on the carriage.
Sun Shaozong opened the iron box on the right, and from the middle of the two hand stoves, one cool and one hot, took out a clay pot filled with only hot water.
Because it was put together with the stove, the hot water that people poured in when I went out in the morning, until this time, it was still at forty or fifty degrees.
He poured some warm water on the handkerchief and soaked the mud on his hands. After rubbing it a few times, Sun Shaozong raised the curtain and threw the handkerchief out.
After a while, I heard a commotion outside, but it turned out that the roadside hawker and two beggars were arguing over the fine brocade veil.
Although this piece of veil is nothing to rich and noble people, if the pulp is cleaned and sold to those poor households to support the scene, it can also be exchanged for a lot of copper.
The noisy sound was quickly left behind by the carriage, and Sun Shaozong's mind returned to the current case.
In fact, according to the traces on the scene, it is basically possible to locate the murderer, that is, Su Xingfang.
But so far, the two most important things are still missing: motivation and evidence.
The lack of motivation needn't be said more.
Although those traces can be connected in series, it can be inferred that Su Xingfang is the result of the real murderer behind the scenes, but to use this as a basis to win a sixth-rank magistrate, he still owes some weight.
pity!
I was actually coaxed by him at the time, otherwise if I could find out the inappropriateness earlier, I would be able to find the rope on the organ from him.
In this way, the case is naturally ironclad.
It's too late to regret now, so we can only try to find other ways to collect other evidence.
Fortunately, although the string that pulls the mechanism can be removed, the traces on the body are not so easy to remove...
"grown ups!"
Sun Shaozong was pondering the case, when the yamen in front suddenly flew to report: "Su Zhixian is not in the county government, I heard that he went home with his uncle's corpse!"
Went home with the corpse
Sun Shaozong thought for a while, then opened the curtain and said, "Go and call the head of the fast shift in Wanping County, Jiang Laoqi."
The yamen agreed, turned his horse's head and rushed back to the Wanping county yamen.
Not long after, that Jiang Laoqi [the Yunshui Lane nude corpse case appeared] was brought to the front.
Through the curtain, Sun Shaozong ordered his yamen to give a horse to Jiang Laoqi, and ordered him to accompany him to guide the way, and rush to Su Xingfang's house.
That Jiang Laoqi has been working as a class leader in Wanping County for more than ten years, and has been serving as magistrate for four years without falling down. Naturally, he is not a fool. He heard that he was guiding the way with him, not leading the way, so he vaguely guessed the big The lord has something to ask himself.
Therefore, he first smiled and told Zhang Cheng about the approximate path, then slowed down the speed of his horse and retreated to a position flush with the car window.
Sure enough, after walking about a hundred or ten steps, he heard Sun Shaozong ask through the car window, "How is the relationship between Su Zhixian and his mother-in-law on weekdays?"
"Alright!"
Jiang Laoqi said with an apologetic smile: "The grandfather is very respectful to Cao Caotou - to tell you the truth, Cao Caotou's wife died two years ago, and he was alone and had no children, so he simply moved to live in the grandfather's house."
Speaking of this, he suddenly felt something was wrong - his own words, shouldn't Master Sun mistakenly think that the grandfather does not distinguish between public and private, and seeks benefits for his relatives
It doesn't matter if Mr. Sun misunderstood, but what if it was passed on to the grandfather's ears
So he hurriedly went back to make up for it: "But my grandfather is a master with a clear distinction between public and private. No matter how much he respects Cao Cao Tou, it is only after the dismissal of the government office. On weekdays, there is no difference between the superior and the inferior."
"Speaking of which, Cao Zhaotou is in our yamen, so he's still a talent."
"In terms of martial arts, if the dozen or so arresters in our county add up, they may not be his opponents."
"The paper is collected. Several scribes in the county praise him for his hard writing. He deserves to be the uncle of Master Jinshi!"
After listening to Jiang Laoqi's words, Sun Shaozong was silent for a while, and then he muttered: "In this way, this Cao Caotou is indeed a talent."
After a pause, he asked again: "By the way, this official heard that Su Zhixian's body is not very good, and this suddenly happened unexpectedly, and I don't know if I can withstand it."
Jiang Laoqi was stunned for a moment outside, and then he smiled and said: "My lord, I am afraid that I have heard the wrong thing. My grandfather has always been a good man. He has been in the county for more than two years, but he has never been on sick leave!"
Always good muscles...
Sun Shaozong chewed these words over and over again, and asked some trivial matters casually.
Then Jiang Laoqi walked and answered, seeing a place where he was deviating, and suddenly pointed to the front: "Sir, the small courtyard in front is the mansion of my grandfather!"
There was a sense of relief in his voice, obviously because he was panicked by Sun Shaozong's question, and vaguely aware of something strange, so he was eager to get out of the way.
Therefore, after he finished speaking, he immediately drove his horse forward and rushed to report to Su Xingfangtong.
The carriage slowly stopped outside the gate of Su Mansion, and Sun Shaozong jumped out of the carriage and looked up, but saw that the stockade was not only remote, but also very small in size.
This is also normal.
Su Xingfang was born in a poor family. After high school, he has been an official in the capital. If he does not wantonly accept bribes, he will not be able to accumulate much money.
As soon as he glanced at it, Su Xingfang heard the news and greeted him. The official robe on his body was changed to a plain one, and he bowed his hands a few steps away, but his mouth was full of doubts: "Isn't Master Sun investigating the case? Why? Are you in the cold house again?"
Sun Shaozong didn't rush to return the salute, instead he stepped forward, grabbed Su Xingfang's wrist, lowered his head and looked at his fingers carefully, and then asked with a smile that was not a smile, "Su Zhixian, why are there so many on your fingers? Red marks?"
"This… "
Su Xing looked ashamed, shook his head and sighed: "My mother heard that my uncle was in an accident, so she picked up the usual whisk and scolded when she was worshipping Taoism and worshiping incense on weekdays - Su did not dare to dodge, but my wife rushed to cover it, Su was afraid It hurts her, that's why I hold on to Fuchen and plead."
Having said that, he spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and generously showed the red marks on it: "This is probably what was left at that time."
This fellow has already found a way to deal with it!
It seems that it is not so easy to get hold of him this time.
Sun Shaozong stared at him for a while, seeing that Su Xingfang looked at him calmly, with no sign of flinching in his eyes, so he let go of his wrist and said with a smile, "So it turns out, Su Zhixian is indeed a dutiful son!"
There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, but Su Xingfang didn't seem to hear it. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Su Mou acted recklessly and killed his uncle. How can he talk about the word filial piety?"
Saying that, he raised his hand and let it in: "This is not the place to talk, please come in, Lord Shaoqing."
Thanks to book friends 'Dongfang Tuo, Fu Wenhao' for their reward.