Demon detective

Chapter 32 Answers
The hall of the county government office.

There are only four people in the hall, two county magistrates, the arresters Cheng Xiao and Xu Zhen.

"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili said, still standing with frowned eyebrows, "There are no outsiders here, so you can tell me who killed old man Li?"

"Actually, the answer couldn't be simpler," Xu Zhen shrugged his shoulders, and finally said the answer, "The murderer is simply Old Man Li himself!"

"What? You..." The two county magistrates frowned, and Chen Houlu couldn't help asking, "Isn't it too easy for you to say that? Suicide? How come?"

Gee...

Song Zhili smacked his lips again and again, and unconsciously glanced at Cheng Xiao, because the two of them had also thought at the beginning, could old man Li commit suicide?

But...it doesn't make sense at all. Old man Li is suing for his daughter. How could he commit suicide at such an important moment?

However, he soon discovered that Cheng Xiao was thinking seriously, as if Xu Zhen's words had made him understand something.

Is it...

"My lords," Xu Zhen said his conjecture unhurriedly, "If there is such a murderer, unless he can be invisible, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to kill old man Li with such methods."

"But...suicide..." Chen Houlu pulled his beard and asked, "Why?"

"It's simple and not complicated," Xu Zhen said. "Old man Li should have been coerced and forced to take the poison. It is possible that the murderer threatened him with his daughter's life. If he refuses to do it, he will kill him." killed his daughter!"

"Ah?" Chen Houlu felt a little messed up, so he quickly stroked his beard and combed it carefully.

"You mean," Song Zhili said, "that old man Li knew from the very beginning that it wasn't Qiu Batian who raped her daughter and abandoned her naked in the market?"

"Perhaps, the only one who abandoned the market naked was not raped." Xu Zhen said, "I even suspect that his daughter Ailian was also involved.

"Because, we have confirmed that Qiu Batian himself did molested Ailian in Yong'an Market, so it is impossible for Ailian to admit the wrong person!"

"Oh my God," Chen Houlu shook his head repeatedly, "Are the father and daughter suffering from insanity? Are you ruining yourself like this?"

"Perhaps they were all forced," Xu Zhen said, "Their father and daughter were unfortunately selected by that group of people and used as tools to deal with Qiu Batian."

"..." Song Zhili didn't speak, obviously thinking about Xu Zhen's deduction.

"Xu Zhen!" However, Cheng Xiao yelled, pointed to his neck and said, "Then how do you explain the pinch marks on Old Man Li's neck?"

"You can pinch and see for yourself," Xu Zhen didn't bother him, but just replied casually, "See if you can pinch the same marks!"

"You..." Cheng Xiao stared, he was quite depressed, feeling that Xu Zhen was contradicting himself all the time, but he couldn't help it.

But the more this happened, the more he disliked Xu Zhen.

"A group of people..." Song Zhili spread his hands and murmured, "Choose old man Li's father and daughter, first throw old man Li's daughter naked in the market, and let her frame Qiu Batian.

"Then, let old man Li come to the Yamen to complain...

"They calculated early in the morning that Old Man Li would be imprisoned in the South Prison as the plaintiff, so they forced Old Man Li to commit suicide by taking poison in the cell, so as to frame us and create the illusion that we and Qiu Batian are in the same rank..."

When speaking, Song Zhili's fists were clenched tightly, trembling constantly, both angry and frightened...

"So..." Chen Houlu thought of something and said, "The corpse in Old Man Li's house is not his daughter Ailian. Does this mean that the murderer fulfilled his promise and spared Ailian's life?"

"Old man Li..." Song Zhili continued his analysis, "When he was imprisoned, he carried poison with him. When the time came, he overturned the table, strangled his own neck, and finally committed suicide by swallowing the medicine. , this scapegoat, we are even more determined...

"Vicious, really vicious!"

Song Zhili's face was ashen, obviously holding back a bad breath.

He didn't care about the life and death of old man Li's father and daughter, but he felt really annoyed at being framed in such a way.

Obviously, he has completely believed Xu Zhen's speculation.

