"The lower official knows about this."
When Wei Xiuyi heard this, he bowed his hands and replied: "Reporting to Master Di: On January 5th last year, they were suspected of torturing and killing a nine-year-old girl.
The girl was a young girl from the Luo Huai family, a commoner, named Luo Bing. After that, Luo Bing's mother was so overwhelmed that she ran away from home and her whereabouts are still unknown.
Luo Huai was paralyzed in bed. His eldest son, Luo Feng, takes care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation. Luo Feng is currently twelve years old.
In August last year, after the first massacre of a family, Xia Guan thought that the murderers might be the Luo family. After all, they had a major motive for committing the crime. I have gone to investigate in detail.
It was confirmed that Luo Huai was indeed unable to get up.
The entry and exit records at the gate of Zhoucheng also stated that his wife left Zhoucheng half a month after Luo Bing's accident and never came back.
Luo Feng was only eleven years old last year, and was thin and small. Nothing suspected of being a murder weapon was found in his home. Therefore, the suspicion of murder was ruled out. "
After hearing this, Di Ying thought for a while and then said: "Then you can lead the way and take me to Luo's house to have a look. By the way, can you be sure: only one of those boys is related to rape?" evil deeds?”
"Yes, I can confirm it. After Luo Bing's accident, Luo Huai came to report the case. I went to check on those boys. Later, because they did have witnesses to prove that during the time of the crime, they were not suspected. There was no evidence to prove that Luo Bing's incident was their fault, so we let them go."
"You still have doubts about them, right?" Di Ying asked.
Wei Xiuyi's head drooped a little lower.
After a soft "hmm", he explained: "Because the official found the jade pendant of one of them in the side alley at the other end of Binyong Street where Luo Bing's crime occurred. But when I asked about that person At that time, he said that his jade pendant had been missing for several days.
When the subordinate asked about the maid in his courtyard again, she said that when he went out in the morning, the jade pendant was still hanging on his waist.
Later, the man changed his story and said that he didn't know when he dropped the jade pendant after riding out of the house.
In short, only that jade pendant cannot prove that he is one of the real murderers. The lower official had no choice but to give up.
Moreover, the witnesses that the nine of them found were all stewards, thugs, and a few gamblers from a gambling house.
Although the testimony of these people can actually be invalidated, the nine people said that they were gambling in the gambling house during the time of the crime.
Therefore, the judge had to accept their testimony. It's just that I still can't get rid of the doubts in my heart. Someone arranged to keep an eye on those nine people for three months.
After no problems were found, the manpower was called back. "
"In other words, during the three months that you were staring at them, none of those nine people showed any signs of emotional instability, panic, uneasiness, nightmares, etc.?" Di Ying asked again.
"Yes."
Wei Xiuyi replied. His shoulders slumped three points further. "After their eldest, the eldest of the nine, 14-year-old Hu Xinrong, and his entire family were killed, the official not only suspected the Luo family, but also arranged for people to target the remaining eight families again.
But he couldn't stop the murderer. There are eight families left, one every month. Until this month, all nine of them have died. "
"No, there should be more than nine people." Di Ying said in surprise.
Wei Xiuyi was so shocked that he finally moved and raised his head.
I heard Mr. Di say: "This morning I went to the place where the Ran family's crime occurred and conducted a preliminary examination on the body of the Ran family's deceased.
It was discovered that the boy in the Ran family had a tattoo on his buttocks that looked like a woman's ear.
During the autopsy just now, the officer found another tattoo on the buttocks of the boy who died last month, a tattoo of a left eye on the forehead of a woman.
In December last year, the snow in Xingzhou was heavy, and those people were buried shallowly.
Therefore, the body of the mutilated boy from the family who died in December was not yet completely putrefied. On his right hip, it can also be vaguely distinguished that there was a tattoo pattern.
As for what's further ahead, it can no longer be discovered.
However, I believe that if the tattoo patterns on the buttocks of the nine people are pieced together, they should exactly resemble the appearance of a woman.
It's not Luo Bing's, nor is it Xinwen's. However, the time difference should be relatively close. The tattoo was probably made before Luo Bing's death.
At first glance, the woman on the pattern is at least in her twenties.
In the same way, I cut the shares according to the patterns of the three known people. I tested it: ten people should have tattoos to make it complete.
Lord Wei, why did you ignore this point? You've researched them, but how come you only know nine of them? They often go in and out and play together, so why didn't you investigate? "
When Wei Xiuyi was asked, he immediately lowered his head.
He replied with some uncertainty: "That one, actually, I know. But he is too young. He is only nine years old so far. I think he might have just been present when the incident happened. So, Just leave him out.”
Di Ying became angry when he heard this.
He threw his hands, put his back and frowned: "The most taboo thing in solving a case is that the person responsible for handling the case is self-righteous, self-assertive, and has too many emotions and ideas!
You clearly know that there are ten people, but just because that person is small, you automatically and consciously ignore them. You think he can't do anything, but have you ever thought about why nine-year-old Luo Bing left home so easily and went to the side alley at the other end of the house? ! "
Wei Xiuyi suddenly raised his head and stammered: "D-Master Di, you, you mean, you mean..."
"I'm talking nonsense!"
Di Ying couldn't help but use foul language and interrupted him: "Our duty is to restore the truth of the matter. It's not that you want me to guess, or that I guess and you answer!"
After saying that, he called up the dark clouds, mounted his horse and left.
But he didn't let the dark clouds fly away.
When they arrived at the city gate, Wei Xiuyi chased after him on horseback.
The dark complexion was still a little red, but there was a hint of determination in his eyes. The head was raised a little.
Just this little bit, the whole person's energy and energy seemed to have changed a lot.
"Master Di, please lead the way. Let's go to the last boy's house. His name is..."
After being half a place behind Master Di's horse, Wei Xiuyi tried his best to make up for his mistake.
But he was interrupted by Master Di.
"There is still some time before that person dies, so leave him alone for now. You can lead the way first and find the person who tattooed those people."
Wei Xiuyi: "..."
He twisted his arm, then led the way.
There is only one shop in Xingzhou City that makes a living by tattooing others.
The store is small and the front door is dark.
The interior is even more dim, with curtains everywhere, and various enlarged... patterns posted everywhere.
There are all kinds of them, and they are basically all ferocious and ferocious.
It gives people a chilling feeling.
