Chapter 8 The dust settles and the water falls

Zhang Hao touched his chin, his eyes flashed with divine light, looked at Wang Yan, and said, "Wang, what were you doing at that time?" ”

Wang Yan looked at Zhang Hao with teary eyes and said, "At the first watch, I was in my mother-in-law's room, asking where my husband was, and I waited until almost the second watch before returning to my room." ”

Zhang Hao looked at his grandmother and said, "Auntie, what the Wang family said is true?" ”

The grandmother finally relieved herself a little at this time, frowned, and said, "It's true." ”

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled, revealing a confident smile, and said, "That's right, in this case, Wang will have evidence of an alibi, she is not a murderer!" ”

Everyone was shocked and understood that Wang Yan, who is usually fierce, is really not a murderer.

Wang Yan was able to clear her grievances, and she was moved to cry bitterly, and thanked her: "Thank you Zhang Gongzi for returning my innocence, thank you Zhang Gongzi!" ”

Zhang Hao smiled faintly and said, "I'm not helping you, I'm just restoring the truth." ”

Wang Yan thanked her again and cried and pounced on her grandmother. The two hugged each other and cried.

Old lady Sun stepped forward and said respectfully: "Zhang Gongzi, since this murderer is not the Wang family, who is it?" ”

Zhang Hao touched his chin, and his hand became a claw, the blue light flashed, a suction force was generated out of thin air, and the pig-killing knife on the ground was grabbed by him in his hand, and said softly: "This knife is the murder weapon used to divide the corpse, and this pig-killing knife is not usually used by people, only the butcher owns, so the butcher in this village is the biggest suspect." Dare to ask Mrs. Sun, how many butchers are there in this village? ”

Mrs. Sun replied casually: "Three of them! Then he turned his head to look at the crowd and said sternly: "Wang Tu, Sun Tu, Zheng Tu, you three come out!" ”

Mrs. Sun's words fell, and she walked out of the three big men with big shoulders and round waists, looking at their fierce appearances, they really couldn't see anything on the surface.

Zhang Hao walked lightly to Wang Tu and asked, "Wang Tu, let me ask you, what are you doing at the first watch?" ”

Wang Tu grinned, smiled, looked at everyone, and said, "At night, of course, I slept with my wife in my arms." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the already tense atmosphere relaxed suddenly.

Zhang Hao touched his chin, shook his head gently, walked towards Sun Tu again, and quipped: "What are you doing at the end of the shift, aren't you also sleeping with your wife in your arms?" ”

Sun Tu touched his head, smiled, and said, "That's not it, I was drinking with Qian Laohan at the time, don't believe it, Qian Laohan can testify for me!" ”

Qian Laohan squeezed in front of the people and said respectfully: "Indeed, as Sun Tu said, the two of us were greedy for a cup, drank a few more cups, delayed the hour, and I didn't realize that it was nearly two days." ”

Zhang Hao touched his chin and nodded, then moved to Zheng Tu and asked, "Zheng Tu, what were you doing at that time?" ”

Zheng Tu looked at Zhang Hao and said with a smile: "Because the pork is not enough to sell and out of stock, I went to the neighboring village Dongzhuang to collect pigs. ”

Sun Baolian nodded lightly and said, "That's true, the little woman got up early on the sixth watch, and when she opened the door, she met Zheng Tu, who was shouting at the pig to go back." ”

Zhang Haohao's eyes lit up, he thought about it, the corners of his mouth grinned, revealing his signature smile, and he walked softly to Mrs. Sun and whispered in her ear.

Mrs. Sun's old eyes gradually lit up when she heard this, and then she arched her hand to Zhang Hao and said, "Baolian, you go with the old man, and the old man asks you a few questions." ”

Sun Baolian was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Yes!" Then he followed Mrs. Sun and walked slowly until she disappeared from everyone's sight.

Sun Baolian followed Mrs. Sun away, but Zhang Hao walked under the big willow tree and sat down, closed his eyes, and waited slowly.

Time passed minute by minute, and about half an hour later, Zhang Hao was still motionless, sitting there, closing his eyes and recuperating. The villagers began to mumble.

