Chapter 13: The Mystery of the Wild Store (Part II)
Seeing Lu Shen's command, everyone could only respond.
Lu Fangrui said with satisfaction: "Very good." You, you, stay with you!The rest of the people wait and return to their respective rooms, and this arrester will summon them one by one, and before that, they are not allowed to step out of the room, and the offenders will be regarded as murderers!" She casually pointed out three people, namely the shopkeeper, the merchant Wu Er, and Ding Yu. The three of them didn't know what to do, but in this era, the government was extremely authoritative, and the people didn't dare to disobey it, so they obeyed the orders and stayed.
Soon, after the rest of the tenants and the store had returned to their respective rooms, Lu Fangrui explained to the three of them. Originally, according to the criminal law of the Da'an Dynasty, when an official handled a case in an irregular jurisdiction, in order to prevent the official from deceiving the superiors and subordinates, at least three members of the public were required to guarantee it. In other words, Lu Fangrui's entire case handling must not be concealed from these three people, and in the end, no matter whether the case can be solved or not, the submitted documents and confessions must be signed by the three people, otherwise the final result will not be recognized by the government.
After explaining the intention, Lu Fangrui took out a pen and paper to record the identities of the three people. Among them, the shopkeeper's surname is Wen, his name is rich, and he is a native of Shaoguan, who has been opening a shop here for 12 years; the strong man has already said before that Wu Er is a merchant from Youfang; and Ding Yu made up a fake name, Yu Ding. This name is not temporary, the Da'an Dynasty stipulated, leaving the place of household registration 100 miles away from the need for a road guide (ancient ID card), fortunately in Yangcheng in the trade vendors are complicated, and even a lot of Nanyang people come to buy and sell, among these people, more than half of them are not Da'an Dynasty road guide;
The three followed Lu Fangrui into the room where the murder occurred, Lu Fangrui first recorded the scene in the room on paper, then went up to unlock the manservant's acupoint, took him out of the murder room, came to the tea shed on the west side of the small building, and began to interrogate the case.
After Lu Fangrui identified himself to the manservant, she asked, "Who is your surname, what is the relationship with the deceased, and what you saw tonight, all from the truth!"
The manservant was obviously frightened, and only calmed down a little after drinking two sips of hot tea, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain Ren Fu is the master's long-term follower, oh yes, my lord's surname is Ren Yan'anzhi, he is originally a person from Nanchang Mansion, and the official is appointed to Yangcheng City.
"Let's stay!" Lu Fangrui shouted, "You said that your lord is the city of Zhishi, why are there only two or three people on the road, and the rest of the family?"
Ren Fu sobbed and replied: "Madame, young master and a group of family members returned to their hometown by carriage and horse, and the master took me and Ren Lu - Ren Lu is the master's butler - and the three of us went on another road." The villain didn't know why, but the master instructed that the villain should follow. β
"Ren Lu, but the middle-aged servant you saw during the day, where is he now?"
Ren Fu nodded first, and then said, "The villain doesn't know where Ren Lu is." It was still there when the lights went out this evening, but at the second watch, someone suddenly poked a finger at the villain, and the villain only felt pain to the bone, and woke up immediately, but for some reason he couldn't move; When the villain opened his eyes, he saw that someone in the room had lit a fire fold, but the person holding the fire fold was not the master or Ren Lu, but a monk who looked like King Kong. The monk was so fierce, he grabbed the old man's neck with one hand and lifted him up, and asked in a vicious voice...... "Speaking of this, he seems to have remembered something, and suddenly stopped talking.
Lu Fangrui asked a few questions, but he just shook his head and didn't say anything. Lu Fangrui said angrily: "According to the law of Da'an, if you don't know it, you are guilty of the same crime! You don't want to say it now, you will go to the Shaoguan Mansion tomorrow to serve the big punishment!"
The internal force is not weak!Ding Yu said secretly in his heart. Ren Fu over there was frightened, and he didn't dare not say it, so he snorted: "The monk asked the master: 'Do you remember the Wang family on Zhuxin Island?'"
