In full view of everyone, Li Laoer did not dare to neglect and said:
"Yang Xiaocui is not only familiar with these seven people, they are very familiar with Yang Xiaocui. They often come in and out of her house and are old customers! Alas, to be honest, most of the men in our village have an affair with this woman. It is really an insult to the village. Wind! When I mention this, I have no place to put my old face, it’s so embarrassing!”
After Li Laoer's narration, everyone understood that it turned out that the villagers in Lijia Village had been fishing for generations and had a good income. Because the men in the village often went out to have fun because they were rich, many of them had close ties with Yang Xiaocui.
After questioning Li Laoer, Qin Tianming sent him to the court temporarily to await trial, and then began to interrogate the seven villagers.
Seven former fishermen were brought to the court one by one.
The seven people looked at each other, not knowing why.
Qin Tianming walked up to them one by one, looked at them carefully, and then asked gently:
"Do you know why the county government invited you here today?"
The seven villagers were panicked and shook their heads desperately.
Qin Tianming laughed and said:
"It's okay, it's okay, it's a small matter, it's a small matter. Don't worry. I invited you here just to ask a small question. Don't be afraid. Just tell the truth."
Some of the brave villagers quickly asked:
"Little people don't know what the adults are asking us to do when they bring us here?"
Qin Tianming walked around a few people again and suddenly asked:
"Do you guys know a single woman named Yang Xiaocui?!"
The seven villagers were collectively taken aback, a little dumbfounded.
Qin Tianming said slowly:
"You heard me clearly: those who are familiar with Yang Xiaocui can raise their hands, those who are not familiar with Yang Xiaocui don't need to raise their hands, that's all."
After a while, four of the seven villagers honestly raised their hands, and the remaining three just shook their heads.
Qin Tianming chuckled, bypassed the four people, then strode to the three villagers who did not raise their hands, and whispered:
"Have you three thought about it? Are you really not familiar with Yang Xiaocui? Don't lie in the lobby! If you lie, you will bear the consequences!"
The three villagers nodded and swore together:
"You guys are not familiar with Yang Xiaocui! You are really not familiar with her. If you lie, you will be cut to pieces!"
Okay, okay,
Qin Tianming nodded and said:
"Li Tai, please take four people who are familiar with Yang Xiaocui down to the hall first."
Headcatcher Li Tai led four villagers out of the lobby.
At this moment, everyone in the hall couldn't help but whisper.
There are also people among them who have solved cases.
They believed that Qin Tianming should not let go of the four people who were familiar with Yang Xiaocui, but should interrogate them. Maybe one of the four people was the murderer.
But Qin Tianming just let them go, leaving behind people who were not familiar with Yang Xiaocui. He was really confused.
Xu Ruhai, the minister of Dali Temple, was indeed a weak official, and he secretly wondered:
"Qin Tianming, how could you let those four people go!? They should be the bad guys!"
Just as he was about to question Qin Tianming, he suddenly found that Qin Tianming had quickly come to him and whispered:
"I'd like to borrow the gavel, sir, how about it?"
The Minister of Dali Temple hurriedly said:
"Feel free to use it! Just use it! Today you are the hall master, but it doesn't matter if you use it."
Qin Tianming picked up the gavel, slapped it heavily on the table, and shouted:
"The three people kneeling in the hall are still not recruiting!"
The three old farmers under the execution hall all looked at each other, feeling a little guilty.
Qin Tianming slapped the gavel again, almost breaking it, and shouted:
"You three, why don't you recruit me for real! Do you want me to be severely punished!?"
Downstairs, dozens of fast-moving squads and arresting squads stomped on the instruments of torture in their hands and approached the three farmers. They let out buzzing shouts, which was very shocking.
Qin Tianming had only seen this scene in movies before traveling through time. Now he has personally experienced it and found that the buzz buzzing thing is really effective. It can indeed break down the suspect's psychological defenses, much more powerful than the light bulb.
If he could go back in time again, he would use this trick to defeat those stubborn and unwilling prisoners.
Sure enough, after repeated questioning, one of the three suspects named Li Yuer was the first to break through.
