My wife is not a demon

Under Chen Mu's careful explanation, the arresters began to look for people who had been in contact with Mu Xiang'er's family to take notes.

Maling County is not big, so it is easy to find someone.

……

Half an hour later, the three of Chen Mu came to Mu Xianger's residence.

As he had expected before, the location of Mu Xianger's house was indeed very remote, almost surrounded by two low mountains.

There is no water source nearby.

Their nearest neighbor also has to be 10 minutes away.

At this time, Mu Xiang'er's house could no longer distinguish the appearance of the house, only the burnt broken walls and some incomplete wooden beams remained.

The pungent smell of smoke is still strong.

Some furniture was only burnt to the edges and corners, and there were a few damaged buckets thrown on the ground, which should have been left over from the fire fighting.

"They only have this one house?"

Chen Mu asked.

Hu Butou sneered: "Before the imperial court allocated funds, the adults specially gave them a new house, who knew that Mu Dahe was sold after changing hands, took the money to the gambling house, and lost everything, ha ha."

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Mu stepped on the scorched earth and carefully observed the burned house.

Hu Butou sighed: "Usually, there are very few homicides in such a small place, but once a homicide happens, it is a big deal.

We are not as good as the police in those big places. There is an investigation department at the top and a criminal department at the bottom. They are very clever.

It's okay for us to deal with small cases, but if we encounter big cases, it will be a real headache.

Especially during this time limit, no one is easy to mess with. "

Faced with Hu Butou's complaints, Chen Mu also expressed his understanding.

In the Yan Dynasty, if a case occurred in a local area, the police would be given a time limit to solve the case, which was called "ratio limit".

Small cases are basically five days for a "bill", while major homicide cases are three days for a "big".

The above will supervise.

If this time limit is exceeded, the policeman will be beaten.

The county magistrate will also be reprimanded.

That's why after Mu Dahe's family was burned to death, the Maling county government quickly 'solved' the case.

"Brother Hu, how did you deduce that the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of coal stones?"

Chen Mu asked curiously.

Hu Butou smiled and did not answer, but took Chen Mu up to a low mountain on the right.

What came into view was a devastated charcoal field.

There are a lot of broken cinders scattered on the ground.

Hu Butou said: "This used to be a coal mine, which was abandoned five years ago, and the government ignored it after it was filled. There was a spontaneous coal fire in March last year, and my brothers and I extinguished it personally. of……"

Hu Botou pointed to a landslide covered by sand and said:

"After the fire broke out that day, I found that there was smoke coming out of here, so I went up to check, and sure enough, I saw another coal rock spontaneously combusting."

Chen Mu walked to the edge of the landslide and gently placed his palm on the ground.

Can feel the obvious heat.

It shows that this place has indeed been burned.

But when he looked around the surrounding environment, he frowned.He poked the sand on the ground with his hands, and fell into thought while looking at the exposed weathered and inferior charcoal.

Hu Butou continued: "Mu Dahe's house is just at the foot of the mountain, and a lot of coal ash was found around the haystack.

So I guess that the accidental fire was caused by the help of the wind that day...

Of course, I didn't know that Mu Xiang'er was dead at that time. "

Chen Mu patted the sand on his hands, stood up and said with a smile, "Brother Hu's ability to solve cases is still very strong, and other arresters may not have such insight."

This kind of flattery made Hu Butou very useful.

The smile is also in full bloom like a chrysanthemum.

"So Brother Chen also thinks that the accidental fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of coal stones?"

However, Chen Mu shook his head lightly: "On the contrary, I think the fire at Mu Dahe's house was caused by humans, and...the spontaneous combustion of the coal you saw was also caused by humans intentionally!"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Butou's smile froze on his face.

"How do you judge?"

It was not Hu Butou who asked this question, but a pleasant and indifferent female voice.

At some point, there was another woman beside Chen Mu.

Like a ghost.

Chapter 24 Yin Yang Sect!

The woman was wearing a black tight dress.

The figure is graceful and embossed.

Under the visual pull, the perfect curve outlined has a thrilling charm.

It's hard to move your eyes away.

It's a pity that on top of such a proud figure, there is a very ordinary face without any characteristics, which is really a pity.

Only those indifferent eyes revealed a touch of enchantment.

"I have seen seniors."

Chen Mu cupped his fists and saluted.