Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 97 Murder Weapon
In the courtyard wall with accumulated stones, two green brick houses are located in the center.

At this moment, the smoke is curling up from the roof, the hens are pecking in the yard, and a dog is napping under the eaves. It is a scene of leisurely farming.

"My lord! It's already here, and we haven't gone down the mountain yet, why don't we go to the temple and wait?"

Master Wang nodded and bowed to Li Tuiguan. He glanced at the rough environment around him, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes.

Lizheng was unhappy because his family was the richest in the village, and the two green tile houses had always been his pride.

As soon as the master Wang entered the courtyard, he began to dislike this and that, his eyes and mouth full of dislike.

"The house is simple and simple, please forgive me, everyone, please drink tea!"

Although Li Zheng was unhappy in his heart, he still greeted him with a smile on his face, and called the trembling woman to serve the tea on the table.

Master Wang looked at the dark and cloudy tea soup and the tea foam floating on it, and immediately curled his lips, but didn't pick it up.

Li Tuiguan was in a state of distraught, and he didn't save the prince at all when he heard the words.

"The corpse hasn't been dug up yet, why go back? We'll talk about it when they come back!"

"My lord! The corpse has been dug up!" At this moment, a yamen servant rushed in and shouted.

"Oh? Finally found it!" Li Tuiguan immediately stood up excitedly, and Su Yizhao was right, the body was on the mountain.

Ju Mingyi walked around the corpse, and then began to conduct an autopsy on it.

"Looking at the wound, it's obviously wounded by a sharp blade. Can you tell what kind of weapon it is?"

Su Yizhao stood behind Ju Mingyi holding a pen and paper, and asked impatiently.

"The weapon is triangular in shape, with edges on both sides, very long and very sharp."

Ju Mingyi took the lead in checking the wound on Yang Ding's abdomen, and quickly came to a conclusion.

"The abdomen was pierced, the organs were injured, the blood loss was excessive, and he died on the spot."

Ju Mingyi's description was concise and to the point, he was holding the scissors at the moment, ready to disembowel him.

Su Yizhao stepped forward, carefully observed and recorded.

"It's not uncommon to have scratches on the back of the hand. Whether you go up the mountain by yourself or are dragged up the mountain, there will always be marks." Ju Mingyi said calmly.

"When the corpse was dug up, he was only wearing his inner garment. The garment wasn't damaged much, so it can be seen that it was taken off before burying the corpse."

Su Yizhao immediately thought of the key point, and then analyzed it.

Ju Mingyi nodded appreciatively, "I had eaten food and drank wine before I was alive, and I didn't have time to digest these, so the deceased was killed."

Su Yizhao hurriedly wrote down these clues and connected them together.

"Going up the mountain after drinking, the time will match what Yang Zhuhao and his wife said."

After that, there were no more valuable clues, so Su Yizhao focused on the murder weapon.

"This murder weapon is very special! If you can analyze what the murder weapon is, then it should not be far from the truth."

Su Yizhao thought hard, but it's a pity that she was not an ancient native, and she didn't do much research in her previous life, so naturally she didn't know much about those cold weapons.

At this moment, Ju Mingyi had finished sewing and cleaning his hands. Hearing what Su Yizhao said, he also began to think.

"Where's the corpse? Has the inspection been completed? Is there any major discovery?" Li Tuiguan entered the shed at this time and asked the two of them.

Su Yizhao glanced at Ju Mingyi and saw that he was packing his things, but he didn't speak a word.

have to!You are so lofty, you made me feel like a member of your staff, she had no choice but to give a rough summary of the clues!
"Look, this is the wound I just told you about. We haven't figured out the murder weapon yet!"

Su Yizhao pointed to the wound of the deceased, and then handed over the deduction and inspection records he had recorded on paper to Li Tuiguan.

The three of them thought hard for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a reason.

It was noon now, everyone was hungry, and it happened that Lizheng warmly invited them, so they moved to Lizheng's house for dinner.

Tuiguan Li took good care of Su Yizhao and let him sit at the same table.

The dishes on the table are very rich, both chicken and meat.Farmhouse meals are not as exquisite as those of big families, but limited seasoning and simple cooking can also explore the deliciousness of dishes.

Except for Master Wang's uneasy expression, no one was critical, even Li Tuiguan didn't say much.

Su Yizhao has observed Li Tuiguan for so long. Apart from some common problems of scholar-bureaucrats, Li Tuiguan can be regarded as conscientious and a good official who thinks about the people.

After hastily finishing their meal, everyone wanted to go back.

While everyone was cleaning up, Su Yizhao walked towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen, the mother-in-law of the main family was busy in an orderly manner, clearing up everyone's dishes and preparing to wash them.

Her daughter-in-law stood aside, still muttering something.

"The chickens that had been raised for two years were just killed like this, and three of them were killed. We bought so much meat at the entrance of the village, and we didn't eat a single bite. Those officials eat less, but those poor ones, they are too good to eat. So Not enough meat to fit between the teeth."

Lizheng's daughter-in-law was a little dissatisfied, so she ate the chicken that laid the egg.

"Ouch! Keep your voice down, those officials haven't left! They are all uncles, we can't afford to offend you, your father is Lizheng, and our family has a brick house in the village. If our family doesn't entertain, who will entertain? "

The wife of Lizheng's family sighed after she finished speaking, but she was also feeling distressed in her heart!
Su Yizhao felt a little guilty when she heard the words, but she forgot that this is not the farmhouse in her previous life, most of those people didn't give money.

Su Yizhao took out a two tael silver dime from his body, looked at it, and planned to put it on the stove by the door.

"Oh! I forgot the basin to connect the blood to the chicken before. It was your father who wiped his neck with a knife. I don't know how to use a bamboo pipe to connect it."

The village chief's wife is a little dissatisfied, this chicken blood is still a meat dish!

Su Yizhao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, she put down the silver and ran out in a hurry.

"Master Li, I probably guessed what that murder weapon is!" Su Yizhao called to stop Li Tuiguan who was about to climb into the carriage, and said excitedly.

Li Tuiguan hurriedly shouted in surprise: "What is it?"

"Grandpa Lizheng, do you know what kind of knife Yangshan used to butcher pigs?" Su Yizhao didn't answer, but turned to Lizheng and asked.

Li Zheng, who was seeing him off, was taken aback by the question, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "There are so many things about that guy, and I can't tell them apart."

Su Yizhao frowned and thought for a while, "Have you seen his guy? Is there a tool among them that is sharper and can also let blood at the same time."

Li Zheng said without hesitation: "I've seen it before! I watched him while he was killing pigs! Are you talking about the sharp trough for killing pigs? I saw him use it before, the sharp knives other people use for killing pigs, but he is different. , using the pointed groove.”

"Sharp groove? What is it? But it's in his home?" Li Tuiguan thought it might be the murder weapon.

(End of this chapter)