"Comparison?" Yun Feiyan asked, "Show me." ”

Chen Wenqi didn't know why, so he took out Guo Xilai's armor and cloth strips and handed them to Yun Feiyan.

Yun Feiyan only glanced at it, and then said, "The strip of cloth was not torn off on this dress. ”

Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding were taken aback. Weng Junding asked in disbelief: "No? If it wasn't torn off from the same dress, how could the color be the same?

Yun Feiyan said affirmatively: "You will never be mistaken. This strip of cloth is an authentic Matsue cloth, and this armor is a typical cotton cloth. One south and one north, a difference of 10 million miles. ”

"What is the north and south, Songjiang cloth, and cotton cloth, you can make it clear to Sister Yan. Weng Junding said urgently.

Yun Feiyan smiled, picked up the piece of cloth and held it up in front of Weng Junding's eyes, and said: "Since Huang Daopo brought the spinning technology of the Li people in Hainan back to her hometown Songjiang Mansion, Songjiang cloth has become a substitute for 'good cloth', this cloth is delicate and smooth, and the thickness is uniform. If you look at this armor again, the cloth surface is uneven, and it is an out-and-out cotton cloth. Because the climate in the north is dry and the humidity is low, it is easy to break the yarn when weaving, so there are too many yarn joints, so its flatness is far from that of Songjiang cloth in the south. As soon as I entered the door, I noticed the difference, but I heard that it was the evidence of the case, so I wanted to confirm it again. ”

In this way, the facts of this case have to be reorganized. At present, the mace and this piece of cloth are the only clues, and it is necessary to find out who their owners are, and Wei Lingyi once told Guo Xi that Sun Er sometimes had to go out at night and borrowed a portable lantern from him, where would he go?" Chen Wenqi said this, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind, and he remembered what Guo Xi had said, and he was immediately stunned by his guess.

Weng Junding saw that Chen Wenqi suddenly fell into deep thought, and asked, "Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Wenqi pulled Weng Junding out and said, "Let's go, let's eat." After eating, we will try Guo Xilai again. ”

Weng Junding didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Wenqi's gourd, so he gobbled up a bowl of rice and stopped moving. Finally waited until Chen Wenqi slowly finished eating, and the two came to the ear room in the morning.

Weng Junding didn't know what Chen Wenqi wanted to ask, so he simply sat aside and let Chen Wenqi sing a "one-man show" alone.

"Guo Xilai, what you said just now, Wei Lingyi once went to your house to borrow a lantern?"

"Yes. ”

"How long did it take her to return?"

"No, and it hasn't been returned to me yet. I didn't ask for it if she didn't pay it back. ”

"Does Sun Er go out a lot at night?"

"He's going out every once in a while, and I don't know if the adults think it's too much or too much?"

"Wei Lingyi has never gone out with him?"

"No, she often goes with her, and counts that more than half of the time she goes with him. ”

"Wei Lingyi never told you where they went?

"Nope. The villain asked her twice, and she asked me not to ask what I shouldn't ask, and then the villain stopped asking. ”

"Every time they go out, which direction do they go, and you haven't followed them secretly?"

"I don't know. Wei Lingyi said to me, I am not allowed to follow them secretly, if she sees it, I will ...... They didn't get along with me anymore, so the villain didn't dare to follow them. ”

Chen Wenqi thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you remember the first time Wei Lingyi asked you for directions?"

"I remember, it was the first time a woman took the initiative to talk to me, so ...... So remember it very well. "I thought, that was the first time I touched a woman's hand in my life, how could I forget it?

"What did she ask you?"

"She said, 'Big brother, is there a village called Huojiazhuang near here?'"

When Weng Junding heard this, he knew what Chen Wenqi was thinking. However, since Sun Er was going to Huojiazhuang, why did he rent a house in Guo Village, which was a few miles away from Huojiazhuang?

Weng Junding hadn't figured out his mind yet, and heard Chen Wenqi say to Guo Xi: "In addition to these, what else did Wei Lingyi tell you?"

