When the two arrived in the village, they asked everywhere and found that Yang Ming ran out to ask later than the day before on the day his daughter-in-law died. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The two also met Wu Jie's daughter-in-law, her man was arrested and taken to the yamen, she cried and screamed at the door of the house, and several mothers-in-law were still beside her to persuade her. Chen Jinbao's master and apprentice deliberately walked around this mother-in-law, the reason was very simple, if these mothers-in-law found out, they would definitely run up to block Chen Jinbao and ask him why he wanted to arrest her man.

The two went up the hillside, and Wang Fugui looked around.

"Master, I just found out now that I don't need to go through the village to go to the grave of Shopkeeper Sun's mother from here, just go over it."

Chen Jinbao also looked at this place, it was true, and now Chen Jinbao was even more convinced that Yang Ming was the murderer.

"Fugui, pull out the knife, let's not bring the cuffs here, just the two of us must get Yang Ming back to the yamen."

Wang Fugui nodded, and the two of them pulled out their official knives with a "poof" and walked to Yang Ming's house. Only then did the two realize that the door was open, and there was no one inside.

"Master, Yang Ming is not at home."

Chen Jinbao rushed in, and everything inside was well placed, except for the wardrobe door open.

Wang Fugui shouted in surprise: "Master, that Yang Ming ran away?" ”

Chen Jinbao hurriedly walked to the wardrobe and looked through it, and found that the clothes didn't seem to be missing.

"Fugui, he shouldn't have run, and the clothes in the closet are not missing. Let's go out and find out. ”

The two ran out of the house, looking for them separately and shouting, at this time Wang Fugui shouted: "Master, come and see here." ”

Chen Jinbao immediately ran to Wang Fugui's side, and looked at Wang Fugui's finger, a big pit.

"Master, look what's going on."

Chen Jinbao touched his chin with his hand and thought, was this pit dug by Yang Ming? Why did Yang Ming dig this pit?

"Okay, Fugui doesn't care about this for now, let's go search his house first and see if we can find any clues. As for the others, let's leave them alone, and when we are sure that he is the murderer, we will not see anyone else, so we will go directly back to the yamen to get a wanted warrant for him. ”

Wang Fugui nodded, and the two began to search Yang Ming's house, according to Chen Jinbao's speculation, after Yang Ming killed his wife, he went out to release false news like the day before, so the body should have been in the house at the time, maybe there would be some clues.

While the two were searching, several arresters came over at this time.

"Boss."

Chen Jinbao turned his head and asked with a puzzled expression, "Who asked you to come?" ”

One of them hugged his fists and said: "It was the adults of Dali Temple who asked the small ones to come over, and he said that you must be here, and let the small ones come to tell you to go back." ”

Chen Jinbao was confused, not to mention how Ling Xianjie knew that I was here, the key was what he asked me to go back for?

"Okay, go back and tell Lord Ling that I know, and I'll go back when I'm done with things here."

After saying that, Chen Jinbao turned around and continued to search, but a few arrests still didn't leave, Chen Jinbao asked again: "I said that I would let you go back, do you have anything else?" ”

One of them quickly hugged his fists and said, "Boss, Lord Ling said, let you go back immediately, and said that if you don't follow the little one, let the little one pass on another word." Say that the person is already in the yamen, the evidence has been found, and you are one step too late. ”

Chen Jinbao understood when he heard this, Ling Xianjie had already taken Yang Ming away before he came here, and he also found evidence to identify Yang Ming as the murderer. This person's ability is indeed not small, and he has seen it himself, and it seems that he can enter Dali Temple because it depends on the master to let him.

"Fugui, let's go."

After speaking, Chen Jinbao walked out of Yang Ming's house, and Wang Fugui also followed, and the group walked towards the yamen.

After returning to the yamen, Chen Jinbao found that he had been promoted, Ling Xianjie was standing under the public hall waiting for Chen Jinbao to come over, Yang Ming was kneeling under the public court, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant were ready to interrogate the prisoners.

"Chen Zhutou, I've been waiting for you for a long time, why are you here now."

Hearing Ling Xianjie's greeting, Chen Jinbao hugged his fists at Ling Xianjie. The county magistrate saw that Chen Jinbao had arrived, and then said: "This Lord Ling, Chen Zhutou has arrived, you can quickly sit up and interrogate the prisoner, and the lower official can listen next to you." ”

Listening to the words of the county master, it can be seen that he is very afraid of Ling Xianjie, after all, the official level crushes people to death, not to mention that Ling Xianjie is still a Beijing official.

