Returning from prison to the front hall, Lin Fanghe sat behind the desk, flipping through the case file, silent. Tang Yu brought a pot www.biquge.info of hot tea, put it on the small square table in front of the desk, and beckoned: "My lord, let's eat a bowl of tea first." ”

Lin Fanghe took it, took a sip slowly, and said, "What do you think of this bizarre disappearance?"

Tang Yu was young, and he couldn't hide the words in his stomach: "I don't think this Yao Si is a murderer." ”

Lin Fanghe smiled and showed approval: "Tell me your reason." ”

"Not to mention that the confession is inconsistent and full of loopholes, even if he has a suspicion of Lu Gensheng and premeditates murder, how can he adopt such a clumsy way?" Tang Yu shook his head again and again.

But the most unfavorable evidence against him was the suit of clothes and trousers worn by the missing person who was found in a trench outside the village. ”

This subordinate was also quite puzzled. ”

"If it weren't for Yao Si doing it himself, how could he have pointed out the burial place without hesitation?" Lin Fanghe drank another cup of strong tea to moisten his throat.

Tang Yu nodded, and couldn't help but ask: "If the murderer is determined to be on this, not only is the evidence insufficient, but the motive is also very far-fetched. I remember, my lord, you said that only with a motive can you have the minimum conditions for committing a crime. ”

Lin Fanghe said: "If the possibility of Yao Si's murder is ruled out, the whole case will have to find another way, conduct another investigation, and then investigate the criminal by investigating the motive ......."

Tang Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you found a clue?"

"Nope. ”

"So where do we start?"

"Naturally, start with the first clues. ”

"The first clue?"

"Don't you understand. ”

"It's a bit confusing to be lowly ......"

"Come, let's do it again. Lin Fanghe put down the teacup and greeted Tang Yu.

Tang Yu stood up, walked over by himself, and stood by the table.

Lin Fanghe was not in a hurry, so he took a moment to point to the case file in front of him: "If this is this, it is Lu Gensheng, the protagonist of the disappearance case." Now everything revolves around him—"

picked up the teacup again and gently placed it next to the file, "This is the convicted murderer Yao Si." ”

Tang Yu stared blankly, and the second monk was puzzled.

Lin Fanghe's eyes fell on the copper candlestick and the painted porcelain pen holder in the corner of the table: "Standing far away here are not only us who are eager to understand the truth, but also those miscellaneous craftsmen involved. ”

He stretched out his hand, stroked the teacup, and turned it slowly: "This is a link that we know, identify, and attach great importance to, what if it breaks from it?"

Tang Yu replied: "The whole chain will cease to exist. ”

Lin Fanghe nodded again and again: "That's good." Re-examining the case would mean breaking all the original procedures and starting all over again. No, maybe it's more than that......"

As he spoke, he let go of the teacup, and slowly grabbed the Panlong inkstone with his five fingers, moved it to the top of the case file, stopped in mid-air, and hung unresolved: "Tang Yu, don't you think there is a factor missing in this entirety, a factor that is easy to ignore, but is actually extremely important——"

Tang Yu hesitated for a moment: "Important factor, my lord, are you referring to Chen Baozhen, the wife of the missing person Lu Gensheng?"

"That's her. Lin Fanghe decisively put the Panlong inkstone on the side of the dossier and said, "Now the whole process of the matter, including the admissibility of the testimony, including the presumption of guilt of Yao Si's murder, basically comes from the hypothetical ...... of this plaintiff."

Tang Yu was not convinced, and retorted: "How can this be imaginary, Lu Gensheng was obviously drinking at Yao Si's house that night, and then disappeared for no reason? ”

Lin Fanghe smiled: "Maybe this is exactly a game that someone has carefully set up by taking advantage of our misunderstandings." ”

"Is this possible? It's unbelievable. ”

"Why is it impossible, how can you conclude that Lu Gensheng must be missing, can't he go home, or go out again after returning home? Or maybe he didn't go home at all, and went straight to another place?"

"I can't imagine it. Tang Yu was dumbfounded.

"A few years ago, we had a case in which Li Shoumin, the son of a wealthy family, disappeared from his home on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. Lin Fanghe said softly and eloquently, "The local government first intervened in the investigation, detained the servants of the house, tortured and interrogated, and tossed for half a month. In the end, it was determined that Li Shoumin's wife Yang and his cousin Liao San committed adultery and conspiracy to commit murder......"

Tang Yu couldn't figure it out: "If it is a murder, there must be a corpse, so has Li Shoumin's body been found?" ”

"Under the heavy punishment, tortured day and night, why worry about no result. ”

"What will the poor man say in the end?"

They said that after Li Shoumin was killed, for fear of being discovered, they cut seven or eight pieces with a knife and put them in a cauldron to boil. After the minced meat is cooked, it is secretly splashed into the garden pool. ”

"And what about bones?" Tang Yu interjected.

"The bones were filled into the stove and burned with firewood. Lin Fanghe said, facing Tang Yu, "Everything is reasonable, tight, do you still have any questions?"

Tang Yu thought about it carefully and said, "This is not right. How can the deceased be killed? How can he not resist? Besides, how long will it take to boil a large pot of meat into minced meat? At least three or five hours. It's amazing that the meat was boiling in the pot, the bones were burning in the stove, the smell was pungent, and it burned for almost a night, and it didn't go unnoticed in a large family with dense population and concentrated houses, right?"

He added: "What's more, even if it is burned, relatively hard bones like skulls and limbs should always leave a few fragments of wreckage in the stove?"

"It seems that you are not confused. Lin Fanghe looked appreciative and said, "But such a confession full of loopholes and ridiculousness has been regarded as a treasure by the local government, and it has ......been played in detail."

"What happened?" Tang Yu looked concerned.

"The facts of the case were reported to the Criminal Department, and naturally it was rejected and sent for retrial. In this way, a wronged man and woman were not guillotined. ”

"Wronged, my lord, is it true that Li Shoumin is not dead?"

"You guessed it. Half a year later, this gentleman suddenly appeared in the lobby of the Prosecutor's Office, bursting into tears, claiming that he had been asked for money for gambling and was afraid of being beaten by his stern father. In desperation, he had to run away from home and secretly went to Henan. ”

"This Li Shoumin is really harmful!"

"Until not long ago, he met a friend in Yeonjin. A friend told him the original story of the Li family's death, and Li Shoumin hurried back to surrender. Lin Fanghe finished speaking, suddenly felt that his mouth was dry, and he picked up the teacup and took a deep sip.

Tang Yu suddenly came to his senses and said, "So, do you doubt that Lu Gensheng is not dead at all?" )