I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

17 Think carefully and worry about not drinking

The outsiders who were watching were dismissed, and Jiang Lin scanned the mess on the scene.

The flower arrangement outside the door was knocked to the ground by the guys in a panic, the door was violently broken open, and half of the latch fell off.

The round wooden stool on which the deceased was standing fell to the ground, the bookcases, wooden boxes and clothes hangers used to block the door were smashed, and half of the candle fell to the ground.

The only window in the house was locked with a copper lock, and the familiar engraving on it made Jiang Lin's eyes sting for a moment.

Jiang Lin put aside his annoyance for not discovering this detail earlier, and continued to carefully examine every corner of the house.

The guys have already cut the rope of the hanging beam and put the shopkeeper Peng's body down.Half of the hemp rope that was divided into two sections was tied to the beam, and the other end was tied with a single loop around the neck of the deceased.

The deceased's long hair was loose, his round eyes were about to split, and there were no signs of struggle or fighting on his body, and there was only a clear and distinct strangle mark on his neck.

"The deceased, Peng Yu, male, was from Lanbin, Xiangzhou. He was 31 years old. He was the shopkeeper of the Ping'an Tavern. He was from the same hometown as Chen Zhifu and Lu Ping. Today, at about [-]:[-], the two staff saw the projection of the deceased on the hanging beam in the house with their own eyes. People wanted to stop them, but they couldn't break the door. After they called for help to break open the door, the dead had lost their breath, leaving only the wall..."

The four gathered at the scene of the crime, and Xie Ling briefly summarized the process of discovering the corpse of Shopkeeper Peng.He didn't dare to cast his eyes on the wall, and continued in a low voice: "...only the three bloody words on the wall remain."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up, and saw the three characters "Chen Jingyue" written in blood on the wall.

The shape of the characters twisted and twisted, as if hiding infinite resentment.

No need to write anything else, just leave the name of Chen Zhifu here, and it will make people think infinitely.

Xie Ling took out a torn piece of thin paper, and said, "This is half a complaint that the police found from the arms of the deceased. The handwriting has been confirmed to be the same as that of the deceased. The complaint said that Lu Ping's death was not an accident, but related to the death of the deceased." Chen Zhifu is related, and said that the Yuehua Pearl that Chen Zhifu found was also snatched from Lu Ping..."

Finally, there was a simple and direct clue pointing to Lu Ping, Jiang Lin immediately took the thin paper and looked at it carefully.

The complaint didn't say how Lu Ping obtained the Yuehua Pearl, it only said that after he got the Pearl, he thought he had made a fortune and wanted to sell the treasure.

But he didn't want Chen Zhifu and his servant Yu Liang to hear that he had obtained the Pearl. The two of them had the idea of ​​murdering and stealing goods, so they brutally killed Lu Ping and took away the Yuehua Pearl.

Jiang Lin only knew that the Yuehua Pearl was an important sacrifice offered by the prefect Chen and the officials, but he did not know how the other party obtained the Pearl.

But this complaint only discusses the reason, but it lacks the half of the evidence and the date of inscription. It can't prove that the Yuehua Pearl was once owned by Lu Ping.

Thinking about it, even the best writer in Dali Temple said that Lu Ping's death was an accident. Perhaps it was because no evidence was found that this complaint was not handed over to the government after all.

Shopkeeper Peng and Lu Ping are from the same village, and it is possible that Lu Ping was the one who took Lu Ping out of the yamen when Lu Ping fought with the prefect Chen.

Even just looking at the complaint he wrote for Lu Ping, it can prove that the two have a great friendship.

Perhaps this is the source of Shopkeeper Peng's hatred for Chen Zhifu, and also his motive for killing.

Xie Ling also added: "Moreover, the police officers just dug up the body of a fine dog in the stable in the backyard of the Ping'an Tavern. It has been dead for about three to five days..."

If the time of death coincided with the date of the incident, this fine dog was likely to be the one used to destroy the corpse.

Zhan Zhao's eyes moved slightly.

