Therefore, this is the first murder he encountered in the county order.

The person who reported the case was Zhang Dabao, a villager from Nanping Village, who belonged to a village on the outskirts of Chang'an County.

Zhang Dabao is a farmer, although he looks dark, he looks relatively sleek, and he is not honest.

"Zhang Dabao, tell me the details of the incident!" When everyone was talking to each other, Li Hui knocked on the alarm and looked at Zhang Dabao.

Looking at the appearance of everyone, they were obviously shocked by this case, after all, Chang'an County belongs to Chang'an City, and although there are many bad things at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they have nothing to do with the people at the bottom.

Therefore, homicides are not common.

With Li Hui's inquiry, everyone in the county government also quieted down and looked at Zhang Dabao who was standing in the lobby.

Zhang Dabao looked at this posture, where did he dare to hide it, and quickly told what happened:

"When I went to work in the fields this morning, I passed by a crooked-necked tree at the end of the village and saw a corpse!"

"At that time, I was so startled that I didn't dare to look at anything, so I hurried to the county office to report the case to the official!"

"That corpse has nothing to do with me, please check it out!"

Li Hui nodded secretly, and it was a very ordinary case.

He didn't hear anything wrong at all, so he shifted his position and went to the place of the crime first!

Later, after asking some detailed things, Li Hui hurriedly took people to the place where the murder occurred.

The suburbs of Chang'an County are not far from the county government, in fact, it is only a few incense sticks, and Li Hui soon took the county government to Nanping Village.

When they came to the entrance of Nanping Village, the people in the village also got up.

The villagers gathered, their faces filled with horror and unease, and if the killer had not been found, the killer would have continued to kill.

Li Hui knows this truth very well, but first of all, he must appease the emotions of the people, and not let the fear spread, lest he make a mistake.

Therefore, as soon as Li Hui arrived here, he first appeased the villagers, so that the villagers could feel at ease a little and not be too flustered.

"Folks, don't panic, this official will definitely catch the murderer!" Li Hui comforted him officially.

"The prefectural magistrate is an adult, a villain.

Seeing that the county magistrate was coming in person, the village was hurriedly standing up, but before he could say a few words, Li Hui hurriedly said to him:

"Where is the end of the village, hurry up and take this official there!"

Now the facts of the case are the most important, where will Li Hui listen to the other party's nonsense about shirking responsibility.

Where did the village dare to delay, he immediately beckoned the villagers to get out of the way, and led the way in front.

When passing by the crowd, Li Hui suddenly had a little panic in the eyes of a man among them.

Something is wrong with this man!

Li Hui secretly remembered the man's appearance, but Li Hui did not startle the snake, but ordered people to guard the entrance of the village.

Soon, Li Hui and others, under the leadership of Muramasa, came to the end of Nanping Village.

I saw a woman hanging from a crooked-necked tree at the edge of the woods at the end of the village, swaying slightly in the wind.

The scene became strange for a while.

Muramasa didn't dare to look at the corpse at all, after all, the corpse was too ugly to look at.

Even Li Hui and the others were frightened by this corpse, but fortunately, the woman had not been dead for a long time, and the corpse had not yet decomposed, and there was no corpse smell.

After all, Li Hui had seen the world, and he did not panic, but asked people to put the body down first, and then called a piece to go to the autopsy.

When the body was put down, everyone was shocked when they looked at her face.

The woman's tongue was very long, her eyes were rolled, her neck was bruised, and her body had slight corpse spots.

If you see this scene in the middle of the night, I'm afraid you will be scared to death.

Judging from the corpse, he had been dead for at least a few hours, but the time of death was definitely within twelve hours.

When the autopsy was conducted, Li Hui was not idle, but carefully looked around to see if there were any other clues.

He stepped forward and looked around the crooked neck tree, where there were subtle scratches on the bark, apparently from the placement of the ladder.

Although this crooked-necked tree is not tall, it is more than two feet high, and without a ladder, the corpse cannot be suspended three feet from the ground.

But what about ladders?

There was no trace of a ladder in the surrounding area, only two small pits on the ground.

Li Hui has a question mark on his face, this is too rough!

You're pretending to be a suicide person!

For a while, Li Hui locked the possible scope of the murderer in the village, and the family was obviously "thrifty" and even reluctant to give up the ladder.

Of course, this is still his preliminary conclusion.

After observing the crooked neck tree for a while, and there were no other clues, Li Hui looked at the corpse.

Although the corpse was dressed in ordinary clothes, it was evidently better than that of a normal peasant woman, and there was little dirt on the nails.

Special groups in the village?

Moreover, until now, there has been no family to identify the body, that is, she may not have any family.

In order to verify the conjecture in his heart, Li Hui looked at Muramasa, who was standing restlessly, and asked:

"Muramasa, this person is from your village, right? What's her name? ”

Murazheng was shouted by Li Hui, the old man's body trembled slightly, and he respectfully arched his hand:

"Lord County Commander, I know her, her name is Luo Sanfeng, and she is a widow in our village."

Sure enough, the widow was the most accident-prone person in the village.

Li Hui nodded, and just as he wanted to ask, the autopsy on the side spoke.

He has concluded the autopsy and apparently has received some preliminary results.

"Your Excellency!" While putting away the tools, he said:

"The corpse is out."

Li Hui glanced at Muramasa, and immediately instructed the officials on the side:

"Come and go to Luo Sanfeng's house and see if there are any other clues!"

"Yes, sir!" The two left quickly, the village was not big, and they could find death by asking

home.

Then, Li Hui said lightly:

"When did the deceased die?"

He was stunned for a moment, he thought that Li Hui was concerned about the real cause of the murderer's death, but he did not hesitate in his heart, and said respectfully: "The deceased died in about five to seven hours!" ”

When Li Hui heard this, he turned his head to the village on the side and ordered:

"You first ask the villagers if they saw any suspicious people before last night."

"Or, look who's missing from the village!"

Anything can happen until the outcome of the case is known.

The possibility that the killer came from elsewhere is not ruled out, although it is less likely.

Muramasa did not hesitate, nodded again and again, and was about to leave.

Li Hui glanced at the two officials on the side, "You two are assisting the village to investigate the records!" "

"Yes, sir!"

The two of them should be, and then left with a confused Muramasa.

After they left, Li Hui looked at the corpse on the ground, waved his hand and said:

"Collect the corpse, let's go back to the yamen!"

And they obeyed, and did not dare to slack off.

On the way back, Li Hui asked out loud, "Are there any other clues on the corpse?" ”

Tong Wu nodded and said solemnly:

"My lord, there is a small strangulation mark on the neck of the deceased, which is suspected to have been strangled by a filament, and it is indeed suffocated to death."