Chapter 214: A Case Within a Case
She thought hard, but saw that Xiao Qinglang's finger had already pointed on the word heir of the file under her hand.
Xu Chu's mind had a flash of inspiration, and his eyes suddenly brightened. Yes, heir, Song Xin'er and Zhang Qiu.
Two children with different backgrounds and the strangest ones.
In this way, it is closer to the truth of her guess. In fact, what she had guessed was probably the outcome.
It's just that the only thing that is unclear is that Aunt Yang has no stretch marks on her body, and her hips and pelvis are not deformed. It stands to reason that she could not have had a history of childbirth.
If so, then what's going on with her involvement with Zhang Sanjia?
"Does that woman have any characteristics?"
They didn't say anything about the characteristics, but some people joked that Zhang Qiu and the woman were quite husband and wife. If I didn't know that he had a mother, I was afraid that I would have to wonder if he was the illegitimate child born to that fox-like woman. ”
After Xiao Mingzhu finished speaking, he directly snatched the teacup in front of Xu Chu and poured a sip of hot tea. Then he sighed comfortably, "Next time I won't learn from you and the third uncle, I thought I could be proud, but I didn't expect to make the four not like it, and I almost froze to death." ”
Xu Chu smiled and shook his head, helping her add hot tea. Then I re-sorted the news I just got from Mingzhu and my own conjectures.
If Zhang Qiu was born to Zhang Xiao's family, and he looks similar to Aunt Yang. Is that something that can be said......
But if that's the case, what is the purpose of that person setting up a bureau to kill Song Deqing's wife and daughter?
Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked through the file under her hand again, and after a moment, she said with doubts: "The three murderers have no intersection, and their identities and statuses are different, and they don't even know each other?" ”
According to the dossier, there is no resemblance between the three men.
The murderer of Song Deqing's eldest daughter is named Qian Youliang, who is a perennial laborer on the dock, but because he can be a person, he was already a small foreman before he was sentenced, in charge of more than a dozen minions on the dock.
It stands to reason that he should not have an entanglement with the Song family. can be biased, and a few laborers in his hands are the most hard-working, so every time the goods of the Song family's shop arrive, they will find them to load and unload. Over time, he also hung up in front of Song Deqing.
The reason why he wanted to attack the eldest lady of the Song family was not complicated, just because she deducted everyone's wages. He was also beaten up, and the insults were extremely ugly, and he held a grudge at that time, so he did it.
And the murderer who poisoned his second daughter, named Chai Laoyu, is a butcher in the nearby alleys, who supplies chicken, duck and fish to the Song family's old house all year round. According to his confession, it was the second lady of the Song family who wanted to drink fish soup that day, but there was already a little bit of fresh fish and meat sold in winter, so Master Song found him.
And he hated that Miss Song Er had despised her daughter who gave meat with him, so he ruthlessly stuffed the rat-killing poison into the belly of the fish, and even smeared the powder under the fish scales and shark fins.
Because he knew that the Song family only had the second lady eating fish, he wouldn't worry about hurting the wrong person.
And the third murderer, who was also the one who killed Song Deqing's wife, was a head of Song Deqing's Zhuangzi, named Song Cheng, who would go in and out of Zhuangzi every New Year's Day.
And the reason for his murder was because his wife investigated and dealt with the poor accounts on Zhuangzi. He was worried about being punished, so he took the lead and found the reason why the old woman in Zhuangzi was making trouble, tricked his wife into Zhuangzi, and then brutally killed him.
"The modus operandi of these three people is crude and simple, clear at a glance, and there is not even much cover-up. It can be biased, and every time it hits with one hit. "It's weird.
Not to mention how smoothly the killing process of Qian Youliang and Song Cheng was, and how could it be defenseless, and no one found out. It was only said that Chai Laoyu was drugged in the fish, and then the highly poisonous fish was cooked into a delicious fish soup, but no one ever drank it, but Song Deqing's second daughter drank it alone.
Nothing else, even if everyone doesn't like the taste of fish soup, what about the cook? Generally, in order to keep their jobs, the chefs of large families will scoop out a little taste before the dishes are served. can be partial, but the cook of Song Deqing's family has nothing to do.
Thinking of this, she continued to look through the testimony of all the witnesses when the government interrogated the case. In the testimony drawn by Mrs. Wang, the cook of the Song family, she found the reason.
It turned out that Song Deqing's wife had a cold and often had a dry mouth, so she often tossed her to boil ginger syrup in the middle of the night. happened to be one day, when she was leaving the main courtyard with sugar water, she ran into Song Deqing who came into the house with cold water. After the two collided, the basin of cold and biting ice water poured directly over her head. When she returned, she had a cold.
It's just that during the New Year's Festival, it is the busiest time in the house, and it is also the time when you can get the most reward. So Aunt Wang begged to take care of things for a long time, but she never stopped. Several members of the Song family are also used to eating the food she makes, as long as she doesn't taste it and doesn't get close to the main family, most of them will not be contagious.
