Concubine

Chapter 312 Determining the Chopper
"Ah?" Huo Xiaosi turned pale with shock, "I...I didn't kill Li Hanbao! I...I really didn't..."

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "I didn't say you killed it, I just asked you, how did the iron chain on your dog get on the neck of the deceased Li Hanbao? Tell me!"

"I... I really don't know... I didn't notice the iron chain, and I was busy doing farm work in the field."

"Really?" Yang Qiuchi sneered, "Let me ask you, what were you doing the evening before yesterday?"

"Youshi?" Huo Xiaosi was so flustered that he couldn't react for a long time, "Youshi, I was in Youshi..., what was I doing in Youshi...?" He patted his head violently, but suddenly There was nothing in between, and I couldn't think of anything.

His wife hurriedly said from behind: "Reporting to the Elder, the day before yesterday, my husband and I took the child to Bazhou City early in the morning to celebrate the child's grandma's birthday, and we didn't come back until this morning."

"That's right," Huo Xiaosi wiped off his cold sweat, recalled it, and said repeatedly, "We went to Bazhou City to celebrate the child's grandma's birthday, and even went to the temple fair."

ah?Yang Qiuchi was a little dumbfounded. He went to Bazhou City early in the morning the day before yesterday and only came back this morning?And the deceased died near the lime kiln in Liuli Village outside the city the evening before yesterday, so Huo Xiaosi's family didn't have time to commit the crime at all!

Yang Qiuchi lowered his body and said, "You are in Bazhou city, have you ever left the city?"

"The day before yesterday was my child's grandma's birthday. We went to celebrate her old man's birthday. I was busy celebrating her birthday all day and night. I never left home. Many relatives and friends can testify."

Yang Qiuchi heard what he said in a serious manner, and it seemed that it was really the case, so he said, "Don't try to get away with it! This official will send someone to verify it. If you prove that you have told a lie, this official will never forgive you!"

"Don't dare...everything the villain said is true, and he absolutely dare not lie. The Elder Master can send someone to investigate, and he will know when he asks.

Su Lizheng also said at the side: "I remembered, there is such a thing. That morning, I met their family leaving the village and said hello. It was indeed said that they were going to celebrate the child's grandma's birthday."

With witnesses, it shows that this matter is likely to be true, but it is also possible that Huo Xiaosi sneaked out to kill someone halfway, so it must be verified.Yang Qiuchi asked Huo Xiaosi to tell him the address of his child's grandmother, and immediately sent several police officers to their grandmother's house to find out.

Yang Qiuchi turned his head and asked Su Lizheng: "When you took this iron chain, how was the other end of the iron chain tied?"

"Reporting to the old man, it was locked on the pillar of the firewood shed next to the yard with a lock. We asked Huo Xiaosi to bring the key to open it and take it down. At that time, this section was left."

Yang Qiuchi picked up the small half of the iron chain and looked at it carefully.

This thin iron chain is connected by a small ring between two adjacent oval rings. This small ring is just enough for the front and back two oval rings to pass through. Therefore, most of the cut off half of the oval ring Although the ring has a break, it is not easy to fall off, and it is still hanging on the small connected ring.

In addition, the small half of the cut-off ring that remained in the courtyard of Huo Xiaosi's family, because no one has touched it, and the connected small ring has little room for movement, so the remaining small oval ring is also untouched. fall off.

He looked at the traces of the two chains, they were very new, they should have been cut off not long ago, and asked Huo Xiaosi: "When was the chain in your family cut off? Who did it?"

"I... I really don't know..." Huo Xiaosi's tortured head was already sweating, and he couldn't figure out the north, south, east, west, and north. "The dog has been dead for a long time, and I haven't bought a new one, so I don't care about that." Iron chain. I didn’t notice when it was chopped off.”

An older child kneeling behind Huo Xiaosi said: "Father, when we went to grandma's house, the iron chain was still there. My brother and I also said that we would take it to Bazhou to buy a new dog." Tie it back."

Huo Xiaosi's wife also said: "Yes, I remembered, my son said it, and I also said that this time I went to celebrate my grandma's birthday, and I didn't have time to buy a dog."

After being reminded by the wife and son, Huo Xiaosi also remembered, and patted his forehead: "Yes, there is such a thing, I didn't allow it at the time, my son was crying, and I slapped him."

In other words, if what Huo Xiaosi said was true, then at least the iron chain hadn't been cut off the morning before yesterday.Could it be that the murderer found this iron chain when he was preparing the killing tool in the evening, and cut it off temporarily to sink the corpse.

Cut the chain?Yang Qiuchi pondered, although the iron chain is relatively thin, it is similar to the thin hairpin on a woman's head, and the iron is relatively hard. It is big, and the machete should be relatively heavy, and ordinary small knives can cut continuously.

