Regardless of whether they can find clues or not, whether they can see or guess, there is nothing wrong with driving them out first.

Yu Bantuo quickly found something like a shovel, and the two returned to the cell.

When Xu Jiaojiao saw it, it seemed like a torture tool. She wanted to reach out to take it, but Yu Bantu waved her hands repeatedly and said, "How can you let the wife do it yourself? You just need to do it if you say what to do? You can just come."

Xu Jiaojiao did not refuse, pointing to the small hole that was pushed out by the turtle worm in the corner of the wall, "Dig that place opens up and see."

Yu Bantou squatted down as he said, and shoveled the ground hard.

It was easy at first, but after a few shovels, it was not easy to dig, and the original gray-brown soil turned almost black.

Xu Jiaojiao hurriedly said, "Stop, shovel the black soil and let's take a look."

Yu Bantuo shoveled off a large piece of black soil with force, and Liao Qing took it over.

Xu Jiaojiao also went over, and the two of them got closer to the black soil on the shovel, sucking it with their noses...

Suddenly, two equally handsome faces were wrinkled like oil paintings for beginners.

But they also got results.

Liao Qing took a step back, "There is a fishy smell, it should be blood. Human blood, over time, has a rotten smell..."

Xu Jiaojiao took three steps back, "The environment here has not changed much, this blood... should have been more than two months."

This time point is exactly the same as when Zhou Xiaochai died.

Ji Fu and Yu Bantou looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Neither of them expected that the county magistrate and his wife had such skills.

There is certainly a reason for this.

Although Liao Qing is now in glory and is not inferior to others in fighting, he did not have such skills when he was a child.

At the age of five, Liao's mother forced her to hunt on the mountain.

At this age, what kind of hunting can you fight? A rabbit can knock him down. For so many years, he has been considered a great blessing in all his life.

The person is not dead, but bleeding is inevitable. Over time, he is already very familiar with blood. At first, he only has his own, but later he has increased his species, such as roe deer and wild boar. He has seen a lot. He is also a person with a lot of heart and often analyzes it.

The difference.

People do not have the ability to be born with.

As for Xu Jiaojiao, you can also see her reputation. She was purely standing on the shoulders of giants, plus a little experience. For professionals, this is a basic operation, which is not surprising.

Xu Jiaojiao asked Yu Bantou to continue digging, and finally the result was roughly determined.

The coverage of this black soil is almost two meters long and wide, almost half of the cell.

From this we can see how much blood Zhou Xiaochai shed at that time!

If there were no accidents, it could be judged that Zhou Xiaochai was probably seriously injured and lost too much blood at that time. This is the real reason for his death!

Since this place is soil and so much blood cannot be cleaned up, the murderer laid a layer of soil on the ground to cover up the truth.

But he did not do it seriously enough, and the corners of the wall were not pressed firmly enough, and a ground turtle worm emerged.

However, this discovery alone is not enough. This can only say that Zhou Xiaochai's death is strange, and he doesn't know who the murderer is. Moreover, the results of this investigation cannot be used as independent evidence to prove others, because there is no high here.

Technology-based testing instruments and professional testing institutions cannot convince others.

For example, you can interrogate the two jailers on duty on that day, but they can say that the blood in the soil has been around for a long time.

However, through this investigation, I at least learned the real cause of Zhou Xiaochai's death and clarified the direction of the investigation. It has been considered that I have gained a lot.

Xu Jiaojiao asked Yu Bantou to fill in the ground again, and the four of them were removed from the cell.

As soon as he left the cell, Liao Qing asked someone to bring the two jailers who were beaten to the board.

The case was not over yet. Although the two jailers were each hit thirty boards, this was just a punishment for their serious dereliction of duty, just an appetizer. If there were other hidden information involving them, they would have to be punished.

The two jailers limped on the ground one step.

Liao Qing stared at their eyes: "I just went to the cell where Zhou Xiaochai was detained. You are very brave! He beat Zhou Xiaochai to a serious injury but concealed it, causing him to bleed and die!

Do you know your guilt by deliberately covering up the truth?”

The two jailers were shocked, but they argued, "Sir! You are wronged! We did not hurt him!"

"Sir, Zhou Xiaochai's death has nothing to do with us!"

Liao Qing heard the implication, "It's not you, who hurt him? Who is it?"

The two jailers looked at each other and suddenly became hesitant.

These two people are not good things. Liao Qing looked at them and said immediately: "But think about it before answering! If you are worried that someone will cause trouble for you later, then I advise you not to think too far!

If your answer makes me dissatisfied with you, I will take your lives now!"

The two jailers' faces suddenly wrinkled bitterly.

Do they have any other choice?

One of the prison guards spoke first: "Sir, we really don't know who injured Zhou Xiaochai. However, before Zhou Xiaochai was injured, Captain Zhao took him out of the yamen once, and was injured when he came back.

I didn't expect that he would be so seriously injured, so I didn't look carefully at that time..."

Captain Zhao?

Liao Qing remembered that Yu Bantou had just mentioned this person to him, and he was Zhang Zhubu’s confidant.

So the two prisoners were detained again, and Yu Banting immediately took people, and the report that Captain Zhao was sent to the hall.

After a while, Bantu Yu came to report, saying that he could not find anyone everywhere and there was no one at home, as if he was missing.

Did you hide?

Liao Qing was thinking, there were many people in the yamen, and someone must have seen them go to the prison to investigate. If someone reported it, Captain Zhao would prepare for the future and hide first. It would be impossible.

It seems that the group of people led by the chief clerk is indeed somewhat powerful.

Liao Qing immediately ordered that the whole city wanted Captain Zhao to lead the whole city to search.

At the same time, people were sent to guard the city gate to prevent Captain Zhao from escaping from outside the city.

Based on his judgment, he did not waste much time, and Captain Zhao should not have time to escape.

Hancheng is almost the same as an isolated city, but it is no better than the Central Plains. If you escape without sufficient preparation, you will die on the road.

He asked the master to write a few notices and posted them inside the yamen. The general idea was that it was limited to three days. If those who followed the chief clerk did not return to the yamen to work, they would never come.

***

Old Man Zhou’s family is too poor.

There is almost nothing.
Chapter completed!