After tying up Xunsanlang with hemp ropes and tightly binding him, Qingdeng immediately escorted Xunsanlang back to Beifan Station.
As soon as he escorted Xunzaburo back to the Beifan Station, as Qingto expected - he was immediately summoned to Hsui's office.
Entering Bo Jing's office alone, Qingdeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise at the lineup in the office.
The lineup in Hakui's office can be called luxurious.
The town's official Susui, the two temporary returnees, and the two permanent returnees: Arima and Tojo... In short, all the leading figures of the "three chapters" of the Kitabansuo gathered together.
All of them were now looking at Qing Deng who had entered the room with a look that was mixed with various emotions such as shock, confusion, and surprise.
Especially with horses.
When Arima learned just now that "Aoto had solved the case in Koyanagi Town", his first reaction was to yell at the colleague who came to report: What nonsense are you talking about!
I don’t know what the current level of Ju Qingden’s case handling is?
After confirming several times with Tongxin who came to report that he had indeed reported correctly and that he had heard correctly, Arima's eyes, which were originally as big and round as an owl, opened wider.
Mr. Ju, who has never been able to stand alone... solved a murder case in less than an hour?
Is there something wrong with my ears, or is there something wrong with my head???
After learning that Hakui planned to summon Aoto and listen to Aoto's "work report" in person, Arima immediately signed up and expressed that he also wanted to be present to hear how this junior who had never been very successful before suddenly suddenly
Branched up.
The same is true for Dongcheng and the two people who returned temporarily - they were all extremely curious after hearing that the idiot Deng had suddenly made extraordinary achievements, so they signed up to attend Qingdeng's "work report".
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After entering the room, Qingdeng followed the rules and respectfully saluted and said hello to the leaders in the room.
"Well... Mr. Tachibana." Bo Jing had a complicated expression. He had never stopped to look at Qingden since he looked at a stranger. "You... did a good job today."
Be it Hakui, Arima and others, they all wanted to hear how Qingnou, who had never been very successful, solved the case today, so they hurriedly called Qingnou over to report on the work.
Therefore, after briefly talking to Qingteng in mandarin and clichés, and having a brief exchange of greetings, Bojing went straight to the point - asking Qingteng how he found the criminal today.
——It’s really impossible not to ask me how I solved the case...
Qingteng, who had long expected that the people at the execution office would definitely ask him these questions, had already drafted the wording when he escorted Xunzaburo back to the northern division.
Qingdeng cleared his throat, and then began his half-truth and half-false report.
When I was drinking tea in a tea house, I accidentally heard about the incident in Koyanagi Town, and then I rushed to Koyanagi Town as soon as possible to report this part truthfully.
When Qingdeng talked about why he wanted to enter Granny Ping's house, Qingdeng started to make nonsense.
After all, you can't openly say "you intend to take credit".
Although in this era, it is normal to grab credit and so on, but this kind of thing is always rarely seen in the sun and cannot be said openly.
The reason Qingdeng gave himself was that he "planned to enter the house first, and before the person responsible for the case arrived, he would check the scene of the crime for them to see if the scene had been damaged by the person who discovered the body of Granny Ping."
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"The official's original intention was to simply take a look at the crime scene and then come out."
"Generally speaking, there are only three types of home invasion and homicide cases, excluding extreme cases such as random killings."
"Vendetta, wealth murder, love murder."
"The victim's house is quite clean, and there are no signs of any rummaging or looting of property, so property murder is ruled out first."
"Among the only two options left: vendetta and love killing, the official initially thought that Granny Ping should have died in a vendetta."
"After all, Granny Ping is old, nearly 70 years old, and she doesn't look like she can be killed by love."
"But after Xiaguan entered the house and accidentally saw something at the crime scene, he was shocked to realize that compared to vendetta, the probability of love murder seemed to be higher."
"Things? What things?" Bo Jing, who was already listening to some rapt thoughts, asked quickly.
"The candles placed in the corner of the crime scene." Qingdeng answered.
"Candle?" Bo Jing was stunned.
"Candles are something that ordinary townspeople are not willing to take out and use casually." Aonto said calmly.
As if they were hit by a bolt from the blue, Bo Jing and others realized something one after another, and their expressions changed.