"What kind of medicine do you say this Gongzi sells in the gourd, expose us here, he pours it well, close his eyes and recuperate." A villager muttered quietly.

Another villager put his hand to his mouth, shushed it, and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, Zhang Gongzi is extremely smart, and he has his own intentions." ”

At this time, everyone became impatient and began to talk in a whisper. Their words all fell on Zhang Hao's ears, and the corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled higher.

Zheng Tu looked left and right, frowned, and stepped forward and said, "Gongzi Zhang, Baolian and Old Lady Sun have been gone for so long, what are they doing here?" ”

Zhang Hao's eyes slowly opened, two rays of light bloomed, and he looked directly at Zheng Tu, and said, "You seem to care about Miss Sun very much, and even Miss Sun's maiden name Baolian has been called." And what are you doing with so much, you ask? ”

Zheng Tu was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, and said, "What's the matter, it's just that when I saw Mrs. Sun calling it like this, I just called it out, curious, curious." ”

Zhang Hao said meaningfully: "Curious? I'm afraid it's more than that, right? ”

Zheng Tu's face changed, and he said, "Zhang Gongzi, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Hao's eyes flashed with essence, sneered, and said, "You know best what you mean!" ”

Zheng Tu's face turned red, he was angry, pointed at Zhang Hao with his left hand, and said: "The surname is Zhang, others are afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you, you don't want to slander good people!" ”

"Presumptuous!" At this moment, Mrs. Sun walked back, and when she saw Zheng Tu like this, she immediately shouted.

Zheng Tu saw that it was Mrs. Sun, snorted coldly, and turned his head.

Old lady Sun looked at Zheng Tu with a pair of old eyes, then turned her head to look at Zhang Hao, and nodded lightly at Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao's eyes lit up, he smiled, stood up, walked towards Zheng Tu, and said, "Zheng Tu, let me ask you, where did you meet Sun Baolian that day?" ”

Zheng Tu frowned, and snorted angrily: "Didn't you say it all, Bao ...... Miss Sun got up early to open the door, of course, at the door of Sun's house. ”

Zhang Hao sneered and said, "As far as I know, Dongzhuang is in the north of Wangtou Township, why are you still shouting pigs from the south and passing by the door of Sun's house?" ”

Zheng Tu choked and said hurriedly: "I'm willing to take a long detour, is this also wrong?" ”

Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Next question, what color clothes was Sun Baolian wearing when you saw her that day?" ”

Zheng Tu swallowed his saliva and swallowed: "This ...... I didn't pay much attention to this at the time, probably...... Maybe it's red! ”

Zhang Hao showed his signature charming smile and said, "Last question, how many pigs did you come back with that day, what color are the pigs?" ”

Zheng Tu's forehead was already covered with fine sweat at some point, he stretched out his sleeves to wipe the sweat, and hesitated: "One head, oh, no, it's two, one black and one white." Zheng Tu looked at Sun Baolian intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Hao nodded, turned his head to look at Sun Baolian, and saw that Sun Baolian, who had always had a good face, didn't know when, her face turned pale, her lips were discolored, and her eyes were full of despair.

"Humph!" Zhang Hao snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Old Lady Sun again, and said, "Old lady, may I ask what kind of clothes Sun Baolian just said she was wearing when she saw Zheng Tu at that time?" ”

Mrs. Sun's old eyes were full of incredulity, swallowed her saliva, and said, "Bai ...... White! ”

The villagers were in an uproar, looked at Sun Baolian incredulously, and pointed and discussed.

Zhang Hao stopped everyone with his hand, and asked, "Then how did she answer Zheng Tu's how many pigs, the color of the pigs?" ”

Old lady Sun unconsciously left Sun Baolian at this time, and said, "One head, color!" ”

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled, and he said confidently: "Everyone, Sun Baolian and Zheng Tu lied in front of the big guys, there must be a problem, the two of them are the murderers of Sun Zuo!" As he spoke, he pointed to Zheng Tu and Sun Baolian.

Zheng Tu and Sun Baolian were shocked and looked at each other.

