Lu Bai led the head catcher and the catcher as they walked down Tofu Alley.
Tofu Alley is located in the west corner of the city. It is named because there are many tofu workshops here and the tofu ground in well water is very delicious.
Tofu Lane is a row of huts with blank walls, where many poor families live in the city. Most of them work by hand, such as mills, papermaking, pot making, bamboo crafts, etc.
There is a smelly ditch beside the alley.
The stinking ditch is full of wastewater discharged from paper making, tofu workshops, mills, etc. It smells terrible.
"Which family is the deceased?" the head catcher pointed to Lu Bai.
There is an elm tree in the yard. It has lush branches and leaves. It has lost its owner and lost its control. It has grown so long that it almost covers the yard.
Yesterday, the head catcher and the police officers investigated clearly.
The only people beheaded nearby were the mother and daughter in this house.
Their orphans and widowed mothers make a living by mending umbrellas, and their daughters are quite pretty. People often spy on them in front of the door, and the bold ones even use words to tease them.
If they hadn't encountered a serial beheading case, perhaps their case would have been filed for rape and murder.
However, the detectives were not without gains.
They inquired and found out that two men were missing nearby, one was an idle man and the other had a family. One of them was playing chess and the other was selling tofu.
"We dug three feet into the ground yesterday and found nothing."
The catcher felt that Lu Bai's work would be in vain.
To pick out this case alone is just asking for trouble.
Although this case is not as difficult as the serial beheading case, it is not easy to solve.
"If you really dig deep into the ground, you might break it." Lu Bai asked someone to open the courtyard door.
The catcher cursed a few words unconvinced and stepped forward to open the door.
Lu Bai went in and took a look.
The decapitated bodies of the mother and daughter were disposed of, but the blood stains were still there.
They died in the east wing.
After beheading the murderer, he carried the head to the elm tree near the wall, climbed up from the elm tree, and climbed over the courtyard wall.
Once outside the courtyard wall, there is no trace of blood.
Lu Bai didn't find any clues in the courtyard. After coming out, he walked half a circle around the wall and still found nothing.
"I told you, nothing can be found. This case is not easy to solve." The policeman looked strangely beside him.
Although it wasn't quite right, he was happy to see Lu Bai defeated.
Not everyone can solve crimes.
He didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup Lu Bai poured into the magistrate, but now, the magistrate might know that he was entrusted to an evil person.
Lu Bai ignored him.
He stood under the elm tree and looked at the street.
Since it is man-made, the head will definitely not disappear inexplicably.
The murderer will definitely not lose his head.
Because the prefect and the city lord placed heavy bounties on people's heads throughout the city.
At this time, not to mention a human head, even a Cuju shaped like a human head, many people squeezed and grabbed the scalp.
Wang Er killed his mother in exchange for money, which shows the value of a human head.
Therefore, the head is still in the hands of the murderer.
The murderer is still on this street.
The serial murder case made many people nervous. City guards, royal guards, and Yamen detectives went out at night to patrol the whole city, just to catch the murderer.
Under such circumstances, the murderer would not run away with two heads in his hands.
Not to mention picking up someone's head, he didn't dare to run alone on the street - he was caught by the Jin Yiwei, and even if he wasn't the murderer, he would lose his skin.
With this speculation, the scope of the murderer is much smaller.
Lu Bai just said that he would solve the case by digging three feet into the ground. This is exactly the reason why.
Tofu Alley was twisty and winding. Lu Bai asked people to go around in the alley. From time to time he would knock on the firewood door of a house and lead the arrester to go in and walk around for a while before coming out again.
Not to mention that these people were confused, even the police officers were confused.
When Lu Bai reached the end of Tofu Lane, he saw a flag hanging on the corner with the word "Tofu" written on it.
Lu Bai walked towards the store.
"This shop that makes tofu also serves as a restaurant. It only makes tofu dishes, including tofu, bean dregs, bean skin, yuba, vegetarian chicken, and dried tofu." Captou explained beside him.
