1. The murder case of Xiangu Mountain
A murder case occurred in Xiangu Mountain in the cold winter. Du Niu from Xiangu Town died in the dead forest on the top of the mountain. He was stabbed in the back and blood flowed all over the ground. After learning about the murder, Tiekui quickly went to Xiangu Mountain. Those who accompanied him were the coroner Du Huabao and Du Huabao's apprentice Maotou.
Du Huabao examined the body and said to Tiekui: "The fatal injury is a knife behind the back. The murderer may have attacked and stabbed the dead."
Tiekui nodded: "I think so too."
The deceased was still holding a piece of paper in the crack of his fingers. There was a word "xian" on it. Du Huabao put away the paper and handed it to Maotou for storage. The wind was blowing on the top of the mountain, and his hair was so cold that his nose was flowing: "It's so cold on this mountain."
Tiekui sighed distressedly: "There are no footprints, no evidence, there are no witnesses on such a cold mountain. I think it's big in my head."
Du Huabao said: "The deceased will not come here for no reason. There must be his reason. Maybe it's a meeting with someone or someone else's coercion. This can be used as the direction of investigation. The deceased is from Xiangu Town, so it's best to start with neighbors and relatives."
Tiekui immediately arranged someone to investigate.
At the end of the dead forest is a cliff that looks like an eagle's beak. Du Huabao climbed up the cliff on a whim. There are three or five hundred-year-old pine trees held by one person on the cliff. Du Huabao looked down at the vast mountains under the cliff and felt a lot of joy in his chest.
"Master, it's time to leave. If I don't leave, I'll be frozen to death." Maotou waved his hand and shouted.
Du Huabao accidentally caught a pine tree with a finger-sized mark on its waist, and Du Huabao didn't care much. Du Huabao ordered the yamen runners to carry the body back to the county yamen.
2. Intricate
The next morning, the Du Niu case made progress. The constables identified three suspects who had grudges with Du Niu through investigation.
The first one is Huang Gu, who is a rascal rogue in Xiangu Town. Huang Guai often had disputes with Du Niu over the sale of medicinal materials, and the two of them had fought.
The second one is Wang Heng, who is the owner of a hundred medicine shops in Xiangu Town. According to neighbors, Wang Heng once asked Du Niu for a precious medicinal material, but later he argued that it was not the case and he didn't give Du Niu money to the medicinal material. The two of them also sued for this matter, but because there was no clear contract, the county government favored Wang Heng, and Du Niu formed a gang with Wang Heng from then on.
The third one is Chi Ansheng. Chi Ansheng and Du Niu’s grudge is only because of the word “love”. The two are friends who grew up naked. After they grew up, they fell in love with a girl in the neighboring village. The girl initially showed good feelings for Du Niu, and Du Niu also made up her mind not to marry her if she was not a girl. Later, Du Niu went out to do business, but when he came back, he learned that his beloved girl married his good friend Chi Ansheng. Du Niu and Chi Ansheng cut off their mats and became enemies from then on.
Tiekui told Du Huabao about the situation, and Du Huabao took a sip of dry tobacco. Tiekui asked, "Old Du, who do you think is suspicious?"
Du Huabao grinned, "If you say suspicious words, all three are suspicious. But who is really suspicious must be thought about it carefully."
Du Huabao glanced at Maotou, and Maotou said in a muffled voice: "The autopsy confirmed that Du Niu died in Weishimou yesterday (about 15:00 pm). Whoever of the three people has no evidence of being absent during this period is the most suspicious."
Tiekui clenched his fists, "Okay, I'll ask."
What was Weishimou doing yesterday, the three people had their own opinions. Huang Guai said that he was sleeping and he had been alone for forty years, so of course no one could testify to him. Wang Heng thought about it and said that he had sorted out accounts at the pharmacy shop, and the account was not visible to the client, so he had no one to prove it at that time. As for Chi Ansheng, he helped his cousin buy wedding lanterns, red candles, silk and other items, and the shopkeeper could testify.
Tiekui sent someone to investigate, Huang Gu, Wang Heng was indeed no one saw him yesterday. As for Chi Ansheng, the first time he appeared in the silk shop was just after Shen Shi (about 15:30 pm).
Tie Kui told Du Huabao, and Du Huabao thought to himself, "It takes at least one hour for the murderer to kill people from the dead forest of Xiangu Mountain, and then to the foot of the mountain. It seems that Chi Ansheng is innocent."
"Then the murderer is between Huang Guai and Wang Heng." Tie Kui widened his eyes.
Du Huabao always feels a little awkward in his heart, as if something important has been forgotten by himself. Du Huabao took a deep breath, "Mao Tou, do you think Xiangu Mountain is still that cold today?"
