Forensic Traversing Notes

Zhuang Zhong ate two mouthfuls of rice at home, and rushed to Jiang's house with Tao Bao and his wife, but when they arrived, they found a big lock on the door.

Huang Niangzi was puzzled: "Where did Mrs. Wu take the child alone?"

Jiang Dashan had just died a few months ago, so logically he should stay at home, and since his child was young, it was even more inconvenient for him to go out.The small village where Mr. Jiang Dashan lives is simple and honest. If you only walk around, the door will not be locked. Only when you are away from home for a few days will you lock the door.

Tao Bao said: "Maybe it's for a walk around, let's go around and ask."

Jiang Dashan lives by the river, some distance away from where the villagers live together.Tao Bao asked Zhuang Zhong to wait, and went to find someone nearby by himself.After a while Tao Bao came back with a livid face full of indignation.

Huang Niangzi noticed something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong? Where did Mrs. Wu go?"

Tao Bao twitched the corners of his mouth, "Not long after we came back last time, she took the child back to her mother's house. According to people here, even the land was sold. If it wasn't for the house not being easy to change hands, I'm afraid even this house would be sold." Gone."

Huang Niangzi was so surprised that she didn't know what to say. "Ah?! This, this... why is this person like this!"

Jiang Dashan is not a local. He used to do business outside and settled here after earning some money.Because of his kindness, the local people quickly accepted him, but because of this, he was not bound by the clan, and after his death, no clan members would intervene in his property.Although it was against the rules and customs for Wu's to do so, they couldn't say anything.In addition, Huang Niangzi gave birth to Jiang Dashan's son. Although she left this place, the child will inherit the property in the future, which makes sense.

"It's not appropriate to say that this is a sad place, and there are no relatives here to help, so I went back to my mother's house. Besides, it's not far from here, so it's convenient if I want to come back."

These words sounded reasonable, but Huang Niangzi always felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she pursed her lips and said nothing.

Tao Bao didn't expect it to be like this, and looked at Zhuang Zhong with an embarrassed expression, "My lord, what do you think about this?"

Zhuang Zhong asked: "How far is Wu's natal family from here?"

Tao Bao said: "If it takes half a day to walk."

Zhuang Zhong ordered the servants following him to find Mrs. Wu, and ordered Tao Bao to invite all the village chief and all the witnesses of the day when Jiang Dashan jumped into the river.

Tao Bao used to go to this small village quite often, and was quite familiar with the villagers, so he quickly found the village chief.When the village head learned that officials came here to investigate the death of Mr. Jiang Dashan, he took it very seriously. Without Tao Bao's instructions, he found all the people and trotted all the way over.

"I don't know if my lord is here, please forgive me if I offend you." The village chief saluted Zhuang Zhong in fear, he had never seen such a big official before!

"There's no need to be too polite. I came here to investigate Jiang Dashan's falling into the water. I wonder who were there that day?"

The three men who came with the village chief hurried forward to answer, "My lord, it's us."

"Just the three of you?"

"Yes." The three replied in unison.

Zhuang nodded, and interrogated the three of them separately, and they were not allowed to communicate in private until the interrogation was over.There is not much difference in the three confessions, so Zhuang Zhong asked the villagers who heard the news and came to help that night, and basically clarified the situation at that time.

Jiang Dashan was terrified because the fortune teller calculated that he would not live for a month, so he invited these three friends to accompany him every day.The three of them were very loyal, and would drink with Mr. Jiang Dashan in the courtyard every night from night to dawn, and nothing happened for a month.Jiang Dashan was very happy, seeing that the one-month appointment had passed, he had nothing to do, and he drank a little more than usual that night.

Later, when there was not enough wine, Jiang Dashan went back to the house to get wine.But no sooner had he entered the room than there was a sudden sound of flipping the table, smashing it, and even Jiang Dashan's screams.The three friends sensed something was wrong and were about to enter the house when Jiang Dashan rushed out with disheveled hair, roaring and rushing out.Because it was so sudden, before the three friends could react, Jiang Dashan ran away.The three hurried to catch up, but saw that Jiang Dashan jumped into the river directly, and disappeared.

One of them was good at swimming, so he jumped into the river to look for it, but he couldn't find it, because it was too cold and couldn't bear it, and he came up after a while.Later, other villagers also came to hear the sound, but they didn't see anything after working all night.

The person who dived that day sighed: "Brother Jiang jumped in and I hurried down to search for people, but I couldn't find anything. It happened that there was no moon that night, and it was very dark, so I missed it."

Another person patted him on the shoulder, "You did your best at the time, but you fell ill because of it, so you don't need to blame yourself. Maybe it's true, as everyone said, Brother Jiang has already ascended."