"My lord," however, the vigilant Cheng Xiao reminded, "I think all of this is Xu Zhen's speculation, and there is no real evidence!"

"Yes," Chen Houlu also thought of this question, and immediately turned to Xu Zhen and asked, "Xu Zhen, do you have any evidence?"

"No," Xu Zhen replied very simply, "If we can find evidence, how can their trick succeed?"

"This..." Song Zhili immediately fell into hesitation. If he couldn't confirm this matter, it might affect his subsequent countermeasures.

At such a critical moment, he couldn't make a wrong move.

"My lord," Xu Zhen reminded, "Recall now, when you announced that Old Man Li would be imprisoned, was Old Man Li's reaction... normal?"

Oh?
Song Zhili hurriedly recalled it with his heart, but couldn't remember anything.

However, after hearing what Xu Zhen said, he felt that there was indeed something wrong with the old man Li's reaction at that time.

Xu Zhen remembered clearly that at that time, old man Li's eyebrows were tightened, his eyes were red, his breathing was very hard, and he was always slow to respond to other people's words, obviously he had a serious mind.

At first, Xu Zhen only thought that he was worried about whether he could win the lawsuit, but after careful recollection, he found that Old Man Li's language was inconsistent with his body, and he would unconsciously touch his neck when he spoke, which is a typical expression of lying.

If you really want to complain, why lie?

Therefore, Xu Zhen had already thought that Old Man Li might have committed suicide on the day of his death.

However, he couldn't tell Song Zhili about these modern micro-expression mind-reading tricks, he could only open them in the ancient way:

"The old man Li's seal is black, his eyes are red, his spirit is floating, his flesh is weak, and he has three of the five fierce signs. He is obviously ready to die!"

"Huh? You..." Chen Houlu was about to refute, but suddenly remembered Xu Zhen's performance in Wei Yulang's residence, so he had to keep silent.

"Remember it again," Xu Zhen reminded again, "When you said that you would arrange for Old Man Li to write the statement, was he surprised first, and then thanked you, saying that you belonged to Master Qingtian? "

"This..." This time, Song Zhili finally remembered, and immediately nodded meaningfully, further confirming that old man Li was indeed abnormal at that time.

"Although he is just a grassroots person," Xu Zhen continued, "how come he doesn't know what the consequences will be for him to sue Qiu Batian? But he still came, isn't that a problem?"

Unexpectedly, before Xu Zhen finished speaking, Cheng Xiao suddenly became violent, grabbed Xu Zhen's collar, abruptly lifted Xu Zhen up, and shouted angrily:

"Xu Zhen, since you already knew that old man Li committed suicide, but still let me interrogate those two jailers, what are you so worried about? Do you think we are all fools?"

This……

The two county magistrates looked at each other, but did not stop Cheng Xiao.

Because they felt that what Cheng Xiao said made sense, it seemed that they were suspected of being fooled by Xu Zhen.

Xu Zhen didn't expect Cheng Xiao to make a sudden attack, so he blushed immediately and struggled to explain: "If there is no trial, how do you know that they are all right? Besides, these are all speculations, and I have no evidence..."

dang dang...

Unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

Then came the voice of a certain yamen servant:
"My lord, I have a letter..."

After Song Zhili heard this, he had no choice but to wave Cheng Xiao's hand, and Cheng Xiao let go of his hand.

The fierce force immediately caused Xu Zhen to cough violently.

Cheng Xiao gave Xu Zhen a hard look, then opened the door, took in the letter from the yamen servant, turned around and handed it to Song Zhili.

Song Zhili looked at the envelope, opened it impatiently, and took out the letter paper.

Although the distance is far away, Xu Zhen can still tell at a glance that the content on the letter paper is very short, it seems to be only a few words.

However, after Song Zhili saw these words clearly, his face became serious instantly, and his eyes were almost blurred into a line.

Next, he rolled his eyes and thought about it for a long time before putting away the letter, and Cheng Xiao said:

"Cheng Butou, gather everyone immediately, tonight...we are going to arrest——Qiu Batian!!!"

……

(End of this chapter)