Mao Tou shrugged, "How do I know."
"No, you will know soon." Du Huabao smiled meaningfully, but his smile was even worse than crying.
3. Secretly visiting
"Ah, Master, you still have to go to Xiangu Mountain!" After Maotou learned of his master's plan, he immediately changed into thick cotton coats and thick leather boots.
"I want to take a look." Du Huabao felt that the knot in his heart was related to Xiangu Mountain.
"But before that, let's go to Xiangu Town first." Du Huabao pinned the tobacco pole on his belt and hugged his apprentice and said.
The master and apprentice came to Xiangu Town. Du Huabao secretly visited the people in the town’s views on Huang, Wang and Chi. As a result, Huang Guai was a pure scoundrel, Wang Heng was a purely profiteer, and everyone thought Chi Ansheng was a good person. He often gave clothes and medicine to poor people.
said, "Master, the murderer must be Huang Gun! That guy's sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and eyes are fierce. He must be a cruel and ruthless person."
"You should not behave like a person. Some hypocritical gentlemen do all the heinous evil things behind their backs." Du Huabao definitely will not judge a person's good or bad, black or white based on his appearance.
"I have to ask someone."
"Who?" Maotou asked.
Du Huabao said slowly, "Du Niu."
Du Huabao started from the old neighbors, and an elderly man said, "Aniu was very naughty when he was a child. He peed at the gate of my yard with bare ass... But Aniu's grandfather is amazing. He must have prepared the first car of medicinal materials in the winter and spring every year. Aniu's father is also amazing. No matter how cold winter snow is, he can pick the medicinal materials safely."
"The Du family is in the medicinal materials industry. Every time the mountain is closed with heavy snow, they can stock up on the mountain, and then they get home." Someone said again.
"Heavy snow covers the mountain." Du Huabao looked into the thick mountain scenery of Xiangu Mountain from afar and fell into deep thought.
Maotou whispered: "Master?"
Du Huabao came to his senses, "Let's go up the mountain."
"Oh, okay." Maotou hummed reluctantly.
The sky became heavy, and Du Huabao and Maotou climbed up Xiangu Mountain without stopping. The dead forest with corpse was pitch black and gloomy, and the feet were weak, "Master, there is nothing here, why are we here?"
Du Huabao knocked Maotou's head with a dry tobacco pole, and then searched alone in the dead forest. As soon as he looked up, the cliff not far away that looked like an eagle's beak reflected into Du Huabao's eyes.
"Master, wait for me." Maotou followed the master and the two climbed onto the cliff.
Du Huabao vaguely remembered that there were obvious friction marks on a pine tree. After a while, he found the target. Du Huabao touched the scratch, and the mark seemed to be a wire hook. But who would tie wires to a pine tree in the cold winter? Du Huabao's turbid eyes gradually cooled down, and he emitted a ray of light that was passing through the darkness.
"Master, why are you stunned?" The hair was already trembling with cold.
"Haho, I suddenly thought, what would it feel if a person turned into a bird?" Du Huabao said for no reason.
"Man becomes a bird?" Maotou was very worried that his master was frozen and stunned.
"Hao, go down the mountain." Du Huabao said loudly.
4. The birds crossed
and returned to the county government. Tie Kui was still worried about whether the murderer was Huang Guai or Wang Heng. When he saw Du Huabao coming back, Tie Kui couldn't wait to ask: "Old Du, do you think the murderer was Huang Guai or Wang Heng?"
"No hurry."Du Huabao brought the stove to warm his hands, and at the same time asked Maotou to take the piece of paper in Du Niu's fingers.
" Let's not talk about who the murderer was. I want to ask you, what do you think of this piece of paper? "Du Huabao didn't answer the question.
Tiekui looked at the piece of paper, "Du Niu refused to let go until he died, which shows that this thing is very important to him and may be related to the murderer. But there is only one word "媚" on it, and there is no clue. "
" Don't just look at what is written on the paper, think more about what is not on the paper. "Du Huabao pondered for a moment and said, "The paper piece is undoubtedly a small part of the letter from Du Niu's appointment to go to Xiangu Mountain, and the other one should have been taken away by the murderer. But if you think about it carefully, Huang, Wang and Chi are all people who make Du Niu grit their teeth. If one of them made an appointment with Du Niu to go to Xiangu Mountain, would Du Niu go rashly without any preparation? "
" makes sense, after all, it's a meeting between enemies. "Tie Kui recalled, "but it seems that he did not prepare a weapon to protect himself. "
" was not only unprepared, but also assassinated without any precautions. He probably didn't expect that the person he had asked him to kill him. "Du Huabao said slowly.
