The search continues, and the torches of the arrested people in the empty house in the south city are shining all day, and this house has not been so popular for a long, long time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Master, what did you say?" Wang Fugui asked.

"First, go to all the rooms to see if the beds are as bad as the one of the scholars running around, and second, look around the house to see if there is any place to hide the corpses, and if only we could find out what we heard when we first came in." Chen Jinbao said.

"Master, the painting?"

"You don't have to worry about that, bring it back when you go back to the yamen, and you can help me figure out those few things."

"Yes! Master. ”

After saying that, Wang Fugui turned around and left, Chen Jinbao returned to the hall again, he still couldn't let go of the painting on the main seat, maybe he really couldn't do anything about this case, maybe the murder was really done by a ghost, otherwise why would a corpse appear for no reason.

Chen Jinbao swallowed his saliva and looked at this painting, the eyes of the woman in the painting were really terrifying, and the things in the painting were completely unhumane, why did the painter of this painting paint this painting, just because he saw this scene in the painting? Or does someone pay a lot of money for an artist to paint it? Even if someone asks him to paint, how much does it cost to paint something that is inhumane, and most importantly, why spend a lot of money on an artist to paint such a thing?

Chen Jinbao looked carefully at every corner of this painting, maybe he would find something, but he couldn't find any handwriting or any clues, and he didn't even know which river the river in the painting was. If this is the case, then the case may have something to do with the woman in the painting, and after returning to the yamen, you must ask the master Bo about this matter.

"Master!"

Chen Jinbao was startled by this voice, and turned his head to see that Wang Fugui was back.

"Have you figured it out?" Chen Jinbao asked.

"Master, it's all figured out, first of all, except for the bed where the scholar who is running around sleeps, the beds in the two rooms opposite the scholar are good, the room next to him has no bed, it should be the study or the bed has been moved, in addition, I also went to see their stove and thatched house, the brothers who searched there didn't find anything, the second is the place where the corpse is hidden, it is said that this house can not hide the corpse anywhere except for the corpse under the bed, including the stove room and the thatched house, which can be seen by pushing the door, But I think if no one comes to this house for a long time, then the corpse can be hidden anywhere, and finally it is the sound of something falling on the ground when we first entered, and the brother who searched the room opposite the scholar found that there was something dragging on the bed board, maybe the thing fell to the ground, and the sound it made was the sound we heard. ”

Chen Jinbao nodded after hearing this, and said, "Go to that room and have a look." ”

The two masters and apprentices came to the opposite side of the house where the scholar lived, and as soon as they entered the door, Wang Fugui pointed his hand and said, "Master, you see that is it." ”

Chen Jinbao walked to the bed and carefully looked at the marks left on the bed board, which already had a layer of ash, and there were obvious traces of something being dragged down on it.

Chen Jinbao touched his chin and looked at the bed, and said, "We also found the hair in this room just now." ”

Wang Fugui replied, "Yes, master, it's also in this room." ”

Chen Jinbao lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and immediately said to Wang Fugui: "Go and ask the brothers if there is anything else you have discovered, if you don't find it, go back to the yamen first." ”

"Yes!" Wang Fugui responded, turned around and ran.

At this time, Chen Jinbao's mind told him that the murderer was already obvious, but there were still a few things that were not clear, and even Chen Jinbao himself didn't believe in his brain, and he had to go back to the yamen to figure out some more things.

Chen Jinbao turned around and pointed with his hand at a searching catcher and said, "Go, call me the second stunned." ”

After listening to it, he responded with a fist, "Yes." "Turn around and run.

After a while, he was stunned and ran over, he still had palpitations, and there was still not much blood on his fat face.

"Boss, are you looking for me?" The second stunned hand was still a little trembling.

