A few officials plus a dozen or so arresters were ordered by Chen Jinbao to go out to find those witnesses. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It didn't take long for the scholar, the young lady of the wine shop, the young master of the rice shop, the wife of the deceased, the family of the deceased, and the two of the deceased to be taken to the court and knelt down.

"Smack!"

The county magistrate made another shocking sound.

"These are the witnesses in this case?" The county magistrate asked.

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied, "Master Hui, exactly." ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and said, "Chen Zhutou, then I bother you to explain the case." ”

Chen Jinbao responded with a fist: "Yes! ”

After speaking, he walked to the deceased's family, pointed to Lu Dayou and asked, "Let me ask you, is this person often sending letters to your master?" Did you send a letter to your lord the day before yesterday? ”

Jia Ding raised his head and looked at Lu Dayou, and then said: "My lord, this person did send letters a few times, but he also said that he sent them to others, and there were other people who sent the letters, all of them said that they sent them to others, and there was no letter to the master the day before yesterday." ”

Chen Jinbao then asked: "Then are you sure that there is a person named Lu Dayou who wrote to your lord twice?" ”

The family nodded vigorously and said, "Go back to the adult, the villain can be sure." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then asked Lu Dayou: "Lu Dayou, you wrote a letter to the deceased, why do you have to say that you don't know the deceased?" “

Lu Dayou swallowed his saliva, then slammed his head on the ground and said, "Oh, my lord, the villain admits that the villain does know Wang Yiming, but that's an old friend." ”

"Smack!"

The county magistrate went down in shock again, and then said: "Boldly Diao the people, he actually lied in the public court, and someone was punished!" ”

The county master was just about to throw the token down, but Lu Dayou slammed his head on the floor again, crying and said: "My lord, listen to the villain's explanation, the villain is not a bad person, the villain lies for a reason!" ”

The county magistrate took back the token, and then asked, "Okay, then why did you lie in court if you came quickly." ”

Lu Dayou wiped his tears and said: "My lord, the villain and that Wang Yiming are friends in trouble, the villain's parents died when he was a teenager, and the land at home was also taken back by the landlord, and the villain can only rely on wandering around, working part-time jobs everywhere to barely survive, until now it has been more than ten years, the villain has not married so far, and then the villain came to this county, looking for things to do everywhere and can't find it, the money left on his body is almost gone, and he can't afford to live in a hotel. Then he committed suicide to see his parents, and then the villain found a restaurant and ordered a lot of dishes, the villain knew that the money on his body was not enough to eat, but the villain also wanted to open at the time, even if it was to eat no money The shopkeeper of the restaurant wanted to beat the villain to death, and the villain also thanked him for helping, at this time, the villain suddenly heard a cry, and looked around The result was that the man on the table next to him was crying while drinking, and the villain felt empathetic, so he went to his table to ask him what was wrong? He said that he had just come out of prison, and finally found a job to do, but he worked diligently for more than a month, and the steward felt that he was very diligent and liked him very much, who knew that when he chatted with the steward, he said that he had been in prison, and the steward became angry after hearing it, and immediately settled his salary and let him leave. He also said that there was a girl in the family who was still waiting for him to make money to go home and marry her, and he didn't know what to do now, and wanted to die. The villain saw that he was the same as the villain, so he chatted, and the villain learned that his name was Wang Yiming, and he was in prison for stealing money, and the villain also told him what happened to him, and finally we both decided to live a good life and make money to live a good life. He also took out all the money on his body and settled the account for the villain, and since then we have become good brothers, at that time we also worked for people everywhere, helped people everywhere, and finally we finally had some money, rented a field outside the southern city, and made a living from it. The villain thinks this is already very good, after all, compared to the previous wandering around, at least now it is stable, but he doesn't think so, he still has a girl waiting for him at home, he doesn't want to be so fed and clothed for three meals a day, he also wants to earn more money, so he proposed to the villain that he wants to leave this to go out to make a lot of money, the villain tried to persuade him at that time, but he couldn't persuade him, the villain took out all the money in the family for him to take away, but he only took part of it as a coil, saying that the family's money was left to the villain, and he went out to wander by himself, also said that after earning money, he would tell the villain about his family, and he would take the villain to eat and drink spicy food. The villain is actually not optimistic about him at all, because the villain himself used to wander everywhere, and finally had a warm quilt and felt that it was a fairy day, but he still had to take the road that the villain walked, so at that time the villain told him that if he couldn't earn money, he would come back, and this house was waiting for you to come back at any time. The villain thought that he would definitely not be able to make money, and he would definitely come back after a short time, but who knew that he would be gone for a few years, and when he came back a few years later, he would wear gold and silver, and he was still preparing to build a big house in Nancheng, and the villain knew that he was happy to earn money, and hurriedly ran to find him, as soon as the villain saw that he was just about to call him, he saw the villain, and the villain smiled at him at the time, but he glanced at the villain and turned around and left, and the villain understood that he was now a member of the family, how could he be with the villain a farmer. But after all, the previous feelings of shared hardship are still in the villain's heart, so the villain no longer sees him in the face of him, and only writes to him, and the villain still wants to inquire about what business he is doing, and wants to take care of his business, who knows that he is not doing business, and the villain does not know how he earned his money, and even the villain does not know when he dies. Adult, what the villain said is true, there is no lie, and the villain has saved some money now, returned the land to the landlord, and wants to leave the county to do some small business in other places, please let the villain leave early! ”

