Great Lawyer

Chapter 469

Diao Da replied: "He was strangled to death, probably with the straw rope he brought back." He added: "There are obvious strangle marks on the neck."

"Also, the deceased should have been slapped in the face." He showed everyone to look at the deceased's head. After it was cleaned up, some blue and purple corpse spots could be seen on the face. "The hand is very strong."

Du Jiuyan looked at it and said thoughtfully, "Since he wanted to kill her, why did he beat her?"

"Release your anger," King Gui said.

Du Jiuyan frowned and said, "Then, is his hatred directed at Chuntao or at women?"

For widows?
Both Basket and Chuntao are widows.

No one can give her an answer.

During the New Year, all the policemen in the yamen were summoned back, and Zhao Yu also heard about the case, so he summoned King Gui to inquire about the case.

"I heard that it was chopped into pieces of meat?" Zhao Yu said, "What clues do you have now?"

King Gui recounted the case and said: "...the butcher is being searched throughout the city, because the method of killing is very similar to that of butchering."

Zhao Yu was furious when he heard that, "It's so devoid of humanity, it's hateful and hateful. Once such a person is caught, not only will he be beheaded, but his head will be hung on the city wall as a warning to others."

"Yes." King Gui said: "There is something to say, and there will be progress soon."

Zhao Yu was very happy to see King Gui speaking calmly, with a dignified expression, and no playful smile on his face, "Mo Xi, you are sensible!"

King Gui didn't speak.

"It seems that you really like to be imprisoned. I can't let you be an official, but you and Du Jiuyan are also doing serious business, so do it well!"

"I'm very pleased." Zhao Yu said.

King Gui nodded and said, "I won't tell you anymore, I'll go to help, there are many things to do."

Zhao Yu nodded, "You work hard, and if you have any difficulties, please tell me, and I will definitely help you."

"Okay." King Gui said and left, Zhao Yu and Xue Yin said, "King Gui seems to have grown up overnight!"

Xue Yin said with a smile: "My lord is actually very steady, it's just that he liked to play a little bit before."

Zhao Yu nodded, agreeing with Xue Yin's words.

……

Shan Dequan went to check the absence and time certificate of the butchers in the whole city. After Du Jiuyan checked Cai Ji's cook, he went to Chuntao's house.

The old couple of the Li family couldn't take it anymore, they both collapsed at home and couldn't get up. Mrs. Yang was tired and shocked yesterday, and fell ill today.

Du Jiuyan stood in front of Mrs. Lu's bed, told her about the case, and said, "Calm down, and tell me carefully about Chuntao's usual social interactions."

"Yes!" Mrs. Lu leaned on the bed, wiping her tears, and said, choking with sobs, "Chuntao is singing in the restaurant outside, and everyone knows people from all walks of life, so it is inevitable that someone will pester her."

"But she always only sings songs and doesn't say superfluous words."

"In terms of relationships, there is an official surnamed Zhou who has been saying that he wants to marry her as a concubine. This person has been pestering her since the first half of last year. Wherever Chuntao goes to sing, he goes to eat."

"After eating, I followed Chuntao and talked a lot. Chuntao was so frightened that he could only keep changing places and avoiding him."

Lu said: "There is also a shopkeeper of Song Ji. I asked Chuntao a few times if he could be his sequel. I thought it was good at first, but who knew that shopkeeper would be fifty this year."

"Although I refused, these two people have been pestering Chuntao all this time. Mr. Du, do you think it might be related to them?"

Du Jiuyan paused, and said, "You'll find out when you check."

"Does Chuntao know any butchers?" Du Jiuyan asked, "People who kill pigs and cattle?"

Mrs. Lu thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Probably not, I haven't heard her mention it."

"However, there are many such people in the vegetable market, and Chuntao may not have known each other when she was shopping." Lu said, "Mr. Du, did the butcher kill my Chuntao?"

Du Jiuyan said, "I'm not sure yet."

"Do you often eat pork at home? If so, where do you go to buy it?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Mrs. Lu said: "I know this. There is Zhang Manzi in the vegetable market. His pork is very good. He never sells dead pork or other deceitful meat. We all buy from him."

"Zhang Manzi is also very nice. He always smiles when he talks. He sometimes gives away half a pig's trotter when he buys three catties of pork."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "I see, you rest, I will come to you again if I need something."

Lu's should be, and forced himself to get up and send Du Jiuyan and the others.

Coming out of Chuntao's house, Du Jiuyan thought about it and went to Liu's house. Mrs. Yu opened the door for her. Seeing them scared, she didn't dare to ask, and opened the door tremblingly.

"I'll just ask a few words and leave." Du Jiuyan said, "Among the people Basket knows, is there anyone who kills pigs and cattle?"

Yu Shi thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "No, I didn't see her dealings with any butcher. But if she really had dealings, she might not let us know."