When Chen Jinbao saw his appearance, he asked, "Let me ask you again, did you really not see the corpse in the hall when you were shouting at the door of the hall just now?" ”

The second stunned replied: "If you look back, the little one really didn't see it, and the little one was frightened at that time, so how can I care about seeing what is in the hall." ”

Chen Jinbao's gaze fell on the second stunned, and asked again, "Are you sure you didn't see anything?" ”

The second stunned then replied: "If you look back, the little one really didn't see it." ”

As soon as the second stunned finished speaking, Chen Jinbao's eyes were still staring at him, staring at the second stunned hair, he felt that something was wrong, and immediately knelt down, and said to Chen Jinbao with a crying voice: "Boss, don't you suspect a small murderer." ”

Chen Jinbao touched his chin and said, "At present, this possibility cannot be ruled out. ”

When he heard this, he knocked his head on the floor and said: "Boss, although the little one doesn't have any big skills and is not smart, he still understands the truth of killing people to pay for his life, not to mention how dare the little one kill people under your nose." ”

The arrester who searched the house saw the appearance of the second stunned, and ran to a quick catcher and knelt down with the second stunned and said to Chen Jinbao: "Yes, the boss, we all understand, let him beat the prisoner with two fists, he can, let him kill how dare he have that guts, not to mention that he happened to be at the scene of the murder this time because the brothers were joking too much, boss, you must be aware of it." ”

As soon as the words fell, several searchable arresters ran over and prepared to kneel down and plead for Chen Jinbao.

"Alright, alright, go about your own business." Chen Jinbao waved his hand and said.

A few catchers took a quick look, but they didn't understand what Chen Jinbao was thinking, so they stayed there and stood.

"I'll just ask, and you'll react so much."

After speaking, Chen Jinbao helped up the second stunned and the other catcher.

"Boss, the little one was just scared like that, and you're here again."

Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry." ”

At this time, Wang Fugui ran over and didn't know what was going on when he saw this scene.

"Rich, let's talk about something." Chen Jinbao said.

The two were stunned and turned away, and a few catchers went back to do their own business, Wang Fugui stepped forward and said to Chen Jinbao: "Master, I have run everywhere, and the brothers have found nothing." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "Okay, tell the brothers to take the things they should take and take the team back to the yamen, and those who are not on duty today can go home directly." ”

After speaking, the catchers all conveyed one after another, and all the catchers began to be gathered together, and Chen Jinbao returned to the hall, looked at the painting on the main seat and swallowed his saliva unconsciously, reached out to take the painting, and rolled it up.

"Master, everyone is here, and there is absolutely no one missed this time." Wang Fugui ran and said.

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then said, "Okay, let's go." ”

A large group of catchers walked out of the house with torches, and there had never been so many catchers in the county.

After returning to the yamen, Chen Jinbao put down the painting, and the first thing he said to Wang Fugui: "Go and ask the corpse if he died when he died." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Fugui replied and left, while Chen Jinbao went to the yamen's house to find out who the deceased was.

When I arrived at the Yamen room, I found that the room was still lit.

After a while, an old man with a white beard walked up to Chen Jinbao.

When Chen Jinbao saw it, he immediately clasped his fists and shouted, "My lord." ”

This person is the chief of the county, the oldest of all the officials in the county, and he has not moved in the position of the chief book since he became an official after taking the meritorious examination, but this person is very similar to Chen Jinbao's master, they are all indisputable people, so they would rather spend their whole lives in the pile of papers, and they don't want to climb up again.

"Chen Zhutou, this official has been waiting for a long time."

Chen Jinbao then said: "My lord, I don't dare to be an official. ”

"Haha, Chen Zhutou is too polite, the identity of the deceased has been ascertained, this person's name is Wang Yiming, he was punished for stealing before, and within a few years after he was released from prison, he made a windfall for some reason, bought a house on Nancheng Street, and married a relative, and now has a son who is four years old."

When Chen Jinbao heard this, he touched his chin and asked, "The deceased has been in prison?" ”

"That's true."

Chen Jinbao asked again: "My lord, the lower official wants to ask again, can this person have business in his family, or how does this person live." ”

"Well, there is no record in the copywriting, maybe it is a part-time job for people everywhere, and there is no business."

"My lord, I want to ask you one more thing." Chen Jinbao said.

"It's okay to catch heads."

"Who used to live in that empty house in Huaishu Alley on South Street?"

The lord Bo Twist thought for a while and said: "That house used to be lived in by a family that sold calligraphy and paintings, but then the man in the family died, and the others were scattered, and the official did not know where he went. ”

When Chen Jinbao heard this, he was shocked, and when he came back to his senses, he asked again: "My lord, there is still something I want to ask." ”

"My lord, has there ever been a woman jumping into the river and committing suicide in our county before?"

