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Cheng Luojie took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and said: "This jade pendant is of very good quality, top quality, and very valuable. Why is it in the hands of this poor girl? - I understand, it must be the murderer.

On the body! When the murderer wanted to rape the maid, the maid resisted desperately and grabbed this jade pendant from the murderer! The quality of this jade pendant is so good, it can only belong to the rich and unkind landowner Zhu Peng! It was indeed him who raped and killed the maid.

, this adulterer, I want to kill him!"

Cheng Luojie stood up suddenly and was about to go out. Leng Yi hurriedly grabbed her and said: "Don't worry, we can't decide the case just based on this thing! We need to search for further evidence."

"What's there to look for? If I kill this lewd thief, he will deserve to die!"

"Thugs who commit crimes on the spot can be killed on the spot. However, when determining who is the murderer after a murder occurs, we must be cautious. There must be sufficient evidence to prove the murderer before he can be arrested and brought to justice. We only seize the murderer from the hands of the deceased.

It is not convincing enough to conclude that Zhu Peng is the murderer because of this jade pendant. There are other reasons why the deceased may have this jade pendant, such as Zhu Peng gave it to her, or the murderer framed it, etc.

.Besides, the fact that there is no name on this jade pendant cannot prove that it belongs to Zhu Peng."

Cheng Luojie nodded slowly and squatted down again.

Leng Yi continued to examine the hands of the deceased and found some light red traces in the nails of the deceased. He carefully picked them out with twigs, which seemed to be human skin.

Leng Yi looked at the belt tied around the deceased's neck and found that there were no signs of forgery and that they overlapped with the marks of strangulation. He asked Cheng Luojie, "Is there a way to cut the belt?"

Cheng Luojie pulled out a flying knife, reached out and grabbed the belt around the deceased's neck, avoided the knot, and cut the belt. She took it off and handed it to Leng Yi.

This was the first time that Leng Yi saw Cheng Luojie's flying knife clearly at close range. He was a little curious, so he took the flying knife from Cheng Luojie's hand without taking the belt and looked at it carefully. He saw that the flying knife was as thin as a cicada.

The wing has no handle and no red scarf on the back, just like a willow leaf.

Leng Yi said: "This thing is so thin. No wonder you can't see it even though you wear it close to your body."

Cheng Luojie put away the throwing knife.

Leng Yi inspected the belt. The belt was finely made and of high quality. At first glance, it did not belong to ordinary civilians. After inspection, nothing suspicious was found.

Leng Yi carefully took out the handkerchief that was stuffed in the deceased's mouth. The handkerchief was stuffed so deep that it probably reached his throat. There were still blood marks on it from the force of it being stuffed into the mouth and wiping his mouth.

Leng Yi unfolded the handkerchief little by little, and suddenly made a sound, pointed to the corner of the handkerchief, and said, "What is this?"

Cheng Luojie took a closer look and saw that the word "Zhu Peng" was embroidered on it! She couldn't help but became furious and said: "Sure enough, he is the thief, I will kill him!" After that, he stood up and rushed out.

"Stop! Come back!" Leng Yi's voice was firm and full of majesty.

Cheng Luojie stood still, her shoulders heaving with anger.

Leng Yi walked up behind her and whispered: "Don't be impulsive. We are handling the case now, not chasing assassins. You can't mess around!"

Cheng Luojie turned around, looked at him, and pointed at the body of the little maid in the woodshed: "She died so miserably, I will never let her go!"

"I know, and I won't let any murderer go." Leng Yi said, "Now it's the investigation, it's my case in Yinling County, just let me handle it. I know how you feel, and we are both

I'm sorry, I will investigate the case and redress the injustice of the deceased. Don't worry!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand to support her small waist.

Cheng Luojie snuggled into his arms and nodded slowly.

The two stood like this under the moonlight. After a while, Cheng Luojie's mood basically calmed down. Leng Yi then patted her gently on the back and said, "Go and bring Zhu Peng here, I want to interrogate him."

He is in the woodshed."

Cheng Luojie agreed and walked quickly into the house. Soon, like an eagle catching a chicken, she lifted Zhu Peng into the woodshed and threw him on the ground.

