The judge Lu Tong hurriedly smiled and said, "Let me go to Bei Yi?"

Prefect Liao shook his head and said, "Not appropriate! This case is of great importance. I heard that it was the first case of supervision after the establishment of the Criminal Court. If it is broken, everyone will look bad. It would be better for our government to go there in person."

The next day, Leng Yi arrived at the prefect's office early in the morning. The department had already prepared all the files of the two cases. In addition, Leng Yi prepared a separate room for him to read the documents. They asked Leng Yi for this kind of thing, so naturally they would not refuse.

There are still many files, especially the murder of the young master of the Su family. It was a case supervised by the Criminal Court, so the investigation was very detailed and almost everyone in the village asked about it. Of course, most of the inquiry records were of no use and had nothing to do with the case.

Leng Yi focused on the corpse grid, which is the ancient autopsy report, as well as on-site investigation records and on-site diagrams. These are objective things that can explain the problem very much.

The focus was on the murder of the eldest son of the Su family. The fatal weapon was a pebble found at the scene. The weapon had been recorded on the case and was extracted and placed in the evidence room of the yamen.

Leng Yi immediately asked the clerk of the execution room to bring the pebbles.

After the stone came, Leng Yi was very disappointed after checking, because although there were blood stains on the stone and even a little hair, there was no blood fingerprint. The sweat stain fingerprints were not available because there was no corresponding extraction tool. It seemed that it was impossible to find clues from the stone.

In the murder of the villager Hao Wei's wife, the wound on the deceased was very strange. It was a triangle with two pointed tips opposite to each other, located in many places on the head. Leng Yi had never seen this kind of spike, so I don't know what kind of weapon was caused.

He continued to read the file, and it was already noon when he finished reading it.

The prefect Liao invited Leng Yi to have a meal in his yamen. After that, they rushed to Erjin Village together.

This Erjin Village belongs to the direct jurisdiction of Bazhou. It is less than thirty miles away from Bazhou. The two of them rode horses and took the yamen runners to the constable. There were also Xing Tongzhi and Lu Tong, who were in charge of the criminal name. It took an hour to arrive in the village.

This village is on a flat dam between the two mountains. Dozens of families are scattered among the large and small paddy fields in the flat dam. A yamen Zaoli has already informed the village chief that the grown-up here is a fat man, and he welcomes the village gentry at the entrance of the village.

Prefect Liao smiled at Chang Lichang and said, "I am now in charge. My dean has invited a master to solve the case! It is Lord Leng, the magistrate of Yinling County. He is the one who solved the Ship Gang case a few days ago. This time, this case will definitely be solved! - By the way, why didn't Mr. Su come?"

Master Su is the retired Beijing official. Last time, the prefect Liao came to investigate the case, and he brought his son and grandson to greet him. Unexpectedly, he did not come this time, not only was he a little depressed.

Chang Li Chang said: "The old man was killed because of his eldest grandson. He has not solved the case for a long time. He fell ill and has been bedridden for many days. His family is waiting in front of the bed, so he has not come to greet him. Please forgive me, my elders."

Master Liao said: "If you are sick, you will not be able to use it. We will visit you later. Lord Leng may have something to investigate and ask them. - right? Lord Leng?"

Leng Yi nodded quickly and said, "That's right, now, let's go to the crime site to see. There are several important witnesses. I have to ask again. If possible, of course I have to go to the victim's house to investigate the relevant situation."

Accompanied by Chang Lichang, they came to the crime scene.

Although this place is a flat dam in the mountains, it is only relatively high and low. The crime scene is located in a paddy field in a low-lying area. There is a small path along the ridge of the field. The coroner who followed pointed to the location of the body at that time, on the grass on the ridge of the field.

Wherever Leng Yi stood, he found that because it was a low-lying land, there was no place in other flat dams except on the mountain.

After asking, I learned that it was noon and it was the first time that several children who were playing in the village were playing. The back of their heads were smashed to pieces and their brains were flowing out. When the adults came to check, the person was exhausted. However, when they reported the case, the body had been carried to the Su family compound. The location of the body during the investigation was based on the children who found the body and the people who came to check the body.

Leng Yi said: "Can I ask the children who discovered the body first?"

Master Liao said: "Of course, anyone whom Lord Leng wants to investigate can be asked casually." This time, Master Liao did not say anything like the last time he investigated the murder of the wife of the Tu Gangmao Gangmao. Because Leng Yi said last time that he would investigate the case and re-invest as needed. And now, solving the case is the king. As long as he can solve the case, nothing is a problem."

The head of the Chang Li immediately sent someone to go there. The children who found the body that day called in.

Among these children, the oldest is only ** years old, and although the youngest is only four or five years old. Leng Yi left the oldest child and asked the others to leave first and wait a while before coming over.

Leng Yi said to the child: "Can you tell me what happened when you saw the corpse, okay?"

