The group returned to the yamen covered in dirt, Chen Jinbao found a table to spread out the burden, took out a kitchen knife with blood stains inside, a rope, a few broken firewood, and a dagger on the table.

Then, tying up the baggage, carrying two bags of jewelry, and was about to find the county lord (the second-in-command of the county government, equivalent to the current deputy county magistrate) to see what kind of treasures these are, Wang Fugui suddenly ran over.

"Master, the brothers let me ask you, can you leave without class today, you are too tired."

Chen Jinbao pursed his lips, and then said, "You go back and tell the brothers that the master's reward will come down tonight, so wait a while."

As soon as he heard that there was money to take, Wang Fugui suddenly showed a smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell my brothers right away, tell them to wait." As soon as he finished speaking, he ran out.

"Come back!"

Chen Jinbao shouted and called Wang Fugui back.

"Master, what else do you have to say?" Wang Fugui asked.

Chen Jinbao pointed to the things on the table and said, "You help me do a few things, first of all, go to the kitchen knife and ask if you can find out whose blood stains are on the kitchen knife rope and Chai He, and the dagger is also taken to compare the wounds of the corpse. Second, see if the rope is the same as the rope used to strangle the old lady's hanging daughter-in-law, and see if the rope is cut from one of the two ropes. Third, check whether these sections of firewood can be connected to the firewood that is pressed under the younger son's body, and ask the brothers who searched the eldest son's house if they found this kind of chopping knife in the stove room. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Fourth, check the county's brochure and see if you can find out what this old man is about. Originally, I thought it would be impossible to leave eight or nine, but after thinking about it, it's better to confirm it, okay, let's go."

"Yes!"

After speaking, Wang Fugui turned around and ran away, while Chen Jinbao came to the door of the county Cheng's house with these two bags of things.

"Tom, tom, tom."

After a while, the door opened.

"Who!" County Chengqiang opened a pair of sleepy eyes and asked angrily.

"My lord, the lower official has made amends to you and bothered you, but there is a case that needs your help." Chen Jinbao said.

The county man rubbed his eyes, saw clearly that it was Chen Jinbao, and then said: "There is a case, you are looking for the county magistrate to find the county lieutenant, what are you looking for this official for?"

Chen Jinbao took out one of the things in the baggage, shook it in front of the county Cheng's eyes, and said: "My lord, you usually know a lot about antiques, calligraphy and paintings, these two bags of things were found from the scene of the murder, you can help see what they are."

Xian Cheng stared at such a thing with round eyes, and took a closer look at it It was a jade bracelet, and even in the night, the color and workmanship of this jade bracelet were better than what I usually saw.

"Come in, come in."

The county hurriedly let Chen Jinbao in, lit the lamp, and spread out the two bags of things on the table.

"Oh my God."

Xian Cheng looked at these two piles of things, his eyes lit up, and Chen Jinbao, who didn't know how to do it, looked at the appearance of Lord Xiancheng, and thought in his heart, seeing that his thoughts had basically been determined.

"These things are rare things in the world, and it's a great honor to be able to see them."

"My lord, are these things that valuable?" Chen Jinbao asked with a puzzled expression.

The county Cheng glared at Chen Jinbao, his face was full of disdain, and said: "These are priceless treasures, how can they be measured by such mundane things as money."

Chen Jinbao didn't know what to say when he heard this, and he didn't know why he wanted to laugh if he wanted to laugh.

"Jinbao, tell the official that these treasures were found at the scene of the murder?" The county asked, staring at the jewelry.

Chen Jinbao clasped his fists at the county and said, "If you go back to the adult, you will find it at the scene of the murder, but these things are definitely not from that family, can you tell me where these things come from?" Or is the cause of it?"

The county man looked at these jewels with his beard and said: "Some of this has been said, some are antiquities of the Tang Dynasty, some are jade with very good color and workmanship, and some are gems from Fanbang."

Hearing this, Chen Jinbao said, "My lord, I'm sorry for you to tell me who should have these things."

The county man raised his head, stroked his beard and said, "If you are not an emperor and a general, how can you have it."

Chen Jinbao nodded, stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your help, it's enough for the lower officials to know this, your lords, let's rest, the lower officials will retire first."

