The murder case in Liushuli, which occurred on the eighth day of July, was initially tried jointly by Shifu and Youyou from Jinshui Township, with the help of magistrates sent by the county. The focus of the investigation was on the husband of the deceased "Weihua", an Orion.
Youyou Shuwu believed that the hunter must have discovered his wife having an affair when he returned home, and killed them both in a rage.
So the government urgently ordered the local pavilion chief to arrest the hunter. One day later, he was found in the forest where the hunter was hunting...
The hunter's name is "Miao" and he is in his thirties. When the head of the village pavilion led people to find him, he was squatting on the ground setting up animal traps. He didn't understand what happened, so he was suddenly pushed to the ground and could only
Subconsciously shouting injustice!
"It's too late to cry out for injustice now!"
Diao was immediately taken to the rural government office. In front of his wife's body, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. When he heard that his wife had been killed during adultery, he couldn't accept it for a moment. He couldn't stand firmly on his feet and sat down.
on the ground.
Youyou Shuwu believed that Orion himself was the murderer, so he pressed him again and again, but Orion denied it and insisted that he did not kill anyone!
Shu Wu was so angry that he was already planning to torture him, but Ling Shi Nu stopped him.
"Youyou, the law states that it is better to obtain a confession without whipping and plundering, and it is worse to whip someone and plunder. Let me ask first."
In Nu's view, Diao, as the first suspect, did have a motive for committing the crime. But the premise was that he knew about his wife's adultery in advance. Judging from this man's reaction, it seemed that he had never known it before. Alas, he was really a dull and honest man.
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Moreover, when Mink was captured, he still set up animal traps at the place where he was hunting, unless he killed someone first and then calmly returned to the hunting spot, pretending as if nothing had happened. But is this possible? Generally speaking, after killing someone,
You should flee immediately.
Nu summoned several woodcutters. They had lived with Diao for the past few days and could testify that Diao was still in the mountains when the crime occurred. It was impossible for him to suddenly fly more than ten miles of mountain road and return home to kill someone.
In this way, Diao's murder suspicion was basically eliminated, and You You had to reluctantly let him go.
When the mink returned to the willow tree carrying the prey he had hunted these days, he looked at the house still surrounded by ropes and white ash, and the pools of dried blood. He felt dizzy and didn't know what to do.
good……
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The investigation of the case had to start looking for a new direction after ruling out the possibility of murder.
It's a pity that there is not much evidence left by the murderer at the scene. Apart from the very common short knife, there is only the thorn coupon found in the grass outside the door...
It was very common for men in the Qin State to wear swords, so identifying criminals with just one sword was like looking for a needle in a haystack, so Shu Wu tended to start with Jing Guan.
Jingguan is a deed used by merchants for trade. It is so named because the engraved teeth on it are like thorns on wattle sticks. Qin law stipulates that any transaction exceeding one hundred yuan must be given a deed. As the saying goes,
"There is no deed, so it is trust." After the transaction is concluded, the seller must write the transaction items and the price on the wooden board, then saw it in half, and the buyer and seller each keep half.
And depending on the trade goods, the materials used to make the coupons are also different, including bamboo and mulberry wood. As for which material corresponds to which goods, only the officials who specialize in managing the market and those merchants can tell clearly.
Shu Wu immediately sent people to the towns and cities to find the city officials and asked what the Jing coupon was used for, which industry it was for, and how much it was worth.
The result was soon received, and the city official replied that these were bamboo coupons used in the silk trade. There were eleven teeth on the bamboo coupons. According to the rules of the silk trade, each piece of silk was worth one.
One hundred and eighty, so each tooth is equivalent to one hundred and eighty yuan, so the value of this bamboo coupon is equivalent to one thousand nine hundred and eighty yuan...
"The murderer must be a businessman!" Shuwu said firmly with bright eyes, as if he had found a new direction.
Angry but hesitant: "Why did he leave this Jing deed in the grass beside the ditch outside the door?"
Jing deeds are very important tokens. Merchants will be punished by market officials if the quantity of items sold by merchants does not match the amount of money and coupons. Therefore, merchants are extremely careful to protect them, not to mention littering them everywhere.