As soon as Lu Dayou's words were finished, the serious faces of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant softened, and the deceased's wife also sobbed quietly. ”

Lu Dayou replied: "My lord, he has never replied to the villain, and the villain can figure it out, but the feelings in the villain's heart are still there, so even if he doesn't reply to the villain, he still writes to him." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then asked, "Then what is the content of your letter?" ”

Lu Dayou continued: "Back to my lord, I just asked him how he was doing lately, some common things. ”

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng heard this, he said to the county magistrate: "My lord, it seems that this Wang Yiming is really not a righteous gentleman, but a villain who forgets his righteousness." ”

The county magistrate nodded and continued: "Chen Zhutou, why do you say that Lu Dayou killed someone?" Explain the reason quickly, or the judge will punish you. ”

Chen Jinbao's eyes widened when he heard this, and he thought, when did I say that he killed someone? I'm just saying that he's the most suspicious at the moment, didn't you ask me to find evidence that he killed someone?

Chen Jinbao, who came back to his senses, clasped his fists and said, "Master, the next official will come immediately." ”

After speaking, Chen Jinbao walked up to the deceased's wife and asked, "Madam, do you know this Lu Dayou?" ”

The deceased's wife sobbed and glanced at Lu Dayou and said, "Lord Hui, the slave family doesn't know this person, and I have never heard the minister talk about it." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then asked, "Then has the lady read your father-in-law's letter?" ”

The wife of the deceased continued: "I have never seen it, and the slave family of the Xianggong's study does not enter." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, clasped his fists at the county magistrate and said: "My lord, according to Lu Dayou's statement, he wrote letters to the deceased, and more than once or twice, and when the lower officials searched the deceased's study, they found a brazier, which was full of ashes, and the books in the deceased's study were almost untouched, so it seems that they were furnishings, so the ashes in the brazier should be letters, and the two adults think about why these letters were burned?" ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and said: "The brazier has also heard about it. It is said that there are letters from Lu Da, and there should be other people's, the deceased had no business, maybe some of the letters are business things, can it be said ......"

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng fell into deep thought before he finished speaking, and Chen Jinbao directly clenched his fists and said: "My lord, the deceased may be a villain who forgets his righteousness and burns the letter of his friend Lu Dayou in distress, but why did he burn other letters?" It can only be said that there is a problem with the money of the deceased. ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant both nodded, and Chen Jinbao turned his head and asked Lu Dayou: "Lu Dayou, you just said that the deceased had no business, and you don't know where the deceased's money came from, what do you mean but the deceased's money is definitely not clean?" ”

Lu Dayi slammed his head to the ground when he heard this, and said: "The villain is just telling the truth, and he doesn't mean to hurt his friends, the adults know it!" ”

"Smack!"

Another shocking sound went down, and the county magistrate said to Chen Jinbao: "Chen Zhutou, don't intimidate others, tell the case quickly." ”

Chen Jinbao rolled his eyes and thought, yes, the master is on the side of the suspect.

