Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Chapter 83

Guo Ye stopped the reports from the two police officers, pointed two fingers at the crowd and said, "The deceased's surname is Hu, and his name is Pi. He is a well-known gambling addict in Longxi County. Although his face is slightly rotten, his facial features are distorted. But the outline still remains, and the head catcher is deeply impressed by this scumbag."

The two policemen were stunned for a moment, and then they praised him, because what Guo Ye said was right, after the reflections from the neighbors, this is the home of Hu Pi, an abusive gambler.

Now that the identity of the deceased is known, the next thing to do is to collect information.

Including the deceased's friends, enemies, and of course the deceased's family members.

Thinking of this, Guo Ye showed a trace of hesitation on his face. After sending the two police officers to continue collecting clues and materials, he was stunned.

The old butler, Zheng Wang, took advantage of Guo Ye's blank moment, and called the policemen who were under martial law at the door to get a cart, and together with him, they took Hu Pi's body back to the autopsy room at the county government office, and continued the examination. Some more clues can be found through the corpse.

Walking, going, busy, Guo Ye was the only one left in the whole room.

At this time, he couldn't help but feel troubled by this case, not for anything else, but for the family of the deceased Hu Pi, Tofu Xishi Zhenniang.

Now the cause of Hu Pi's death is known, that is, he was forcibly poisoned by arsenic.

Then, as Hupi's only family member——Zhenniang, it is naturally the most difficult to get rid of the responsibility.

As we all know, Hu Pi is a poor gambler, not to mention money at home, not even a piece of decent furniture, so the suspicion of criminals sneaking into Hu's house to steal and commit murder can be completely ruled out.

Moreover, Hu Pi is a well-known bad gambler in the county, and he has countless gambling debts. If he was poisoned to death because of his gambling debts, he would have died many times, and he would not wait until today.

Then there is only one murderer who is most suspicious, and that is his wife Zhenniang.

Hu Pi is addicted to gambling, not only lost all the savings of the family, but also lost all the bean flower shop that Zhenniang relied on for his livelihood. Just because of this, Zhenniang might kill him.

Coincidentally, this bastard Hu Pi is notorious for beating his wife in addition to being addicted to gambling.

Neighbors in the neighborhood also mentioned this matter, and Guo Ye also saw Hu Pi slap Zhenniang with his own eyes, making the little lady cry miserably, heartbroken.

That is to say, Hu Pi has the habit of abusing his wife, Zhenniang. This can also be attributed to the fact that Zhenniang has been enduring Hu Pi's endless abuse, and finally one day she couldn't bear it anymore, and secretly bought arsenic to oppose Hu Pi's long-term abuse. domestic violence.

To sum up the above two points, the murderer's spearhead was directed at Zhenniang, and he was most suspected of killing Hu Pi.

Especially now that Zhenniang's whereabouts are unknown, this is the most terrible thing.

Not to mention outsiders, even Guo Ye tended to guess whether Zhenniang ran away after killing someone.

However, this is not the result Guo Ye wants, really not.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Zhenniang to do such a stupid thing, because——

Killing people will pay for their lives!

Even if Hu Pi deserves what he deserves, and Hu Pi deserves to die, Zhenniang should not be the executioner.

This is the law, this is the law, and the official law is like a furnace, how can you allow you to act dissatisfied and do things that please you?

So what's the use of court regulations?

So what's the use of government offices?

So it's useful for a big Tang like my brother to catch the head?

Zhenniang, you are confused! ! !

At this moment, Guo Ye had to choose to believe in his heart that Zhenniang was the murderer who killed Hupi with arsenic dove.

At this time, Zhu Pengchun and Cheng Erniu also came one after another, entered the private house at the scene of the crime, and chatted around Guo Ye for a while.

Guo Ye calmed down his frustration, and told the two of them everything he had seen and heard, especially what he had guessed.

Cheng Erniu and Zhu Pengchun were his trusted subordinates, and Guo Ye told the two of them that he had nothing to hide.