Zhu Peng was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Leng Yi asked: "Where did you go last night?"

"I haven't gone anywhere, I've been sleeping in the house."

"Have you been sleeping in the house? Alone?"

"I'm not alone. They don't want to sleep in the same room with me, so I can only sleep alone."

"This means that no one can testify that you slept in the house last night?"

"This, this also needs to be testified?"

"Of course you need it!" Leng Yi threw the belt, handkerchief, jade pendant and the pair of shoes in the haystack in front of him, "Whose do these things belong to?"

Zhu Peng picked it up and took a look at it, and said in surprise: "They are all..., they all belong to villains. Why can't I find my belts and shoes? - When I got up just now, I couldn't find mine."

I couldn't find my trouser belt or shoes, so I had to find a pair of trouser belts from Zhuang Laoshi's wardrobe and tie them on, and then I found a pair of shoes and put them on. By the way, why are my trouser belts and all that?

, in the hands of the great master?"

"Just admit it's yours!" Leng Yi said, "These were found on the deceased. The jade pendant was held in the palm of the deceased's hand. The belt was used to strangle his neck and the handkerchief was stuffed in his mouth. How do you explain?

"

Zhu Peng was so frightened that he fell to the ground. Then he stood up in a hurry, knelt down and kowtowed: "Master! I'm wronged! I really didn't rape or kill her! Although I coveted her beauty very much.

, However, after Mrs. Self-Esteem warned me, I never dared to think about it again. I was really sleeping in the house until I heard screams outside and they all came out to take a look, so I followed him out.

"

"Then let me ask you, how did your things end up on the deceased's body?"

"Xiao Xiao really doesn't know about this. Maybe the murderer stole it from Xiao Xiao and wanted to put the blame on Xiao Xiao."

"Putting the blame on you? Who would put the blame on you?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the old man who glared at him a few times because he was angry because he said he smelled like copper, or maybe it's the village woman, who also ridiculed him, so she wanted to take revenge, and

That salesman, this kind of person despises people the most when they are rich, and they frame the younger ones."

"Have they been in your room?"

"No, only the maid came here. I asked her to pour water for washing my feet and help me undress. This is what a maid should do. That's all she did. I let her go. I didn't touch her, really.

"

"Then you sleep with the door closed?"

"It's closed."

"Then how did they come in and steal?"

"This..." Zhu Peng was a little desperate because he couldn't explain the problem. Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered the key to the problem and said anxiously: "By the way, the rear window! They must have come from behind.

It came in through the window! After I fell asleep!"

"Rear window? You didn't close the rear window?"

"I didn't notice that it was covered when I slept, and I don't know if it was closed or not."

“Go check it out!”

Cheng Luojie picked him up and dragged him to the back of the room with Leng Yi.

The snow in the yard of this house has been swept, but the snow behind the house has not.

Behind the master bedroom is an open space covered with snow. A few steps away from the window, there is a mark left by splashing water. It must have been left by someone who lived in the house pouring water out of the back window.

And right below the back window, there are two lines of footprints, running from the back window along the house to the corner, passing through, leading to the side woodshed!

As soon as he saw the footprints, Zhu Peng trembled all over and said: "What... what is going on? I... I have never been out!"

"Never came out? Then what's going on with these shoe prints?"

"I don't know, sir, I have never climbed out of the window. These must be someone else's footprints!"

Leng Yi took the lantern, knelt on the ground, and carefully looked at the shoe prints on the snow from all angles. He looked at them one by one, stood up again, and looked at the window sill carefully. There was no damage to the window. He pulled it and closed it tightly.

It's tight, it should be tied from the inside.

He turned around and said to Zhu Peng: "You said these footprints belong to others? Well, let's compare them and find out."

Leng Yi took Zhu Peng's pair of shoes and compared the shoe prints. They just matched, and said: "If you are still not convinced, take off your shoes and compare them!"

Cheng Luojie grabbed Zhu Peng's leg with one hand, lifted him up, took off one of his shoes, and handed it to Leng Yi.

Leng Yi put his shoe on the footprints, and it turned out to be exactly right!
Chapter completed!