"Taste it."
Lu Bai walked over.
"Well."
The arresting leader saw Lu Bai off.
"Boss, what kind of medicine is he selling in his gourd? Are you just teasing us?" asked the bald man.
"No, you are clearly teasing us!"
Young bald catcher, come up quickly.
He asked the catcher if Lu Bai wanted to eat, who would pay for it.
"Let me do it. If the money needs to be broken, it must be broken."
The headhunter was helpless.
He was afraid that Lu Bai would go to the magistrate and speak ill of him, so he had to serve his master well even if he lost money.
They followed.
There were no customers in the store, only the owner and his wife, who were over fifty years old.
The shopkeeper was wiping the tables, and the woman was swatting away flies.
Seeing Lu Bai come in, the woman waved her hand to let the flies go away, stood behind the counter and asked, "Sir, what do you want to eat?"
"One portion of roasted yuba, one plate of dried tofu, and a pot of blanching wine."
After Lu Bai looked around the store, he casually ordered a few dishes.
This room is next to the counter and has a door that leads directly to the backyard.
However, the back door is half-blocked by a curtain, so you can't see the view of the yard.
Lu Bai took a seat near the back door and sat down. When the owner responded and went to the kitchen to cook, the head catcher and his group also walked in.
"Captain, please call my aunt and tell us what we are looking for."
Lu Bai stood up and said, "I'm going to wash my hands in the back."
After that, Lu Bai walked through the curtain and went to the backyard without looking back.
He even used Qinggong.
So much so that when the woman tried to stop him, her fingertips only touched the air.
The woman was obviously panicked.
She abandoned the policeman and chased him out, "Hey, sir, please wait a moment while I get you some water. Entry into the backyard is prohibited."
The detectives looked confused.
What is going on?
"I'll just wash my hands..."
"The water is here."
"Oh, by the way, where is the toilet? I'll take my hands off first and then wash my hands."
"The hut is not at home, guest, guest, go to the street, there is one at the corner of the street." the woman said.
While talking, the woman kept chasing Lu Bai.
"He is playing."
The head catcher was speechless.
The prefect was senile and had dementia, so he was asked to solve the case.
The bald detective even said that if Lu Bai could solve the case now, he would not only eat shit, but also eat a pound!
Young bald catcher, catch up quickly.
After a while, Lu Bai was pulled out by the woman.
After Lu Bai entered the store, he broke free from the old woman's hand that grabbed his collar and called to the headman, "Go, there's something buried under the jujube tree in the back."
"What?"
The catcher was stunned.
The old woman looked panicked and subconsciously blocked the back door.
"If you are asked to go, just go. What are you talking about?" Lu Bai didn't bother to explain.
The detectives looked at each other.
Finally, thinking that the prefect asked them to listen to Lu Bai, they walked towards the backyard.
"No, no!"
The old woman stopped them with bared teeth and claws.
"Why not?" The catcher raised his eyebrows.
There was nothing he could do against Lu Bai, but he could still bully her.
"because……"
The old woman couldn't explain why.
The kitchen curtain is opened.
"Here comes the food..."
The store owner turned around with the dinner plate in hand and saw a group of policemen, who were stunned in place.
"Thanks!"
Lu Bai took the dinner plate, waved away the flies on it, took a seat and sat down to enjoy it, urging him to hurry up.
When the head catcher saw the old woman insisting on stopping them, he immediately became suspicious.
There are no search warrants these days.
The head catcher asked one of the agents to stop the old couple, and led the rest of the agents to rush in and surround them under the jujube tree.
There is loose soil under the jujube trees.
The whole yard is full of floating soil, the only difference is that there are a lot of flies under the trees.
"dig!"
Catcher is thoughtful.
He also saw maggots rolling around.
Blood attracts flies, and flies are thirsty for blood and seek odor. Is there really a murder?