"Take it!!"
"County Lieutenant! County Lieutenant! This scholar wronged me! I didn't kill Boss Dong! I didn't kill him!"
Seeing that the wolf-like government servant rushed over and pushed Xue Chao to the ground, Ren Changyi smiled broadly and bowed his hands: "As expected of the famous Di Liulang in the north, he is indeed a detective like a god, it is better to see it than to hear it a hundred times! "
Di Jin was speechless.
You have never heard of me before, but you can speak so naturally. No wonder I can be a county lieutenant in Gyeonggi Province. I am really thick-skinned. If I continue to rise like this, I will soon be a famous detective in the Song Dynasty!
Di Jin couldn't stand the flattery, and said in a deep voice: "As a county lieutenant, it is certain that Xue Chao stole Dong Ba's money bag, but it remains to be seen whether he is the real culprit who killed Dong Ba. We have to continue. Trace..."
Ren Changyi pursed his lips and gently pulled Di Jin aside: "Liu Lang! I'm so proud to call you this. This case concerns the young man of the Chen family. It's not a trivial matter. Now that there is a criminal, you can serve as a witness." , the money bag found is also physical evidence, and the case is irrefutable at this point!"
To be honest, according to the ancient standards for deciding a case, such personal and material evidence is indeed enough. The so-called ironclad evidence is nothing more than adding another murder weapon.
Even if it is snowing heavily outside and the murderer has buried the murder weapon not far away, if he really needs to send people to dig three feet into the ground, he will be able to dig it out nine times out of ten.
Di Jin refused without hesitation: "No! There are still layers of doubts about this case. Letting the real culprit go will cause endless troubles. We must continue to investigate!"
Ren Changyi's face froze, and when he was about to say something, Wu Jing, who was next to him, also said: "You said that Xue Chao is a murderer, and his purpose is to covet Dong Ba's money. Then he can just kill Dong Ba. What does it have to do with my young master?"
In order to quickly close the case, Ren Changyi was not slow to respond: "I killed Chen Langjun and dressed up as a ghost to harm others. Can't I get away with it?"
Wu Jingdao: "But after Dong Ba died yesterday, there were rumors in the inn that evil spirits were responsible for the murder. Why should he bother?"
Ren Changyi smiled calmly: "What's the use of spreading it in the inn? You can't deceive me! When I come, I will definitely investigate the officials and prisoners!"
Wu Jingmoran was a little shocked by the other party's shamelessness. When you came here just now, you obviously wanted to torture the prisoners indiscriminately, right?
But there was still one problem that could not be solved. Wu Jing said coldly: "It's okay to identify Xue Chao as the murderer! But where is the body of my young master? Can you ask from his mouth? If you can't ask, do you think this is the case? Will the case be settled?"
Ren Changyi's smile disappeared.
He almost forgot that Chen Zhijian's head was dug out in the snow, but there was still no trace of his body. If the body could not be found, the Chen family husband would have died without a complete body. How could Chen Yaozi forgive...
"Why are the relatives of the rich and powerful dead? If they were ordinary people, how could there be so much right and wrong?"
Ren Changyi wailed in his heart and changed his face again: "Ahem, I want to get to the bottom of this case, so I'll leave it to Detective Di!"
Wu Jing also turned his eyes, clasped his fists and said: "Although I have never heard of your name in Hedong, from the investigation just now, I can see that you have real talent and knowledge. Regarding my young master's case, please Got it!"
Di Jin stared at the arrogant guard with a felt hat and a sword, and nodded: "Thank you for your trust!"
After the discussion here, Ren Changyi waved his hand, and the officer dragged Xue Chao over.
Xue Chaoru was pardoned and did not dare to show his bad face anymore. He almost fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "Mr. Di Lang! Mr. Xiu Cai! Wen Quxing! Save me! I really wasn't the one who harmed Mr. Dong!"
Di Jin ignored his ugly behavior and asked directly: "Why did you steal Dong Ba's money?"
Xue Chao cried and said: "I borrowed money, but this year I can't even pay back the profits. I borrowed money from Boss Dong... If I hadn't protected him on the battlefield, he would have been killed by the Liao people long ago... …He is lending money out there and is rich with thousands of guan, but he is not willing to lend me even 50 guan…”
Ren Changyi listened and secretly licked his tongue.