After speaking, Chen Jinbao packed up the two baggage skins, and the county Cheng watched from the side, with a look of pity and reluctance.

Coming out of the county Cheng's house, Chen Jinbao returned to the original place, put the two burdens on the table, took out the paper full of hypotheses from his chest, and was about to take out the pen and ink to make another hypothesis, when Wang Fugui ran over.

"Master, let me tell you, I went to do a few things you explained, the dagger and the wounds of the two brothers of the Zhou family fit, the kitchen knife rope and the blood stains on the firewood are being tested, and a few sections of firewood and the younger son's body can be combined, the rope is indeed a rope for tying firewood, and it can be determined that it is cut from the rope that the daughter-in-law hanged, and I asked the brothers who searched, they said that they did not find a chopping kitchen knife, only a sharp kitchen knife, they thought that the family might only use a sharp kitchen knife, That's why I didn't report it. In the end, I asked the lord Bo to help check the details of this old man, and found that this old man is not from this county, he moved to us from another place 30 years ago, and now he has been dead for four years.

Chen Jinbao nodded, and then said, "You found out all these things so quickly?"

Wang Fugui smiled and said: "Master, how difficult can this be, first find the master Bo to tell this matter, and then go to the master Bo to check the things, and then I will do the chai He rope splicing, and after the matter is over, I will ask the searching brother, and when I go back to you to explain, I will first ask the result, and then the master Bo will ask the result."

Chen Jinbao looked at his capable apprentice, and thought to himself, if he had been a quick catcher a few years earlier, he would definitely be the one who was appreciated by the master, but he came to the yamen a few years late and became my apprentice, thinking about it, I still feel sorry for him.

"Oh, by the way, master, I also took the time to tell the brothers that the master is going to give out a reward tonight, and everyone is waiting for you to solve the case, and the brothers have been busy until now, and they haven't even eaten dinner."

"Hmm...... Okay, Fugui, you go and tell all the arresters involved in this case to get all the evidence and go to the court, and then go to tell the grandfather that the county lieutenant H has solved the case, and we are all waiting in the court. Oh, and also, tell the master that you don't need to order someone to ascend."

"Yes!"

After speaking, Wang Fugui ran in the direction of the county lord's house,

Chen Jinbao looked at the paper on which he wrote the hypothesis of the case, now there are a lot of new clues, there are few useful places written on this piece of paper, and there is no time to write it again now, there is no way, Chen Jinbao can only go to the court with two bags of jewelry.

When they arrived at the court, more than a dozen catchers stood there dirty, and when they saw Chen Jinbao coming, one catcher stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Boss, have you seen the ins and outs of this case?"

Chen Jinbao smiled and said, "It's almost."

Then another catcher said: "The boss really didn't treat us badly, it seems that the reward will definitely be given tonight, boss, do you really take half of your reward money out and invite the brothers to drink?"

Chen Jinbao glanced at him, and then said, "What? Don't you kid want me to invite?"

"Hahahaha!"

The court was filled with the laughter of the catchers.

"Hmm... Well.. Well.. Hmm..."

With a few dry coughs, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant arrived, followed by a master (the county magistrate's private secretary, not an official).

"Your Excellency!"

The catchers shouted in unison.

"Well, Chen Zhutou, you said that you have solved the case, but you asked the official not to be promoted, and you did not go to arrest the murderer, what does this mean?"

Chen Jinbao stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Master, I didn't go to the court because the lower officials felt that there was no need for this, and I didn't arrest the murderer because the murderer had no way to cause the crime."

The county magistrate felt confused when he heard Chen Jinbao's words, and asked, "What do you mean by this, come quickly."

Chen Jinbao hugged his fists again and said: "Back to the master, the murderer is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, she is dead."

As soon as Chen Jinbao's words came out, everyone in the court looked at each other, and even the county magistrate H county lieutenant couldn't believe it.

"Smack!" A startled wooden slam down.

"Jinbao, are you sure you're not wrong?"

"Back to my lords, the lower officials are not wrong."

The county lieutenant stroked his beard and listened to Chen Jinbao's words, and asked, "Jinbao, you dare to say that, there must be evidence, right?"

