Yan Langzhong's opinion was quickly supported by the official of the Ministry of Justice, who ordered him to review the case. After receiving the order, Yan Langzhong obtained the physical evidence stored in Jiangning County Government to confirm his previous speculation.
Because of the hot weather in June, the body cannot be left in the autopsy room for too long. The deceased has already been buried. If you want to open the coffin for an autopsy, you will encounter great resistance. If there is a real culprit, it will also arouse vigilance. Mr. Yan has no choice but to do the next best thing.
First, he looked at the rubbings he made from the wound of the deceased, and found that it was indeed caused by a sharp blade, not a sickle.
Moreover, on the sickle designated as the murder weapon, there were only traces of light green water sinks and no trace of blood. Judging from the conclusion of the preliminary investigation, Qi Dazhu should have escaped immediately after the murder. There was no time to clean the murder weapon. Such a big loophole could be removed
The county magistrate of Jiangning ignored him, and Doctor Yan was speechless.
There was also the bloody coat. Although it had been soaked in water, it could still be clearly seen that the blood stains were mainly on the sleeves and the bottom of the placket, but a large part of the front placket was from Yu Jing. Judging from the shape and location of the wound on the deceased, it appeared that the murderer had used
If the sharp knife is pierced from the front, the blood will spray out and splash on the murderer's front, but the sleeves and hem are unlikely to be stained with blood. On the contrary, as Qi Dazhu previously confessed, he said that after he tripped over the corpse because of the darkness, he fumbled and found it.
The deceased was scared away, which is more consistent with the evidence. Moreover, the deceased and Qi Dazhu did not know each other, and the most basic motive for the murder did not exist. How could he suddenly commit such a murderous act?
With these observations, he determined that the murder weapon, bloody clothes and boots were not enough evidence, and the Jiangning County magistrate might have created an unjust case. In order to find out the truth, he did not immediately open a court to investigate the case, but incognito visited the neighbors in Shuichuan Lane.
.Through insinuations about the deceased’s neighbors, he learned that Mr. Zhang Ma was a hard-working man. After being widowed in his twenties, he worked hard to raise his only son, Zhang Gouzi. He thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but the son didn’t know.
In order to strive for success, she idled around all day without doing her job, and often stole the two coffins that Zhang Ma had worked so hard to save. For this reason, the mother and son turned against each other, and they had many quarrels. She even received a beating from her rebellious son.
Through careful interviews with the Zhang family's neighbors, Dr. Yan finally got out a key piece of information - in the middle of the night on the day Zhang Ma was murdered, he had a fierce quarrel with Zhang Gouzi, which woke up all the neighbors. But everyone was afraid of Zhang Gouzi.
None of the murderers dared to come out to persuade them. Later, when they heard the noise disappear, they thought the couple had finished their quarrel and went to bed. Unexpectedly, Zhang’s mother was killed the next day... Doctor Yan asked about the content of the quarrel again, and the neighbors did not
Listening to the truth, it seems that you can't take it, you let go, etc...
"Zhang Ma's son is called Zhang Gouzi?" Seeing this, Wang Xian was suddenly stunned, "This name sounds familiar.
"One of the three people who ate the cane yesterday had this name." Wu Weidao.
"It's interesting..." Wang Xian touched his chin and murmured, continuing to read:
Zhang Gouzi was a secret agent of Fusi in Beizhen at that time. The reason why Jinyiwei can monitor the world, especially the troubles in the capital, cannot escape their eyes and ears. The key lies in the ubiquitous spies. Especially those who are idle and well-informed.
Most of the scoundrels and idle men have hookups with Jin Yiwei, selling information in exchange for some wine money and prostitution.
These spies are not members of the Jin Yiwei, they are just dogs raised by the Jin Yiwei. But Zhang Gouzi created a miracle. He actually became an official Jin Yiwei, and became an officer all at once... Although he was a small flag in charge of only ten people,
But this is still more surprising than Wang Xian suddenly becoming the governor of Beizhen Fusi.
This earth-shaking change happened to happen shortly after Zhang's mother was murdered. What happened during this period not only made Wang Xian, a conspiracy theorist, curious, but also attracted the attention of Yan Langzhong. Yan Langzhong has been a veteran of the Ministry of Justice for more than ten years.
, also had his own "hidden stakes", he paid people to find out the reason for Zhang Gouzi's sudden outburst. He knew that it was not difficult to find out, because those spies and the ordinary warriors of Jinyiwei, the school captain, were all immediately attracted by Zhang Gouzi
If you push me down there, someone will definitely be angry, and they will talk about it nicely without asking.
Sure enough, the results came soon... It turned out that Zhang Gouzi gave a family heirloom to Li Chun, the deputy governor of Fusi, Beizhen. With Li Chun's power, he wanted to make Zhang Gouzi an official Jin Yiwei and give it to him.
It was easy for him to be a small official. As expected of the Jin Yiwei who specializes in inquiring about information, some people even found out what the heirloom was... It was said to be a jasper watermelon that leaked from the palace of the Yuan Dynasty. It was said that Zhang Gouzi's grandmother had been there.
She worked as a female official in the Yuan Dynasty palace, and she was stolen out during the war.
Yan Langzhong asked the neighbors of the Zhang family for confirmation. They had never heard of the jade watermelon, but they confirmed that Zhang Gouzi's grandmother did come from the Yuan Dynasty palace.