Chen Jinbao clasped his fists at the county magistrate and said, "Yes!" According to Mr. Liu's testimony, he entered the ghost house at two o'clock in the afternoon (about half past five in the afternoon), and then shouted a few times and saw that there was no one in the house, so he went directly around the hall and walked to the first room on the right side of the house, cleaned the house and stayed, which was the first person in the ghost house that night. ”

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng heard this, he then asked: "The first person, Chen Zhutou means that there is a second person and a third person?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied, "Lord Hui, this is indeed the case." ”

At this time, the scholar knelt down and asked: "Chen Zhutou, do you mean that there is another person in the house, and the students didn't know it at that time?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and said to the scholar, "You were already asleep at that time. ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard and asked, "Who is the second person?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master, the second person is the murderer, because he has to prepare in advance." ”

The county magistrate then asked, "Are you ready to kill?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied, "Yes, master, he is going to come to make up and pretend to be a ghost to kill the dead." ”

"Smack!"

Another shocking sound went down, and the county master then asked: "Could it be that the ghosts in the ghost house are all pretended by this person?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master Hui, this villain doesn't know, but at least the ghost who killed the dead was pretended by the murderer." ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and asked: "How to prove that the murderer pretended to be a ghost to kill people?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and replied, "My lord, this is the fourth person to enter the ghost house, and the hair found when the lower officials searched the scene." ”

After speaking, Chen Jinbao asked the official to present the hair, and then said: "My lord, these hairs were found in the room opposite Mr. Liu, why is one end of the hair dustier than the other, the reason is because this is a wig, and there is viscose at one end, which should have fallen off accidentally when the murderer was putting on makeup." ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant both looked at their hair carefully, and nodded at each other.

The county magistrate raised his head, looked at the two young boys and girls who were kneeling, and then asked, "Chen Zhutou, do you mean that these two teenagers are the fourth people to enter the ghost mansion?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Back to the master, the two of them also have a child, and they planned to enter the ghost house together to see what the ghost looks like, but who knows, as soon as the three of them entered the door of the house, they saw a figure shaking in the hall, and this figure was the deceased. The three children did not know whether it was a man or a ghost, except for this young lady, the other two ran away because they were afraid, and only this young lady quietly walked to the second window on the left side of the hall to see who it was, and it was because of this that she witnessed the moment of murder. ”

The county magistrate nodded and asked the wine shop lady, "You witnessed the moment of killing." ”

The lady nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I quietly walked to the window on the left side of the hall, and when I looked on it, I saw a man sitting on a chair in the hall and looking around, I was afraid that he would find out, so I only showed my eyes to see, who knew that he stood up at once, and looked at the painting hanging on the main seat of the hall, and walked towards it, at this time I saw a female ghost rushing out of the painting and stretched out her hand to grab his neck and push it back, I was so frightened that I covered my mouth and didn't scream, and then ran away." ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng stroked his beard and asked, "Chen Zhutou, is the female ghost that this young lady said pretending to be the murderer?" So why did he come out of the painting? ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "My lord, the murderer did not run out of the painting, but the position where the young lady was looking and the room were too dim at that time and formed an illusion. ”

"Smack!"

There was another shock, and then the county master asked again: "What does this mean, come quickly." ”

Chen Jinbao hugged his fists and replied: "Back to the master, when the lower official asked Miss, Miss said that the ghost rushed out of the painting, and the lower official couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, according to Miss, this ghost has a head, a body and hands, but the problem is that it rushed out of the painting, the painting is not big, and the lower body can definitely follow out of the painting, but the young lady thought for a long time and said that she didn't see the lower body of the ghost, so she saw an upper body stretching out her hands and pinching the neck of the deceased and pushing it back. Two adults, maybe this ghost is a half-ghoul with only the upper body, but there is also a second possibility, that is, the young lady has an illusion, when the young lady is located is the second window on the left side of the hall, just to see the side of the main seat, the painting hanging on the main seat also saw the upper and lower two painting scrolls, at this time the murderer suddenly rushed out of the door hole on the right side of the main seat and choked the neck of the deceased, it was night when the light was very dim, the place was originally a ghost house, and the murderer rushed out of the female ghost after makeup, It is understandable that the young lady would think that it was rushed out of the painting. ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng stroked his beard and said, "Hmm..... This is indeed a trick that was accidentally seen. Chen Zhutou, this official has heard of that painting, it is said to be very terrifying, can you present it to this official to read? ”

Chen Jinbao took out the painting from his chest, stepped forward and said, "My lord, please take a look." ”

The county lieutenant took Chen Jinbao's folded painting and opened it, his body was so frightened that his body was shocked, and he took it to the county lord to see, and after the county magistrate saw it, he could hear the county magistrate's panting sound under the public hall.

