Chapter 16: Footprints in the Garden
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Yang Jing sighed lightly, but also helpless, now it seems that the personal ring of Yan Lichun, the eldest lady of the Peng family, is definitely not a simple ring.
From Xia Zhi to confess to himself, it has only been a little more than an hour now, and Xia Zhi's family has already suffered misfortune, which can only show that these people have long planted eyeliner in the yamen.
Now that her family has been wiped out, there is nothing that person can do to threaten Xia Solstice anymore, which also means that she has long been prepared for Xia Solstice to reveal all the secrets, and now that she is going to Peng Mansion, she will probably not be able to catch that person again.
Xia Solstice has lost its value, but that person still wants to kill her whole family, it can be seen what a ruthless role, of course, it is not excluded that the person used the door to kill chickens and monkeys, if so, then in addition to Xia Solstice, there should be other insiders.
Yang Jing's mind flowed quickly, and after figuring out this section, he had less expectations for going to Pengfu to arrest people, so he pressed the Hegu and other acupoints in the people of the summer solstice, and as soon as the little girl woke up, she threw herself into Yang Jing's arms and cried.
Yang Zhixian also frowned, and secretly sighed, not long after he took office, so many cases have happened, and there has even been a tragedy, which will undoubtedly cast a shadow on his career.
Seeing this, Yang Jing comforted Xia Zhi while asking Yang Zhixian for instructions: "My lord, this situation is also tricky now, I think it is better to let Zhang Zheng take a few people and follow me to Xia's house to see the scene, maybe you can find out the murderer, and your lord can go to Peng Mansion with Liancheng Gongzi to arrest that big girl." ā
Yang Jing did not tell Yang Zhixian about his speculation, that Yan Lichun is also a relative of the emperor, Peng Liancheng Shicai only dared to point out the big girl, but he did not dare to pull Yan Lichun into the water, now that the murders are frequent, Yang Zhixian naturally can't sit still, Yan Lichun is such a role, or let the officialdom old fritter Yang Zhixian deal with it.
Yang Zhixian also felt a headache about the case of the Xia family's annihilation, he had seen Yang Jing rescue Li Wanniang, and created the myth of resurrection, and heard Zhang Zheng talk about Yang Jing's ability to do business, so he immediately agreed, leaving the head catcher Wang Dou and Zhang Zheng and a few catchers, but he asked the county lieutenant to bring a few archers to Peng's house.
Yang Jing waited until Xia Zhi's mood stabilized, and asked people to guard Li Wanniang's room, so he took Xia Zhi and others to Xia's house.
The Xia family is located in the suburbs of Baling County, which is a bit remote, there are not too many people, the small courtyard of the Xia family looks very lonely, and there is a large vegetable field in front of the door, which is the main source of income for the Xia family.
Xia Zhi was a little sad, looking at the door, but he didn't dare to go in, just shrunk in the carriage and sobbed, Yang Jing gently patted her back and comforted.
"People can't be resurrected after death, the dead are gone, and the living should be stronger, if even you can't hold on, then the Xia family is really gone..."
Xia Zhi heard Yang Jing say this, and cried even more, but after a while, he suddenly raised his head, wiped away his tears, showed grief and indignation in his eyes, and grabbed Yang Jing's hand tightly and said, "Mr. Qiu must catch the murderer and avenge my family!"
Yang Jing sighed lightly when he thought that this girl was threatened, and she couldn't even poison Li Wanniang, such a kind and loyal little girl, who had suffered such a drastic change, but he was used to seeing this kind of thing, nodded to Xia Zhi, and got out of the car with Zhang Zheng and others.
There were two catchers guarding outside the door of Xia's house, and there were two servants in the courtyard, who were carrying the corpses wrapped in white cloth, and a young man in a soap-colored robe was pointing fingers at the two servants.
Yang Jing followed Zhang Zheng to the courtyard, and saw that the young man turned around with a dissatisfied face.
"This is Lord Zhou Wenfang, the criminal case promoter of our county government..."Zhang Zheng introduced Yang Jing, and then introduced Yang Jing to Zhou Wenfang: "Lord Zhou, this is Mr. Yang Jing, and he is a guest in the old mansion of Song Pavilion... The magistrate asked him to come over and help take a look at the scene..."
"Oh, it turned out to be a guest of the Song Mansion, no wonder..."Zhou Wenfang looked like he was only twenty-four or five, and his speech was a little yin and yang, and he did not hide his dissatisfaction.
"I've seen Lord Zhou..."Yang Jing also knew why Zhou Wenfang was so dissatisfied, and took the lead in bowing to him, hoping to ease the atmosphere, after all, if he wants to investigate the case, he can't get around this Zhou Wenfang, and it's not beautiful to make too much trouble.
Along the way, he also heard Zhang Zheng say that the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty was the world of officials, although the officials had no real power, they controlled local government affairs, and the two most important of them were Qian Gu and the name of the sentence.
The criminal case pusher is in addition to the county, the real power of the county criminal name, this week the study is only twenty-four or five, can be a pusher, either the family background is not good, or he does have real talent and learning.
As a pusher, Zhou Wenfang could only take two servants to carry the corpse, but Yang Jing took Zhang Zheng and the four catchers under him, and the pomp was even bigger than himself, so it was understandable that Zhou Wenfang had a complaint.
Yang Jing saw that Zhou Wenfang was a little lukewarm, and ignored himself, and he didn't want to put a hot face on his cold buttocks, and then looked at the two men who were extremely rude carrying the corpses, and then looked at this Zhou Tui, and already had a guess in his heart, this Zhou Wenfang seemed to prefer to have a thick family background and a background, and he was actually not an expert in criminal investigation.
