Chapter 42: Proving Innocence
Jiang Boning's face changed in fright, could it be because he rejected the apricot blossom, so the apricot blossom couldn't think about it and went to a dead end?
Jiang Luo stepped forward and held Jiang Boning's slightly trembling hand, and comforted him in a low voice, "Don't be afraid." ”
"Uncle, what did my brother do, that you are such a big battle?"
Uncle Sun sighed, "I can't protect you anymore!" Xinghua was raped and killed, lying disheveled on the hillside in front of the village. ”
"Someone went up the mountain in the morning only to find that she was already dead."
"The last thing everyone saw her yesterday was Jiang Boning, tell me, who else could do it besides Jiang Boning?"
"It's not me!" Jiang Boning explained, "I won't kill anyone, and it's impossible to be disrespectful to Xinghua." ”
"You kid! I knew that Xinghua and I came to propose marriage, and then I reacted when I knew that you were not born to the Jiang family, we couldn't stand you! ”
"You can't hold a grudge and kill my daughter!"
"Captain! If you don't care, I'm going to report to the police! I'm going to let him pay for my daughter's life. ”
Aunt Chen scolded angrily, her eyes about to pop out.
Wu Yong and Wei San'er stood at the back of the crowd, watching the excitement. Wu Yong said, "Lieutenant Chief, you can't defend the Jiang family's people just because they are kind to the villagers, right?" ”
"Yes, if you don't kill him, who knows if he will have his eyes on the next woman in the future." Wei San'er agreed.
Jiang Boning's face was red, he was clumsy, and he would only keep repeating, "It's not me!" ”
"I didn't kill anyone."
Jiang Luo grabbed his hand, and could feel his body trembling with fear.
"Uncle!" Jiang Luo shouted at the top of the crowd.
"I can testify to Jiang Boning, it wasn't him who did it, if it were him, I would be willing to die with him."
"Sister!" Jiang Cheng frowned and stepped forward to protect his sister and Jiang Boning.
"Lieutenant Chief, Berning was always at home last night, and it is impossible to go out to harm people."
Uncle Sun sighed, stretched out his hand and stroked his short gray beard, "Ah Cheng, it's not that Uncle doesn't believe you, but the villagers have seen it." ”
"Uncle, we don't embarrass you, so let's take a look at the corpse and the scene of the crime, if it's really Berning, I'm willing to take responsibility with him." Jiang Luo said pitifully.
Uncle Sun relented for a while and agreed to come down.
Xinghua's body had been collected, and they went to the scene to take a look around, but they didn't find any clues.
When he arrived at Chen's house, Jiang Luo carefully looked at Xinghua's corpse. The pinch marks on the neck were clearly visible, and the face was bruised, apparently suffocated to death.
She raised her hand to take a look at the scars on Xinghua's body, but was pushed away by Aunt Chen.
"Dead girl, my daughters are already dead, you still dare to be disrespectful!"
"Aunt Chen, I just want to ......" her gaze fell on Xinghua's hand.
Her hands were dirty and covered in sludge.
There was a slight stain of blood in the sludge, and it was completely undetectable without looking closely.
She leaned over in surprise and took a closer look, and there was a trace of flesh hidden in the cracks of Xinghua's nails.
Apparently she scratched the killer while struggling before she died.
"Look, uncle!"
She pointed to Xinghua's hand, "Look closely, the flesh in her fingernails." ”
"If I'm not mistaken, is there no scratch on her body?"
Aunt Chen nodded, Xinghua was almost untouched when she was found, and there were indeed no traces of scratches.
"So these blood streaks and scraps of flesh must be on the murderer!" She's sure.
Wei San'er in the crowd immediately changed his face, he only thought that many people saw Xinghua and Jiang Boning together yesterday, thinking that everyone would believe that the murderer was Jiang Boning, and he didn't expect the scratch at all.
Uncle Sun was convinced.
Jiang Luo motioned for Jiang Boning to enter the room, and she and the other women walked out of the room, asking Uncle Sun and the others to carefully check whether Jiang Boning had no wounds on his body.
Everyone took a look, and there were no traces of scratches on Jiang Boning's body.
At present, it is very simple to catch the murderer, as long as you call everyone in the village to one place and check whether there are any scratches on the body one by one, you can find the murderer.
Jiangjia Village is located in a remote area, and nearly 100 households in the village are all familiar with each other. If a stranger wanders around the village, he will definitely be noticed.
The people patrolling in front of the village did not notice anything unusual, which only showed that the murderer was from the village, and he was familiar with the sentry, so he could easily avoid it.
The lieutenant immediately beat gongs and drums and summoned all the men in the village to gather in front of the village.
Wei San'er disappeared in the crowd, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to escape. Immediately, someone noticed his actions sharply and called out to him, "Wei San'er, the lieutenant commander asked everyone to have a meeting, where are you going?" ”
"I ......" Wei San'er was weak, "I have an urgent need to urinate and want to go to make it easier." ”
All eyes were on him.
"He's very suspicious, let's check if there are any wounds on his body first." It was proposed.
Wei San'er ran away, and the men behind him swarmed up and chased after him.
In a short time, he was caught.
The crowd took off his clothes and saw clear scratches on his shoulders. He defended that he had accidentally injured himself, but this excuse was really unconvincing.
After a severe beating, Wei San'er explained the process of committing the crime.
Aunt Chen fainted from crying several times.
Wei San'er was tied up and locked in the stable in the village, Wu Yong scolded him for looking for death, knelt on the ground and begged the chief to give him a way to live.
"Lieutenant Chief, San'er is just confused for a while, he doesn't want to kill people, please let him live."
"As long as I can spare his life, how much food is needed, I will think of compensating the third aunt."
He fell to his knees and begged for mercy, and many of the people who had entered the village with him changed their cynical attitude and begged for mercy.
There are also people who curse and scold, saying that they just accidentally killed a woman, so why pay for their lives.
It's a big deal that they leave Jiangjia Village!
"Those who want to leave just have to leave, you don't think that the outside world is the same as our village, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, right?" Jiang Luo scolded with a sneer.
"What's the matter with you girl?" The man who was kneeling on the ground stood up and looked her up and down with malicious intent, "You also want to enjoy it like Xinghua?" ”
Before everyone could react, Jiang Boning rushed forward and punched him the bridge of the nose.
"If you say it again, I'm going to kill you!"
He stared at the man with a wry face, his fists clenched.
Jiang Cheng walked up to him and pulled Berning, "Brother Berning, don't be angry, we should respect other people's choices." ”
"Who else wants to leave but him?"
Everyone was silent, and Wu courageously stood up slowly, not daring to continue begging for mercy.
"Okay, let's send his family away."
The man has a family of four, a son and a daughter, who are not very old.
"By the way, your family has been in the village for half a year, and since you are leaving, you can only count it as a long-term worker. A month is a copper plate, which is exchanged for grain and taken away. ”
"All the other harvests go to the village."
"I ...... Wu Yong Ge ......"
"Captain...... That's not what I meant......"
The man argued.
Jiang Cheng watched coldly, and scolded lightly with thin lips, "Get out!" ”