The county magistrate threw the painting aside, and then asked, "Chen Zhutou, are you sure that this case is not committed by a ghost?" ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master, the lower officials dare to guarantee that it is not a ghost murder. ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant both nodded, and then the county magistrate said, "Okay, Chen Zhutou, you can continue the case quickly." ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Yes!" According to the search of the hall, in addition to the chair on the right hand side of the hall, the other chairs were a little clean, according to the testimony of the wine shop, the murderer grabbed the deceased's neck and pushed it back. According to Mr. Liu's testimony, there was some rapid sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, which showed that the murderer accidentally touched and rubbed into those clean places when he pushed the deceased. ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard, and then asked, "Then why didn't Liu Song see anything when he arrived in the hall?" ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master, it was because Mr. Liu was a step slower, and Mr. Liu got up when the sound came out, and at this time the wine shop lady was already running out, and Mr. Liu didn't know where the sound came from, so he lit the fire candle and pushed open the door to the outside courtyard. At this time, Mr. Liu walked to the hall again, it was too late, because most of the deceased were already dead, and the murderer should have swinged the chair he encountered, and then got the body to the bed in the room opposite Mr. Liu, that place should be the room where the murderer used to make up, and it was a coincidence that the murderer missed Mr. Liu very coincidentally whether he made up or carried the body. ”

The county magistrate nodded while listening, and then asked, "What is the sound of the iron falling and rubbing?" ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master, that's the sound of a short knife falling and being kicked again!" ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng was a little puzzled and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "My lord, according to the search in the hall, there is a short knife in the corner of the wall, which can be determined to be brought by the deceased, and according to the testimony of the lady of the wine shop, it can also be determined that the murderer directly stretched out his hands to strangle the neck of the deceased. Moreover, the knife can be identified as the deceased, and it is not very clear why the deceased brought the knife to the lower ranks, it may be bold or it may be someone to kill. According to the situation of the deceased's body, the deceased was very frightened before he died, and it can be judged that he was frightened by the female ghost pretending to be the murderer, maybe he was scared off the knife at that time, or maybe he stabbed the murderer and was beaten off by the murderer. In short, the knife fell to the ground, and the murderer still grabbed the deceased's neck and pushed it back, so the knife was accidentally kicked into the corner. ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard, and then asked, "Then why didn't the murderer of the knife take it, but stayed at the scene to arouse suspicion?" ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master Hui, you don't need to take the knife away at all, you know, the location of the crime is a ghost house, and what is there in a ghost house that makes people feel strange?" And even if the family of the deceased reports to the official that the family is missing, the government will not necessarily search this ghost house, and even if it is searched, if it is found, it will only think of the ghost. ”

The county magistrate nodded while brushing his beard and said, "Hmm...... If it weren't for this, if the official hadn't asked you to investigate, the deceased would not have been found at all, and even if it was discovered, it would have been a long time later, and it would have been very difficult to handle the case, and the murderer would have gone unpunished. ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng nodded, and then asked Chen Jinbao: "Chen Zhutou, this official has something unclear, since the knife was brought by the deceased, why didn't the deceased resist?" The important thing is that the murderer messed up the furnishings in the house when he killed the deceased, and the murderer also put it in place before getting the deceased away, since it took some time, why hasn't he been bumped into by the scholar? ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "My lord, according to Mr. Liu's testimony, the sound at that time was just the so-called sound of rushing over boxes and cabinets, not a very loud sound. So the murderer probably didn't touch those chairs or anything like that at that time, maybe he just got it, or maybe he didn't get it at all, you must know that taking away the body is the most important thing, because if the body is placed in the hall, someone is curious to look inside the gate of the house and find the body. As for whether the knife brought by the deceased was taken away or not, it didn't matter at all, because even the corpse would not necessarily be found, and a knife was not unusual at all in a haunted house. ”