Song Yuner saw Yang Qiuchi's sullen face and remained silent for a long time. It seemed that this case was not as simple as they had imagined before, so she comforted her and said, "Brother, don't worry, even if this Huo Xiaosi is not the murderer, let's investigate slowly and we will always find it." murderer's."

Shuang'er also waved the fan for Yang Qiuchi, and said: "Yes, master, you are so good at investigating cases, you must have a way to find out the real culprit."

Looking at them like this, it doesn't seem like they believe that they can find out, but they are afraid that they will not be ashamed if they can't find out.However, if it is really impossible to find out, it would be a big shame.

Huo Xiaosi's family has no time to commit crimes, this clue is broken, what should we do?Where to start?Could it be that hundreds of people in this entire village are going to be arrested and tortured?
Yang Qiuchi shook his head, picked up the half of the iron chain in his hand, and carefully looked at the break. This iron chain is not a rare thing, and it is not worth a lot of money. Most people will not steal it. The Huo Xiaosi family is on the edge of the village. , there is a country road next to it, could it be cut down by a temporary passerby?

If someone passing by chopped it, it would be troublesome.Yang Qiuchi frowned, pointed to the side road and asked Su Lizheng, "Where does this road lead to?"

"It's to the Lime Kiln River."

"By the Lime Kiln River?" Yang Qiuchi's eyes lit up, he cut off the iron chain from here, and brought him near the Lime Kiln to wait for the dead to come back. Logic, hurriedly asked: "This road reaches the river, does it lead to somewhere else?"

"This small road ends at the Shihuiyao River. If you want to go to the neighboring village and Bazhou City, you have to take the road over there." Su Li was pointing to the distance.

Yang Qiuchi raised his eyes and saw that the road Su Li was pointing at was several hundred meters away from here, and it was the road he had taken when he brought people here from Bazhou.In other words, this small road is for the villagers to go to the river to wash their clothes and vegetables. Outsiders passing by the village will only pass the main road a few hundred meters away, and will not pass this small road.Passers-by would not come here for an iron chain of unknown value, so the person who cut this iron chain should be a member of the village!
who can that be?

The fracture of this iron chain is very neat. It is cut from one direction to the corresponding other direction. It proves that it was cut in one direction with a sharp and heavy sharp instrument such as a machete, not in two directions with pliers. Cut in one direction toward the middle.

To cut this thin hairpin-like iron chain with a knife, you generally don’t use a kitchen knife, and no one is willing to use a kitchen knife to chop the iron chain. Besides, the kitchen knife is too light, and it is difficult to cut it with a single knife. Very likely, because this kind of weapon is under control, and ordinary people cannot make or buy it. Besides, ordinary people buy this kind of waist knife for combat. Axes and hatchets for chopping wood.

Yang Qiuchi ordered Su Lizheng to take Minzhuang, and the police went from house to house to collect all the axes and hatchets, and still tied them with cloth strips and wrote the name of the head of the household.

After a while, Min Zhuang and the police officers collected axes and hatchets one after another, making a huge pile.

Yang Qiuchi's head got dizzy when he saw it. How can we check this? He took a closer look, snorted, and took a look at the hatchet. The front part of the hatchet was actually curved. Somewhat surprised, he pointed at the hatchet. The curved part asked Su Lizheng, "Why is the head of this hatchet curved? It looks like a sickle."

Su Lizheng bent over and explained: "Our Bazhou has high mountains and dense forests, covered with all kinds of small trees, thorns and undergrowth. When we drill into it to cut firewood, we often cannot cut it in a round way, and often cut it continuously. Even some tendons, you can use the machete on the front of the hatchet to split. In addition, this curved part can also be used as a hoe and sickle, for digging tree roots, cutting thatch, whatever."

Su Li was making gestures while talking, and Yang Qiuchi immediately understood.He asked again, "Are all the hatchets in our village like this?"

"Let's not talk about our village, this kind of hatchet is used in the whole Bazhou." Su Lizheng explained with a smile on his face.

Yang Qiuchi nodded, took the hatchet and walked to the pillar of the wooden shed where Huo Xiaosi tied the iron chains, called Huo Xiaosi, and asked: "How did the iron chains for the dog in your house be tied to the pillars?" ?”

Huo Xiaosi pointed to the bottom of the pillar: "Wrap around here, and then lock it with a lock, and tie a watchdog to the other end."

Yang Qiuchi circled the pillar and observed it carefully, then squatted down to examine the ground next to the pillar carefully.Song Yuner also followed, squatted down for a while and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"This iron chain was not cut with a hatchet." Yang Qiuchi held the curved hatchet, compared it, and said with certainty.

"How do you know?" Song Yuner asked strangely.

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