There were old and new dead chickens and ducks. Jiang Wu could see at a glance that some of the deep-buried corpses had only bones left. The top ones could be seen to have been dead for a few days. There was a smell of blood and putrefaction floating in the air.
Flavors mixed together.
Jiang Wu was also startled. He covered his nose and walked up to Zhu Weixi and poked his shoulder: "Is this the origin of the smell of blood?"
The fishy smell was so strong that it even made Jiang Wu feel uncomfortable, not to mention Zhu Weixi, who was born with a sensitive sense of taste. He was already pale, but he still insisted on cupping his fists and said: "Miss Jiang, a total of twelve dead chickens and eight dead ducks have been found so far.
There are only four sparrows, and they all died in the same way. Judging from the complete bodies, they all died by cutting their throats and bleeding."
Jiang Wu nodded. The span of these corpses was very large. This person buried so many corpses not for eating, but simply to vent his anger. This was in the yard of Chen Qi's house, so this person... could only be Chen Qi or Liu
Shi.
Who is the one?
At this moment, the open door and the smell of blood in the room still attracted other people's attention. A young man wearing coarse clothes passed by and looked inside curiously.
Zhou Xian'en stood at the door but did not come in, so he saw the man at a glance: "The government is handling the case, so don't let anyone else come near."
The man looked at the man, who was about thirty years old. Hearing this, he touched his head in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, sir, I'll leave right now..."
Zhou Xianen looked him up and down and asked, "Are you a neighbor of this family?"
The man nodded, "Yes, the grassroots live nearby."
Zhou Xianen raised his eyebrows: "But your surname is Liao?"
The man became alert: "How did the official know?"
Zhou Xianen said nothing, and the Xiuchun knife was raised in the air. The two of them changed positions instantly. Before the man could even realize what happened, Zhou Xianen put the handle of the knife against his neck and leaned against the wall with a confused look on his face.
.
He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat: "Guan...Guan Ye, what's wrong?"
"You are suspected of killing Chen Qi, come back to Beizhen Fusi with me!"
As soon as these words came out, the man shouted that he was wronged, and knelt down with a bang: "The official is wronged, I am just a vegetable seller, how dare I kill someone? I don't even know what happened, so why did I kill someone?"
Jiang Wu heard the noise and hurriedly came out to take a look. He saw a man wearing blue coarse linen clothes kneeling on the ground, with cold sweat on his face, and he kept bowing and begging Zhou Xianen.
Jiang Wu asked: "Who is this?"
Zhou Xian'en said: "This is the neighbor named Liao who lives next door to Chen Qi's house. Judging from the clues currently available, he is the most suspicious and should be taken back to Beizhen Fusi for interrogation."
Jiang Wu raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the man and asked, "What's your name?"
The man replied: "The villain's surname is Liao, and his single name is Zhao."
Jiang Wu: "Liao Zhao, right? Where were you last night? Is there any witness?"
Liao Zhao said: "Last night? I have been sleeping at home. I haven't been anywhere. As for testifying, I don't have it..."
In Yihongyuan just now, what Xiao Taohong was talking about was that he stayed in Yihongyuan for one night.
Although there was only one surname and no name on the drink sign, it was still possible that it belonged to Liao Zhao.
If it was really Liao Zhao, it would be easier to handle, but now Liao Zhao said that he slept at home last night, which is something that no one can testify about.
Jiang Wu did not speak, but called Zhu Weixi over, whispered something in his ear, and entered Chen's house instead.
Liao Zhao looked at the two officials with a blank look on his face, and asked in a trembling voice: "But what's the matter? The common people don't know what happened, please let the two officials inform..."
Zhou Xian'en said: "Last night, your neighbor Chen Qi was found dead."
He did not say where he died or how he died.
When Liao Zhao heard this, he was surprised, "How could this happen?" He quickly reacted and looked at Zhou Xian'en: "Sir, are you suspecting that I killed someone? I have no enmity with Chen Qi, so why did he kill him?"
Zhu Weixi said something in Zhou Xianen's ear. Zhou Xianen's eyes narrowed slightly and asked him again: "Are you sure you slept at your own home last night? If I let this officer know that you lied..."
Liao Zhao's eyes hesitated, and after looking around Zhu Weixi and Zhou Xianen, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I was sleeping at home last night and didn't go anywhere."
Zhou Xianen sneered: "But the smell of powder on your body gave you away. It was you who was in Yihongyuan last night, right?"
Smell of powder? Liao Zhao was confused at first, then sniffed his collar and could really smell a faint smell of powder.
He immediately turned pale.
Zhu Weixi said: "The smell of powder on your body is exactly the same as that of Yihongyuan. You were clearly in Yihongyuan last night, why did you lie and say you were sleeping at home?"
Now that the matter has come to an end, Liao Zhao can no longer hide it. He said: "Because I am not very friendly with my neighbors in my daily life, and they often talk about me behind my back. If I say that I am going to Yihongyuan,
Maybe they will arrange it for me behind the scenes, I really..."
He did not have a good relationship with his neighbors. They made a lot of comments about him, which made him hide even when he went to a brothel. Such a person seems to be relatively reserved and introverted, and does not often interact with others. But in Liu's place
, Liao Zhao gives people the impression of a good person who is willing to help others.
At this time, Jiang Wu had already come out of Chen's house. She was holding something in her hand. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an old dress.
Liao Zhao looked at her blankly, wondering why she did this.
Without saying a word, Jiang Wu asked him to stand up first. They moved to the Chen family courtyard and asked him again: "What is your relationship with the Liu family?"
As soon as he heard this, Liao Zhao's cheeks turned a little red. He touched the back of his head and stammered: "It's just an ordinary neighbor relationship. Mrs. Liu is a virtuous and simple person. Unfortunately, Chen Qi is a loser. Mrs. Liu is often beaten.
Neighbors also often help her, and I live next door to her house and sometimes help her take care of the children."
Jiang Wu knew from the look on his expression that it would never be that simple.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you sure?"
After what happened just now, Liao Zhao did not dare to nod rashly this time. He just looked at Jiang Wu and said, "Master official, I wonder what you have to say..."
Jiang Wu took out the Chen family's old clothes and put them on Liao Zhao's shoulders, and said, "You said that you and Mr. Liu are just ordinary neighbors, but would ordinary neighbors repair each other's clothes?"
As soon as he said this, Liao Zhao was stunned. Zhou Xianen took the dress and looked at it. There was a small gap on the shoulder of Liao Zhao's dress, but it was patched up with a new piece of cloth. The stitching was the same as the Chen family's old dress.
The ones above are relatively similar and more detailed, but it is true that we cannot conclude that they were made by the same person based on this alone.
Jiang Wu said: "If the stitches are just similar, it won't be considered evidence, but the most important thing is here." She pointed to the location of the threads on the clothes.