Chapter 12: An Operation is as Fierce as a Tiger
Wang sheriff sat in the main seat, sullen, not saying a word.
These days, Zhu magistrate get up the first thing, is to ask about the progress of the case, Wang sheriff can not give valuable content, then spit fenfang.
Pressure all by him this constable top, subordinates hide in his umbrella under the wind and rain, not only do not share his worries, but also with him to raise the bar!
Wang was justifiably angry. He thought that he was under pressure that he shouldn't be under at this age.
Xu Qi'an, who had gotten the dossier, sat at the table and stared at it intently, surrounded by a circle of fellow officers, exchanging glances in silence.
Xu Qi'an's thoughts were very well researched, the best way to coax Lao Wang is to solve the case.
Really can not, just invite the old king to go to the Peach Blossom Garden Cave to play, we know so many years, the friendship boat is still very stable.
Moreover, Xu Qi'an obstacles to touch the fish, not only is the three views do not accept, but also stored for the old king to share the heart of the problem.
[The deceased called Zhang Yourui, 51 years old, is living in Kangping Street dog big family, Changle County suburb of more than a dozen hectares of good land, the capital has three stores, respectively, selling silk, rouge, groceries.
Hair wife died early, renewed a good family than their own twenty years younger. Zhang Yurui has an only son, left by his late wife, in addition to no heir.
Difference of twenty years, the old stick into the new abalone, pear blossom pressure begonia ..... Xu Qi An mentally spat out a sentence.
Is this what it's called, just work hard to make money, and your future wife is still in kindergarten?
[Four days ago, Zhang Yourui went down to the countryside to collect rent, and rushed back home around chen hour. Sleeping wife in the house suddenly heard a scream, went out to check, Zhang Yourui has died in the yard. The wife saw a dark shadow over the wall ....]
This is how it happened.
When Xu Qi'an saw the coroner's autopsy report, he detected another doubt.
Patiently continuing to read it, after going through the confessions of the deceased s family members and servants, he closed his eyes and combed through his thoughts.
Sheriff Wang snorted coldly and teased, "May I ask Sheriff Xu who the murderer is and where he is?"
"Take it easy, chief." Xu Qi'an opened his eyes, "I saw in the dossier that footprints were left on the outer wall of the Zhang Residence, right? You used this to deduce that the thieves fled over the wall, and that the little woman's words were true."
Wang sheriff "hmm" a sound.
"The footprints are facing outwards, so they were left behind when they fled." Xu Qi'an said.
"What's the problem?" Sheriff Wang frowned.
"Why would the footprints be left behind."
"Because there is mud on the bottom of the feet."
"Why is there mud."
"Because the wall is bordered by a flower garden."
Xu Qi'an nodded, "Then why are there no footprints on the dossier that entered the courtyard?"
Sheriff Wang froze.
In the silence, the rest of the constables felt that he had lost face and added on his behalf, "Perhaps the thieves noticed this when they came in and left no traces."
Another said, "But after killing someone, they were in a hurry to escape and left footprints in their haste."
Xu Qi'an swept a glance at them, "Yes, there is this possibility, then, underneath the wall is the flower garden, are there any footprints in the flower garden from when he sneaked in? It stands to reason that if the thief could leap up outside the wall and cross the flower garden without leaving footprints. This light skill ..... then there was no need for him to put one foot on the wall to borrow strength when he escaped."
The crowd looked at each other in disbelief, unable to answer.
Without needing them to answer, Xu Qi'an knew the answer, not 'yes' or 'no', but no.
The constables didn't bother to check this.
"Ning Yan, what's there to argue about this." Someone was unconvinced.
Xu Qi'an didn't answer, looking at the frowning and contemplative Sheriff Wang, he continued, "The deceased died from a heavy blow to the back of the head from a blunt object, right?"
Sheriff Wang nodded, "Died on the spot."
Xu Qi'an said, "I have a question, why a blunt object, the murderer was doing this kind of work and naturally had a weapon on him. Wouldn't a sword kill be more crisp and clean?"
There was silence in the side hall, apparently, everyone realized this problem. Xiao Li speculated, "Perhaps the thief did not want to kill initially?"
"No!"
This time, it wasn't Xu Qi'an who retorted, but Sheriff Wang, who stood up, his eyes slightly widened, "A blunt object striking the back of the head and killing with one blow was motivated to kill."
He sat back in his chair and muttered, "Yes, why with a blunt weapon, why not with a sharp one?"
"Unless the murderer didn't have a weapon at hand at the time." Xu Qi'an said.
Sheriff Wang's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had caught something, but had yet to realize it.
"There's one last point, and it's also what I'm more concerned about." Xu Qi'an glanced at the dossier: "When the deceased's family brought back to the county office for questioning, Zhang Yang's suddenly fainted due to kneeling for a long time, and after the doctor diagnosed it, he found that she was pregnant."
