People are in Zhenguan, solving crimes scientifically

Chapter 171 Case closed! The reasoning that shocked the government, the truth is revealed! (-word chapter)

"What method?"

Seeing Lin Feng's confident smile, Xiao Man'er's bright eyes immediately fell on Lin Feng, her eyelashes fluttering, full of expectant questioning.

Lin Feng smiled and said: "There is a premise for my method... Let's go to Wang Huan and the others' rooms to check and see if there is any discrepancy between what they said and the situation in their rooms. If I As expected…”

He grabbed the jade pendant tightly, put it into his arms, turned around and walked out the door, saying, "The key clue is in the real murderer's room."

The two quickly went to check the rooms of Wang Huan and the others. Because Lin Feng's goal was very clear, even though they checked three rooms, it didn't take much time.

By the time they left the last boatman's bunk room, it had only been about a quarter of an hour.

Xiao Man'er closed the door and said with emotion on her face: "The more I follow you to investigate the case, the more I doubt my father's ability... Before you showed up, my father told me about the cases he investigated and how they could be solved in three to five days. , all worthy of his pride for a long time.”

Lin Feng smiled: "Don't say that, our case is the simplest among homicide cases."

"Passionate killings are often accompanied by the murderer's panic after the killing. Even if he is dealing with the follow-up matters, it is easy to leave flaws, not to mention that the cargo ship encountered a violent storm and could not stand still. He was able to move Wang Heng It’s not easy to get to the mast and create the illusion that the water ghost is killing people, and there is not much time to deal with the follow-up.”

"Because of all this, I was able to find him quickly... I believe that if Mr. Xiao encounters this case, he will definitely be like me."

Xiao Man'er listened to Lin Feng's words and just blinked, with an expression like "Do you think I will believe you?"

Seeing this, Lin Feng could only sigh in his heart, Xiao Yu, don't blame me for not honoring you. I have tried my best to maintain your glorious image, but if your daughter doesn't believe it, there is nothing I can do.

"Let's go."

Lin Feng didn't delay anymore and walked directly out: "It's time to end this twists and turns."

The two climbed up the steps and quickly headed to the uppermost deck.

But before they walked out of the stairs, Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er's expressions changed slightly.

Zhao Shiwu was seen standing guard in front of the stairs at this time, with the weapon on his waist unsheathed, and staring ahead with a fierce and vigilant expression.

The muscles all over his body were tense, and the fierce aura honed in life and death on the battlefield was released without reservation.

This way, Lin Feng immediately realized that something had happened. Zhao Shiwu seemed to be reckless, but in fact, he had his own wisdom in dealing with things. He was much calmer than those hot-tempered warriors and knew when to do something.

It was just to scare these boatmen, so he wouldn't actually pull out the knife.

Could it be that these boatmen rebelled?

Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er looked at each other, quickly walked out of the stairs and came to Zhao Shiwu's side.

At this time, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly narrowed.

What I saw in front of Zhao Shiwu were not the rebellious boatmen...but the government servants holding sharp blades and staring at Zhao Shiwu with eager eyes.

As for the boatmen, they had already been tied up with ropes by the government officials. It looked like they were going to take them all away.

At this time, these government officials had surrounded Zhao Fifteen and were moving towards Zhao Fifteen little by little. Looking at the murderous intent in their eyes, they actually had murderous intent.

"what happened?"

Lin Feng raised his left hand slightly and gently stroked his cuff upwards. The light crossbow strapped to his left arm had already activated its mechanism.

Although he didn't know what exactly happened, if someone really wanted to hurt him and Xiao Man'er, Lin Feng would not show mercy.

While asking Zhao Shishi, he took a step sideways and blocked Xiao Man'er behind him.

When Xiao Man'er saw this critical moment, Lin Feng stood in front of her without hesitation, and the corners of her lips under the veil could not help but rise slightly... At the same time, her plain white jade hand had quietly grasped the dagger hidden in her sleeve tightly. .

When going out, if you encounter danger and cannot kill the enemy, then commit suicide... You must never be humiliated. This is what she has always believed.

Zhao Fifteen knew that only Lin Feng could solve the crisis at hand. He quickly said: "When you went to investigate the case, the Linshui County officials patrolling near the Zhang River discovered that the cargo ship we were on was parked in the middle of the river for no reason. Worried about an accident, they boarded the cargo ship through a small boat."

"And when they found the body of the ship's boss who had been killed, the county lieutenant who led these government officials immediately said that it was the work of water ghosts. After learning that no outsiders had been to the ship, the Linshui County lieutenant directly concluded that these The water ghost responsible for dozens of murders is hiding on our ship."

"So the county captain ordered that everyone be taken away and interrogated severely to find the water ghost who was responsible for dozens of lives."

"I know that my adoptive father has discovered something, and naturally he will not allow them to take people away like this, so they want to kidnap me and leave by boat, so I stop them."

