ancient criminal minds

Lu Zheng woke up in an ordinary farmer's house. When he woke up, Dr. Wang happened to be checking his pulse. Seeing that he woke up, he seemed relieved and asked, "Young Master, is there any discomfort?"

Lu Zheng shook his head in a daze, thinking of Zhang Lin and Niu Da, he found his voice hoarse when he spoke: "How is Brother Zhang?"

Doctor Wang's expression immediately fell, and he sighed: "Niu Da went to collect Lao Zhang's body..."

Lu Zheng opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. He knew that Zhang Lin's chance of surviving in that situation was very slim, but he still held the mentality that a miracle would happen. Now that Doctor Wang said so, he didn't know what to do. What can he say, he knew that Zhang Lin lived in the backyard originally, and if he wanted to escape, he would definitely be able to escape, and he turned back only to save them.

Lu Zheng whispered: "I'll go see Big Brother Zhang for the last time."

Because the post house was burned, Zhang Lin's body could only be parked in the field next to the post house. Some nearby villagers helped to build the coffin.

Lu Zheng burned the incense, although his legs were very painful, but he still insisted on performing the complete ritual of worship.He used to sneer at these things, thinking why do those formal things when people die?But when he really crossed over, he felt that maybe there really are gods in the nine heavens, if this is the case, please let these good people get good rewards.

Niu Da returned the salute, then knelt on the spot again.

Lu Zheng walked out of the coffin shed, and asked Doctor Wang who was waiting at the side: "How could this inn be so good that it caught fire?"

Dr. Wang sighed: "It's already dry here, and it's approaching summer now, so it's easy to get wet. Before I left yesterday, I persuaded Lao Zhang to let him pay more attention. I didn't expect..."

Lu Zheng asked: "Do you know where the fire started?"

Doctor Wang led him through the ruins, and came to a courtyard, and said, "It should be this way, the houses here have been burned down."

Lu Zheng squatted down, picked up the ashes on the ground with his fingers, stood up and walked around the yard, and then asked: "Doctor Wang, do you know what this yard was originally used for?"

Doctor Wang nodded: "I know that this is where Lao Zhang used to store grain. You see there are two barns here."

Lu Zheng pondered for a while, and then said: "Since it is used to pile up food, there can't be an open flame here, how could it start from here?"

"The old man also finds it strange." Doctor Wang was also a little puzzled, "Old Zhang has always been safe, and every night before going to bed, he would check whether the fire in the stove is extinguished. The food was burned, and the trees were deliberately cut down."

Lu Zheng also said: "That's right, the fire usually starts from the room or the kitchen, how could it come from the warehouse?"

Lu Zheng stood in place and looked at the scorched ground. Although it was a mess, he could still see the layout of the original house.The courtyard is still some distance from where they live. Although the house is made of wood, the courtyard is separated from the courtyard by a wall made of earth bricks, and now there is only half of the wall left in the ruins. Half of such a wall can show the original appearance of the courtyard.

Doctor Wang was still babbling at the side: "There was no thunder last night, how could there be a sudden fire... Sigh, Lao Zhang is really unlucky..."

Lu Zheng shook his head: "He is indeed unlucky, but it's not because of God, but because he offended the villain."

Doctor Wang was startled: "My lord, where did you start talking about this!"

Lu Zheng pointed to the clods where they were standing and said, "Even if it's thunder and fire from the sky, the fire should fall directly on the flammable objects. Last night there was a southwest wind, so the fire should go to the southwest. That's right."

Doctor Wang nodded: "That's the reason."

Lu Zheng continued to say: "But you see, the wall on this side has been completely burned, and the whole wall is gone, but the wall on the southwest side of this yard is still half left, which is not very strange Is it? Besides, this wall is an outer wall, it must be taller and thicker, and earth and rocks are not easy to burn, but why did this thing that should not be burned by fire burn more thoroughly?”

Dr. Wang followed his fingers to look over, and suddenly gasped: "This...could it be..."

Lu Zheng pointed to the land near the outer wall: "Although the grass and trees near here are somewhat charred, they have not been ignited, which means that the fire did not burn from this side, and it also shows that the wind direction last night was not at all ignited. It has never changed, and since this is the case, it is extremely suspicious that the wall has been burned like this." He paused, and then said, "You said yesterday that you advised Brother Zhang to pay more attention, why is that? Even if there are frequent fires here , it is impossible for you to say such things to him suddenly."

Dr. Wang shook his head and said: "Recently, for some reason, several fires broke out in the nearby ten miles and eight townships. The head of the village sent people to door to door to ask us to pay more attention to fire prevention. The old man thought that Lao Zhang lived far away. I'm afraid I haven't heard the news yet, so I just told him by the way, why... Sigh!"