Ling Xianjie waved his hand and said, "No need for adults, you can judge you, I'll just listen to it." ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he couldn't do anything, so he could only sit down and pick up the startling wood and shoot it.

"Smack!"

"Who is kneeling in the hall?"

When Yang Ming heard this, he knocked his head to the ground and said: "Lord Hui, the villain's name is Yang Ming, he lives in a village outside Dongcheng, he was originally the cook of the Zhou family restaurant in Dongcheng, and now he is unemployed. ”

After listening to this, the county master glanced at Ling Xianjie, Ling Xianjie smiled at him and stretched out his hand, signaling for the county master to continue the trial.

"Smack!"

Another startling sound sounded, and the county magistrate then asked: "Yang Ming, now that Lord Zhiling of Dali Temple and the head catcher of this county have found out that you killed your wife, can you confess?" ”

Yang Ming slammed his head to the ground, and then said: "My lord, the villain has never killed the lady, the villain is wronged, the adult must be aware of it!" ”

The county magistrate saw that Yang Ming did not admit his guilt, and then looked at Ling Xianjie, wanting to ask Ling Xianjie what he meant.

Ling Xianjie smiled again and said to the county master: "My lord, since this Yang Ming does not admit his guilt, it is better to let Chen Zhutou tell me how this person committed the crime." ”

The county magistrate nodded vigorously, turned his head and said sharply to Chen Jinbao: "Chen Zhutou, quickly tell the truth about this person's crime." ”

Chen Jinbao hugged his fists, thinking to himself, what the hell, if you are afraid of him, you will come and yell at me.

"Master, when the lower official asked Yang Ming, he said that he worked as a cook in a restaurant for a living, and because he loved his wife, he didn't let his wife do any rough work; As a result, his wife generally does nothing at home. Yang Ming often goes out early and returns home late, and his wife often stays alone in the empty house, at that time, Xia Guan suspected that his wife was likely to have an affair with other men, and Xia Guan also went to ask the people in the village, and found that the idle mother-in-law in the village loved to talk about these things, and also said that Yang Ming's daughter-in-law went to steal men, and said that most of the disappearance was run away with other men. But the lower officials did not think that what they said was credible at all. ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard and looked at Ling Xianjie again, Ling Xianjie smiled and said, "My lord, why do you always come to see me?" ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he moved his buttocks, and then patted the shocked wood and said, "Chen Zhutou, why did you say this, why is what the woman in the village said not credible?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and continued: "Master, these mothers-in-law get together to talk about some things at home when they have nothing to do, but what they say is either an exaggeration or they can't get evidence of it, why do they say that Yang Ming's wife has an affair with outsiders, purely because Yang Ming's wife doesn't leave the house and doesn't contact people, and she usually greets her with a smile and doesn't talk to people, and Yang Ming goes out early and returns late, so they use this as a basis to say that Yang Ming's wife must be stealing men at home." Just like what the lower officials suspected, they just guessed. ”

The county magistrate nodded and stroked his beard, and then asked, "In that case, why did his wife disappear?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and said: "Master, Xiaguan has been thinking about why she, a person who doesn't like to contact people, disappeared, and Xiaguan also suspected Sun Wang, the shopkeeper of the teahouse, and Wu Jie, the woodcutter, whether they kidnapped the deceased or made an appointment with the deceased to let the deceased run away from home. But later clues told Xia Guan that this idea was wrong. ”

As soon as Chen Jinbao finished speaking, the county lieutenant twisted his beard and asked, "Chen Zhutou, is this case not the old mother of Sun Wang's family to defraud the corpse?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and continued: "My lord, the idea of deceiving the corpse was seen in his dream, and the things in the dream were only told to us, and we couldn't see it." ”

Yang Ming slammed his head on the floor again, and then shouted: "My lord, what the villain said is true, it is a dream from God to the villain, the old lady sees that the villain and the lady's family are harmonious and does not want the lady to die in vain, so he told the villain in the dream that the lady is in the coffin of the old mother of the shopkeeper Sun." What the villain said is true, if it is false, why did the villain's wife appear in the coffin of the old mother of the shopkeeper Sun? Please don't be suspicious of God's words, otherwise you will be easily damned. ”

After Yang Ming said this, he slammed his head on the floor again, Chen Jinbao originally thought that the county magistrate would be shocked when he heard what Yang Ming said and was punished by God, and then hit Yang Ming's board. Who knows, the county magistrate was stunned there, he was frightened by what Yang Ming said.