This county lieutenant's name is Yang Sheng, thirty-five years old, he was transferred from another county after Chen Jinbao's master Zheng Qing resigned, the only thing that this person is stronger than Zheng Qing is that he reads a lot, in addition, he has no skills, and his ability to solve cases is even worse than 108,000 miles, but he is well-known, loyal and modest, and no one hates him, and there are rumors among the people below that he was originally a civil official, and he was the master before he became a county lieutenant. in the future in order to climb to a higher position.

Chen Jinbao listened to the words of the county lieutenant and replied, "Yes, my lord."

The county magistrate continued: "Tell me quickly, what the hell is going on in the case."

Chen Jinbao began to speak: "Back to the master's words, this has to start with the old man of the Zhou family, if the lower officials did not guess that this person should be a tomb robber, the evidence is these things."

After speaking, Wang Fugui carried the two bags of jewelry to the county lord's table, as soon as the county lord opened it, the county lieutenant sitting on the side also leaned over to look, and when the baggage skin was completely opened, the two were startled, and picked it up one by one to see.

After a while, the county magistrate who came back to his senses pushed the two bags of things aside and said, "Jinbao, you go on."

Chen Jinbao continued: "Back to the master, these two bags of things have been seen by the county lord, saying that some of them are antiquities of the Tang Dynasty, some are jade with good color and workmanship, and some are gems of Fanbang, which are not available to the emperor's generals, so these things should be funeral goods. Of course, it can also be said that Old Man Zhou was a thief before, or it can be said that he was a thief in Jiangyang before, and this has nothing to do with this case, as long as you know that this is ill-gotten gains."

"Uh-huh....."

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said, "Go on."

"Yes, sir."

Chen Jinbao continued: "At the beginning, Xia Guan never understood why their house was built so strangely, a window in front of the house, a window behind the back, the front window in the left room, and the back window in the right room, and then Xia Guan thought about it, maybe people like this way so they built it, until later I listened to the words of the family who had an affair with the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and thought of a possibility, both rooms are two windows, one in front and one in the back, and one of the two windows in the back is the eldest son's house, One is the youngest son's house, so could it be that the old man of the Zhou family divided the pile of jewels into two parts and buried them under the windows of the two brothers? And these two windows have other meanings, that is, any of the two brothers will be found if they go to dig others, so the lower official ordered someone to dig it, and it turned out that a bag was dug under the window of the younger son, and nothing was dug under the window of the eldest son, and finally a second bag was found in the field, and there was a kitchen knife with a large blood stain, a few long and short broken firewood stained with blood stains, a rope with blood stains, and a dagger inlaid with jade."

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng nodded again and again when he heard this, and asked Chen Jinbao: "Then does the contents of this second package have any connection with the case?"

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied, "If you go back to your lordship, this second package of things is a very important clue, it explains all the doubts left by our first search."

The county magistrate was a little impatient and said, "Don't sell Guanzi, keep talking."

"Yes, master, recall what the family said, he said that the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family was drunk and said something about the treasure, at that time the grandfather also asked him how the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family took a fancy to you, according to him, it was because the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family was not angry, she couldn't give birth to a child, she treated her as an outsider, and she hid it from her, so she secretly had fun with other men, and the lower officials could be sure that this family member was not lying, and the treasure should be overheard by the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, she didn't know what the treasure was and didn't know where the treasure was. So why did she have time to dig up these things while her eldest son and younger son were away, but she used the time to steal fun with other men, but the problem now is that the things have been dug up and buried elsewhere.

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and asked Chen Jinbao: "Why do you have to bury it in another place when you dig it out?" And the things are already in your hands, why do you want to kill people?"

After hearing this, Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "If you go back to your lordship, this is the cause of this case."

"What?"

The county magistrate looked at Chen Jinbao with a surprised expression, and Chen Jinbao still hugged his fists and replied unhurriedly: "Back to the master, maybe Zhou Pin, the eldest brother of the Zhou family, heard his mother say how valuable this treasure is, but he has never seen these things, this time he saw them with his own eyes, and there is a bag of such things in his brother's."

"Hmm...... But even if he kills him, it is also to kill his brother, why is the old mother in the family also murdered? ”

Hearing the county lieutenant ask, Chen Jinbao smiled and replied with a fist: "Lord Hui, because the two of them didn't want to kill their brother at the beginning, to be precise, they should have thought about it and haven't done it yet." ”

"Smack!"

