I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 36

Something happened at the road construction site in Jiashe Village.

Every morning, the concubine starts cooking at Yinzheng hour.At the beginning of the Mao Dynasty, Lichen must officially start work.During the half hour from Yinzheng to Maoshichu, it was the most concentrated time for officials and concubines to go to the latrine.As the sky brightened, a corpse was found in the cesspool of a men's hut.

When the corpse was pulled up, its head drooped so badly that its neck was almost severed, with only a little skin attached to the back of the neck.Rigidity has appeared below the entire head and neck, and it can be inferred that the person died in the middle of the night.

Inferring the time of death based on the rigor is Huan Zhen's conclusion, which is consistent with Ren Suzhi's inference, which slightly changed his impression of the young man's unruliness.

Homicide cases must be reported to the township office, and the township office must report to the county government.When Ren Suzhi was examining the body, the messenger who reported the message had already set off on horseback, so the shopkeeper encountered the messenger who had already rushed to the village before Chen's hour.

The murder scene and its surroundings were cordoned off with hemp rope.

The time when the deceased was still in the thatched shed last night has been determined to be around [-]:[-], and all officials who lived with the deceased can testify.At the same time, these people also mentioned a very critical situation. The deceased had a habit of releasing his hands at midnight almost every night.

At the beginning of Zishi, there were two official officials who testified at the same time. They entered this hut successively and met each other face to face.When they went in, they made sure that there was no one else inside, and ruled out that someone was waiting for the deceased in the hut in advance.

The murderer will never hide in the latrine or cesspool in advance.The latrine is narrow and short, so it cannot hide people; if it is hidden in the cesspool behind the pit, and the construction site cannot take a bath, then the murderer must be extremely smelly, and he will be exposed immediately.

Therefore, the suspects who committed the crime started from the two ministers at the beginning of Zishi and ended at the beginning of Yinshi. During this period, all ministers who had entered this latrine had to stand up for investigation and testify to each other.Those who lie and conceal will be regarded as accomplices in this murder after being reported.

The dormitories of the town soldiers and concubines were all separate from those of the ministers. The regular patrols of the town soldiers were dispatched in teams of ten, and each other could testify. Therefore, the suspicion of committing crimes by the town soldiers and concubines could be ruled out.

In the past two years, Ren Suzhi had no chance of getting a promotion. He was so angry that he called out his bad luck: "You're a thief, and you commit crimes when I'm not around! Tsk, don't move, you continue to talk about yours!" Opinion." Cursing did not prevent him from brushing Huan Zhen's hair, and the tails of the boy's eyes were deformed.

From the discovery of the body to the present, the light is unclear, and all the energy has been devoted to locking the scope of the suspect, and there are very few useful clues.Huan Zhen said truthfully: "The head of the pavilion can't see anything, and I can't see anything. But if something like this happens, Xiang Zheng and county magistrate Shi will definitely come to Jiashe Village. Before they come, let's si ... Mr. Tingchang has to do two things well. One is to find the murder weapon; the other is to narrow down the scope of suspicion of the murderer. If Mr. Tingchang can find out the murderer before Ling Shi arrives, maybe he won't be held accountable. "

Ren Suzhi let out an annoyed "Ugh" and came to the corpse, ignoring the smell, fiddled with the head and neck to examine carefully, and said, "There are bite marks on the tongue and teeth, the bloodshot eyes are serious, and there are several scratches on the body. It's not serious, it's hard to say whether it fell while working or was struggling before death."

Huan Zhen also came over, covering his mouth and nose.

Ren Suzhi glared dissatisfiedly, and continued to check: "The nails are intact, apart from the dirt between the fingers, nothing else can be seen. The wound is in the middle of the neck, and the whole is inclined to the jaw. Well, that's all for the time being. Don't you like to check?" As for the case, let’s talk about some clues about the corpse.”

