ancient criminal minds

Lu Zheng was determined to investigate Chai Shuang's case. The first thing he had to do was to determine the cause of his death, but Chai Shuang had been dead for so many years, and many evidences had disappeared, but even so, they still opened the coffin for an autopsy.

There is only one skull in the coffin that has turned into white bones, and there is a small bone crack on the forehead of this skull, which is the place where the small red arrow pierced that year.

Dendrobium ignited the herb and ginger, recited a mantra as usual, and then carefully took out the skull and placed it on the white cloth beside it.The information contained in a mere skull is really too little, so after examining Dendrobium, it can only be confirmed that the knife that cut off Chai Shuang's head was very sharp, and there were traces of being hit by a heavy object on the top of the head.

Lu Zheng didn't intend to find obvious clues from this bone, he just found it strange that with Jin Hanxuan's ability, hanging a head and a corpse at the gate of Jiang's house were not the same. There is not much difference, so why did they take so much trouble to cut off the head, and what did they do with the dead body?

Putting these doubts aside for now, Lu Zheng still needs to know one thing, and that is the motive.

Lu Zheng once wondered whether it was because Chai Shuang knew Jiang Sanniang's identity that Jin Hanxuan killed him, but after seeing Jin Hanxuan's performance, Lu Zheng became suspicious of this motive.

If it was just because of Jiang Sanniang's identity, then they would just kill people silently, why should they be so grandiose?If it wasn't for Chai Shuang's death, I'm afraid Jiang Sanniang wouldn't be so wary of them.

Wait, defense? !

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment. A woman like Jiang Sanniang must be very defensive. Will she really be unguarded when she meets herself for the first time, and say everything?

Previously, Lu Zheng thought that for Jiang Sanniang, the most important secret was the identity of the red-clothed thief. Since she could reveal this identity to herself, she would naturally not lie about other things.But after discovering Jin Hanxuan's attitude towards this case, now Lu Zheng doesn't think so. There must be something else in this case, and Chai Shuang's identity is definitely not simple.

As for Jiang Sanniang, what she said seemed flawless, but she was actually guiding her all the time. Thinking about it this way, maybe she deliberately exposed her identity from the beginning so that she could let her guard down.

Lu Zheng frowned, recalling the process of talking with Jiang Sanniang. The reason why he came to investigate Chai Shuang's case was precisely because of Jiang Sanniang's guidance. So, what exactly did she want her to find out in this case? What about things?

Lu Zheng thought about it, and decided to start with the killing of the second elder of the Jiang family. On the surface, it was the reason why Chai Shuang was killed. So what is the truth?

The case files of the bandits that were dealt with back then are still there. The main culprit was sentenced to death, and the accomplices were basically exiled.According to the information obtained by You Xiaowu, there is indeed a Bandit who is still in Qingxi County, and is now making a living in a small town.

Lu Zheng took Bao Zheng and Qing Luan to Tongliu Town together. Liu Heizi's blacksmith shop was easy to find, but Lu Zheng just asked someone for directions and found it quickly.

The blacksmith's shop was full of heat, and a tall and strong figure was standing by the stove forging iron tools. He was shirtless, and his skin was shining brightly by the fire. This man was Liu Heizi they were looking for.

Just as Lu Zheng walked into the blacksmith's shop, a small man greeted him quickly: "What kind of ironware do you guys want to make?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "We are looking for Liu Heizi."

Hearing his voice, the tall and strong figure stopped the hammer in his hand, put the formed iron block into the cold water, and walked over slowly.

The moment Liu Heizi opened his mouth, he said in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Lu Zhengdao: "I am the county captain of Qingxi County, I need to ask you if I have anything."

Liu Heizi said fearfully, "My lord, please tell me, the little one will know everything without saying it."

Lu Zheng also heaved a sigh of relief when the other party cooperated so much. He was afraid that the other party would be a thorn in the side, and that would be troublesome.

Liu Heizi took them to the backyard and made his wife serve tea before standing aside cautiously.

Lu Zheng asked: "Did you and Jiang Wenchang do a robbery?"

Liu Heizi's face turned pale, and he said hastily: "The little one is also because he is too hungry to eat... The little one has never killed anyone..."