At this time, Ling Xianjie walked to Yang Ming's side with a smile, bowed down and said, "Hahaha, damnation, you really dare to say it." Why didn't you think of such a thing as a curse when you were hiding it? ”

Yang Ming kept his head down and didn't answer Ling Xianjie's words, Ling Xianjie stood up and said to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant: "Two adults, since the dream that Yang Ming said is favored by God, then let Chen Zhutou tell me whether God favors this murderer." ”

The county magistrate nodded to Ling Xianjie with a smile, and then said: "Then according to what Lord Ling said, Chen Zhutou, you just said that the clue told you that Sun Wang and Wu Jie are innocent, then you can tell the clue quickly." ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and continued: "Master, first of all, Sun Wang, he has no intersection with the deceased at all, and it is strange to even know the deceased, why would he kill the deceased?" The only possible opportunity to know the deceased is this Wu Jie, Wu Jie often frequented Sun Wang's teahouse, and the two had a little friendship, and Wu Jie was in the same village as the deceased, if Sun Wang wanted to know the deceased, he could only be introduced through Wu Jie, but why did Wu Jie introduce the deceased to Sun Shopkeeper? To explain this, unless the deceased did have some inexplicable relationship with Wu Jie, and then introduce the deceased to Sun Wang. There is no clue about this lower official, because Lord Ling arrested Wu Jie in prison for interrogation, and the lower official did not have the opportunity to question Wu Jie. ”

The county master was stunned for a moment when he heard Chen Jinbao's words, swallowed his saliva, and then looked at Ling Xianjie with a smile.

"Lord Ling, this ......."

Ling Xianjie smiled and replied: "My lord, there is indeed such a thing, but this has nothing to do with Chen Zhutou solving the case, and the murderer is this Yang Ming. ”

Yang Ming slammed his head on the floor again when he heard this, and he didn't shout yet. Ling Xianjie interrupted sharply: "Don't knock, no one can save you this time." ”

Yang Ming didn't care what Ling Xianjie said, raised his head and continued: "Adults, the villain and the lady have a very good relationship, why should the villain kill the lady, if the adults can't come up with evidence, then don't blame the villain for not being convinced." ”

Chen Jinbao glanced at Yang Ming, Ling Xianjie looked at Chen Jinbao again and smiled, and then Ling Xianjie said, "Chen Zhutou, you can continue." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then said: "My lords, although the lower officials have no proof of the relationship between the deceased and Wu Jie, the lower officials have evidence that the shopkeeper Sun and Wu Jie did not kill anyone. First of all, the time of the deceased's death (7 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock in the morning), the old mother of the shopkeeper Sun was buried at the moment of Chen (about 7:15 in the morning), in terms of time, the time of the deceased's death and the time of Sun Wang's mother's burial are conflicting. ”

After hearing this, the county magistrate immediately called a servant to ask for a re-examination of the body, and then smiled at Ling Xianjie, and then said, "Go on." ”

Chen Jinbao continued: "In addition to Sun Wang, it is Wu Jie, if Wu Jie killed someone and hid his body in the coffin of Sun Wang's mother, then he would not have happened to see Yang Ming digging the grave, but must have been guarding there." Xia Guan asked Wu Jie, Wu Jie said that he didn't see who the person digging the grave was, it stands to reason that Yang Ming must have seen it from his village, why didn't he recognize who he was? There is only one reason for this, he did happen to see someone digging a grave from a distance and ran to report to Sun Wang. Xia Guan also searched the place where Wu Jie saw Yang Ming digging the grave, where the branches had indeed been cut, and there were traces of cutting only far away from the grave, and there were no traces of the branches being cut near the grave, which really showed that Wu Jie was not lying. ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other and nodded, and then the county magistrate asked again: "Then how did Yang Ming find and kill his wife after the deceased disappeared?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and said: "Master, all of us have been deceived by Yang Ming, and his wife, the deceased, has never disappeared at all!" ”

Yang Ming slammed his head on the floor when he heard this, and shouted: "My lord, the villain's wife is really missing, and the villain has been looking for it everywhere, if you don't believe it, you can ask the people in the county, the villain was also ....... with a broom because he was looking for a lady."

"Shut up!"

Ling Xianjie shouted, Yang Ming closed his mouth, and the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were both startled.

"Yang Ming, how could this official and Chen Zhutou not have checked and asked, why did they say that the murderer was you, that must be another reason, you don't have to quibble, listen to Chen Zhutou finish speaking, see if you can still quibble."

When Ling Xianjie said this, he stared at Yang Ming viciously, and Yang Ming was furious by Ling Xianjie's eyes and closed his mouth.