The county lord was shocked and said, "What evidence do you have for saying that?" ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Back to the master, the evidence is later." ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said, "Then come quickly." ”

"Yes, sir! From the post-mortem examination, it is shown that the old lady died at the end of the day (5 am to 7 am), and the other three deceased died at the time (1 pm to 3 pm) Why is there such a big time difference, the lower official speculated that the three should have committed the crime together, strangled the old lady, hid in the closet, and stuffed the old lady's body, and collapsed the mattress too hard, why the top two beds of the mattress are the most messy is this reason, the mattress that fell on the ground was not folded and put in, this is not the point. The point is that later there was a disagreement between the three of them, the reason should be the uneven distribution of spoils, the eldest son Zhou Pin is a family of two, and the younger son Zhou De has not married so far. ”

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng heard this, he asked Chen Jinbao: "Then why did you kill the old lady?" And why hasn't the jewelry under the window been dug up from under the window of my youngest son? ”

"Lord Hui, the lower officials speculated that before he died, Old Man Zhou made an order, saying that a lot of jewels were buried under the windows of the two brothers' houses, and that those jewels were resolutely not allowed to be touched before the death of the two children's mothers. Maybe the two brothers were not present when this order was made, it was the old lady who told them afterwards, or maybe the two brothers were present, there is no evidence about this, but this is not the important part of the case, the treasure of the youngest son Zhou De was not dug up, and the lower official believes that it is also the reason for the uneven distribution of spoils. ”

"Smack!" The county magistrate went down in shock.

"This is the motive of the perpetrator, how can it be said that it is insignificant? If the motive is wrong, how can the subsequent speculation be justified? ”

Chen Jinbao listened to the county master's question, smiled, and replied with a fist: "Back to the prince, the speculation of the lower officials is indeed one-sided, but if this speculation is wrong, there will be no next thing, you must know that clues can be used to deceive people, but the clues themselves do not lie." ”

"Smack!" The county magistrate was shocked again.

"Then the official thinks that your guess is correct, what happened next, come quickly."

"Yes, sir! Then, while the family was having breakfast, the eldest son, who had dug up the treasure, told the old lady about it, and explained that because he was the most important for the living, he asked his brother to dig up the treasure buried under his window. But the old lady resolutely refused, so that the three brothers and daughter-in-law moved to kill. ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng listened for a long time and said, "Even so, why did the three of them hide the old lady's body in the closet to arouse suspicion?" ”

"Back to my lord! That's true, but it makes sense if the three of them don't share the spoils evenly. ”

Listening to Chen Jinbao's words, the county magistrate twisted his beard and said, "Huh? What does this mean, come quickly. ”

"Go back to the master! If the three people divide the spoils evenly and kill the old lady, the body should be buried immediately or destroyed in other ways, but the real situation is that the old lady's body has been kept in the closet, and there is only one way to explain it. The corpse was disposed of again, and the treasure of the youngest son was not dug up, and it was precisely because of the uneven distribution of the spoils that the soil was not touched for the time being."

"Hmmm......"

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant twisted their beards together, expressing their agreement with Chen Jinbao's statement.

Seeing this, Chen Jinbao continued: "If you want to ask the lower official what the evidence is for this, the lower official can only say that the evidence is the next thing, the three brothers and daughter-in-law have not been able to reach a consensus, doing what they usually do, taking care of the farmland, feeding the livestock and the like, but in fact, the eldest daughter-in-law understands one thing in her heart, compared to the two brothers who are outsiders, and the uneven distribution of spoils is also because of one more person, if the two brothers reach a consensus, they will definitely die, so the later case happened." ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard while nodding his head and said, "Well, according to that, the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family does have a motive to kill." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the two brothers of the Zhou family were killed by sharp blades, the eldest son Zhou Pin was stabbed in the back, and the younger son Zhou De was stabbed in the chest, and the murder weapon is this, if the lower official did not guess wrong, there are still blood stains in the scabbard of this dagger."

