh and bones were clean, and the rotten head showed its original skull appearance.