"I didn't ...... Didn't say anything, just said something between the two. ”

"Didn't you ever mention Sun Er?" Chen Wenqi didn't give up, and wanted to ask some useful information.

"Nope. But ......"

"But what? Weng Junding was impatient.

"The day after jumping out of the window and tearing my clothes, I found an opportunity to meet Wei Lingyi again, and she laughed at me for being less daring than a mouse and running faster than a rabbit. I said, 'I'm not afraid that he will embarrass you'?" Wei Lingyi raised the corners of her mouth and snorted, "He doesn't dare to borrow his guts, isn't he just a cat who steals fish?" Just this time I mentioned Sun Er. ”

As soon as these words came out, Weng Junding and Chen Wenqi were taken aback again, it turned out that these two men and women were not husband and wife? Could it be that they eloped and were afraid of being discovered, so they secretly came to live here?

Although Chen Wenqi was surprised, whether the two of them were married or not had no impact on his speculation. So he asked Guo Xilai a few more words, and when he couldn't find any new information, he asked Qiu Sen to still escort him back to his original place, and specially explained that he should not be treated as a felon.

Looking at Weng Junding's inquiring eyes, Chen Wenqi pondered for a while before saying: "There is a bold guess below, but there are still some things that I haven't figured out. ”

"Say it quickly. Weng Junding was not polite and urged.

"Originally, because of that piece of cloth, we have always presumed Guo Xilai's guilt and ignored some other useful clues. Since Mrs. Zun concluded that the strip of cloth was not the same as Guo Xilai's armor, could it be that there was someone else who killed Sun Er? It is speculated that Sun Er and his wife (who are not husband and wife now) left their hometown to live here not for business, but for another purpose. From the analysis of the situation where they inquired about Huojiazhuang and sneaked out at night, I concluded that the place they went to was Huojiazhuang, and the person they were looking for was Huo Long, the protagonist of the inheritance case that year. ”

Weng Junding listened, how could it be related to the inheritance case? Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, Chen Wenqi continued:

"I guess that Huo Hu has no basis for empty words, and he has no chance of winning a lawsuit to fight for the inheritance, but he is unwilling to let his father's inheritance be monopolized by his brother. So he invited Sun Er and Wei Lingyi to pretend to be husband and wife, secretly find out where his brother's gold and silver were stored, and wait for an opportunity to steal it. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by Huo Long when they were snooping, so Huo Long secretly attacked and killed Sun Er. However, this speculation does not make sense, since he was acting in secret, why was he discovered by Huo Long? When Huo Long found out that Sun Er had committed misdeeds, he could have arrested the police officer, so why was he willing to kill him at the risk of killing his head?

"It's normal to have suspicions, and if everything goes according to reason, the case will be solved. But you said that Sun Er was a master invited by Huo Hu, isn't he afraid of chickens and eggs?"

"I think Huo Hu must have sneaked back to his hometown at the same time and secretly had contact with Sun Er. ”

"If that's the case, Sun Er has been dead for half a year, why don't you see him appear?"

"Maybe he saw that Sun Er had lost his hand and Wei Lingyi had lost his mind, so he sneaked away? In short, everything is hypothetical, and if he clarifies the doubts one by one, he may get closer to the truth step by step. Therefore, I decided to go to Huojiazhuang and touch the bottom of Huolong. ”

"I'll go with you. ”

Chen Wenqi waved his hand: "I'm just going to make an unannounced visit, it's inconvenient if there are too many people, you can be your county master at home, and I'll be back tomorrow at the latest." ”

Weng Junding no longer insisted, but just told him to be more careful, and sent him out of the county office.

At noon the next day, Chen Wenqi returned to the county government as scheduled. From his expression, it was impossible to tell whether he was excited or frustrated. Weng Junding knew that this young man was cautious and steady, so he asked, "Brother Chen, can you have a harvest?"