He suddenly stood up, tremblingly pointed at a strong man beside him, and shouted:
"Sir, I am wronged, I am wronged, he did it all! Yang Xiaocui was killed by him, and it had nothing to do with me! Please be careful, sir."
Everyone was shocked and found it incredible.
But Qin Tianming was not surprised at all.
The situation was completely consistent with his speculation, so he was not surprised at all.
He slowly came to Li Yu'er and asked gently:
"You identified him as the murderer, do you have evidence?"
Li Yuer shouted at the top of his lungs:
"His name is Li Zhuang, and he has had an affair with Yang Xiaocui for many years. Just because Yang Xiaocui fell in love with Wang Xiucai, he strangled Yang Xiaocui to death in a rage, and then threw his body into the lake. It was all his doing, and it had nothing to do with the two of us!"
Qin Tianming continued to ask:
"The Wang Xiucai you are talking about is the Wang Yincai?"
Li Yuer nodded and said:
"Yes, yes, it is Wang Yincai who is right!"
Qin Tianming understood immediately, then turned to look at Li Zhuang who was kneeling on the ground, and asked coldly:
"Li Zhuang, what do you have to say now?"
Li Zhuang still had some tactics. When Li Yu'er identified him, he actually held his breath and said nothing.
Now Qin Tianming asked him, he held back his trembling, kowtowed and said:
"Sir, Li Yu'er is talking nonsense. You can't listen to his nonsense. Yang Xiaocui and I have never been familiar with each other. How could I kill an unknown woman? Please be careful, sir."
Clearly aware of everything?
Qin Tianming laughed on the spot, raised his head and said:
"Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang, I think you won't give up until you see the Yellow River. Someone, bring Li Laoer, the head of Lijia Village, up here!"
After a while, the village chief Li Laoer was arrested and brought up quickly.
Li Laoer and Li Zhuang had been confronting each other for a long time, and then suddenly spoke:
"Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang, you beast! It's already this time, why don't you admit it?"
Li Zhuang said fiercely:
"I didn't kill anyone, what do you want me to admit?"
Old Li stretched out his finger, pointed at Li Zhuang tremblingly, and shouted:
"Li Zhuang, you clearly know Yang Xiaocui and often have private meetings with her. Why are you lying in the lobby and saying that you are not familiar with her? If I remember correctly, you came to me a month ago and said you would like to Take out fifty taels of silver and let me come forward to redeem Yang Xiaocui from the old bustard and let her be your wife, right?!"
Everyone collectively stared at Li Zhuang and focused on him.
this,
this,
After a long time, Li Zhuang finally couldn't bear it any longer. He sighed and said:
"I admit it, I admit it! It was me, it was I who killed Yang Xiaocui! But this bitch Yang Xiaocui deserves to die. She took my silver, but she hung out with that scholar and threatened to elope with him. I couldn't bear the resentment. Even if I can get rid of her, I am forced to do nothing!"
Qin Tianming wanted to continue questioning, but the county magistrate Gao Buwei in the hall suddenly shouted loudly, slapped the hall in surprise, and shouted:
"Okay, okay, since Li Zhuang has admitted that he killed Yang Xiaocui, let's take him down and put him on death row until he is interrogated in the future!"
Several detectives came forward and wanted to lock Li Zhuang.
Qin Tianming was so angry, thinking that you are such a fool for not being too conceited. You started shouting before my interrogation was over. No wonder there are so many unjust cases in Qiandong County, and it has nothing to do with you.
Qin Tianming immediately reached out to stop him and said:
"I haven't finished asking my questions yet, so you can't take anyone for the time being."
Gao Buwei was a little unhappy and said:
"Qin Tianming, the case has been solved, what else do you have to ask?"
Qin Tianming stared at the county magistrate Gao Buwei and said:
"Master Gao, there is another person who has died. Didn't you notice?"
Gao Buwei was shocked, stood up and asked:
"Who else was killed?!"
Qin Tianming said quietly:
"If my analysis is correct, not long ago, a person disappeared in your county. This person's name is Wang Yincai. He is a scholar, isn't he, Mr. Gao?"
