Chapter XVII: Case Closure (2)

Chen Jinbao's time is only for a short time, where can he find evidence in such a short time? Now it can be proved that the deceased died in the house, and whoever asked the deceased out was the murderer, but the problem is that the deceased burned all the letters and other things, how can it be proved that Lu Dayou asked the deceased out? The deceased's home would have had to go again, but now there is no time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the only thing Chen Jinbao can do is to take out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and do the case hypothesis again, and it must be fast.

At present, the suspicion of ghosts is basically ruled out, so the painting no longer needs to be taken out as evidence, and now it is only necessary to re-deduce the case, and the idea has been connected to all the clues, many possibilities can be ruled out, and one idea connects all the clues until the end.

Deduction begins:

Where did the deceased die?

The haunted house. According to the testimony of the young lady of the wine shop and the young master of the rice shop about the figure, the figure in the house should be the deceased.

Murderer?

There was a financial dispute with the deceased. According to the investigation of the deceased's home, something was burned in a brazier, which should have been a letter, and the deceased's money should have been related to the letter.

The murderer's modus operandi?

Pretend to be a female ghost and strangle the deceased. According to the testimony of the liquor store lady about witnessing a female ghost.

How do you explain the female ghost witnessed by the liquor store lady?

It's not a female ghost, it's just a matter of the perspective of the lady at the wine shop at the time. According to the testimony of the lady who witnessed the female ghost, it was already dark at that time, and the lady was lying on the second window on the left side of the hall, just on the side of the main seat, and the painting hung on the main seat, and the murderer rushed out of the doorway to the right of the main seat.

How did the killer deal with the deceased after his death?

Dragged him to the bed in the first room at the back of the house. According to the search of the haunted house, this trace is the mark of dragging off the bed, something has been dragged down, and it can be suspected that something has been put on it.

Why didn't the scholar see the body and the murderer on the night the deceased was killed?

Because the scholar was a step slower, according to the testimony of the wine shop lady and the scholar, the lady saw the murderer pretending to be a female ghost and pinched the deceased and stepped back, so frightened that she covered her mouth and ran away, and when she pushed back, she touched the chair and these furniture, and the scholar got up when he heard these sounds, and when the scholar got up and went out to look, the wine shop lady had already run away, and the deceased had been killed, and the scholar had just arrived in the hall and the body had been dragged away.

The scholar was holding a candle at the time, did the murderer see it? Why didn't you kill him when you saw it?

Because there was no need to kill him at all, according to the scholar's testimony, at that time, as soon as he saw the painting on the main seat of the hall, he was frightened away, and the murderer probably thought that he was scared away, but in fact he was not, he just ran back to the house on a long detour.

Did the murderer notice after the scholar ran back to the house?

With or without it, the scholar will not be killed. According to the scholar's testimony, he slept on the bed covered with the quilt at that time, and if he didn't go to the bed and lift the quilt to look, or if he didn't touch the quilt, he wouldn't know that there was someone on the bed.

How to explain the clean back and surface of the chair in the hall of the house?

The clean chair was the one where the deceased had sit. According to the observation of the body, the sleeves of the deceased's underwear were very dirty, which should have been left by wiping the back and surface of the chair.

How to explain the clean chairs and furniture in the other places in the hall of the house?

Some were touched by the deceased before his death, and some were rubbed off when the murderer grabbed the deceased's neck and pushed it back. According to the testimony of the liquor store lady who witnessed the female ghost choking the neck of the deceased and the testimony of the scholar about the voice, the murderer did choke the deceased's neck and push it back at that time, and in the process, he also touched the chair and other furniture, making a sound that was heard by the scholar.

Why is the back of a corpse dirty?

The bed on which the deceased lay after his death was very dirty, according to the observation of the body and the search of the house, there were traces of dragging on the bed in the first room on the right side of the house, the deceased died the day before yesterday, it should have been put on the bed after death, and the drag marks on the bed on the night of our search showed that the deceased was dragged down.

How to explain the short knife in the corner of the hall of the house?

It was brought by the dead. According to the testimony of the scholar and the lady of the wine shop about the sound and the testimony of the lady of the wine shop about witnessing the female ghost choking the neck of the deceased, both of them heard the sound of the iron falling to the ground and rubbing against something, and the murderer made up the female ghost stretched out her hands and grabbed the neck of the deceased, indicating that the murderer did not want to kill the deceased with a knife, and the knife should have been brought by the deceased, and it should have been frightened by the female ghost in the murderer's makeup or knocked off and fell to the ground, and the two did not pay attention to accidentally kicking the knife into the corner.