Chen Jinbao took out the dagger inlaid with jade and stepped forward to present it to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate looked at the dagger, nodded and said, "It is indeed a treasure, but once this thing is closed, you really can't see that this is a sharp blade if you don't look carefully." ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and continued: "Master, this dagger was found from the burden in the field, and the people who know this dagger are only the eldest son. ”

The county lieutenant stroked his beard, and said to Chen Jinbao with bright eyes: "Only the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family can kill Zhou Pin." ”

"Exactly! Xia Guan thought about it, why did the eldest daughter-in-law use this dagger to kill people? Why don't you use this baby dagger instead of a kitchen knife at home? Later, Xia Guan saw the bloody kitchen knife in the baggage found in the field and thought of it, the reason was that the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family found that the kitchen knife on the stove was lost. ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he was a little puzzled and asked: "If you lose a knife, you can use another knife, why can this be evidence of killing people with a dagger." ”

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng twisted his beard and thought for a while, and said: "My lord, Chen Zhutou should mean that the knife on the stove has been lost, and if you take another one to commit murder, in order to avoid extraneous branches, you must destroy this murder weapon afterwards, if the people from the government come to check and find that there is not a single kitchen knife on the stove, they will definitely be suspicious of the daughter-in-law who often revolves around the stove." And Xia Guan thought that the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family might have discovered that the knife was missing, so she was even more sure that she would die. ”

Chen Jinbao smiled, clasped his fists and said, "Lord Hui, that's exactly the case!" The handful of vegetables that was lost was in the hands of his youngest son Zhou De, and there were traces of his blood on it. ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he said, "Where is that kitchen knife, bring it quickly." ”

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and said: "Master, the knife is now there, and it is confirming whether the bloodstains are the youngest son Zhou De's, I believe it won't take long to know the result." ”

The county magistrate nodded and said, "Okay, what's next in the case, come quickly." ”

"Yes, sir! The daughter-in-law of the Zhou family is not stupid, she knows that it is best to take away the clues and murder weapons left after the killing, this is the reason why the lower officials found firewood, ropes, and kitchen knives in the baggage, the government could not find any clues, and it must be difficult to handle the case, so she thought of the dagger inlaid with jade in the baggage, after this treasure was used to kill people, it could also be taken away and sold, so she took out this dagger from the field and killed her husband, the evidence is that the wound caused by this dagger to the corpse is stable, and this murder weapon is except for the eldest son of the Zhou family, Only the daughter-in-law knows where. ”

"Uh-huh......."

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant both stroked their beards and nodded, and at this time the county magistrate asked again: "Was the youngest son Zhou De also killed by his daughter-in-law?" ”

"Master Hui, yes! After the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family killed her husband, she should have disposed of the body quickly, even if a woman didn't have the strength to transport the body outside, she should have hidden it in the cabinet like the old lady's body, but this was not the case at the scene, why? Why did the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family hide the body, because she was afraid of being discovered, and there was no outsider in the family, but she was afraid that her uncle would find out, but the body was not disposed of, the reason was that the youngest son Zhou De knew that his eldest brother was dead. ”

The county magistrate was startled, came back to his senses and smashed the startled wood in his hand.

"Smack!"

"You mean to say that the daughter-in-law and the youngest son were accomplices and killed the eldest son of the Zhou family together?"

"Back to the words of the master! No, if the two are accomplices, it means that the two have reached a consensus to share the spoils when the eldest son is still alive, if so, after the eldest son of the Zhou family is killed, the body will not be found at the scene of the murder at all. ”

Hearing this, the county lieutenant began to be a little confused, and asked: "Chen Zhutou, according to your meaning, the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family did not hide the body after killing her husband because the younger son knew about it, and the younger son was not her accomplice, what does this mean?" ”

"Back to the words of my lord! The daughter-in-law of the Zhou family should have been found by her youngest son Zhou De when she was looking for the kitchen knife in the house after killing her husband, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family only had to tell his uncle, originally the sister-in-law didn't want to take much of it, but your brother wanted more, and even wanted to kill the two of us, there was a kitchen knife in the stove room was gone, and the sister-in-law was too scared to kill your brother, and now the matter is irreparable, the things are divided between the two of us, you are the Zhou family, you take more, and I will have less. In this case, as long as the youngest son Zhou De is stabilized, then the next step can be carried out. ”

After listening to this, the county magistrate then asked: "Then how did she kill the youngest son of the Zhou family later?" ”

"Go back to the master! The youngest son of the Zhou family should have agreed first, and he already wanted to kill his eldest brother and sister-in-law in his heart, because the kitchen knife he lost was there, and his sister-in-law didn't know it yet. And the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family also knew in her heart that the kitchen knife she lost was not with her husband, it must be with her uncle, and her uncle could guess what he was doing with the kitchen knife. The two reached a verbal agreement, the first thing was not to divide the spoils, but to dispose of the two corpses. ”

"Hmm...... According to your statement, the youngest son Zhou De was killed by his daughter-in-law, what evidence do you have? The county magistrate asked.