Chen Jinbao saw that Yang Ming was quiet, and then said: "My lord, Yang Ming has hidden from the world, he knows that Sun Wang's mother is about to be buried in the first seven, and even inquired about where Sun Wang's mother is going to be buried." So he thought of a way to come out, first of all, let the whole county testify to him that his wife was missing, in fact, his wife was not missing, this was just a way he came up with before killing his wife, the day before he went around to ask people that his wife was missing, and ran throughout Dongcheng for a whole day, some people even thought that he had a brain problem, and beat him with a broom, this has nothing to do with it, as long as people can know that his wife is missing. Then he killed his wife the next day, and the murder weapon was naturally burned directly. But at that time, he was not in a hurry to hide the body in the coffin of Sun Wang's mother, of course, the funeral ceremony was not completed at this time, at this time he put the body at home, and then he went to perfect his lie. Yang Ming went out and began to look at the whole county, asking everywhere where his wife went, of course, the answers he got were that he didn't know, and then he went to find a few painters to paint a few portraits, saying that he wanted to post them, but in fact, the reason for doing so was just to perfect his lie. ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng listened to Chen Jinbao's words, stroked his beard and asked, "Chen Zhutou, Yang Ming knows where Sun Wang's mother is buried, who did you listen to about this?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and replied: "My lord, the lower official doesn't need to ask others, he can dig up Sun Wang's mother's grave, which shows that he knows where the grave is." ”

The county magistrate then asked: "Then he went around saying that the deceased was missing, and no one found out that his wife was not missing?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master, Yang Ming's own place is a little remote from the village, and the deceased did not like to socialize with people before his death, so no one will care about whether the deceased is missing or not." ”

Yang Ming listened to Chen Jinbao's words, his face began to become a little fierce, he stared at Chen Jinbao and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to this statement, the villain went out to spread rumors everywhere after killing his wife, so how did the villain hide the body in the coffin of Sun's shopkeeper's mother?" And when did the villain go to hide? Do you have any evidence on this? ”

Chen Jinbao looked at Yang Ming's slightly vicious eyes, and knew in his heart that this was the place to give him the final blow. Looking back, this case is actually not complicated, it's just that everyone was deceived by Yang Ming, but he still doesn't know about the evidence, Ling Xianjie should know.

Chen Jinbao turned his head to look at Ling Xianjie, Ling Xianjie looked at Chen Jinbao and turned his head again, it seemed that he didn't want to tell Chen Jinbao what the evidence was.

"Chen Zhutou? Didn't you hear what Yang Ming said? Hurry up and get the evidence. ”

Chen Jinbao faced the county magistrate with this question, and he didn't know how to answer, he had no evidence, and the clues in his mind seemed to be impossible to connect at all, and he didn't know if he could save the day this time like the previous times.

The county lieutenant Yang Sheng looked at Chen Jinbao's speechless appearance, and said to the county magistrate: "My lord, Chen Zhutou just said that he would let him examine the body again, maybe that is the evidence of Chen Zhutou, so the lower official thinks that it is better to wait for the results of the autopsy to make plans." ”

The county lieutenant also glanced at Ling Xianjie when he said this, and the county magistrate also glanced at Ling Xianjie after hearing this, it seems that these two people wanted to ask Ling Xianjie what he meant.

Ling Xianjie laughed, and then said: "Everyone, even if the autopsy results come out, the deceased died before Yang Ming went out the next day, then it makes sense according to Yang Ming's words, this is not evidence to identify Yang Ming as the murderer, it can only be said to rule out Sun Wang's suspicion." ”

When Yang Ming heard this, he felt that Ling Xianjie was helping him, and slammed his head on the ground to the county lord and the county lieutenant and said: "Two adults, this adult is right, the villain is not lying, it is indeed the villain lady who is missing, and the villain has been favored by God so that he can find the body of the lady. ”

After hearing this, the county magistrate stroked his beard and thought about it. At this moment, a servant ran up to him and said, "My lords, he has no ability to find out the exact time of the deceased's death. ”

This is undoubtedly a slap in the face to Chen Jinbao, not only can he not confirm that the murderer is Yang Ming, but he has not yet cleared Sun Wang's suspicion.

"Smack!"

With a startled sound, Chen Jinbao was startled.

"Chen Zhutou, this official is asking you now, where is the evidence?"

