Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

The place where the woman was killed was more than ten miles away from her home. Traces of dragging and carriage ruts were found at the crime scene, which shows that this is not the first crime scene, and the place where the murder should have been committed is not there. here.

We followed the direction of the ruts and soon found a small shabby house that had been abandoned for a long time. This house was actually not very far from the murdered woman's home.

This house is a long-abandoned inn. It was originally a place for soldiers passing by to change their horses on the way. Later, the route was re-planned and this house is no longer in use, but the house is still there and has not been demolished. Due to years of disrepair, this inn has become dilapidated and located in a remote place, so few people come here.

The dilapidated wooden door opened with a creak, and the smell of blood rushed out. It seemed that we had found the scene of the first crime.

It was a mess inside, with blood everywhere and obvious signs of a fight. Wang Laifu looked at the ground for a while and said:

"Brother Guo, come and see, there should be three people here."

"How did you know there were three people?"

Laifu pointed to the footprints on the ground and said: "No one has been here for a long time, but these footprints are relatively fresh, and you see, there are three types of footprints on the ground, a man's footprints and two women's footprints.

The man was wearing cloth shoes, the same kind of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles that we usually wear. Judging from the size, he should be about seven feet two inches tall, and he walked with a slight splay. But the footprints of both women were bound. "

I converted it and found that seven feet and two inches in ancient times is equivalent to about 1.6 meters seven today. Although it is not very high, it was not considered low in the Tang Dynasty.

"You can even see the inscriptions? I don't think you have this ability, little brother."

Laifu was a little shy and said: "My grandfather taught me a few things in the early years. He had the ability to recognize people by looking at their footprints. However, he is no longer alive. Otherwise, let everyone around here come out and take a few steps." , he can find the murderer. I really hate why I didn’t learn more skills from my grandfather at that time."

"Is there such a god?"

"Everyone's walking posture is different, so the soles of the feet, toes and side points of emphasis are different. These can be shown on the footprints. A person can wear large or small shoes, but his walking habits cannot be changed. of."

There is another clue. There were not many families who could own a carriage at that time. We can also find this carriage and compare the rut marks to find the suspect.

I suddenly remembered that there was a carriage parked in the corner of the yard at the victim's house, so we came to his house for the second time, and by this time I found that the carriage was no longer there.

The victim's mother-in-law, Ms. Liu, received us, and I asked, "Why isn't your son at home?"

The woman said: "He went out to collect the bill and hasn't come back yet."

"Last time you said that your daughter-in-law was stealing from someone else, do you have any evidence?"

"Do you need any evidence? She dresses herself up every day and my son is not at home. Who is she dressing up for? She must be trying to seduce men. The more I look at my granddaughter, the less she looks like my son."

"Then do you know who the man is outside him?"

"How can I know about the bad things they do outside? Alas, my son is a loser. He raises children for others and is happy all day long. It's pitiful that I am a widow at the age of 24. I have grown him up with shit and urine. I thought I could enjoy peace and happiness when I got old, but he married a daughter-in-law and forgot about his mother. He just made his daughter-in-law happy every day and forgot about me as a mother. I really have a miserable life." He said and sat on the chair. She started crying, and I found that she cried even more miserably than the last time we met.

"Oh, don't be sad. Isn't that the case in every family? Don't you also want them to have a good life?"

At this time, the fat man asked: "Your son is going to collect the bill alone. The world is not peaceful. Aren't you afraid of being robbed?"

The woman replied: "Every time he goes to collect accounts, our long-term workers follow him."

"Your family also employs a long-term laborer. Why haven't you seen him a few times?"

"A few days ago, my relatives married their child and asked him to help. He just came back yesterday and today he followed my son to collect the bill."

As he was talking, he heard a voice outside: "Mom, we are back." He saw his son walking in followed by a burly young man.

The two of them did not come back in a carriage, but on foot. I asked, "I saw you had a carriage. Why did you come back on your legs?"

His son said: "Oh, that carriage does not belong to our family. I borrowed it from Brother Sun's house next door a few days ago. I just returned it yesterday. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, just asking."

After coming out of their house, I asked Laifu: "Do you see the shoe prints of these two men? Are they them?"

"No, the murderer is not tall, and both of them are quite tall. The height is wrong, and their walking posture is a bit splayed, so it must not be them."

"Now let's go visit their neighbor, the one with the carriage."

The Sun family lived next door to them, and the two families were separated by a low wall.

When we arrived at Sun's house, we found a carriage parked in the courtyard.

The man from the Sun family is called Sun Fugui. He does some small business and the woman stays at home to take care of the children. Their family is doing well and they are a very wealthy family. We showed our cards. After the man saw it, he looked panicked and said: " You are a responsible person, what are you doing here to see me?"

"Don't be nervous. We are investigating the murder case next door to you. We hope you can provide us with some useful clues."

At this time, he exhaled, and the muscles on his face relaxed, and said, "Our two families have a pretty good relationship, but I don't know anything. You'd better ask other families." After saying that, he wanted to drive us away.

"This is a routine matter for us. You are obliged to cooperate. If you refuse, you will definitely be sued." When Sun Fugui heard this, he immediately became silent.

Laifu walked over and looked at the ruts carefully, shook his head at me, and whispered: "This carriage is not the one at the crime scene. This carriage has been used for many years, and the wheels have been worn very smooth. There are no clear rut marks.”

I asked Sun Fugui: "How is the relationship between their families?"

Sun Fugui looked around, then went out to look again, and said furtively:

"You don't know. People say that the daughter-in-law of this family is immoral. In fact, she is not. She is a very well-behaved woman. Hehe, but her mother-in-law is not an economical person. One night, I saw a man come in with my own eyes. Her room."

"How did you know?"

"I happened to get up at night and go to the latrine. I happened to hear someone talking outside the low wall, and I happened to listen." The man said mysteriously with an obscene look on his face.

"Also, her son is very obedient. Some people say that he is already a teenager and still sucks his mother's milk. Even when they got married, his mother watched them next to them and taught her son how to have sex. .”

I heard it and felt a little sick.