Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Head
Unexpectedly, this Shi Shijie's life turned out to be his sister, such a hard-mouthed person, when it came to his sister, he was subdued so easily, and he really had no sense of accomplishment. After listening to Shi Shijie www.biquge.info Liang Wenfu roughly understood what happened:
One night last month, Shi Shijie picked up more than 100 taels of silver, and later happened to meet a few people from the neighborhood He Liu and Wang Qi on the street, and when he was happy, he invited a few people to his house to drink and brag.
Shi Shijie and these people have known each other since childhood, and their favorite thing to do with each other is to brag that they are better than each other, usually no one is convinced by anyone, that day, with the strength of wine, Shi Shijie took out the silver in order to boast of his boldness, and bragged that he killed someone on the road and robbed it.
Although several people saw this large amount of money, they still didn't believe that Shi Shijie really dared to kill, so they squeezed him in their words.
In order to win the trust of a few people, Shi Shijie fabricated the process of killing himself, and deliberately told the details vividly: "The person I just met in Huaishupo in the south of the city...... When he turned around and tried to catch me, I cut off his arm directly, and then he knew that he couldn't beat me, so he screamed and wanted to run, I jumped directly on his back and cut off his dog's head with a knife!
After searching out his money, I carried the body for more than half an hour, and threw it into the dry well under the slope of the locust tree, but at this time I found that I don't know when I actually lost his head on the road! I searched back for more than two miles before I found the head on the side of the road, and then it was dark, so I dug a pit and buried my head on the side of the road, and then washed off my blood in the river and came back!"
Because Shi Shijie said in too much detail, He Liu and the others were bluffed, and no one dared to refute at that time. But after waking up the next day, the more He Liu thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, so he went to the dry well early in the morning, ready to expose Shi Shijie's big words, but when he looked at it, he found that there was really a headless corpse inside!
He Liu just loves to brag on weekdays, but he is actually quite timid, and now he is sure that Shi Shijie really killed someone, and he almost lost his soul, for fear that Shi Shijie would kill himself in order to kill himself after he woke up, so he hurriedly went to the county government and reported to Lu Zhixian at that time.
Lu Zhixian sent a servant to conduct an examination, and the corpse had no head, one arm had been cut off, and there was a knife wound on the back of the waist, which was exactly the same as Shi Shijie's description! In addition, more than 100 taels of silver were found from his house and the origin of the money was inexplicable.
As soon as the county government posted a notice to identify the body, a young woman surnamed Zhang came to cry out, saying that the deceased must be her husband Niu Sanshun, because he went out to collect debts yesterday but did not return overnight, and he must have been killed by this Shi Shijie and made a fortune. Lu Zhixian asked Zhang to take him to identify the body, although he had no head, but when Zhang looked at the clothes, he immediately recognized that it was really his husband Niu Sanshun!
Although Shi Shijie kept shouting injustice, the bitter master, human evidence, and material evidence were all there, and in the end, he had no choice but not to confess under the heavy punishment! Only in the end, he was asked to hand over the corpse's head, Shi Shijie was escorted by the government to look for it several times in Huaishupo, but he couldn't find it, and at this time, it happened that Lu Zhixian was promoted, and the case was temporarily dragged down.
Coming out of prison, Liang Wenfu thought about it, the body had been placed in Yizhuang and not buried, it must have been swollen for a long time, and he couldn't see anything when he went, so he simply started with the suspect.
If this matter is really not the work of the biggest suspect Shi Shijie, then there are only three possibilities: First, Niu Sanshun's killing and Shi Shijie's bragging happened to coincide, and this possibility is almost none; second, someone has a grudge against Shi Shijie, and after listening to his bragging, he killed someone according to his method in an attempt to frame him! Third, Niu Sanshun's enemy happened to hear Shi Shijie's words and imitated what he said to kill Niu Sanshun in order to clear his suspicion.
After thinking about it, Liang Wenfu felt that the second possibility was the biggest, so he first investigated with He Liu, who was the most suspect, that night, but tossed several people in a dream for half the night, and finally determined that they were indeed not the real murderers.
The next day, after Liang Wenfu went to see the vicinity of Shi's house, he immediately had a big head -- outside the wall of Shi's courtyard was a street market, and there were countless people who set up stalls there every day, and they could all hear the conversation in the courtyard! And when Liang Wenfu asked these stall vendors and neighbors about Shi Shijie, few of them had anything good to say! It seems that Shi Shijie usually offended a lot of people because of his mouth damage!
Theoretically, each of these people has the motive to frame Shi Shijie, and even some people who happened to pass by while shopping at that time are suspicious! Liang Wenfu can't investigate one by one, right?
This road didn't work, Liang Wenfu decided to go to Niu's house first, maybe he could gain something.
When he arrived at Niu's house, he didn't find anyone at all, but Liang Wenfu found a big suspicion: Niu's house lived in a low adobe house, and the thatch on the roof had rotted a big hole and had not been repaired, and even the door was just a firewood door tied up with firewood!
According to Zhang's statement, Niu Sanshun was killed when he returned from going out to collect debts, but the Niu family was so poor that they could have more than 100 taels of silver? And even lent it to others? The more Liang Wenfu thought about it, the more he felt that this Zhang family was suspicious, and maybe she had personally participated in the murder!
Asked the neighbors of the Niu family, a woman who obviously liked to gossip told Liang Wenfu: "This Niu Sanshun and his wife Zhang are baby relatives, and when they grow up, Zhang thinks that the Niu family is too poor, although they are forced to marry by the order of their parents, but the husband and wife often fight." ”
"Is there any rumor about the Zhang family?" Liang Wenfu asked in a deep voice.
According to Liang Wenfu's speculation: Niu Sanshun is physically strong, and it is not easy to kill him with a woman from the Zhang family, let alone kill him completely in accordance with the established methods. Therefore, the murderer must have been a man, and this man was most likely Zhang's mistress!
The woman shook her head: "I haven't heard of this. ”
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Liang Wenfu also said goodbye and left, and left his body that night, wanting to go to Zhang's to investigate, but he didn't see anyone all night, and he didn't know where she went.
In the past two days, Qianqian has always come to Liang Wenfu, although she didn't go to bed to seduce again, but when Liang Wenfu thought that Yun Cuixian might come again at any time, he was afraid that it would cause her misunderstanding again, and he was nervous all day long. But before the case is solved, it is not good to see Qianqian, so Liang Wenfu plans to speed up the progress and directly lead the snake out of the hole.
After making up his mind, as soon as school was out at noon the next day, Liang Wenfu found Zhou Zhixian and told him about the case, and then talked about his doubts and solutions, Zhou Zhixian pondered for a while, and finally agreed to his request.
In the afternoon, a notice was posted outside the Yamen of Yi County: In order to end the case of Niu Sanshun's murder as soon as possible, the county government is now offering a reward for finding Niu Sanshun's head. Whoever can find it will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!
Fifty taels of silver is not a small amount, this matter quickly spread in the county, just after more than an hour, immediately there was an old man named Cheng with a swollen head to receive the reward, and he took it to the corpse, the wound was completely consistent, and it was confirmed that it was really the head of Niu Sanshun.
(Thank you: book thief Wen Zhong, Sakuraso's Hachiman for the tip!)