"result……"

Zhao Shiwu scanned the government officials vigilantly and said: "It turned out that the county lieutenant actually said that only water ghosts would resist being taken away for interrogation, so he directly said that I was a water ghost, and also said that the people I wanted to protect were all accomplices. Kidnap us all, and if we don’t obey, they will kill us without mercy.”

"Kill without mercy?"

When Lin Feng heard this, he did not suppress his voice and sneered: "I don't know which law of the Tang Dynasty gives you such a right. When there is not enough evidence to judge the other party as a criminal, you dare to use the method of killing without mercy." Come?"

Li Shimin was very cautious about the death penalty. Even if he set the death penalty, he would be reminded three times at different times before execution.

The reason is that when he gives the death penalty, he is too angry and makes an irrational decision.

Even Li Shimin would not give out the death penalty easily. A county captain and a group of government servants dared to kill without mercy. In Lin Feng's view, it was really ridiculous.

Of course, this does not mean that the county lieutenant and these government officials cannot carry out the order of killing without mercy. If he is really tried as a murderer, and during the process of arresting the murderer, the prisoner resists and threatens the government officials or other people with his life. Threat, in this case, you can naturally kill without mercy.

But it is obvious that the situation at hand has no evidence, no investigation, and no trial and conviction, which is completely inconsistent with such an extreme situation.

"Wang Heng died under the mast. There was a special pattern on his forehead... This is the method used by water ghosts. In addition, there were no outsiders entering and killing people on your ship at that time, which means that water ghosts are among you."

At this time, a cold voice sounded.

The government officials quickly stepped aside and saw a middle-aged man walking over with a sword hanging from his waist.

His eyes were cold and sharp, and his gaze swept over the burly Zhao Shiwu, the outstandingly temperamental Xiao Man'er, and finally landed on Lin Feng, who was dressed as a scholar.

He said: "I ordered people to temporarily detain you and others to prevent the water ghost from escaping. As long as the investigation is clear, the innocent person will be released naturally."

"But you are resisting law enforcement. If it's not that you have something evil in your mind, what is it? Duke Lai Guo specially ordered that once a water ghost is found, you will decide how to deal with it according to the priority of the situation. Therefore, if you dare to continue to resist, in my eyes The water ghosts here are resisting in order to escape punishment, so why not kill you right here?"

He looked directly at Lin Feng and sneered: "Killing the water ghost is a great achievement. Not only will I not do anything wrong, I will also be rewarded. Do you believe it?"

After listening to the words of the county captain in front of him, Lin Feng finally understood what was going on.

It has been almost two months since the water ghost case occurred.

For such a long period of time, the county lieutenant in charge of public security and anti-theft operations in Linshui County had achieved nothing. On the contrary, after leading patrols, boatloads of people were still killed. This was undoubtedly his responsibility.

The county magistrate must have put pressure on him many times, and the dignified governor Du Gou personally handled the case, which was equivalent to a denial of his ability.

In this case, the Linshui County captain urgently needed to catch the water ghost to prove himself and at the same time make up for his previous incompetence.

Otherwise, once the official assessment comes at the end of the year, his score will definitely be very poor, and he may be directly demoted.

Because of all this, he suddenly discovered a person who was suspected of being killed by a water ghost, and there were also a boatload of suspects. How could he let him go?

Even if he had some doubts in his heart whether it was really the water ghost who did it, he still had to label it as a water ghost murderer.

In this way, he can make achievements before the end of the year.

The county lieutenant in front of him has been driven crazy by the water ghost case, and he has reached the point where he will use all possible means.

Faced with Zhao Shiwu's resistance and his own questioning, he responded to his own questions in such a provocative tone, undoubtedly to anger himself.

If I was really angry because of this, really lost my cool and took the initiative, then to the county lieutenant in front of me, it would be like sleeping on a pillow.

Even if he kills himself then, he will not have any responsibility. Instead, he can insist that he and others are water ghosts. Anyway, there is no proof, so it is not just what he says?

Lin Feng had seen too many conspiracies and calculations in his past and present lives. He could clearly hear the calculations in the county captain's mind in front of him with his eyes closed.

So he was not led by the other party at all. He said calmly: "You said we are water ghosts, we are water ghosts? Where is the evidence?"

The county lieutenant said coldly: "If you dare to resist, this is evidence!"

"ridiculous!"

Lin Feng had investigated so many cases in his past life, and this was the first time he heard of this kind of evidence.

He said: "The reason why our people obstructed you is because they were worried that if you forcefully drove the ship away, you would lose the evidence of the murderer."

"The reason why he didn't let you kidnap the others was because he was worried that you would destroy clues and evidence and let the real murderer go free."

"We have been working hard to solve the case, but as a county lieutenant, you found out that someone was killed under your command. Instead of investigating immediately, you arrested the person first and even killed someone. This is why you, as a county lieutenant, did not investigate immediately. What should be done?”