Everyone was surprised and nodded repeatedly.
Qin Tianming sneered a few times and said:
"According to my judgment, Wang Xiucai is not missing, but was killed!"
Even Xu Ruhai, the scheming minister of Dali Temple, couldn't sit still.
He got up and came to the hall, and asked Qin Tianming in surprise:
"Qin Tianming, you said Wang Xiucai was also killed, is there any evidence?"
Qin Tianming analyzed in a confident breath:
"Before, I inspected Yang Xiaocui's house. There were dark blood stains under the carpet under the bed, which caused maggots to crawl. So I judged that Wang Xiucai might have been killed in Yang Xiaocui's house. So, hehehe, gentlemen, this case is I unintentionally killed two birds with one stone, so congratulations."
Everyone in the hall was confused.
Qin Tianming took the opportunity to come to Li Yuer who was kneeling on the ground and said in rapid succession:
"Li Yu'er, if I'm not mistaken, what happened is this. Li Zhuang, a villager in Lijia Village, secretly liked Yang Xiaocui. He once paid to redeem Yang Xiaocui from the old bustard and asked her to be his wife, but Yang Xiaocui deceived him. , took the ransom money he gave and prepared to elope with Wang Yincai and Wang Xiucai. Li Zhuang accidentally heard about this and was extremely angry, so he took Li Yu'er and another helper to go to Yang Xiaocui to settle the account. It happened that the door of Yang Xiaocui's house was locked, and they He climbed in through the window outside Yang Xiaocui's house and prepared to get his money back. Who knew that Yang Xiaocui was having a private meeting with Wang Xiucai in the house at this time. In anger, Li Zhuang accidentally hacked Wang Xiucai to death with a hatchet. Later, he was worried that Yang Xiaocui would report it to the government. , simply strangled Yang Xiaocui to death. After that, the three of them wrapped Yang Xiaocui’s body in a fishing net, placed stones inside, and then, together with Li Yuer and others, dumped her body into the lake! Is that right?!”
Xu Ruhai, the minister of Dali Temple, listened intoxicated and could not keep up with Qin Tianming's thoughts, but he still did not forget the key points and asked in a low voice:
"Qin Tianming, you said that Wang Xiucai was also killed by Li Zhuang and the others. Where is the evidence? Where is the body? Where is the hatchet?"
Qin Tianming said calmly:
"There was feces and urine in Yang Xiaocui's bedding. You are also the judge. You should know that the deceased was strangled to death. When he was suffocated, he could not help but incontinent, so the bedding was naturally contaminated. At the same time, there were blood stains under the carpet in the house, which caused maggots to breed. Moreover, Wang Xiucai also disappeared mysteriously, so I judged that Wang Xiucai was probably killed at the same time. The reason is as simple as this. If they still don’t confess, someone can take the shoes of Li Zhuang and others and go to the window sill outside Yang Xiaocui’s house for inspection. The footprints must match!"
Qin Tianming's inference was reasonable, and everyone was furious when they heard this, and looked at Li Zhuang and the others together.
When Li Zhuang knew what had happened, he finally collapsed and cried:
"Master Qingtian, please stop analyzing it, okay? I admit, I admit, I led the two of them into Yang Xiaocui's house, and not only killed Yang Xiaocui, but also killed the hateful Wang Xiucai! Then we spread lies , stole Wu Abao's shoes and sticks and threw them to the lake, spreading rumors that Wu Abao was the murderer, sir, I am guilty, I am guilty!"
Qin Tianming scolded and said:
"Li Zhuang, where did you dump Wang Xiucai's body? And where did you hide the murderous hatchet?! You didn't recruit it from the truth!"
Li Zhuang groaned for a long time and finally confessed:
"Wang Xiucai's body was abandoned in a dry well in the back village of Lijia Village, and the hatchet was buried in the backyard garden of the villain's home."
Qin Tianming quickly sent agent Li Tai to take people to Lijia Village to find the body.
With a pack of cigarettes, the police found the hatchet used to kill him. Moreover, Wang Xiucai's body was found and carried back to the county government hall.
The two corpses lie next to each other, clearly telling the pain of separation.