The county lieutenant stroked his beard and nodded, and then asked, "Didn't the murderer see the wine shop lady who ran out of the house at that time?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled, and then replied: "Xia Guan dares to assert that the murderer did not see the wine shop lady, because if he did, there would be no later incidents." At that time, the murderer was concentrating on strangling the deceased to death, and at that time, the murderer was pushing the deceased backwards, and he kept knocking until he rubbed against the chair until he pressed it to the ground, so he didn't hear the footsteps of the young lady when she was desperately trying to escape, not to mention that the young lady was originally a girl and was only fourteen years old, and the footsteps were definitely not loud. Xia Guan believed that the footsteps should have been drowned out by the sound of knocking against the chair, and as the young lady ran farther and farther, the footsteps became quieter and quieter. ”

The county magistrate nodded, and then asked, "Even if it makes sense here, didn't the murderer find Liu Song at that time?" ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master, the murderer should have found Mr. Liu after putting the body on the bed, because Mr. Liu came over with a fire candle at that time, and the murderer didn't expect that there were still people in the house. ”

The county magistrate asked, "What kind of accident?" ”

Chen Jinbao smiled and replied: "Master, the world is so unpredictable, just like this case, there are so many coincidences, according to Mr. Liu's testimony, when he saw the painting on the main seat of the hall, he was scared away. ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked suddenly enlightened, and Liu Song kept rubbing his chest, if it wasn't for this so-called ghost painting that saved his life, Liu Song would have died in Huangquan now.

At this time, the county magistrate asked again: "The official remembers that Liu Song once said that he ran back to his house at that time, and did not run out of the house. ”

Chen Jinbao replied: "Master, that's true, but does the murderer know where he is going?" If Mr. Liu's house is a few steps away from the doorway to the left of the main seat of the hall, but Mr. Liu is returning the same way and running back to the house after sparing a circle, the murderer probably thinks that Mr. Liu has run out of the house. And according to Mr. Liu's testimony, he also slept with the quilt over his head, according to the search in the house, the bed that Mr. Liu slept on was broken, and the whole bed was dented, Mr. Liu himself liked this kind of bed very much, maybe this bed also saved his life, even if the murderer heard something movement, go to the opposite room to see, if he didn't go to the bed and touch the quilt, he really didn't know that there was a person on the bed. So Xia Guan thought that the murderer really thought that Mr. Liu had run out of the house. ”

The county magistrate nodded with his beard, and then said, "Hmm...... This makes sense, Liu Song went back to the house to sleep, and the murderer left the house, but why did the body appear in the hall again the next night when the official ordered you to search? ”

Chen Jinbao hugged his fists and replied: "Back to the master, maybe the sky does not hide the traitor, or maybe the ghost in the house can't bear to watch the deceased and no one finds out, so he helps the lower official, and the murderer is also in the ghost house when the lower official leads people into the house for the first time." ”

"Smack!"

Another startling sound sounded, and the county magistrate asked, "The murderer was in the house at the time, so why didn't you arrest him?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master, please forgive the crime of ineffective handling of the case by the lower officials, the lower officials did not know that there were corpses in the house at that time. That night, Xia Guan took people to the ghost house, and did not go to the hall first, but bypassed the hall and went directly to the room where Mr. Liu lived, and after entering the house, he heard the sound of something falling, which should be the murderer dragging the body off the bed, the deceased has been dead for a day, and the body has stiffened, and it is normal to have that kind of sound. ”

The county magistrate asked again: "In that case, why don't you go and check what sounds carefully?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master, Xia Guan didn't expect it to be a corpse at the time, and Xia Guan also thought it was a ghost, so he didn't pay attention to the sound, but went back to the hall the same way, and went to find the painting that Mr. Liu said. At that time, the lower officials also thought that there were ghosts in the house, so they took people out of the ghost house. Xia Guan also said before, maybe it is because the sky does not hide the traitor, maybe there is a ghost in the house and also helped the yamen solve the case, when the murderer wanted to dispose of the body and drag it to the hall, he saw the arrester being stunned and shouting in the yard! ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng listened, and then asked, "Why did the murderer come to dispose of the body?" Isn't it safe to put in that house? And why did the murderer drag the body to the hall? What is he going to do with it? In addition to the matter of catching Zhao Dabao, the official has heard about it, and other things are bothered to explain to Chen Zhutou. ”