The middle-aged county captain looked like a very experienced person at first glance. He did not fall into Lin Feng's trap and discuss whether what he did was correct or not.

He just sneered: "Are you working hard to solve the case? Is this really a joke? Who do you think you are that you dare to talk about investigating the case?"

Lin Feng was a little surprised after hearing what the county captain said. He couldn't help but look at Zhao Shiwu and said, "He doesn't know who Man'er is?"

Zhao Shiwu smiled honestly: "He saw the body as soon as he came up, and then arrested the person without saying a word, without giving us a chance to explain."

Lin Feng understood. He was afraid that someone would say something. If this was not the work of the water ghost, and the murderer directly exposed himself, how could he arrest people and take credit?

So why not give anyone a chance to speak? As long as he gets to the county jail, the county captain can do whatever he wants.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng looked at the county captain in front of him with a colder expression.

As a grassroots prison officer, there is something wrong with being incompetent, but if you ignore the facts for your own benefit, or even create the facts you want, that is more abhorrent than incompetence and an even more unforgivable crime.

He was too lazy to talk nonsense. He must not let these innocent boatmen really be captured. Otherwise, not only would the case be unsolvable, but someone would be wronged for other people's crimes. This was something Lin Feng couldn't bear.

He looked at Xiao Man'er, and Xiao Man'er understood what Lin Feng meant without Lin Feng opening his mouth.

Her delicate chin was slightly raised, and the only eyes exposed under the veil were full of alienation and coldness. She said, "My father, Xiao Yu, the minister of Dali Temple."

"what?"

"Prince of Dali Temple?"

The government officials who surrounded them were stunned when they heard this.

His face was full of surprise and surprise.

The middle-aged county captain's expression also changed suddenly: "Are you Xiao Siqing's daughter?"

Xiao Man'er has a clear mind and has the ability to spy on people's hearts since she was a child. She can easily tell what a person is thinking, whether they are kind or malicious. It is for this reason that she had thought of becoming a monk before... because of what she encountered The people who arrived, except for her family members, all approached her purposefully, either with the intention of gaining benefits from Xiao Yu, or with malicious intent to attack Xiao Yu through her.

Therefore, she felt that people in this world had evil thoughts, so she came up with the idea of ​​becoming a monk and staying away from the world. If she hadn't met Lin Feng, a person who was different from anyone else she had ever seen, she might have actually become a monk.

Therefore, even if she was not as deep as Lin Feng thought, she could still know that the county captain in front of her had uneasy intentions.

Naturally, she would not have a good look towards this middle-aged county captain. She said coldly: "I can prove..."

At this time, Xiao Man'er discovered that Lin Feng secretly stretched his hand behind his back, and immediately opened his palm, revealing her jade pendant.

Xiao Man'er's eyes moved slightly, and she immediately understood what Lin Feng meant.

Lin Feng took out the jade pendant in front of these boatmen. It was nothing. These boatmen would not care who took out the jade pendant, and would not talk about it idlely. No one would care about their words because of their low status.

But in front of the county lieutenant, if Lin Feng presented such a valuable jade pendant, the county lieutenant had already attached great importance to them and would definitely guess Lin Feng's identity. He would probably find a way to find out about the person who owned the jade pendant passed down by the daughter of the Xiao family. Who it is, then Lin Feng may be in danger of being exposed... Although few people know about the relationship between Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er, but to be cautious, it is better for Xiao Man'er to take out the jade pendant himself.

Xiao Maner and Lin Feng had enough tacit understanding to accept the jade pendant calmly.

Then, she used the method she used to prove her identity to Wang Huan before to prove her identity to the county captain again.

The middle-aged county captain looked at the jade pendant in his hand, his face uncertain.

He was not sure about the authenticity of the jade pendant, but he didn't dare to bet.

Taking a deep breath, the middle-aged county captain finally made a decision.

His originally cold expression suddenly turned into a smile. He held up the jade pendant with both hands and said, "It turns out to be Miss Xiao. I'm disrespectful."

Zhao Shiwu picked up the jade pendant from his palm and handed it to Xiao Man'er.

Xiao Maner held the jade pendant in her palm. She looked at the county captain and said calmly: "Are you going to continue to arrest us now, or even kill us without mercy?"

The county lieutenant's expression changed slightly. He quickly shook his head and said, "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings."

"If I had known Miss Xiao's identity earlier, I would have asked Miss Xiao to leave... After all, with Miss Xiao's identity, how could she do something like a water ghost?"

As he said that, he looked directly at the government officials and said, "Why are you still standing there? If you don't leave quickly, if Miss Xiao is hurt, which one of you can afford it?"

When the government officials heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, glanced at each other, and then quickly put away their weapons.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Shiwu also breathed a sigh of relief.

With a clang, the weapon was sheathed.

The county lieutenant turned his eyes on Lin Feng and the other three, and said with a smile: "Since it is a misunderstanding, let's not waste time. We will drive the boat to the shore now, and then Miss Xiao and you three can leave on your own."