Chen Wenqi said lightly: "It's worth the trip." ”

Of course, this trip is to find clues, Weng Junding really admires this benevolent brother in his heart, he is so stable at all times. But this time, without waiting for Weng Junding to ask again, Chen Wenqi took the initiative to tell him what happened:

"Huo Long should be one of the richest people in the village. A courtyard house under the shade of pine and cypress is very elegant, there is a spacious hall in front, and the main courtyard in the back, although it is not magnificent, but it is also luxurious enough. But the strange thing is that the turf and soil in the front and back of the courtyard have been turned over, and even the bricks and stones in the courtyard seem to have been rebuilt. While they were having dinner, I sneaked into his house to see if I could find the torn clothes and Guo Xilai's portable lantern. I was searching, I heard the footsteps of Huo Long and his wife, I didn't have time to go out, so I jumped into the attic to hide, only to hear Huo Long's wife ask, 'Do you still dig tonight?' Huo Long said angrily, "It's been digging for half a year, and I almost turned this yard upside down, and there is no hair, who knows if the old ghost is deceiving that little thing?" Forget it, don't dig it." I was so confused that I was anxious to get out of my predicament, so I quietly searched for an exit in the attic. Fortunately, the partition wall below was not built to the top, and the attic was all open, so I slowly moved to the other side of the attic, found an exit, and saw that there was no one in the room, and was about to jump off, when I suddenly saw a full set of carpentry tools in the corner of the attic, saws, planers, axes, adzes, chisels, and all kinds of things, except for a mace......"

"So, this mace should be his?" Weng Junding interrupted Chen Wenqi excitedly.

Chen Wenqi said: "Not should, but affirm. ”

Weng Junding was stunned, Chen Wenqi has always been calm, and he is not very sure that he will never say "full words", why is he so confident this time?

"Because these tools are engraved with the words 'moon and rain'. Chen Wenqi unveiled the mystery.

In this way, there is no doubt that Huo Long is the murderer of Sun Er. Brother Chen, I think I can arrest him. ”

"A mace alone is not enough to determine that he is the murderer, and he can argue that the mace has long since been lost. He must also find evidence that he cannot deny, such as the torn clothes, his motive for killing, and Sun Er's body. ”

Weng Junding suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Chen Wenqi: "Brother Chen, I forgot to tell you one thing, Huo Hu arrived at the county office yesterday. ”

"Ahh Let's go, go meet him, maybe he can save us a lot of detours. ”

Huo Hu was about twenty-five or six years old, of medium stature, and his Fushi dialect was mixed with an obvious foreign accent.

Huo Hu saw Weng Junding yesterday, so he knew that he was the county magistrate, and saw Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding sitting side by side, with questions in their eyes.

Weng Junding motioned for him to sit down and said to him, "This is General Chen, if you have something to ask, you have to answer truthfully." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Chen Wenqi was afraid that he would be afraid, so he eased the atmosphere first, and said to him: "Don't be nervous, let's talk casually, just say what you know, it doesn't matter if you don't know." ”

Huo Hu nodded.

"Your name is Huo Hu?"

"Yes, sir. ”

"You're back to fight your brother, aren't you?"

"Yes, sir. ”

"I have read your pleadings ten years ago, but there is no evidence to prove that your brother monopolized your father's estate, so this case is closed. Do you have any new evidence when you come back this time?"

Huo Hu suddenly became nervous again, shook his head and said, "No, my lord." The villain just saw the notice posted by the government, saying that there was a Master Chen who was good at judging strange cases and could help me, so I came back. Who are you?"

Chen Wenqi nodded: "It's me, but the theory of 'good judgment of strange cases' was made up by this Lord Weng, in order to find you and break the old backlog of cases." But don't worry, we'll do our best to help you. Now let me ask you a question, have you ever been back in the ten years since you left home?"

“......”

"Huo Hu, if you really want us to help you, you have to tell the truth, even if you do something illegal, you can't hide it. If there is really something to do, if you take the initiative to confess, we can consider leniency, and if you conceal it and are found out, the punishment will be increased. You have to think about it. Weng Junding interjected.

