Chapter 8 Blacksmith Murder Case (1)
"In addition to being a lame man, who else can have heavy footprints on both feet when walking? Or in other words, the right foot has strong strength and the left foot has low strength. Only such a person can have such light left and heavy footprints when walking." Bao Qing smiled and looked at Bao Liuwen.
"The right foot is strong and the left foot is weak. Isn't this a blacksmith? Wang San, the blacksmith in our Xiaohe Village, is a little limp when walking, and it is difficult to see it normally." Zhu Daniu interrupted.
Bao Liuwen rolled her eyes at Zhu Daniu and said, "Damn Daniu, you know! Talking too much."
Bao Qing stretched his waist and said with a smile: "To be here today. Staying up late is not good for your health. The lights are not extinguished. Big bull, drag a quilt to sleep at the door."
"Okay! Sleep, big cow, you sleep at the door." Bao Liuwen said with a smile, then turned around, dragged a quilt from the bed, and carefully layed it under the bed.
Bao Liuwen had put on the quilt and was about to turn around and tell Bao Qing that he had put all the quilts on. Only then did she realize that Bao Qing had taken off her shoes early and went to bed to go to bed.
The abominable Bao Xiucai actually snatched a bed by himself, and he didn't know how to be polite. Bao Liuwen pouted, jumped on Bao Qing's bed, pulled Bao Qing's quilt, fell down and fell to sleep.
This scared Bao Qing. This girl is so shameless. Didn’t she put on her bedding? Bao Qing had never had a girlfriend in her previous life, and she never thought that she would have a loli’s girlfriend. In his opinion, those who are very good-looking and have visual impact on her chest are the dream lovers of this otaku.
What a pity that his dream is probably going to be shattered. In this Song Dynasty, it seems that all women wrapped themselves up like rice dumplings, making them uninterested.
Bao Qing got out of bed with the big bull's surprise and envious eyes, and had to sleep under the bed by himself.
The next day, with a few rooster crows, Daniu and Bao Liuwen both got up.
"Laggy, it's already time to get up yet." Bao Liuwen looked at Bao Qing and was sleeping soundly with her quilt in her arms.
Bao Qing was woken up and couldn't help but angrily said, "I'm so annoying. Don't call me until eight o'clock in the future, and let me sleep if I don't want to."
Bao Qing regretted it after saying that, and looked at Bao Liuwen with big eyes and looked at Bao Qing pitifully, looking very aggrieved. Besides, what time is this eight o'clock? Bao Qing couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. It's too difficult to remember the conversion of this time.
"I'm wrong, don't be angry!" Bao Qing hurriedly coaxed Bao Liuwen, "Look, you called me to get up so early, I'm most afraid of getting up early. You all go to bed for a while, don't worry."
Bao Liuwen stood there for a long time before spitting out a few words: "What does eight o'clock mean?"
Bao Qing was stunned and pretended not to hear it and continued to sleep. When Zhu Daniu saw that Bao Qing had fallen asleep, he fell down. He slept like Bao Qing almost every day in the past few days until the end of the year.
Just after the hour of Mao, some voices came from outside.
"The lights in this room have been on? They have read the file all night?" The voice of the magistrate Zhao Geng came.
"When I say to the master, the lights are on, and several people seem to have been discussing inside and have not come out." A servant replied.
"I hope I can help me solve the case. What are their requirements? You should try to satisfy them, do you know?"
"Yes, Master." The servant was a little scared. He didn't send them midnight snacks last night, and I wonder if they would complain to the master.
Bao Qing and his friends slept until three minutes before getting up slowly. Bao Qing gently said in Bao Liuwen's ear: "Keep enough sleep and sleep until after Chen Shi every day, so that you can take care of your skin. Have you not read it in medical books?"
"Lie!" Bao Liuwen said, but she was thinking in her heart that she wanted to find some medical books to see if it was really as Bao Qing said.
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Huairen County is just a bustling street, with many shops in the county standing on this street. Therefore, just after the hour of the year, the street became lively and there were sounds of business and shouts everywhere.
"Brother Bao, where are you going to take us?" Zhu Daniu said angrily, "We haven't had breakfast yet."
Bao Qing and his group and three walked on the street. Zhu Daniu and Bao Liuwen kept running around and lingering among the merchants.
Bao Qing was in a bad mood. The deceased in this case was the owner of the Hongxiangji Rouge Noodle Shop, which was opened on this street. The owner was a widow who usually lives in the store and had a lot of money at home. According to the description in the file, the owner rarely quarreled with others and had good popularity, so he should have no enemies. Of course, after the owner was killed, the family's money was also looted.