The child nodded and said, "That day, we went to the river in front to catch fish. The water was too cold and we didn't touch it. We came back. As soon as we got here, I saw someone lying there, with blood on his head, and lying on the ground like this. The snow around his head was red, so afraid of people. We all stood and didn't dare to look at it. In the end, I came over. After I looked, I found that it was Brother Su, whose head was rotten. We walked around the ridge and ran back from there. Along the way, we were shouting, "Brother Su is dead!" and ran to the gate of the Su family courtyard. After saying that, their family followed and took the people home. We also asked us to call the inner captain. That's it."

Leng Yi said: "When did you find the body?"

"It's almost lunch."

Master Liao said: "It's around noon. This is what the Su family said. They start lunch every day. It's like this every day. That day, Master Su went out. It was just time to start dinner and had not come back yet. He was about to look for someone, but he heard the children running and saying that they saw Master Su dead on the road. It took only a cup of tea to run from here to the Su family. So it was almost that time."

Leng Yi asked the child again, "You haven't touched the body at that time?"

"No, who dares to touch it? It's so scary, and your head is broken!"

"Who was the first to touch the body?"

"It should be the servants of the Su family. We called them, and they hugged Brother Su and cried. Then they carried the body back."

Leng Yi said: "When you found the body, did you see anyone else next to you?"

"Yes, Brother Dazhu, Brother Oil Bottle, Brother Flat Nail, Brother Niugu, Sister Taohua, Sister Shuilian, they are all working in the field! After hearing me call, they all came to see me and asked me to call someone."

"Oh? Where were they then?"

The child pointed to several places, all hundreds of steps away, some far and some near.

Leng Yi said to Chang Lichang: "Can you call these people here?"

Lieutenant Chief Chang quickly asked someone to call him. Soon, all these people came. Before that, Leng Yi asked the children again, and the statement was similar to what the older child said before.

Leng Yi asked Dazhu and the others to go to their location at that time. After looking at it, some of the seats were different from what the child said just now. He called the child to ask, and he said that he didn't pay attention at that time, but just the general position.

Leng Yi called the nearest Dazhu over and asked, "At that time, did you see Master Su passing by?"

Dazhu shook his head: "At that time, I was climbing up the soil in the ground and didn't pay attention to when he passed by. Later, when I heard the shouting, I ran over to see it and realized that something was wrong."

"Did you see anyone else passing by here?"

“Not seen.”

Leng Yi looked at his eyes and said, "Didn't you come here by yourself at noon that day?"

Dazhu was stunned and said, "No!"

"Really not?"

"Of course not!" Dazhu replied with certainty, looking at Leng Yi without dodging his eyes.

Leng Yi said: "Recall it carefully. You really haven't been here at that time?"

Dazhu said: "I have never been here before. I have been turning the ground all the time. Oil bottle and Niu Gu can testify. Please observe clearly by the master."

"I will check it out." Leng Yi said.

He called the nickname "Yuanbo" and asked, which confirmed Dazhu's statement. They were always in the ground and were talking to each other.

Leng Yi interrogated these people separately, but as a result, they were in the field for the whole morning, and could prove each other and found no clues.

Leng Yi told Master Liao: "The deceased died of being hit on the back of the head with pebbles many times. I looked at the corpse and the deceased did not resist injuries, which means that the murderer suddenly attacked, not fighting each other for some reason. At the same time, the Dazhu nearby did not hear any abnormal noise. They did not see anyone passing by. Moreover, the jade pendant and purse on the waist of the deceased were not stolen, which could rule out the murder of money, and it was likely that they had planned murder together. Therefore, the direction of the detection should be the enemy of the deceased!"

"That's right!" Liao prefect exclaimed: "The analysis makes sense."

Leng Yi said: "If you want to investigate his enemy, you can only go to the Su family."

When they arrived at the Su family, the eldest son of the Su family, the third son and a few grandsons finally came to greet him at the door. Because the second son of the Su family worked as an official in the capital, he did not come back.

The Su family's courtyard is very luxurious and elegant. There are two plaques hanging on the lintel. The top is Su Mansion and the bottom is a plaque with a few gilded characters "One family, two Jinshi".

When welcoming the living room, the guest and guest took a seat, Su Da bowed and said, "My father was old and sad, the grandson was killed and could not afford to be ill. Therefore, he could not come out to greet all the adults in person. Please forgive me."

Master Liao said: "This time, Leng Magistrate Leng from Yinling County is invited to come here specifically. It is for this case. Ms. Leng has a very good ability to solve the case."

Su Da said lightly: "Whether it is great to solve the case, we don't care. Who killed my son?"

Leng Yi said: "I also want to know this answer. In order to know this answer, I must investigate it at Zun Mansion. I hope you will cooperate."

"Yes!" Su Da just said a simple sentence. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!