fast and ferocious

Chapter 93 A Difficult Case (Part One) Two More

Gu Qinghe felt a little confused, why did Prince Xiang leave like a gust of wind?
Qin Wubing sighed with emotion, cupped his hands towards Gu Qinghe and said: "Magistrate Gu, please tell me about the situation of that case, just now the prince said, only give me two days, Wubing dare not delay! "

Gu Qinghe nodded repeatedly.

Everyone stood at the gate of the post house because they were seeing off the prince, Qin Wubing walked towards the post house with Gu Qinghe after he finished speaking.

Lin Huai walked the fastest, and disappeared immediately. When Qin Wubing brought Gu Qinghe into the room, Lin Huai came in with his head drooping, but he was not too slow.

Guo Yi snorted and asked, "Did you even enter the door?"

"Said he was asleep."

"She is a decent girl!"

"Who is not serious?" The old monk's excited eyebrows almost stood up.

Lin Huai and Guo Yi looked at Qin Wubing at the same time, they had nothing to do with the old monk.

"Sit down and listen if you want to listen, and go back to sleep if you don't want to listen!" Qin Wubing didn't look at anyone, and the three of them fell silent.

Gu Qinghe was even more curious, 'Is he just a catcher? '

……

The difficult case that Gu Qinghe mentioned happened in Yongning County.

He Yingxuan, a failed scholar in the county seat, was married less than ten days before his new wife died tragically at home.

He Yingxuan's family runs a small business, so they don't have to worry about food and drink. There are parents in the house, and an older brother who has married. His sister-in-law, Wu, has been in the family for two years and has not yet had a baby.

The in-law's surname is Wu, who is also from Yongning County, and he and the He family are close friends. The eldest sister-in-law Wu is the cousin of He Yingxuan's newlywed wife, and the two families can be said to be closer.

The deceased's nickname was Lian'er.

The Wu family and the He family are both in the county, not too far away. After a few days of marriage, the Wu family took great care of this cousin. She woke up early every day. , Get along well, the in-laws are very happy to see.

Because of the close relationship between the He and Wu families, some rules were not so fussy. This night, He Yingxuan's father-in-law, Wu Gui, was drinking at He's house. Some drank too much, so He Yingxuan sent his father-in-law back, and stayed at his father's house at night.

The next morning, Wu got up as usual and waited for her cousin to come out to make breakfast together, but she couldn't wait for her to come. Thinking that her uncle was not at home, she went into the house and shouted.

At this time, the parents-in-law had already got up, and suddenly they heard the sound of crying, so frightened that the old couple hurried over to look. They saw Mrs. Wu sitting at the door of He Yingxuan's new house, crying loudly. When the old couple entered the room, they saw that Lian Er's throat had been cut. Already dead!

He Yingxuan and his father-in-law Wu Gui rushed home when they received the news. Wu Gui suddenly lost his mind when he saw his daughter died for no reason. In the end, Wu Gui reported to the county government.

"Magistrate Gu took someone to check it out in person right away?" Qin Wubing asked after hearing this.

"Yes, there are very few homicide cases in Yongning County. Even when the thieves are rampant, they are just stealing and never hurting anyone! If this case is not solved, I am afraid that someone will follow suit, and it is the responsibility of Gu's enlightenment!"

"What did Magistrate Gu find?"

Gu Qinghe sighed and said:

"Then the He family has two courtyards. The father-in-law lives in the main room, and the two sons live in the east and west rooms respectively. There is a little maid and a rough woman who live in the back room in the front yard. When we arrived at He's house, , the courtyard of the He family is almost full of people, but fortunately, no one dares to enter the west wing, and those who are daring only dare to look at the door."

"The deceased, Lian'er, was lying on the bed with her clothes on, lying on her back with a brocade quilt covering her chest. There were bloodstains all over the bedding. There were no signs of a fight around. The He family's yard is not big. If there had been a fight or the deceased Shout, and the others will know."

"Wu Zuo did a careful inspection. Except for the throat being cut, the deceased had no other injuries on his body. It was obviously not rape and homicide, and there was no loss of property at home, and it did not seem like robbery. I took He Yingxuan, his family, and All the neighbors around brought them to the county government for questioning, but nothing suspicious was found."

"Could Wu Zuo tell you the time of death?"

"It didn't take long, but it should have been killed around dawn."

"Are all the people you brought to the Yamen right?" Qin Wubing asked.

"Yes! I had no choice but to take the yamen servant to He's house again, but I still didn't find anything suspicious! I thought so, if Lian'er was killed in a dream, she would naturally not resist, but did the bedroom door close? Shuan, I don’t know! Another possibility is that she was unprepared when an acquaintance entered the house, and Mrs. Wu was the first to discover that the deceased had been murdered. I asked her several times and even tortured her , Mrs. Wu always said that she was wronged. She said that she and her cousin played together since they were young, and they had a very good relationship. Now that they have married into a family and become sisters-in-law, Mrs. Wu is too happy..."

"Even if she wanted to kill her cousin, she wouldn't use this method." Qin Wubing said, and then asked: "Does anyone know that He Yingxuan wasn't staying at home that night?"

"I also thought that the murderer did it while He Yingxuan was not at home, but knowing that He Yingxuan was not at home, apart from the He family, it was the Wu family. When He Yingxuan drove Wu Gui to Wu's house, it was the end of Xu Dynasty. Even if the family members know that He Yingxuan needs to stay in Wu's house, if someone wants to go to He's house, they might not be able to get in, the gate of He's courtyard will definitely be locked inside, besides, why did Wu's family kill their daughter?"

"So, the murderer is most likely a member of the He family?"

"That's what I think. The only way for the dead to enter the house unsuspecting is the mother-in-law, sister-in-law, maidservant, poor woman..."

"The county magistrate Gu must have asked these people repeatedly, but he didn't find any clues?"

Gu Qinghe nodded and said:

"This mother-in-law has a kind face and has a harmonious relationship with her neighbors. Mrs. Wu also said that her mother-in-law is very good to her. She has never made things difficult for her after two years of marriage. Even though she has not added a child to the He family, the mother-in-law has not blamed her. Let me ask. At that time, this mother-in-law only knew how to wipe away her tears blindly, her eyes were already swollen and red, although his family has no worries about food and clothing, but it takes a few years to marry a daughter-in-law, and she will be killed when she gets home, what is she trying to do?"

"I won't say much about Mrs. Wu. That little girl was only 12 years old. When she asked something, she was so frightened that she couldn't speak a whole sentence. Then there was that rough woman who looked very honest and was not good at words... ..."

"When we arrive at the county government office, which commoner is good at speaking?"

Gu Qinghe chuckled and said:

"I not only interrogated the county government office, but I also interrogated He's family. This rough envoy is also a hard-working woman. She died of her husband and her son. She just does some rough work to support herself."

"There are two other men in the He family."

"I asked my neighbors and acquaintances. He Yingxuan's father is a tactful man, he can speak well, and he does business well. After the incident, he seldom spoke except for sighing. However, He Yingxuan's elder brother is a bit stupid. Yes, the daily life is all taken care of by Mrs. Wu..."

"That said, it seems that no one would commit a crime." Qin Wubing rubbed his hands, looking a little eager to try.

(End of this chapter)