Sun Baolian was shocked: "You...... Don't slander good people, how could I murder my brother? ”

The grandmother trembled and said, "Gongzi Zhang, are you mistaken, how could Baolian murder her own brother?" ”

Zhang Hao's eyes narrowed, two divine lights burst out, leaned forward, approached Sun Baolian, and said, "You still recognize this knife, right?" ”

Sun Baolian panicked, stretched out two fingers and tapped them up and down, dodging and dodging: "How can I ...... How do you know this knife? ”

Zhang Hao shook his head lightly and said: "Usually when people lie, they will have an action to cover it up and make themselves believe that this act of pointing fingers up and down is also a sign of your weak heart, right?" I still remember that when I first visited your house that day, you insisted that it was the Wang family who killed Sun Zuo, and you did this action at that time. As he spoke, he was still learning from Sun Baolian's appearance, putting his fingers together and shaking up and down.

Sun Baolian took a few steps back and exclaimed, "You...... You are talking nonsense! ”

Zhang Hao straightened up and said, "The most poisonous woman's heart in the world, in fact, I suspected you from the beginning." On that day, you were keeping a vigil in front of Sun Zuo's spirit, in the middle of the night, when people were most sleepy, Sun Mother and Wang nodded and dozed off, but only you couldn't sleep, I think you must have a ghost in your heart, and you can't sleep if you're afraid! ”

Sun Baolian's body was weak, she sat on the ground, and said with a discolored face: "That day...... There were no ghosts at all that day, you were pretending to be ghosts! ”

Zhang Hao looked at Sun Baolian coldly and said, "If people don't know, unless you don't do it!" ”

When the villagers heard this, they were immediately angry, pointed at Sun Baolian with their fingers, and scolded loudly, and the scene became noisy for a while.

Sun Baolian was speechless in shock at this time, Zheng Tu gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said: "The surname is Zhang, you slander us as murderers, this qiē is just your speculation, one-sided words, what evidence do you have?" ”

Zhang Hao suddenly turned to look at Zheng Tu, and said coldly: "Hmph, evidence, of course there is, it's this knife!" ”

Zheng Tuqiang calmed down, laughed, and said, "Can just a pig-killing knife prove that I am a murderer?" According to what you say, then Sun Tu and Wang Tu are also suspicious! ”

There is a way that peers are enemies, Wang Tu and Sun Tu are not at odds with Zheng Tu, and when they heard Zheng Tu say this, the two of them were suddenly anxious.

Wang Tu stepped forward and pointed at Zheng Tu and said, "Good Zheng Tu, you don't want to wronged a good person!" ”

Sun Tu also scolded: "You Zheng Tu, you are usually not good, you must have something to do with this Sun Baolian slut, and you were accidentally bumped into by Sun Zuo, so you killed Sun Zuo!" ”

Mrs. Sun stopped everyone with her hand and shouted, "Don't make any noise, listen to Gongzi Zhang!" ”

Only then did everyone quiet down, and Mrs. Sun turned her head to look at Zhang Hao and said, "Zhang Gongzi, this is ...... This pig-killing knife alone really can't prove that it is Sun Zuo killed by Zheng Tu! ”

Zhang Hao nodded lightly, handed over the pig-killing knife in his hand to Mrs. Sun, and said, "Old lady, what do you think is the difference between this pig-killing knife?" ”

Mrs. Sun held the pig-killing knife in her hand, looked up and down, frowned, shook her head, and said respectfully: "Zhang Gongzi, forgive the old man for being stupid, he can't see the clues, and please ask Zhang Gongzi to solve his doubts!" ”

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled, revealing his signature smile, and said, "What is the difference between the handle of this knife, old lady?" ”

After a while, Mrs. Sun still couldn't find anything, and couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "The old man is incompetent, this ......"

Zhang Hao confidently said to Mrs. Sun: "Old lady, you hold the handle with your left hand, and then hold the handle with your right hand to see what the difference is?" ”

Mrs. Sun held the handle back and forth with her left and right hands according to her words, and observed it carefully, suddenly, her white eyebrows raised, and she said lightly: "Hey, the lines on the handle are different, this is ......"

