However, Zhu Peng was a hard-core man who didn't get anything out of his hair. Asking him to pay so much money at once was more uncomfortable than cutting off his head. Just as he was about to bargain with a grimace, he heard Cheng Luojie next to him yell angrily: "Kill a person to pay for his life!"

Even if you move a mountain of gold, you can't even hope to escape with your life!"

Zhu Peng was so frightened that he hugged his head and cried out in mourning: "It's really not me who did it. Really, sir, please spare my life!"

Leng Yi said: "What do you think of this county's proposal?"

When Zhu Peng heard that he had a chance, he didn't dare to bargain, so he quickly agreed: "I will give it, I will give it to you! I will give it to you in any amount! Even those from nearby villages, I will give it to you! Please let me go."

"Then it's settled."

Leng Yi turned to Yin Jiu and said, "Pull him aside, ask him to take off his clothes, and check his body to see if there are any wounds. Especially scratch wounds."

Yin Jiu agreed and took Zhu Peng away.

After Yin Jiu took Zhu Peng away, Cheng Luojie asked Leng Yi with a pale face: "Husband, do you really want to allow this bully to take money to redeem his life? Well, that's a living life!"

Leng Yi waved her to squat down, holding a lantern to examine the two series of footprints on the ground, and whispered: "Did you find anything?"

Cheng Luojie leaned over, looked at it carefully, and shook her head.

Leng Yi pointed to a footprint and said in a low voice: "Did you see it? The heel of this footprint is obviously shallower than the front, and there is a slope. This is the case for these two series of shoe prints. This

What does it mean?"

Cheng Luojie shook her head.

Leng Yi pointed to the shoe prints Zhu Peng left on the snow next to him, and whispered: "Look at this again, the bottom of this shoe print is very flat, not like the shoe prints just now. You know

What's going on?"

Cheng Luojie looked at him thoughtfully, as if she had some realization, but she still shook her head.

Leng Yi stood up, pointed to the back window, and whispered: "Look here."

Cheng Luojie stepped forward to take a closer look, but found nothing. She looked at Leng Yi doubtfully.

Leng Yi took a look at the house. After all, there was someone inside, so he whispered: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go to another place." He stood up and took her hand and returned to the woodshed. The body of the pretty maid was still lying quietly.

There, Cheng Luojie's expression darkened, she took off her coat and gently covered her face.

It's quite a distance from the hall, so even if you speak normally, you can't hear it there.

Leng Yi said: "The heel of that shoe print is shallower than the front and has a slope, which means that the feet of the person wearing this shoe are obviously smaller than the shoe. If the small foot wears a big shoe, the back will be empty. The pressure is uneven and the sole

It is soft again, and all the back parts are lifted up. The shoe prints left by Zhu Peng just now have a flat bottom and do not appear like that. This can only mean one problem - the two strings of shoe prints under the window are not the same.

It was not left by Zhu Peng!"

"ah?"

Cheng Luojie was shocked and subconsciously wanted to refute, but couldn't.

Leng Yi said again: "Just now, I asked you to look at the window sill. Did you find any evidence?"

"No!"

"No evidence is found, that's evidence!" Leng Yi said: "There is snow behind, and Zhu Peng walked back and forth on the snow. I just entered his room and saw that there is a coffee table and a chair behind the window, close to the window

Yes. If he wanted to go out through the window, he would have to step on the chair or coffee table. However, I looked carefully and there were no traces of stepping on it!"

"Will it be wiped off afterwards?"

Leng Yi shook his head and said: "There is dust on the coffee table and the chair, which means no one has moved it for a while. If you wipe it, there will definitely be traces. But I didn't find it."

Cheng Luojie thought for a moment and then asked, "Could it be that he just stepped over the coffee table?"

"It can't be done. The window sill is relatively high. In that case, he would have to step on the window sill. However, I showed you just now that there are no traces of stepping on the window sill." Leng Yi saw that she wanted to speak and added

One sentence: "There are no traces of cleaning on the window sill. The window must not have been opened for a long time, and the dust on it is still there."

Cheng Luojie looked a little pale and said, "Then, isn't the murderer Zhu Peng?"

Leng Yi didn't answer. He walked to the body with a lantern, squatted down, picked up the deceased's hands, pointed at the reddish skin-like thing under her nails, and said, "Look, what is this?"

