Chapter 35: Mudras
When Xu Tian and Teacher Jin came to Lao Ma's house, the sky had not yet lit up, but the courtyard of Lao Ma's house was already brightly lit, and the ten height bulbs in the yard alone seemed very tyrant, because Xu Tian found that most people in the village were reluctant to turn on the lights in the yard.
The courtyard has begun to get busy, and there are several familiar figures among them, all of whom were people who had taken pictures in the ancestral hall yesterday, and the head of the class was still the same as yesterday, with a straight face, as if he was busy with something next to the toolbox.
"I'll call him for you." The old horse wanted to go to the master's side.
"Wait!" Xu Tianyi grabbed the old horse. "Let's take a look at the unconscious man who was sent last night."
"The man is dead, and the body is put away." The old horse said.
"Can't you see the corpse?" Xu Tian questioned.
"It's not that you can't see it, if you want to see the corpse, you have to ask the class master." The old horse trotted a few steps towards the class master. "Hey, old class!"
The class walked towards Lao Ma with a face, as if he hadn't seen Xu Tian and Teacher Jin, and his eyes were full of contempt.
"Cooperate with it! Let's take a look at the wrapped corpse. Lao Ma said with a modest look.
"What do you see? When the people are dead and wrapped up, do you want to toss the dead out again? The head of the class said in an arrogant tone.
"You just cooperate! After all, that person did not die normally, after the village road was opened, you still had to hand over the body when the police came, and you woke up in the morning to find that the missing person was also found, and the person was hanged inside the ancestral hall, and the villagers would carry the body back after a while. The old horse said.
"Die or die! You don't have to make such a fuss, just tell me, and I can ask someone to carry it over. The class leader said.
"What are you talking about? After all, it's a human life, or your person, and you can't stand your dead brother if you talk like this, right? Lao Ma and the class master argued.
"What? Still want to brainwash me? Isn't it just a dead person? What is there to investigate. The class leader shouted in a rough voice.
At this time, all the men in the yard were tiptoeing to wash and clean up, and everyone seemed to be very afraid of this class master.
"I'm a police officer, and I hope you will cooperate with the investigation." Teacher Jin showed his ID and said.
The class leader glanced at Teacher Jin, didn't say anything, pointed to a box in the corner of the courtyard and said, "The corpse is there, look at it for yourself!" ”
The corpse was a large box, about the same size as other toolboxes, stuffed with quilts, and under the quilt was the corpse, Xu Tian looked at the state of the quilt, and could see that although the squad leader was very disrespectful to the deceased, he wrapped the corpse very carefully, and the quilt could not be seen at all, and it was still ninety percent new quilt.
Xu Tian and Teacher Jin spread the quilt on the ground, and carried the body out and put it on the quilt, the body was not completely stiff, it should have died in the middle of the night, at that time Xu Tian and Teacher Jin should still be walking around in the forest.
The deceased's appearance was quite peaceful, and there were no injuries on his body, but Mr. Jin still saw a trace of incongruity, that is, there seemed to be a shallow handprint under the neck of the corpse.
Xu Tian and Teacher Jin looked at each other, although neither of them spoke, but they both began to doubt in their hearts, because this person seemed to have been strangled to death, and the reason why the handprint was relatively shallow may be because the person was about to die, but even so, someone still helped this person end his life.
"I strangled the man to death, just to give him a relief, if you want to arrest me, I have nothing to say, but I think I am helping him." The head of the class walked over with a towel and said.
"You're pretty honest, but I don't think you strangled this man." Xu Tian turned around and said.
The class leader was stunned for a moment, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Look at your hands, although you are very thick, your hands are not very thick, and the handprints under this person's neck are relatively thick, and your hands do not match this handprint at all." Xu Tian said.
"That's because I wore cotton gloves when I strangled him, and that's it." The head of the class took out a pair of cotton gloves from his pocket and said.
Xu Tian compared the cotton gloves under the neck of the deceased, not to mention, the gloves and handprints were completely consistent.
"Did you really kill someone?" Xu Tian asked.
"Is that still fake? I've never lied to anyone in my life, but this person is dying, he can't speak, it's very difficult to breathe, and it's very uncomfortable for people to look at it, what's wrong with me helping him get out? The class leader snatched the cotton gloves and said.
"You lied, you were a little frightened just now, but you recovered quickly, which shows that you are afraid that we will find out the truth, but the truth will not affect you personally, so you have not been terrified, which means that you want to help someone take the blame." Xu Tian said.
"What I say is what I say, now there will be no outsiders in this village at all, what can you do with me?" The class leader said in an arrogant tone.
"No matter what the circumstances, the murderer can't be let go, if you doubt my ability, then I can challenge you." Teacher Jin threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth and said with a serious face.
"I don't know who killed this person, but I know it must be someone from our troupe." The class leader pulled the old horse and approached Xu Tian and Teacher Jin and whispered.
"Why whisper? Are you afraid of being heard? Teacher Jin asked.
"Because I don't know what these boys are doing, since they came to the village, they have been restless, always thinking about going out in groups, I asked them what they were doing, and they didn't say, and then they were carried back last night with three dead people and one unconscious, after this happened, I lectured these boys overnight, but when I woke up, I found that another one was missing, and there is only so much I can say." The class leader said.
"And what about the murderer who strangled this man? Have you seen it? Xu Tian asked.
"I didn't see it, but last night it was just me and the old horse who slept in the house, and the unconscious boy was put in another hut, after all, is it sick! Everyone else slept in the wings, and I didn't sleep very well all night. The class leader said.
"But why are you so sure that someone from the troupe strangled this person?" Xu Tian asked.
"Because no one else knows that this kid was later put in the hut, which is next door to me and Lao Ma, and outsiders basically can't get in." The class leader said.
"Outsiders can't get in, how can the people from the troupe sleeping in the wing room come in?" Teacher Jin said suspiciously.