After such a thing happened, the store was naturally sealed. The rouge noodle shop originally had two friends, one named Qiulan and the other named Hongjuan. Both of them left after the shop was sealed. Bao Qing is now going to the crime scene of Hongxiangji rouge noodle shop to find out if he could find anything else.
"Ah! Let's come to Hongxiangji? It seems to be the murder scene." Bao Liuwen looked at the door of the shop, and there was a seal on it.
Bao Qing nodded: "Just come to see the murder scene. If you want to know the truth, you must come to the scene in person to prevent any missing parts in the file."
Judging from the murder scene that was maintained, there was no fierce fight in the Hongxiangji. It should be that the power difference is too great. As mentioned in the file, the boss of the Hongxiangji was directly strangled to death. The suspect should be a man with a relatively strong strength.
This man must be familiar with the boss's wife, otherwise he would not be able to come in after the shop closes at night. Secondly, it rained heavily outside that day and the road was muddy. If someone enters the shop, he will inevitably leave footprints. These footprints should be printed in the file.
But who is this man? Is it the boss's wife's relationship? It's very likely! Or it's also possible that he is a more familiar person in the store. Bao Qing fell into deep thought.
"Brother Bao, come and see, what is this? It seems to be a handprint." Bao Liuwen shouted.
Bao Qing walked over and saw that there was a mud mark on the edge of the door frame. To be precise, it should be a palm mark, or perhaps it was left on the door frame when the murderer left the scene.
"It's strange, why hasn't this handprint been printed? Big bull, come and print it."
"The palm print is not complete in size, it is just a small part of the fingers and thighs. Is it useful?" Bao Liuwen was a little puzzled.
Why is it useless? Such clear fingerprints and palm prints can tell who the murderer is just compared with the suspect. Bao Qing suddenly realized that the Song Dynasty had no idea about the use of fingerprints.
“It’s useful, expand it.”
It was almost noon, Bao Qing returned to the county government and found Captain Zhang.
"Does the boss lady of the Hongxiangji usually have a good relationship?" Bao Qing asked Captain Zhang.
"We have checked this, but it's not. The boss's wife is all about making money. You see, the money was robbed in the end." Captain Zhang replied.
Looted all? There were no signs of random searches found at the scene.
"The scene of the case should not have been destroyed, right? Since it was robbed for money, it seems that the thief knows the place where Hongxiangji stores goods. Without searching, he kidnapped all the goods. Could it be the inner thief? Those two guys?"
"That's right, but it rained that day, the boss's wife was in the shop. Someone broke in and left footprints. We only found one footprint at the scene, and it was a cripple. We probably weren't a shopkeeper."
Bao Qing thought for a long time, and seemed to be moved in his heart. He said completely: "Captain Zhang, send someone to monitor the blacksmith shop in the city, and then send someone to bring the two mates from the shop to the yamen. Be sure to hold those two mates. At the same time, investigate the two mates’ recent living conditions."
Captain Zhang was a little surprised: "What? Surveillance at the blacksmith shop? Why is this? Let's catch those two guys? Is it appropriate?"
Bao Qing laughed, patted Captain Zhang on the shoulder and said, "Go, it's time to solve the case today. Let your brothers work hard. I'll ask County Magistrate Zhao to reward the brothers tonight."
Seeing that Bao Qing was so confident, Captain Zhang bowed and said, "Mr. Bao, don't worry, I'll make arrangements now."
Captain Zhang was indeed quick to do things, which made Bao Qing look at him with admiration. Zhao Gen’s small county government is indeed comparable to Bao Hong’s long-term county.
When it was Shen, the constables who went out to work reported one by one. Bao Qing sat upright in the conference hall of the county hall, feeling quite proud. He couldn't help but think that Bao Zheng Bao Heizi, and I didn't know if there was such a person in the Song Dynasty. If it really didn't work, I, Bao Qing, made a guest appearance.
Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, come! Let me go to the hall and show your guards? Mr. Gongsun!
Bao Liuwen saw Bao Qing suddenly dazed and sat on the chair and laughed. So she stepped forward and shook Bao Qing gently, and said in a low voice: "Brother Bao, all the constables are back, waiting to reply!"
Bao Qing suddenly woke up from his dream, felt a little out of control, and quickly coughed twice and said, "I'm back! What's going on?"
Chapter completed!