"The county captain invited a scholar here. What does this mean?"
When Di Jin was invited to the backyard, Xue Chao frowned, and guard Wu Jing's face also darkened.
Ren Changyizheng didn't know what to do. This person's appearance was a life-saving straw, so Qiao Er promoted the Yangqu Detective to the Bingzhou Detective. He simply promoted the Bingzhou Detective to the Hedong Detective, and said in a respectful tone: "This This is the Hedong detective Di Liulang. His ancestor is Di Lianggong, the former prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He comes from a famous family and has repeatedly solved strange cases. Fortunately, he is also at the inn. How can we not invite him to come out and investigate?"
Xue Chao's expression changed: "Hedong Detective... I'm in Fenzhou, why haven't I heard of this name?"
Wu Jing also walked up and down, looked at Di Jin carefully, and suddenly said: "Did you follow him out of the backyard this morning?"
Di Jin nodded: "Yes, I hope you will express your condolences to Mr. Ling!"
"I don't express condolences!"
Wu Jing waved his hand and said in a very strong tone: "Catching the murderer of my young master, whether he is a human or a ghost, is the real thing. Everything else is nonsense!"
Ren Changyi frowned and suppressed his anger.
As a small bodyguard, if it hadn't been for the Chen family in Langzhong and Chen Yaozi, who now has the right to know the Kaifeng Mansion, where would it be your turn to shout and drink here?
Di Jin was not angry, but instead looked at the guard.
To be honest, as soon as Chen Zhijian died, and the way he died was so strange, Wu Jing, his personal bodyguard, became the number one suspect.
Because he was the only one of the three servants around Chen Zhijian who practiced martial arts. Zhu Er could tell from the physical condition of the scholar that the Chen family's servants must have been drugged before the murderer easily took the young master away. , he was killed early and the suspicion was raised. As an insider, Wu Jing could not have noticed any abnormality in his body. However, this person did not mention the possibility of being drugged at all. He only said that evil spirits harm people, which is extremely suspicious...
And if Wu Jing is the murderer, and he has long known that there are ghost murder cases in Yangwu County, this person's target is probably Chen Zhijian from the beginning, and killing Dong Ba is actually because he found out that the other person was living alone that night, so he did it conveniently. After all, the superposition of multiple murder cases can make everyone believe in the existence of evil spirits, and finally let the case go unsolved like in Yangwu County...
But now Wu Jing is chasing the county captain to track down the murderer. This is a contradiction. He is just a guard. Even if he is pushed to the evil ghost at this time and the trouble is settled, others will not see the flaw. Why is he jumping up and down like this?
"Either this person is overconfident and deliberately behaves like this in order to clear himself of suspicion?"
"No, it's better not to suspect your neighbor of stealing an axe. The top priority is to start with the evidence!"
Di Jin got rid of distracting thoughts and said: "Since we want to pursue the murderers, there are two murder cases, so let's investigate them one by one. General Dong Ba was killed the night before yesterday, and all the bodies have been recovered. Let's go and see them first. Look at the autopsy’s body.”
No matter how unreliable Ren Changyi is, the autopsy process is still in place. Dong Ba's body is still placed in his house. The autopsy of the Fengqiu County Government Office has been completed and the body grid has been written.
"The body and head are separated, the wounds on the neck and neck are smooth, and there are no scars on the other parts..."
Di Jin looked at it carefully and immediately said: "The murderer held a weapon and hit the owl on the head. It not only requires martial arts, but also a sharp blade to smooth the wound. Have all the weapons in the inn been checked? Are there any blood stains? The snow nearby We also need to search it to prevent the thieves from burying the murder weapon inside!"
Ren Changyi immediately said to the Yamen servant: "Aren't you going to search?"
When Xue Chao and Wu Jing saw it, they also handed over their weapons. After checking, there was no blood stain. The yamen went to the hall and various rooms to search for weapons and check packages.
Di Jin did not wait for the progress there, and then asked: "There are no injuries on the other parts, which means there is no sign of a struggle between the two, or the murderer is extremely skilled in martial arts and the victim has no power to fight back... Is Dong Bat skilled in martial arts?" "
Xue Chao said: "Of course! Boss Dong is the strongest martial artist in our group. He has also killed a Liao dog. He is a well-known good man!"
"In that case, he should have been killed in his sleep..." Di Jin asked again: "At this age, it is indeed possible to kill a Liao man, so why is he a legitimate general?"
Xue Chao snorted: "I made a mistake, what else can I do? Boss Dong doesn't bother to curry favor with Shangguan. He is very rich and lives a good life!"
Di Jin nodded slightly and said, "Did the large sum of money around Dong Ba get lost?"