Why is the short knife still on site? Why didn't the killer dispose of it?

Because the murderer thinks that there is no need to deal with it at all. According to the search of the haunted house, after the death of the deceased, the murderer should have placed it directly on the bed in the first room on the right side of the house, and the body was not found in the hall until the night of the search, when we entered the house for the second time, and the murderer did not want to drag the body out to dispose of it, because it is the safest place to put it in this so-called haunted house, and the short knife does not need to be dealt with, and it is not unusual for a haunted house to have a short knife in it.

How do you explain the hairs found in the first room on the right side of the haunted house?

It was dropped by the murderer while putting on makeup or carrying the body. According to the observation of the hair and the testimony of the lady who witnessed the female ghost, the female ghost had a lot of hair, so it can be judged that the murderer should have also brought a wig, and the few hairs left in the house have obviously more dust at one end than the other end, so it should be that the hair has fallen to the ground with adhesive, and the dusty end should be the end with adhesive.

Why did the corpse appear in the hall the second time we entered the house?

There were still people in the haunted house when we first entered the haunted house that night. Based on the search of the haunted house and the sounds we heard, the front and back doors of the room where the body was kept were clean, and it was very new, as if someone had closed or opened the door, and we heard the sound of something falling, which proved that someone wanted to drag the body out of bed and dispose of it that night.

Why did the murderer dump the body in the hall when he wanted to dispose of it?

Because the murderer was discovered, he found that there was a catcher in the courtyard outside the hall, and the catcher was still shouting. According to the testimony of the two stunned people in the courtyard outside the hall, he was shouting at the gate of the house to tease his big cow and the bottom of the pot, and the murderer heard it as soon as he dragged the body into the hall, thinking that the catcher had discovered him, so he was so frightened that he put down the body and ran back to the house where the body was first placed and closed the door.

Why didn't we find the killer when we searched the house?

Because when a group of us entered the hall, the murderer opened the door and walked out of the courtyard outside, bypassing the hall and running out of the house. According to our situation at that time, everyone was very scared, and no one dared to move when the search was ordered, everyone shrank into a ball, and no one noticed that someone had escaped from the house behind them.

Who is the murderer?

Lu Da is the most suspicious. According to the testimony of the deceased's family members on the letters, when the family members took the letters, they saw that it was this Lu Dayou who wrote to the deceased twice, and the circumstances of the case have shown that whoever invited the deceased to the house was the murderer.

Does Lu Da have evidence of a crime?

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Writing here, it is just the last step, Chen Jinbao can't write anymore, this place is the most critical place.

"Master."

"Huh!"

Wang Fugui called Chen Jinbao from behind, so frightened that Chen Jinbao's pen almost fell off, he turned around and asked, "Fugui, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Fugui smiled and said, "Master, I'll be scared when I call you, haha." ”

Chen Jinbao rubbed his heart, and then said, "Fugui, what is the matter with you." ”

Wang Fugui continued: "Master, did you let the grandfather ascend to the court?" You forgot we haven't found the evidence yet. ”

Chen Jinbao shook his head, and then said: "I don't know, the key is that the master said that we will arrest people and return to the yamen without evidence, and it is not good to spread it, and I also told him that this person is very suspicious, so he said that there is still some time to ascend to the court, let me go to find evidence, where can I find it?" ”

Wang Fugui was a little crying and laughing, and then asked: "Master, haven't you found evidence yet?" ”

Chen Jinbao rubbed his temples and said, "How can you find evidence in such a little time?" Eh, by the way, Fugui, you go and ask the next guy to see if you can find some evidence from the corpse. ”

Wang Fugui shook his head and said: "Master, I already asked when I first went to look for the murderer, there is nothing else on the body of the deceased, besides, even if the deceased has some things left by the murderer when he pretended to be a female ghost, there is no way to prove that the murderer is Lu Dayou, not to mention that the deceased was so frightened when he saw the female ghost pretending to be the murderer that he didn't even have the courage to stab him twice, how could he grab something from the murderer?" ”

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

Chen Jinbao entered into contemplation, and now there seems to be no evidence that the murderer is this Lu Dayou, but if he doesn't move sooner or later, he just moves now, which seems to be a little suspicious, but it can't prove that the murderer is him, not to mention that there are more than one or two letters from the deceased, and they may not all be written by this Lu Dayou.