Chen Jinbao hugged his fists and replied: "Lord Hui, it is indeed the safest place to put the body in the house, but the murderer heard a rumor the day after he left, that is, the lady of the wine shop ran into the haunted house last night, and she went crazy after coming back." The murderer was very scared at the time, because he didn't know that he had come to the house last night, and he was frightened by what he saw, and the murderer was very scared at the time, and he was worried about what if the family of the wine shop lady reported to the police? What should I do if I ask the catcher to search the yard? What if the liquor store lady is stupid because she sees herself killing someone? It's okay if it's been too long, if it's only been a day, it's easy to be exposed, so he entered the house that night when there was no one on the street, but this time he was a step slower, because before him, Xia Guan led people in first, but Xia Guan didn't find the body. The murderer should be very happy, when he ran to the house where the body was placed, and it was on the opposite side of a group of catchers, when he dragged down the corpse, and was about to drag it to the hall, but who knew that he heard some movement, this movement was the sound of drawing a knife, at that time a catcher was frightened, heard the sound of the body falling out of bed and pulled out the knife, the murderer was startled, he didn't know what was going on, he was going to look around, who knew that he saw a group of catchers entering the hall, the murderer should have been frightened. According to the search of the house, the room opposite the room where Mr. Liu lived that night had very clean marks on both doors, and it can be judged that they were left by opening and closing the door, and the traces are very new, as if they were left recently, which can show that the murderer was very scared when he saw a group of fast arresters and closed the two doors of the house. But it didn't take long for Xia Guan to see the painting on the main seat of the hall, and he was startled, thinking that there must be ghosts in this house, so he left the house with people. The murderer thought that the catchers had found nothing and were scared away, so he dragged the body to the hall without worry. As a result, who knows, the catch is not finished at all, and there is a catcher shouting in the yard, this catcher is Zhao Dabao, he was laughed at and unwilling so he said that he would take half an hour in the house and then come out, but he was actually very scared, so he shouted to strengthen his courage, and he was still shouting the two catchers who teased him, and the next official guessed that the murderer heard Zhao Dabao shouting the two catches and ran back, and ran back to the room and closed the door again, the murderer should have been thinking about what to do. If you want to kill that catcher, he may not be able to beat it, and if you want to scare that catcher away, he doesn't make up, so I'm worried that I'll throw myself into the net. Just when the murderer didn't know what to do, Xia Guan came back with someone, but Xia Guan was just looking for a second stunned, not doing anything else. At that time, Xia Guan's subordinates quickly found the body lying in the hall, and Xia Guan took people up to see it, and it was precisely because of this that the murderer took advantage of a loophole. At that time, everyone's attention was on the corpse, and everyone was very scared, thinking that it was a ghost who killed people and everyone shrunk into a ball, and the murderer directly opened the door of the room to the outside courtyard, and ran out of the house directly, and the lower officials and the catchers did not notice that someone actually ran out behind, and my lord, you asked why the murderer dragged the corpse into the hall when disposing of the corpse, about this, the lower official thought that the murderer should have brought a sack, and he needed the knife that was not taken in the hall. ”

The county lieutenant stroked his beard, and then asked: "The reason why the murderer came with the sack was because he wanted to carry the corpse, and the reason why he needed the knife should be to divide the corpse into the sack and take it away, but why didn't he go to get the knife first?" The most important thing is why didn't he bring his own knife? ”

Chen Jinbao clasped his fists and replied: "My lord, Xia Guan suspects that the murderer may have forgotten where the knife was kicked, after all, the original plan was not to care about the knife at all, but he couldn't go to find the knife first, the top priority is to see if the body is still there, as for why the murderer didn't bring the knife himself, I don't know, maybe it is the short knife brought by the deceased to divide the body of the deceased What other meaning." ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and asked, "Don't you have any evidence about this?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "My lord, Xia Guan really has no evidence, but if you don't think so, you can't make sense why the corpse appeared in the hall!" ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other and nodded, and then the county magistrate continued to ask: "Chen Zhutou, then what evidence do you have that Lu Dayou murdered?" ”

This is the most critical place, how to prove that Lu Dayou killed someone? This can't be proved at all, it is said that now it is only necessary to prove that whoever invited the deceased to the ghost house must be the murderer, but who asked the deceased out? And now that Wang Fugui hasn't come back, what should I do now.

