Touring the Ming Dynasty

Those who experienced the case in Hai'an Town first suspected that someone in the martial arts was responsible for the crime, but Duan Fei didn't come to a conclusion so quickly. He walked around the room. It's dog days now, and the weather is sultry from morning till night. It was unbearable, so the north and south windows in the room were always open, and the murderer could easily enter the room, but the outer wall was three meters high, so it was a bit difficult to climb in without leaving any marks.

Duan Fei came to the small courtyard outside the house again. He carefully observed the bloodstains on the ground and the traces of the struggle. There were also some bloodstains outside the house, extending from the main room to the door of the side room. blurred footprints.

Duan Fei carefully observed the shape of the blood drop, and suddenly his heart moved. He looked again carefully to confirm that he was not mistaken, and then came to the wall, and along the base of the wall he finally found a footprint that was only about three inches long. Obviously it could not have been left by the dead man or his old servant.

Seeing this small footprint, Shi Bin blurted out in surprise: "Could it be that the murderer is a female thief?"

"Don't jump to conclusions hastily." Duan Fei glared at him and said, "A woman with bound feet can't walk steadily. Could it be possible to jump over the wall with a three-meter jump?"

Shi Bin smiled and hid aside, Duan Fei glanced at the arresters, pointed to one of them and said, "You, come to me."

The catcher came to Duan Fei inexplicably, and Duan Fei called Wu Zuo again, handed him a short stick, and said, "Show me how the murderer stabbed in with the three knives. Pay attention to the angle and the angle." mistake."

Wu Zuo saw that the arrester was about the same height as the deceased, understood Duan Fei's meaning, and immediately took the short stick to make gestures.

After making gestures, everyone understood that the first two stabs of the three swords were pierced into the chest of the deceased from bottom to top, while the third knife was from top to bottom. In this way, Duan Fei had a bottom line in his mind, and he suddenly turned around. Said: "Master Zhang, I already know the outline of the murderer and the killing process. The murderer should be two people. One of them is short in stature, maybe a dwarf or a child. He is responsible for sneaking in and stealing, and the other is about seven feet tall. The tall and strong man threw the short man into the wall, and the short man was discovered by the owner when he went through the window and stole, and then escaped and pushed the bolt to open the door. The tall and strong man drew his knife and rushed towards the dead. The side room next to him tried to wake up the servant for help, but unexpectedly the servant slipped out to gamble through the side door, so he had to resist while fleeing back to the main room, and tried to close the door to stop the robbers, but the tall murderer kicked the door open and chased him into the room He was stabbed three times in a row and died."

This analysis finally moved Zhang Zhengsong a little. He said, "Yes, Catcher Duan is really clever, but I still have some doubts. The murderer's height has been deduced, but how did you infer the murder process as if you witnessed it?"

Duan Fei said: "I will explain this to you later. Now, please order the arrest of the murderer first. There are two murderers. One of them is about seven feet tall and strong. The other is no more than three feet tall. He is a dwarf or a child." , both men and women are possible. They may be jugglers. At least yesterday, they had a life in the square we passed by just now. The most likely are entertainers such as walking on stilts and climbing poles. Anyone taller than three meters can be brought back for questioning, and the murderer is very brutal, so those who go to arrest them should pay attention to their own safety."

Zhang Zhengsong assigned the order, and Duan Fei explained to him: "My lord, the blood on the ground can not only tell us the route of the deceased when he escaped, but also tell us the direction he was heading. If you carefully observe the bloodstains, you should be able to find that they are all In one direction, it means that the deceased was seriously injured after leaving the side room, and the scratch on the face would not bleed so much."

Zhang Zhengsong carefully looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and Duan Fei said again: "If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to bring a bowl of water. When we dip our fingers in the water and wave them to the ground, the direction of the water dripping forward or backward is exactly the opposite."

"I see. Duan Catcher is very observant, and he really deserves the name of God Catcher." Zhang Zhengsong understood after thinking about it. This thing can be discovered with a little attention, but he just ignored it before that.

