Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1613 Bold guess

When Zhao Zhixian’s brain was in a mess, Zhu Ping’an said, “Master Zhao, how many people are engaged in the funeral business in Yiwu County, including making coffins, setting acupoints, funerals, moving graves, playing and singing, etc. Be sure to make a detailed statistics, please send someone to invite them all to the county government now, so that no one will be left behind."

Although Zhao Zhixian did not understand Zhu Pingan's purpose of asking about the funeral business, he still opened his mouth and answered: "My lord, there are eight coffin shops in Yiwu County, including three in the county town and five in the township below; There are quite a lot of people who visit the graves, including all three religions and nine streams. This has been recorded in the county government, and there are about 20 to 30 people. Most of the funerals are people from Yizhuang. There are five Yizhuang in Yiwu County. In addition to Yizhuang, Zha The Louzi shroud shop is also responsible for the funeral. There are about a dozen shroud shops in Zhalouzi, Yiwu County; there are about a dozen who play and sing, and most of them do weddings and funerals.”

   It can be seen that the work of Zhaozhi County in Yiwu is still very solid, and he basically knows all aspects of Yiwu.

  Zhu Ping'an's evaluation of Zhao Zhixian was a little higher. There are not many magistrates who can do this.

  In the future, the achievements of Zhao Zhixian are definitely not limited to Zhixian.

   "My lord, these people are not a minority, do they all have to be invited to the county government?" Zhao Zhixian asked uncertainly.

   "Yes, don't leave any behind." Zhu Ping'an nodded heavily.

"Lord Zhao, after inviting them to the county government, send scribes to inquire in detail and record whether they have undertaken funerals and grave relocations in the two months before and after the incident last year. If they have undertaken funerals and grave relocations during this period, It is necessary to record in detail who they have undertaken for, and ask them whether there are any suspicious or strange things during the undertaking, no matter how outrageous, they must be recorded in detail, and finally ask them to sign and pledge."

  Zhu Ping'an continued.

   "I obey orders." Zhao Zhixian nodded vigorously, then turned around and arranged for officers to go to the county government office to retrieve the funeral business files, compare the files, and invite all the funeral business people to the government office.

  After Zhao Zhixian arranged the matter, he finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked Zhu Ping'an for advice, "My lord, the lower officials are dull. I don't know what is the purpose of asking the funeral personnel?"

  Chen Dacheng and others were also at a loss as to what Zhu Ping'an's intention was.

   "Look for the victim's head." Zhu Ping'an said surprisingly.

   "Huh?" Zhao Zhixian was indeed shocked, the confusion in his mind became more confused, and there were more question marks.

   "Master Zhao, I suspect that the victim in this case is not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang, but someone else."

  Zhu Ping'an whispered in Zhao Zhixian's ear.

If the murderer is Chen Erlang, there is absolutely no need for Chen Erlang to cut off the head and discard it after killing his wife. Even if it is to vent his anger, it is unreasonable to just discard the head; The lower head is hidden, the murderer must have a purpose in doing so, to collect the head? This can basically be ruled out. If such a perverted collection habit is really the case, there must be more than one victim whose head was cut off in Yiwu County, but Zhu Pingan also understands that there is only one case of cutting off the head after being killed in Yiwu County. ; Therefore, Zhu Ping suspected that the murderer cut off the head and hid it. He definitely didn't want everyone to see the victim's head. He didn't want everyone to see the victim's head. made a bold guess.

   Zhu Ping'an's first reaction was that the murderer might be trying to cover up the victim's identity, and maybe the victim wasn't Chen Erlang's wife Zhang Shi at all. So if the victim wasn't Chen Erlang's wife Zhang, who was it?

  This question will be answered when the victim's head is found.

   "Huh?! What?!"

  Zhu Ping'an's words were more shocking than thunder, and Zhao Zhixian almost jumped up in surprise.

   "Shh, keep your voice down, don't say anything, so as not to startle the snake." Zhu Pingan patted Zhao Zhixian's shoulder lightly.

"Yes, yes." Zhao Zhixian nodded again and again, but still couldn't help whispering in Zhu Ping'an's ear, "But my lord, in the two months before and after Chen Erlang's wife murder case, there was no murder in Yiwu County." Case."

   "It is precisely because there is no murder case that I am more sure of my guess." Zhu Pingan said.

  Zhao Zhixian heard the words, thoughtful, and was stunned for a long time. A light seemed to flash in his mind, as if he understood something.

  If the victim is someone else, it makes sense to cut off the head and hide it.

  If the victim is someone else and no one reports the crime.

  Then this real murder case was buried normally by the murderer in the form of a non-homicide case.

   After all, if one person dies, the fire cannot be covered with paper. Only a normal funeral can calm down.

  The body is at Chen Erlang's house, and there is only one head. How can the murderer be buried normally? It must be covered up. But no matter how you try to cover it up, it's impossible to cover everything, and there will inevitably be some strange things when it comes to funerals.

   That's why Master Zhu asked himself to send someone to ask the funeral practitioners whether they had undertaken funerals, grave relocation and other matters for a period of time after the incident, and specifically asked whether there were any suspicious or strange things during the undertaking period.

   "My lord, I seem to understand." Zhao Zhixian looked at Zhu Ping'an.

   "Just understand it, don't need to say it, so as not to startle the snake." Zhu Ping'an nodded slightly.

   "Yes." Zhao Zhixian nodded.

   "Let's go, let's go back to the county government and wait for the news." Zhu Pingan said to Zhao County Magistrate, "There are some questions that need to be asked further by then."

  When Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Zhixian left, Chen Dacheng also took several clansmen to the county government office. His younger brother's case finally had hope again. How could he sit at home? First, he was worried and didn't want to miss any details, and second, he wanted to contribute their strength to the case.

  The efficiency of the Yiwu County Government was very high, and soon all the people engaged in the funeral business in Yiwu County were invited to the county government by the guards.

  Zhao County Magistrate checked and confirmed that all those engaged in the funeral business in Yiwu County have arrived, and there is no omission.

  The clerks of the county government asked them one by one whether they had undertaken funeral matters during the period of time when the case occurred, and whether there were any suspicious or strange things during the undertaking period, and recorded them in detail.

  Because there are many people engaged in funeral and interment business, and there are not enough clerks in the yamen, in order to improve the efficiency of handling cases, Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Zhixian also went to the court to ask and record.

  Zhao Zhixian asked five people at the end of the scene, two of whom were engaged in funeral affairs for a period of time after the incident, but after careful recollection, they all said that there was nothing suspicious or strange during the funeral.

  Zhao Zhixian noticed that other scribes in the field did not seem to have recorded, and there were suspicious and strange funeral matters.

   Could it be that Mr. Zhu is going in the wrong direction.

   Just when Zhao Zhixian had doubts again, he saw a scribe with a slightly excited expression get up with a note and walked towards him.

  (end of this chapter)