Hearing the county captain's words, Xiao Maner frowned and said, "You want to take them away?"

The county lieutenant chuckled and said: "Now I can only confirm that Miss Xiao and the three of you are not water ghosts, but it is not necessarily true for others. I am doing this to catch the water ghosts as soon as possible and bring peace to Linshui County. I also hope that Xiao Miss, could you please make it easier for me to finish my official duties?"

Xiao Maner's eyes widened. She didn't expect that her identity had been revealed, and the county captain would not let these boatmen go.

Zhao Shiwu also looked angry.

Man'er is not in the officialdom, but he still underestimates human nature... Lin Feng looked as usual and said slowly: "If the water ghosts are among them, it is only natural for you to capture them, but the water ghosts are not among them at all. If you capture them again, you will Isn’t it very unreasonable?”

The county lieutenant frowned and said, "I wonder what your surname is?"

Lin Feng slowly raised his hand: "Fengmu."

"Toyuki?"

The county lieutenant quickly searched for the names of senior officials and the person Fengmu in his mind, but after thinking for a long time, he did not expect that any important minister's name was Feng, let alone the person Fengmu.

It seems that he is just an ordinary scholar trying to climb to the top of the Xiao family.

He was immediately convinced that he could not offend Xiao Maner, but an ordinary scholar would not fall into his eyes.

He said coldly: "Master Feng, do you dare to be responsible for what you say? The conclusion that the water ghost is among them is based on the situation of the deceased. It is reasonable and well-founded, but now you say that the water ghost is not among them... …Then I am curious. I wonder why Mr. Feng thinks that the water ghost is not here. Do you know that talking nonsense when the government is handling a case is equivalent to lying in testimony?"

Are you comparing your legal knowledge with me? Don’t you know that during the time I traveled through the Tang Dynasty, I recited the law without incident?

Lin Feng said calmly: "Of course I'm not talking nonsense, because..."

With that said, he looked directly at Xiao Man'er and said, "Miss Xiao has found the real culprit."

"what?"

"Have you found the real murderer?"

"real or fake?"

The government officials were shocked by Lin Feng's words.

The tied up boatmen also had their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.

Although they were afraid of Xiao Man'er's family background and had no choice but to ask Xiao Man'er to investigate, in fact, they didn't feel that Xiao Man'er and Lin Feng could find out anything.

But now it seems that they have made a mistake.

Can he be saved? The boatmen immediately looked at Xiao Man'er expectantly.

Linshui County Lieutenant Zhang Mo couldn't help but frown. He looked at Xiao Man'er and said, "Miss Xiao, have you really found the real murderer?"

Xiao Man'er glanced at Lin Feng and then said slowly: "With the cooperation of Mr. Feng, we have indeed found some clues and have some speculations about the real culprit."

"Just some speculation?" Zhang Mo's eyes flashed.

Lin Feng naturally understood what Zhang Mo meant, and he said with a smile: "It's just speculation now, but it may become a fact in a while."

With that said, he didn't give Zhang Mo a chance to speak, but directly winked at Xiao Man'er and said, "Miss Xiao, tell everyone your findings and reasoning."

Xiao Man'er looked at Lin Feng who was willing to give all the credit to herself, Yinya bit her lower lip gently under the veil, and then said slowly: "I'm a little tired, I'd better ask Mr. Feng to speak for me."

After everyone heard this, their eyes immediately moved from Xiao Man'er to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng couldn't help but look at Xiao Man'er. The two looked at each other. He immediately understood what Xiao Man'er meant. Even if he couldn't reveal his identity, Xiao Man'er didn't want to take away his light... This silly girl didn't know that Conan was hiding behind Maoli. How cool is it to watch other people shocked?

He coughed and said: "I have been following Miss Xiao just now, accompanying Miss Xiao to investigate the case... Then I will tell you what we found on behalf of Miss Xiao. If there is anything wrong, I hope Miss Xiao can point it out. "

Xiao Man'er saw that Lin Feng's words were correct, and nodded with a smile in her eyes: "Okay."

Lin Feng looked at Zhang Mo and others again and said, "May I ask the county captain, have you ever examined the body of the deceased?"

Zhang Mo frowned and said: "Wuzuo didn't come with us, so naturally we can't check it. But when we arrive at the port, I will send someone to call Wuzuo."

Lin Feng said: "There is no need to trouble the county captain, because Miss Xiao has already experienced the corpse."

Listening to Lin Feng's words, everyone couldn't help but look at Xiao Man'er, who had a slim figure and outstanding temperament. They really couldn't imagine that such a beautiful and outstanding beauty would do the kind of autopsy that ordinary people avoid like snakes and scorpions.

Xiao Man'er received Lin Feng's signal and said calmly: "I like to listen to my father describing cases since I was a child. I have also watched my father investigate cases with my own eyes, so I have some experience."