But he shook his head and smiled wryly when he dived, "I've never heard of someone soaring like this. He obviously went crazy for some reason, so he couldn't control himself and jumped into the water and drowned. I only regret that I can't find the body now, and I can't let Brother Jiang rest in peace. "

The others all sighed one after another, saying that the fortune-teller is really clever, and his calculations are so accurate, if they had known this earlier, they would have asked him to help solve the disaster, even if they lost their fortunes, it would be better than losing their lives.

Zhuang Zhong went to the river to check, and saw that the river was about ten zhang away from Jiang's family. Jiang's family was facing the river and backed by mountains.There are many big stones by the river, and children like to use these big stones as jumping platforms in summer.

"Did anyone jump into the water afterwards to find someone?" Zhuang Zhong asked.

The village head said: "Several young people went into the water to search for people. Later, it was too cold to bear, so they only went to search for people by boat."

At this time, the yamen servant who went to look for Mrs. Wu came back, "My lord, Mrs. Mrs. Wu is not there. I heard from the locals that she was married a while ago, and the newlywed was a businessman. The two of them have already left and gone to other places. "

Lady Huang lost her usual reserve when she heard this, and interjected, "Is that man called Hu Gui? Is that Wu's cousin?"

The yamen servant nodded, "Yes, it is this person."

Huang Niangzi gritted her teeth, and cried as she said, "I've seen the difference between the two of you before, but I didn't expect Jiang Dashan to marry someone else before his bones were cold. How can she be worthy of Jiang Dashan! I'm afraid she has been waiting for this day. , when we came back last time, she didn't mean to be sad at all, saying that this is God's will, I think she clearly waited for this day!"

Hearing this, Tao Bao hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, staring and said: "Your Excellency is here, don't talk nonsense."

These words were really harsh, and Tao Bao didn't want his wife to be criticized in the future.

Huang Niangzi also knew that these words were inappropriate, but she couldn't vomit quickly. At the beginning, she thought Jiang Dashan died strangely, and it was precisely because of the Wu family.Although everyone said that Jiang Dashan was Feitian, as a family member, he shouldn't have no reaction at all. She couldn't see a trace of sadness on Wu's face, and she cried without tears.He also sent her away with vicious words, as if she came back to seize Jiang Dashan's property.

Zhuang Zhong couldn't help frowning slightly, he didn't think there was anything wrong with a widow remarrying, but this was Dayou after all, although the atmosphere was fairly open, but Wu's family was still a little too anxious, it was really unreasonable to marry someone else before the end of the year.And before that, the ex-husband's property was disposed of, which made it hard not to be suspicious.

"Break the lock." Zhuang Zhong ordered, just thinking that Mrs. Wu would come over soon, so he didn't break the lock here.

The yamen servant quickly opened the door lock, and the room was empty, except for the bed in the bedroom, there was not even a stool left.

Seeing this, Huang Niangzi shed tears even more, but said nothing.

Zhuang Zhong asked the village chief, "Wu's sold all the things here?"

The village chief sighed: "Yeah, she said she was sad and was about to leave, so she sold them all. Originally, I told her not to sell the fields, which was the foundation of her foothold, but she kept on, It is said that she is a woman and does not know how to farm, so it is useless to keep it. If you are looking for a seed, but you are afraid of being bullied, you might as well keep the money in your hands."

Because of this incident, there were a lot of gossips in the village, saying that Mrs. Wu was too cruel, but also thinking that it was not easy for her as a widow with a child to make a living, even though she could not get used to it, it was okay.Although Jiang Dashan has some wealth, he is willing to help others. Over the years, he has lost a lot of money, so there is not much left.

"Why isn't this bed sold?"

The bed in the bedroom is a Babu bed, the wood is very good, and the workmanship is also very fine, so it must be worth a lot of money.Since Wu's house was sold out, only this bed was left behind, which is a bit strange.

The village head said: "It is said that it is not easy to sell a bed that a person slept on, and in our countryside, this bed is worth a lot of money, and no one buys it. Rich people will not buy a bed that a dead person slept on."

This made sense, Zhuang Zhong didn't ask any more questions, and started to inspect the house with the yamen servants.It's easy to check the room when it's empty, but after a while, nothing was found.

"Go and move this bed." The only bed in this room has not been checked.

The yamen servants moved forward to remove the bed, and solemnly squatted down to check, only to see a black mark on the corner of the wall, which was stained with a glove, and it was blood.I checked the surroundings, and there were bloodstains on the seams of the floor beside the wall.

Zhuang Zhong squinted his eyes, "Pry the floor open for me!"

The yamen servant hurriedly stepped forward to pry open the floor and dig up the dirt on the ground, but after a while, the yamen servant shouted: "Master, there is something buried underneath!"

"Keep digging."

The yamen servant exclaimed, "My lord! It's a corpse!"