"When I saw that the old man's face turned pale, and the whole person stopped struggling, the monk sneered: 'It's very good! After that, he wrote on the wall with blood, 'Blood for Blood' four big words, and when he finished blowing out the fire, he went straight away. Fortunately, his rags were not tightly stuffed, and the villain pushed the strip of cloth in his mouth and opened his mouth to call for help. β
Lu Fangrui flew like a pen, recorded what Ren Fu said one by one, and then asked: "What about the Wang family on Zhuxin Island?"
Ren Fu lowered his head and said: "The villain doesn't know very well, but the Wang family is a big family on Zhuxin Island, and it seems that because of collusion with the Pearl River bandits, he was finally captured and killed by the old man." β
Cutting the grass or not removing the roots? Revenge? Ding Yu pondered.
Lu Fangrui continued to ask: "You just said that Ren Lu is still there before the lights go out, so can you see him in the room after the monk comes in the middle of the night?"
Ren Fu shook his head and said: "No, after the villain opened his eyes, he could see clearly that there were only three people in the room, the master, the villain and the monk, and there was no Ren Lu." Lu Zhutou, isn't there him outside?"
Lu Fangrui sneered and did not answer. In Ding Yu's mind, if Ren Lu had gotten up at night to go to the thatched house, such a big movement would have been alarmed a long time ago, since he hadn't shown up yet, then the comrades who were not the murderers had already been wiped out. It's just that this case sounds so awkward, a monk like King Kong, with five fingers piercing through the skull, and leaving a book in blood, isn't this imitating himself! I don't know whether he is imitating murder or trying to blame himself -- I can't imagine that I have already had an imitator not long after I stepped into the rivers and lakes, and it is really laughable.
Lu Fangrui asked again: "Your master took two servants on the road, who knows about this route arrangement?"
Ren Fu thought for a while and replied, "This villain doesn't know. The villain is just a long-term follower, better than the legs and feet are diligent, clever in handling things, and any hard work on the road is done by the villain; But the villain is not sure whether Ren Lu knew the travel arrangement in advance. β
Lu Fangrui nodded, and then repeatedly interrogated the details of the crime, such as the monk's appearance and clothing, etc., although Ren Fu's answer was a little messy, there was no contradiction in the details, and it seemed that it was unlikely to lie.
After interrogating Ren Fu, Lu Fangrui tied him up and locked him in the firewood room, and instructed the shopkeeper to let his men take turns to guard until dawn, and no one was allowed to approach. The two guys had a bitter face, but they didn't dare not go, fortunately, Lu Fangrui said that it was only one night, and she would go to Shaoguan City to find a servant to take over after dawn.
Later, Lu Fangrui took the three of them to interrogate each room, and the answers they got were similar, they all heard the call at the second watch, some people reacted faster and saw the white-robed man fleeing, and those who reacted slowly only saw Lu Fangrui chase out. At the same time, the four of them also searched all the guest rooms carefully, in this era, there is no need to pay attention to search warrants or anything, but everyone is eager to clear themselves, so as not to have anything to do with this murder, so they are very cooperative. But after a search, no anomalies were found. By the time the search and interrogation were over, it was almost dawn, Lu Fangrui and Ding Yu were fine, but the shopkeeper and Wu Er were already sleepy and yawning. Lu Fangrui asked the shopkeeper to make a pot of strong tea, and the four of them were all in good spirits after drinking a few cups.