"Chen Zhutou?" The county magistrate spoke and asked Chen Jinbao.

Chen Jinbao came back to his senses and responded with his fists clenched: "Master." ”

"Do you have any proof?" The county magistrate asked again.

And Lu Dayou, who had been kneeling aside, couldn't hold back, and slammed his head on the ground and said: "My lord, the villain really didn't kill anyone, that person is the villain's brother, the villain is wronged!" ”

Chen Jinbao didn't know what to do, so he could only delay for a while, then walked up to the deceased's family and asked, "Let me ask you, have you seen this person send a letter to your master?" The day before yesterday, you saw him sending a letter to your lord? ”

Jia Ding said: "Back to the lord, the villain has indeed seen a few times this person sent letters to the master, and a few times he said that he sent it for others, and there was no letter to the master the day before yesterday." ”

"Smack!"

The county magistrate asked in shock: "Chen Zhutou, you should have already asked about this, and the official now asks you to come up with evidence to prove that Lu Dayou killed someone." ”

Chen Jinbao gritted his back molars, thinking to himself, if you want evidence, you can take it out directly, and you still need to ask.

"My lord, let the official ask a few more words." Chen Jinbao said with his fists clenched.

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other and nodded, and then the county magistrate said, "Then you ask quickly, don't waste time." ”

Chen Jinbao walked up to the deceased's wife again and asked, "Madam, let me ask you again, have you read your father-in-law's letter, and have you seen this Lu Dayou." ”

The wife of the deceased had been sobbing since she first heard Lu Dayou talk about her relationship with the deceased, and she had stopped, but she sobbed quietly when she heard Chen Jinbao tell the case, and she did not stop until now, and in the face of Chen Jinbao's questioning, she said: "My lord, the slave family has already told you, the slave family does not know this person, and has never heard Xiang Gong talk about it, and the slave family has never read Xiang Gong's letter. ”

"Smack!"

With another shock, the county magistrate asked again: "Why are you asking about this thing again?" ”

Chen Jinbao's head is big now, he ignored the county master, and walked to the side of the family and asked, "Before your master died, when did the last letter come?" ”

Jia Ding thought for a while and said, "Oh, my lord, the villain remembered, it was about five days ago, and this man did come to get the letter to the lord again, and it was the villain who received the letter." ”

As soon as Jia Ding's words were finished, Lu Dayou knocked on the ground again and said: "My lord, the villain is wronged, the villain did write a letter to Wang Yiming five days ago, and the letter was all homely, and it was said that the villain was leaving, and the villain hoped that he would come to send the villain, and it was not in vain that the villain and his suffering were in vain, but he still didn't come." That's what the villain wrote, please be aware of it! ”

Chen Jinbao didn't know what to do when he heard this, after all, the letter had been burned, and he didn't know what was written in the letter, what should he do now?

"My lord, if it's okay, can you let the villain go, the villain still has to move, and the car in the post house is still waiting for the villain." Lu Dayou said.

Chen Jinbao didn't know what to do at this time, where was the evidence? What exactly is the evidence? Why hasn't Fugui come back yet? What to do, what to do, this man is going to run.

"Smack!"

The county magistrate went down again in shock, and then asked: "Chen Zhutou, if you can't produce any more evidence, this official will punish you for the crime of indiscriminately arresting people." ”

Chen Jinbao really wants to slap the county master and the person who caught Lu Dayou back, what should I do? What to do? If the master was here at this time, his old man must have an idea, the case can only go here with his own ability so far, and the evidence must be investigated, what should I do? What to do? If this Lu Dayou is really the murderer, he must solve the case, otherwise it will be difficult for him to chase him back as soon as he runs, what should I do?

"Hmm!"

Chen Jinbao seemed to think of something, but his voice made everyone in the court very confused?

"Chen Zhutou?" The county lieutenant asked.