Good guy, a small official has a fortune of thousands of dollars, and the money bag must be full of silver collars. No wonder this man is greedy, he is moved by hearing this!
Di Jin asked again: "When did you steal the money bag?"
Xue Chao knew that if he denied it now, he would be punished by the county government and thrown into death row. He could only say: "The night before yesterday, around the fourth watch, I went out to use the toilet, and in a moment of confusion, I sneaked into Mr. Dong's room. Inside, the money bag was indeed on the bedside at that time, so I took it secretly..."
Di Jin said: "Dong Ba didn't respond?"
Xue Chao said: "Boss Dong must have been drunk at that time, the room was full of alcohol..."
Di Jin's eyes moved and he said slowly: "Let's go! Let's go to the scene!"
Everyone came to Dong Ba's room again. Di Jin pointed to the window and said, "Yesterday the windows were wide open and the air-conditioning circulated. When the body was found, there was only the bloody smell from the body in the room. But Xue Chao, you stole the money bag that night. At that time, I could smell the obvious smell of alcohol. This is a new clue..."
Ren Changyi was a little puzzled when he heard this: "These officials are drinking. Is there anything strange about it?"
Di Jin said: "It's really not strange on weekdays, but when Dong Ba entered the inn the day before yesterday, the fragrance of the wine kept by the Chen family in the back kitchen wafted out. He wanted to occupy it, but failed. Then he went back to the room in anger without drinking any wine. , how is it possible that at the fourth watch of the night, you still smell of alcohol?"
Having said this, Di Jin looked at Wu Jing again: "Guard Wu, did you take the wine you warmed in the kitchen the day before yesterday and take it back to the room to drink?"
Wu Jingdao: "My young master always likes to drink, but he has been weak due to cold recently. The doctor said not to drink too much. He felt sick in his stomach the day before yesterday, so he didn't drink..."
Ren Changyi suddenly realized: "The wine Dong Ba drank later was the wine that the Chen family did not drink?"
"The first one! The second one is where Dong Ba died!"
On the floor of the room, there was no fixed line of corpse traces from later generations, that is, the white circle drawn around the corpse at that time. Fortunately, Dong Ba's headless corpse fell in the center, which was easier to identify. Di Jin pointed out. He looked at the blood stains and said: "These are the marks of Dong Ba's beheading. When the blood spurts out at a very fast speed, the farthest splatter of blood can often represent the direction of the initial bleeding. Please see, this line is right on his neck. …”
Blood spatter morphological analysis is a specialty in forensic medicine in later generations. Di Jin has learned about it as a criminal investigation enthusiast, and he does not dare to say that he is a professional. However, compared to the simple criminal investigation techniques of ancient times, he is definitely quite good at it. He describes it in simple and in-depth terms. , conducted a thorough scientific study on the distribution of blood after Dong Ba’s head was chopped off.
The county magistrate watched secretly and felt that it was an eye-opener. Even Ren Changyi roughly understood: "Judging from the blood stains, Dong Ba was beheaded by the murderer here. His body has not been moved. It is this Do you mean it?"
Di Jin said: "Not bad!"
Ren Changyi frowned and said, "But what does this mean?"
Di Jin said: "When Xue Chao stole the money bag, Dong Ba was still sleeping on the bed. When he was killed, he moved to the center of the room. Who did it?"
Ren Changyi said: "The murderer!"
Di Jin said: "Then why do you do this? Dong Ba is a big man. Whether the murderer is carrying him, carrying him, or dragging him, isn't he afraid that the big man will wake up in the middle? Why not behead him directly on the bed? ?”
Ren Changyi was speechless: "This..."
"This is actually a kind of confidence!"
Di Jin said: "Based on all the clues so far, I made an inference that the murderer dared to move the burly Dong Ba to the center of the room and kill him because he believed that the man would not wake up, because the murderer had already been in the kitchen. The pot of wine was drugged... Dong Ba drank too much and was moved in a coma. He showed no resistance and just surrendered! Then the question is, who can give Dong Ba the drugged wine at night? And Dong Ba How about drinking it without any suspicion?"
Ren Changyi's eyes lit up: "Go! Bring all the innkeepers and waiters here!!"