The Lord thought for a moment and said, "Hmm...... This kind of thing should not have happened in this county in the past few years, but if it goes any further, the official will have to look at the documents, and if the head arrest is needed to solve the case, the official will send someone to inform the head catcher when he finds it. ”

Chen Jinbao said with a happy face: "Then there is Master Lao." ”

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay."

"Lord Xie, I'm bothering you at night."

"Hahaha, Chen Zhutou is too polite, the official is already old, and if he doesn't move, he will eat dry rice in the yamen."

It can be seen that the Lord Bo is still a very kind person.

After Chen Jinbao thanked the lord, he left the house, at this time it was said that Wang Fugui should be looking for himself everywhere, and now he is nowhere to be seen.

"Master!"

With a shout, Wang Fugui ran to Chen Jinbao.

"Fugui, did you ask?" Chen Jinbao asked.

Wang Fugui replied: "Master, I asked, the time of the deceased's death should be last night, and the cause of death should be strangulation, and the other ......"

"Wait a minute!"

Before Wang Fugui finished speaking, Chen Jinbao interrupted him.

"You said the deceased died last night?"

Wang Fugui replied: "Yes, master, it means that when the deceased died, only the scholar who ran around was in the house. ”

Chen Jinbao touched his chin, now things seem to be going where he thinks, but is it really that obvious?

"You just said that the deceased was strangled to death, let's be specific."

"Okay, master, the murderer should be a practitioner, and I also confirmed other places, so I delayed a little time."

"Say something." Chen Jinbao's eyes lit up and said.

"First of all, if a person is going to be strangled to death, his hands and feet must be beaten everywhere to struggle, so I asked him to take a closer look at his fingernails, maybe he can find something, but he finds nothing, so I think it should be a practitioner who completely restrained the deceased so that this situation happened."

"Hmm......" Chen Jinbao still put his hand on his chin, and his nose made this sound.

"You're right to suspect, but in case the murderer is not a practitioner....... That's ........"

Wang Fugui swallowed his saliva and said: "If it weren't for a practitioner, the deceased would not have been beaten or struggled by someone who was strangled to death, and his death was extremely hideous, then it would be really...... I have to suspect from the ghost. ”

When Chen Jinbao heard this, his back couldn't help but feel cold.

"Master, I also discovered one more thing."

"Say it quickly."

"Master, the clothes and pants of that corpse are very dirty."

"It's dirty?" Chen Jinbao asked.

"Yes, master, it's dirty, like it hasn't been washed for a long time, but it's strange to say, it's dirty in the back, and there's nothing in front at all."

Hearing this, Chen Jinbao was stunned, not because he thought of anything, but because he had seen the corpse himself, and he had turned it over to see it, but he only looked at what was pressed under the corpse, but he didn't look at what the back of the corpse looked like.

"Smack!" Chen Jinbao slapped his forehead.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Wang Fugui asked.

Chen Jinbao shook his head and said, "It's okay to be rich, you tell me what you think." ”

Wang Fugui thought for a while and said: "Master, if this thing was done by a person and all the clues have been found, then there should be no second person who has time to do this except for the scholar running around, of course, if it is a human crime, but if it is a ghost........

Chen Jinbao sorted out his thoughts and said: "Let's first say that the murderer is a person, but just talking about the scholar who committed the crime, it seems that the clues are a bit far-fetched." ”

Wang Fugui bit his thumb and said, "That's right, master, it's too strange to just say that tonight, the corpse appeared in the hall for no reason, and the deceased has been dead for a day and a night, how did that scholar do it?" ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, and a "hmm........." sound came out of his nose.

"Master, I just doubt that you are talking about this scholar....... Oh master, I'm just skeptical. After Wang Fugui finished speaking, he bowed to Chen Jinbao.

Chen Jinbao smiled and said: "You don't have to be like this, I was so skeptical at first, but there are still some things that I don't understand, at least that scholar is running around all day long, where did Er Stunned meet him, even if they meet by chance, Er Stunned is not a literati, will that scholar have anything to do with Er Stunned?" “

Wang Fugui nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Chen Jinbao then said to Wang Fugui: "First of all, the scholar must be suspicious, I have to tell the master about this matter first, and in addition, I have to deal with the painting." ”