Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 324 Returning to the scene of the crime (Part [-])
When Shang Gong took office, he asked these two people, how did they investigate the case ten years ago?Who did you check?Is there anything suspicious?

At that time, the two also thought about it for a while, and roughly talked about who the two of them were ordered to investigate and how they interrogated them. There is no big difference from the case file, but there are some things that the two of them can't remember.

But Wu Chen didn't ask these questions. He guided Zhou Da and Lu San to recall the scenes they saw back then step by step. These were not in the file, but Shang Gong knew that it was very useful for investigating the case. He was very annoyed why he didn't have this General questioning.

Wu Chen didn't pay attention to who was looking at him, he glanced at the clues he heard just now, and asked, "Have Zou and Hao Kui met during their detention?"

The two shook their heads and said in unison, "I don't know."

"It is said in the case file that those followers were tortured, and then died of illness in prison one after another. They didn't appeal for injustice until their death?"

The two said in unison, "No."

Wu Chen nodded and said, stood up and cupped his hands at the two of them, "I'm sorry, you two. If you think of anything, you can always go to Shangfu Yin. If I have any questions, I'll go to you two."

Zhou Da and Lu San hurriedly returned the salute, saying: "Don't dare! Don't dare!" and backed away.

Song Gu frowned and asked, "Why do I always feel that there is something wrong with Zou after listening to what they said?"

Shang Gong also said: "Yes, I didn't pay attention before, but after listening to what the two of them said, I also think there is something wrong with Mrs. Zou."

Wu Chen took a sip from his teacup and said:
"It's reasonable for Fa's wife to find the place where the golden house hides her beauty and want to clean up this woman, so it won't cause anyone to think too much, but as long as it is determined that the body of the old man in the back garden was buried by someone and was not haunted, then everyone in the house at that time will be very happy." Can't get away with it."

Song Gu said: "But at that time everyone thought it was haunted."

Several people nodded.

"What does Vice Envoy Wu think is wrong with this Zou family?" Shang asked respectfully.

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a newcomer, and he was playing tricks and playing tricks. It shouldn't be Zou Shi who died in prison."

Song Gu and Shang Gong glanced at each other, but they didn't show surprise, but Senior Two and Xu Da were shocked.

The sophomore asked anxiously: "Where is the real Zou family?"

Wu Chen shook his head and said:
"Maybe it didn't come at all, or maybe it was another poor woman. I'm not sure. Why did only one woman come to ask for money? At Zou's age, if he wanted to pretend to be a maid, he might be seen through at a glance. "

The second year of high school gave an 'oh'.

Xu Da asked: "Do you understand?"

"It's not difficult to understand. Either a bunch of crooks came here, not from the Hao family at all, or after they were beaten to death, Mrs. Zou pretended to be her mother-in-law in order to get rid of the crime, and asked her to pretend to be Mrs. Zou, Mrs. Zou It must have promised the mother-in-law a lot of benefits..."

"Just be killed and buried, how did Mrs. Zou know that someone would report that she had changed clothes with the mother-in-law in advance?" Wu Chen asked the sophomore with a smile.

The second year of high school quickly replied: "Yingniang is originally from Kyoto, and there are so many brothers in her family. Even if she thinks of reporting to the Liu family, she will be afraid of the Liu family brothers..."

"Ms. Zou just arrived in the capital, how does she know about Yingniang's family?" Wu Chen continued to ask.

"She, she asked someone."

"Since I have asked, and I know clearly that Ying's family is not someone to be deceived, and it is indeed Hao Kui who lied to the Liu family, how can the Zou family let the followers be cruel?"

"She, maybe she just wanted to teach her a lesson, but she didn't..."

"Ms. Zou is just a merchant, not a family member of an official. This is the capital again. She is not familiar with the place where she was born. Yingniang's family is also a merchant, but it is better to be familiar with the government office. Even if Mrs. Zou is a no-brainer, what about the people around her? That mother-in-law knows how to ask the government yamen servants to ask for money, but she doesn't know how to persuade the mistress to take a long-term plan? From Kangshui County to Kyoto, the journey is not short, and no matter how angry it is, it can be dissipated. How could it enter the house? So they shouted to catch Yingniang and sell them? Shouldn't they hold Yingniang before making plans?"

The sophomore opened his mouth and closed it again.

Xu Da said: "It seems that those people did not come from Kangshui County back then!"

Wu Chen shrugged and said:
"It's not certain right now. When there is news from Kangshui County, this mystery may be solved, but the real question is why the Liu family was wiped out? We don't know the real purpose of the culprit behind the scenes for a day, and some things just happen. No conclusions can be drawn."

Song Gu said: "This case cannot be done by one person, it is very likely that several parties joined forces."

Wu Chen nodded in agreement and said, "That's why I wondered their motive for committing crimes is their purpose. What is their purpose? So mobilizing so many people, just to make a woman disappear?"

"You mean Yingniang is not dead?" Shang Gong asked in surprise.

"I'm not sure. There are two possibilities for not finding the body. One is dead, but the murderer wants to use weird methods to divert the attention of the suspect, or the cause of death of the deceased is too clear, so the body can only be hidden." , the other one is not dead, they acted this play just to lay the groundwork for destroying the Liu family in the future, so that the investigators think it has something to do with Yingniang."

The sophomore rubbed his forehead and said, "No, my head hurts, you go ahead, I'll take a stroll outside."

No one cares about him.

Song Gu frowned and said:
"There are too many ways to secretly kill Yingniang. With such a big fanfare, the murderer's purpose is definitely not to kill Yingniang... If the murderer's purpose is to destroy the Liu family, there is no need to kill Yingniang first. Pay attention to the government, and then poison the members of the Liu family one by one. It only needs to let the Liu family kill one or two people every year. Yingniang is just married to a wealthy businessman, and her brothers have not said anything. Even if she feels something is wrong, what can she do? ?”

Shang Gong asked: "From this point of view, could it be that the murderer's target was not members of the Liu family? But why did members of the Liu family die one after another in the few years after the crime, and someone stole the bones?"

Wu Chen waved his hand and said, "It's too early to draw conclusions. Let's go, let's go to Hao Kui's house again. There must be a difference between visiting during the day and at night."

……

A group of people entered Hao Kuina's dilapidated house again. Wu Chen didn't just look up like last night. Today he carefully looked at every scene in the house and tried his best to restore the possible scenes of that day in his mind.

Senior Two and Xu Da walked in the front discussing the case in a low voice, Song Gu and Shang Gong also discussed the case in a low voice and walked in the back, Wu Chen walked in the middle alone with his hands behind his back, and several yamen servants walked in the end, including Zhou Yamato Lu San.

Hao Kui's house is not too big, it is a two-entry courtyard with a back garden at the back, but it is quite good for a single-family house with a back garden like this in Kyoto, and it is located in the center of the city.

A group of people walked from the gate to the back garden, Wu Chen turned back to the gate, called Zhou Da and Lu San to him and asked, "When you called the door that day, did the people inside open the door very quickly?"

(End of this chapter)