"My lord, the villain has not done anything bad. I just wondered if I should talk about my family affairs, because I promised my father. ”

"If it has nothing to do with the case, of course you can not tell it, otherwise you should still tell it, which can help us solve the case, I think your father would not blame you if he knew. What's more," Chen Wenqi glanced at Weng Junding and continued: "We will also keep it secret for you, and we will never mention it to outsiders." ”

Huo Hu listened, then he eliminated his worries, nodded and replied, "The villain has come back twice. ”

"When?"

"I came back once in September last year and again in May last year. ”

Isn't this exactly after Sun Er and their appearance here?

"Can you tell me what you're going to do when you come back?"

"Find someone. Huo Hu replied very simply.

"Looking for someone, who are you looking for?" Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding were surprised.

"Find ...... My wife. ”

"Your wife, ...... she?" Weng Junding couldn't help but interject.

Chen Wenqi said: "Huo Hu, you can explain the cause and effect of the matter in detail." ”

"Yes, sir, it all started when my father wasn't dead. Ten years ago, my father was ill for a long time and knew that he would die soon. One day, the old man called us brothers to me and said to my brother, "Your brother is young, and after your father dies, he will have only one relative." Daddy has worked hard all his life, and finally has some savings, you know where to put it, and when your brother grows up, give him some of it, let him go out and live independently, this ancestral house, you will live as an elder brother. ”

"Your father is really unfair, if you don't give it to you, you shouldn't tell it, and the family property should be clearly separated, otherwise, why is there this 'inheritance case'?" Qiu Sen, who was standing by the door, said unevenly.

"Actually, my father is not confused, he does this with deep meaning. The next day, while my brother was away, my father said to me, "Hu'er, my father didn't give you half of the ancestral house, do you hate your father?" I said, "Daddy, I don't blame you." Daddy said, son, if your brother cares about his flesh and blood, Daddy will give it to you if he doesn't say anything, if he doesn't care about brotherhood, Daddy divides the ancestral house and you will be harmed by your life. Saying that, he took out a very small folded paper ball from under the pillow, asked me to put it close to me, and said in a low voice, you can collect this thing well, if your brother does not share your property with brotherly affection, it can also keep you worry-free for a lifetime, if your brother treats you well, you take it out and share it equally with your brother, your brother just knows, and he will not blame his father. I was about to ask Daddy what this was, and my brother walked in. And it didn't take long for Daddy and his old man to ...... Just ......" Huo Hu was full of tears, and finally didn't continue.

Chen Wenqi, Weng Junding and the others didn't make a sound, Huo Hu calmed down for a while, and then said: "After my father died, my brother changed his face, he didn't give me a good color all day long, and he asked me to do the work that I couldn't do at my age, and he didn't give me enough food. I couldn't bear it anymore, and I offered to live separately, so he gave me a thin piece of land and twenty taels of silver, and told me to leave home that day. The uncle in the village couldn't see it, so he accompanied me to the government to fight the lawsuit, but he couldn't win because he didn't have any evidence. After that, I stayed at my uncle's house in the village, and lived by planting that thin piece of land, but my brother and sister-in-law were fighting for three days, and I had no choice but to go away. ”

"What was that thing your father gave you? Didn't you take it with you before you left home?" asked Chen Wenqi.

"It was a piece of paper with an unknown drawing, and I took it out to look at when no one was around, but I couldn't see it, so I couldn't find anything when I left home. ”

"Isn't there a word on it?" asked Weng Junding.

"Yes, it's four sentences, and it's like a poem, but it's very difficult to understand. ”

"Do you remember?"

"Over the years, I have been pondering it all day long, how can I not remember? Those four sentences are: The ancestral house is out of the dragon, the head and tail are empty, the ground is not white, and the frog lives in the belly. ”

Sure enough, it was very difficult to understand. Chen Wenqi said: "Let this matter go for a while, you can continue." ”

