仵作daily [traveling]

Zhang Zhi led the way, and they came to Zuixiaolou. Cao Zhengming took a quick glance and followed Zhang Zhi. Du Si also looked at Zuixiaolou. A depressed figure in front of the snack shop was burning something. Si looked towards the jewelry store again, just in time to collide with the owner's dark eyes.

"Hey, good sir!" the boss said courteously, Du Si smiled, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Mr. Ding in the tea shed, waving his cattail fan, leisurely, seeing Du Si looking over and waving hello.

"If you don't go, you won't be able to keep up." He pointed at Cao Zhengming, Du Si was taken aback, and immediately chased after him.

I saw Zhang Zhi stopped a hundred feet away from Jiang Yan's house, and he turned his head and said to Cao Zhengming.

"My lord, this is the place where old man Wu was found that night." Zhang Zhi pointed to a pool of dark red blood on the ground and said.

Cao Zhengming squatted down and inspected carefully, the pool of blood was not small, and there was no other blood around.

"How did Old Man Wu die?" He asked.

"Old man Wu was stabbed in the back with a knife, but he was not fatally injured. After his inspection, he died of excessive blood loss." Zhang Zhilang said, "It turned out that the murder weapon was the queen of Zuixiaolou The boning knife lost by the chef has been identified by Li Niang."

"Back?" Cao Zhengming turned around and patted his back, "Is it here?"

Zhang Zhi shook his head, stretched out his hand and moved it down, "My lord, Old Man Wu's wound is here, very close to his lower back."

Du Si could see clearly from the side, and he looked around again, always feeling a little strange.

Afterwards, the three of them went to Jiang Yan's house again. Jiang Yan was dressed in hemp and filial piety, his eyes were red, and the house seemed to have less furniture than before. On the small bench, listening to Jiang Yan cry.

"There are few people in the family. First the husband went, and then the father-in-law. Could it be that the women are really the ones who are married to Kefu? Why do they all leave the women?"

Jiang Yan wept, Du Si sniffled, the smell in the air became stronger, looking around, I saw another tablet on the wooden table in the corner, it should be the tablet of old man Wu.

No matter who thinks about it, the death of the old man Wu is more or less retribution. There is only one daughter-in-law left in the family, but he always asks her for money to drink. surprise.

He looked at Jiang Yan again. This weak woman was struggling to support the whole family. At this time, Old Man Wu died, but she was very sad. Presumably the neighbors in the neighborhood praised her as a filial person. She also took care of him wholeheartedly, which is really a model of a good wife and mother.

Thinking of this, Du Si couldn't help frowning, he didn't think so.

"What did old man Wu say to you that day? Does he usually have any enemies?" Cao Zhengming asked.

"Your Majesty Zhizhou, as soon as the sun rises, the miner goes to Zuixiaolou to work. My father-in-law has never said anything strange to me. He has never stayed at home except asking for money." Jiang Yan covered his face and wept, while Zhang Zhi sighed. One sound, I don't know what to say in my mouth.

"As for the enemy, who would be so cruel to harm an old man?" Jiang Yan couldn't make a sound, sobbing in his mouth, "Even though my father-in-law often quarrels with others, it's just a matter of lip service. Seriously, stab him with a knife!"

Cao Zhengming lowered his eyes and pondered, while Du Si stared at him closely. He really wanted to know if the magistrate would be fooled by this woman.

"Jiang Yan, did any of the attackers in Zuixiao Tower have any conflicts with old man Wu?" Cao Zhengming paused, his eyes met Jiang Yan's.

"No." Jiang Yan blinked and said firmly, "Elder-in-law only had quarrels with neighbors, and has nothing to do with Zuixiaolou."

"I see." Cao Zhengming nodded, seemingly believing Jiang Yan's words.

He bid farewell to Jiang Yan with a solemn appearance, and when he left Jiang Yan's house, Zhang Zhi couldn't wait to say goodbye.

"My lord, there is something wrong with this woman." He said seriously, "I went to Zuixiaolou to ask questions recently, and someone claimed to have seen old man Wu enter the back kitchen that day!"