"The deceased's clothes were messy and there were red and swollen scars on his right arm. This was caused by life reactions. In other words, the red and swollen scars on his right arm were left during his lifetime."

"The deceased also had scars on his left arm, but there was no sign of redness, swelling or bleeding. There was no difference between the scar and the luster of the surrounding skin... It can be determined that it appeared after death."

Xiao Man'er told the method she learned from Lin Feng to identify wounds before and after death, and also told Lin Feng's previous inference that the murderer did not have time to torture the corpse, and finally concluded that this was a corpse dumping site, not a body dumping site. Crime scene conclusion.

Listening to Xiao Man'er's talk, the government servants and boatmen were stunned.

They didn't expect that this beautiful Miss Xiao actually knew how to do autopsies.

It was even inferred directly from the autopsy results that the mast was not the scene of the crime.

Lian Zhang Mo's face became serious at this moment. He stared at Xiao Man'er closely with a look of surprise on his face.

Lin Feng laughed and said: "I wonder if the county captain agrees with Miss Xiao's judgment? I think that although the county captain has not done an autopsy, he often listens to Wu Zuo's stories, so he must have some experience, right?"

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Zhang Mo's expression changed slightly. He thought to himself: "This Fengmu is really cunning. How can I deny it after saying this?"

If you deny it, wouldn't it mean that you are incompetent and don't even have this experience?

Zhang Mo nodded with a cold face and said: "Miss Xiao is really amazing, I agree."

Lin Feng smiled and continued: "This is not the scene of the crime, so based on what we learned before, Wang Heng had been staying in the room before the rainstorm, so we suspected that Wang Heng was killed in his room, so we Went directly to Wang Heng’s room.”

As he said that, he looked at Xiao Man'er. Xiao Man'er and Lin Feng had a close connection. She turned around and said calmly: "Let's go to Wang Heng's room."

Seeing Lin Feng and others leaving, Zhang Mo frowned, but he could only follow them.

Soon, everyone entered Wang Heng's room.

Seeing the mess in Wang Heng's room, Zhang Mo frowned and said, "There was a strong wind and rain not long ago. We were all knocked upside down on the shore. I believe your ship must be more serious. This should be caused by the strong wind, right?" Lin Feng nodded. : "That's right."

"Then this room has been damaged by the wind. What clues can we find? I've seen it and there's no blood at all in the room. It doesn't look like a crime scene." Zhang Mo said.

When Lin Feng heard this, he shook his head and said: "Whether it is a crime scene cannot be judged in such a general way. There is no blood stain. It is possible that the murderer wiped it away because he was afraid that we would find it."

Zhang Mo said: "Then how do you want to judge? Even blood stains cannot be used as evidence to judge, how else can we judge?"

"You can't ask me this, you have to ask Miss Xiao who did the autopsy." Lin Feng threw the pot to Xiao Man'er.

Xiao Maner had never solved a case independently, so she was suddenly asked to take the lead in solving the case. She really didn't know where to start, but now Lin Feng helped her control the rhythm, and she only needed to follow Lin Feng's prompts.

She said slowly: "If the county lieutenant were to examine the deceased's head now, he would find a wound on the back of the deceased's head. The bones in the back of the deceased's head have been shattered and the hair was stuck together with blood."

Zhang Mo was stunned: "Didn't he die because of the dagger in his heart?"

Xiao Maner shook her head: "It was just that the murderer stabbed the deceased in order to better imitate the water ghost killing after he lost the ability to resist, or after death. The real damage to the deceased, that is, the initial damage, was in the back of the head."

"And if you put your hand into the deceased's hair at this time, you will find that your hand will turn black. If you examine the wound of the deceased carefully, you will also find that there are black ink stains in the wound..."

"All this means one thing."

Xiao Maner looked at Zhang Mo, as well as the government servants and boatmen behind Zhang Mo, and said: "That means the murderer used an inkstone as the murder weapon, and there was still ink in the inkstone when the murder was committed."

The murder weapon was an inkstone?

really?

Everyone looked surprised.

Zhang Mo frowned and thought for a moment, then directly ordered his men to verify.

Not long after, a government servant ran down, nodded to Zhang Mo and said, "Everything is as Miss Xiao said."

"It's really so!"

Everyone was even more surprised.

Zhang Mo's expression became more solemn, and his eyes swept across the ground. Suddenly, he saw the inkstone under the table.

He quickly walked over, picked up the inkstone, looked at the inkstone, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "If the murder weapon is an inkstone, it will be more proof that this room is not the scene of the crime... Look, This inkstone is so clean, there is no sign that it has been filled with ink.”

When Xiao Maner heard this, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Had Lin Feng expected this to happen before?

Why Zhang Mo's words were exactly the same as what Lin Feng said at that time.

So if you want to refute Zhang Mo's methods, you only need to learn from them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Maner said directly: "County Lieutenant, please look at our feet."

"Underfoot?"

Zhang Mo lowered his head to look, and the moment his eyes moved downward, he saw his pupils suddenly shrink.

