My martial arts rely on solving cases

Chapter 104

After breakfast, the three of Su Qing went straight to Tongli Township.

I came to the village where Xiao Caijun's family was located again. Today's village is almost the same as that day.

Perhaps, for the people in the village, their days are repeated day after day and year after year, without any waves at all.

"Officer, why are you here again?" A voice came, and at the entrance of the village, among a dozen women chatting together, a voice suddenly asked Su Qing and the others.

Su Qing looked, it was the middle-aged woman who told Su Qing when she came to ask about Xiao Caijun's situation.

"Auntie, it's you. I have some questions to ask you today. Do you know where Xiao Caijun's grave is?"

"On the east slope, we have seven or eight villages where the dead are buried on the east slope. There are eight faces, one face for each village. Do you want me to take you there?"

Su Qing glanced at her lame leg and shook her head, "Forget it, your legs are inconvenient, whoever is inconvenient is willing to take me to find Xiao Caijun's grave, I have thirty dollars..."

"Master, are you laughing at my legs being so weak that I can't walk? Do you know why my legs are lame? Back then, there were more than a dozen wolves chasing me, and I ran for ten miles in one breath. Do you think my legs and feet are good? My master?" Don't bother others, I will take you there."

"From the Zhuo family, your leg was bitten by a wolf, but how do I know that there were seven or eight people at that time, and you were the slowest runner, and you were thrown down by the wolf? If the men hadn't arrived in time, you would have given your life gone?"

"Three young masters, when I was young, I used to gather herbs. I don't need to talk about crossing mountains and ridges. Even the horses under your crotch may not be able to catch up with my legs and feet."

"Ma'am, do you dare to ask Gui Geng?" Seeing that the other party was an old woman, Su Qing couldn't help asking.

"The old man just turned [-] seven years ago."

"Good guy, it's eighty-eight."

In the end, Su Qing still found a relatively younger middle-aged woman to lead her up Dongpo.

Passing through a thorn, came to a new grave.Compared with the weeds in the surrounding tombs, not only is there no weeds on this tomb, even the tombstone is the best one Su Qing has seen in this cemetery.

The tombstone is more than five feet wide and nearly three feet wide. It is written to the tomb of my son Xiao Caijun.Then came Xiao Caijun's birthday and death.

Su Qing's eyes moved slightly, "Who erected this tombstone?"

"Old man Bai, he is Xiao Caijun's godfather. Caijun didn't get much credit from his godfather when he was alive, but after he died, his godfather set up such a good grave."

Su Qing nodded, "Chonglou, Zhanzhao, open the grave."

"Who is it!" A violent shout sounded from behind, like thunder.

Everyone turned their heads, only to see a white-haired old man suddenly appearing in a patched auspicious suit. The white-haired old man was carrying a hoe in his hand, and his trousers were covered with mud. It was obvious that he had just come back from the field.

"Who are you and what are you going to do to my son's grave?"

Su Qing took out the official token from her bosom, "The government is handling the case. We suspect that Xiao Caijun died in the crash that year and there is something hidden behind him, so we are here to open the coffin for an autopsy."

"Really?" When the old man heard it, a grateful expression appeared on his face, "I said that Caijun is not a short-lived person, his face should be long-lived..."

"Please forgive me, sir, Chonglou, open the grave."

Although Zhan Zhao and Xue Chonglou are not professionals in digging graves, as martial arts masters, they are definitely no worse than non-professionals in doing this kind of physical work.In less than a quarter of an hour, the tomb was opened and the coffin was dug out.

Taking out the steel nails, Su Qing held her nose and gently pushed open the coffin lid.

In the coffin, there was only one skeleton left at this moment.The bones of the skeleton were broken in multiple places, especially the ribs were almost completely broken.

"My lord, look, how miserable my son died. Almost all the bones on his body were broken. My lord, has he been murdered? Has the murderer been caught?"

Looking at the corpse in the coffin, Zhan Zhao and Xue Chonglou looked at each other in blank dismay. If there were no outsiders present, they would even exclaim that there was really a corpse in the coffin?
Since the flower picker last night was Xiao Caijun, the coffin should be empty.If this is Xiao Caijun, then who was the flower picker last night?
Su Qing stared at the corpse in the coffin for a long time, then raised her head for a long time.

"Recover the coffin and bury it in the ground."

After finishing all this, the three of Su Qing left the small village and headed towards the county government office. Xue Chonglou was finally able to utter his words after holding back for a long time.

"My lord, what is going on? If Xiao Caijun didn't die, shouldn't his grave be empty? Why is there a corpse?"

"The person lying in the coffin should be Xiao Caijun."

"Then who was the flower picker last night?"

"A person who disguised himself as Xiao Caijun."

It turned out to be so...

Xue Chonglou opened his mouth blankly and remained silent for a long time.

Such a simple explanation, but he thought it was complicated.Xiao Caijun had died half a year ago, and there was a detailed autopsy report at that time, so there should be no possibility of resurrection from the dead.

Since the one yesterday was not the real Xiao Caijun, someone must have disguised himself as Xiao Caijun.

"But in this case, isn't it a needle in a haystack if we want to find the murderer?"

"Not necessarily. If you know the motive and purpose of everything the murderer did, you will have the opportunity to intercept the murderer on the way he must pass."

"In order for the murderer to avenge Xiao Caijun, the only way he must go is...Qi Siyuan?" Xue Chonglou asked with a sparkle in his eyes.

Su Qing shook her head, "The murderer's purpose is not only that."

Back at the yamen, he took the towel handed by Xiaoya and wiped his face.

"Xiaoya, let me know that the judge is going to start the trial of Lan Mengying's case."

"The Lan Mengying case? Ms. Lan was only arrested last night, and the young master has not been interrogated before the trial?"

"There is nothing to interrogate, let's go directly to the trial."

"Yes!"

Under Xiaoya and Qiaodie's changing clothes, Su Qing came to the court from the back hall in an official uniform, and the gavel fell gently, "I am promoted."

"mighty--"

"Take someone to commit the crime of Lan Mengying!"

Soon, Lan Mengying, who was in shackles, was escorted down to the court by two female prison guards.

"Lan Mengying, the county wants to ask you, who is the flower picker who went to your room last night? Where is he? What does it have to do with you? Why don't you invite him?"

"The little girl doesn't know what the adults are talking about. Last night, the little girl was just sleeping at home. For some reason, she was taken to the Yamen by the adults. The little girl still wants to ask the adults, what crime did the little girl commit?"

"Lan Mengying, you have read poetry and books since you were a child, and you shouldn't know right from wrong and make mistakes, but you have fallen too deep, which makes me deeply regretful.

What happened last night is not only known to me, but also to everyone in the Lan family, and you are still pretending to be with me here?

You ask me, what crime have you committed?
The officer now tells you that the crimes you have committed are adultery, cover-up, and murder. The three counts are unforgivable. "

Su Qing fell to the ground, stood up slowly, and pressed down on Lan Mengying with her momentum like a mountain pouring down.

Lan Mengying raised her head, looked at Su Qing who had a cold light in her eyes, and suddenly she felt a wry smile of resignation.

"It seems that my lord is determined to punish me. I don't know what punishment my lord will give to the civilian girl?"

"Murder is a capital crime. Covering up a murderer is also a capital crime. Adultery is a crime of immersion in a pig cage. Whichever is the best balance between the three, I sentence you to the punishment of immersion in a pig cage!"

As she said that, Su Qing picked up the gavel and took a picture with a blank expression.

"Come on, press down the Chunwei River and execute the sentence."

(End of this chapter)