"Master, do we want to go and judge Lu Dayou now?" Wang Fugui asked.

Chen Jinbao shook his head, and then said: "There's no need, I thought about interrogating him at the beginning, but if he is not the murderer, then asking for a long time may not be able to ask anything, after all, if the deceased also has correspondence with others, he may not know." In addition, if he is really the murderer, we have no evidence, and it will be even more troublesome if he gives us some false clues.

At this moment, a servant ran over, stepped forward and said to Chen Jinbao: "Pai Tou, the master has been promoted, let you go over immediately." ”

Chen Jinbao looked at the servant, waved his hand helplessly, and the servant responded with a fist, then turned around and left.

At this time, Chen Jinbao didn't know what to do, Wang Fugui saw this and said: "Master, otherwise, I'll go to the master to help." ”

Chen Jinbao shook his head and said weakly: "Okay, it's useless, have you forgotten what the master told us?" He said we must know more than he does, and it's useless for you to let him come here. ”

Wang Fugui continued: "Master, then I'll go to Lu Dayou's house to search, maybe I can come back before the grandfather asks you to show evidence, you must delay the time until I come back." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded, patted Wang Fugui on the shoulder, and then said: "Well, okay, take a few more people, remember that this is our last chance, if we lose this opportunity, the master's reputation as a "god catcher" is gone, and I will be punished by the master, and I must rush back." ”

Wang Fugui clasped his fists at Chen Jinbao and said, "Yes! ”

After speaking, he turned around and ran away, Chen Jinbao also walked to the court, he never doubted Wang Fugui's intelligence, but this time he was worried about Wang Fugui for the first time.

When they arrived at the public hall, a man about thirty years old was already kneeling below, the county magistrate also sat on the court, and the county lieutenant Yang Sheng and the master sat on both sides of the county magistrate.

"Smack!"

A startled man went down, and the county magistrate spoke: "Who is kneeling in the hall?" ”

Lu Dayou knelt and clenched his fists and replied: "My lord, the villain's name is Lu Dayou, and it is a farmer's family outside the southern city. ”

The county magistrate twisted his beard and asked: "Lu Dayou, this official also asks you, can you kill people and abscond in the ghost house in Nancheng the night before yesterday?" ”

Lu Dayi slammed his head on the ground when he heard this: "Adult, the villain is wronged, the villain is wronged." ”

"Smack!"

With a startled sound, the county magistrate asked again: "You said that you were wronged, then why did the arresters arrest you and return to the yamen?" ”

Lu Dayou said with a crying voice: "My lord, the villain is preparing to move to another place to make a living, who knows that the master of the arrest said that the villain is related to what murder case, and searched the villain's home, the villain asked if he could let the villain move away if there was nothing to do, and the master of the arrester did not let him take the villain back to the yamen." ”

"Smack!"

There was another shock, and the county magistrate continued: "Bold, you mean, the catchers have wronged you?" ”

Lu Dayou continued with a crying voice: "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare, the villain just wants to leave in a hurry, please be aware of it." ”

When the county lieutenant Yang Sheng heard this, he clasped his fists at the county magistrate and said: "My lord, it is better to let Chen Zhutou tell the case first, if it is really Lu Dayou who has murdered, then the evidence is conclusive and then the crime of lying and murder in the court will be punished, how about it?" ”

The county magistrate nodded while brushing his beard and said, "Hmm...... So much better. Chen Zhutou, you tell me the facts of the case first. ”

Chen Jinbao clasped his fists at the county master and replied, "Yes, master." ”

After speaking, he walked up to Lu Dayou and asked, "Lu Dayou, let me ask you, do you know the deceased Wang Yiming?" ”

Lu Dayou thought for a while and said, "Back to the adult, the villain doesn't know him." ”

Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "You don't know?" ”

Lu Dayou continued: "The villain doesn't know him. ”

Chen Jinbao nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Then he turned his head to the county magistrate and said: "Master, to prove that this Lu Da has killed someone, you need some witnesses, as well as evidence, and now the evidence is in the yamen, and the witnesses need to go to the yamen." ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard, and then said, "Okay, come on!" According to Chen Zhutou's instructions, he invited witnesses to come to the yamen. ”

Several officials came out and clasped their fists and said, "Yes! ”