Lu Zheng said extremely calmly: "I don't know what happened to those fires, but I can be sure that this one was man-made. The murderer poured a flammable liquid on the wall, and then set it on fire. It is next to the official road, but far away from other residents, and the murderer chose to set fire from the uninhabited side, so he should be someone who is familiar with Brother Zhang, or he knows his living habits."

Dr. Wang frowned and said: "But Lao Zhang is the most kind person on weekdays, even when a beggar comes to beg for food, he won't shout and scold him. Who would have such a big hatred against him, and treat him like this?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "I don't know either. The murderer had a well-planned plan, and it doesn't seem like a temporary idea, so this person may have accumulated conflicts with Brother Zhang over the years, which prompted him to commit this crime."

Doctor Wang thought hard, and finally said helplessly: "I really don't know who would hate Lao Zhang so much, my son, why don't you ask Niu Da."

"I think so too." In fact, even if Doctor Wang doesn't say anything, Lu Zheng will ask Niu Da, because although Doctor Wang and Zhang Lin have a good relationship, they don't get together every day after all. If you ask Niu Da about these things, he will definitely answer. Much clearer.

The two returned to the coffin shed and told Niu Dayi about this matter, but no one expected that Niu Da would have such a big reaction, and jumped up with red eyes: "Which bastard did this! It cannot be cut into pieces!"

Lu Zheng pressed his shoulder and said softly: "I understand your hatred, but the most urgent task now is to find out the murderer. Think about it carefully, does Big Brother Zhang have any enemies on weekdays?"

Niu Da calmed down a little when he heard what he said, but he still shook his head after thinking for a long time: "Yi Cheng is usually the most friendly, whether it is a neighbor or a guest, he always greets people with a smile, although occasionally His temper is a bit violent, but he is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. He feels sorry for himself when he scolds me on weekdays. He and his wife are good people. They are not rich and they help some poor people. Who would be so vicious and want to set him on fire..." Said In the end, Niu burst into tears.

Lu Zheng sighed in his heart, what Niu Da said was almost the same as what Dr. Wang said, but this is the most troublesome, because it is impossible to determine the motive of the murderer, looking for such a person is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Lu Zheng didn't give up, and said: "If you think about it again, even a quarrel is fine."

Niu Da cried as he said: "Kou... There are also quarrels. There are a few rascals in this family village. They like to take advantage of it on weekdays. They have been taught a lesson by Yi Cheng once or twice, and...there is Wu Mazi In the past, Yicheng used to buy vegetables from him, but later he found out that he was in short supply, so he switched to another one, Wu... Wu Mazi even poured dung on our wall..., and..."

Niu Dalala talked a lot, but these are just trivial matters, will it really make people go mad to set fire to kill people?But no matter what, this is the only clue that can be found so far.

Thinking about it, Lu Zheng was about to call Bao Zheng and the others to interrogate these suspects at their homes, but suddenly found that they were not by his side, and this was not Qingxi County either.

Lu Zheng smiled wryly, and asked Doctor Wang: "Doctor Wang, who is in charge of this place?"

Doctor Wang said: "This is still the boundary of Guning County."

Lu Zheng nodded, no matter what, he had to go to Guning County, regardless of whether the county captain took care of him, he would find out the murderer to comfort Brother Zhang's spirit in heaven.

But right now the horse in this post house has gone to nowhere, and Juan Yu hasn't come back yet, so it seems that he can only wait here for Juu Yu to come back.

Lu Zheng thought about this, Juan Yu said that he would not be back until around noon, and there were still three or four hours after calculation, but when he thought about it, there were bursts of noises in his stomach.

Doctor Wang slapped his head: "This old man has forgotten that you haven't eaten, son, so let's talk about it first." Then he said to Niu Daoist, "Come and eat, Lao Zhang certainly doesn't want you to eat for him." It broke my body."

Niu shook his head and said in a low voice: "Doctor Wang, you and this young master go eat, I can't eat."

"Eat it if you can't eat it. If Lao Zhang is really killed, you have to take care of yourself and catch the murderer!"

These words seemed to ignite Niu Da's fighting spirit, but he still shook his head: "I want to guard the post here."

Doctor Wang sighed: "Forget it, I will bring you some food in a while." After saying that, he signaled Lu Zheng to go forward, "My lord, let's go."

Lu Zheng nodded, not in the mood to give in to him, he opened the paper curtain on the coffin and walked out first, but he was hugged into a hug with the fragrance of dew and grass as soon as he came out.

Rong Zhen's tense heart finally relaxed when it touched the intact body in his arms, he couldn't help but touch Lu Zheng's ear lightly with his lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't worry, I am coming."