Li Mobai asked back: "This matter is extremely difficult to explain! If you are not the murderer, or you know the inside story, how can you be sure that the deceased was killed last night? Isn't this very suspicious?"
Cao Er hurriedly explained: "Returning to Mr. Li, I have to pass by the Buddhist temple every day to collect firewood. When I passed by yesterday, I didn't find the body until this morning. So I just speculated that the deceased was killed last night. , I hope you will learn from it!"
Li Mobai nodded and said: "I see! Then you can lead the way now, and we will go to the scene to check it out together."
It turned out that Li Mobai was just trying to scare him to see if he was lying.
So Cao Er got up and led the way. Li Mobai, Yan Qi, Li Hu, Wang Erhu and two government officials followed behind. They all set off to the Buddhist hall to inspect.
Master Zhuge Lei and the Yamen servant Xiao Yang were responsible for staying at the Yamen.
Soon everyone arrived at the Buddhist hall. The layout of this Buddhist hall was very simple. There was only a single main hall with a Buddha statue inside. It was built at the entrance of a village.
When Li Mobai and others arrived at the Buddhist temple, the scene was not destroyed.
After Cao Er found the body, he reported it to the police in time. No outsiders had come here yet.
When he walked in, Li Mobai asked everyone to just look and not move, because there might be many clues left here.
To find the murderer, we have to rely on the evidence left here!
At the same time, Li Mobai also temporarily blocked the Buddhist hall, and no one else was allowed to enter until the case was solved.
They looked around in the Buddhist hall, and Li Mobai first saw the knife on the neck of the corpse.
Li Mobai couldn't bear to see the bloody corpse, so he asked Yan Qi to come over for inspection.
The deceased was an elderly man with gray hair, beard and eyebrows, and some fine sawdust could be seen in the hair.
Li Hu took a look and said, "I know this man. Isn't he Lu Carpenter? How could he be killed?"
When Cao Er heard the sound, he also took a few glances. He didn't dare to take a closer look before, but now he recognized it: "It's really Carpenter Lu! This old man Lu is usually a very kind person, why did he make an enemy of him now? Hey! , so pitiful!”
Yan Qi examined the body while listening to their discussion.
"There are no other injuries on the deceased's body, and there are no signs of poisoning. There is only a fatal wound on the throat!"
"The clothes of the deceased were intact, and there were no signs of torn and fought! Therefore, it can be inferred that the murderer stabbed the victim's throat unexpectedly! This caused his aorta to bleed into shock and cause him to die of respiratory failure. It was a fatal blow!"
"The blood stains around the corner are in a splattering state, so it is speculated that this should be the scene of the first crime."
"Based on the degree of rigor mortis of the body, it is estimated that the time of death should be between midnight and Yin time last night."
Yan Qi pulled out the knife from the deceased's throat again and observed it carefully.
This knife turned out to be just a carving knife commonly used by carpenters!
Li Mobai also frowned slightly.
Why did the murderer use a carved knife to kill?
If the murderer snatched Carpenter Lu's carving knife and then used it to kill Carpenter Lu, this means that the murderer and Carpenter Lu must have been familiar with each other.
The two may have had some conflicts, and then the murderer suddenly decided to kill.
But if this is the case, logically speaking, it will not be unexpected.
There should be traces of a fight left at the scene!
After all, there was a conflict first, and he wanted to snatch the carved knife. Carpenter Lu would not resist at all.
This is extremely difficult to explain!
If the murderer is premeditated, he must prepare the murder weapon himself.
And in that case, the murder weapon shouldn't be the carved knife.
The clues presented here made Li Mobai feel a little contradictory.
He couldn't think clearly for the time being, so he could only put it down for the time being and continue to check for other clues.
Yan Qi continued to examine the body, and she found that Lu Carpenter was still holding a dice tightly in his hand.
She picked it up and looked at it carefully, wondering in her heart, could it be that Carpenter Lu likes to gamble?
At this time, Wang Erhu suddenly said: "Look here! There is a bloody fingerprint on the door handle!"
Everyone heard the sound and walked over quickly.
This bloody handprint was obviously left by the murderer when he opened the door before leaving after the murder.
What is rare is that the bloody handprint is now clearly printed on the door handle and is relatively complete.
After looking at it for a while, Li Hu noticed the peculiarity of this handprint.
This handprint turned out to be six fingers!
After discovering this detail, Li Hu showed a proud expression on his face.
"Master! Miss Seven! I have solved this case. You don't have to work anymore! It's obvious that the murderer is Carpenter Lu's apprentice Lu Bangchui!"
Wang Erhu also nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Li's judgment is the same as what I thought! Based on the current evidence, we can infer the murderer."
Li Hu continued to explain: "The answer is very simple, because the Lu Bang Mallet has six fingers! He was the one who killed his master, Carpenter Lu, and this fingerprint is the evidence!"
Wang Erhu also said: "Sir, let's quickly send someone to capture Lu Bangchui. This Lu Bangchui is the apprentice of Carpenter Lu. He usually does carpentry work with his master, so he conveniently used a carved knife as a murder weapon, but he was very panicked after killing someone. , so there were fingerprints on the door handle.”
Yan Qi shook her head after hearing this, she raised a question.
"I think it's too early to draw conclusions now!"
"Although this bloody fingerprint looks like it was left on the door handle when the murderer fled in panic after killing someone at night, so it seems reasonable."
"However, this handprint can clearly be seen as having six fingers. Isn't this very suspicious?"
"We usually open and close doors. When we grab the door handle, we don't use all our fingers. So such clear fingerprints look too deliberate."
Li Mobai also nodded in agreement, and continued his analysis: "And as far as I know, people with six fingers do not usually use the sixth finger! When opening the door, the sixth finger is usually raised. The murderer kills with one knife, He must be a calm and decisive person! He would not panic and leave such obvious evidence."
Yan Qi added again: "Also, if Lu Bangchui wants to kill his master, is he really stupid enough to use a carved knife? Doesn't this mean he is telling us that the murderer is him?"
Li Hu said at this time: "Master, Miss Seven! You don't know something. Lu Bangchui is just a little stupid. Maybe he can't think so much."
After everyone heard this, there was a brief silence.
At this time, Wang Erhu said: "Now these are just our speculations. I think it is better to capture that strong mallet first and interrogate him properly!"
Although Wang Erhu is simple-minded, this proposal still makes sense.
No other useful clues could be found in the Buddhist hall, so they left here.
Li Mobai ordered two government officials to send Lu Carpenter's body to Yizhuang.
After returning to the county government office, Li Mobai sent Wang Erhu to capture Lu Bangchui and bring him to the hall for interrogation.
Unexpectedly, this Lu Bangmai is really a stupid person. His intelligence level seems to be as high as that of a seven-year-old child.
When he was kneeling in the hall, Li Mobai asked him: "Lu Bangchui, where did you go last night? Where did your master go? Tell the truth one by one!"
Lu Bangchui was naturally very frightened when he was caught here, and he spoke confusedly.
"Where did you go last night? Where did I go last night... I went home! Yesterday, Master and I went out. The furniture was ready. Master hired a carriage. I sat on the carriage. The finished furniture was placed on the carriage. We Delivered."
Lu Bangmai spoke intermittently, but no one interrupted him. He spoke for a while, thought for a while, and then continued.
"Then, deliveries were being made from house to house, and it got dark. We went home, and I was so hungry. I wanted to go home and eat pancakes. The carriage was rented and returned. We walked back, and I was so hungry. I was so hungry that I hurried home, and then I got home first, but Master never came back, so I fell asleep."