When Lin Feng saw this scene, his eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed that the Linshui County captain was not incompetent. His reaction was very quick... Then he could not find any clues about the water ghost. It seemed that Du Gou The case that he specifically asked for help from was really difficult.

Xiao Man'er said: "Looking at the appearance of the county captain, he should have understood."

"There are ink stains on the ground, and the distribution of the ink stains is very characteristic. They are the kind of ink stains that would be caused by shaking, and the ink stains here..."

She knelt down, wiped it with green-white fingers, and said: "It's not dry yet. If you look carefully, you can see a slight red color in the ink stains under my feet. I believe the county captain can think of what this red color is."

Xiao Maner stated exactly what Lin Feng had said to her.

And the effect is very obvious.

Without Zhang Mo nodding, the others had already agreed with her inference that this was the crime scene.

Zhang Mo took a deep breath and said: "Even if we can indirectly conclude that this is the scene of the crime, what about the real murder weapon? If the real murder weapon cannot be found, we still cannot be completely sure that the murder weapon is the inkstone."

Hearing this, Lin Feng looked at the boatmen and said, "How many inkstones are there on your boat?"

The boatmen shook their heads: "None of us can read. Only Uncle Wang and the young shopkeeper can read and write, so we don't know how many inkstones there are."

Lin Feng looked at Wang Huan again and said, "Do you know?"

Wang Huan's face turned pale. When he saw Lin Feng looking at him, he quickly said: "There is one room in my room and uncle's room. If I remember correctly, there should be two rooms."

Lin Feng nodded: "There are two, but now one is missing..."

Zhang Mo said: "Of course we know that one is missing. The key is where the missing one is. The murder weapon, as the most critical physical evidence, must be found..."

As he said that, he looked at Lin Feng, narrowed his eyes and said, "You couldn't have found the inkstone, right?"

"Indeed not found."

"That evidence is not sufficient at all..."

"Don't worry." Lin Feng said, "Just because we didn't find it doesn't mean we don't know where to find it."

"What?" Zhang Mo was startled.

Then Lin Feng said slowly: "When Miss Xiao saw the murder weapon disappear, she concluded that the real murderer didn't want us to know how the deceased died or that the body was dumped, so the real murderer would definitely hide the murder weapon." A place none of us can imagine or find.”

"And this cargo ship has limited space, and there is no such place on the ship. Therefore, it is obvious where the real murderer will choose to hide the inkstone."

Some crew members couldn't help but asked: "Where?"

Lin Feng looked at them: "Under the Zhang River!"

…………

on the deck.

Everyone stood beside the boat, stretching their heads to look at the sparkling water below.

Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er had just concluded that the real murderer threw the murder weapon into the water, thereby completely disappearing the weapon, so Zhang Mo immediately ordered the boatmen and government servants who were best at water to sneak under the Zhang River to investigate.

The water level in the area where they are now is not too deep, and the boatmen and government officials can easily dive to the bottom.

Not long after, under the nervous gaze of everyone, two heads were seen rushing out of the water.

At the same time, a boatman raised his right hand high, and in his right hand, he was holding an inkstone. He shouted: "Found it!"

Seeing this, everyone quickly lowered the rope and let the government servants and boatmen board the boat.

After the boatman boarded the boat, he quickly handed the inkstone to Lin Feng, regardless of his own wetness: "Mr. Feng, you are so awesome. The inkstone is really underwater."

Lin Feng corrected: "It's Miss Xiao who is so powerful. This is all what Miss Xiao deduced."

Xiao Man'er secretly rolled her eyes at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked at the inkstone carefully and then said with a smile: "County Lieutenant, please look at this inkstone. This inkstone is exactly the same as the one we saw in Wang Heng's room. Now the County Lieutenant should understand why we don't let you sail away, right?"

"Because once you take the boat away, it will be difficult for us to return here accurately, and we will not be able to return here accurately. The Zhang River is so big, and it will not be difficult to find the murder weapon."

Listening to Lin Feng's words, Zhang Mo could only nod his head even if he didn't want to admit it.

The boatmen, on the other hand, looked stunned.

"No wonder you didn't let us drive the boat away. It turns out that at that time, you already suspected that the real murderer threw the murder weapon into the water."

"It's so suspenseful. If we really drive the ship away, the murder weapon will never be recovered."

"The real murderer was so cunning that he threw the murder weapon directly into the water."

Lin Feng listened to what the boatmen said and said with a smile: "We didn't know that the inkstone was the murder weapon at the time. The reason why we stopped you was just to be on the safe side because we were worried that the real murderer would use the Zhang River."

Regardless of the reason, Lin Feng stopped it right, which was enough to make the boatmen admire Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er even more.

I think they can really find the real culprit.

Zhang Mo's expression became more and more serious. Seeing that the murder weapon hidden so deeply was found, he became more and more anxious.

