The wall was very clean. It seemed that no one from the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple thought that the murderer would climb over such a high wall.
Tang Ning also didn't expect that this case would become more and more unusual as the investigation continued.
Judging from the clues currently available, more than 90% of this was a deliberate murder. Various clues indicate that Tang Jing's death was not accidental.
He put the piece of paper away, looked up at the wall, and said, "Go around and have a look."
As the saying goes, Wangshan is a dead horse. There is only one wall, but it took Tangning, Xiao Jue and others at least two quarters of an hour to get around it.
Outside the wall is not another street, but a wasteland. No one should come here on weekdays, and there are not even footprints on the ground.
Tangning looked behind her and told the people from Dali Temple to wait where they were. She also asked Xiao Jue and Lao Zheng to wait a moment before she carefully walked to the wall by herself, squatted down and took a closer look.
The ground outside the wall is not soft, but there is still a line of footprints clearly visible. Combined with the handprints on the top of the wall, the identity of this person is self-evident.
Those guys from the Criminal Department never came here to see it from beginning to end. They characterized the case as motivated by financial gain from the beginning. Fortunately, he was no longer in the Criminal Department and was not their superior, otherwise they would have been angry to death.
Xiao Jue stood in the distance and finally couldn't help but walked over along Tang Ning's footsteps and asked, "What's wrong? Did you see anything?"
Tangning pointed to the first pair of footprints and asked, "Can you see anything?"
Xiao Jue looked at the pair of deep footprints, then looked up at the wall and said, "Obviously, this was left by the murderer when he jumped off the wall."
Tangning asked, "What else?"
Xiao Jue said in surprise: "What else?"
Tang Ning shook her head and said, "Of each pair of these footprints, one is deep and the other is shallow."
"It seems to be true..." Xiao Jue thought for a while and said, "I understand. This means that the murderer has one leg long and one short..."
Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue. He had a good IQ and could often find the right direction for the problem, but he was always a little bit behind the truth...
Xiao Jue looked at him and asked: "Why, is my guess wrong?"
Tangning nodded and said, "Absolutely."
Although the two legs of a person are different, they are not big. It is impossible for the high and low legs to cause such an obvious difference in the depth of the footprints. This line of footprints can show that this person's legs and feet are quite inconvenient, and the possibility of lameness is extremely high.
big.
At this point, the image of the person who killed Tang Jing was very clear in Tang Ning's eyes.
He may have been in the army for a long time, was good at using swords, and was lame. Most importantly, he had a deep hatred for the Tang family. This hatred prompted him to cut off the direct lineage of the Tang family and made Tang Huai, the Minister of Rites,
Directly after death.
The footprints extended far away and disappeared at the end. These were the only clues they could find.
Fortunately, this place is remote and no one passes by on weekdays. Otherwise, it would not be easy to discover these things.
After Tangning made footprints, she stood up and prepared to leave.
Xiao Jue stood up, patted the dust on his robe, and said, "This is not far from Wu Liehou's mansion. Let's go see Brother Han."
Tangning nodded and said, "Okay."
This is Tang Ning's third visit to Wu Liehou's Mansion. Each time she came here, it was a completely different scene.
The first time was to send Han Chong back to his house, the second time was to express his condolences, and the third time when he came back, the door of Han Chong's house was ajar. Tang Ning and Xiao Jue pushed the door open and entered. Not only did they not see a concierge, they even
I didn't see any servants.
After passing through a door, I finally saw a figure.
Wu Liehou held a broom in his hand and was cleaning the courtyard. When he heard the sound at the door, he raised his head, smiled slightly, and said, "You are here."
Xiao Jue stepped forward, looked around, and asked, "Brother Han, where are the servants at home?"
"I asked them to disperse." Wu Liehou waved his hand and said: "I am the only one left in the house, what servants do I need..."
Xiao Jue took the broom from his hand and said, "You can't leave all of them alone. You have to leave two for cleaning and cooking. Your legs and feet are inconvenient..."
Wu Liehou smiled and said: "Don't underestimate me as a lame person, a lame person can do many things."
He looked at Tang Ning and Xiao Jue and asked, "You guys sit down for a while, and I'll get you some tea."
"No need." Xiao Jue said quickly: "We are just passing by here and come in to take a look. Please stop working."
"That's not okay. The guests are here and they don't even have a cup of hot tea. How can this be okay?" Wu Liehou waved his hand, took the tea cup, poured two cups of tea for them, sat opposite them, looked at them and said
: "You two are the most promising among the young generation in the capital. However, you should be more careful as you are beautiful in the forest. The pool of water in the capital is deeper, muddier and muddier than you think."
To be dirty..."
Wu Liehou seemed to be sighing, Xiao Jue smiled and said: "Brother Han, don't worry, we are also good at muddying the waters..."
Wu Liehou suddenly looked at Tang Ning and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty has handed over the case of the eldest son of the Tang family to you?"
Tangning nodded and said, "This case is not very simple."
Wu Liehou asked: "Have you found anything?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "I found some clues, but they are of little use."
"It should be investigated." Wu Liehou nodded and murmured: "It was the eldest son of the Tang family who died, and it was not someone else. It should be investigated..."
Although Wu Liehou has not yet recovered from the pain of losing his son, he seems to be in much better spirits than in the past few days.
Tang Ning and Xiao Jue sat in the Han Mansion for a while, then stood up and left.
Marquis Wu Lie sent them to the door. Xiao Jue turned around and waved his hand, saying: "Brother Han, please go back."
Wu Liehou nodded, turned around, and limped out.
Xiao Jue stood at the door of the Han Mansion and murmured: "The Tang family still has a background. When Han Chong died, there was no such big commotion in the capital..."
"Stop sighing and let's go." Tangning looked at him, shook her head and said, and was about to leave. As soon as she stepped out, she suddenly paused.
When he turned around and looked at Wu Liehou's Mansion again, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Xiao Jue looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Tangning shook her head, turned back to the Dali Temple officials and said, "Go to Dali Temple!"
Xiao Jue watched him leave quickly, shook his head inexplicably, and walked in the direction of Xiao Mansion. After walking for a few steps, his steps gradually slowed down, and finally stopped, turned around slowly, and looked at Wu Liehou Mansion.
There was an expression of disbelief on his face.
…
When Emperor Chen handed Tang Jing's case over to him, he also gave him great power. He could move all files from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple at will.
Tangning walked to the place where the files were stored, looked behind her, and said, "You guys go out first, I will look for it alone."
The case files in Dali Temple were sorted by time and filled an entire room. Han Chong's case happened half a month ago, so Tangning easily found all the files on the case.
It took him a quarter of an hour to read through all the files.
Although every detail of this case is reasonable and reasonable, if it were in a small place like the local county government, the case could be closed like this, but this is Dali Temple, and several key details should never be exposed so lightly.
He distanced himself from the information in his mind, and when he walked out of Dali Temple, he saw a figure standing outside waiting for him.
He walked over and asked, "Why haven't you gone back yet?"
Xiao Jue looked at him and said solemnly: "Did you also think of something?"
Tangning looked at him and nodded slightly.
Xiao Jue asked: "Why?"
Tang Ning said, "Go to a place with me. If my guess is correct, the answer will be there."
Xiao Jue asked: "Where?"
"Liujia Village, the home of the guard of Han Mansion."