In this way, she was able to escape the catastrophe.
Xu Chu looked at her testimony, especially the last sentence of luck, which was enough to see how scared she was. It can even be said that she is definitely a blessing in disguise.
At this time, Xiao Mingzhu also relieved herself, almost stuck to her and followed the dossier, and said: "It's really a strange thing, just for these few ridiculous words, there is also a deduction of wages, and an audit on a small Zhuangzi, which can lead to a killing disaster?" ”
In the final analysis, this is just a battle of words and a trick of stealing. To put it mildly, even if you suffer a loss, for the sake of livelihood, you can't avoid it. Just like Xiao Mingzhu hiding his identity to help inquire about the news, he will often be squeezed a few words. To put it more seriously, at most, he will be reprimanded, or driven out of Zhuangzi, and he will not kill anyone.
Xiao Qinglang glanced up at the two of them, and finally ignored Xiao Mingzhu's repeated exclamations, looked at Xu Chu and suddenly said, "Since the murderer's age, identity and experience are not similar, then Xiao Chu might as well take a look at their family and friends?" ”
Xu Chu looked up a little stunned, and after glancing at Xiao Qinglang, he saw that his eyes did not move, and he was stunned, and immediately lowered his head and continued to check. After a moment, she exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, and said with a slightly surprised expression: "No, no, the three of them are not completely unsimilar. ”
At this time, the two were very close to each other, so Xiao Qinglang clearly saw the light in her eyes that burst out instantly. For some reason, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked gently and shallowly, "What did Xiao Chu find?" ”
The voice, low and soft, tactful and lingering, made Xu Chu's back soften unconsciously.
She coughed lightly, and suddenly felt that now he seemed to have more than a tolerance and respect for her, as if there was more of a kind of guidance and teaching that was not obvious. Suddenly, she suddenly remembered many clues from before, obviously intricate, and she could always find the root in his expression or casual words.
Now, looking at his expression, it is enough to prove that he had just discovered that he had expected it at all.
As soon as she wanted to make a few jokes, she suddenly remembered that he had said that when he was a year of hair ties, the first emperor had asked him to screen out hundreds of unjust cases in three days. Not only did he do it at a young age, but he even found two fish that slipped through the net.
Thinking about it this way, Xiao Qinglang's sensitivity and wisdom in criminal matters seem to be not difficult to understand.
Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Qinglang for a long time, and then sighed and said: "If you want to say that Gongzi can't predict the prophet, I'm afraid that no one will believe it." Sure enough, Brother Wei said that there are rumors circulating in the capital that you have mastered the deeds of people in the world doing good and evil, and then cut off people's lives and deaths. ”
Xiao Qinglang glanced at her quietly, nodded and said, "Then I don't know if Xiao Chu's name as a judge with a ghostly ghost fire is also reasonable?" ”
seemed to remember the stories outside that had Xiao Qinglang's personal handwriting and anecdotes, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other and shook their heads helplessly. If they didn't know the ins and outs, they would have to be curious about the interlocking stories.
The atmosphere in the carriage became more and more harmonious, Xu Chu also learned from Xiao Qinglang's appearance, leaned comfortably on the wall of the carriage, and said with some puzzlement: "But, even if these three murderers have daughters, so what? Although it is a coincidence, it is not enough to kill people because of it. ”
When Xiao Qinglang heard this, he said slowly: "But what is even more coincidental is that these three people not only have daughters, but also have a daughter who has reached the age of marriage. ”
Xiao Mingzhu's eyes lit up, and she rushed to say proudly: "Ah, I know." Could it be that Song Deqing is lustful, fell in love with the daughters of those people, and wanted to rob the people's daughters. As a result, in order to protect their daughters, these people killed Song Deqing's daughters one after another? ”
That's what it's often written in a book.
"But if that's the case, why didn't those people just kill Song Deqing? The left and right are going to sue for their lives, and they have been preparing for a long time, so why not just cut off the root cause? has the kung fu of killing Song Deqing's wife and daughter, and Song Deqing himself has already died three times. ”
"That'...... Maybe ......" Xiao Mingzhu opened her mouth, maybe for a long time, but she didn't come up with it in the end. So she was full of excitement, and suddenly withered as if she had been punctured, and she could only frown dejectedly and continue to ponder.
She thought about it for a long time, but she didn't have any thoughts, and simply spread out her hands complaining and said: "This similarity was discovered by the third uncle and Sister Chu, so you should always know what's going on." ”
Xu Chu shrugged his shoulders, sighed and shook his head helplessly.
And Xiao Qinglang, although his face did not change, he also acquiesced that he did not know the inside story.
"But maybe after visiting the families of these three murderers, we can know the twists and turns inside."
Anyway, if you want to say that Song Deqing's wife and daughter were killed one after another by accident, Xu Chu would never believe it.