"Go back to the master! The evidence is Chai He and the rope, both of which have blood stains, and they are all being tested, and the lower officials can assert that the blood stains are the youngest son Zhou De's. ”

The county magistrate twisted his beard and asked, "Chai He and the rope?" What does this mean? “

"Go back to the master! Xiaguan found a piece of rope and a few broken firewood in the baggage, and all of them had blood stains, and the rope was confirmed to be a cut on the rope that the daughter-in-law hanged later, and the lower official also said just now that the daughter-in-law and the youngest son each have their own ghosts, but it is not easy for the daughter-in-law to kill a man who wants to kill herself as a woman, and she thought of a way to come out, this way to ask the two adults to let the lower official talk about it for a while. ”

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other and nodded, and then the county magistrate said, "Okay, you talk about the development of the case first." ”

"Thank you, two adults! First of all, Chai He and rope are only in the eldest son's house, the eldest daughter-in-law must know where to put them, it is very easy to get these two things, and it is very easy to hide, Chai He can be hidden in the sleeve, the rope can be hidden on the body, the younger son found that after the eldest brother died, the eldest daughter-in-law only used to clean the scene as an excuse to get these two things in the house, and the younger son will not be suspicious, because the scene must have been cleaned when the old lady died. After the daughter-in-law got the things and came out, the first thing for the two of them was to dispose of the two corpses, and the first thing they chose was to deal with the old lady, after the two entered the house, it should be the eldest daughter-in-law who went to the place where the old lady died, and the younger son did not go in, the reason why the lower official said this was because the younger son was going to get the kitchen knife that was hidden by himself."

County Lieutenant Yang Sheng nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "Go get a kitchen knife, are you going to kill your sister-in-law?"

"Yes, sir! Xia Guan thought that at that time, the younger son must have found a very unreasonable reason to say that he would come back later, and go back to the house to get a knife by himself, and the eldest daughter-in-law also understood after entering the house that Zhou De was going to do it, and at this time, the eldest daughter-in-law also needed some time to implement the method of killing Zhou De."

"How?" The county magistrate asked.

"Go back to the master! This method is to pull out the dagger and tie it to the front of the wood with a rope."

"This ......." The county magistrate was speechless for a while, and the county lieutenant didn't know what to say.

Chen Jinbao saw the doubts of the two adults, clenched his fists and continued: "Go back to adults!" Don't underestimate such a thing, the youngest son was stabbed in the chest by this thing."

After speaking, Chen Jinbao shouted: "Wang Fugui!"

"The little ones are here!"

"Tell the two adults, how long is it to connect a few sections of broken firewood? How long is it to tie a dagger to the front?"

"Two adults, after Chai He is connected, there is a foot and a half (49.995 cm), if the dagger is tied to the front end, it is two feet (66.66 cm) away."

"Two adults, you must know that the youngest son Zhou De only has a kitchen knife in his hand."

The county magistrate stroked his beard and listened to Chen Jinbao's words, and asked, "Even so, what evidence do you have to prove that the youngest son Zhou De was killed by his daughter-in-law?"