As a result, Langzhong Yan regards Zhang Gouzi as the number one suspect, but unfortunately it has been more than a month since the incident, and Zhang Gouzi is a guard with strong anti-detection capabilities, so he must have eliminated the evidence of the crime. However, with the help of Langzhong Yan,
Although he had rich experience, he did not take this difficulty seriously. He asked someone to find a Jinyiwei standard short knife... which was a smaller Xiuchun knife, specially used for self-defense by secret agents. After comparison, it was found that the deceased's
The wound was caused by this weapon
Doctor Yan quietly sent two Yu Lian detectives, who were excellent at swimming, and ordered them to pretend to be swimmers to cool off, and went down to the lake a few steps away from the crime scene to search. They actually found someone on the shore.
A sharp knife was found in the water plants not far away. When I brought it back, I found that it was the standard broken blade of Jin Yiwei. And even though it had been soaked in the water for many days, a faint trace of blood could still be found on the handle of the knife wrapped with thick thread.
Moreover, there is a serial number on the handle of the knife. You can find the owner of the knife by comparing it with Jin Yiwei's distribution record.
At this point, Langzhong finally had the confidence to reiterate the case, and he suddenly ordered Zhang Gouzi to be summoned. Zhang Gouzi was already an officer of the Jinyiwei, so the police naturally did not dare to take him, so they had to invite him over. At first, Zhang Gouzi looked arrogant,
He said with an impatient look, he already understood the case, why did he ask me to come here?
"How many more questions do I need to ask you for confirmation?" Mr. Yan said calmly: "Where were you on the night of the crime?"
"As I said before, I'm having a drink outside." Zhang Gouzi said.
"Where? With whom?"
"Qiuju's single room on the second floor of Yuyangju, and my brothers." Zhang Gouzi said impatiently: "At that time, Magistrate Yang had already asked about it and summoned my brother and the shop owner. It was written in the file.
It's obvious that you won't see it for yourself." After saying that, he left and said, "I have nothing else to do and I have to leave. I have delayed my official mission, can you afford it?"
"You lied." Unexpectedly, Mr. Yan was shocked and said: "That day in Qiu Ju's private room, Chen Sijin, the head of the household department, was drinking and talking with several people of the same age. They sat there from dark until closing time."
Zhang Gouzi was stunned. He didn't expect Mr. Yan to be so perverted, but he was not slow to react. He pretended to be calm and said: "Maybe the surname is Chen."
"Did all the officials remember it wrong?" Mr. Yan sneered: "They are all young people who were awarded the second rank of Jinshi. Each of them has written conclusive testimony. Whose word do you think is more credible?"
"Then we remembered it wrong..." The Jinshi masters were all Wenquxing. When Mr. Yan shouted like this, Zhang Gouzi became timid.
"Then why are your testimonies not clearly written in black and white? In addition, the five people in the store all said that it was in Qiu Jujian." Yan Langzhong said, smacking the case seriously: "That afternoon, Jia Liuzi's wife had dystocia, and she didn't give birth until midnight. Come down, he still has time to go out drinking with you, he is really calm. That night, Zhou Laowu lost everything in the casino and got into a fight. This was recorded in the patrol room. That night, the red monkey stayed at Chunxiang Building and had sex. He paid for prostitution but came out to drink with you? And Ji Datou, who was supposed to be on duty in the prison that day, also came out to drink with you?"
There was a burst of Yan Lang holding a gun and a stick based on strict evidence, which immediately left Zhang Gouzi speechless. He became angry and said: "You don't care where I am and what I am doing, am I the one who killed my mother?"
"It's not impossible to kill your mother to seize the treasure." Yan Langzhong said calmly: "Where did your jade watermelon go?" The truth is the truth. Just now, he spit out foam and nailed Zhang Gouzi deeply. I was deeply shocked, and it was only then that this kind of speculation was thrown out, which had a shocking effect.
Sure enough, a flash of panic flashed across Zhang Gouzi's face, and he hurriedly covered it up: "What's the jade watermelon? How come I don't know about it?"
"Without Jasper Watermelon, why did you jump from a secret agent with no identity to a seventh-rank officer of the Imperial Guard?" Yan Langzhong said, "What contribution have you made to achieve the goal of rising from civilian to official and to seven ranks in a row?" Super promotion?"
"This..." Zhang Gouzi was speechless.
"Where is the portable dagger that Jinyiwei issued to you?" Mr. Yan did not get entangled.
"I'm no longer a secret agent, so I handed him over naturally..." Zhang Gouzi was sweating on his forehead and couldn't stand up anymore.
"you sure?"
"Sure."
"What's the number on the handle of the knife?" Doctor Yan didn't give him any time to think, and he asked jumping questions one after another.
"Geng 42..." Zhang Gouzi blurted out, and his expression changed after he said that.
"Look what this is." Mr. Yan nodded, and a servant came up with a tray. On it lay a long and narrow knife, with the words "Geng Si Er" clearly engraved on the copper handle.
"This was fished out of the lake a few steps away from the crime scene," Yan Langzhong said with a cold gaze, "and the wounds on your mother's body match this knife exactly, so how do you explain it?"
"..." Zhang Gouzi's defense completely collapsed, but he had confidence in his heart and refused to say anything. Seeing that he refused to admit it, Mr. Yan had no choice but to do it. Zhang Gouzi was now an officer of the Jinyi Guards, so he didn't take off the clothes. Before he was wearing official clothes, he couldn't use torture. If he couldn't solve this case today, he would have long nights and many dreams in the future.