Huan Zhen knew that the head of the pavilion was teaching him, so he took his kindness and bowed first, thinking about it and said: "The murderer took advantage of the dead man's unpreparedness and strangled him violently. At that time, the two...should have turned their backs, so the murderer would be fine." The cut surface of the wound tilts towards the jaw with the help of force. Perhaps the murder weapon was too sharp, or the murderer was too strong, which resulted in the deceased having no time and opportunity to resist, so the nails were intact, because the deceased could not close his palms at all, nor could he The murderer could not be caught! The teeth were broken and the eyeballs were congested, which can only prove that the deceased was in extreme pain or panic. The lack of blood congestion on the face also proves that the deceased died quickly and did not have a suffocation reaction."

Ren Suzhi said "hmm", and moved closer to the neck of the corpse, carefully opened the gap between the wounds, and said, "The wound is narrow and there are no rope scraps, so it must not be strangled by the hemp rope."

Huan Zhen: "What about bowstrings?"

"Lichens and concubines will be searched regularly. If there is a bowstring, they will have been discovered long ago. Strangling people to severed heads is not ordinary hatred, it is also a clue."

"Boss, can I have a suggestion?"

"You said."

"Can the septic tank be changed outside the hut?"

"Didn't you want to reduce the living area of ​​these slaves as much as possible. If the cesspool is changed to the outside, a large area will be freed up, otherwise what will happen if people fall?"

A begging thief came over and interrupted the interesting conversation between the two. "Back to the head of the pavilion, the identity of the deceased has been identified. The deceased is Hu Fu, 37 years old, and his ancestral home is in Xuancheng County. This person complained quite a bit, saying that this person sometimes bullied the weak. Because of his poor performance during his service, the village officials assigned him to do the work of frying soil. However, Hu Fu has not had any obvious conflicts or fights with other officials recently. .”

Ren Suzhi: "Search all the suspects carefully first, including their bags. Among them, the ministers with Xuancheng nationality will be detained separately."

"Yes."

Just as the begging thief left, two more begging robbers came over together.

The one on the left said: "The cesspool has been completely cleaned up, and no murder weapon was found. There is no sign of excavation on the ground around the hut. The thatched hut where the deceased lived and the nearby huts were all carefully checked, including the ground and roof, and no murder weapon was found." .”

The person on the right reported: "The tool collection has been inspected. All the tools for work were collected last night, and they were all in place when they were distributed this morning. There were no blood stains. The subordinates also checked the undistributed tools, especially The number of hemp ropes is correct, and there is no blood."

Ren Suzhi had ruled out the hemp rope as a tool for committing the crime, and now he was helpless.

Huan Zhen: "I always believe that every crime will leave clues. Mr. Tingchang, I request to cooperate with the thief to investigate the case."

"Go, go! It's just that you don't bother me in front of my eyes."

"Hurry up!" Wang Sanlang managed to borrow an ox cart and was urged by Jia Yu to set off.The whole family was worried about Wang Sanlang's work, so they postponed going out because of this.

Yao shi lowered her head: "It's all my fault..."

Jia Yu: "Then talk less and annoy others!"

"Mother." Wang Ge came over with a bamboo hairpin, which was the second one she had just carved. The tail of the hairpin was a climbing magpie with a plump belly and a naive look. "I carved this by myself. It's the first time I do it. Don't be disgusted with it, Ma'am, take a look?"

Jia Yu was very happy: "Oh, look at my granddaughter's ability! Give me a hairpin."

Little Jia said enviously: "Tsk tsk tsk, Ah Ge's hands are too skillful, he can know all kinds of skills without learning, we can't compare, we can't compare."

Wang Ge: "This is when I went to the county town to take the artisan boy exam. I had the cheek to ask others for advice. My second aunt never asked me, and she took all my hard work and difficulties in begging for help with one sentence."

"Hey? Where is this? I'll just say something casually, as for?"

Wang Weng: "Don't worry about one sentence or two, but you can't just say what you think! If you can't help it, just talk casually about your second wife, and don't talk too much about your elder wife."

Little Jia bowed her head in shame and indignation: "Yes, Uncle Jun."

　Hours covered in this chapter:

　　Yinzheng: 4 o'clock in the morning.

　　Mao Shichu: 5 o'clock in the morning.

　　Chen time: 7 o'clock in the morning.

　　Sub positive time: 0:[-].

　　
　
(End of this chapter)