"Go back to the master! The villain has just said, and the evidence is a few sections of broken firewood, kitchen knives, and blood stains on the rope. This case is relatively easy to understand by now, it is just a matter of finding out who died first and who died later, and if you find out who died last, who is the real murderer. At that time, the youngest son must have taken out a kitchen knife from his own house, and then walked to his daughter-in-law who was cleaning up the body in the old lady's house, and the daughter-in-law was making her murder weapon, pulling out the old lady's body while doing it, and making a sound to make the younger son neglect to take precautions, but when she did it, she found a problem, the rope was too long, and in desperation, she could only use a dagger to cut off the excess rope, and after doing it successfully, she went out to find the youngest son Zhou De, and at this time the youngest son Zhou De was also looking for her, the two looked at each other and walked, maybe a few words, This doesn't matter, both of them hid the murder weapon behind them, and when they were about to meet, the two pulled out the murder weapon at the same time, one stabbed and the other cut over, of course, the ending was that the younger son had not cut his sister-in-law, he had been stabbed into the chest with a dagger, and the eldest daughter-in-law did not pull out the knife immediately, but kept pushing forward, although the younger son was stabbed but not dead, he grabbed the murder weapon, and the knife in his hand was not put down. If the eldest daughter-in-law wants to push until the younger son dies, and the younger son grabs the chai with his hands due to severe pain, the chai he can easily break into several sections, and one of them falls to the ground and is pressed under the corpse."

When the county magistrate heard this, he stroked his beard and asked, "In that case, why did the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family hang herself?"

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied, "Go back to the master!" This is where this case can be called a strange case, Xia Guan thought, why didn't the eldest daughter-in-law dig up the things under the younger son's window after killing the younger son? Later, Xia Guan saw the clues in the baggage and figured it out, because the situation at the scene did not allow her to do this, at that time, the body of the youngest son fell at the door, the blood had flowed out, the broken firewood was scattered on the ground, and the kitchen knife on the ground was not far from the corpse It had been affected by the blood, at this time she had to deal with the clues next to the younger son's corpse, first pulled out the murder weapon dagger and closed the scabbard, then picked up the kitchen knife on the ground, and then picked up the broken firewood on the ground one by one and took the rope that tied the firewood dagger. Run to the place where the baggage is buried in the field and put all these things in the baggage. At this point, Xia Guan couldn't understand why she didn't dig up her youngest son's treasure after putting her things away? The reason is, she's not going to run away."

"What?"

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant were stunned for a moment, and after a while, the county magistrate who came back to his senses picked up the startling wood and smashed it.

"Smack!"

What does that mean? Come on."

"Go back to the master! Xia Guan speculated that the eldest daughter-in-law saw that there were three corpses that needed to be disposed of, and that someone was going to collect rent today, and that she would definitely be traced if she ran, so it was better to stay, and when she was a victim, she ran to report to the official, and lied that her family had been robbed at home, and her family was dead, and she was spared only if she went out for something, so she naturally didn't have to dig up her youngest son's treasures, and if she dug it, the government sent someone to find out that the soil had been dug up and must have been suspected, and the people were already dead, and the thing must be their own, and it was very simple to make it look like a robber. But there is a problem, the two brothers were stabbed to death with a knife, but the old lady was strangled to death, which robber would use a rope to rob and kill people in the house? So the eldest daughter-in-law thought of a way to make the illusion that the old lady would hang herself, so that she would report to the official, and the government would send someone to investigate, which could be regarded as the robber killed the two brothers, but did not kill the old lady, and the old lady hanged herself after seeing the two sons die, or when the robbers came, the two brothers hid the old lady in the closet, and after the robbers left, the old lady came out and saw her son dead and hanged herself."

After hearing this, the county magistrate asked again: "The daughter-in-law of the Zhou family wants to make the illusion that her mother hanged herself?" Do you have proof of this?"

"Go back to the master! The evidence is that the rope that the daughter-in-law used to hang the old lady and the rope that tied a dagger to stab the younger son to death were one, and they were cut into two."

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng heard this, he twisted his beard and said, "Huh? No, wasn't the rope that tied the dagger cut from the rope that hanged the daughter-in-law....... Do you say?"

Chen Jinbao looked at the county lieutenant with a suddenly realized expression, clenched his fists and said, "That's right, my lord!" That's right, the daughter-in-law took out the rope on her body, and wanted to find a place to hang it first, first of all, the beam was not too high, and she looked around and found the tree behind the old lady's house, and why she hanged herself, Xia Guan couldn't figure it out at the time, until she found out that the rope that tied the dagger was cut from the hanging rope and figured it out. Two adults, it is said that the way to tie the hanging rope is very simple, just wrap one end of the rope around the branch, and then hold the rope to tie a knot at both ends, and the daughter-in-law's hanging rope is indeed tied to the branch at one end, and a ring is tied at the other end, which shows that this hanging rope is short because it has been cut."