"God catcher? Duan Fei has just entered the public school, how dare you call him that, where did Mr. Zhang hear it?" Duan Fei opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise.

Zhang Zhengsong said with a smile: "Several major cases were solved in a short period of one month, and a serial murder case in Chun'an County, Yangzhou was solved within three days. When it comes to the murderer in this case, I am afraid that everyone will know your name as a god arrester, and you deserve your name, so you don't have to be polite."

"The lower official knows what kind of material he is, and he is really ashamed." Duan Fei sweated, who wanted to harm him, is there such a name?Doesn't this push him into the crater?God catcher is so easy to be!

The two of them praised each other and rejected them, going back and forth several times, suddenly, cheers came from outside the door, and several arresters ran in excitedly, twisting the two heavily tied men, and shouted: "Master Zhang, Duan, the murderer has been caught, and they are still performing in that square. Seeing us search all the way, the big guy dropped the stake and ran away. The little guy who was performing above was as nimble as a monkey. Jumped off from a high place without injury, the brothers rushed up together and took them both down."

Zhang Zhengsong glanced at Duan Fei in admiration and heaved a sigh of relief. This case might be solved by someone else, but it may not be so fast. This Duan Fei is indeed capable.

"Is anyone injured?" Duan Fei asked.

The catcher replied: "The brothers were not injured, but when the wooden pole fell down, it hurt two civilians who couldn't escape. They were all scratches, so it's not a problem."

Duan Fei nodded and said: "That's good, Mr. Zhang, this case has been solved, and the next matter will be handed over to Shangyuan County. I will report to Mr. Ma right now. Does Mr. Zhang have any orders?"

Zhang Zhengsong said: "Wait for a while, I will go back with you to report to Master Ma."

Zhang Zhengsong hurriedly asked about the case, and the father and son were quite straightforward, they recruited like beans in a bamboo tube, and everything was exactly as Duan Fei judged.

What the father and son did was a combination of acrobatics such as jacking up a high pole and climbing a pole. The father used his chest, shoulders, head, and back to alternately jack up high wooden stakes, and the son climbed up like a monkey. Difficult movements such as golden rooster independence at the highest point of the wooden pole attract onlookers and pay for it.

This acrobatic requires both parties to cooperate well and have a good sense of balance. Therefore, when the two of them are walking, the father often carries his son on his shoulders, or even puts a short pole on his shoulders, so that his son can stand tall. Above, this can maintain a sense of balance at any time, and it is very eye-catching. After closing the stall yesterday afternoon, the father swaggered across the street with his son on his head. At that time, the deceased happened to be counting silver in the room. The deceased did not expect that the fence was so high that someone could see into the house. As a result, the father was obsessed with money and threw his son over the fence in the middle of the night to steal money, and everything happened unstoppably.

Zhang Zhengsong handed over the prisoner to the county magistrate of Shangyuan who had been staying by the side, and returned to Yingtianfu Yamen together with Duan Fei.

The official name of Nanjing in Ming Dynasty was Yingtian, commonly known as Jinling. Under the jurisdiction of Tianfu, this case should have been handled by Shangyuan County, but it was messed up by Duan Fei.

Zhang Zhengsong and Duan Fei went to the magistrate Ma Wentao together. Zhang Zhengsong praised Duan Fei a lot, while Duan Fei was very modest.

How can such a talent be idle?Ma Wentao remembered that there were still some unsolved old cases in his government office, so he immediately said to Duan Fei with a smile: "Master Duan, the fact that this case has been solved shows that you really deserve the name of a god arrest, and I will definitely ask the officials for your credit. However, just such a case may not be able to convince the gentlemen of the official department. In this way, there are still some unsolved cases on my desk, and you have also helped me handle them. I don't force you to solve the case quickly within a few days, I plan to transfer you to reuse, I wonder if you are willing?"