"Yes. And so I wandered in a foreign land for ten years. Three years ago I met a wandering woman, perhaps from the same background, and we fell in love with each other, and soon became married under the help of a friend. At first, the two of them had a good life, but after a few months, she thought I was too poor and quarreled with me from time to time. Once I was quarreled with by her, I said an angry word, don't look at me now that I am poor, one day I will figure out the picture that my father left me, maybe I will be a rich man, and then I may not be able to dislike whom. As soon as she heard this, she immediately stopped arguing with me and asked what was going on. I regretted it in my heart, but I was pressed by her, and I thought that since we were husband and wife, I didn't have to hide it, maybe she could see something. So I took out the picture and told her in detail. Since then, she has neither noisy nor noisy, but helps me take care of my business when I am busy, and asks me to take out the picture and ponder it when I am free. Just when I was feeling comfortable, one day, she disappeared. I thought she was playing somewhere, but I still didn't see her for many days, and then I saw that her clothes were all gone, and more importantly, the picture was gone. I thought she must have come back with the picture to find something my father had left behind, so I hurried back, but found no trace of her. ”

"I didn't find her the first time, so I came back the next year to look for her, right?" Chen Wenqi said.

"Yes, she's been disappearing for the past few years, and I don't know where she is?"

When Huo Hu talked about this, many of Chen Wenqi's previous doubts were immediately explained reasonably, including the traces of the front yard and back of Huo Long's courtyard, and the truth of the case gradually became clear. He continued Huo Hu's words and said: "Your wife has not disappeared, she has been in Fushi County for the past two years. ”

Before Chen Wenqi finished speaking, Huo Hu jumped up, grabbed Chen Wenqi's sleeve, and asked excitedly: "My lord, is she really here? How do you know?"

"Are you saying Wei Lingyi is his wife?" Weng Junding was also quite surprised.

Without waiting for Chen Wenqi to answer, Huo Hu asked Weng Junding again: "My lord, what is her name?"

"Wei Lingyi. ”

Huo Hu suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and said: "No, my wife's name is Qiu Hua." ”

"Although the name is different, the person must be her. Chen Wenqi said confidently, "Brother Weng Nian, please let someone bring Wei Lingyi over and let Huo Hu recognize him." ”

As soon as Wei Lingyi appeared, Huo Hu rushed to her side, hugged her and shouted: "Qiu Hua, I can be regarded as finding you, if you want to come to the house to find what your father left behind, you should also tell me, isn't it good for the two of us to come together?"

Chen Wenqi sighed and said to Huo Hu: "Huo Hu, calm down, she is already crazy." ”

"Crazy? Why is she crazy? Huo Hu couldn't accept this fact and said bitterly.

"How she is crazy, I'll tell you slowly later. Now let me ask you again, Wei Lingyi, oh, it's Qiu Hua, does she have any friends who get along better?"

Huo Hu shook his head, looked at Qiu Hua and said, "No, she is a wandering woman, and no one knows her." ”

"What about you? Don't you have a few friends? I remember you just said that it was a friend who made you two get married. ”

"Yes, I have a few friends over there. ”

"Are your friends alright? Oh, I mean, they're still dealing with you?"

"That's right. But there's a friend I haven't seen in two years. ”

"What's his name?" Weng Junding understood what Chen Wenqi was asking, and asked anxiously.

"Qian Shiye. ”

Weng Junding immediately understood that "Sun Er" was also a pseudonym.

"That's right, maybe you can 'meet' him in a day or two. Chen Wenqi said.

"Qian Shiye, he's also here?" Huo Hu asked in surprise. Then he seemed to understand something, and turned to look at Qiu Hua (Wei Lingyi), with a resentful look in his eyes, "My lord, ...... that picture?"

"If my guess is correct, that picture should be in Brother Ling's hands now. We'll talk about it later, Huo Hu, can you see what this is?" Chen Wenqi took out the hammer and asked Huo Hu to identify it.

Huo Hu took the mace and looked at it, and said, "My lord, this is the mace that my grandfather used. ”

"How so?"

"Look at the words on the handle of this hammer: Yujia Sun and Moon, together it is 'Huo Ming', my grandfather's name. My lord, how could it be in your hand?" Huo Hu asked curiously.

"Picked it up. Chen Wenqi said casually.

"Ah...... Picked it up?" Huo Hu wanted to say and stopped.

"Huo Hu, you seem to have something to say?"

"No, sir. The villain is just a little weird. ”

"What's weird?"