The county magistrate nodded again and again, twisted his beard and asked, "Then how did she hang herself?"

Chen Jinbao clenched his fists and replied: "Master, look at this stone, this is a stone under the feet of the eldest daughter-in-law, at that time she should have stood on this stone and tied the upper hanging rope, but because the rope was tied because it was short, so she wanted to try this ring with a big ring and a small ring, and it was not strange if she could fit a head, but at this moment an accident happened, the stone did not stand firm and fell."

The county magistrate thought for a while, and then asked, "How do you prove this?" ”

"Master, please look at this stone, the crux of the problem is that this stone is not heavy, and it is not stable, the situation at the scene was very strange, the stone was placed horizontally at the feet of the daughter-in-law, the problem is here, she did not kick the stone away, the lower official believes that the daughter-in-law did not want to die at that time, and her feet have been reaching the stone, you can ask the husband about this matter, and see if the strangulation marks on the daughter-in-law's neck are half deep and large, and half of the shallow range is small."

The county magistrate nodded while stroking his beard while laughing, everything made sense, and the case had been resolved.

"My lord, Chen Zhutou and his subordinates should be rewarded for solving this strange case." The county lieutenant sat and clenched his fists and said to the county magistrate.

Hearing this, the crowd was happy.

"Hahaha! That's natural, come on, go and ask if the result of the next work is out, and the official will reward him."

Wang Fugui stepped forward and said, "The little one is willing to go to find a servant."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away, and after a while, Wang Fugui came back with his friends, and then Wang Fugui's face was much more ugly.

He stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The little one knocks to see the two adults."

"Excuse me, please get up quickly, and tell me if the strangulation marks on the neck of the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family are half deep and half shallow?"

He thought for a while and said, "Back to my lord's words, Xia Guan recalled that there was indeed a bruise on the right side that was deeper than on the left. ”

The county magistrate nodded and laughed, and then asked, "Can you find out whose blood it is?" ”

He stood up, clenched his fists and bowed his head, and said, "If you go back to the adult, the little one is incompetent, and I can't detect whose blood it is."

"What?"

Chen Jinbao was startled and shouted out this voice, he knew that if it was not clear whose blood was on these things, or not the blood of his younger son, he said that such a big pile was fart.

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng saw this scene, he said to the county magistrate: "My lord, although it is impossible to detect whose blood is there, it cannot be said that Chen Zhutou's speculation is wrong."

Wang Fugui stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Yes, master, if the speculation of the head catcher is wrong, then who is the real culprit?" It is impossible for the family, he doesn't even know the death of the old lady, if he is the one who killed his daughter-in-law, then the daughter-in-law cannot die of hanging, and the eldest son is impossible, if it is the murderer of the eldest son, then the wounds on his body are not clear, and the younger son is impossible, if the younger son kills someone, then the clues found are even more incomprehensible, and there are blood stains in the dagger, you can open it and take a look."

"Smack!"

"The official doesn't know, but now there are only blood stains, but it is not clear who it is, then there is no evidence to prove that the daughter-in-law killed the younger son, and even the death of the eldest son has to be re-examined."

Chen Jinbao didn't say a word, he didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to do now, and what the master said kept echoing in his head.

"When ideas and clues are connected, that is, to solve the case."

"No matter how clear the thinking is, the clues are unclear, it is just a story made up"

"The only thing that can be evidence is always the clue."

"If the clues are unclear, then change the method and use the ideas to lead the clues."

............

"Two adults!"

Chen Jinbao's shouting startled the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, and the county magistrate asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Jinbao stepped forward and said: "Two adults, there is only one problem now, that is, the bloodstains can't tell whose it is, so that the lower official's speculation is not supported by evidence, and the blood stains in the dagger scabbard are useless, then the lower official will give other evidence, the lower official's speculation, the murderer is the daughter-in-law, all the clues are connected, but only one thing is unknown now, so if the lower official's speculation is wrong, the murderer is not the daughter-in-law, then who is the one who hid the bloody firewood, rope, and kitchen knife in the field?" Who knows where that baggage is?"

The county magistrate thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Okay, this case is closed, it's time to reward meritorious deeds, hahaha!"

Everyone had a smile on their faces, but Chen Jinbao couldn't laugh, thinking to himself.

"The person who deserves the most reward is my master."