The Yamen of the Criminal Division.

On this day, Xiao Wuxin came to the yamen in person, Zhao Cicheng was sincerely afraid, and invited the emperor to the throne, but Xiao Wuxin just said: "I am very interested in this case, I will listen to it in the back hall, so as not to spare your thoughts." ”

Xiao Wuxin and Xiao Yanting sat in the back hall.

Zhao Ci sat on the front of the public hall, holding a startled wood, and after the sound of snapping sounded, he said, "Take the suspect Zhao Si." ”

A middle-aged man dressed in a rough ragged cloth was taken to this majestic public hall by the officials.

As the melodious word "mighty" shouted out from the mouths of the officials, Zhao Si was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he knelt on the ground, and before Zhao Ci could open his mouth to ask, he said: "Big ...... People, the little ones are diligent and conscientious, and they have never done anything that hurts nature and reason. ”

"You haven't done anything lacking in morality, what are you afraid of?!" Zhao Ci's eyes were blazing, his expression was solemn, and he had a majesty that was not angry.

"Little scared, they all say that your punishment hall is more terrifying than the Shura Hell of Hades, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out alive." Zhao Si said.

"Humph! This official is indeed more terrifying to the wicked than the Shura hell; But to the good, they can be unscathed. Zhao Ci slapped the shocking wood again, "Don't talk nonsense, this official asks you, where were you on the nights of the seventh day of August and the thirty-first day of August?" ”

Zhao Si thought for a while and said, "I wasn't on duty that night, so I had a few drinks with my friends. ”

"Drink with whom? Where do you drink alcohol? Zhao Ci asked.

Zhao Si was hesitant and refused to explain the reason, but looking at Zhao Ci's cannibalistic face, he reluctantly said: "Together with Xu Juren, in the illusion...... The wine that the sound is drinking. ”

"Who says you can testify?"

"The Little Apple of the Phantom Workshop." Zhao Si said with a red face.

The one called Little Apple is the prostitute of the Phantom Sound Workshop, due to the high consumption level of the Phantom Sound Workshop, Zhao Si and Xu Juren are shy in their pockets, so it is only enough to spend a woman's money. So, they came up with a solution, that is, one person in the middle of the night, and one person in the middle of the night.

So, that night, the scene of a woman fighting two men was born.

Then Zhao Ci sent someone to find the little apple and confirmed Zhao Si's testimony, and the little apple pointed at Zhao Si and scolded him: "You old thing, you can toss me enough that night, spend a penny, let the old lady serve the two men, you are really dogs." ”

Zhao Si was ashamed, lowered his head, and still needed prostitution if he had no money.

"Don't talk nonsense in the court, you can go." Zhao Ci said angrily.

Little Apple reluctantly left, and that night he lost a lot, and almost didn't let the two old virgins torture to death.

"Zhao Si, this official asks you again, why did you appear at the scene of the killed? Is it intentional, or is it just curiosity? Zhao Ci continued to ask.

"The small one is passing by, and by the way, I will come forward to have a good time."

"You're lying!!" The deafening sound sounded again, and Zhao Ci said: "Your home is in the south of the city, and the first murder happened in the Phantom Sound Workshop, you can say that it is a stop; The second murder is in the Lichun Courtyard in the north of the city, as well as the Chunyu Building and Chunfeng Pavilion in the east and west of the city. ”

"Little one remembers wrong, it's me...... Exactly passed, yes, exactly passed. ”

"Zhao Si!! Do you treat this official as a dog? If you don't give an honest account, you will be allowed to taste the 20 tortures of the Yamen. ”

After that, Zhao Ci asked someone to bring a hot brazier, and the red-hot iron was roasted in the coals.

Zhao Si saw the red-hot iron, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Adult, the little one remembers, the two prostitutes who were killed in Lichun Courtyard and Chunyu Lou were with me the night before, and I heard that they died, and the little one was very scared, and the one who was worried about the death was me, so I came to the scene secretly." ”

Zhao Siyi has never married a wife at an old age, and often lingers in major green and red places, and the two people who died happened to serve Zhao Si.

Subsequently, Zhao Ci asked about some other things, and temporarily put Zhao Si in prison.

Next, Zhao Ci successively interrogated Li Sanpao and Zhou Ye, a woodcutter, in the same way, and after the same interrogation procedures, they all had alibi certificates.

Li Sanpao was either drinking with his colleagues or on duty at night for a few days when he killed people, and his signature was on the sign-in book.

Woodcutter Zhou Ye, an honest villager, was at home at night when he killed, and in those days, Zhou Ye's family had relatives and friends visiting the house, which happened to prove it. As for why he appeared at the scene, it was because Zhou Ye came to the city to sell firewood to pay back, that's all.

The suspicion of three people can basically be ruled out.

"Your Majesty! You also heard it in the back hall, all three of them have alibi certificates, as well as reasonable explanations for appearing at the crime scene, is our investigation going in the wrong direction? Zhao Ci said.

Xiao Wuxin was also a little confused, but his intuition told him that the murderer must be one of the three of them.

"From the perspective of criminal psychology, the appearance of a murderer at the scene of a crime is never accidental, the three of them have appeared many times, I don't believe it is a coincidence, there must be someone among them who is lying." Xiao Wuxin said.

Criminal psychology?

Zhao Ci said that he had never heard of such a discipline, but it was not important, the important thing was whether the case could be solved.

Xiao Wuxin said again: "Actually, it's not difficult to prove that any of them are lying, just do a simple test to prove it." ”

Seeing him whispering something in Zhao Ci's ear, Zhao Ci couldn't help but say with admiration: "Your Majesty is really a god, and Weichen admires it." ”

"Go ahead! Do as I say, and some of the three of them will definitely show their feet. ”

"Yes!!"

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Ci brought the three of them to court at the same time.