... There is a clear motive for the murder, the suspected fear of crime, and conclusive evidence. Is this Peng Yu the murderer who killed the prefect of Chen?

"Then how to explain the dagger of Tuxuetang?" Zhan Zhao was thinking silently in his heart, the person who really asked this question was Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang didn't follow up on Jiang Lin's investigation progress, he dared to ask and speak out.He said: "The motive and physical evidence came suddenly, and the death of the person was so coincidental, why do I think that shopkeeper Peng is the scapegoat for the real murderer?"

Xie Ling hesitated and said: "But Jiang Shaocheng, Xiaguan, and the two shop assistants all saw the scene of shopkeeper Peng hanging from the beam."

"You guys took a hasty look on the horse, maybe you got it wrong? I think it's just wrong." Bai Yutang said as if playing tricks, but got Jiang Lin's agreement.

"It's really not right." Jiang Lin brushed a piece of powder on the ground at the door with his fingertips, put the powder at a distance and smelled it, and said, "It's a very pungent aroma, what is it?"

Zhan Zhao heard the words and stepped forward, the more he discerned, the deeper his brows were furrowed.He said: "It's Mihun San. Why does this kind of thing appear here?"

When Bai Yutang heard this, he immediately became excited to solve the case, and said, "Someone must have used it on Shopkeeper Peng. It seems that this case is really not a suicide. What about the two guys? Let them take it seriously." Tell me what you saw."

Jiang Lin also nodded in agreement, and the two guys were invited here again for questioning.

The young man of the two had just come to the tavern not long ago, seeing a dead person for the first time in his life, and was obviously quite frightened.

The other old guy was a little more mature, and he had met Jiang Lin and the others, so he was less stumbling when answering.

"Reporting to the lord, it was time for dinner in our store at Youshi. Xiao Wang saw that the shopkeeper hadn't come down, so he planned to go upstairs to call for someone. Who would have thought that as soon as he arrived on the third floor, he saw... candles were burning in the shopkeeper's room, The shadow fell high on the door, as if reaching for something..."

"Xiao Wang didn't realize what was going on at first, until he heard the sound of the stool falling to the ground, and the twitching movement..." The old man wrung his sweat and said, "Caomin happened to be working on the second floor at that time. When I heard Xiao Wang's cry, I went upstairs, and just saw the shadow of the shopkeeper twitching there, and the candle went out."

"I hurriedly dragged Xiao Wang to knock on the door, but the shopkeeper locked the door, so we couldn't break open... Then, when we went downstairs to call for someone, we bumped into this official..."

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Are you sure the figure you see is Shopkeeper Peng?"

"Uh... Our shopkeeper's figure is easier to recognize, so I shouldn't admit mistakes..."

Bai Yutang looked at shopkeeper Peng's bulging round belly, and found it more convincing.He asked again: "I see that you have quite a lot of rooms on the third floor, and the doors are all connected together. Could it be that you mistook the room of your shopkeeper?"

"What you said, although we were really anxious at the time, how could we admit that there was a flower arrangement stand in front of the shopkeeper's door?" The old man repeatedly denied, "And there are guests living in other houses. Man, I went over to look, but I didn't see anyone else hanged himself?"

The people from Dali Temple did ask just now. There are many long-term tenants on the third floor, and there are also people in the city who have planned to choose a good place to watch the sacrificial procession that will be held in two days.

There are many businessmen and students, and they stay in the room when it is about to rain, so there is no possibility for the guys to admit their mistakes.

Bai Yutang pondered for a moment, then stroked his palm suddenly and said, "I know how Shopkeeper Sun died!"

Everyone's eyes fell on him one after another, and Jiang Lin had already made a decision in his heart.He was also curious about whether Bai Yutang's thoughts were consistent with his, so he asked, "Oh? May I ask Fifth Lord what his guess is?"

Suddenly, Bai Yutang pointed at a person, and said confidently, "Stop pretending to be afraid. The murderer who killed shopkeeper Peng is you—Xiao Wang!"