"Perhaps the criminal was walking in a hurry when he went out and threw Jingqi out of his arms."
Although this situation is too coincidental, the stubborn Shuwu has set a new tone for the case and cannot be questioned by others.
So in the next few days, he sent out all his men from the Xiangting Pavilion to conduct extensive searches of the townships and markets, looking for those with market registrations, especially those selling silk, who became key suspects.
Unfortunately, after struggling for three or four days, they found nothing. The merchants who sold silk silk almost all had alibi, and the city officials searched through the trade records of the past year, but could not find the identity of this Jing Guan.
Right half...
Not only that, the originally bustling villages and towns have become deserted due to the investigation.
The case had occurred for several days, but the investigation team in charge of the investigation was in vain. Not only was the murder panic among the people, it even disrupted the normal trade of the township and city, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the county magistrate and county lieutenant.
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"Zhuzi is incompetent and is dragging me down!"
Du Xian, the right lieutenant of the county, is the most furious. According to the above information, he may be transferred out of Anlu at the end of the year. Whether he will be promoted or transferred depends on this year's performance evaluation.
This year, Anlu successively solved cases of tomb robbing and human trafficking, which stood out among the eighteen counties in Nanjun. But if this blatant murder case cannot be solved as soon as possible and spreads to the county, Du Xian's performance appraisal this year may be ruined.
It's a big discount.
So Youwei got angry and sent a document to the countryside, saying that since Youyou was incompetent and could not solve the case, he should quickly submit the case to the county, and the county would organize some capable officials to solve the case together...
Youyou Shuwu was in a desperate situation. He thought it was a simple case, but it turned out to be a difficult one, leading him to a dead end.
At this point, he also knew that he could not solve the case with his own abilities, so he had no choice but to go to the county seat to plead guilty, kowtow in front of the county captain, and beg for forgiveness.
"I shouldn't believe you, a mediocre person like you!"
Du Xian, the right lieutenant of the county, smashed the pen holder in front of Shu Wu and said angrily: "Forget it, since you yourself said you are unable to solve the case, then I will replace it with someone else!"
After saying that, Du Xian loudly said to the outside: "Let the chief of Huyang Pavilion come in!"
"The county captain summoned the chief of Huyang Pavilion!" Wei Shi immediately called out.
"Chief of Huyang Pavilion...Hei Fu?"
Shu Wu was startled. He turned around and saw Hei Fu striding in. He bowed to the county lieutenant and said, "I pay my respects to the county lieutenant."
Du Xian stroked his beard and said: "Hei Fu, Ling Shi Nu highly recommended you to me, saying that you were not only the first official to rush to the scene of the crime, but you were also well versed in the art of Ling Shi, meticulous in thinking, and very good at reasoning.
I suggest that you participate in solving the case together, what do you think?"
"Heifu does not dare to have any ideas when he is ordered to do it. Since the commander has the trust and the county captain has the responsibility, I should do my best."
"Just doing your best is not enough."
Du Xian said with a straight face: "If the murderer is not captured for one day, people will be in panic. Time is tight. I can only give you half a month. If I successfully capture the murderer, I will definitely ask the county magistrate and the county government for a reward. If not, you will wait.
All those who decide the case will be punished!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Shuwu and used him as a negative example to warn Heifu: "I will be impeached like him and get an evaluation of dereliction of duty and incompetence. When the plan ends in October, I will not be able to hold this position."
I’m afraid I can’t keep it!”
Shuwu broke into a cold sweat after hearing this, but Heifu smiled and said: "Don't worry, county captain, I haven't been idle these days. Every night, I am deducing the case by myself, and I already have a plan in mind..."
Du Xian was immediately overjoyed: "Oh, tell me!"
Hei Fu hesitated to speak and looked at Shu Wu. His meaning was very obvious. Since this person had nothing to do with the case, it was better not to let him listen.
Du Xian waved his sleeves impatiently: "Shu Wu, please step back."
Even though Shuwu cursed in his heart, he had no choice but to leave quietly, looking downcast when he left.
After he walked out of the hall, Hei Fu took a step forward and said, "In my opinion, this case was taken in the wrong direction from the beginning! You shouldn't have started with the Jing Guan. That Jing Guan was probably the murderer's intention."