After hearing this, Cheng Erniu stomped his feet and sighed: "That little lady Zhenniang is so confused, that bastard Hu Pi deserves to die, but Zhenniang shouldn't defy the law with her own body. Going to die for such a bastard , It's not worth it, it's not worth it."

On the contrary, Zhu Pengchun expressed his disapproval after hearing Guo Ye's speculation.

I saw him pacing around the private house, observed it carefully, and asked: "Brother, look at this house, although it is very poor, but take a look—"

Then, he pointed to the stove, the bed, and the only few round stools, and said, "Everything is cleaned up, except for some dust, which means that no one has lived there for a while, where is there any fighting?" Yes, traces of struggle?"

Cheng Erniu's eyes widened, and he said contemptuously, "Fatty Zhu, haven't you heard from my little brother? Hu Pi's grandson was poisoned to death by arsenic, not beaten to death, so what's the use of the fight marks? "

Fatty Zhu rolled his eyes at the simple-minded Cheng Erniu, and snorted, "You know what!"

The speaker was interested, and the listener was even more intentional. Guo Ye suddenly came to his senses and exclaimed: "Fatty Zhu, what you mean is that Zhenniang is a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken. Grown man in the house was forcibly poured with arsenic, yes?"

Fatty Zhu proudly raised his head towards Cheng Erniu to show his prestige, then gave Guo Ye a thumbs up and praised: "Brother, you are wise!"

Speaking of this, Fatty Zhu added another sentence, saying: "Of course, it is not ruled out that this is not the scene of the first crime. Maybe Zhenniang used a method that we don't know outside. Move the body over here."

When Guo Ye heard Fatty Zhu's words, his face turned cloudy, a little smile floated on his cheeks, he shook his head and thought, Zhenniang really wants to kill Hu Pi on impulse, why bother to move the body to his own home? , Isn't this adding suspicion to yourself?

This is completely superfluous.

Cheng Erniu next to him shook his head and said it was impossible, and said in a low voice: "Fatty Zhu, are you stupid? Isn't this bullshit? Although Zhenniang is a weak woman, she is not a stupid girl. She has tried so hard to do this, what is she trying to do?" What’s more, she’s a little bitch who can’t carry it with her hands or shoulders, why did she bring Hu Pi’s body here?”

After speaking, he pointed to the outside of the door and shouted: "This is Bird Clothes Lane, people come and go, isn't she afraid of being seen by others?"

Fatty Zhu's observation and Cheng Erniu's words completely removed the suspicion for Zhenniang, that is to say, if Hu Pi died from being forcibly injected with arsenic, it is impossible for Zhenniang to handle it alone. .

There are only two explanations, one is that Zhenniang has companions to assist, and the other is that Zhenniang is not the real murderer at all.

It's okay, it's smooth, the big rock and depression in Guo Ye's heart are completely thrown out.

But all of these are inferences and assumptions. First of all, we need to find Zhenniang's real body to know what happened.

However, now that Zhenniang's whereabouts are unknown, how can he explain it?

This is a typical illusion of absconding in fear of crime. The only way to clear Zhenniang's suspicion is to find her herself.

Guo Ye asked: "Not to mention you and me in the yamen, even the ordinary people know that as long as Zhenniang doesn't show up for a day, the murderer will immediately point her finger at her."

Guo Ye's worries, Fatty Zhu and Cheng Erniu knew that this was the conventional thinking inertia of the world.

Fatty Zhu pondered for a while, then said: "This subordinate boldly guesses, did someone abduct Zhenniang?"

This time, Cheng Erniu and Fatty Zhu formed a united front, and echoed loudly: "Yes, Zhenniang's little lady is very beautiful, even a man would be tempted, brother, haven't you been tempted? "

Paralysis, how did it come to me?

Guo Ye kicked Cheng Erniu and shouted, "Get out!"

However, the words of Cheng Erniu and Fatty Zhu reminded him, could it be that someone secretly coveted Zhenniang's beauty and wanted to take her as his own and make her a taboo?