With a soft sound of "pop", Zhang Hao slapped his palm, laughed, and said: "Yes, this pig-killing knife is made of stainless steel, and the butcher uses the knife all year round. And judging from the shiny lines of this knife, it is obvious that the person who made this knife is left-handed. ”

Everyone nodded their heads and said yes.

"By the way, there are three butchers in the village, only Zheng Tu is left-handed!" Someone suddenly grabbed the key and screamed.

"Yes, it's Zheng Tu, it was Zheng Tu who killed Sun Zuo, he is the murderer!"

"It must be Zheng Tu!"

The ironclad evidence was like a mountain, and it was exposed on the spot, Zheng Tu's eyes were full of fear for a while, his face twitched, and he shouted: "Yes...... It was Sun Baolian who poisoned her brother to death, I ...... I'm just dividing the body and burying it. ”

Sun Baolian suddenly laughed miserably, like a madwoman, her hair fell off, her long hair was scattered, she got up tremblingly, and pointed at Zheng Tu and said: "Okay, you conscienceless Zheng Tu, ungrateful, you are the corpse of the division, the corpse you throw, you want to die, we will die together!" ”

When Zheng Tu heard this, he trembled, looked around, suddenly spread his legs, and ran out.

"Fatty!" Zhang Hao shouted.

As soon as Zhu Jiu heard this, there was wind under his feet, and he caught up with Zheng Tu in a few steps, grabbed it, threw it back, and said angrily: "Hmph, you are an inhuman butcher, you have to run when the matter is revealed, with your Grandpa Zhu here, run, can you run?" See if I don't beat you into a pig's head. As he spoke, he raised his fist and struck Zheng Tu in the face.

With a scream of "ah", Zheng Tu was beaten upside down and flew out, and when he got up again, half of his face was swollen and looked at Zhu Jiu in fear.

Zhang Hao caught up from behind, grabbed Zheng Tu, and said sharply: "Okay, you inhuman thing, you actually divided people like animals, it's really hateful." As he spoke, he also raised his fist and punched Zheng Tu in the face.

Zheng Tu flew out upside down again, the other half of his face was also swollen, several teeth were lost, and he couldn't say anything in his mouth.

Zhang Hao's figure approached again, grabbed Zheng Tu, and said coldly: "Say, why did you kill Sun Zuo, I think it wasn't just for him to bump into you, right?" ”

Zheng Tu was completely collapsed at this time, and he was scared on the spot, and a commotion spread.

Zhang Hao frowned, threw Zheng Tu out, and said, "Useless thing, you dare to kill people if you are so daring?" ”

The grandmother woke up from her daze at this time, howled and cried, and scolded: "Baolian, that ...... That's your own brother, how can you bear to do it, how can you bear it! ”

Sun Baolian laughed miserably and said: "That day, I discussed with Zheng Tu in the room how to get my brother's property, and I didn't think about killing my brother, but I didn't expect my brother to pass by suddenly. Unexpectedly, my brother returned drunk, broke into my room by mistake, and fell on the bed. The two of us were vicious and angry, and forcibly poured poison into my brother, and you all know what happened next, and it was the same as what the surname Zhang said. ”

When everyone heard this, they scolded again.

Zhang Hao stopped everyone, shook his head gently, and said with a wry smile: "It's really providential, I think Sun Zuo just passed by outside your room that day, and didn't hear what the two of you were trying to say." ”

Sun Baolian was shocked and said loudly: "What did you say? Impossible, impossible......"

Zhang Hao shook his head and said: "Sun Zuo's wife Wang is a full woman, often punching and kicking Sun Zuo, that day Sun Zuo was slapped on the ear by Wang, the ear was buzzing, when eating wine with Sun Ming, still buzzing, I couldn't hear clearly, not to mention that you were plotting quietly in the room at that time!" ”

Sun Baolian actually just wanted to take away Sun Zuo's family property, but she didn't expect to kill someone so by mistake, it was really providential.

Old lady Sun was also angry at this time, and her beard trembled, and she said angrily: "Come on, pull down this adulterer and adulteress, and execute them according to the clan rules!" ”

A few strong men came out to drag the two of them.