Chen Jinbao really didn't know how to answer the county master, so he could only say: "Master, the evidence is with Lord Ling, when the lower official went to search Yang Ming's house, Lord Ling sent someone to tell the lower official that the person has been caught, and the evidence is there, so let the lower official come back quickly." ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he looked at Ling Xianjie with a hesitant expression, Ling Xianjie turned his head with a smile, and the county magistrate saw that Ling Xianjie was unwilling to pay attention to him, so he turned around and said to Chen Jinbao: "Bold, dare to slander Lord Ling for no reason, and someone will beat Chen Jinbao on the twenty boards." ”

After speaking, the county master picked up the token and scared Chen Jinbao enough, and then Ling Xianjie spoke.

"Wait."

The county master hadn't thrown the token down yet, and when he heard Ling Xianjie's words, he could only take the token back.

Ling Xianjie smiled and said, "Why do you want to hit Chen Zhutou?" ”

The county magistrate smiled and clenched his fists and said to Ling Xianjie: "This, isn't this his disrespectful remarks to you?" ”

Ling Xianjie glanced at the county master, turned around with a smile and stared at Chen Jinbao, and then said, "This person is indeed inferior to Zheng Qing, but he is also much smarter than the official thinks, after all, he also thought of the right place." ”

The county magistrate smiled at Ling Xianjie's back, and Ling Xianjie kept staring at Chen Jinbao, and then he walked past Chen Jinbao, and then said to Yang Ming: "Yang Ming, after Sun Wang's mother was buried, the official didn't know when you went to dig the grave, but the official knew that you didn't do a good job when you hid the corpse, and the old lady didn't help you, so there were a few mud spots on the left sleeve of your daughter-in-law's corpse that seemed to be splashed up." ”

Yang Ming lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Ling Xianjie's eyes, he defended: "The villain doesn't know anything. ”

Ling Xianjie smiled, stood beside Yang Ming and continued, "Well, this official didn't say that you know anything. The official just thought that after the death of the deceased, the murderer dug the grave and the mud was splashed on the deceased, so the murderer must have a lot of mud on him. ”

Chen Jinbao suddenly realized, and Yang Ming was already trembling when he knelt.

Ling Xianjie continued: "This official believes that when you transported the body to Sun Wang's mother's grave, you must have found a piece of clothing to spread on the ground, and then put the body on it because you didn't want to stain the body. However, when you were digging the grave, you accidentally splashed a few mud spots on the left sleeve of the corpse, but unfortunately you didn't notice those small mud spots, and you saw that your body was too dirty to touch the corpse, so you grabbed the clothes that were spread on the ground and lifted the corpse, and then put them in the coffin, and then pushed the clothes up or down to take out the clothes. Then the coffin lid was covered and buried in the soil, and it was done without realizing it. But you still have a bit of a brain, and the dirty clothes and pants don't burn and end up being buried, because it's too time-consuming to watch these clothes burn to ashes and then dispose of them, you can't stay here too long, and you have to go out and perfect your lies. The officer dug up two coats, an underwear and a pair of pants around your house, both of which were quite dirty."

Yang Ming slammed his head on the floor when he heard this, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, that is the murderer to blame the villain, the villain went out at that time, these must have been buried by the murderer."

Ling Xianjie still smiled and said, "Hahaha, is it? But the official thought about it, you are still quite worried about the corpse being left at home, so it is better to deal with it early, so you must have gone back halfway when you were lying outside, of course, you must be closed and people can't find out, so no one should see you come back, but ah, you have to have a long snack, and after burying the corpse and burying the clothes, you must change your clothes, and as a result, the clothes you change are not the same."

As soon as Ling Xianjie finished speaking, Yang Ming's eyes widened and he looked at his clothes nervously, it seemed that he understood, and Chen Jinbao on the side also understood. Yang Ming returned home halfway through spreading lies, and after burying the body, he had to change his clothes because they were dirty, and the clothes he changed were not the same color as what he was wearing just now, at this time he went out again to spread his lies, his plan was very good, but unfortunately he wanted to leak a little, and as a result, this point was caught by Ling Xianjie.

Yang Ming stopped talking at all, Ling Xianjie looked at Yang Ming and smiled, and then said to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant: "Two adults, the reason why Yang Ming killed his wife should be the note in the deceased's shoes, at that time, after he killed his wife, he should have known where the note was, so he didn't search the body, but when he went to look for it later, he didn't find where the note was, so he had to dig the grave again to find the corpse, but who knew that he was seen by a woodcutter, and there was something later. I implore the two adults not to convict Yang Ming of his crimes, but to put him in prison first, so that I can interrogate him properly."

Of course, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant didn't dare to say no to Ling Xianjie, but Chen Jinbao still didn't know what was written on that note?