This Lu Zheng naturally knew that those who killed people were basically executed as the main culprit. Some Xiao Luoluo courts who played the side drums would generally be lenient. He softened his face and said: "Don't worry, since this case has already been settled Even if it is sentenced, I won't hold on to it, I came to you for other things."

Only then did Liu Heizi heave a sigh of relief: "You can ask."

Lu Zheng asked: "The parents of Jiang Sanniang who lived in this county were killed by people from your village?"

Liu Heizi thought for a while before saying, "It seems that there is such a thing."

"As far as I know, your village is not in the style of killing everything. Generally, you will not be embarrassed after paying the money. The Jiang family's second elders should not have much property. You searched it, why don't you let them live?"

Liu Heizi shook his head and said, "We all listen to Jiang Wenchang in our village. We do what he says. He ordered people to be killed, and the little ones don't know why."

"Then do you still remember what Jiang Wenchang said?"

Liu Heizi thought about it, and finally shook his head: "I can't remember."

Lu Zheng was a little discouraged, and asked other questions. Liu Heizi answered honestly, but he really didn't know much. He just repeatedly emphasized that he was following Jiang Wenchang's orders.

Just when Lu Zheng thought he was going to return without success, Liu Heizi suddenly said: "I just remembered something, and I don't know if it will be helpful to you, my lord."

Lu Zheng's spirit lifted: "What is it?"

"Before killing the two elders of the Jiang family, Jiang Wenchang seemed to have said something to them. The younger one was relatively close at the time, and seemed to have heard the word 'Miemen'..." Liu Heizi scratched his head, "Anyway, he said that Afterwards, those two men trembled in fright and kowtowed to him begging for mercy, but Jiang Wenchang still killed them, and not long after that, the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress the cottage, and then...you should know all about it.”

Lu Zheng frowned and said, "Isn't this Jiang Wenchang from your village?"

Liu Heizi nodded: "He moved here a few years ago. Although he doesn't like to talk on weekdays, he will go to anyone who asks him for help." He took a careful look at Lu Zheng, and said, "Actually, Jiang Wenchang is a very good person. He didn't want anything he robbed, and left it all to the people in the village..."

Lu Zheng asked again: "Then do you know where Jiang Wenchang was from before?"

"That's not clear. He never likes to talk about these things, even if someone asks him. But the villain's cousin used to be a shopkeeper. He said that Jiang Wenchang's accent sounds like he's from the west."

Leaving Liu Heizi's house, Bao Zheng asked, "Did you find anything?"

Lu Zheng sighed: "This case is getting more and more complicated. It seems that we still have to go back and find the information about the bandit suppression."

The person in charge of suppressing the bandits back then was the county lieutenant of Nanxia County. Lu Zheng sent Bao Zheng to go to the county mansion to find Hang Jue to borrow the case file of the bandit suppression.

It was a naughty child who discovered the corpse of the second elder of the Jiang family. The corpse of the second elder of the Jiang family was thrown in the grass beside the road, but this place was far away from the cottage where Jiang Wenchang and the others lived.Lu Zheng asked Liu Heizi, they didn't rob the Jiang family's elders at an ordinary place, but Jiang Wenchang took them there specially, as if they were guarding them specially.

Lu Zheng also contacted Liu Heizi about the word extermination of the family. Could it be that the two elders of the Jiang family and this Jiang Wenchang have an enmity with the extermination of the family?Lu Zheng shook his head. In fact, he believed even more that it was Jiang Sanniang's master, the former red-robed thief.

If the red-clothed thief killed Jiang Wenchang's family back then, and then fled to Qingxi County, and Jiang Wenchang came to Qingxi County through investigation, but the red-clothed thief was dead when he came, and he vented his anger on the red-clothed thief. The servant of the clothes thief, that is, the second elder of the Jiang family, or in other words, the second elder of the Jiang family was also an accomplice in the tragedy that year.

So, what does Chai Shuang have to do with this matter?

Why did Jin Hanxuan and the others kill Chai Shuang?

Lu Zheng only felt a mess in his mind, all the clues were like thousands of threads, he pulled out one but brought out a ball, he thought it could be used to solve the answer to the puzzle, but A bigger case was involved, and Lu Zheng felt that he must have missed some key clue. As long as he can find this clue, all the cases will come to light.

So what exactly is this?