He said: "But this only proves that your previous inferences are correct and you still cannot find the real culprit."

"No, this can already help us find the real murderer." Lin Feng said.

"What?" Zhang Mo was startled, and everyone looked at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng said slowly: "After Miss Xiao confirmed that the real culprit used an inkstone to commit the crime, and it was an inkstone filled with ink, she determined that when the real culprit picked up the inkstone to commit the crime, the ink in the inkstone would definitely splash out."

"That is to say..."

Lin Feng glanced at the boatman and said solemnly: "The clothes of the real murderer will definitely be stained with ink and dyed black."

"Will the real murderer's clothes be dyed black?"

Hearing this, the boatmen quickly looked at each other.

But all of their clothes were very clean.

Xiao Maner spoke at this time and said directly: "After coming to this conclusion, Mr. Feng and I searched the rooms of the three suspects one by one. Finally, we found a piece of clothing stained with ink, and that clothing... …”

While talking, Xiao Maner looked at one of the boatmen and said with a cold voice: "Wang Huan, I found it in your room."

"What!?"

"Found it in the little shopkeeper's room?"

"This...how is this possible? How could the young shopkeeper kill Uncle Wang?"

The boatmen were completely shocked by Xiao Man'er's words.

Their faces were full of disbelief, and they all looked at Wang Huan.

Wang Huan's face turned pale, and his whole body was shaking violently at this moment.

He shook his head and said, "No, no, it's not me, it's not me."

Lin Feng looked at Wang Huan and said slowly: "You mean that the clothes stained with ink are not yours? I can have someone take them out. I believe everyone will be able to recognize them if they are your clothes."

Wang Huan said quickly: "The clothes, the clothes are indeed mine, but the ink on the clothes is not from the time of killing."

"If you had been to my room to check, you should have seen that there was ink in the inkstone in my room... To be honest, before I took a break, I was practicing writing, and then the strong wind shook the boat violently, and the table The inkstone I put on slipped out and hit me, so the ink on it got onto my clothes."

He looked at Zhang Mo and said quickly: "County Lieutenant, this is just a coincidence. I was really stained by my own ink in the room... The law of the Tang Dynasty doesn't say that you can't get ink on your clothes, right?"

Listening to Wang Huan's words, Zhang Mo's eyes flashed.

With his ability, he can naturally see that what Wang Huan is saying now is a bit quibbling.

But it suited him just fine.

He nodded slightly: "Indeed, if you really have an inkstone and ink in your room, then there is a possibility of coincidence."

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Feng and said, "You still need further evidence. This evidence is not sufficient."

After he finished speaking, he was ready to see the disappointed expressions of Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er. He believed that at this point in the case, Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er must have produced all the evidence they could, but unfortunately, this was not enough.

But something unexpected happened to him. The expressions of Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er were not disappointed at all by their words.

On the contrary, Xiao Maner's eyes showed a smile.

She couldn't help but glance at Lin Feng secretly, recalling in her mind the questions Lin Feng had asked her at that time.

"Everything is really completely under his control. He really anticipated everything that might happen."

Xiao Man'er took a deep breath, looked at Wang Huan, and said, "Do you know what kind of ink your uncle used today?"

Wang Huan didn't understand what Xiao Man'er meant and shook his head: "I don't know."

"I can tell you."

Xiao Man'er looked directly into Wang Huan's eyes and said: "The ink your uncle used today is Hui ink, and it is the best among Hui ink. It is more expensive than gold and silver."

"Hui Mo?"

When Wang Huan listened to Xiao Man'er's words, he couldn't help but recall that half a year ago, Wang Heng had very carefully played with a piece of ink in front of him. At that time, Wang Heng seemed to have said that it was Hui ink, which was very expensive. He bought it from a businessman friend for a lot of money.

Wang Heng also told him that this piece of ink would be used to write the most important things to him.

He said: "Uncle does have a piece of Hui ink, which is said to be priceless."

Xiao Maner continued: "Then do you know the difference between Huizhou ink and ordinary ink?"

Wang Huan felt that Xiao Man'er's words were incomprehensible. Why did he keep asking Mo's questions? He frowned and said, "I don't know."

Xiao Man'er said: "Ink is divided into five colors, including dark, light, dry, wet and burnt. There are huge differences between different inks. Hui ink is made using a different process from our common ink. It is made of pine smoke, so if you smell it carefully, you can smell the fragrance of pine wood. .”

"At the same time, this kind of top-notch Hui ink will also add auxiliary materials such as musk and gold foil. The smell of musk is very peculiar, so the auxiliary materials and main ingredients both contain fragrance, which makes Hui ink leave a special flavor in a short period of time after use. It has a unique fragrance that ordinary ink doesn’t have at all.”

"And the ink in your room, I checked, is the most ordinary ink, rough, without any smell, so as you said, if your ink spilled on the clothes, then the ink on your clothes should not have any smell. , but the fact is..."