Xue Chao hesitated, and Ren Changyi asked doubtfully: "A large amount of money?"
Di Jin explained: "We just entered the store. There was a package next to this person, which should have a lot of money. At that time, Dong Ba smelled the aroma of wine from the kitchen, so he patted the package beside him and promised to buy it. Drinking, Guard Wu should know this very well.”
Wu Jing nodded: "Yes...it does happen!"
With Dong Ba's ruffian style, he basically said that he would not pay other guests for stealing their wine, but judging from his expression at the time, it seemed that he was indeed not short of money.
In fact, escorting prisoners is very lucrative. Although it is a bit tiring, taking care of the family members is often a lot of extra income, not to mention that Dong Ba is also a military attaché.
The warriors in the Song Dynasty had a low social status, but it did not mean they had no money. On the contrary, they were many literati and officials. Their social status might be very respectable, but they were either doing it to demonstrate their moral character and win the reputation of scholars, or they were really thrifty. , the appearance is the same, and the life is indeed poor and poor.
So don't underestimate a regular general who escorts prisoners. His wealth may be beyond imagination. Just now Xue Chao said that Dong Ba was very rich. He was really not bragging!
Since they asked about money, the three government officials searched Dong Ba's room carefully, but in the end, they found nothing.
Ren Changyi's eyes lit up: "The money is gone... Could it be that you are seeking wealth?"
It's good to seek wealth. As long as evil spirits don't kill people, Yamen Sanmu will be useful!
Di Jin shook his head: "Just to ask for money, there is no need to do so complicated things... Has Mr. Chen's money been lost?"
The second part of the sentence was a question to Wu Jing. The guard thought for a while and replied: "I don't care about this. The young master's money is kept by his book boy, so it should not be lost..."
Ren Changyi did not give up: "But Dong Ba's money bag is indeed gone. The evil ghost won't take the money bag, right?"
So far, Di Jin has not overturned the theory of evil spirits killing people, and said calmly: "There are two possibilities-"
“First, the murderer’s initial motive for the murder may not have been to seek money, but he became greedy afterwards and took advantage of everyone’s attention being on the evil spirits to pocket the money and hide it in a secret place; "
"Secondly, people in the inn have been in panic these past two days. Someone took advantage of the chaos and entered the room of the deceased and boldly took away the money bag. This is easy to handle. Search everyone's luggage carefully. Not only weapons, but also money must be identified. .”
Ren Changyi thought that such a detailed investigation was really annoying. Fortunately, he brought a lot of government officials and ordered: "Do you hear me? You quickly search everyone's room and luggage, and then search the inn front and back. There are large amounts of unknown origins. Find all the money!"
"Wait a minute!"
At this moment, a dull voice sounded, and Xue Chao stood up: "No need to search, Boss Dong's wallet is with me... He originally owed me gambling money, and I saw the package placed by the bedside last night Come on, take it!"
Ren Changyi squinted: "You just said that Dong Ba was rich, and now you say that he owes you money?"
Xue Chao opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't find an excuse. He lowered his head and said, "I...I took the money and am willing to be punished by the county captain!"
"That's all...go! Get the evidence and bring it back to the Yamen!"
Ren Changyi waved his hand, and the government officials rushed away happily.
Compared to a murder case, stealing money is just a trivial matter, but it sounds like a lot of money. It will be entered into the Yamen immediately. The big head is of course a filial piety to the county captain, and the remaining Yamen will take another share and come out to handle the case in the snow and ice. There are benefits.
Di Jin looked at Xue Chao at the same time. After the county lieutenant had finished processing, he asked again: "Did you get the package by the bedside?"
Compared with his humility towards the county lieutenant, Xue Chao only had hatred in his heart for this so-called detective who brought the topic to the money bag in a few words. He said coldly: "That's right! I got it from the bedside! Wait! What?"
Di Jin smiled indifferently: "It's not that bad, it's just that you showed a flaw!"
"In what I said just now, I dug a small trap and described the second situation as taking it away after the fact. In this way, the act of taking the money bag has no direct connection with the murder. The person who stole it I will admit it openly."
"But the actual situation is that early yesterday morning, the store owner found a corpse screaming. I was one of the first people to arrive. Although I only stood outside the room to observe in order to avoid damaging the scene, I could clearly see what you said at that time. There is no package containing money at the bedside!"
At Xue Chao's sudden change of expression, Di Jin's smile faded and his voice became stern: "That money bag was not taken by you yesterday, but it fell into your hands the night Dong Ba died... Tell me! What does Dong Ba's death have to do with you? What does it have to do with anything!”