"Be safe and don't be impatient. There are too few clues to judge lightly." Cao Zhengming suppressed Zhang Zhi's temper. He glanced at the silent Du Si and said to him.

"Duss, what's your opinion on this case?"

"My lord, do you still remember the first time you went to Jiang Yan's house?" Du Si stopped and said loudly to Cao Zhengming, "I think that Jiang Yan was not as sad about the death of old man Wu as he showed on his face. She hates her father-in-law so much, she wishes he would go sooner."

The way Jiang Yan looked at the empty wine jar in the courtyard that day didn't look like someone who was sincerely worried for her father-in-law.

"Oh?" Cao Zhengming touched his chin and said with some interest, "From your point of view, how should this case be tried?"

"Lack of key clues." Du Si shook his head and began to walk towards Xu Tiangao's home, "Since the fatal wounds on Xu Tiangao and old man Wu came from the same sharp weapon, the murderer may leave some traces along the way..."

Unexpectedly, Cao Zhengming didn't say anything, but followed Du Si, and they walked for a while. During this time, Du Si's eyes stayed on the surrounding buildings without interruption. Finally, at a corner, Du Si really noticed a trace.

"My lord, there is a small spot of blood here." Du Si squatted down, Cao Zhengming looked closer to his face, there was indeed blood on the ground, but the distribution was uneven and the area was so small that it was easy to miss it.

"How did this bloodstain stay?" Zhang Zhi looked left and right, but there was no other bloodstain. He couldn't help wondering, "There is only one bloodstain here, and it doesn't look like it was left by a human body. It's really strange."

After walking some more, Du Si made another discovery when he was one street away from Xu Tiangao's house.

I saw some scratches on a door close to the bolt. Du Si stepped forward and leaned down to examine it carefully.

"The door of this family has some nicks." After finishing speaking, he started to touch again, "Is this left by a thief... There must be nicks on the door bolt."

At this time, the door was suddenly opened, and a man with a face full of flesh came out, almost knocking Du Si to the ground.

"Hey, who are you?" The man stepped forward and yelled at Du Si, "Sneaky, are you a thief? Be careful, I'll arrest you and go to jail! I'm related to Mr. Zhizhou!"

Du Si opened his mouth, suppressed what he was saying, and silently lit the wax for him.

"Who is your relative?" Cao Zhengming strode forward. He was a head taller than the man, and the man couldn't help shrinking when he saw it.

"I am the magistrate of Yongzhong, Yunzhou. There are not many people who can be related to me. Where are you from?"

When the man heard this, he knelt down and begged for mercy. After some explanations, several people learned that his house was indeed almost robbed a few days ago. When the man came back, he found a scratch on the door. Maybe the thief heard him come back. It didn't work out.

The man's name was Yu Wan, and he was running a small business in Yongzhong. His family was a bit poor, and his life was pretty good.

"Where did you go that night?" Cao Zhengming asked impatiently. He hated such glib people the most. If it wasn't because of the case, he wouldn't even look at Yu Wan.

"W-what night?" Seeing Yu Wan's eyes wandering, Cao Zhengming's eyes glared, he swallowed his saliva, and said bravely, "I don't know what adults are asking, can you elaborate more."

"Details?" Cao Zhengming sneered, and picked up Yu Wan's collar, "If you don't tell the truth again, I will take you back to the Yamen for execution!"

"Don't, don't!" Yu Wan's eyes rolled in their sockets, and suddenly, he had an idea, "My lord! I just went to see the excitement of Zuixiaolou that night, so I was embarrassed and couldn't say it! Please forgive me !"

"Hmph, glib, get out!" Cao Zhengming let go of Yu Wan, turned around and left without looking back.

"Thank you sir, thank you sir!" Yu Wan hurriedly kowtowed.

Zhang Zhi left with Cao Zhengming, Du Si paused, walked a few steps and turned his head, but saw Yu Wan's eyes were dark and deep, and there seemed to be a flash of happiness on his face. When he saw Du Si looking over, his face was full of smiles again.

Du Si wrote down Yu Wan, and turned to chase Cao Zhengming.

The author has something to say: this is almost finished, the next volume of Xiaogong will officially debut↖(^ω^)↗