Xiao Man'er watched Wang Huan's face turn white little by little, and the expression in his eyes became frightened little by little. She said in a deep voice: "The ink on your clothes has the special fragrance of Hui ink!"

At this moment, everyone's expressions completely changed.

When the boatmen heard this, their expressions were full of shock, disbelief, disappointment and anger.

If Wang Huan could use coincidence as an excuse before, now, this is irrefutable proof.

The difference in ink means that the ink on Wang Huan's clothes was stained in Wang Heng's room.

"Little shopkeeper, how could it be, how could it be you?"

"Yes! Uncle Wang is so kind to you and regards you as your successor. Why do you want to kill him?"

"You...how can you do this? Do you still have humanity?"

The boatmen asked questions in disbelief.

The government officials also looked at this murderer who looked like a patricide with cold eyes.

Being looked at by everyone like this, Wang Huan's face turned red little by little when he heard these words, and finally shouted: "What do you know!?"

"Whatever successor, whatever is good to me, these are all lies to me!"

"I was gambling outside and owed money. Those people wanted to break my legs and cut off my hands... I asked this old man for help. I knelt down and begged him to help me pay back the money."

"I had so many nice things to say, I even kowtowed so hard that my forehead turned red."

"But what about him? He would rather watch me have my hands chopped off and my legs broken than help me! Even after I finished my good words, he threw the inkstone at me."

"You said, how can he really be nice to me! Fake! It's completely fake! He just wants you to think he is a good person, but in fact, he is cold, heartless, and has no regard for family affection. ...He cheated on me!”

The more Wang Huan talked about it, the more excited he got, and the more ferocious his expression became: "After he threw the inkstone at me, he turned around and didn't even look at me. He told me to get out... He is so heartless, so don't blame me! "

"It's all his fault! I just picked up the inkstone he threw at me to retaliate for his ruthlessness towards me. I'm not wrong, I didn't do anything wrong!"

Listening to Wang Huan's angry words and seeing his excited expression, Xiao Man'er finally understood what Lin Feng meant by passionate killing.

She and Lin Feng looked at each other, and when Lin Feng nodded to her, she said, "Do you know what Wang Heng is writing with such precious ink?"

Wang Huan gritted his teeth and said, "This damn old guy, how can I care what he writes!"

Xiao Maner said in a cold voice: "When we checked his room, we found an unfinished piece of paper. This piece of paper... is a suicide note."

"What?" Wang Huan was stunned.

The boatmen were also stunned.

Xiao Maner said: "Wang Heng wrote in his suicide note that he was seriously ill a year ago. After half a year of treatment, there was no improvement, but it became more serious. He went to many doctors, and in the end they all said that he would not survive at best. In one year’s time.”

"He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that you will have no one to take care of you after he dies, and you are good at everything except gambling, and you can't quit gambling no matter what... So he hopes that through a lesson of life and death, you can quit gambling. .”

"But in the end, he still relented. You are his only relative, the one he treats as his own son. He really couldn't bear to see you have your legs broken... That's why he took this voyage."

"Do you think he is not afraid after learning that the ghosts in Zhanghe are killing people? Do you think he is willing to come? But he has no choice. You owe too much money. If he doesn't make this trip, it won't be enough to pay back the money. .”

"And, even so, he still didn't have enough to repay the money, so after we found him, he asked us for 521 copper coins."

"We didn't understand at the time why the money he asked for was in parts and pieces, but now I understand...he is only five hundred and twenty-one cents away from being able to help you pay back the money."

"It's just that he hopes you can have a longer memory, so he deliberately hides it from you, wanting you to suffer, and then helping you at the last moment... He hopes that you can give up your gambling addiction. After all, this is likely to be his last time during his lifetime. Helped you."

Listening to Xiao Man'er's words, Wang Huan felt as if he was struck by lightning.

His face was pale, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he kept shaking his head: "No, it's not like that, you lied to me, you are lying to me!"

Lin Feng looked at him and said, "You said Wang Heng hit you with the inkstone. Did he really hit you?"

Wang Huan was stunned.

Lin Feng took out the unfinished suicide note from his arms and said, "Read it yourself. You should recognize your uncle's handwriting..."

Wang Huan stiffly took the paper.

Look up.

My mind couldn't help but recall what Wang Heng said to him when he got Huimo half a year ago.

"I will use this piece of ink to write the things that are most important to me..."

Looking at the contents of the suicide note and smelling the unique fragrance of Hui ink, Wang Huan suddenly knelt down and cried loudly.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, turned to look at County Captain Zhang Mo, and said calmly: "County Lieutenant, do you still think that the water ghost is here? Do you still want to take these innocent boatmen away?"

Zhang Mo's face froze and he had nothing to say.

　I finished writing this small case in one go and sent it 12,000 words.

　　My memory improved yesterday. If I get stuck again or my condition is not good in the future, I will ask for leave. The effect of hard writing is not good, but fortunately my condition has recovered.

　　Finally, please vote for me!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)