" Or, the person he asked him to meet is not the same person who killed him. "Du Huabao said to himself.
"What kind of person who made an appointment, the one who killed him is not the same? Why do I become more confused the more I listened to it? "Tie Kui scratched his forehead.
Du Huabao's body was already warm, "You go and bring Huang, Wang and Chi to Xiangu Mountain, I want to solve the mystery there. "
Tie Kui hurriedly went to do it.
Du Huabao called Maotou again and said with his head down.
Xiangu Mountain Desert Forest, Du Huabao has been here for the third time. Tie Kui has been waiting for a long time.
Du Huabao said straight to the point: "I came to the scene of the murder today to catch the murderer. "
Tie Kui nodded, Huang, Wang and Chi listened silently.
Du Huabao lit the dry tobacco, "I have seen through the murderer's trick of escaping. The murderer is either someone else, you! "
Du Huabao looked at Chi Ansheng coldly. Chi Ansheng shook and shook his hand and said, "It's not me, it's not me who killed me! "
Tiekui also said: "Yes, Lao Du, Chi Ansheng has no time to kill people? "
" Yes, if he walks slowly from the mountain road, it will be impossible for him to have time to commit the crime, but if he changes his way, he will have time. "Du Huabao turned around and walked towards the cliff, "Come with me." "
When everyone came to the cliff, Du Huabao pointed to the pine tree with mochi and said, "When I was very young, I heard from my grandfather that there was a unique skill among the herbs in the deep mountains called "Step on the snow without the traces. It means that you can quickly travel between the mountains in the cold winter when the snow is blocked by the mountains. "
Tiekui stared at the traces of the wire hook pressing and asked: "How can I walk on the snow without trace? "
" First look for two solid pine trees down the mountain, use iron wire long enough to cross the woods and fix them between the two trees, and then create a sturdy hanging basket that can accommodate two people. The hanging basket can be pulled to the mountain. In this way, people can ignore the terrain of the mountain road, fly across the mountains like a forest bird, and slide to the trees at the foot of the mountain. "The dry tobacco pipe flashed with sparks, and Du Huabao said, "It takes an hour to go down the mountain road, but it only takes a quarter of an hour to use the snow without trace. "
" So, you have enough time to kill. "Du Huabao stared at Chi Ansheng.
"Your words are unfounded. Even if I have time to kill people, what about them, don't they have enough time to kill people? "Chi Ansheng strongly denied it. The faces of
Huang Guai and Wang Heng changed, and they did have time to commit crimes.
Du Huabao shook his head: "They have time to commit crimes, but they do not have the conditions to commit crimes. What are the conditions for "
"? "
Du Huabao smoked dry tobacco, "Wait a moment, and you'll be here soon. "
5. Grudges, love and hatred
For a moment, the young man pulled a woman to Xiangu Mountain. When Chi Ansheng saw the woman's face changed terriblely, he said in a lost voice: "Madam! ”
The woman is Chi Ansheng’s wife, Yan.
Yan rushed to Chi Ansheng, "Sir, it's me who killed Du Niu, don't make things difficult for my husband."
"Madam, what are you talking about!" Chi Ansheng's eyes were red.
Maotou secretly handed something to Du Huabao. Du Huabao said in a deep voice: "She didn't lie. You used Yan's letter to coax Du Niu to go to the dry forest. Du Niu didn't expect Yan would harm him at all, so you sneaked and killed him without any defense."
"Du Niu's death was done by you and the two of you who conspired to do." Du Huabao raised his thing, "This is the handwriting of Yan that Maotou found, among which 'The immortal character is exactly the same as that of Du Niu's broken paper, and you don't need to deny it."
"In addition, you should not have to deal with the iron wire and hanging basket. At this time, they should be hidden somewhere at the foot of the mountain. You can find it as long as you search carefully." Du Huabao added.
Chi Ansheng sighed and said, "Fate is destined, okay, I said it all."
"Killing Du Niu was my idea, because he harassed my wife and I one after another, and even sneaked into my house to tease my wife while I was out. He was still in a difficult position with me in business. His purpose was to break up my home, and I would never agree! So, I set up a plan to kill him." Chi Ansheng said sadly.
Yan said, "And I am also writing a letter to ask him, and I am also instigating my husband to kill him."
"No matter who is right or wrong between you three, this grudge and love should be settled at this moment." Du Huabao looked into the mountains from afar and exhaled a breath of turbid air.
"If your ancestors knew that you would be sad and sad if you killed someone with the 'Treading the snow without scars." Du Huabao shook his head and walked down Xiangu Mountain in the cold winter with his hair.
■Wang Ke
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