"My grandfather used to be a very famous carpenter, doing a very good carpentry job, people from all over the country asked him to work, and over time his peers were dissatisfied, so they thought of an extremely despicable way (please forgive me, children and grandchildren can not talk about the ancestors), and ruined my grandfather's reputation, and no one has ever invited him again. Grandpa was depressed all day long, vomited blood several times, and refused to take medicine, so he slowly dragged himself to death. Before he died, he told my father that future generations are not allowed to learn carpentry, and his tools are not allowed to be touched, otherwise it will be unfilial. Unexpectedly, my brother lost it. ”

"Oh, I see. Huo Hu, do you remember where your family's grave is?"

"Of course I do. If you forget where your ancestors are buried, it is a great sin of unfilial piety. ”

"Can you take us for a walk?"

"Okay. But why do you want to go to that place?"

"You'll find out when you go. ”

"Brother Chen, do you mean that Sun Er's body was transferred by Huo Long to his ancestral grave and buried? No, how could anyone bury the enemy's corpse with his ancestor?" Weng Junding was a little unconvinced.

"It's a matter of urgency. Where do you think no one else will go?"

Weng Junding was impressed by Chen Wenqi's meticulousness, yes, who has nothing to do to go to other people's graves?

"Brother Weng Nian, if nothing else, Sun Er's body can be found in the Huo family's ancestral tomb, so it can also be confirmed that Huo Long is the culprit who killed Sun Er. Please arrange for Xie Po to take one person with me to the Huo family's cemetery, and you ask Qiu Sen to take a few fast catchers to wait near Huo Long's house, so as not to let him run away when he hears the news. If Sun Er's body is found on the other side of the cemetery, I will send someone to send you a message, and then I will arrest Huo Long and bring him to justice. Then search his house for navy blue clothes and a portable lantern, both of which should be found in his house. It's almost time for Shen now, and we need to act quickly. ”

......

Huo Jiazu cemetery.

"My lord, this new tomb without a tombstone should not be the ancestor of my family. Huo Hu said affirmatively.

Chen Wenqi didn't speak, with a wave of his hand, Xie Po and the assistant he brought immediately took action, digging for a long time or soil, Xie Po was a little suspicious that there was something they were looking for in it. Chen Wenqi said to him, do you think Huo Long will buy a coffin for Sun Er? Sure enough, when I dug about three feet deep from the ground, I saw a corpse curled up in it, with neither a reed mat nor lime. After Xie Po and they slowly brushed away the floating soil, turned the body and lay it down, they heard Huo Hu exclaim: "Qian Shiye."

Xie Po took out his tools and began to inspect the body with his assistant. Chen Wenqi walked around the Huo family's cemetery with his hands in his hands, occasionally asking Huo Hu some questions. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xie Po and the others were still constantly inspecting, obviously not yet finding out the cause of death.

Chen Wenqi walked over and asked, "What, you don't have any eyebrows at all?"

"My lord, it is really strange, there are no wounds or bruises on the body, and there are no signs of poisoning. ”

"Have you seen the whole body? The soles of the feet, the top of the head, the crotch, the anus, the armpits, etc., are there any omissions in these places?" Chen Wenqi reminded.

"I've seen it all. ”

"Look at it again. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Sure enough, the assistant excitedly shouted, "There's a hole in the top of the head." ”

When Chen Wenqi heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and brushed his hair to take a look, and sure enough, there was a hole the size of a finger, and it was indeed difficult to find it without brushing his hair.

Without waiting for the order, Xie Po took out the razor from the toolbox, shaved his hair three times and twice, and a little deeper from the hole, something like a wooden stick could be faintly visible. Because of the deep into the skull, Xie Po had to use a saw to sawn the skull, before taking out the wedged object, Chen Wenqi took a look, it turned out to be a small chisel with a wooden handle, and the wooden handle was unexpectedly engraved with four words: Yujia Sun and Moon.

Chen Wenqi handed the small chisel back to Xie Po, and then said to his assistant: "Go and tell Lord Weng and let him act according to the plan." ”