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Chapter 72

Now that the investigation has been completed, Lu Jinping has returned home to inspect the inspection materials.

After testing the blood stains on the scene, it was confirmed that they all belonged to the deceased. The deceased's vaginal swab was also tested, and no sperm was found.

The results of the previous separate inquiry of the reporters also came out. What these reporters said could match each other, proving that they were indeed discovered by passing by.

The next visit was not effective, two days passed and there was no progress.

Luo Siye was very anxious. In ancient times, there were also requirements that murder cases must be solved similar to those in the present. If they could not be solved, it would affect political achievements. Governor Feng urged him every day, but there was no progress in the direction of investigation arranged by Lu Jinping. Captain Xiong and others took the portrait of the deceased and looked for wandering fugitives all over the city for verification, but no one knew him.

When Captain Bear found Lu Jinping with a frown and frown, Lu Jinping felt a little strange. Did he make a mistake? Judging from the clothes and appearance of the deceased, he was indeed like a person who fled to famine. No matter how sloppy or dirty an ordinary family could not dress like this. Moreover, the deceased's right leg was broken and he was bandaged with a splint. This should have been conducted in a clinic and a pharmacy. Why did he check in these places without any news? What went wrong?

He asked the captain bear to show himself the portrait of the dead. After seeing it, he immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that the portrait was a bit like the dead. In order to show the dirty face, he applied a lot of dry ink, and used the technique of wrinkled in landscape paintings. On this painting, the face that was originally a bit like a little was suddenly filthy, and he could not recognize his true face.

Not to mention that this portrait was used to identify those wanderers, even if he was shown to Lu Jinping, if he didn't tell him who it was, he would suddenly not recognize the deceased he had dissected.

Identification with flat images is a difficult task. Even in modern society, people on wanted orders change their hairstyles, wear beards and glasses, gain weight or become thinner, may make people unable to accurately confirm that they are wanted criminals. What's more, Chinese painting focuses on freehand painting and does not pay much attention to reality. People often use line drawing techniques, which is far less than the current photography technology. Therefore, it is impossible to identify people by painting.

After Lu Jinping discovered this problem, he said to Captain Bear: "Don't use portraits to find it. You can put the body in a flatbed cart and transport the body directly to the city for them to identify it. Don't touch her clothes."

Captain Bear slapped his forehead: "Why didn't I think of this trick? I'll go now."

Lu Jinping's move worked very well. In just half a day, Captain Xiong excitedly brought two beggars to the pharmacy in the medicinal warehouse of the yamen clinic and found Lu Jinping, saying: "They said that they knew the deceased. Three days ago they were begging for food on the same street."

Lu Jinping immediately asked the two beggars: "Tell me about this woman's situation."

The older beggar said, "This woman is a fool. She only smiles and can't speak. She eats what others give her, and is hungry if she doesn't give her, and can't beg for food. We saw that she was pitiful and asked for some things for her. I don't know where she came from."

Lu Jinping said: "Do you know about her leg injury?"

The two beggars shook their heads and said, "I don't know, the last time I saw her was three days ago. Her hands and feet were intact. That day was probably in the evening. She left by herself and didn't know where she went. That was the last time we saw her."

"Does she have any other relatives or good people?"

The two beggars shook their heads and said, "We don't know, but she has been begging us for more than a month and is on that street. She can't speak, so she doesn't know if she has family or friends. But it shouldn't be, because in the past month, she hasn't seen anyone come to him."

"Which direction did he go when he left?"

"It's going to the street to the east and walk along the east city."

Lu Jinping asked some questions again, but the two beggars knew so much, so they gave them a reward and let them go.

Lu Jinping said to Captain Bear: "Now you drag the victim's body in a cart, and follow the direction the two beggars just said, and ask the shops and homes on the street along the way, and have you ever seen the dead. Because the time the two beggars just mentioned is similar to the time of death I calculated, I guess her fracture should have been caused at that time. Ask me if you can find any clues."

Captain Xiong agreed and was about to push the body away, but was stopped by Lu Jinping and asked: "You go to check the pharmacy and clinic, are there any news?"

Captain Xiong scratched his head and said, "No. Those doctors said that there are people who fled to famine to see a doctor in their clinics and pharmacies, both men and women, but few were injured, especially those who were as serious as those who were injured. If they were, they would definitely have an impression. But there is indeed no such person who has seen a fracture these days. Moreover, they would never treat the wound so hasty and would definitely stop bleeding. So they concluded that this should not be handled by the doctors in the clinic or pharmacies. It is possible that the doctors who cheated on the streets and alleys did, so we asked them to find these people. We have been looking for these people all over the city to identify them. A few people came and said they did not know the deceased and were still searching for them, so we did not report to you."

Lu Jinping frowned and waved his hand to ask him to do what he had assigned.

Soon, the investigation results came. A couple from the shopkeeper of the oil and salt shop said that they had seen the dead female beggar three days ago.

Lu Jinping couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately rode his horse to the oil and salt shop.

There was also a flatbed car with the body of a female beggar parked in front of the oil and salt shop, covered with a white cloth sheet, and there were many people watching the fun around.

After Lu Jinping dismounted, the bear captain who was waiting there quickly stepped forward to greet him and followed Lu Jinping into the oil and salt shop.

The owner of the oil and salt shop looked at him humbly and laughed, because they saw the captain of Tongzhou smiling at the young man with charming smiles on his face, and knew that the young man who came was very good.

Lu Jinping asked: "You two saw it?"

The middle-aged man hurriedly laughed and said, "Only the villain and my wife saw it. My two children were sleeping in the house at that time." So, it was already dark when you saw the female beggar?"

"Yes, it was probably the third day at that time. We had closed the shop door. My husband came back from a friend's house. When I opened the door, I happened to see her. She was hit by a carriage."

Lu Jinping's heart moved and remembered the strip-shaped bruises on the deceased's arm and inner thighs. Wasn't it the impact of the huge ancient carriage wheel? He hurriedly said: "The carriage hit? What's going on? Tell me carefully about the passage and be as detailed as possible."

"Okay, my wife had just entered the house and I was about to close the door. At this time, I saw a figure walking past my door, shaking, because there was no one on the street at this time. I looked at it carefully and it was the beggar woman, a lunatic, I recognized her. She walked by my door and walked very quickly. When I was about to close the door, I heard the sound of horse hooves rushing towards this side, and there were people shouting.

He shouted, "Get out of the way, the horse is coming, the horse is coming, the horse is getting out of the way!" I knew that it was the eldest master of the Yun family driving a carriage and running wildly on the street. At this moment, he heard a thud and then the horse hooves stopped. I felt as if the carriage had hit someone. I quickly opened the door and looked out. I saw that the red horse of the eldest master of the Yun family was parked in the middle of the road on the street, and the eldest master of the Yun family jumped out of the carriage. I didn't dare to meddle in other people's business, so I closed the door and went to sleep."

"How is that female beggar?"

"I didn't see it because it was dark. I wanted to go over and check it out, but my wife grabbed me and said, don't worry about the matter of the eldest master of the Yun family. Then I closed the door of the room. After a while, I heard the eldest master of the Yun family run over from the door. Then I went back to the room to sleep, that's it."

"Can you be sure that the female beggar who walked past your door was hit by that carriage?"
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