Du Jiuyan nodded, walked a few steps, then turned around and asked, "If your family eats pork, where can you buy it?"

"In the vegetable market behind West Second Street, there is Zhang Manzi's meat stall." Yu said puzzledly, "Do you want to find Zhang Manzi? He is easy to find. His butcher shop is right at the entrance of the vegetable market. The stall with the best business is his."

Du Jiuyan said: "Okay, I understand."

She said goodbye and came out, King Gui said: "Go to see Zhang Manzi?"

"Wait a minute," Du Jiuyan stood on the street, closed his eyes, and thought of a dog barking at them in an alley when he and Cai Zhuoru went home that day, "I thought One thing, I have to ask for proof."

As she spoke, she walked quickly to the alley where the dog was barking that day. The dog was dozing in the alley, and his dog bowl was next to it, but the meat from that day was gone.

"What's the matter?" asked the lame man.

Du Jiuyan recounted what Nai Tan had said, "...I didn't think of this at the time. But just now I thought of this dog inexplicably."

"Knock on the door and ask." King Gui knocked on the door as he spoke, the dog owner came out and looked at them, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

King Gui asked, "Years ago, did someone put half-cooked meat in your dog bowl?"

The dog owner froze for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes! More than once, I squatted several times and failed to catch him. If you let me know, you must beat him to death."

"How many times have you let it go? When did it start?" King Gui asked.

The dog owner said: "Who are you? Why do you ask this?"

"We are from the yamen." Du Jiuyan showed the card ticket, and the dog owner said, "I don't remember the first time, there were about four times in total. Only yesterday was released once."

He said and looked into the alley, "I kicked over there.

As he spoke, he came down from the yard, squatted in the alley, and dragged out a piece of meat from a mouse hole, "It's still here, half-cooked meat. Fortunately, my dog ​​doesn't eat meat, otherwise I don't know how many times I was poisoned to death." gone."

The three looked at the half-cooked meat.

King Gui said: "It's very similar, but I can't be sure." He stood up and looked at the dog owner, "You take the dog and go to the Yamen with us."

"It's okay, I just want to ask you something, and I'll let you come back in a while." Du Jiuyan added.

The dog owner didn't refuse either. He went home and put on a padded jacket, led the dog and followed them to the Yamen.

Diao Da tested the flesh, and said with a serious face: "There should be nothing wrong with human flesh."

"But Chuntou's body is all pieced together, this piece of meat is not hers."

The dog owner let out a cry of surprise, and leaned against the wall in cold sweat, "Human, human flesh?" He looked at the piece of meat in Diao Da's hand, and thought that he had scratched it twice, and suddenly felt creepy, his body was sticky with corpse oil a feeling of.

"Do you have anyone to suspect?" Du Jiuyan asked the dog owner.

The dog owner shook his head, "I didn't see it once. Every time at noon when there were few people outside and we were taking a nap, the man threw the meat into the dog bowl. When I got up, I heard my dog ​​rushing towards the road. Call."

"If I knew, I would definitely not let that person go."

Du Jiuyan patted the dog's head, "Is your dog smart?"

The dog owner said: "It's not smart either, it's just a watchdog."

Du Jiuyan frowned and said: "That man has come here four times and threw meat he doesn't like into his bowl four times. Will he recognize it?"

"Yes!" The dog owner said: "He knows the guest from my house after two visits."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "You wait here, wait until everyone is invited and let them recognize you."

"Okay, okay. If I can help the government catch the murderer, I am willing." The dog owner said: "This kind of person should kill a thousand knives, cut off his meat and cook it."

King Gui ordered someone to find Shan Dequan, and asked Shan Dequan to find all the butchers in the city.

"Now it's Chinese New Year, many people have gone home." The dog owner said.

Du Jiuyan said: "The more people go home, the better!"

The vegetable market is not open, and the butchers do not sell meat, so it will take time to find them.

There are more than a dozen large and small vegetable markets in the whole capital, and there are more than a dozen butchers selling meat. It was not until late afternoon that Shan Dequan gathered the butchers in Beijing.

All stood in the large courtyard of the yamen.

Du Jiuyan and his entourage looked at the 14 people standing in the courtyard. There was only one woman, and the others were men with big arms and round waists. They seemed to have a lot of strength.

She observed everyone's expressions and asked Shan Dequan, "Who is Manzi Zhang from the Xisan Street Vegetable Market?"

"The man in the blue shirt in the second row." Shan Dequan said.

Du Jiuyan looked at him. He was a man in his twenties, with broad shoulders and tall stature. In such a cold weather, he only wore two unlined clothes.The man's eyes are small and his lips are very thick, giving people a sense of honesty and duty.

"Excuse me, let your dog out." Du Jiuyan and the dog's owner said.

The dog owner responded immediately, went back and led the dog out, patted him and pushed him out.

The dog ran towards the two rows of fourteen people.

　There are four chapters today!

　　
　
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