"It's a posthumous child."
"What a pity, the child was fatherless before it was born."
The melon eaters were annoying, you interjecting one at a time.
"Zhang Yang's been married to the deceased for a little over ten years, right, so how come she got pregnant at this time alone?" Xu Qi'an waited for them to finish before she had a chance to speak.
"Perhaps the child is not the deceased's at all?"
If a man and a woman were in normal health, it would be impossible for them not to have a child for ten years, unless they deliberately avoided children.
One of the parties must have had a physical problem that made it difficult to conceive an heir. And with the ancient technology for treating infertility, although it was not completely impossible, the success rate must be very low.
Wang sheriff's breathing became ragged all of a sudden, "Ning Banquet, say it clearly, say it .... clearly."
Xu Qi An drank a mouthful of tea to moisturize his throat, "Maybe this is not a case of stealing from the house, but a case of stealing and murder. Zhang Yang stole a man behind her husband's back, and the adulterer was either a man outside or the deceased's son. The two took advantage of the deceased went out to collect rent, the two sides secret rendezvous. Who expected the deceased to return early and catch the adultery on the spot, the two sides clashed, so the adulterer, in a fit of rage, grabbed a vase or some other blunt object and killed the deceased."
"Zhang Yang's and the adulterer hastily disposed of the scene and dragged the deceased to the courtyard, disguising himself as a thief who had entered the house to steal."
"Since the adulterer was going to have a rendezvous, he had stepped on the spot in advance and figured out the pattern of the night patrol soldiers, and that's why he wasn't met by the Imperial Sword Guards' soldiers. If the thieves were really seeking money, they would never have chosen that night to strike, but would have waited for the deceased to convert the silver from the rent collection into silver checks, which they could take away with them in their pockets."
"The rhetoric given by Zhang Yang's is just the right way to take advantage of the east wind of the rent collection to bring your thoughts in the direction of 'seeking wealth'."
The room full of constables, jaws dropped.
"This, this .... can judge the murderer simply by reading the dossier?"
"Ning Yan, this is not a joke, don't talk nonsense."
"But, doesn't it make sense."
Xu Qi'an's maneuver gave them the feeling of four words: unexplained.
"I'm just making a bold guess based on the details of the case, which may not be the truth and needs to be verified." Xu Qi'an responded to his surprised colleagues.
The process of solving a case was to collect clues, then reason and analyze, and finally go for verification; collecting evidence.
The thieves hid from the soldiers on night patrol ..... Incorrect time to enter the house and steal .... Killing with a blunt weapon instead of a sharp one .... Zhang Yang's pregnancy ..... After Xu Qi'an's nudging, these seemingly inconsequential details converged into clues that were attached to logic.
Sheriff Wang felt that his career had opened a whole new door, took a deep breath to calm his agitated emotions, and after savoring it, found that there was one point in what Xu Qi'an said that puzzled him, "Why do you think the adulterer is the son of the deceased?"
"There are two reasons why I suspect him," Xu Qi'an slowly sipped his tea, and in the eager eyes of Sheriff Wang and his fellow officers, Xu Xu said:
"The deceased's son, Zhang Xian, said in his confession that he was in his study reading accounts that night and did not sleep with his wife. Since he was awake, how could he not hear the movement in the courtyard?"
"Zhang Yang's being awakened by the screams means that the commotion was extremely loud, but is it reasonable that he, a person who was awake, didn't hear half of the commotion?"
"The second point is that if one cannot find any traces left in the flower garden when the thief infiltrated, then it is likely that this so-called thief does not exist. With that in mind, the deceased's son would be highly suspect."
Enlightened.
Sheriff Wang asked, "So, the footprints on that wall were most likely left behind on purpose to confuse us."
Xu Qi'an guessed, "Yes. By the way, go directly and compare the boots of the deceased's son."
"Surely he wouldn't leave his own footprints." Sheriff Wang said.
Xu Qi An's face was full of admiration, a rainbow fart slapped over, "The chief is really wise and smart, a little bit of understanding. Truly a great Bong God arresting as well."
Xu Qi An just threw out amazing words at length to build up his image, and then twisted his head to be a three hundred and fifty degree lick without a dead angle, which is very comfortable .... A smile blossomed on Sheriff Wang's dark old farmer-like face.
It felt like his image was also pulled up quite a bit.
"I'll go to find Lord Zhu immediately, you guys get ready and follow me on another trip to the Zhang Residence." Sheriff Wang's old peasant-like dark face revealed a look of unbearable excitement.
Fingering Xu Qi'an, he let out two tractor-like laughs and ran out of the lounge in a flurry of fire, going to the back hall to look for the county magistrate's lord.
ps: thanks to "small dolphin's plume small morning", "big brother take me to fly", "Xipi right", "Li Peiyun" four big brother reward. Four big brother's reward.
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