Now that the murder has just happened, it has not been more than an hour, and it is the best time to search for clues to solve the case, but he let the body be removed early, destroying the scene beyond recognition.
Although Yang Jing speculated that the murderer was inseparable from Yan Lichun's mysterious personal ring, it was only his subjective speculation after all, and it also needed the support of evidence.
Anyway, Song Ci's banner had already been pulled, and Yang Jing no longer played trickery with Zhou Wenfang, and walked straight into the courtyard, first carefully observing the surrounding environment.
The vegetable patch in front of the door looked very messy, because it was spring, and it had rained heavily in the past two days, and the soil in the vegetable garden was very wet and soft, leaving a lot of cleaning footprints, and many vegetable plants were trampled.
The footprints of the vegetable garden clearly show the path of the murderer, and the direction is extremely clear, indicating that this is a premeditated murder, the murderer goes straight to the topic, without too much hesitation, and it is even very likely that he will stay here early, monitoring the Xia family, and feeling the situation here clearly!
Yang Jing wanted to ask Zhou Wenfang, so as not to affect his judgment by entering the vegetable garden with his wife, but seeing that Zhou Wenfang covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, he was clearly a person who loved cleanliness, and the hem of his robe was dry and clean, so he obviously hadn't entered the vegetable garden, so he didn't bother to ask this ruler.
Zhang Zheng had already gone to help the two servants, and Yang Jing counted and measured the footprints in the vegetable garden to guess the number and size of the murderers.
After the inspection, Yang Jing made some records and was about to check the corpse, but he saw Xia Zhi hesitating on the side of the carriage, his eyes were already red and swollen, and he didn't dare to look at this side more easily.
She is just a teenage girl, if in the later life, she is only in middle school, although women were more precocious in ancient times, and she was a maid in the Cao family for a few years, but she suffered such a drastic change, naturally she couldn't bear it.
Yang Jing sighed, walked over to her and said, "Why don't you go back first, after the inspection, I will let them bury your family and let them be buried in peace..."
Seeing Yang Jing like this, the little girl was about to cry again, but her eyes were dry and stinging to the limit, she finally calmed down, shook her head at Yang Jing, and said strongly: "Slave... The slave maid wants to see her, but today, life and death are separated forever, and they will never see each other again..."
Yang Jing saw that she had calmed down, and she was not reluctant, and took her to the courtyard, Zhang Zheng and the two servants had already moved the body out, Xia Zhi's parents, young brother, and an elderly grandmother were all murdered.
Zhou Wenfang saw Yang Jing coming over with a little girl, and he also knew that it was the bitter master, so he stood aside expressionlessly, and he didn't plan to enter the room to investigate, thinking that he had already seen the scene.
Yang Jing lifted the white cloth, turned his head to look, and found that Xia Zhi was holding back his grief and walked over tremblingly, so he avoided it first, and let Xia Zhi see his relatives, and then said, "You go to the carriage and wait for me." ā
Xia Zhi nodded, but immediately shook his head and said to Yang Jing: "Sir... The slave wants to see the murderer catch with her own eyes!"
Yang Jing also felt indescribable emotion and admiration in her heart, what a strong girl she is, what a distressing girl...
"Hmph, these murderers have been planning for a long time, coming and going like the wind, they are ruthless and decisive, at first glance, they are old killers in the rivers and lakes, and it is simply wishful thinking to catch them!"
When Yang Jing heard it, it was Zhou Wenfang who was muttering quietly, but the voice was not loud or small, which happened to make Yang Jing hear it, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
Although he is the criminal case pusher of the Baling County Ya, and it is his duty to solve the case and arrest the murderer, Yang Jing is inevitably a little noisy, but as a pusher, he said such things in front of the bitter master, which makes it even more obvious that this pusher Zhou Wenfang is an irresponsible person.
Yang Jing glanced at the wound of the corpse, and soon had a plan, and immediately retorted: "Lord Tui's words are too early at this time, the murderer is indeed prepared, but it is not without a trace, it can be judged from the footprints that there are three murderers, including an injured woman, who should not be able to run far." ā
Zhang Zheng had already seen Yang Jing's skills, so he was naturally convinced, but Zhou Wenfang and the two servants looked at Yang Jing as if they were seeing idiots, and only felt that Yang Jing was talking nonsense and nonsense!
Yang Jing didn't bother to explain the principle of footprint inference to him, pointed to the corpse of Xia Zhi's father, and continued to analyze.
"Lord Tui is right, these murderers are indeed ruthless and decisive, the knife is accurate, the wound is straight and deep, at first glance it is a veteran, but these knives are long and smooth, it can be seen that they are sharp weapons such as long knives, and the stabbing wound is a sharp triangle, it should be a thin-backed single-edged long knife, this kind of long knife is controlled by the government, and the county government should have a register, how can it be said that there is no trace?"
"Most of the parts of the murderer's knife are in the neck and heart and other critical places, it can be seen that they are pursuing the greatest kill, in order to save time, probably because the woman who accompanied them is already seriously injured, here, they will definitely look for a place to take refuge and heal, this is already a suburb, inaccessible, there are not many places to live, they can't go fast, let alone go far, Yang still suggested that the commander quickly organize people to start the arrest. ā
Zhou Wenfang was originally a promoter by relying on his family relationship, the county magistrate's political performance was dismal, he had no achievements, he was already disheartened, and he heard Yang Jing well-organized, reasonable, and shocked, but he had the hope of solving the case!
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