The wife of the power minister's family

Xu Jing glanced at him and said: "When a tenant checks in for a room, the inn will record their basic information. Because Fan Langjun is a local in Xijing, he left his home address. I have sent people to follow it." I went over to check the address.”

Government regulations stipulate that when a tenant comes to stay in a hotel, the landlord must record his name, where he comes from, where he is going, and the reason for staying in the hotel. Foreign tenants must show directions, and local tenants must write down his detailed address. The government will conduct regular spot checks.

Because this is Xijing, inspections are particularly frequent and severe. If you are found to be failing, you may be fined and closed for a period of time, or at worst, your business qualifications may be revoked. Therefore, merchants in Xijing generally pay great attention to these tasks.

However, in ancient times, information was not circulated, and it was common for tenants' information to be falsified. Foreign tenants were better off, because the road guides could be forged without even thinking about it. The difficulty was for local tenants. He just filled in an address at random, and the owner You can't always verify the past one by one.

Therefore, Xu Jing did not have high hopes for the address left by the so-called Fan Langjun.

Sure enough, after a while, the people sent by Xu Jing came back and said with a salute: "Madam, we went to the address you mentioned, but the family living there was named Liu. He said that their family There has never been a husband named Fan, and there is no one named Fan in the surrounding neighborhood!"

Xu Jing, who had expected it, nodded lightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Shopkeeper Cao's face turned pale, fearing that the government officials would accuse him of not being careful at work, so he quickly said: "This man spoke with a Xijing accent and said... that he opened a shop nearby, and he had a quarrel with his wife at home during this time. So I came to get a room and stay here when I felt uncomfortable. The villain saw that what he said was clear and logical, so he didn't have any doubts. Besides, the inn was busy at that time, and the villain didn't think about him that much. Later, he only came once or twice. Although I thought it was strange, I just thought that he and his wife had reconciled..."

Yao Shaoyin comforted him and said: "We know that sometimes the information left by the tenants is really difficult to verify, and we understand."

Qu Langjun on the side looked shocked, "Why is this! Then, how can we find the murderer of my mother-in-law."

Scholars, even though they are admitted as scholars, are still just scholars who are immersed in studying.

Xu Jing looked at him and consoled him: "This criminal is very cautious and has considered every detail. He will not be caught easily by us, but that doesn't mean we can't catch him."

Yao Shaoyin also said: "That's right, Qu Langjun, don't worry, our government office wrongly convicted your grandma's case before, this time we will catch the murderer of your grandma's death no matter what, and we will never let your grandma live with her injustice." Now it seems that the case of your mother-in-law is the same as the case that happened this morning. I wonder if Qu Langjun knows where your mother-in-law went and who she got along closely with before she was killed?"

Qu Langjun shook his head and said with a sad expression: "I... I'm not sure. I told you before that I live in the academy all year round and rarely go home. I only know that my mother-in-law picks tofu every day. Go to the city to sell. When I go home, she always stays with me at home, so I don’t know where she usually goes...

As for the people I get along with, my grandma doesn’t seem to get along very well with anyone. My grandma’s temperament is too sensitive. People in the village are not willing to associate with my grandma. My grandma herself doesn’t seem to like being with others very much. Coming and going...

Perhaps, people in our village know more about this than me. "

After all, the people in the village were the ones who stayed with his mother every day.

Yao Shaoyin nodded and turned to Xu Jing, "Ms. Xu, I plan to go to Baiyu Village again, do you want to go with me?"

Xu Jing looked up at the sky. It was already afternoon and the sky was starting to dim.

She thought of the little ones at home, and smiled helplessly: "There is still something going on at home, and I won't let it go. Now it is clear that Sister-in-law Wu's case and Jiang Sanniang's case are likely to be related. In this way, as long as we find If you find the people they had contact with at the same time during this period, you can find a breakthrough in this case.

Another point is that I think the murderer's crimes probably only started during this period. Although he is cautious by nature, he is obviously not very familiar with the government's methods of solving crimes. "

It is commonly known as anti-investigation capability. Yao Shaoyin was startled, "How can you see it?"

"Because, in both of his cases, he left a fatal clue."

Xu Jing said in a deep voice: "It's the footprints. In Jiang Sanniang's case, we found out something was wrong through the footprints. In Sister-in-law Wu's case, although we didn't see the footprints left by the murderer at that time, the new shoes and The marks left by old shoes are somewhat different. If the police chief had been there, he would have known that it was a murder case as early as Sister Wu's case.

Fortunately for him, he committed the crime at the end of the year. There was a lot of work in the government office and the staff was not uniform. If he had committed a crime using similar methods before then, we would have known about the existence of this person.

Of course, it is also possible that he did not use this method to kill people before, but the fact that he has used this method twice in a row shows that he has formed a habit. I am worried that if he realizes that there is such a flaw in his method, he will Change your own killing methods. "

This murderer is obviously very smart. Although his methods are immature, it is these immature things that set off his talent in killing.

Many people kill people for the first time in a hurry, and inevitably leave many flaws. This murderer was able to hide his immaturity so well because of his own temperament, and it was only revealed through the small flaw of footprints. Some.

Xu Jing has no doubt that this murderer will grow up very quickly. If he is not caught as soon as possible, it will be difficult to catch him again.

Yao Shaoyin's face also became serious and he said: "Don't worry, Mrs. Xu, if we can't solve this case, we won't be able to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. We all will try our best!"

Xu Jing nodded and said: "Then the investigation of the two deceased people will be left to you. Tomorrow I will go to the Xijing government office to understand the situation."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu, who had been silent on the side, raised his bottomless eyes slightly, glanced at her, stood up straight, and followed her silently.

Xu Jing almost immediately noticed Jiang Yu who was following him. She couldn't help but paused slightly and glanced at him inexplicably, "Didn't Jiang Erlang want to follow up on this case? I have something to go home next, so you can do it Follow Yao Shaoyin and the others..."

"Yao Shaoyin and the others are just going to inquire about the news. I have eyes and know who is promoting the case just now."

Jiang Erlang lowered his eyes and looked at her, and suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth with unknown meaning, "With your help in investigating my sister's case, I can rest assured that my sister knows well and will definitely be very happy that you are investigating this case."

Xu Jing looked at his eyes and couldn't help but feel even more confused.

Is he... trying to flatter her?

Xu Jing was a little confused about what he wanted to do, so she considered it and said, "So, you came here today to see if I am qualified to investigate your sister's case."

Jiang Yu was startled, and couldn't help but lower his head slightly, raising the corner of his mouth helplessly, "Mrs. Xu is very shrewd in business and investigation, but she is very confused in some places. Ms. Xu still remembers that Tianyi Pavilion is in Xijing." When the branch just opened, I went to visit it. At that time, you asked me how my sister was doing after she returned to the Jiang family. I said, you can come and see my sister when you have time. My sister likes you very much. If you go and see her, She, she’ll be happy.”

Xu Jing remembered that it was just that she was not that close to Jiang Sanniang, not to mention that Tianyi Hall and Guangmingtang, which was supported by the Jiang family, still had a hostile relationship. It was impossible for her to really go to the Jiang family to visit Jiang Sanniang.

But it was impossible for her to say that. She smiled very fakely and said: "I was very busy with work at that time. In fact, deep down in my heart, I really wanted to visit Jiang Sanniang."