The footprints appeared from the well and went into the orchard over there. Then, they followed the trail, about 30 meters, and they saw a gun buried in the snow. Shi Baoan took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and picked up the gun lightly, while also avoiding his own fingerprints from being left on it.

The bewildering trail stretched straight to the edge of the fence at the top of the orchard, and then across the fence and continued to stretch far ahead.

So, no longer following the footsteps, the two men turned and returned to the living room, and then showed the pistols they had picked up. A farmer said, "Ah, this pistol seems to belong to Jin Hao." ”

"How did you find out?"

"I'm not sure it's his, but the last time I saw him in a restaurant in town, he wanted to get it."

"What day did you say last time, do you remember what day it was?"

"Well, that day happened to be the day of the town, at that time, Jin Hao also came to the restaurant, it is said that the holster was opened, and took it to the old cobbler to repair, but unfortunately, the cobbler was not at home, and the door of the shop was closed, so he handed the holster to the manager of the restaurant and entrusted him to the old cobbler to repair. That gun happens to be the same as this one, you say?" He turned his head to his other partner

"That's pretty much it."

The farmer said the same, and such a testimony is important. There were seven rounds of ammunition in the gun, three of which were fired.

"Three shots...... Three gunshots...... The time of the fight was 11:12, and at that time, the snow had stopped falling, so the footprints on the snow did not move. Lang Xiaobai thought to himself,

Then, Jin Hao's pistol was found on the snow - but, well, wait, this alone can't be concluded that Jin Hao is the murderer! Even though there was a gunshot, the body was not found! What's more, there is one more thing that is elusive. ”

"Mr. Lang, Jin Hao is the murderer, there should be no more doubts, right?"

"Why?"

Shi Baoan said: "The evidence is there, pistols, footprints and fights...... And Jin Hao ...... Jiang Zhize's wife Su Fengnan Therefore, Jiang Zhize hated him very much. At the same time, they are enemies of each other, and Jin Hao always carries a pistol with him in order to prevent himself from being killed by the old drunkard father and son. The night before, when Jiang Zhize was drinking at his old drunkard father's house, Jin Hao took the opportunity to have a tryst with Su Fengnan, but unfortunately he was bumped into by Jiang Zhize, who came home drunk. The drunk Jiang Zhize couldn't beat Jin Hao, and Jin Hao hated Jiang Zhize's abuse of Su Fengnan very much, so unless he didn't fight, he would be beaten to death. After a while, Jiang Zhize escaped from the side door of the kitchen, ran to the snow, and was chased by Jin Hao. So, the two men fought again by the well. In the end, Jin Hao finally pulled out his pistol and shot, and threw Jiang Zhize, who was shot and killed, into the well, and escaped across the fence. That's my guess. ”

Shi Baoan said smugly.

And Lang Xiaobai was smiling quietly. "Your reasoning is reasonable, but is it really what you say?"

"What's the matter, there's all the evidence?"

"No, I don't think I'm so sure. First, whether Jiang Zhize was really thrown into the well, before the body is found, we can't draw conclusions too early. ”

However, this well seems to be bottomless, and it has not been used for many years, so it is not possible to go down. What's more, judging by the surrounding situation, it is certain that the body was pushed into the well. Shi Baoan's tone was very resolute.

"Well, even if what you said is undoubted, then, how did Jin Hao enter Jingyuan, there is no credential, right? There are no footprints of him inside or outside the gate?"

"That's because it hadn't snowed before Jin Hao came, which means that he had sneaked into the well garden before nine o'clock, so his footprints were buried by the heavy snow."

"Oh, I see! However, I still have a question that I don't understand, where did Mrs. Su Fengnan go? Is she the same as Jiang Zhize, who was pushed into the waste well?" Lang Xiaobai was suspicious.

"No, Jin Hao pities Su Fengnan very much, and he loves her, it is impossible to kill her. She fled with Jin Hao. The door to Mrs. Su Fengnan's bedroom was damaged beyond recognition, and it can be concluded from this. Shi Baoan said.

"But the footprints from the old well to the end of the orchard are all man's."

"That's because Jin Hao was carrying Su Fengnan on his back when he fled, so those footprints were deep in the snow. This means that the person must be carrying something heavy on his back. ”

"How can you cross the fence with someone behind your back?"

"There is a wooden door on the fence, although the wooden door is often closed with a large lock, but Jiang Zhize happens to have the key on him. After Jin Hao killed Jiang Zhize with a gun, he got the key from him, and then opened the wooden door on the fence and escaped. ”

"This reasoning sounds reasonable, but what about beyond the fence?"

"Beyond the fence is an endless field, and after walking through a section of the field ridge is a wide avenue, and after the avenue is not far away is a manor, where Jin Hao lived."

"Oh, is that the manor that Jin Hao's father bought from the old drunkard with money?"

"That's right, Jin Hao lives in that manor. The night before, he must have come alone from the manor, sneaked into the well garden, and after killing Jiang Zhize, he secretly slipped back to the manor with Su Fengnan on his back. ”

"Shall we go after them, then?"

"It's too late, maybe the train they're on has already left."

"So is the station they went to the same station called Tea Garden, where I just got off?"

"No, the stop doesn't stop fast, they must be galloping to the town ahead to take the fast train. However, before eleven o'clock, there was no express train arriving at the station, and if they called the security office there now, they might be able to catch the two men at the station. ”

Lang Xiaobai nodded in agreement, but a slightly mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He never thought that the murderer was Jin Hao, nor did he think that Jin Hao would deceive and kidnap Su Fengnan.

However, for Shi Baoan's actions, it was inconvenient for him to intervene. "Let's use my own methods to verify the truth of the whole case."