Chen Jinbao ignored him and rearranged his thoughts, according to the current situation, he can't confirm that Lu Dayou is the murderer, he just suspects him, what he wants to think about now is not to prove that the murderer is Lu Dayou, but to think who the murderer will be? You have to think about what the truth is, think about it carefully, this murderer has exploited a few loopholes, but there is something in the dark that wants to bring this murderer to justice, he has successfully drilled a few loopholes before he was caught, but a few times he was almost caught, then believe in those providence or ghosts in the dark, think carefully about the places where those murderers did not get into the loopholes, maybe there is something left, gamble!

"Smack!"

The county magistrate went down again in shock, and then said: "It seems that this official has to deal with the crime of Chen Zhutou indiscriminately enforcing the law, and the rest of the witnesses can retreat." Come! Hit Chen Jinbao's 20 big boards! ”

The other witnesses all stood up, and the county magistrate Yang Shenggang wanted to persuade the county magistrate, but the token in the county magistrate's hand had not been dropped, at this moment.

"Two adults!"

Chen Jinbao's roar frightened the county magistrate's tokens on the table.

"Chen Zhutou, you already have evidence?" The county lieutenant asked.

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and said: "My lord, according to the testimony of the lady of the wine shop, the female ghost who made up the murderer was dressed in white, with a lot of hair, and vaguely saw that the face was particularly white, maybe the murderer had destroyed the wig and the white powder used for makeup, but the white clothes could be replaced by white underwear, and the murderer may not have destroyed it." Moreover, according to the body of the deceased, the deceased was strangled to death, and there were scratches on his neck, that is, the deceased should have broken the skin of his neck and bled somewhat. Therefore, the lower official begged the adult to let Lu Dayou take off his outer clothes, check whether there are blood stains on his underwear, and then send someone to Lu Dayou's house to search all the white underwear to see if there are blood stains on it, and hand it over to the deceased for examination, if it is the blood stains of the deceased, then Lu Dayou must be the murderer. ”

When the county magistrate and the county lieutenant heard this, the county magistrate just wanted to pat the Tang Mu and say, I couldn't detect whose blood it was last time, and this time it came again? However, there seemed to be something really helping Chen Jinbao in the dark, and as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Dayou covered his chest in a panic.

When the county lieutenant saw Lu Dayou's appearance, he asked, "Lu Dayou, why do you look so flustered?" Take off your coat quickly! ”

At this time, Lu Dayou's face immediately changed, and he rushed towards the wine shop lady, reaching out to grab the wine shop lady, Chen Jinbao saw this situation and immediately drew his knife and rushed forward, but it was too late, only to see Lu Dayou stretch out his hand and prepare to grab the wine shop lady as a hostage.

"Ahh

This sound was shouted by Lu Dayou, and before his hand could catch the wine shop lady, he was grabbed by the wine shop lady's hands, and then he bit down.

Miss didn't talk nonsense, this time she wasn't afraid of this pretending ghost at all.

Lu Dayou was restrained by Chen Jinbao and several officials who ran up, pressed him to the ground, and the four officials crossed them with sticks, two against his armpit and two against his hips, this time he couldn't move.

"Smack!"

The county magistrate went down again with a startled sound, and this time the voice was louder than any time.

"Bold maniac, murder and absconding, and roaring in court, someone came to take off his coat!"

The four officials and Chen Jinbao set up Lu Dayou together, took off his coat, and found a small blood stain on the lower right side of his back, which should have been rubbed when he carried him away after killing the deceased.

This time Chen Jinbao was finally relieved, and finally he scared Lu Dayou out of his true face at the last moment, maybe there was really a ghost in that ghost house, but it was not a ghost.

"Put this madman in prison and interrogate him why he kills!" The county magistrate said.

"Yes!"

Several officials escorted Lu Dayou away, and the wife of the deceased kept chasing and scolding: "The beast is still my father-in-law!" Until he was stopped by two officials.

Yang Sheng, the county magistrate, said to the county magistrate with a smile: "My lord, Chen Zhutou has solved a strange case again, and he should be rewarded heavily, our county has Chen Zhutou is really favored by God, haha." ”

The county magistrate smiled at the county lieutenant, and then said to Chen Jinbao: "Jinbao, this official knows that with such a little time, you will definitely be able to find evidence, haha The disciple of "God Hunting" is worthy of his name, hahaha." ”

Chen Jinbao was not happy at all, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, and thought, it was really hanging, and he was almost beaten, but why didn't Fugui come back for so long?