Lu Fangrui said: "This case has a little clue about the arrest, I will explain it again, if the three of them have no objections, please sign the official document and draw the charge, and the arrest can be handed over to the local yamen." β
Ding Yu and the three nodded in agreement. Lu Fangrui said: "In this case, aside from the rest, the facts that can be determined are as follows:
Ren Anzhi (identity has been determined) took two servants to return to his hometown, passing through this shop, after dinner, before the third watch (11 o'clock in the evening) was killed, and the fatal wound was a penetrating wound left by the five fingers of the top door. On the wall of the guest room is written the words 'blood for blood'. Two servants, Ren Fu Ren Lu, one of whom is missing, his life and death unknown, and Ren Fu's acupuncture point was sealed when he was found. At the third o'clock (9:48 to 10:11), a martial arts master fled from Xiaolou to the foot of the mountain. From the back, he is more than eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and broad shoulders, which is very consistent with Ding Yu, the murderer in the Luofu blood case, but unfortunately the top of his head is wrapped in cloth, and it is impossible to see whether there is hair. However, when he fled, a corner of his shirt was cut by a branch, which was the stitch of the monk's robe. With that, she took out a white strip of cloth from her bosom and put it under the lamp for the three of Ding Yu to watch.
The shopkeeper looked at it and said: "Lu Shenzhu is right, the villain's wife and uncle are the tailors in Shaoguan City, and he once said to the villain during the chat, the stitches of the monk's robe are different from the regular clothes, and this is indeed the sewing method of the monk's robe!" Ding Yu admired in his heart, he really deserved to be called a god catcher, his eyes were sharp, he had worn a monk's robe for so many years, but he didn't know that the original sewing method was different.
Lu Fangrui nodded and said, "Regardless of whether the person who escaped is the fierce monk Ding Yu or not, Ren Anzhi did die under the command of a martial arts master." And we have already seen all the guests in the store, among them, the word master, this catch is barely one, and the other is Mr. Yu Ding!" She stared at Ding Yu with a smile, and the shopkeeper next to her jumped up in horror and shrank behind Lu Fangrui.
Ding Yu smiled bitterly: "I admit that I know martial arts, but I can't be a murderer! The boss can testify that when the road god caught you and tracked down the white-robed man, I was watching the excitement outside the murder room!"
The shopkeeper thought about it for a while, and indeed he had a chat with this person outside the murder room, and then he settled down, sat back in place with a smile, and said to Lu Fangrui: "It's true that as Mr. Yu said, the villain still stopped him from going in at that time!"
The corners of Lu Fangrui's mouth curled slightly, and said: "I know that you are not that person, but I can see that your martial arts are not weak, and you should be able to make a corroboration for my words: Ren Anzhi died under the power of Gao Ming's fingers; Ren Fu's acupoint was sealed, and he himself did not know martial arts; there were no other martial artists in the hotel, including the store and guests; and the white-robed man who escaped was skilled in martial artsβam I right?"
Ding Yu looked at Lu Fangrui with resentment, and said, "Lu Shen catches, people are scared to death!" Then he nodded and said, "But what you said is reasonable." After saying this, somehow, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't find it for a while.
"That's it!" Lu Fangrui ignored Ding Yu's eyes and clapped her hands: "In this way, the store and the guests can basically rule out suspicion." The main suspects are the fleeing white-robed man and the missing housekeeper of Renfu. It is sufficient to hand over this conclusion and the testimony of the previous individuals to the Shaoguan government. However, in the eyes of this fish, it is really possible that this case was done by Ding Yu's wife. β
Ding Yu said in his heart, but he still asked cooperatively: "How do you say this?"
After this night of "working together", the four of them were not as restrained as at the beginning, and Lu Shenzhu also showed a little bit of her childish nature, she said a little arrogantly: "The most powerful evidence is the murder method." The five fingers penetrate the skull, this kind of finger power is not something that can be imitated casually, even if it is a first-class master with strong internal strength, it cannot be achieved to this extent without a specific exercise. Of course, if the internal force is as high as that of the Shifting Flower Palace Master or Yan Nantian Hero, it should not be difficult to wrap the five fingers with internal force, but at their level, they will never imitate other people's killing methods. Although this capture is not very old, it has been more than five years since he joined the Six Doors, and I know one or two of the black and white masters who are slightly famous in the world, and the martial arts of five-finger skull piercing only appeared for the first time in the recent Luofu blood case, which shows that the fierce monk Ding Yu did not know where to get the unique inheritance. In this case, the possibility of imitation by others is extremely low, so you say, who else could it be if it wasn't Na Ding Yu?"