Due to various reasons such as insufficient production technology, the price of candles has never been cheap during the Edo period, and most families used lamp oil instead of candles!
"Although candles provide good illumination, they are quite expensive. Only wealthy families can burn candles without any scruples."
"The vast majority of people can only use poor lighting, but cheap lamp oil, candles, etc. are only willing to use them occasionally."
"The victim's family has been well-known for decades as a philanthropic person who loves charity. They often treat poor people for low or no compensation, so the family must not be very wealthy."
"The clothes on the victim's body were patched several times, and the decoration of the home was quite simple. There were basically only a few ordinary pieces of furniture and no luxury goods."
"When the officer inspected the victim's home, he discovered that the victim had stored a large amount of lamp oil and only a few candles."
"This clue strongly proves that the victim's family is not the kind of family that can take out candles and burn them casually. In the past, they used lamp oil most, and candles were only used on certain special occasions."
"We are usually victims of using lamp oil, but in the corner of the crime scene there is a candle with only a small burn left - this is unusual no matter how you look at it."
"The lumps of solidified candle liquid at the base of the candle are quite new and have just solidified not long ago."
"This shows that this candle was taken out and used last night, and it was taken out and used for a long time. It took at least half an hour to burn it to accumulate such a large amount of solidified candle liquid."
"Except for festivals, there is another situation where most people are happy to use candles as a luxury product - when outsiders come to visit."
"Therefore, based on all the above clues, the officer determined that the criminal and the victim knew each other, and their relationship was quite extraordinary. They were probably very close people."
"The criminal visited the victim's home last night and was invited into the victim's home to sit down."
"In order to entertain the criminal, the victim took out a candle that he was usually reluctant to use."
"The candle burned for nearly half an hour, which shows that the victim and the criminal were in the same room for a long time."
"Being invited into the victim's home late at night and staying in the same room with the victim for such a long time - only someone with a very close relationship can receive such hospitality from the victim."
The Edo period was no better than modern times.
We are still in this era of ancient society, but it is not so modern or open.
A widow who has just lost her husband is willing to invite someone into her house at night and stay alone with him for such a long time... As Qingden just said, only the kind of close relationship between each other
Only a person can receive such warm hospitality from others.
"But then, a new problem arises." Qingdeng's report continued, "If the victim really had a very close relationship with the criminal... then why did she bring out candles to entertain her in such a grand way?
People?"
"If you are very close to someone, or if you come to visit your home often, generally speaking, you will be relatively relaxed and will not cause such a big fight. Just bring out the lamp oil as usual."
"There are traces on the victim's mouth that the criminal pressed hard to silence the victim's mouth."
"Based on the size of the compression marks and the strength of the criminal who was able to hold the victim's mouth with one hand and hold a knife with the other hand to commit the crime, it can be concluded that the criminal is a male."
"The male was so close to the victim that he could be invited into his home at night and be alone in the room with the victim for a long time, but the victim was not so casual with him. He took out candles to entertain him very solemnly."
"It can be seen from this that the relationship between the victim and the criminal must be unusual."
"Although the relationship is close, there is still a bit of distance between them."
"Maybe the two of them are childhood sweethearts, or they may have a special relationship that happened in the past."
"Since there is such a special relationship, it is more likely that it will be a love killing than a vendetta."
"So, with this suspicion in mind, I went to ask the victim's neighbors, relatives and friends, and successfully identified the most serious suspect, Xun Sanlang."
"After rushing to Xunzaburo's address, we were very lucky to catch him just as he was about to flee, and he was successfully arrested and brought to justice."
silence……
After Qingdeng finished his report, the office fell into a deathly silence.
Hakui, Arima and the others, whose faces were full of shock and other emotions, looked at me and I looked at you, looking at each other...
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The author has said before that the case of Granny Ping has a realistic prototype.
The author of Qingdeng’s report is a complete copy of the reasoning made by the police in the prototype case. So please don’t argue with me that Qingdeng’s reasoning is unreasonable. In the prototype case, this is the reasoning of the police - because of the victimization
The suspect and the criminal spent too much time in the same room late at night, so they must have known each other. It was more likely a murder of love than a vendetta, so the search scope was narrowed down in one breath.
Regarding the prototype case of Granny Ping’s murder case, the author has posted it in the “Writer’s Words” below. Those who are interested can go and take a look.