"It seems to be blood and scratched skin."

"Well, just now, did you find any scratch marks on Zhu Peng?"

Cheng Luojie thought for a while and shook her head: "There is no scar, but will it be blocked by his clothes?"

Leng Yi saw Yin Jiu coming with Zhu Peng and said, "We will know this right away."

Yin Jiu arrived at the woodshed, bowed and said, "Reporting to the eldest sir, no wounds were found on the murderer Zhu Peng."

Cheng Luojie was dumbfounded and looked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said to Yin Jiu: "You are responsible for guarding the criminal. Early tomorrow morning, we will return to Hongsong Village and deal with his return of stolen goods and donation first. Let's see his attitude."

His voice was deliberately loud, which made Zhu Peng, who was standing far away, tremble again. He was thinking about how to collect the money. Among them, he had to give Leng Zhixian a heavy bribe. Otherwise, this time,

I'm afraid his family will be destroyed.

After Yin Jiu took Zhu Peng away, Cheng Luojie was still in a daze and said: "Since there are no scratch marks on Zhu Peng's body, where did the blood stains left by the scratches on the dead man's fingernails come from? - Could it be,

Those who tried to rape this girl were the assassins who sneaked in?"

"impossible."

"Why?"

"It was Zhu Peng's belt that strangled the deceased, and Zhu Peng's handkerchief that stuffed her mouth. If the murderer were those assassins, he must first find a way to steal these things from Zhu Peng's room to stuff her.

Mouth, strangle her neck, and even steal Zhu Peng's jade pendant for him to grab. Is this assassin sick?"

Cheng Luojie smiled coquettishly, nodded and said, "That's true, it probably wasn't done by an assassin. Whose are the blood stains left by the scratch on the deceased's hand?"

Leng Yi squatted beside the deceased, pointed to the scratches between the legs and chest of the corpse, and said, "What do you think these scratches are about?"

Cheng Luojie suddenly woke up, but she couldn't believe the result. She seemed to be talking to herself and said, "Could it be that this maid scratched it by herself?"

"Whether that's the case, you have to rely on evidence. - Look carefully at the direction of the scratches."

Cheng Luojie looked at it carefully and said: "There is an inverted figure between the legs. The breasts are horizontal."

"Well, they're all pointing towards the dead man's hands."

"So, these scratches were all made by the deceased himself? Why is this?"

"Because of your words!"

"Me?" Cheng Luojie was surprised.

"When we were at the suspension bridge, you said that if Zhu Peng dared to molest this maid, you would hunt him down to the end of the world. Right?"

"I said."

"Judging from Zhu Peng's previous confession, the maid's family owed Zhu Peng a lot of money and could not repay it. Zhu Peng wanted to use the maid to pay off the debt. At this time, the maid's father vomited blood and died. Although Zhu Peng firmly denied that

It's not that they forced the maid's father to death, but I believe that the two must have a great relationship, which made this maid actually full of hatred for Zhu Peng. After hearing your words and seeing your behavior on the suspension bridge,

Knowing that you have great martial arts skills and hoping that you will keep your word, she used her own life to achieve revenge."

Cheng Luojie was stunned: "You mean, she actually committed suicide and then faked Zhu Peng's rape and murder of her. The purpose was to make me fulfill my promise and kill Zhu Peng to avenge her father?"

"Yeah." Leng Yi said, "Actually, I already confirmed this when I checked her body. Although the scene was messy, her clothes and pants were taken off, and there were scratches on her legs and vagina.

, it seems that she put up a fierce resistance, but she is not very good at faking the scene. There is no resistance injury on her arm, or she cannot fake it. This reveals a flaw. "

"Resist injury?"

"Yes, since the murderer broke both her arms and used a lot of force, there will definitely be some resistance wounds on the arms, which are scars left by scratching, twisting, pinching, etc., which usually appear on the arms.

If you roll on the ground, there may be abrasions on the back, buttocks, etc. These are not found on the body. Of course, the absence of resistance injuries does not mean that there is no rape, some mental coercion and threats of violence.

It can prevent the victim from resisting, so no resistance injuries occur. However, there is something that further increases my suspicion."
Chapter completed!